Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 28th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 29th Nov., 1887
[Communicated from abroad by SETH WHEELER, of Albany, New York, United
States of America, Manufacturer.]
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to rolls or bundles of paper for toilet, wrapping or other
purposes each of which rolls or bundles comprises a web or strip of paper having its
edges shaped in such a manner that sheets pieces or lengths of circular or polygonal
form can be detached from the said web or strip.
In the accompanying drawings
Figures 1 to 6 show some of the different forms which may be given to the edges
of the web to produce sheets of the desired shape.
Figure 7 is a view illustrating the method of forming several webs simultaneously.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of a web detached from the parent roll and
Figure 9 is a front view of the same.
away
If the edges of the web are shaped as shown in Figure 1 the sheet will tear or
break from the roll at the lines of weakness in the form of squares, if as in
Figure 2 they will break away in the form of triangles, due to there being two
points of weakness in each sheet, one of the lines of weakness being a line of perfora-
tions and if as in Figure 3 they will break away in the form of hexagons, there being
as in Figure 1 but one line of weakness in each sheet.
In Figure 4 the sides of the web are shaped so that each sheet will break away
from the roll in the form of a hexagon while in Figure 5 they are so shaped that the
sheets will be of octagonal form.
In Figure 6 the edges of the web are curved so that each sheet will break away
from the roll in circular form. Several of these webs are preferably cut simul-
taneously from a roll A, Figure 7, several feet in width. Through this roll is placed

page_text: a shaft B the journals of which shaft are inserted in the bearings of a paper cutting
machine. In front of this roll are placed paper cutting knives which will give the
various cuts. The knives may be of the shape to give all the sheets any one form or
any combination or number of these forms or some of each form, as exhibited in
Figure 7 by the letters a a, b b, c c, dd, ee, and ff, which represent the cuts made
by the knives constructed to cut the paper in the various forms shown in
Figures 1 to 6.
The end of the parent roll having passed through feed rolls, it then passes through
the proper series of knives and perforators which cut and perforate in the forms
desired. The end of the sheet then runs on to the rewinding mechanism. of the
machine which delivers it in rolls separated from the parent sheet in form ready for
use in the market.
By this improvement a great variety of forms can be obtained from the parent
roll or web with a minimum of waste. In many of the forms there is no waste at all.
In some of them as seen in Figures 4, 5 and 6 and in d d, e e, and ff, there is but
little waste. The waste in these latter forms is more than compensated for by cutting
off of the corners of the individual sheets which are left on in the ordinary form of
toilet paper now in the market.
It is to be understood that the edges of the webs may be in any other desirable
form according to the shape of the pieces required.
Dated this 10th dove at Amil 1007
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Rolls or Bundles of Paper for Toilet and
other Purposes.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake, and Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
This invention relates to rolls or bundles of wrapping or toilet paper, each com-
posed of a web or strip comprising many sheets of circular or polygonal form, each
web, or strip having broken or curved outlines at its sides or edges.
My improvements are illustrated in the drawings left with the provisional specifica-
tion. Figures 1 to 6 show some of the different forms which may be given to the
edges of the web to produce sheets of the desired shape. Figure 7 is a view
illustrating the method of forming several webs simultaneously.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of a web detached from the parent roll, and
Figure 9 is a front view of the same.
In Figure 1 the sides or edges of the web or strip have broken lines in the form of
right angles.
In figures 2 and 3 the said sides have broken lines in the form of an obtuse angle.
In figure 1 the sheet will break away from the roll at the lines of weakness in the
form of squares; in figure 2 they will break away in the form of triangles, due to
there being two points of weakness in each sheet, one of the lines of weakness being
a line of perforations. In figure 3 they will break away in the form of hexagons,
there being as in figure 1 but one line of weakness in each sheet.
In Figure 4 the sides of each sheet have broken lines in form of one half of a
hexagon. Each sheet will break away from the roll in the form of a hexagon. In
Figure 5 the edges of each sheet have broken lines, each sheet containing three of
the broken lines of an octagon so that the sheet will break away from its lines of
weakness giving an octagonal form.
In Figure 6 the sides of each sheet have curved or continuously broken lines
giving each of the sheets the form of a semi-circle, (or it may be an ellipse) so that
each sheet will break away from the roll in circular form.
Several of these webs are preferably cut simultaneously from a roll A (Figure 7)
several feet in width. Through this roll is placed a shaft B, the journals of which
shaft are inserted in the bearings of a paper-cutting machine. In front of this roll
are placed paper-cutting knives which will give the various cuts of paper seen in
Figures 1 to 6. The knives may be of the shape to give all the sheets any one form
or any combination or number of these forms or some of each form, as exhibited in
Figure 7 by the letters a a, b b, c c d d, ee and ff, which represent the cuts made
by the knives constructed to cut the paper in the various forms shown in
Figures 1 to 6.

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The end of the parent roll having passed through feed rolls, it then passes through
the proper series of knives and perforators which cut and perforate in the forms
desired. The end of the sheet then runs on to the rewinding mechanism of the
machine which delivers it in rolls separated from the parent sheet in form ready for
use in the market.
By this improvement, as will be seen in Figure 7, a great variety of forms can be
obtained from the parent roll or web with a minimum of waste. In many of the
forms there is no waste at all. In some of them as seen in Figures 4, 5 and 6 and
in d d, e e and ff, there is but little waste. The waste in these latter forms is more
than compensated for by cutting off of the corners of the individual sheets which are
left on in the ordinary form of toilet paper now in the market.
This small waste of paper in the manufacture of some of these forms out of the
parent roll goes back to the paper mill, and is there exchanged for a new paper. In
other forms, notably the hexagon, that portion that would form the corners of a square
or right angled sheet serve to form parts of other hexagonal sheets without any waste
except at the edges of the parent sheet, and the same is true in less degree with the
circular and other forms.
It is to be understood that the edges of the webs may be in any other desirable
form according to the shape of the pieces required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
A roll or bundle of paper for toilet and other purposes, the ends of which are
parallel, the series of sheets contained therein having broken or curved outlines, at
the sides or edges substantially as described.
Dated this 28th day of October 1887.
1887
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.