Improvements in and relating to Paper Feeding and Cutting Apparatus for Printing and Ruling Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 19th June, 1899-Accepted, 26th Aug., 1899
Improvements in and relating to Paper Feeding and Cutting
Apparatus for Printing and Ruling Machines.
We, JAMES BENNETT, of 25, Brook Street, Stafford, Printer's Machinist, and ROBERT
TOTTEY, of 28, Alliance Street, Tillington, Stafford, Gas Fitter, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention is intended to be made use of for feeding the paper to cylinder or
platen printing machines, or to ruling machines.
We provide a suitable framework within and upon which the various parts of the
machine are arranged.
The feeding machine is placed upon the ordinary feed board of the printing
machine and is pivoted upon adjustable stands, or otherwise arranged, so that it
can be conveniently turned up, or moved, out of the way when it is desired to feed
in the ordinary way by hand.
The paper is supplied to the printing machine from a roll and the roller which
carries it is preferably of hexagonal or square cross section.
This roller, as also another roller which rewinds the paper for second or further
printings, is marked across with the decimal parts of an inch corresponding with
similar marks on the bed of the printing machine so as to facilitate accurate register
being obtained. The rollers are also fitted with flanges which can be adjusted at each
end of the roll of paper to prevent side movement and are made so that they can
be readily placed in or taken out of the machine. They are provided with friction
washers and coiled springs so that the paper is drawn off under a spring take up
tension which is also adjustable in amount.
The paper passes from the supply roll over two other rolls between which is a
revolving knife capable of being readily put into and out of action or placed in
position to cut the paper lengthwise into any desired widths.
The paper, or a cut width of it, then passes over a gauge roll which is driven at the
A number of india-
same surface speed as is the cylinder of the printing machine.
rubber pressure rolls ensure the desired frictional contact between the gauge
roll and the paper so that the latter may be driven. The pressure is adjustable
in amount.
From the gauge roll the paper passes through a frame which receives a to and fro
movement in the direction of the length of the paper, this movement being of the
same velocity as that of the paper when both frame and paper are moving towards
the printing cylinder.
The frame has a suitable mouthpiece to receive the paper, a cross travelling and
revolving knife to cut the paper across, a gripper to hold the paper while being cut,
a bar to prevent the cut edge of the paper passing in a wrong direction, and a fender
to keep the paper away from the knife when the gripper is opened.
The paper then passes through another gripper, closed by gravity or a spring except
when the travelling frame is in its extreme forward position. This gripper prevents
backward movement of the paper during the return movement of the frame.

page_text: The paper then passes on to the ordinary cylinder grippers of the printing
machine.
When more than one printing is required the paper is not cut across by the knife
but is passed back clear over the printing cylinder over a small roller to the rewinding
roller previously mentioned from which it can be resupplied for printing either from
its own position or by changing places with the first supply roll. This roller is also
made use of to wind up the cut off width of paper resulting from the operation of
the width cutting knife when the same is not required to be printed.
A third roller inay be provided so that when necessary to prevent a set off on the
paper being rewound after printing the paper on the third roller is rewound with the
paper being printed.
To prevent the ordinary cylinder grippers from opening against the paper when the
latter is being printed more than once means are provided for rendering the grippers
inoperative as by the addition of a bar and clamping collars.
We drive the feeder from the fast and loose gear which operates the printing
cylinder and may accomplish the same as follows:-
A gear adapted to engage with the fast and loose gear is mounted loosely upon a
shaft and carries a spring pawl adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel fast on
the shaft through which and intervening gears the gauge roller is made to feed
forward the paper.
The gauge roller is so arranged that it can be readily set free from its driving
gear and turned by hand for the purpose of obtaining accurate register of the
paper.
The length of paper fed forward depends on the place at which the cylinder
gear and the feed gear are made to engage each other, to facilitate which engage-
ment the cylinder gear is marked and the feed gear circumferentially divided. The
pawl is raised by a stationary cam when sufficient paper has been fed forward and is
maintained raised by a spring.
The reverse movement of the wheel and pawl causes the cam to put the pawl
again into engagement with the ratchet wheel.
To return that portion of the paper between the cylinder grippers and the point
where the printing finishes-when printing a second time-we provide another pawl
and a ratchet wheel with reversed teeth and a stationary cam which holds the pawl
out of engagement after the backward movement of the paper is finished. This
pawl is put out of action when only printing once.
The knife carriage is fed forward at the same speed as the paper by racks and
pinions geared to a segment which is operated from the feeder wheel by a lug
which engages a pawl on the segment and drives it forward until released by a cam.
The return movement is made by a spring.
The knife which cuts the paper lengthwise and the roller for rewinding the paper
may be driven from the gauge roll a spring and friction washers are interposed in the
roller drive.
The cross travelling knife may be revolved by a rack and pinion the knife being
mounted in a carriage which may be pulled across the paper by a cord or the like
connected by suitable gearing and actuated by the forward movement of the
frame.
An index is provided which may be set to the number of printings required to be
made and which rings a bell when the same are completed. Hinged rests are also
provided which maintain the feed board in its raised position.
The paper may be printed once or other number of times being cut across at the
last time of printing and the paper may be cut to any length and width required
which are within the capacity of the machine.
When applied to a two feeder machine the paper is first fed in from one side by
the gauge roller and taken up on the other side by another roller so completing the
printing on one side of the paper, and is afterwards fed in from both sides by two sets
of feeders to print the other side of the paper, and is then cut and delivered by fliers.
On a two revolution, and also on a platen, printing machine, or on a ruling machine,

page_text: the backward movement of the feeders is not required and an extra cam is added
which can be moved round to any position so as to bring the pawl which drives the
gauge roli again into action at the place desired.
On a platen printing machine the feeder is driven from the gear wheel operating
the backward and forward motion of the platen; on a two revolution, or two feeder,
printing machine, by either of the cylinder gears, and on a ruling machine from the
gear wheel of the large roller near the feed board.
Improvements in and relating to Paper Feeding and Cutting
Apparatus for Printing and Ruling Machines.
We, JAMES BENNETT, of 25, Brook Street, Stafford, Printer's Machinist, and ROBERT
TOTTEY, of 28, Alliance Street, Tillington, Stafford, Gas Fitter, 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 :-
Our invention is intended to be made use of for feeding the paper to cylinder
or platen printing machines or to ruling machines.
We make use of the web principle of feeding paper from a roll and our inven-
tion is applicable to Wharfedale, stop-cylinder, two-feeder, and two-revolution
printing machines; to all kinds of platen printing machines; to all kinds of ruling
machines, and to every class of printing or ruling machine which has hitherto been
fed with separate sheets of paper.
We employ a roller which we call a gauge roller which we drive at the same
surface speed as the cylinder of the printing machine and we provide india rubber
pressure rollers upon the paper to ensure that the gauge roller shall feed the paper
forward.
This gauge roller is driven round-more or less as desired-so as to feed the
amount of paper required to be printed, its motion being derived from the fast and
loose, or cylinder, gear of the printing machine, suitable gears, ratchet wheels and
cams being introduced to effect the necessary movements.
We provide a circular revolving knife which we operate to and fro across the
paper so as to cut the same into sheets of desired sizes, the knife being caused to
travel forward with the paper while cutting the same.
We provide rollers and a travelling apron, driven by the gauge roller, to carry
the paper forward to the printing cylinder and to support the same in proximity to
the cutting knife.
We provide also a circular revolving knife for dividing the web of paper lengthwise
into two widths, which widths may be the same or different.
We provide a roller to supply paper between the layers of printed paper, as the
same are wound, to prevent a set off occurring and a roller to wind up the cut off
width of paper not printed as well as paper for second or further printings.
In the case of platen printing machines the gauge roll is moved by the opening
platen so as to draw the paper through and the cross cutting knife is operated by the
closing platen to cut the paper into sheets after printing.
In constructing our self-feeder we provide a suitable framework to carry the various
parts.
The feeding machine may be placed upon the ordinary feed board of the printing

page_text: machine or upon the side frames and be pivoted or otherwise arranged so that it can
be turned up or moved out of the way when desired.
The paper is supplied to the printing machine from a roll which may be of square
or hexagonal cross section and be marked across to facilitate accurate register being
obtained. Flanges may also be fitted on the rollers to prevent side movement of the
paper.
The rolls lift in and out of sockets to facilitate removal from the machine and are
supplied with friction washers and coiled springs so that the paper is drawn off under
a spring, take-up tension which is also adjustable in amount.
The paper passes from the supply roll over two other rolls between which is the
revolving knife capable of being put either into or out of action or placed in position
to cut the paper lengthwise into any two desired widths. The paper, or a cut width
of it, then passes over the gauge roll.
From the gauge roll the paper passes under a frame carrying the cross cutting
knife which receives a to and fro movement in the direction of the length of the
paper and of the same velocity as the paper when both frame and paper are moving
towards the printing cylinder.
The paper then passes to the ordinary grippers of the printing machine.
When more than one printing is required the paper is not cut across by the knife
but is passed back over the printing cylinder over a small roller to the rewinding
roller previously mentioned from which it can be resupplied for printing either from
its own position or by changing places with the first supply roll.
This roller is also made use of to wind up the cut off width of paper-resulting
from the operation of the width cutting knife-when the same is not required to be
printed.
To prevent the ordinary cylinder grippers from opening against the paper when
the latter is being printed more than once means are provided for rendering the
grippers inoperative as by the addition of a bar and clamping collars.
We provide a gear-driven by the fast and loose gear-with a pawl engaging a
ratchet wheel and with intervening gears to feed forward the paper. We engage the
gears at any desired place according to the length of paper we desire to feed and we
mark the gears to facilitate their engagement. The pawl is raised by a cam and
held up by a spring. The reverse movement of the wheel and pawl causes the cam
to put the pawl again into engagement with the ratchet wheel.
To return that portion of the paper between the cylinder grippers and the point
where the printing finishes-when printing a second time-we provide another pawl
and a ratchet wheel with reversed teeth and a stationary cam which holds the pawl
out of engagement after the backward movement of the paper is finished. This pawl
is put out of action when only printing once.
The knife carriage is fed forward at the same speed as the paper by racks and
pinions geared to a segment which is operated from the feeder wheel by a lug which
engages a pawl on the segment and drives it forward until released by a cam.
The length cutting knife and the rewinding roll may be driven from the gauge
A spring and friction washers are interposed in the roller drive.
roll.
The cross travelling knife may be revolved by a rack and pinion the knife being
mounted in a carriage pulled across the paper by a band connected by suitable gearing
and actuated by the forward movement of the frame.
The paper may be printed once or oftener, being cut across at the last printing.
The paper may be cut into sheets of any length and width within the capacity of the
machine.
When applied to a two-feeder machine the paper is first fed in from one side by
the gauge roller and taken up on the other side by a suitably placed and driven
roller so completing the printing on one side of the paper and is afterwards fed in
from both sides by two sets of feeders to print the other side of the paper and is then
cut and delivered by fliers.
On a two-revolution and also on a platen printing machine or on a ruling machine
the backward movement of the feeders is not required a cam is therefore used which

page_text: n be moved round to any position so as to bring the pawl which drives the gauge
Il again into action at the place desired.
On a platen printing machine the feeder may be driven from the gear wheel
erating the backward and forward motion of the platen or preferably from the
aten itself and on a ruling machine from the gear wheel of the large roller near
e feed board. On a two-revolution or a two-feeder printing machine the feeder
ay be driven by either of the cylinder gears.
The gauge roller may be set free and turned by hand to advance or withdraw
e paper.

page_text: The outer end of the clock spring is made fast to a second disc c³ loose upon
the shaft c. A third disc c is mounted on the shaft c and secured to the
frame a so that it cannot revolve and between it and the disc c³ is a leather
washer c³. A spring c presses the discs together. A similar arrangement is
applied to the roll b
The unwinding paper pulling upon the roll, as will be explained, revolves the
disc c and winds up the clock spring c until its tension overcomes the frictional
resistance of the washer c" which then slips and allows the paper to pay off. Should
the strain upon the paper be relaxed the clock spring c² acts as a take-up and
rewinds the paper.
The paper passes from the supply roll 6 under the rolls d d¹ which are carried in
bearings in the frame a and between which there is a circular revolving knife d²
carried on a shaft ds and conveniently driven, as will be explained, by a belt upon
the pulleys d ds. The knife d³ is shewn in Fig. 2 as to one side of the paper and
consequently out of action but it can be placed anywhere upon the length of the
shaft ds so as to divide the paper lengthwise, if so desired, into any two required
widths, one of which do is passed back again over a roller di and rewound upon a
roller e.
The roller e winds up the cut off width of paper do and also, if desired, the width e¹
after printing. It is conveniently driven by the pulleys e²es and belt e, as will be
explained, and is provided with a spring friction drive-see Figs. 11 and 12.
The pulley es is loose upon the roll shaft e5 as are also the leather washer eo and the
disc e7. A disc es is secured upon the shaft e as is also a similar disc e³. A clock
spring e10 has one end ell secured to the disc e8 and its other end e¹² to the disc e7.
A spring es presses the pulley es into engagement with the disc e7. As the pulley c³
revolves it winds up, through the friction washer ea, the clock spring e¹ which by its
tension winds up the paper d' and e¹. The pulley es slips upon the washer e when
the strain upon the paper is sufficient. The speed of the pulley es must be sufficient
to wind the paper up when the roller e is only commencing to fill.
The gauge roller is carried in the frame a and is driven at the same surface speed
as the ordinary printing cylinder X, the usual fast and loose gear X¹ being made use
of by us to drive-through the intervening gearing-the gauge roll f and all the
other driven rollers and movements of our self-feeder.
The paper el is pressed upon by indiarubber pressure rolls f¹ which are pressed
down upon the paper by levers f2, a shaft f³ and a quadrant lever f-see also Fig. 6.
A cramp screw through the slot f and into the frame a serving to adjust and main-
tain the pressure.
The paper el is fed forward from the gauge roll f to the printing cylinder X by
being carried upon an endless band or apron f" which passes-see also Fig. 31-
around the gauge roll over and under the three rolls f f f and around the roll f10
which is carried in the frame a as near as possible to the printing cylinder X.
For the purpose of cutting off the paper across its width into sheets the circular
revolving knife g is provided-see Figs. 3 4 5 and 13. This knife is drawn across
the paper in a carriage g¹ fitted to slide in ways g² g³ formed in a bridge frame gª,
Figs. 32 and 33. The knife g is made to revolve as its carriage gl travels by means
of a pinion go on the knife spindle of engaging a stationary rack g' secured upon the
frame g*.
The paper is cut square across by the knife 7 during the time the former is
travelling forward and in order that this may be done the knife g while travelling
across and cutting the paper is made also to move forward with the paper and at the
same speed as the paper.
When the printing machine is at work the ordinary printing cylinder X, together
with the ordinary gear X¹, makes a forward revolution in the direction of the arrow
and prints an impression upon the paper from the usual type bed travelling below,
for which operation paper must be supplied by the self-feeder. The cylinder X
then remains stationary while the gear X' makes its return revolution, during which
no paper must be fed forward.

page_text: We make use of the gear X¹ to drive our self-feeder as follows:-
Carried by the frame a and a bracket as is a fixed shaft h upon which is mounted
a free tubular shaft h¹-see Figs. 25 and 26. Upon this shaft h¹ we mount a gear h²
-Figs. 21 and 22-which is loose upon the tubular shaft h¹ and has the same
number of teeth as the wheel X with which it gears and with which it revolves in
unison but in the opposite directions. The gear h² carries a spring pawl i for
operating the gauge roll ƒ in a backward direction-that is to withdraw the paper et
when such is desired; also a spring pawl j for operating the gauge roll f in a forward
direction, that is to feed the paper ei for printing; and an adjustable lug for giving
alternately a forward and backward movement to the bridge frame g* which carries
the knife g.
The pawl i is adapted to engage the teeth i¹ formed all around the ratchet
wheel Figs. 17 and 18-which is fast upon the hollow shaft h¹. The cam 3-
Figs. 15 and 16-is adjustably secured to the bracket as by a screw through a hole,
as . Its edge is, by means of a roll on the pawl, holds the latter out of gear but
a depression allows the pawl i to fall into engagement with the teeth and drive
the ratchet wheel in the direction of the arrow, so as, through the wheel 8-fast
upon the shaft -intermediate gear and pinion 10-fast upon the gauge roll
shaft to drive the gauge roll backwards and withdraw the paper e¹.
The pawl similarly operates the ratchet wheel-Figs. 29 and 30-but in the
opposite direction so as to feed forward the gauge roll and paper e¹.
Its roll jo
works in the groove j7 formed in the cam j³-Figs 19 and 20. The cam piece j³
Fig. 19 acts upon the roll to throw the pawlj out of engagement with the ratchet
wheel j and the piece jº returns the pawl into engagement on the return stroke.
The gears 8 and 10 are so proportioned as to drive the paper e¹ forward at the
same speed as the surface speed of the printing cylinder X.
The lug operates the segment --Figs. 23 and 24-by acting alternately upon
the pawls k³. The segment gears with the idle wheel which again drives the
gear so as to revolve the shaft carried in bearings in the frame a and having
upon it the two wheels. These wheels gear into racks 10-Figs. 2 13 14
32 and 33-which are made fast to the bridge frame g* which carries the knife g.
The segment ¹ and gears k² 5 k³ are so proportioned as to drive the frame gt
at the same speed as the paper e¹ travels.
The rolls 112, carried upon the pawls 2 ³, are engaged by the edge cam k¹a
which alternately throws each pawl into and out of action.
It will thus be seen that the ordinary fast and loose gear X¹ of the printing machine
turning forward and backward in its usual well known manner gives a precisely
similar but reversed turning movement to the wheel k², Figs. 21 and 22: that this
wheel when revolving in the direction shewn by the arrow operates the gauge roll f
by means of the pawl j so as to feed forward the paper e¹ until the pawl is thrown out
by the cam piece j³; that the same wheel h² operates the frame g so as to carry the
knife g forward at the same speed as the paper e¹ by means of the lug acting upon
the pawl until the pawl 2 is thrown out of engagement by the rise k¹ on the
cam 13. Also that when the wheel h² turns in the direction reversed to the arrow the
lug acts upon the pawl 3 and returns the frame and knife g to their original
position, shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 31, after which the pawl 3 is disengaged by
the rise 15; and that the pawl i-if placed by the attendant in position to act-will
withdraw a certain amount of paper during the time its roll is passing the
depression of the cam i³.
The whole of the pawis i j k² and ³ are so constructed that they can be placed
either in position to operate or in position not to operate. The pawl 3 is illustrated
in this latter position. It is mounted on a pivot and is provided with a pressure
spring which can swing radially about a pivot ¹s and which acts upon the short
arm 19 of the pawl. As shewn the spring acts to press the pawl outwards
against the stop peg 20. The other pawl 2 is shewn pressed by its spring 2 inwards
so that if in place in the machine the roll would be upon the surface of the
cam k¹³ and the pawl k² would be controlled by the same. The pawls ik³ may be

page_text: placed out of operation by the attendant but the pawl; has its roll 70 in the groove j
of the cam j and is always thrown out of action by the piece 73 when passing forward
and in again by the piece when passing backward.
is
The pawl is placed out of operation by the attendant when the knife
employed to cut the paper into sheets and the pawls 2 and 3 are placed out of
operation when the knife y is not required to be used and the printed paper is being
rewound.
The
Only the two ratchet wheels i² 12 and the gear 28 are secured to the shaft h¹.
cams are loose upon the shaft and are held stationary but are adjustable through
a small angle of revolution. The gear h² and segment / are loose upon the shaft.
The cam may be accurately set and held in position by set screws on opposite
sides of its horn j10 and the lug k may be set by the screws 22 and held by the
screws ₤23
The to and fro movement of the frame is made to impart a cross movement
to the knife g for cutting the paper as follows:-
Fixed upon the frame a is a rack -Figs. 32 and 33-which engages a
segment carried by a pin 12, on which it turns, in the frame g. The segment "
carries a pawl -Fig. 31-which engages a ratchet wheel + having only two teeth 15 16
on opposite sides of it.
The ratchet wheel is fast to a mitre gear and both are free upon the pin 12. A
fellow mitre gear 18 engages the first, being furnished with a crank and carried on
a pin in the frame g*. A connecting rod 11 connects the crank to the segment (12
which is carried on a pivot (13 in the frame g and gears with a pinion 14 mounted
on a shaft 15 and having a double pulley 116 all carried in the frame g¹.
band 17 passes from the pulley (16 around a leading pulley (18 and is connected to
the knife carriage g¹ on one side and another band (19 passes from the pulley (16
around a second leading pulley 120 and is connected to the knife carriage 91 on the
other side. The pulleys (18 and 120 are carried by the frame g*.
The action is as follows :-
and
14
One
When the lug k engages the pawl
travels the frame forward the
segment is borne forward also and by means of the stationary rack is caused to
revolve. The pawl ³ therefore engages the tooth and turns the wheel +, gears 17 18
and crank so as, through the rod ", segment 12, pinion ", and pulley 16 to pull
upon the band 10 and draw the knife carriage g¹ and knife y across the paper to the
right of Figs. 32 and 33 as shewn, the knife at the same time, as already stated,
being caused to revolve by its pinion 9 engaging the rack g' carried on the
frame g*.
On the return movement of the frame g¹ the segment takes the pawl /³ back
again until it falls behind the other tooth 10, the gears 17 and other connections to
the knife g-meanwhile remaining at rest, but on the next forward movement of the
frame g the pawl bears forward the tooth 16 and the knife again cuts across the
paper but in the opposite direction or from right to left of Figs. 32 and 33. The
crank therefore makes a half revolution to every forward movement of the frame g¹
thus operating the knife g and remains at rest during each return movement of the
frame g as also does the knife g.
The frame g is carried in slide-ways gs go formed in the frame a and is provided
with three idle rolls f f f between which the knife g operates. In Figs. 1 and 31
F repesents the position of these rolls when the cutting off of the paper commences
and the position when the cut off finishes.
The roller carries a roll of paper 67 intended to prevent a set off occurring on the
printed paper el while being rewound on the roller è. The paper 67 is paid off from
the roll and wound in on the roll e between the layers of printed paper e¹.
Figs. 34 and 35 shew a modification which we make in our self-feeder when we
employ it to feed a two-revolution machine. We remove the cam and the ratchet
wheel Figs. 14 to 18-and we put in place of them a disc -Figs. 34 and 35-
which is provided all around its edge with holes-as many as the teeth in the ratchet
wheel, or gear . These holes ¹ serve to retain the disc x in any desired position,

page_text: being held by a spring locking pin from the bracket a³ in the same manner as is the
plate of an ordinary dividing engine. Upon the disc we mount a cam piece a³ and
we prolong the pawl pivot of the pawk j-Figs. 21 and 22-through the gear h²
and provide it with a lever and cam roll arranged to engage with the cam
piece ².
We set the cam piece a² in any desired place in the circle about the shaft h
by means of the locking pin and holes ¹.
In operation the projection j³—Fig. 19-throws out the pawl j as before and as the
wheel 2 continues to move forward, as shewn by the arrow, the pawl j is again
thrown in as soon as the roll 5 is acted upon by the cam piece 2, which may be
wherever desired.
Figs. 36 37 and 38 shew an arrangement of self-feeder applied to a platen printing
machine.
The platen moves in the ordinary manner from the position m shewn in full lines
to that m¹ shewn in dotted lines and the type bed similarly from the position n to
that n¹.
The paper is supplied from a roll o carried in a frame o¹ which may stand upon the
floor behind the printing machine and the roll o has a frictional spring brake o². The
paper passes off at 03 under a spring take-up of which consists of two rolls 05 06 carried
by arms of os on pivots o" 010 and having a clock spring o¹¹ which tends to turn the
rolls 05 in the direction of the arrow. Undue or sudden pulls upon the paper at o¹²
cause the rolls 05 0° to yield somewhat and so allow the strain to come gradually upon
the heavy roll o.
A take-up similar to this is also preferably employed at the point A-Fig. 1 of the
previously described machine.
The paper may be split lengthwise, if so desired, in the same manner as already
described, by the knife p which is caused to revolve between the rollers pl p² by a
pulley p³ conveniently driven.
The cut off width of paper may be rewound upon a roll p4 driven by the pulleys p p.
From a guide rolls as p' the paper passes up between the platen m¹ and the
type bed n¹, where it is printed in the usual way. It then passes over a carrier roll q
and under another roll g¹, over the gauge roll q2 and under the pressure rolls q³ to the
rolls q 2 between which it is cut across by the knife and is then delivered
at 8.
The movements of the self-feeder are conveniently derived from the operation of
the platen m as follows:
A lever t is so placed that every time the platen assumes the position m shewn in
full lines it, or a piece attached to it, strikes the lever t so as to cause it to oscillate
upon its shaft or pivot t¹. The lever t carries a pawl t2 which engages the teeth of a
ratchet wheel 3 which is connected by the gear wheels t, t5 to the gauge roll q²
which is thus caused to make a partial revolution and draw forward the paper. The
rolls qq, as well as other two rolls qº 97, are also geared to the gauge roll q², all of
them revolving at the same surface speed.
The cutting across of the paper is done much as before described. A band u
attached to the platen m pulls upon a pulley u¹ so as to revolve it against the tension
of a clock spring u², the pulley being attached to a disc u³ which revolves with it.
The disc has a portion of its edge cut away at u so as to afford a clearance for a
stud fast in a double pulley u connected, as before described, by cords u7 us, to
the knife carriage u⁹.
When the platen returns from the position m to m¹ it pulls upon the band u and
revolves the disc us so as to bring the lug u away from the stud u and, after a
little interval-afforded by the clearance u'-brings the lug into engagement
with the stud 5 so as to revolve the pulley u and operate the knife.
When the platen comes forward again, the clock spring u² takes up the slack of
the cord u and returns the lug u against the stud us, after which the spring drives
the pulley in the reverse direction and returns the knife carriage u.
It will be observed that by these arrangements one extreme of the platen move-
ment is made use of to operate the gauge roll and feed forward the paper and the

page_text: other extreme to operate the knife cut off movement, so that the knife and the paper
are never in movement together.
The cut off knife may be put out of operation by disconnecting the cord u and a
roll made use of to wind up the printed paper if desired, the same being driven
by a pulley v¹.
To ensure that the knife shall cut off the paper in the right place the roll 9 is
made adjustable in height by being carried on arms ww which are pivoted at 10² and
furnished with slots and cramped by pins w. Raising the roll q increases the
length of paper between the edge of the platen m and the knife and lowering the
roll diminishes the same so that whatever the length of each printed section the roll
can be set in such a position that the cut shall accurately separate them.
The levert is returned by a spring to a stop peg which may be placed in any of a
number of holes to according as it is desired to allow the lever more or less movement.
These holes, which may be as numerous as desired, are arranged in a stationary
plate . This adjustment may be made finer by providing a set screw for the tail of
the levert to take against in lieu of the stop peg.
More than one pawl 2 may be
employed if it is desired to feed with great exactitude.
We are aware that a flat bed web printing machine has already been constructed
but its feeder is not adapted for application to already existing printing machines,
such as the Wharfedale, the stop-cylinder, the two-feeder or two-revolution machines;
or to platen printing machines; or ruling machines, which are now fed by hand from
an ordinary feed board with separate sheets of paper.
We are also aware that there is a self-feeder made which may be placed on or near the
feed board of a printing machine but it feeds the printing machine with separate
sheets of paper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The application of a self-feeder to a Wharfedale, a stop-cylinder, a twofeeder, or
a two-revolution, printing machine; which feeder feeds a web or continuous length of
paper from a roll to the printing cylinder, substantially as described.
2. The application of a self-feeder to a platen printing machine which feeder feeds
a web or continuous length of paper from a roll through the printing machine,
substantially as described.
3. The application of a self-feeder to a ruling machine, which feeder feeds a web, or
continuous length of paper from a roll to the machine substantially, as described.
4. The self-feeder herein described and illustrated, which feeds a web or continuous
length of paper from a roll to the printing cylinder of printing machines which have
hitherto been fed by separate sheets of paper.
5. Feeding a web or continuous length of paper to a printing machine by means of
a gauge roller driven from the printing machine, substantially as described.
6. Feeding a web or continuous length of paper to a printing machine by means of
a gauge roller driven from the printing machine cylinder gear, substantially as
described.
7. The construction and arrangement of the gears, cam, ratchet wheel, pawl, and
their connections to the gauge roll for feeding forward the paper, substantially as
described.
8. The construction and arrangement of the gears, cam, ratchet wheel, pawl, and
their connections to the gauge roll for withdrawing the paper, substantially as
described.
9. The construction and arrangement of the gears, cam, segment, and pawls, and
their connections for reciprocating the knife carriage frame, substantially as
described.
10. The construction and arrangement of the racks, gears, two toothed wheel, and
crank, with their connections for drawing the knife across the paper and revolving
the same, substantially as described.

page_text: 11. Cutting a web of paper into sheets by means of a cross travelling revolving
knife moving with the paper while the latter is being fed to the printing machine
cylinder, substantially as described.
12. Cutting a web of paper into sheets by means of a cross travelling revolving
knife after the paper has been printed in a platen machine substantially as
described.
13. Withdrawing a portion of a web of previously fed paper from a printing machine
cylinder by means of a gauge roller driven from the printing machine cylinder gear,
substantially as described.
14. The roller for preventing a set off on the printed paper, substantially as
described.
15. The roller for winding the cut off width of paper and for winding the paper for
further printings, substantially as described.
Dated this 16th day of June 1899.
JAMES BENNETT,
ROBERT TOTTEY.