IMPROVE- MENTS: IN MACHINERY FOR PRINTING ON PAPER AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Draper, of 2, Gordon Terrace, Holland Road,
Brixton, in the County of Surrey, Artist, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS: IN MACHINERY FOR PRINTING ON PAPER AND OTHER FABRICS."
Sealed the 1st July 1859, and dated the 5th January, 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Draper at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th January 1859.
I, WILLIAM DRAPER, of 2, Gordon. Terrace, Hollandi Road, Brixton, in the
County of Surrey, Artist, de hereby declare the nature of the invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS, IN MACHINERY FOR PRINTING ON; PAPER AND OTHER FABRICS," to
be as follows
This Invention has for its object improvements in machinery for printing
on paper and other fabrics. Heretofore it has been proposed to connect
together two frames carrying printing blocks, and to move them to and fro
across the paper or other fabric to be printed, so that they may alternately be
brought over, and be pressed down, on the paper or other fabric, and each set
of blocks as it left the paper or other fabric was passedzover a coloring roller
to be supplied with color ready for the next impression, adcoloring. roller being
placed for this purpose on each side of the paper or other fabric.
Now, one part of my Invention consists in combining together two apparatus
[Price 8d1
"IMPROVEMENTS, IN MACHINERY FOR PRINTING: ON; PAPER AND OTHER FABRICS," to
be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in machinery for printing
on paper and other fabrics. Heretofore it has been proposed to connect
together two frames carrying printing blocks, and to move them to and fro
across the paper or other fabric to be printed, so that they may alternately be
brought over, and be pressed down; on the paper or other fabric, and each set
of blocks as it left the paper or other fabric was passedzover a coloring roller
to be supplied with color ready for the next impression, adcoloring. roller being
placed for this purpose on each side of the paper or other fabric.
Now, one part of my Invention consists in combining together two apparatus
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page_text: similar to that above described, so that two lengths of paper or other fabric
may be printed at the same time. For this purpose four block plates, each
carrying one or more printing blocks, are made to slide up and down between
guides in four frames, which are connected by means of set screws to a bar,
which is at right angles to the two pieces of paper or other fabric to be
printed, and in the centre of this bar, on its upper and under sides, there are
toothed racks, and toothed segments are caused by toothed wheels on their
axes taking into gear with a toothed wheel on the driving axis, alternately to
come into gear with the rack on the top and with the rack on the bottom of
the bar, so that the bar is caused to move to and fro, and when the bar has
been moved to the furthest point each way, one set of blocks is over each piece
of paper or other fabric. to be-printed. The block plates carrying the printing
blocks are each supported in their frames by means of springs, so that the
blocks do not touch the surface of the paper or other fabric until they are
pressed down upon it. This is effected by the block plates when over the
pieces of paper or other fabric being under the end of an arm, which is
depressed. by its being connected to the end of, one arm of a lever, a pin on.
the other arm. of, each of the levers passing through a slot in, a rod,. to which a
to-and-fro motion is communicated by means of a crank on the driving axis,
by which means both levers are worked by, the same crank..
The next part of my Invention consists in an improved apparatus for
moving the paper or other fabric forwards after each impression. This
apparatus consists of a slide, on which there are clips, which can be made to
clip the sides of the paper or other fabric. This slide is moved to and from
the stops which are capable of adjustment. The slide is first moved up to the
first set of stops, and the clips caused to clip the sides of the paper or other
fabric; the slide is then moved back to the other stops, so as to draw forward
the paper or other fabric; the clips are then released, and the slide is moved'
back to the first set of stops; in this manner the paper or fabric is moved a.
distance after each impression from the printing blocks.
Another part of my Invention consists in an improved method of applying
the color to coloring rollers, and consists in employing for this purpose
sections of cylinders, which. are moveable on a spindle, so that they can be
arranged to supply color to the coloring roller at the required places where
any particular. color is wanted; each of these sections of cylinders turn in a
separate color pan, by which means I am enabled to work with two or more
colors from one block:.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Draper in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
5th July 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
DRAPER, of 2, Gordon Terrace, Holland Road, Brixton, in the County of Surrey,
Artist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Draper, Her special licence that I, the said William Draper,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Draper, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MA-
CHINERY FOR PRINTING ON PAPER AND OTHER FABRICS,' upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Draper, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Draper, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in machinery for printing
on paper and other fabrics. Heretofore it has been proposed to connect
together two frames carrying printing blocks, and to move them to and fro
across the paper or other fabric to be printed, so that they may alternately be
brought over, and be pressed down on the paper or other fabric, and each set
of blocks as it left the paper or other fabric was passed over a coloring roller
to be supplied with color ready for the next impression, a coloring roller being
placed for this purpose on each side of the paper or other fabric.
Now, one part of my Invention consists in combining together two apparatus
similar to that above described, so that two lengths of paper or other fabric

page_text: may be printed at the same time. For this purpose four block plates, each
carrying one or more printing blocks, are made to slide up and down between
guides in four frames, which are connected by means of set screws to a bar,
which is at right angles to the two pieces of paper or other fabric to be
printed, and in the centre of this bar, on its upper and under sides, there are
toothed racks, and toothed segments are caused by means of toothed wheels
on their axes taking into gear with a toothed wheel on the driving axis,
alternately to come into gear with the rack on the top and with the rack on
the bottom of the bar, so that the bar is caused to move to and fro; and when
the bar has been moved to the furthest point each way, one set of blocks is
over each piece of paper or other fabric to be printed. The block plates
carrying the printing blocks are each supported in their frames by means of
springs, so that the blocks do not touch the surface of the paper or other fabric
until they are pressed down upon it; this is effected by the block plates, when
over the pieces of paper or other fabric, being under the end of an arm which
is depressed by its being connected to the end of one arm of a lever, a pin on
the other arm of each of the levers passing through a slot in a rod, to which
a to-and-fro motion is communicated by means of a crank on the driving axis,
by which means both levers are worked by the same crank.
The next part of my Invention consists in an improved apparatus for
moving the paper or other fabric forwards after each impression. This
apparatus consists of a slide, on which there are clips, which can be made to
clip the sides of the paper or other fabric; this slide is moved to and from
stops, which are capable of adjustment; the slide is first moved up to the first
set of stops, and the clips caused to clip the sides of the paper or other fabric;
the slide is then moved back to the other stops, so as to draw forward the
paper or other fabric; the clips are then released, and the slide is moved back
to the first set of stops; in this manner the paper or fabric is moved a distance
after each impression from the printing blocks.
Another part of my Invention consists in an improved method of applying
the color to coloring rollers, and consists in employing for this purpose sections
of cylinders, which are moveable on a spindle, so that they can be arranged
to supply color to the coloring roller at the required places where any
particular color is wanted, each of these sections of cylinders turning in a
separate color pan, by which means I am enabled to work with two or more
colors from one block.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.

page_text: Figure 1 shows a side elevation, and Figure 2 a plan of a machine
constructed according to my Invention, so that two length of paper or other
fabric may be printed at the same time.
each of which one or more wooden printing blocks b are attached by means of
u, a, a, a, are the block plates, to
Each of the block plates a is
through holes in a frame c;
screws b', as shewn in the plan view, Figure 2.
formed with four projecting rods a,' which pass
each plate a has also attached to it four other projecting rods d, d, on the
upper ends of which a screw thread is cut, on which nuts d' screw around the
rods d; there are spiral springs e, e, the lower ends of which rest against
the frame c, and the upper ends against the nuts d', so that the block plates a
are supported by the spiral springs; the upper ends of the rods d also pass
through holes in springs f, f, attached to the frame c; and these springs also
press against the under side of the nuts d', so that the plates a are so
supported by these springs, and by varying the position of the nuts d' the force
with which the plates a are lifted may be adjusted. The frames c, c, are
attached by means of screws to the bar h, which is at right angles to the two
pieces of paper or other fabric to be printed; the bar his supported on
wheels ', which run on rails k, l, so that the bar may be moved to and fro.
In the centre of the bar h, on its upper side, there is a toothed rack, into
which a pinion m gears, and a toothed segment n on the axis n' is from time
to time caused to gear with the pinion m, and on the under side of the bar h
there is a toothed rack 1, into which a pinion m' gears, and a toothed
segment o on the axis o' is from time to time caused to gear with this pinion.
On the axis n there is a toothed wheel 2, and on the axis of a toothed wheel o²,
and a toothed wheel p on the driving axis p¹ gears with the toothed wheels n", o",
so that when the axis p³ is caused to rotate by the driving band p², the
axes m', o, are caused to rotate in opposite directions, by which the toothed
segment n first gears with the pinion m, and causes the bar h to move in one
direction; the bar h then remains stationary until the toothed segment o gears
with the pinion m', and moves the bar h in the other direction. When the
bar h has been moved to the furthest point each way, one set of printing
blocks b is over each piece of paper or other fabric to be printed. but the
blocks are supported by the springs e and f, so that they do not touch the
surface of the paper or other fabric until they are pressed down upon it. This
is effected by there being a projecting bar a at each end of each of the block
plates a, a, which bars pass through holes in the frames c; the two bars on
each of the block plates a are connected to a cross bar g, and this cross bar is

page_text: under the end of a rod q when the block plate to which it is attached is over
the piece of paper or other fabric to be printed. The upper end of each of
the rods q is attached to the end of one arm of a lever r; the end of the other
arm of each of these levers is attached to one arm of a short lever or rocking
piece s, on the other arm of which there is a pin, which passes through a slot
in a rod s', to which a to-and-fro motion is communicated by means of a crank
on the driving axis p', when the upper part of the slot in the rod, comes in
contact with the pin on the lever s; the arm of the lever to which the pin is
attached is depressed as the rod s¹ continues to descend, and this movement of
the levers depresses the rods q, so that by this means both of the rods q are
depressed by the crank, at the same time the depressing the rods q forces down
the cross bars g, and in consequence forces down the printing blocks on to the
pieces of paper or other fabric, the pieces of paper or other fabric being
supported by the printing tables, which are of the ordinary construction. The
toothed wheel p on the axis p¹ is of such a diameter as to make two revolutions
for every revolution of the axes n', o', so that the crank depresses the rods q
each time that the bar h is moved to its furthest point each way. The length
of the rods q can be adjusted by means of the screws q¹. The paper or other
fabric is moved forward after each impression by means of a sliding bar t,
which slides between guides on the printing table to the bar t. On each side
of the fabric are attached clips t', and when the paper or other fabric is
to be moved forwards the sliding bar is moved up to the stops u, which
are fixed to the sides of the printing table by screws u'; the clips t¹ are
then made to clip the sides of the paper or other fabric by the workman
drawing together the sliding pieces 2 by the handles ³, which force the upper
jaws of the clips downwards, whilst the under jaws rest on and are supported
by the printing table; the sliding bar is then slid by the workman from the
stops u to the stops u', by which the paper or other fabric is moved the
required distance. The color is supplied to the printing blocks b by means of
coloring rollers v, which are supplied with color at the requisite parts by short
cylinders, which are attached to the spindle w by means of keys, so that they
can be arranged to supply color to the coloring rollers at the places where
any particular color is wanted, each short cylinder on the spindle w turning in
a separate color pan 2, as shewn at Figure 3, which is a view partly in section
of the color pan x and the spindle w, with the short cylinders attached to it.
By supplying color to the coloring rollers in this manner, I am enabled to
work with two or more colors from one block, but when working with only
one color from each block, the spindle w has only one long cylinder attached to
it, as shewn at Figure 2. The spindle w is driven by means of cords a¹, which

page_text: receive motion from a pulley v, on the axis of which there is a small pinion ³,
which gears with the rack on the under side of the bar h, so that the
spindle is caused to rotate in opposite directions, according as the bar h is
moving in one or other direction.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Draper, hath hereunto set his
hand and seal, this Fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
WILLIAM DRAPER. (L.S.)