MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING, COUNTING, AND DELIVERING PAPERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, GEORGE ASHLEY WILSON of Broad Green near Liverpool in the county of
Lancaster, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING, COUNTING, AND DELIVERING PAPERS, to be
as follows:-
1
The object is to provide improved apparatus for receiving sheets of paper from
printing or folding apparatus and delivering them in batches of the required
number to, a table.
The apparatus consists essentially of the following parts in combination. An
oscillating fly, a movable platform or receiver, counting mechanism and a stationary,
table.
The fly is geared with the printing and folding machine, in the usual manner
and is arranged to take each paper as it is delivered and deposit it on the platform
or receiver. The table or receiver is hung or carried by links or in or on slides
and is geared to the counting mechanism which latter is actuated from printing
or folding machine. The said counting mechanism consists usually of ratchet
wheels and pawls the wheels having teeth corresponding to the number of papers
to be delivered in batches. The gearing for connecting various appliances may.
consist of excentrics, levers, cams, or other suitable devices arranged to give the
required motions.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-The fly deposits, the papers one by.
one on the table. or receiver until the desired number are superposed. The
counting gear then causes the platform or receiver to move from under the papers
and allow them to fall in a batch on the table below after which the platform
returns to its original position and papers are again deposited thereon. The
batches of papers on the table are removed from time to time by hand or
otherwise.
J. T. KING,
Per W, B. Johnson,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I GEORGE ASHLEY WILSON of Broad Green near Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING COUNTING AND DELIVERING
PAPERS FROM PRINTING AND FOLDING, MACHINES", and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
The object is to provide improved apparatus for receiving sheets of paper from
printing or folding apparatus and delivering them in batches of the required
number to a table.
:
:
The apparatus consists essentially of the following parts in combination, an
oscillating fly, a movable platform or receiver, counting mechanism' and a stationary
table.
The fly is geared with the printing and folding machine in the usual manner
and is arranged to take each paper as it is delivered and deposit it on the platform
or receiver. The table or receiver is hung or carried by links or in: or on slides
and is geared to the counting mechanism which latter is actuated from printing or
folding machine. The said counting mechanism consists usually of ratchet wheels
and pawls the wheels having teeth corresponding to the number of papers to be
delivered in batches. The gearing for connecting various appliances may consist of
excentrics, levers, cams or other suitable devices arranged to give the required
motions.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-The fly deposits the papers one by
one on the table or receiver until the desired number are superposed. The counting
gear then causes the platform or receiver to move from under the papers and allow
them to fall in a batch on the table below after which the platform returns to its
original position and papers are again deposited thereon. The batches of papers
on the table are removed from time to time by hand or otherwise.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig 1 is an end elevation, and Fig 2 a side elevation of so much of a printing
and folding machine with my improved receiving, counting, and delivering
apparatus as is necessary to illustrate my invention.
frame, b tapes leading from folder; cfly pivotted at d, e'bell'crank connected
to fly spindle at d and coupled at one end to the rod f connected to any convenient
moving part of the machinery, y movable platform carried by the links h pivotted
at counting wheel actuated by the ratchet pawl k receiving motion from the

page_text: Each time the fly deposits a paper the counting wheel h is moved one tooth by the
pawl actuated by f from the connections . When the desired number of papers
have been deposited the tooth acts on the stump q and gives motion to the
oscillating piece o so as to move the lift piece p from under the end of the pawl k
allow the said pawl to fall into the notch n and actuate the platform g so that the
batch of papers falls on the fixed table o from which it is removed by hand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The combination with printing and folding machines of a fly, movable platform,
and counting mechanism, and actuating mechanism substantially as setforth,
J. T. KING,
Per J. Johnson, Agent.