IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR RULING PAPER, PARTS OF WHICH ARE APPLICABLE FOR FEEDING SHEETS OF PAPER TO PRINTING MACHINES AND DELIVERING SUCH SHEETS AFTER RECEIVING IMPRESSIONS."
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Richardson Dinsmore, of Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Bookbinder, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINES FOR RULING PAPER, PARTS OF WHICH ARE APPLICABLE FOR
FEEDING SHEETS OF PAPER TO PRINTING MACHINES AND DELIVERING SUCH
SHEETS AFTER RECEIVING IMPRESSIONS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Richardson
Dinsmore at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th March
1879.
JOHN HENRY RICHARDSON DINSMORE, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Bookbinder. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR RULING PAPER, PARTS OF
WHICH ARE APPLICABLE FOR FEEDING SHEETS OF PAPER TO PRINTING MACHINES,
AND DELIVERING SUCH SHEETS AFTER RECEIVING IMPRESSIONS."
This Invention consists of novel constructions, arrangements, and combinations of
mechanism for performing certain operations connected with ruling and printing
paper, these operations being effected in a superior manner and at a less cost than
has hitherto been done. The Invention further consists in the combination of the
parts as a whole to form a machine for ruling paper which shall produce better and
more accurate work with a rapidity which has not heretofore been obtained.
Under the first part of the Invention I construct in the following novel manner
mechanism for lifting or removing sheets of paper from a supply table and trans-
ferring them to ruling or printing apparatus or appliances :-A bar of metal or suit-
able material is formed or fitted with a facing of indiarubber or the like; the said
facing has perforations or openings through which air is sucked or drawn. The bar
and facing are so hung, suspended, or fitted as to be free to vibrate, or rock,
or slide, and pipes or tubes connect the openings in the facing to exhausting
appliances. When in action the air passing through the openings in the facing
induces a sheet of paper to approach and adhere to the said facing; the motion of
the bar then carries forward and deposits the leading edge of such sheet between
gripping rollers, or as desired.
Under the second part of my Invention I so operate a table carrying a pile of
sheets of paper that the sheets shall in succession approach within the requisite
distance of the lifting or removing appliances. For the above purpose a table pro-

page_text: vided with stops or equivalent mechanism for regulating the longitudinal and trans-
verse position of the pile of sheets thereon is so fitted or placed in bearings as to be
free to move in a direction at right angles or thereabouts to the surface of the pile
of sheets. The said table as sheet after sheet is withdrawn is caused to advance by
means of ratchet and pawl or like gearing operated from any convenient moving
part of the machinery. The rate of motion of the table is regulated by controlling
the pressure of atmospheric air acting on a piston in a cylinder, which piston is con-
nected to the ratchet and pawl or like gear above mentioned. The position of the
uppermost sheet of paper on the table regulates the pressure in the cylinder by
acting as a valve.
Under the third part, to ensure that sheets of paper shall be separated from a pile and
carried forward one by one, I place the table supporting the pile of sheets in an inclined
position, and I cause a jet or jets of air to impinge against the edges of such sheets
so as to keep them free or separated from each other. I also employ a jet or jets of
air acting on the face of the uppermost sheet so as to raise it from off the pile and
assist its removal; I further arrange a roller or series of discs to revolve above the
table so as to act on and force back again to the pile any sheet or sheets which may
have been carried upwards with the top sheet.
Under the fourth part I construct or fit a ruling machine to which paper is
fed in sheets with a stop or stops which is or are caused to act at the desired
time and arrest the motion of each sheet of paper sufficiently long to allow of
the leading edge of the said sheet being adjusted transversely against the said
stop or stops by the action of continuously travelling tapes, blankets, or their
equivalents. During or after the transverse adjustment of each sheet the said
stop or stops is or are caused to have a motion at right angles to the motion
of the endless tapes, blankets, or their equivalents so as to adjust each said
sheet of paper longitudinally against a stop or stops. After the above mentioned
adjustments have taken place the transverse stop or stops is or are moved out of the
way of the sheet of paper which travels forward to the ruling or printing table.
The above operation is repeated for each sheet. Cam, excentric, or other suitable
gearing is employed to give the required motion to the transverse stop or stops.
Under the fifth part I construct apparatus or appliances for raising ruling pens
from and causing them to move to the surface to be ruled in the following novel
manner: Two discs or their equivalents are so arranged or fitted as to rotate on a
shaft or shafts. One of such discs serves to raise the pens from off the surface to be
ruled, and the other acts to move the said pens in contact with the said surface.
Each disc is capable of adjustment independently of the other, and each such disc is
provided with adjustable strikers or equivalent devices for acting on the pens or their
carriers through levers or suitable means.
of
Under the sixth part I construct apparatus or appliances for delivering sheets
paper from ruling or printing machines as follows:-I connect together a
series of bars or gridiron like tables by means of endless bands, belts, or chains,
and impart a continuous travelling motion thereto. I so regulate the motion that
each bar or table shall receive a sheet of paper from the ruling or printing machine
and carry it forward until such sheet comes over a receiving table. The said sheet
is then allowed to fall, or is arrested in its motion by stationary stops.
Under the seventh part I combine together the various improvements above set
forth with the necessary gearing and framework to form a complete machine for
effecting the ruling of paper.
Motion is given to the various parts by toothed, belt, or other suitable gearing,
and tapes or their equivalents are employed for carrying the sheets of paper from
one portion to another of a machine when necessary.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Henry Richardson Dinsmore in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 4th September 1879.
JOHN HENRY RICHARDSON DINSMORE, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Bookbinder. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR RULING PAPER, PARTS OF
WHICH ARE APPLICABLE FOR FEEDING SHEETS OF PAPER TO PRINTING MACHINES,
AND DELIVERING SUCH SHEETS AFTER RECEIVING IMPRESSIONS."
This Invention consists of novel constructions, arrangements, and combinations
of mechanism for performing certain operations connected with ruling and printing
paper, these operations being effected in a superior manner and at a less cost than
has hitherto been done. The Invention further consists in the combination of the
parts as a whole to form a machine for ruling paper which shall produce better and
more accurate work with a rapidity which has not heretofore been obtained.
Under the first part of the Invention I construct in the following novel manner
mechanism for lifting or removing sheets of paper from a supply table and trans-
ferring them to ruling or printing apparatus or appliances-A bar of metal or suit-
able material is formed or fitted with a facing of india-rubber, or the like; the said
facing has perforations or openings through which air is sucked or drawn. The bar
and facing are so hung, suspended, or fitted as to be free to vibrate, or rock, or slide,
and pipes or tubes connect the openings in the facing to exhausting appliances.
When in action the air passing through the openings in the facing induces a sheet
of paper to approach and adhere to the said facings, the motion of the bar then
carries forward and deposits the leading edge of such sheet between gripping rollers,
or as desired.
Under the second part of my Invention I so operate a table carrying a pile of
sheets of paper that the sheets shall in succession approach within the requisite
distance of the lifting or removing appliances. For the above purpose a table pro-
vided with stops or equivalent mechanism for regulating the longitudinal and
transverse position of the pile of sheets thereon is so fitted or placed in bearings as
to be free to move in a direction at right angles or thereabouts to the surface of the
pile of sheets. The said table, as sheet after sheet is withdrawn, is caused to advance
by means of ratchet and pawl or like gearing operated from any convenient moving
part of the machinery. The rate of motion of the table is regulated by controlling
the pressure of atmospheric air acting on a piston in a cylinder, which piston is
connected to the ratchet and pawl or like gear above mentioned. The position of
the uppermost sheet of paper on the table regulates the pressure in the cylinder by
acting as a valve.
Under the third part, to insure that sheets of paper shall be separated from a pile
and carried forward one by one, I place the table supporting the pile of sheets in an
inclined position and I cause a jet or jets of air to impinge against the edges of such
sheets so as to keep them free or separated from each other. I also employ a jet or
jets of air acting on the face of the uppermost sheet so as to lift or raise it from off
the pile and assist its removal; I further arrange a roller or series of discs to revolve
above the table so as to act on and force back again to the pile any sheet or sheets
which may have been carried upwards with the top sheet.
Under the fourth part I construct or fit a ruling machine to which paper is fed in
sheets with a stop or stops which is or are caused to act at the desired time and
arrest the motion of each sheet of paper sufficiently long to allow of the leading
edge of the said sheet being adjusted transversely against the said stop or stops by
the action of continuously travelling tapes, blankets, or their equivalents. During
or after the transverse adjustment of each sheet the said stop or stops is or are
caused to have a motion at right angles to the motion of the endless tapes, blankets,
or their equivalents, so as to adjust each said sheet of paper longitudinally against a
stop of stops. After the above mentioned adjustments have taken place the trans-

page_text: verse stop or stops is or are moved out of the way of the sheets of paper which
travels forward to the ruling or printing table. The above operation is repeated for
each sheet. Cam, eccentric, or other suitable gearing is employed to give the
required motion to the transverse stop or stops.
Under the fifth part I construct apparatus or appliances for raising ruling pens
from and causing them to move to the surface to be ruled in the following novel
manner Two discs or their equivalents are so arranged or fitted as to rotate on a
shaft or shafts. One of such discs serves to raise the pens from off the surface to be
ruled, and the other acts to move the said pens in contact with the said surface.
Each disc is capable of adjustment independently of the other, and each such disc is
provided with adjustable strikers or equivalent devices for acting on the pens or
their carriers through levers or suitable means.
Under the sixth part I construct apparatus or appliances for delivering sheets of
paper from ruling or printing machines as follows:-I connect together a series of
bars or gridiron like tables by means of endless bands, belts, or chains, and impart a
continuous travelling motion thereto. I so regulate the motion that each bar or
table shall receive a sheet of paper from the ruling and printing machine and carry
it forward until such sheet comes over a receiving table. The said sheet is then
allowed to fall or is arrested in its motion by stationary stops.
Under the seventh part I combine together the various improvements above set
forth with the necessary gearing and framework to form a complete machine for
effecting the ruling of paper.
Motion is given to the various parts by toothed, belt, or other suitable gearing,
and tapes or their equivalents are employed for carrying the sheets of paper from
one portion to another of a machine when necessary.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2, a side elevation of a paper ruling machine
illustrative of my Invention.
First Head. 1, framework; 2, bar of metal having a perforated facing of india-
rubber through which air is sucked or drawn into the bellows 4 operated through
the tube 5. The said bar is bung by the levers 6 pivoted at 7. 8, lever and con-
necting rod operated by the cam 9 for giving a vibrating motion to the bar. The
said cam 9 and lever 8 gives notion to the bellows 4 through the connecting rod 10.
When in action the current of air through the perforations in 3 induces a sheet of
paper to leave the pile 11 and adhere to the said facing. The motion of the bar
carries the said sheet forward and deposits the leading edge thereof between the
gripping rollers 12 which may feed the sheet to any desired apparatus.
Second Head. The table 13 which carries the pile of sheets 11 is provided with
stops 14 for regulating the position of the said sheets and is fitted in bearings 15 so
as to be free to move in a direction nearly at right angles to the surface of the pile
of sheets; 16, ratchet receiving motion from the vibrating rod 17. The said rod 17
is formed in two pieces, one of which 18 is moved into and out of position so as to
allow or prevent the said rod from receiving motion by means of a piston in a
cylinder 19. The said piston is controlled in its motion by the position of the pile
of paper 11, which opens or closes the mouth of the tube 20 which leads to the said
cylinder and acts as a valve to regulate the vacuum therein produced by the action
of the bellows.
Third. The table 13 is placed in an inclined position and a jet of air is caused to
impinge against the edges of such sheet through the tube 21 so as to separato the
sheets from each other. The separation of the uppermost sheet is also assisted by
means of the jet of air impinging on the surface of the said uppermost sheet through
the tube 22 provided with the disc 23. The rotating rollers 24 serve to prevent
more than one sheet being carried forward to the gripping rollers.
Fourth. 25 is an endless blanket which carries each sheet of paper from the
gripping rollers 12 until it strikes against the stop 26. The said stop 26 remains

page_text: at rest sufficiently long to allow of the sheets being adjusted as regards its leading
edges. The said stop then receives a transverse motion by means of the cam and
lever 27, which motion ensures the adjustment of the longitudinal edge of the sheet
against the stop 28. The said cam and lever then causes the stop 26 to turn on its
axis 29 and the adjusted sheet is carried forward by the endless blanket beneath.
the ruling pens.
Fifth. Two discs 30, 31, are arranged to rotate on the shafts 32; 33 are adjustable
strikers or pins which act on the arms 34 attached to the pen carrier 35. The
strikers or pins on the disc 30 serve to raise the pens from off the paper to be ruled,
whilst the strikers or pins 31 serve to lower the said pens and cause them to rest on
the paper. The said discs are further adjustable on their shafts.
Sixth. 36 are a series of bars forming gridiron like tables which serve to carry
the sheets from the ruling pens to the laying table 37; 38, stops which pass between
the bars of the tables and cause the sheets to be deposited.
Seventh. The parts described under the above six heads are combined together
by suitable framework and gearing, substantially as illustrated, to form a complete
machine for effecting the ruling of paper. The arrows show the direction of motion
of the parts.
Having now described and illustrated the said Invention in such manner that
others will be enabled to carry my improvements into effect, I claim,―
First. The novel devices and arrangements of parts, operating substantially in the
manner specified under the first six heads, for the purposes set forth.
Second. The combination of parts, as set forth under the seventh head, for the
purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Henry Richardson Dinsmore, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Third day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
JOHN HENRY RICHARDSON DINSMORE. (L.S.)