Improvements in Machines for Wrapping Newspapers and other Publications, or similar articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1898-Accepted, 25th June, 1898.
[Communicated from abroad by ROBERT HOE, Printing Press Manufacturer, of
504, Grand Street, in the City of New York, State of New York, United States
of America.]
Improvements in Machines for Wrapping Newspapers and other
Publications, or similar articles.
I, HENRY EDWARD NEWTON, of The Office for Patents, 6, Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of London, Patent Agent, 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:-
This invention relates to machines of that class employed in wrapping news-
papers or other publications, or similar articles.
The invention aims especially to provide a wrapping machine, whereby a suc-
cession of independent papers or other articles to be wrapped, are advanced and
enveloped in wrappers wound spirally about the successive papers as they are
longitudinally advanced, the edges of successive layers or windings of wrappers
overlapping, and being secured by a line of paste applied by suitable pasting
devices to one edge of the wrapper.
In a machine constructed in accordance with the invention, the wrapper tubes
for enveloping successive papers, as they are longitudinally advanced, may be
formed from independent wrappers, and a machine to form the successive wrapper
tubes from independent wrappers forms a part of the invention; in the preferred
form of machine, however, a continuous wrapper web is employed to form a con-
tinuous spirally wound wrapper tube about the papers, which wrapper tube is
afterwards severed at or near the junction between successive papers, and the
wrapped papers then delivered separately from the machine.
The machine is preferably provided with means whereby the papers, as
they are fed longitudinally forward, will be rotated, so that a wrapper web being
guided to the papers at an angle to the line in which the papers are being advanced,
will be drawn forward by the rotary and longitudinal movements of the papers,
and wound spirally thereon. The papers may be thus advanced and rotated by
interior feeding devices, as hereinafter described, but in the preferred form of
machine embodying the invention, the feeding devices engaging the outside of
the papers, or of the wrapper tubes enclosing the papers, are employed.
Any suitable mechanism may be employed for feeding the papers successively
to such exterior feeding and rotating devices, but feeding devices are preferably
employed whereby the papers are advanced to the feeding and rotating devices
transversely to the direction in which they are advanced by the feeding and
rotating devices, and there is preferably provided a rotary pocket in line with,
and rotating in time with, the feeding and rotating devices into which the papers
are fed, and from which, as they rotate therewith, they are advanced by suitable
means to the feeding and rotating devices. The pocket is preferably open, on one
side, to receive the papers as they are successively advanced transversely to the
axis of rotation of the pocket, as the papers may thus be fed into the pocket with-

page_text: out its rotation being interrupted for receiving them. For advancing the papers
from the pocket, there is preferably provided a reciprocating rotary pusher engag-
ing the outer end of the paper, and advancing the paper at the proper time from the
pocket. There is thus provided means whereby papers folded to the usual flat
form, may be successively fed to the feeding devices of the wrapping mechanism
proper at the desired intervals, without the necessity of stopping any part of said
wrapping mechanism for the purpose of receiving the papers.
Means are preferably provided for severing the continuous wrapper tube enclos-
ing the papers into paper lengths, so that the papers may be delivered from the
machine completely wrapped and separated one from another. Any suitable
means may be provided for this purpose, but it is preferred to provide means for
perforating the wrapper web before it is wound about the papers, and then to
separate, by means of a pair of accelerated breaking rolls, the wrapper tube on these
lines of perforations, the web being perforated on the proper diagonal lines, so
that the lines of perforations in the wrapper tube will be at right angles to the
length of the tube, and at or near the junctions between successive papers. By
severing the wrapper tube into paper lengths in this manner, all danger of cutting
or otherwise injuring the papers is avoided, and the papers may be wrapped with
their meeting ends as close together as desired.
In being wound spirally on to a flat paper, the wrapper web will be taken up
unevenly. There is, therefore, preferably provided a tension and take-up device
acting on the wrapper web as it advances to the papers, which will compensate
for this uneven taking up of the wrapper web, and maintain an even tension on
the wrapper as it is advanced to the papers.
In the preferred form of machine, in which the papers to be wrapped are
advanced by interior feeding devices, the successive papers ar bent about a core,
and advanced longitudinally on the core by belts forming a portion of the surface
of the core, a continuous wrapper web being wound spirally about the core and
the papers thereon, to form a continuous spirally wound wrapper tube enclosing
the papers and the core. The core is preferably arranged to rotate, so that the
wrapper web, being guided to the core at an angle, will be drawn forward by the
rotary and longitudinal movements of the papers on the core, and wound spirally
about the papers and the core. The papers are preferably fed to the core by
mechanism advancing them successively in a direction transverse to the axis of
the core.
The core is preferably of such a size that its circumference is about equal to
twice the width of the papers to be wrapped, so that the papers will extend about
half way around the core. The wrapper tube formed about the paper and the core,
will thus be of a size that will permit the papers being flattened out after leaving
the core, and to fit snugly about the papers when they are so flattened out. By
the width of the papers is meant the dimension of the papers measured circum-
ferentially of the core.
For severing, the wrapper tube at or near the junction between successive papers,
so that the papers may be delivered from the machine completely wrapped and
separated one from another, there is preferably employed one or more, depending
upon the timing of the parts of the machine, but preferably a plurality of, con-
tinuously rotating segmental severing blades arranged to move longitudinally
of, and at the same speed with, the wrapper tube during the time that they are
rotating in cutting position, and said blades being returned to their original or
normal position during that portion of their rotation in which they are not in
position for engaging the wrapper tube. The rotation of the segmental severing
blades being properly timed, and the blades extending through the proper portion
of a circle, according to the rate of rotation of the core and the number of said
segmental severing blades employed, the rotating wrapper tube will be completely
severed at the desired points between the papers.
In a modified construction employing a core along which the papers are longitu-
dinally advanced in succession for wrapping, the papers are advanced on the core

page_text: by a pusher or pushers moving longitudinally of the core, a continuous wrapper
web being, as before, wound spirally about the papers as they are advanced along
the core to form a continuous spirally wound wrapper tube enclosing the core and
papers. The core is, in this case, also preferably a rotating core, and the pusher
preferably rotates with the core, and is reciprocated longitudinally of the core, to
advance a paper by engagement with the rear end thereof, and then to return to
engage and advance another paper, and is preferably spring pressed and mounted,
so that, on its return movement, it may be depressed by engagement with the
paper which is being fed onto the core, so as not to project outside of the surface
of the core.
Two such pushers are preferably employed reciprocating alternately,
one returning as the other advances, so that they will advance alternate papers.
The papers are fed onto the core by suitable mechanism, preferably transversely
to the axis of the core, and preferably in time so that successive papers take the
same relative positions circumferentially of the core, the papers being thus
advanced on the core in line, and the wrapper tube and enclosed papers, after
leaving the core, are preferably advanced through suitable guides rotating with
the core, whereby the papers are flattened, and the flattened papers and wrapper
tube then preferably guided between feeding and cutting rolls, also rotating with
the core, whereby the flattened wrapper tube is severed between the papers, suc-
cessive papers being thus delivered completely wrapped and severed one from
another.
Means rotating with the paper wrapping devices of a wrapping mechanism
for flattening a wrapper and enclosed paper, as they are advanced from the paper-
wrapping devices, form a feature of the invention, and may be used with other
forms of wrapping mechanism.
In connection with the feature of the invention of employing a core on which
the papers are advanced for wrapping, it will be understood that, although the
method of spiral winding is preferred, and devices for spiral winding in connection
with the core form a feature of the invention, yet the invention is not to be limited
thereto, but includes also, broadly, a wrapping machine having a core, preferably
a rotating core, upon and longitudinally of which the papers to be wrapped are
advanced and simultaneously enveloped in wrappers applied about the papers and
core in any suitable manner.
Another form of machine embodying certain features of the invention is
intended especially to provide a mechanism by which the wrapper tubes for
enveloping the successive papers, as they are longitudinally advanced, are formed
from independent wrappers, the wrappers being preferably formed into spirally
wound wrapper tubes. Forming the wrapper tubes from independent wrappers
avoids the necessity of severing the wrappers between successive papers after
wrapping, as is necessary when a continuous wrapper web is formed into a con-
tinuous spirally wound wrapper tube about the papers, and thus permits the
papers being enclosed in wrapper tubes of considerable less length than the
papers. This modified embodiment of the invention is not, however, limited to
forming the wrapper tubes from independent wrappers, but may be employed to
form, from a continuous wrapper web, a continuous spirally-wound wrapper tube
about the papers.
In a machine constructed to embody this part of the invention in the preferred
form, the papers are advanced in succession longitudinally through a tubular
former, and the wrapper tubes are formed upon said tubular former, and advanced
longitudinally thereon, so that successive wrapper tubes will be engaged
by the successive papers, as they are advanced from the end of the
tubular former, and thus delivered from the former with, and enclosing
the papers. The wrappers are advanced for wrapping preferably in the form of a
continuous web, which, in a machine constructed to carry out that feature of the
invention of forming the wrapper tubes from independent wrappers, is severed to
form independent wrappers before reaching the former, the wrappers being
advanced to the former at an angle, and the web being cut to form the independent

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wrappers on lines extending diagonally of the web, and at an angle to the former.
The wrappers being thus advanced at an angle to the tubular former, are wound
spirally about the former, and advanced longitudinally thereon, preferably by
means of a driven forming belt, which turns spirally about the wrapper-tube
former, so that the wrappers, being entered between the forming belt and the
former, will be advanced spirally about the former, by the belt, to form spirally-
wound wrapper tubes.
The papers may be advanced to and through the tubular former by any suitable
mechanism, but there is preferably provided a receiving pocket having a longitu-
dinal slot through which the papers are successively folded into the pocket by a
reciprocating folding blade, and from which pocket they are advanced into the
tubular former, preferably by means of pushers engaging the rear ends of the
successive papers. As the papers, after having been thus folded and fed through
the former, are advanced from the end of the former, the tendency is for them to
unfold or expand as they leave the former. Consequently, a wrapper tube
advanced about the former and beyond the end thereof in time with the paper as
it is advanced from within the former, will be engaged by the paper as it expands
after leaving the former, and the paper and wrapper tube will be delivered
together, the paper enclosed by, and fitting snugly within, the wrapper.
As a full understanding of the invention can best be given by a detailed descrip-
tion of preferred constructions embodying all the features of the invention, such
a description will now be given in connection with the accompanying drawings,
showing such preferred constructions, and the features forming the invention will
afterwards be specifically pointed out in the claims.
In the drawings:-
Figures 1 to 11 show the preferred form of machine when the papers are sup-
ported and advanced for wrapping by feeding devices engaging the outside of
the papers, or of the wrapper tube enclosing the papers.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.
Figure 3 is a view taken on line 3 of Figure 1, and showing the wrapper feeding
mechanism in perspective.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the wrapper feeding mechanism.
Figure 5 is an end view of the wrapping mechanism from the left in Figure 1.
Figure 6 is a section on line 6 of Figure 1.
Figure 7 is a section on line 7 of Figure 1.
Figure 8 is a section on line 8 of Figure 1.
Figures 9, 10, & 11, are diagrammatic sectional views showing the paper receiv-
ing mechanism in different positions.
Figures 12 to 18 show a preferred form of machine having interior feeding devices
for advancing the papers for wrapping.
Figure 12 is a plan view of such a machine, partly in section.
Figure 13 is a front elevation, partly in section, on line 13 of Figure 12.
Figure 14 is a view taken on line 14 of Figure 12, showing the paper-feeding
and wrapper-guiding and supporting mechanisms in elevation."
Figure 15 is a section on line 15 of Figure 12.
Figure 16 is a section on line 16 of Figure 12.
Figure 17 is a diagram showing the relative positions of successive papers on
the core.
Figure 18 is a view taken on line 18 of Figure 12, shewing the wrapper severing
mechanism in elevation.
Figures 19 to 29 show a modified form of machine having interior paper feeding
devices.
Figure 19 is a plan view of such machine, the paper feeding and wrapper sup-
porting and guiding devices being, however, merely indicated by dotted lines.
Figure 20 is a longitudinal section on line 20 of Figure 19.

page_text: feeding devices.
Figure 22 is a view taken on line 22 of Figure 19, also showing the paper feed-
ing devices.
Figure 23 is a view taken on line 23 of Figure 19.
Figure 24 is a detail showing the position of the papers and wrapper tube as
they are associated and advanced about the core, and inside the casing surround-
ing the core.
Figure 25 is a section taken on line 25 of Figure 20.
Figure 26 is a detail of the means for advancing the papers lengthwise of the
core.
Figure 27 is a detail of the cams for operating the pushers for advancing the
papers.
Figure 28 is a detail showing a cross section of the cutting and feeding rolls
for severing the wrapper tube between successive papers.
Figure 29 shows one of the completely wrapped and severed papers as delivered
from the machine.
Figures 30 to 35 show a form of machine especially adapted for forming the
wrapper tubes for successive papers from independent wrappers.
Figure 30 is a side elevation of such machine, looking in the direction of
arrow 30 in Figure 31.
Figure 31 is a plan view.
Figure 32 is a section on line 32 of Figure 31.
Figure 33 is an end view, looking in the direction of arrow 33 in Figure 31.
Figure 34 is an elevation of the other end of the machine, looking in the
direction of arrow 34 in Figure 31; and
Figure 35 is a view looking in the direction of arrow 35 in Figure 31, showing
the opposite side of the mechanism for applying the wrapper from that shown in
Figure 34.
Referring first to the construction shown in Figures 1 to 11, the various parts
of the machine may be supported in any suitable manner, but are shown as sup-
ported by standards A, A1, A2, A3, A+ Extending longitudinally of the machine,
and journalled in the standards A1, A2, A3, A4, is a main driving shaft B, having
fast and loose pulleys C, C, and from which the various moving parts of the
machine are driven.
The papers having been fed successively to receiving mechanism hereinafter
described, are advanced to a pair of feeding rolls a, a, journalled in a rotary
frame b, by which rolls they are advanced between guides 10 carried by the
frame b, after leaving which, they are enveloped by the wrapper, and then entered
between feeding rolls a a¹ journalled in a rotary frame b¹, by which they are
advanced through a guide 11 to a third pair of feeding rolls a", a journalled in
a rotary frame 6". The guide 11 is carried by, and rotates with, the frames b¹
and b
The rotary frame b, 6, 6 are preferably of circular form, and rotatably sup-
ported by circular guides or bearings 12 carried by, or formed by, the upper part
of the standards A2, A3, A4, and said circular frames are rotated from the driving
shaft B by gears 13 meshing with gears 14 carried by said frames. Each pair
of feeding rolls a, a and a¹, a¹ and a", a", carry intermeshing gears 15, and are
driven from a gear 16 journalled in the rotary frames, and carrying a beveled
gear 17, meshing with a beveled gear 18 on the shaft of one of the said rolls, the
gear 16 meshing with a stationary gear or circular rack 19 carried by a bracket 20,
extending upward from the standard A2, A3, A4, as the case may be, so that as
the rotary frames rotate about their centres, the gears 16 will be caused, through
their engagement with the racks 19, to rotate about their centres, thus causing the
feeding rolls a, a, a¹, a¹, a¹¹, all, to rotate. The circular racks 19 are formed on
the edges of rings which extend about, and leave free, the path of the paper.
The papers are fed into the machine by feeding tapes 23 and 24, which advance

page_text: the papers successively to a rotary pocket 25, formed preferably in sections carried
by a bar 26. The pocket, or each of the sections thereof, when it is of the sectional
form shown, is open on one side, and is formed preferably with a wide side about
equal in width to the width of the papers to be wrapped, a closed side or bottom u,
and a short side v, somewhat less than half the width of the side t, the inside dis-
tance between the sides and v, being about equal to the thickness of the papers
to be wrapped. The bar 26 is supported at one end by the rotary frame b, as shown
in Figure 2, and at the other end by a rotary sleeve 30, as shown in Figures 2
and 7, the sleeve 30 being journaled in the standard A and rotated in time with
the frames b, 61, 62, from the shaft B, by a gear 31 meshing with a gear 32 carried
by the sleeve.
The operation of receiving a paper in the pocket 25 will be understood from
Figures 9, 10, and 11. Figure 9 shows the parts in position just as the paper has
been fed the pocket 25 by the tapes 23 and 24 against the long side of the pocket,
and beneath the short side and bottom of the pocket which is uppermost. Then,
as the pocket continues to rotate in the direction of the arrow, the paper is further
fed, so as to enter its forward edge between the sides t, and of the pocket, this
further feeding being accomplished by the tapes 23 and 24, as before, until the
rear end of the paper passes beyond the roll 33, around which the tapes 23 turn.
After the paper has been advanced so that its rear end is no longer engaged by
the tapes 23, it is further advanced into the pocket to bring its front edge against
the side or bottom u of the pocket by the feeding tapes 24, which, as shown, are
extended to rolls 34 on the other side of the pocket, the tapes passing between the
sections of the pocket. The tapes 24 thus continue to bear on the paper, and feed
it into the pocket, after it has passed beyond the tapes 23, and continue to bear
on the rear edge of the paper, as the pocket continues its rotation from the
horizontal position shown in Figure 10, until it reaches the vertical position
shown in Figure 11, thereby ensuring the paper being properly entered into the
pocket. One or more circular guides 27 are preferably provided to hold the papers
in place in the pocket as the rotation of the pocket continues.
After a paper has been entered into the pocket, its rear end is engaged by a
pusher carried by a rod 20 mounted to rotate with, but free to reciprocate longi-
tudinally in the sleeve 30, and having its rear end mounted free to rotate and
reciprocate in the upper end of the standard A. The rod 36 is reciprocated by
means of a rocking arm 37 having a pin entering between the flanges of a spool 38
on the rod, and having a bowl 39 entering a cam groove in a cam cylinder 40
rotatably mounted between the standards A and A', and formed to rock the arm 37,
to advance the pusher 35 at the proper time to engage the paper after it has been
fed into the pocket, and advance it longitudinally of the pocket, to enter its front
end between the feeding rolls a, by which it is then advanced, as before stated,
between the guides 10. The cam cylinder 40 is driven by a gear 41 on the
sleeve 30, which meshes with a gear 42 on the cam cylinder. The feeding of the
papers into the pocket, and the reciprocating of the pusher 35, are so timed, that
successive papers will be fed to the feeding rolls a, and then advanced by the rolls a
end to end, and with their meeting ends touching, or with a desired space between
them.
Since the feeding of a paper into the pocket 25 cannot be begun until the pre-
ceding paper has been advanced by the rolls a, to carry its rear end entirely clear
of the path of the papers as they are fed transversely into the pocket, and since a
short interval of time must then elapse before the paper can be entered fully into
the pocket in position to be advanced by the pusher 35, it is evident that there will
be a considerable space between the front end of a paper, when fed into the
pocket 25, and the rear end of the preceding paper. In order to shorten this dis-
tance, and cause the papers to be advanced from the feeding rolls a, with their
meeting ends touching, or at a desired short distance apart, the pusher 35 is recipro-
cated at a speed greater than that at which the papers are fed by the rolls a, so as

page_text: to cause the front end of a paper, as it is advanced by the pusher, to catch up with
the rear end of the preceding paper, as desired.
After leaving the guides 10, the papers are associated with a wrapper web, which,
in the machine shown in these Figures 1 to 11 of the drawings, is wound about
the papers as a continuous or unbroken web, to form a continuous wrapper tube
about the papers, being guided to the rotating and longitudinally advancing papers
at an angle to the direction of movement of the papers by any suitable means, but
preferably by feeding and pasting mechanism constructed substantially as
follows: The wrapper web y coming from the web roll passes beneath guide
rolls 45 and 46, then back and up between feeding rolls 47 and 48, turning on the
roll 48, and passing over a spring tension device, to be associated with the paper.
As the web passes about the roll 48, it is engaged by, and receives a line of paste
at one edge from a paste roll 49 rotating in a fountain 50, the roll 47 being cut
away, as shown in Figure 1, so as not to contact with the paper at the edge where
the paste is applied. It will be noticed that the paste is applied to that side and
edge of the wrapper which, when the wrapper is wound about the paper, forms
the inner side of the forward edge of the wrapper. The feeding rolls 47 and 48
carry intermeshing gears 51, and are driven from a bevel gear 52 on the driving
shaft B, which drives a bevel gear 53 mounted free to rotate on the shaft of the
roll 48, said gear carrying also a smaller gear 54, which, through an inter-
mediate 55, drives a large gear 56 fast on the shaft of the roll 47.
This wrapper-feeding mechanism is arranged so that the wrapper web is
advanced to the papers at an angle, as they are fed between the feeding rolls a
and the feeding rolls a¹, so that as the papers advance and rotate; the wrapper will
be wound about the papers with its edges overlapping, so as to be secured by the
paste which has been applied to the edge of the wrapper. The papers, as they are
advanced by the rolls a¹ and into the guide 11, will thus be enclosed in a continuous
spirally-wound wrapper, forming a continuous wrapper tube enclosing the succes-
sive papers.
It will be seen that the papers may be advanced for wrapping with the ends
of successive papers separated a short distance, so that when the wrapper tube is
severed into paper lengths, each paper will be enclosed in a wrapper tube project-
ing beyond the ends of the paper, to protect the paper; or the papers may be
advanced for wrapping with the ends of successive papers meeting, or substantially
so, so that when the wrapper tube is severed into paper lengths, each paper will
be enclosed in a wrapper of substantially the length of the paper.
For the purpose of perforating the wrapper web, for severing the wrapper tube
into paper lengths, the roll 47 is provided with a diagonal perforating strip 57,
whereby, as the web passes between the rolls 47 and 48, and at each rotation of
the roll 47, it will receive a line of perforations diagonal to the length of the web,
and at right angles to the direction of movement of the papers, as shown in
Figure 1. The roll 47 is of such diameter, according to the size of the papers to be
wrapped, that for each rotation of the roll a length of the wrapper web will be
advanced sufficient to form a length of the wrapper tube equal to the length of a
paper, or a little more, if it be desired to deliver the papers with wrappers pro-
jecting beyond their ends. The feeding rolls a² are driven at a slightly greater
speed than the rolls a and the rolls a¹, so that when the papers enclosed in the con-
tinuous, but perforated wrapper tube, enter between the rolls a², after passing
through the guide tube 11, the wrapper tube will be separated on the perforated
lines, and the papers delivered from the rolls, a³, each with its portion of the
wrapper tube separated from that of the next succeeding paper. One of the rolls
a3 is preferably spring pressed, as shown, so as to ensure the wrapper and enclosed
papers being tightly gripped for breaking the wrapper tube. By thus perforating
the wrapper web before it is wound about the papers, and then breaking the
wrapper tube on such perforated lines, the wrapper tube is severed into paper
lengths, without danger of injuring the papers, however close together they are.
The wrapper web, as it is wound on to papers folded in the usual manner for

page_text: wrapping, will, on account of the flat form of the papers, be taken up unevenly,
and, as the wrapper web is advanced from the feeding rolls 47 and 48 at a uniform
rate, there is provided between said feeding rolls and the point where the wrapper
Ois associated with the papers, a spring tension and take-up device, preferably a ten-
sion roll 60, which is shown as carried by a forked arm 61 extending from a pivot
shaft 62, and under light tension by the coil spring 63, to bear against, and take up
any slack in the wrapper web, and thus to maintain a constant even tension on the
web.
In the construction just described, the papers are advanced and rotated by feed-
ing devices engaging the outside of the papers, and of the wrapper tube enclosing
the papers.
Although certain features of the invention relate especially to
machines having exterior feeding devices, yet the invention, broadly considered,
is not limited to the use of exterior feeding devices, but, as before stated, may be
embodied in machines having interior feeding devices for advancing the papers for
wrapping, and certain features of the invention relate especially to constructions
having interior feeding devices. Such a construction is shown in Figures 12 to
18 of the drawings, and will now be described.
100 is a rotating core about which the papers are bent while being enclosed in
the spirally-wound wrapper tube. It is carried by a rotary frame 101; mounted
to rotate in bearings in standards E, E¹, and rotated from the main driving shaft B
by means of a gear 102 on said shaft meshing with a gear 103 carried by the
frame, and is enclosed in a cylindrical casing 104 supported by the standard E¹,
and by standards E2 and E3, in the space between which casing and the core the
papers are advanced spirally, and enclosed within the wrapper, as hereinafter
described.
The core 100 is formed with a portion of its surface arranged to move longitu-
dinally from the frame 101, for the purpose of advancing the papers longitudinally
of the core within the casing. This longitudinal movement of a portion of the
surface of the core is preferably secured by forming the core of a supporting
frame 105, which preferably itself forms a portion of the surface of the core, and
which carries, at its outer end, rolls 106 and 106", about which turn feeding belts
107 and 107, which extend longitudinally of the core, and turn also about rolls
108 and 108, supported in the frame 101, and on guide rolls 109 and 109, also
supported in the frame 101. The rolls 106 and 100 are preferably formed with
their peripheries curved convexly, so as to cause the outside portions of the belts
forming a portion of the periphery of the core, to take a corresponding form. The
guide rolls 109 and 109", and the rolls 108 and 108, also have their peripheries
curved for the same purpose, the peripheries of the guide rolls 109 and 109", how-
ever, being curved concavely instead of convexly. The rolls 108 and 108 are
geared together by gears 110, and are driven to drive the belts 107 and 107 80
that their outer portions shall move in a direction away from the frame 107 by
means of a gear 111, through an intermediate 1113 meshing with a gear 112 on
the shaft of one of said rolls, said gear 111 being driven from a bevel gear 113
meshing with a bevel gear 114 turning with the gear 111, said gear 113 being
carried by a stud 115 extending through the end of the frame 101 in the line of
the axis about which the frame rotates, and carrying an arm 116 which is secured
to the standard E. The gear 113 will thus be held stationary, while the frame 101
rotates, and the gear 114, moving with the frame, will be rotated by engage-
ment with the stationary gear 113, thus driving the belts as desired. The guide
rolls 109 and 109" are also preferably driven rolls, being driven from the gears 110,
which mesh with gears 117 on the shafts of said guide rolls.
The casing 104 is cut away so as to form an opening 4, as shown best in
Figures 12 and 16, through which the wrappers and the papers to be wrapped are
advanced to the core. The wrappers y, which, in the machine shown in these
figures, are wound about the papers in the form of a continuous or unbroken web,
to form a continuous wrapper tube about the core and the papers thereon, are
guided to the space between the core and the casing at an angle to the core, from

page_text: a web roll suitably supported, as by supports 120, carried by a frame 121, passing
preferably between guide rolls 122, and then turning downward over a guide bar 123
and then beneath a guide bar 124, said guide bars being supported by the
frame 121, and extending longitudinally of the core. The guide bar 124 lies pre-
ferably in position to guide the papers as they are advanced to the core, as herein-
after described, and to hold the papers in contact with the core, as shown in Figure
16. As the wrapper web advances to the core, it receives a line of paste at one
edge from a paste.roll 5 rotating in a fountain 6.
The papers are fed to the core transversely and entered between the core and
the wrapper web, preferably in a direction at right angles to the length of the
core, by means of feeding tapes 125 and 126; turning on rolls 127 and 128, and 129
and 130, respectively, and are advanced to said feeding tapes at proper intervals
from a pile contained in a holder 131, by means of a reciprocating spring pusher 132,
by which the bottom papers are advanced successively beneath the edge of the
front side of the holder, as usual, in such constructions, the spring pushers being
carried by a sliding bar 133, which is reciprocated by means of rocking arms 134,
rocked by an excentric 135 through a rod 136, the excentric being driven from a
gear 137 on the main driving shaft B meshing with a gear 138 on the shaft carry-
ing the excentric. The rolls 127 and 129 carry intermeshing gears 139, and are
driven from a gear 140 on the shaft carrying the excentric 135, through a train
of gears 141, 142, 143, the gear 143 meshing with a gear 144 on the shaft of the
roll 129. The paste roll 5 is driven from the shaft of the roll 128 as follows:-
The shaft of the paste roll carries a belt pulley 146, which is
driven through a belt 147 from a pulley 148 carried by a short shaft, which is
driven from a gear 149 on the shaft of the roll 128, through a train of gears 150
and bevel gears 151.
The operation of the parts of the construction shown in Figures 12 to 18 thus
far described, is as follows:-
As the papers are advanced successively at the proper intervals by the feeding
tapes 125 and 126, the forward edge of each paper is entered between the wrapper
web and the core, as shown in Figures 13 and 16, and each paper, as it is engaged
by the core, is further advanced by the rotation of the core, and its rear edge drawn
out of engagement with the tapes 125 and 126, the rolls 127 and 129 being
positioned preferably at such distance from the core, as to retain their grasp on
the paper only long enough to ensure the paper being fed into engagement properly
with the core. Then, as each paper is advanced about the core by the rotary
movement thereof, it will be advanced longitudinally of the core by the feeding
belts, so that it will be caused to follow a spiral course about the axis of the
core. Each succeeding paper being similarly advanced spirally about the axis of
the core, the wrapper web will, by engagement with the papers, be drawn spirally
about the papers and the core, so as to form a continuous spirally wound wrapper
tube enclosing the papers and the core, the edges of the wrapper overlapping, and
being secured by the paste which has been applied at one edge of the wrapper.
The papers, as they are advanced to the core, are preferably of such a width as
to extend substantially half way around the core when bent about the core, so
that when the wrapper tube and enclosed papers are flattened, the papers will
substantially fill the flattened wrapper tube. The rotation of the core, and the
feeding of the papers to the core, are preferably timed relatively, so that a paper
will be advanced to the core for each five-eighths of a revolution thereof; that is,
in the preferred construction shown, the pusher 132 is reciprocated so as to
advance a paper from the holder to the feeding belts 125 and 126 for each five-
eighths of a revolution of the core, the papers being thus delivered from the belts
to the core, one for each five eighths of a revolution of the core. The relative posi-
tion of successive papers on the core will be understood from Figures 16 and 17.
Supposing the forward edge of one of the papers to engage the core at H¹, as
indicated in Figure 16, then the forward edge of the following paper would engage
the core at a point H2 in said Figure when the core had made five-eighths of a

page_text: rotation, to bring the point H2 in the position occupied in the figure by the point H¹.
Similarly, the next following paper would engage the core at the point H³,
the one following that at the point H, and so on, until eight papers had been
advanced to and bent about the core, after which the next paper would again
engage the core at the point H', the core making five complete revolutions for each 5
eight papers advanced to it. Figure 17 illustrates diagrammatically the position
taken on the core by the successive papers as they would appear looking down-
ward upon the core, the core being represented as extended for the purpose of show-
ing papers in all the different positions on the core. The successive papers in
this figure marked a¹, 2, 3, &c., correspond in position with papers whose for-
ward edges engage the core at the points H1, H2, H3, &c., as indicated in Figure 16.
The core belts 107 and 107" should be driven at such a speed, depending upon
the length of the papers to be wrapped, (that is, the dimensions of the paper length-
wise of the core, as it is fed to the core), that each paper will be moved longitu..
dinally of the core out of the path of the succeeding paper, as it is fed to the
core, so that the successive papers, as they are received on the core, will not
interfere.
As the wrapper tube is advanced with the enclosed papers beyond the casing 104,
it is severed between the papers by a series of continuously rotating segmental
severing blades 160, arranged about the path of the wrapper tube, and enclosed
papers, and mounted to rotate in a plane at right angles to the axis of the core.
The several segmental blades are rotated together and timed, so that their cutting
edges move across the path of the wrapper tube, at the same time; and during
the time that the blades are moving across the path of the wrapper tube, that is,
during the time in which they are acting to sever the wrapper tube, the blades
are moved in the direction of the movement of, and at the same speed as, the
wrapper tube, being for this purpose carried by a frame 161 mounted to slide
on the casing 104, and on a stud 162. Four such segmental blades are preferably
provided, and in the construction shown, where the core makes only five-eighths
of a rotation for each paper wrapped, each blade will preferably be formed of a
segment which forms two-fifths, or a trifle more, of a circle, and the blades are
driven so that each blade makes one complete rotation for every five-eighths
of a rotation of the core. The frame 161 is reciprocated to move the cutting
blades longitudinally of the core by means of a cam groove in a cam cylinder 163
engaging a stud 164 on the frame, said cam groove being formed so that when
the segmental cutting blades begin to sever the wrapper tube, they will be
moving longitudinally with the wrapper tube, and so that this movement will
be continued until the segmental blades have rotated out of the path of the
wrapper tube. Then, during the time that the blades continue their rotation,
and before they again begin to move through the path of the wrapper tube,
the frame is moved backward to its original position. The rotating and
advancing wrapper tube will thus be completely severed by the combined action
of the several segmental blades moving with the tube, and therefore acting to
cut the tube in lines at right angles to its length, as it rotates and advances, each
segmental blade cutting the tube for a portion of its circumference, and the
several cuts thus made by the different blades meeting to complete the severing
of the tube. The successive papers are thus delivered from the machine com-
pletely wrapped and separated from one another.
The core preferably extends beyond the severing point, as shown, and in order
to prevent the feeding belts 107 and 107 being cut by the severing blades, they
preferably run beneath guards 165 and 165", by which they are caused to move
in a line out of reach of the severing blades for a distance corresponding to the
travel of the severing blades longitudinally of the core, in severing. The seg-
mental severing blades are preferably geared to rotate together by means of
sprocket wheels 166 carried by the shafts of the several blades, and a sprocket
chain 167 turning on the several sprocket wheels, and are driven from a gear 168
"

page_text: on the main driving shaft B, which gear drives a gear 169 on the shaft of the
lowermost of the cutting blades through an intermediate 170.
The intermediate 170 is a broad-faced gear, as shown, so as to engage the
gear 169 while the frame carrying the severing blades reciprocates, the gear 169,
in the construction shown, being fast on the shaft of the lowermost cutting blade,
and moving therewith. As it is necessary that the severing blades shall extend
only a little way into the path of the wrapper tube, so as not to interfere with
each other, and so as to clear the core when the core is extended beyond the
severing point, it is necessary, for the complete severing of the tube, that the
blades and the tube have a relative movement of rotation about the axis of
the tube. This is provided for in the construction shown by the rotation of the
wrapper tube. It is evident, however, that if the tube did not rotate, the same
result would be secured by causing the severing blades to rotate about the axis
of the tube.
Referring now to Figures 19 to 29, which show a modified construction em-
ploying a core and interior feeding devices, 200 is the core, about which the
papers are bent, and longitudinally advanced for receiving the wrapper web,
this core being in the form of a hollow cylinder mounted at one end to rotate in
standards K1, K2, and rotated by a gear 201 on the main driving shaft B, through
intermediates 202, 203, the intermediate 203 meshing with a gear 204 fast on
the core. Beyond the standard K2, the core is surrounded by a cylindrical
shell 205, supported by standards K³, K.
Extending from the end of the core, and centrally of the core beyond the
standard K, is a rod or spindle 210, having its outer end journaled in a stan-
dard K, and which rod 210 carries two flanged spools 211, 211" rotating therewith,
but free to slide independently thereon. Inside the core, are two sliding
blocks 212, 212", mounted preferably on ways or guides formed by an inwardly
extending portion of the rod 210, this portion of the rod being formed with a
groove, as shown in Figure 25, to support the sliding blocks 212, 212", one on
either side, as shown. The sliding blocks 212, 212" are connected to the sliding
spools 211, 211 by rods 213 and 213", respectively. The spools 211, 211", are re-
ciprocated on the rod 210, to move the blocks 212, 212 alternately backward
and forward in the core by means of rocking arms 214 and 214", carrying pins
extending between the flanges of the respective spools, and rocked by grooves car-
ried by cam disks 215, 215" respectively through pitmans 216, 216" pivoted to said
rock arms, and having forked guiding ends extending over the studs carrying
said cam disks, and bowls extending into said cam grooves. The cam
disks 215, 215 are rotated from a beveled gear 217 on the driving shaft B, said
gear taking into beveled gears 218 and 218" on the studs carrying said cam disks
respectively. The cam grooves in said cam disks are formed so that the move-
ments of the sliding blocks 212, 212ª will alternate, one returning while the other
advances.
The sliding blocks 212, 212" carry pivoted and spring-pressed pushing
fingers 220, 220, for the purpose of engaging the papers and advancing them
longitudinally of the core, these fingers, when in their operative position, ex-
tending outside the core through a slot 221 in the core, and being formed so as
to be readily pressed inward, even with, or below the surface of the core.
The casing 205 is cut away to form an opening 7 through which the wrappers
and the papers to be wrapped are advanced to the core. The wrappers y, which,
in the machine shown in these Figures 19 to 29, are wound about the papers as
a continuous or unbroken web, to form a continuous wrapper tube about the papers
on the core, are guided through the opening 7 to the space between the core and
the casing, at an angle from a web roll, supported in any suitable manner, so
that as the core rotates, the wrapper will be wound spirally about the core.
the wrapper web advances to the core, it receives a line of paste at one edge from
a paste roll 8 rotating in a fountain 9.
As
The papers are advanced successively to the core by suitable means, preferably

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transversely to the axis of the core, and their forward edges entered between the
core and the wrapper web, as shown in Figure 25. The papers are conveniently
advanced to the core by feeding tapes 222, 223, turning on. rolls 224, 225, and
226, 227, respectively, said rolls being mounted with their axes parallel with the
axis of the core 200, so that the papers will be advanced in a direction at right
angles to the axis of the core. Then, by the rotation of the core, the papers will
be bent about the core inside the casing and inside the wrapper.
The feeding rolls 224, 226 are positioned so that the back edge of the paper
will leave the feeding tapes directly after the front edge is gripped between the
wrapper and the core. Guides 2 and 3 are preferably provided to guide the
papers between the tapes 222, 223 and the opening 7 in the casing, the guide 3
having an opening 4 for the wrapper. The front edge of the paper having been
thus entered between the wrapper and the core, and the rear edge having advanced
beyond the rolls 222, 223, the rear end of the paper will be engaged by one of
the fingers 220, 220", and advanced longitudinally of the core, the rotation of the
core continuing as the paper is thus advanced longitudinally about it. The
pushers 220, 220 advance the papers longitudinally of the core at such speed
that as the core completes a rotation from the position at which a paper has been
fed to the core, that paper will have been advanced so as to carry its rear end
beyond the line of feed of the papers to the core so as to permit of the succeeding
paper being fed on to the core. Then, as the core begins a second rotation, the
succeeding paper will be fed on to the core, and its rear end engaged by the other
of the pushers 220, 220"; which then advances it longitudinally of the core, as
in the case of the preceding paper, the pushers thus acting each to advance
alternate papers. The papers being thus advanced longitudinally of the core,
at the same time that they rotate with the core, will be caused to follow a spiral
path about the axis of the core, and the wrapper web will, by engagement with
the papers, be drawn in and wound spirally about the papers and the core to form
a continuous spirally wound wrapper tube enclosing the papers and the core,
the edges of the wrapper overlapping, and being secured by the paste at one
edge of the wrapper.
While any suitable means may be provided for advancing the papers succes-
sively to the feeding tapes 222, 223, a holder 230 is preferably provided for
receiving a pile of papers, and having its front side 231 raised, so as to permit
the bottom paper to be advanced from the pile to the feeding tapes. The bottom
papers are thus advanced successively by means of a pusher finger or fingers 232
carried by a block 233 sliding on guiding rods 234, and reciprocated by a rocking
arm 235, which is rocked from a cam groove in a cam disk 236 on the driving
shaft B through a pitman 237 having a forked guiding end extending over the
shaft, and carrying a bowl extending into the cam groove.
The core preferably carries on the portion over which the papers do not extend,
a plate or block 238 extending concentrically part way about the core, and of
about the thickness of the papers, so as to support the wrapper web on the part
of the core over which the papers do not extend, so that the wrapper web will
be drawn on to the core at a substantially uniform speed.
As the wrapper tube and enclosed papers advance beyond the end of the core
and the casing, they pass between rotating guides 240, by which they are flattened
and guided between a pair of feeding and pressing rolls 241. The rolls 241 are
mounted in a rotary frame 245, which also carries the guides 240, and which is
mounted in standards K, K, and rotated in time with the core from a gear 246
on the main driving shaft B, which meshes with a gear 247 carried by said frame.
The rolls carry intermeshing gears 248, and are driven by means of a gear 249
journaled in said frame, and moving in engagement with a circular rack 250,
formed on, or carried by, the standard Ko, the stud carrying the gear 249 carrying
also a bevelled gear 251 meshing with a beveled gear 252, fast to which is a spur
gear 253, which meshes with a gear 254 on the shaft of one of the rolls 241.
The frame 245 also carries a gear 255, similar to the gear 249, and positioned

page_text: diametrically opposite to said gear 249, so that these two gears form a bearing
for one end of the frame 245 in the standard E.
For the purpose of severing the wrapper tube between the successive papers, the
feeding rolls 241 are preferably also cutting rolls, one of said rolls being provided,
as shown in Figure 28, with a cutting blade 256, and the other of said rolls
being provided with a co-acting spring-seated slotted bar 257, as usual. The
successive papers are thus delivered from the rolls 241 completely wrapped and
flattened, and separated one from another. A flaring delivery mouth 259 in
preferably carried by the rotary frame 245, to receive the wrapped papers from
the rolls 241, and to deliver them to a suitable receptacle, or as may be desired.
The operation of this form of machine, as a whole, will be clearly understood
from the foregoing description, and need not be further explained.
The constructions already described are adapted more especially for enveloping
the successive papers or other articles to be wrapped in a continuous spirally-
wound wrapper tube formed from a continuous wrapper web, such continuous
wrapper tube being afterwards severed at or near the junction between successive
papers. The invention is not limited to such constructions, however, and
Figures 30 to 35 of the drawings show a form of machine embodying certain
features of the invention contained in the constructions already described, and
also certain additional features not employed in such other constructions, which
machine is especially adapted for forming wrapper tubes for the successive papers
from independent wrappers.
Referring then to said Figures 30 to 35, the papers to be wrapped having been
folded to the proper size, are advanced in succession for wrapping between feeding
tapes 310 and 311, turning on rolls 312 and 313, the papers being advanced from
the rolls 312 and 313, over a paper-receiving pocket 314, into which they are folded
by means of a reciprocating folding blade 315, carried by an arm 316 on a rock
shaft 317, and from which pocket they are advanced longitudinally of the pocket
for wrapping. A supporting guide 318 is preferably provided for the papers as
they are advanced from the rolls 312, 313, having a stop 319 for engaging the
papers when they have been advanced into proper position over the pocket 314,
and having an opening 320, extending parallel with the folding blade 315,
through which the papers are folded by said blade into the pocket. The folding
blade and pocket preferably extend transversely to the direction in which the
papers are advanced by the tapes 310 and 311, so that the papers, as they are
advanced from the rolls 312, 313, will be folded into the pocket, and then advanced
transversely to the direction in which they are fed by the tapes 310 and 311.
The pocket 314 registers with a tubular wrapper former 325, through which
the papers, after having been folded into the pocket, are advanced, to be enclosed
in wrappers, as hereinafter described. This former 325 is preferably formed of
a cylindrical tube 326, which is preferably extended to form the receiving pocket,
the portion forming the receiving pocket having longitudinal slot 327 for receiving
the papers. The papers, after being folded into the receiving pocket, are advanced
longitudinally thereof, and through the tubular former 325, by pushing lugs 328
carried by a sprocket chain 329, which lugs extend through a slot 330 in the part
of the tube 326 forming the receiving pocket, to engage the rear ends of the
successive papers in the pocket. The sprocket chain 329 turns on sprocket
wheels 331 and 332, between which the pushing lugs 328 travel through the
slot 330, and about a driving sprocket wheel 333.
The pushing lugs 328 are arranged at suitable distances apart, and the sprocket
chain is driven at the proper speed for causing the lugs to engage the rear end
of successive papers as they are folded into the pocket 314, and to advance them
longitudinally of the pocket, and into the former 325. Each paper, after being
advanced by the lug engaging its rear end beyond the path of the lugs, rests
in that position until engaged by the succeeding paper, by which it is then further

page_text: advanced through the former 325, and finally delivered from the end of the
former, enclosed in its wrapper, as hereinafter described.
The wrappers are formed into wrapper tubes about the tubular former 325,
and advanced on the former, and from the end thereof, in time so-that successive
wrapper tubes will meet successive papers as the latter are advanced from within
the former. As the folded papers are advanced from the end of the former,
they tend to unfold or expand as they leave the former, so that when a paper and
wrapper tube are advanced from the former together, the paper will expand so
as to engage and fit snugly within the wrapper tube.
The wrappers are preferably formed about the former 325, substantially as
follows the wrappers are advanced about the former to form wrapper tubes,
by means of an endless wrapper-forming belt 340. The belt 340 runs from a
driving roll 341 to the former, about which it is turned spirally, and from which
it extends on the other side of the former to a second driving roll, 342, turning on
said driving roll, and running to a guiding roll 343, above the roll 342; thence
to a second guiding roll 344, above the roll 341; and thence back to the driving
roll 341, the axes of the guiding rolls 343 and 344 being set at an angle relatively
to the axes of the rolls 341 and 342, to properly guide the belt in its movement
from the roll 342 to the roll 341, and cause it to be maintained in proper position
on said rolls, to turn spirally about the former, in its run from the roll 341 to
the roll 342. The wrappers are fed to the former and entered between the former
and the forming belt 340, to be advanced and wound about the former by the
forming belt, to form a wrapper tube, the forming belt also acting, by reason of
its spiral movement, to advance the wrapper and the formed wrapper tube
longitudinally on the former, out of the path of the succeeding wrappers, as they
are advanced to the former, to be wound thereabout by the forming belt.
The wrappers are preferably advanced in the form of a continuous web from a
web roll 345 carried by arms 346 on the frame, the web passing between feeding
rolls 347 and 348, over a guide roll 349, and between feeding rolls 350 and 351,
by which the web is severed into independent wrappers. The wrappers are then
turned up around the feeding roll 351 by means of curved guides 352, and
advanced over guides 353 beneath the forming belt 340 to the former, at an angle
corresponding to the angle at which the forming belt runs to the former, and
entered successively between the former and the forming belt, and then advanced
spirally about the former by the forming belt, to form spirally wound wrapper
tubes, the edges of the wrappers overlapping, and being secured by a line of paste
applied at one edge of the wrappers, as by means of a paste roll 354 rotating in a
fountain 355.
For the purpose of severing the wrapper web into independent wrapper lengths,
the feeding roll 350 is provided with a diagonal cutting blade 356, co-acting with
a corresponding slot 357 in the roll 351, to sever the web as it passes between the
rolls 350 and 351, on lines diagonal to the length of the web, and at right angles
to the former 325. The rolls 350 and 351 are of such diameter that at each
rotation a length of the wrapper web will be advanced sufficient to form a wrapper
tube of the desired length. The successive wrapper tubes will thus be formed
from successive independent wrappers, each of which will be wound spirally about
the former, to form a spirally wound wrapper tube, and advanced thereon to make
way for the next wrapper.
For the purpose of aiding in advancing the formed wrapper tubes longitudinally
on the former, after they have been advanced beyond the forming belt 340, there
is preferably provided a feeding belt 360 running from a roll 361, beneath the
former, and to a driving roll 362, from which it returns over a flanged guide
roll 363 to the roll 361, the rolls 361 and 362 being positioned so that the belt
will run in feeding contact with the wrapper tubes, as they are advanced from the
feeding belt 340, so as to advance them spirally toward the end of the former,
after they have been advanced beyond the feeding belt 340.

page_text: With the wrapper forming mechanism thus operating to form wrapper tubes
successively about the former, and to advance them longitudinally thereon, and
with the paper-feeding devices advancing the papers successively within the
former, and in proper time with relation to the operation of the wrapper-forming
devices, as each paper is advanced from the end of the former, a wrapper tube
will be advanced to be engaged by the paper as the latter expands on leaving the
former, and then, by the further movement of the paper, the wrapper tube will
be advanced with the paper, and the paper, with the wrapper enveloping the same,
will be delivered together from the end of the former.
The former is preferably made slightly smaller outside for a short distance
from its end, as shown in Figure 32, than at the part about which the wrapper
tubes are formed, so that the wrapper tubes may be more readily drawn off from
the former by the papers
It will be seen that a machine may be constructed, according to this part of
the invention, to wrap papers in wrapper tubes of any desired length relatively
to the papers, as, for example, to wrap the papers in wrapper tubes of a less
length than the papers, as in the machine shown in the drawings, it being necessary,
only that successive wrapper tubes shall be advanced from the end of the tubular
former in time to be engaged by the successive papers when the two are in proper
relation to each other. When the machine is constructed to enclose the papers in
wrapper tubes of a less length than the papers, as in the drawings, the wrappers
will be advanced on the tubular former at a speed less than the average speed of
the papers, as they are advanced within the tubular former. If, however, it were
desired to wrap the papers in wrapper tubes of greater length relatively to the
papers, as, of a length equal to that of the papers, or greater than that of
the papers, this could be accomplished, as will be readily understood, by causing the
wrapper-forming devices to operate at a higher relative speed, and to form longer
wrapper tubes, the rolls 350 and 351 being, for this purpose, made of a larger
diameter. Or, again, the machine shown might be employed for wrapping shorter
papers, but for this purpose a sprocket chain having the pushing lugs 328 set
closer together, and driven at a correspondingly slower speed, would preferably
be used, so as to lessen the intervals between the successive movements of the
papers, as they are advanced in the former.
The various moving parts of the machine shown in these Figures 30 to 35 of
the drawings, are driven from the driving shaft 375 as follows:-The shaft 317
is rocked, for reciprocating the folding blade 315, by means of a cam 376 carried
by a shaft 377, engaging a cam roll on a pitman 378 pivoted to an arm 379
carried by the shaft 317, and having its other end forked to extend over and be
guided by the cam shaft 377. The shaft 317 also carries an arm 380, to which
is connected a spring 381 for rocking the shaft; to return the folding blade after
it has been moved on its forward movement by the cam 376. The cam shaft 377
is driven from a gear 382 on the driving shaft 375 through intermediates 383
and 384, the intermediate 384 meshing with the gear 385 on the cam shaft. The
driving sprocket wheel 333 is driven by a bevel gear 386 on the cam shaft 377,
which gear meshes with a bevel gear 387 on the shaft of the sprocket wheel.
The feeding rolls 347 and 348 carry intermeshing gears 390 and 391 respec-
tively, and are driven from a gear 392 through an intermediate 393, meshing
with the gear 390, the gear 392 being carried by a shaft which also carries a bevel
gear 394, which is driven by a bevel gear 395 on the driving shaft 375. The
shaft of the belt feeding roll 341 carries a gear 396, and is driven from the
gear 390 through intermediates 397 and 398, the latter of which meshing with
the gear 396. The feeding and cutting rolls 350 and 351 carry intermeshing
gear 400.
gears 400 and 401, and are driven by the gear 392, which meshes with the
The belt feeding roll 341 carries a gear 402, which meshes with, and is driven
by the gear 401.
The driving roll 362 for the auxiliary feeding belt 360 is driven by a gear 403

page_text: carried by the shaft of the feeding roll 347, through gear 404, bevel gears 405
and 406, and gear 407, the latter meshing with a gear 408 on the shaft of the
driving roll 362. The shaft of the pasting disk carries a gear 410 meshing with
the gear 401 of the feeding roll 351.
It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact construc-
tions shown in the drawings, as embodying the various features of the invention
in the preferred forms, and to which the foregoing description has been mainly
confined, but that the invention includes such changes and modifications in the
constructions shown as are within the claims.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
me from abroad, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A wrapping machine having means for supporting and advancing a succes-
sion of independent papers or similar articles, and means for winding a succession
of wrappers spirally about the successive papers as they are advanced, substantially
as described.
2. A wrapping machine having means for supporting and advancing a succes-
sion of independent papers or similar articles, means for delivering the papers
successively to said supporting and advancing means, means for winding a
succession of wrappers spirally about the successive papers as they are advanced,
and pasting devices for applying a line of paste to one edge of the wrappers, for
securing together the successive windings of the wrappers, substantially as
described.
3. A wrapping machine having means for supporting and advancing a succes-
sion of independent papers or similar articles, means for winding a 'continuous
wrapper web about the papers as they are advanced to form a continuous spirally-
wound wrapper tube enclosing the papers, and means for severing the wrapper
tube at or near the junction between successive papers, substantially as described.
4. A wrapping machine having means for supporting, rotating, and advancing
a succession of independent papers or similar articles, and means for guiding a
succession of wrappers to the rotating and longitudinally advancing papers, at an
angle, to spirally wind the wrappers about the papers, substantially as described.
5. A wrapping machine having means for supporting, rotating, and advancing
a succession of independent papers or similar articles, means for guiding a con-
tinuous wrapper web to the rotating and longitudinally advancing papers at an
angle to form a continuous spirally wound wrapper tube about the papers, and
means for severing the wrapper tube at or near the junction between successive
papers, substantially as described.
6. A wrapping machine having means for supporting, rotating, and advancing
a succession of independent papers or similar articles, devices for advancing the
papers in a direction transverse to the direction in which they are fed by said
supporting, rotating, and advancing means, and delivering the papers succes-
sively to said supporting, rotating, and advancing means, and means for guiding
à succession of wrappers to the rotating and longitudinally advancing papers at
an angle to spirally wind the wrapper about the papers, substantially as described.
7. A wrapping machine having means for supporting, rotating, and advancing
a succession of independent papers or similar articles, a rotary pocket from which
the papers are delivered longitudinally to said supporting, rotating, and advanc-
ing means, and means for guiding a succession of wrappers to the rotating and
longitudinally advancing papers, at an angle, to spirally wind the wrappers
about the papers, substantially as described.
8. A wrapping machine having means for supporting, rotating, and advancing
a succession of independent papers or similar articles, a rotary pocket, feeding
devices for advancing the papers successively into said pocket transversely to
the axis of rotation of the pocket, means for advancing the papers longitudinally
of said axis, from the pocket to said paper; supporting, rotating, and advancing

page_text: means; and means for guiding a succession of wrappers to the rotating and
longitudinally advancing papers at an angle, to spirally wind the wrappers about
the papers, substantially as described.
9. A wrapping machine having means for supporting, rotating, and advancing
a succession of independent papers or similar articles, a rotary pocket, feeding
devices for advancing the papers successively into the pocket transversely to the
axis of rotation of the pocket, a pusher for advancing the papers longitudinally
of said axis from the pocket to said paper-supporting, rotating, and advancing
means; and means for guiding a succession of wrappers to the rotating and
longitudinally advancing papers, at an angle, to spirally wind the wrappers
about the papers, substantially as described.
10. The combination of a rotary pocket, feeding devices for advancing papers
or similar articles successively into the pocket transversely to the axis of rota-
tion of the pocket, feeding tapes for completing the feeding of the papers into
the pocket, and means for advancing the papers longitudinally of said axis from
the pocket, substantially as described.
11. The combination of a rotary pocket having a long side t and a short side v,
feeding devices for advancing the papers or similar articles successively into
the pocket transversely to the axis of rotation of the pocket, and feeding tapes 24
engaging the paper on the side of the pocket having the short side v, to complete
the feeding of the papers into the pocket, substantially as described.
12. The combination of the rotary pocket 25, formed in sections, feeding
devices for advancing papers or similar articles into the pocket transversely to
the axis of rotation of the pocket, feeding tapes 24 extending between the sections
of the pocket, to complete the feeding of the papers into the pocket, and means
for advancing the papers longitudinally of said axis from the pocket, substantially
as described.
13. A wrapping machine having exterior feeding devices for advancing a
succession of independent papers or similar articles, and means for winding
a succession of wrappers spirally about the successive papers as they are advanced,
substantially as described.
14. A wrapping machine having rotating exterior feeding devices for
advancing a succession of independent papers or similar articles, and means for
guiding a succession of wrappers to the rotating and longitudinally advancing
papers at an angle, to spirally wind the wrappers about the papers, substantially
as described.
15. A wrapping machine having a set of rotating exterior feeding devices
for advancing a succession of independent papers or similar articles to the
wrapping point, a set of rotating exterior feeding devices for advancing the
wrapped papers from the wrapping point, and means for guiding a succession
of wrappers to the rotating and longitudinally advancing papers between said
feeding devices, and at an angle to spirally wind the wrappers about the papers,
substantially as described.
16. A wrapping machine having feeding devices for advancing a succession
of independent papers or similar articles, means for winding a continuous wrapper
web about the papers as they are advanced to form a continuous spirally
wound wrapper tube enclosing the papers, and means for perforating the wrapper
web on lines diagonal to the length of the web, and at right angles to the line
of movement of the papers, to form perforated lines in the wrapper tube at or
near the junction between successive papers, substantially as described.
17. A wrapping machine having feeding devices for advancing a succession
of independent papers or similar articles, means for winding a continuous
wrapper web about the papers as they are advanced to form a continuous spirally
wound wrapper tube enclosing the papers, means for perforating the wrapper
web on lines diagonal to the length of the web, and at right angles to the line of.
movement of the papers, to form perforated lines in the wrapper tube at or near
the junction between successive papers, and feeding devices feeding the wrapped
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page_text: papers at an increased speed, to break the wrapper tube on the perforated lines,
substantially as described.
18. A wrapping machine having feeding and rotating devices for advancing
a succession of independent papers or similar articles, and feeding rolls 47
and 48 for advancing a continuous wrapper web to the rotating and longitudinally
advancing papers at an angle to form a continuous spirally wound wrapper tube
about the papers, one of said rolls being provided with a diagonal perforating
strip for perforating the wrapper web in a line at right angles to the line of feed
of the papers, to form perforated lines in the wrapper tube at or near the junction
between successive papers, substantially as described.
19. A wrapping machine having feeding and rotating devices for advancing a
succession of independent papers or similar articles, means for guiding a con-
tinuous wrapper web to the rotating and longitudinally advancing papers at an
angle to form a continuous spirally-wound wrapper tube about the papers, and
a tension and take-up device engaging the wrapper web as it advances to the
papers, substantially as described.
20. A wrapping machine having interior feeding devices for advancing a
succession of independent papers or similar articlées, and means for winding a
succession of wrappers spirally about the papers, as they are advanced, substan-
tially as described.
21. A wrapping machine having interior feeding devices for advancing a
succession of independent papers or similar articles, means for delivering the
papers successively to said feeding devices transversely to the direction in which
they are advanced by the feeding devices, and means for winding a succession of
wrappers spirally about the papers as they are advanced, substantially as described.
22. A wrapping machine having interior feeding and rotating devices for
advancing a succession of independent papers or similar articles, and means for
guiding a succession of wrappers to the rotating and longitudinally advancing
papers at an angle to spirally wind the wrappers about the papers, substantially
as described.
23. A wrapping machine having interior feeding and rotating devices for
advancing a succession of independent papers or similar articles, means for
guiding a continuous wrapper web to the rotating and longitudinally advancing
papers at an angle to form a continuous spirally wound wrapper tube about the
papers, and means for severing the wrapper tube at or near the junction between
successive papers, substantially as described.
24. A wrapping machine having a core, means for advancing a paper or similar
article longitudinally on the core, and means for winding a wrapper about the
core and the paper, to form a spirally wound wrapper tube enclosing the core
and the paper thereon, substantially as described.
25. A wrapping machine having a core and means for advancing a paper or
similar article longitudinally on the core, and simultaneously applying a wrapper
about the core and paper, to form a wrapper tube enclosing the core and the
paper thereon, substantially as described.
26. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, and means for advancing a
paper or similar article longitudinally on the core as it rotates, and simultaneously
applying a wrapper about the core and paper, to form a wrapper tube, enclosing
the core and the paper thereon, substantially as described.
27. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, means for advancing a paper
or similar article, longitudinally on the core, as it rotates, and means for guiding
a wrapper to the core at an angle to form a spirally wound wrapper tube about
the core and the paper thereon, substantially as described.
28. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, means for advancing a suc-
cession of independent papers, or similar articles, longitudinally on the core, as
it rotates, means for feeding the papers successively to the core transversely to
the axis of the core, means for guiding a continuous wrapper web to the core at
an angle to form a continuous spirally wound wrapper tube about the core and the

page_text: papers thereon, and means for severing the wrapper tube at or near the junction
between successive papers, substantially as described.
29. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, a feeding belt forming a
portion of the surface of the core, and moving longitudinally of the core, to advance
a paper or similar article on the core, and means for applying a wrapper about the
core and paper, to form a wrapper tube enclosing the core and the paper thereon,
substantially as described.
30. A wrapping machine having a core, a feeding belt forming a portion of the
surface of the core, and moving longitudinally of the core, to advance a paper
or similar article on the core, and means for winding a wrapper about the core
and the paper, to form a spirally wound wrapper tube enclosing the core and the
paper thereon, substantially as described.
31. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, a feeding belt forming a
portion of the surface of the core and moving longitudinally of the core, to advance
a paper or similar article on the core, and means for guiding a wrapper to the
core, to form a spirally wound wrapper tube about the core and the paper thereon,
substantially as described.
32. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, a feeding belt forming a
portion of the surface of the core, and moving longitudinally of the core, to advance
a succession of independent papers or similar articles on the core, means for
guiding a continuous wrapper web to the core, to form a continuous spirally wound
wrapper tube about the core and the papers thereon, and means for severing the
wrapper tube at or near the junction between successive papers, substantially as
described.
33. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, a casing extending about the
core, means for advancing a paper or similar article longitudinally on the rotating
core inside the casing, and means for guiding a wrapper to the core at an angle to
form a spirally wound wrapper tube about the core and the paper thereon, sub-
stantially as described.
34. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, a casing extending about the
core, means for advancing a succession of independent papers or similar articles
longitudinally on the rotating core inside the casing, means for feeding the
papers successively to the core transversely to the axis of the core through an
opening in the casing, means for guiding a continuous wrapper web through an
opening in the casing to the core at an angle to form a continuous spirally wound
wrapper tube about the core and the papers thereon, and means for severing the
wrapper tube at or near the junction between successive papers, substantially as
described.
35. The severing device having feeding devices for the article to be severed, a.
segmental rotary severing blade mounted to rotate in a plane transverse to the
longitudinal axis of the article to be severed, means for giving the article to be
severed, and the severing blade, a relative movement of rotation about the axis
of the article, & means for reciprocating the severing blade longitudinally of the
direction of movement of the article, to move with the article when it is rotating
in severing position, and to return when it is rotating out of severing position,
substantially as described.
36. The severing device having feeding devices for the article to be severed, a
plurality of segmental rotary severing blades arranged about the path of the article
to be severed, and mounted to rotate in a plane transverse to the longitudinal
axis of the article to be severed, means for giving the article to be severed, and the
severing blades, a relative movement of rotation about the axis of the article,
and means for reciprocating the severing blades longitudinally of the direction
of movement of the article, to move with the article when they are rotating in
severing position, and to return when they are rotating out of severing position,
substantially as described.
37. The severing device having feeding and rotating devices for the article

page_text: to be severed, a plurality of segmental rotary severing blades arranged about the
path of the article to be severed, and mounted to rotate in a plane at right angles
to the longitudinal axis of the article to be severed, and means for reciprocating
the severing blades longitudinally of the direction of movement of the article,
to move with the article when they are rotating in severing position, and to
return when they are rotating out of severing position, substantially as described.
38. The combination of the rotating core 100, feeding belts 107, 107, forming
a portion of the surface of the core, and moving longitudinally of
the core, to advance succession of independent papers, means for
guiding a continuous wrapper web to the core, to form a continuous
spirally wound wrapper tube about the core and the papers thereon, means for
severing the wrapper tube between successive papers, as the tube and enclosed
papers are advanced on the core, and guards 165 and 165" for depressing the
feeding belts at the point where the wrapper tube is severed, substantially as
described.
39. The combination of the rotating core 100, feeding belts 107, 107", forming
a portion of the surface of the core, and moving longitudinally of the core, to
advance a paper on the core, and means for guiding a wrapper to the core, to
form a spirally wound wrapper tube about the core and the paper thereon, sub-
stantially as described.
40. A wrapping machine having a core, a reciprocating member for advancing
a paper or similar article longitudinally on the core, and means for winding a
wrapper about the core and the paper on the core, to form a spirally wound
wrapper tube enclosing the core and the paper thereon, substantially as described.
41. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, a reciprocating member rotating
with the core, for advancing a paper or similar article longitudinally on the core, and
means for guiding a wrapper to the core at an angle to form a spirally wound
wrapper tube about the core and the paper thereon, substantially as described.
42. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, means for feeding papers or
similar articles successively to the core transversely to the axis of the core, a
reciprocating member rotating with the core, for advancing the papers longi-
tudinally on the core, and means for guiding a succession of wrappers to the core
at an angle to spirally wind the wrappers about the core and the papers thereon,
substantially as described.
43. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, a pusher rotating with the core
and moving longitudinally thereof, to advance a paper or similar article on the
core, & means for guiding a wrapper to the core, to form a spirally-wound wrapper
tube about the core and the paper thereon, substantially as described.
44. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, means for feeding papers or
similar articles successively to the core transversely to the axis of the core, a
reciprocating pusher rotating with the core and engaging successive papers, to
advance them longitudinally on the core, means for guiding a continuous wrapper
web to the core, at an angle to form a continuous spirally wound wrapper tube
about the core and the papers thereon, feeding devices engaging the wrapper
tube beyond the wrapping point, and means for severing the wrapper at or near
the junction between successive papers, substantially as described.
45. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, a reciprocating pusher carried
by the core, and spring-pressed to project outside the core, means for recipro-
cating said pusher, to advance successive papers or similar articles longitudinally
on the core, and means for guiding a succession of wrappers to the core at an
angle to spirally wind the wrappers about the core and the papers thereon, sub-
stantially as described.
46. A wrapping machine having means for supporting a succession of inde-
pendent papers or similar articles as they are longitudinally advanced, means for
feeding the papers successively to said supporting means, a pusher engaging
successive papers, to advance them longitudinally, and means for winding a

page_text: succession of wrappers spirally about the papers as they are advanced, substantially
as described.
47. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, pushers 220, 220 mounted
within the core, and spring-pressed to project outside the core, means for recipro-
cating said pushers alternately longitudinally of the core, to advance alternate
papers or similar articles longitudinally on the core, means for guiding a succession
of wrappers to the core at an angle to spirally wind the wrappers about the core
and the papers thereon, substantially as described.
48. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, spring pressed pushers 220,
220° mounted to reciprocate within the core, and extending outside the core,
operating rods 213, 213" for reciprocating said pushers extending beyond the
core, and means for reciprocating said rods alternately, substantially as described.
49. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, a casing extending about
the core, means for advancing papers or similar articles successively to the core
through an opening in the casing, a reciprocating pusher rotating with the core
and engaging the successive papers, to advance them longitudinally on the
core inside the casing, and means for guiding a succession of wrappers to the core at
an angle through an opening in the casing, to spirally wind the wrappers about
the core and the papers thereon, substantially as described.
50. A wrapping machine having a core, means for advancing a paper or similar
article longitudinally on the core, means for winding a wrapper about the core
and the paper, to form a spirally wound wrapper tube enclosing the core and the
paper thereon, and means for Hattening the wrapper tube and enclosed paper,
as they are advanced from the core, substantially as described.
51. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, means for advancing a paper,
or similar article, longitudinally on the core, means for guiding a wrapper to
the core at an angle to form a spirally-wound wrapper tube about the core and
the paper thereon, and guides rotating with the core, for flattening the wrapper
tube and enclosed paper, as they are advanced from the core, substantially as
described.
52. A wrapping machine having a core, means for advancing a succession of
independent papers, or similar articles, longitudinally on the core in line, means
for winding a continuous wrapper web spirally about the core and the papers
on the core, to form a continuous spirally wound wrapper tube enclosing the core
and the papers thereon, means for flattening the wrapper tube and enclosed papers
as they are advanced from the core, and means for severing the flattened wrapper
tube between successive papers, substantially as described.
53. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, means for advancing a succes-
sion of independent papers, or similar articles, longitudinally on the core in line,
as it rotates, means for guiding a continuous wrapper web to the core at an angle
to form a continuous spirally wound wrapper tube about the core and the papers
thereon, guides rotating with the core for flattening the wrapper tube and en-
closed papers as they are advanced from the core, and a cutting blade rotating
with said guides, for severing the flattened wrapper tube between successive
papers, substantially as described.
54. A wrapping machine having a rotating core, means for advancing a succes-
sion of independent papers or similar articles longitudinally on the core, in line,
as it rotates, means for guiding a continuous wrapper web to the core, to form a
continuous spirally-wound wrapper tube about the core and the papers thereon,
guides rotating with the core for flattening the wrapper tube and enclosed papers
as they are advanced from the core, and feeding and cutting rolls rotating with
said guides, for advancing the flattened wrapper tube and enclosed papers, and
severing the wrapper tube between successive papers, substantially as described.
55. A wrapping machine having means for supporting and. rotating a paper
or similar article, means for applying a wrapper about the paper, to form a
wrapper tube enclosing the paper, means for advancing the wrapper paper longi-

page_text: tudinally, and means rotating with the paper-rotating means, for flattening the
wrapper tube and enclosed paper, substantially as described.
56. A wrapping machine having means for supporting and advancing a succes-
sion of independent papers or similar articles, and means for winding a succession
of independent wrappers spirally about the papers as they are advanced, sub-
stantially as described.
57. A wrapping machine having means for supporting and advancing a succes-
sion of independent papers or similar articles, and means for advancing a suc-
cession of wrappers spirally about the advancing papers by engagement with
the outer surface of the wrappers, substantially as described.
58. A wrapping machine having paper-feeding devices, and a wrapper-tube
forming belt running spirally about the path of the papers, as they are advanced
by the feeding devices, substantially as described.
59. A wrapping machine having paper-feeding devices, means for severing a
continuous wrapper web in lines diagonal to the length of the web, means for
advancing the independent wrappers, thus formed, at an angle to the direction of
movement of the papers, with their severed edges at right angles to the direction
of movement of the paper, and means for winding the independent wrappers
spirally about the papers, substantially as described.
60. A wrapping machine having a tubular former, means for winding a wrapper
spirally about the former, to form a wrapper tube, and for advancing the wrapper
tube longitudinally of the former, and means for advancing a paper or similar
article, through the former, to engage the wrapper tube, as the paper and wrapper
tube are advanced from the end of the former, substantially as described.
61. A wrapping machine having a tubular former, means for advancing a
succession of independent wrappers to the former, at an angle to the former,
means for winding the wrappers spirally about the former, to form wrapper tubes,
and for advancing the wrapper tubes successively longitudinally of the former,
pasting devices for applying a line of paste to the edge of the wrappers, as they
are advanced to the former, and means for advancing a succession of papers or
similar articles through the former, to engage the wrapper tubes, as the successive
papers and wrapper tubes are advanced from the end of the former, substantially
as described.
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62. A wrapping machine having a tubular former, means for advancing
succession of papers, or similar articles, through the former, means for forming
a succession of wrapper tubes on the former, of less length than the papers to
be wrapped, and for advancing the wrapper tubes longitudinally of the former,
at a speed less than that of the papers, to engage the papers, as the successive
papers and wrapper tubes are advanced from the end of the former, substantially
as described.
63. A wrapping machine having a tubular former, means for advancing a
wrapper about the former, to form a wrapper tube by engagement with the outer
surface of the wrapper, and for advancing the wrapper tube longitudinally of
the former, and means for advancing a paper or similar article through the
former, to engage the wrapper tube, as the paper and wrapper tube are advanced
from the end of the former, substantially as described.
64. A wrapping machine having a tubular former, means for advancing a
wrapper spirally about the former, to form a spirally wound wrapper tube, by
engagement with the outer surface of the wrapper, and means for advancing
a paper or similar article through the former, to engage the wrapper tube, as the
paper and wrapper tube are advanced from the end of the former, substantially
as described.
65. A wrapping machine having a tubular former, a forming belt running
spirally about the former, for advancing a wrapper about the former, to form
a wrapper tube by engagement with the outer surface of the wrapper, and for
advancing the wrapper tube on the former, and means for advancing a paper or

page_text: similar article through the former, to engage the wrapper tube as the paper and
wrapper tube are advanced from the end of the former, substantially as described.
66. A wrapping machine having a tubular former, a forming belt running
spirally about the former, means for guiding a wrapper between the former and
the forming belt, at an angle to the former, to form a spirally wound wrapper
tube about the former, and means for advancing a paper or similar article
through the former to engage the wrapper tube, as the paper and wrapper tube
are advanced from the end of the former, substantially as described.
67. A wrapping machine having a tubular former, means for applying a suc-
cession of wrappers about the former to form wrapper tubes, and for advancing
the wrapper tubes longitudinally on the former, a paper receiving pocket, means
for advancing papers successively into the pocket transversely to the direction
in which they are fed from the pocket, and means for advancing the papers
successively from the pocket and through the former, to engage the wrapper
tubes, as the successive papers and wrapper tubes are advanced from the former,
substantially as described.
68. A wrapping machine having a tubular former, a paper-receiving pocket,
a folding blade for folding a paper into the pocket, means for advancing the
paper from the pocket and through the former, and means for applying a wrapper
about the former, to form a wrapper tube, and for advancing the wrapper tube
longitudinally of the former, to engage the paper as the paper and wrapper tube
are advanced from the end of the former, substantially as described.
69. A wrapping machine having a paper-receiving pocket, a folding blade for
folding a paper into the pocket transversely to the direction in which the paper
is fed from the pocket, means for advancing the paper from the pocket, and
means for applying a wrapper about the paper as it is advanced from the pocket,
substantially as described.
70. The combination of the tube 326, having a paper-receiving slot 327, recipro-
cating folding blade 315, feeding devices for advancing, through the tube, papers
which have been folded through the slot 327, and a forming belt 340 running
spirally about the tube, substantially as described.
71. The combination with the former, of the forming belt 340, running spirally
about the former, and the auxiliary feeding belt 360, substantially as described.
72. The combination with the former, of the forming belt 340 running spirally
about the former, and turning on rolls 341 and 342, whose axes are set at an
angle to the former, feeding and cutting rolls 350 and 351, whose axes are
parallel with the axis of the roll 341, and guides 352, substantially as described.
73. A wrapping machine constructed and operating substantially as described
in connection with Figures 1 to 11.
74. A wrapping machine constructed and operating substantially as described
in connection with Figures 12 to 18.
75. A wrapping machine constructed and operating substantially as described
in connection with Figures 19 to 29.
76. A wrapping machine constructed and operating substantially as described
in connection with Figures 30 to 35.
Dated this 7th day of May 1898.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.