Improvements in Printing and Folding Machines.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug, 1892-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printing and Folding Machines.
1, HERBERT JOHN ALLISON, of 52 Chancery Lane, London, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which
has been communicated to me from abroad by Jules Michaud, of 96 Rue d'Assas,
Paris, France, Engineer) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the application to a rotary printing machine which
prints and folds a paper of any number of pages, of a novel organ or part which
enables a supplement of any number of pages (that is to say which may comprise
from 2 pages to the number of pages comprised in the paper itself) to be supplied
to the printed paper and be folded with it.
For this purpose I may employ supplement sheets which have been printed in
advance and introduced into the new apparatus added to the original machine, either
by hand, or automatically.
In order to enable the invention to be readily understood I will describe same as
applied to a machine printing a paper of 16 pages from a continuous web, the web
being printed either on a machine for printing a single size only, or which can print
different sized sheets. This web passes between two cutting cylinders, and is cut
and receives a first fold; it is then carried forward by grippers of the second cutting
cylinder and receives a second fold between such cylinder and a third cylinder.
Grippers on a fourth cylinder seize the head of the folded sheet and carry it
forward for a moment until it receives a third fold when folding blades on the third
and fourth cylinders come in contact.
Finally, when seized by the folding blades of the fourth cylinder the folded copy
carried forward by the third cylinder descends into a receiving box or tray, or is
conducted to other folders to receive additional folds.
In order to supply to this copy during the actual working of the machine, a
supplement of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16 pages, I proceed as follows:→
The supplement sheets to be incorporated are placed on two tables, and are fed
either by hand or automatically so as to be superposed upon the paper itself at a
suitable moment, in such a manner as to be subsequently folded with it; for this
purpose in the particular case under consideration, supplements of 2 or 4 pages will
be directed so that they are applied to the fourth cylinder above referred to, whereby
each supplement will be incorporated with a copy of the main paper after it has
received its third fold.
For the supplements of 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16 pages, the sheets will be directed
so as to be applied between the first and second cylinders above referred to.
If the supplement is to form a cover to the paper I could also introduce same to
the machine so as to cause it to be delivered at the same time as the paper itself
and covering same.
The number of pages of the cover might vary from 4 upwards.
In this case in order to introduce the cover into the machine, such introduction
will no longer be from the top side of the folding cylinders as in the previous
cases, but from the under side thereof, and to the third of the cylinders above
referred to.
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For feeding, the machine, when the feed is effected by hand, instead of employing
two tables only, I may employ a greater number, 4 for example, in which case each
feeder' will supply a sheet for every four revolutions of the printing, cylinders.
I may employ any known means for carrying forward the sheets fed by hand:
In the case of the feed being automatic, I may have one or several tables also
serving to receive the paper, and I may employ any of the different forms of

page_text: apparatus in use for pushing the sheets between the tapes or cords at the proper
moment, such as those employed in. ruling or other machines.
I may also introduce into the machine sheets proceeding directly from another
printing machine, which may be a rotary machine for printing sheets of varying
sizes so as to print supplements of different numbers of pages; or 1 may employ a
continuous web of printed paper; the separated shects being conducted to the
folding machine by sets of tapes or cords.
Dated this 1st day of December 1891
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printing and Folding Machines.
I, HERBERT JOHN ALLISON, of 52 Chancery Lane, London, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which
has been communicated to me from abroad by Jules Michaud, of 96 Rue d'Assas,
Paris, France, Engineer), 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 the application to a rotary printing machine which
prints and folds a paper of any number of pages, of a novel organ or part which
enables a supplement of any number of pages (that is to say which may comprise
from two pages to the number of pages comprised in the paper itself) to be
supplied to the printed paper and be folded with it.
For this purpose I may employ supplement sheets which have been printed in
advance and introduced into the new apparatus added to the original machine, either
by hand or automatically.
In order to enable the invention to be readily understood I will describe same as
applied to a machine printing a paper of sixteen pages from a continuous web, the
web being printed either on a machine for printing a single size only, or which
can print different sized sheets. This web passes between two cutting cylinders 2
and 3, and is cut and receives a first fold; it is then carried forward by grippers 4
of cylinder 3 (as shown in Fig. 1) and receives a second fold between cylinder 3 and
cylinder 5. Cylinder 6 by means of the grippers 61 seizes the head of the folded
sheet and carries it forward for a moment until it receives a third fold when folding
blades 7 and 8 come in contact.
Finally, when seized by the folding blades 8 the folded copy carried forward by
cylinder 5 descends into a receiving box or tray 9, or is conducted to other folders
to receive additional folds.
In order to supply to this copy during the actual working of the machine, a
supplement of two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve, fourteen or sixteen pages, I proceed
as follows
The supplement sheets to be incorporated are placed on two tables 12 and 13
(Fig. 1), and are fed either by hand or automatically so as to be superposed upon the
paper itself at a suitable moment, in such a manner as to be subsequently folded
with it for this purpose in the particular case under consideration, a supplement of
two or four pages will follow the course 10 so as to proceed to the cylinder 6
whereby it will be incorporated with the copy of the main paper after it has
received its third fold.
For the supplements of six, eight, ten, twelve, fourteen or sixteen pages, the sheets
will follow the course 11.
If the supplement is to form a cover to the paper I could also introduce same to
the machine so as to cause it to be delivered at the same time as the paper itself
and covering same.
The number of pages of the cover might vary from four upwards.
In this case in order to introduce the cover into the machine, such introduction

page_text: will no longer be from the top side of the folding cylinders as in the previous cases,
but from the under side thereof and to the cylinder 5.
For feeding the machine, when the feed is effected by hand, instead of employing
two tables only (12 and 13, Fig. 1), may employ a greater number, four for
example, as I have shown on the saine fig., by adding tables 14 and 15, in which
case each feeder will supply a sheet for every four revolutions of the printing
cylinders.
I may employ any known means for carrying forward the sheets fed by hand.
In the case of the feed being automatic, I may have one or several tables also
serving to receive the paper, and I may employ any of the different forms of
apparatus in use for pushing the sheets between the tapes or cords at the proper
moment, such as those employed in ruling and other machines.
I may also introduce into the machine sheets proceeding directly from another
printing machine, which may be a rotary machine for printing sheets of varying
sizes so as to print supplements of different numbers of pages; or I employ a
continuous web of printed paper, the separated sheets 18 (Fig. 2) being conducted
to the folding machine by sets of tapes or cords 16 and 17.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The combination with a machine for printing and folding a paper or publication,
of an apparatus to which printed sheets to be incorporated with the paper or
publication itself, are fed by hand from any suitable number of feeding places,
substantially as specified.
2. The combination with a machine for printing and folding a paper or publication,
of an apparatus to which printed sheets to be incorporated with the paper or
publication itself, are fed automatically, substantially as specified.
3. The combination with a printing machine of apparatus for supplying supple-
ments proceeding from a roll of printed paper which unrolls, substantially as
specified.
4. The combination with a printing machine of apparatus for supplying sheets
thereto which are to form covers for the paper or publication printed by such
printing machine, these sheets being supplied either by hand, or automatically, or by
an auxiliary machine operating at the same time as the machine printing the paper
or publication, substantially as specified.
5. The combination of two rotary printing machines, one printing fixed sized sheets,
and the other simultaneously printing sheets the sizes of which may vary, which
sheets are to form a single publication, and of apparatus for combining and folding,
common to the two machines, substantially as specified and as shown in Fig. 2 of
the drawings.
6. The combination of two rotary printing machines capable of printing sheets of
different sizes, which simultaneously print sheets which are to form a single publi-
cation, and of apparatus for combining and folding common to the two machines,
substantially as specified and as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of July 1892.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.