IMPROVEMENTS, IN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND COUNTING · NEWSPAPERS AS THEY ARE DELIVERED BY THE FOLDING SECTION OF THE PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Edward Taylor Peter Allen and Charles Prestwick
Scott of Manchester in the County of Lancaster Newspaper Proprietors for
an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS, IN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND COUNTING
· NEWSPAPERS AS THEY ARE DELIVERED BY THE FOLDING SECTION OF THE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Edward Taylor, Peter
Allen and Charles Prestwick, Scott at the Office of the Commissioners of,
Patents on the 9th July 1883.
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JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR PETER ALLEN and CHARLES PRESTWICK SCOTT of
Manchester in the County of Lancaster Newspaper Proprietors IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND COUNTING NEWSPAPERS AS THEY
DELIVERED BY THE FOLDING SECTION OF THE MACHINE THAT PRINTS THEM
ARE
Our invention is more especially intended as an auxilliary to those type printing
machines that operate by means of revolving cylinders, wherein the cast semi-
cylindrical stereotype plates are fixed, some of such machines being capable of
printing, separating, folding, and delivering at the rate of sixteen or eighteen
thousand Newspapers per hour. The plain paper is rolled in one continuous
length upon a Roller beam which rests in bearings at the fore end of the Machine,
and off which the paper is drawn and having been printed on both sides it passes
further on and is divided into Newspaper lengths that follow each other in rapid
succession into the doubling and folding section of the machine through which by
means of endless takes passing over rotating rollers they are conducted and finally
delivered by the last rollers four at a time in separate places respectively at one
side of the folding section where they slide down on what are termed the
Smoothers" and thence are laid one upon another upon the "fly board" in four
groups or piles by the "flies" which are pieces of thin steel attached to and
projecting at a right angle from a rocking shaft-From the "fly board" the piles
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page_text: of folded papers are hastily removed by the attendant necessarily in a scrambling
manner without regard to number or regularity there being scarcely one second of
time between each outward movement of the "flies " to accomplish it.
Now the object of our invention is to deliver the papers in piles containing any
fixed number (say for example twenty papers in each pile) and remove them
mechanically either by means of endless bands that are stretched round two rollers
placed apart and relatively parallel and made to rotate constantly so that con-
tinuous motion is imparted to the bands, or the piles of papers may be removed by
means of levers or other modified contrivance hereafter to be explained. When
endless bands are employed they deposit the piles of folded Newspapers on the
machine table or board whence they are removed by the attendant who now
between each delivery has ample time to accomplish it in a neat and orderly
manner
According to our improved arrangement we retain the four "Smoothers" and
the four "flies which instead of as heretofore laying the folded papers pro-
miscuously one upon another on the flyboard the latter is removed and the flies
place the papers on what we term the "receivers" to which by means of a slowly
revolving cam or by other suitable contrivance a gradual descending motion is
imparted as the papers accumulate in piles respectively upon them-After the
twenty papers have been delivered on each of the "smoothers" and have been laid
in an orderly manner by the "flies" in separate piles one pile on each of the four
receivers the form of the Cam causes the Receivers simultaneously to make a
slight but sudden fall between the endless carrier bands and below the level of
their upper stretch and by this means the piles of papers are in the same moment
transferred to the bands which instantly convey them away from the four receivers
and deposit them upon the machine board whence they are removed as before
stated by the attendant, the Receivers being the next moment raised in time by
the cam to receive the first four papers of the succeeding twenties about to be laid
upon them by the four "flies"
In cases like the above where groups or piles of twenty papers are delivered by
the flies on to the receivers respectively and thence when the latter fall are
removed by the endless carrier bands the Cam by means of tooth or worm gearing
actuated by one of the machine shafts is caused to make one revolution during the
time that the twenty papers are laid on the receivers by each of the flies and in
all cases where either a greater or a lesser number than twenty are piled then also
the Cam must only make one revolution during such piling and this we effect
either by intermediate change wheels or by the use of a different sized cam-or
otherwise
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Edward Taylor, Peter Allen and Charles Prestwick Scott
in the Patent Office on the 9th January 1884.
JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR PETER ALLEN and CHARLES PRESTWICK SCOTT of
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Newspaper Proprietors "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND COUNTING NEWSPAPERS AS THEY ARE
DELIVERED BY THE FOLDING SECTION OF THE MACHINE THAT PRINTS THEM
"
Our invention is applicable to many kinds of printing machines but is more
especially intended as an auxiliary to that class of machines which operate by
means of revolving Cylinders whereon the semi-cylindrical stereotype plates are
fixed, some of such machines being capable of printing, separating, folding and
delivering at the rate of Eighteen thousand newspapers, per hour, and as adapted
to a machine of this class we in the following description and accompanying
drawings show the various parts of our invention in practical combination
As regards the printing machine and its folding section or apparatus, any
detailed description here is unnecessary excepting such of those parts of the folding
apparatus as deliver the folded papers-The paper is rolled in one continuous length
upon a roller beam which is placed in bearings at the front end of the machine, by
the action of which it is drawn off and printed on both sides, and thence passing
on is cut through the marginal spaces into separate newspapers which, by the aid
of endless tapes are carried in rapid succession into the folding section through
which by means of the tapes that pass over and partly round rotating rollers, they
are conducted and in a folded state are finally delivered by the last rollers in four
separate places at one side of the folding section, where they slide down on what
are termed the "smoothers" and thence by the old system were laid one upon
another upon. the fly board in four separate groups or piles by the "flies" which
consist respectively of two pieces of thin steel fixed projecting at a right angle to a
rocking shaft. From the fly board (which we remove) the piles of folded papers
were hastily snatched by the attendant, necessarily in a scrambling manner without
regard to number or regularity, there being scarcely one second of time between
cach successive outward movement of the flies to accomplish it.
Now the object of our invention is to deliver the papers in piles containing any
desired fixed number of copies (say for example) twenty papers in each pile and
remove them mechanically, preferably by. means of endless carrier bands that are
stretched round two rollers placed apart and relatively paralled, and made to rotate
constantly, so that continuous rapid notion is imparted to the carrier bands which
deposit the piles of folded papers upon the machine board, whence they are removed
by the attendant, who now between each delivery has ample time to accomplish it
in a neat and orderly manner.
Fig: 1 on the sheet of drawings hereto annexed, exhibits an end view of the
folding section and shows the mechanism whereby the various motions of our
improved apparatus are effected, and Fig: 2 exhibits a plan, showing the arrange-
ment of the several parts in combination
A marks the end frame of the folding section, A¹ the top. frame A. the side
frames and As the brackets that carry the carrier band rollors. The four fixed
smoothers. B on which the folded papers as they are delivered in quick succession,
slide down upon the flies C. are, together with the flies included as features in our
new combination. The rocking shaft C¹ to which the flies are attached has a
limited action, the range whereof is indicated by the dotted lines C². The flies as
they come forward remove the papers from the smoothers B and turning down

page_text: deposit them on what we term the receivers, of which there are four marked D.
Each receiver consists of three pieces of thin flat steel fixed projecting from the
shaft D' to which a peculiar irregular rocking motion is imparted by the cam E
which is mounted to rotate freely on the fixed stud shaft F that is carried by the
bracket F. The periphery of the cam E is furnished all round with fine teeth
which engage with a small pinion E. This pinion is mounted to revolve freely on
the fixed axis that carries the spur wheel G to which it is fastened, The spur
wheel is in gear with the pinion G¹, which is fixed upon the shaft H, which shaft
by means of the strap pulley H¹, the strap H2, and the pulley H³, gives motion to
the top folding drum I. The shaft H, revolves at a high speed, which by means of
the intervention of the two pinions G₁ and E' and the spur wheel G is so very
materially reduced, that the cam E is caused to make exactly only one complete
revolution during the time that the twenty newspapers have accumulated upon the
piles.
When a larger number than twenty newspapers are required to form each pile,
it is effected either by the use of a larger cam K placed face to face with the cam E
on the same fixed stud shaft F, and is actuated by a smaller pinion marked K' and
fixed to the opposite side of the spur wheel G so as revolve freely therewith on the
same fixed axis. Instead of using. the second cam K, the same effect may be
produced by changing, the spur wheel G, and pinion G₁, for others differing in size
and number of teeth relatively more or less that will either accelerate or retard
the rotation of the cam E so that during its complete revolution either a greater or
lesser number of newspapers will accumulate upon the piles
L marks a vertical lever having its lower end jointed to the fixed stud M and its
upper end to the connecting rod N. This lever at about its midlength carries on a
fixed stud the cam roller E which by means of the spiral spring Ŏ, is, as the cam
rotates, made to press forcibly against e, which indicates the paracentric curved
guide of the cam E. The other end of the connecting rod N is jointed to D³,
which marks a small arm that is fixed on the end of the receiver shaft D' and by
this means the required irregular notion of the receivers is communicated to them
by the cam, the range of such motion being indicated by the dotted lines D² which
are in part seen. below the level of the top stretch of the endless carrier bands J.
The two rollers over and around which the bands are stretched, are marked
respectively P and P¹, the latter being actuated by a pair of small tooth wheels
fixed, one on the axis of the roller P1, and the other on a stud that carries the
small pulley Qwhich obtains motion by means of the crossed strap Q¹ from the
pulley R that is fixed on the axis of the top folding drum I. The machine board
on to which the piles of papers are transferred by the carrier bands J. is marked S,
and S¹ marks the metal strips on which the piles of paper slide.
The cam E as indicated by its position in the drawing, is just commencing a
fresh revolution in the direction shown by the arrow, the cain roller having just
risen from the recess e¹, whilst the receivers. D are shown to be at the highest
point of their action. As the.cam rotates and during the piling of the papers upon
the receivers, the latter are caused by the motion of the cam gradually to descend
so long as the cam roller continues to press against its paracentric guide, but the
moment the cam recess e¹ comes round opposite the cam roller, the latter suddenly
falls into it, which by means of the connecting parts, causes the receivers at the
same moment to sink below the level of the top stretch of the carrier bands, so
that the piles of papers upon them are at the same instant suddenly left upon the
bands, which being in rapid motion, instantly convey them to the machine board,
whilst at the next moment the cam roller is immediately raised out of the recess
by the form of the cam guide e, the receivers at the same time being raised to the
highest point of their range in time to receive the next delivery by the flies, whilst
the cam E commences a fresh revolution and so on
Having now fully ascertained and described the nature, of our invention and
exhibited on the drawing the mechanical arrangement of the parts. in combination
and also explained their use and action, we wish to state that we do not confine

page_text: ourselves to the exact form of the parts or their position as described, and therefore
what we claim as our invention consists as follows that is to say.
1st We claim the construction and use of mechanism such as is herein described
in combination, for counting and delivering newspapers in piles containing any
desired fixed number, after the manner and to effect the purposes herein set forth
2nd We claim the use of a cam that makes only a single revolution whilst
controlling the action of the mechanism that effects the purposes of our invention
in the manner described
3rd We claim the use of receivers having an irregular motion and acting to effect
the purposes of our invention after the manner herein described
In witness whereof. I the said Peter Allen on behalf of myself and the said
John Edward Taylor and Charles Prestwick Scott have hereunto set my hand and
seal this seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty four.
THOS. W. EVANS
3 Cross St
Manchester.
In presence of
PETER ALLEN (LS.)