Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Papier-maché Articles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1893--Accepted, 17th June, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Papier-maché
Articles.
I, NEWNHAM BROWNE, of 73 Cheapside, in the City of London, Chartered
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, which has been communicated to me by Joseph
Temler, of 15 Ogrovowa, Warsaw, in the Empire of Russia, Manufacturer, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In the commercial manufacture of articles made of paper pulp or papier maché
the paper strips required to be affixed thereto are first provided with an adhesive
substance and then placed in measured up lengths and widths upon the corresponding
part of the articles and there firmly rubbed down. When several similar pieces are
to be provided in the same manner with paper strips, the providing of the paper
strips of uniform width as well as the determination of the similar parts in all the
pieces is a very troublesome and inconvenient process for the operatives considering
the tools aud means at their command thus requiring considerable skill to effect the
necessary manipulations. The object of this apparatus is to facilitate the production
of paper strips of equal widths from sheets of paper cut into given breadths
relatively to the lengths and the affixing of such strips to similar or corresponding
parts of the paper pulp articles under treatment, so as to enable unskilled persons
to successfully accomplish these operations.
The same is shewn in the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a plan, Fig. 2 a cross section, and Fig. 3 a side view of my improved
apparatus which has the following characteristic features.
a is the plate in the centre of which is let in, in the direction of its width, a
rail of hard material. Parallel with one of its longitudinal sides a bar bis
arranged in a groove of the plate a in such a manner as to slightly project (from
The bar bears
about two to three millimetres) above the surface of the plate a.
with its lower edge upon the springs c which allow it to sink in its groove
under a slight pressure exerted thereon from above until its upper edge is flush
with the surface of the plate a. dd and ee are guiding pieces arranged on
both sides of the plate a and adjustable in the direction of the length of the
latter. In the middle of one of the halves of the plate and perpendicularly to its
longitudinal direction is arranged an adjustable rail the bearing surface of which is
parallel to the bar b. g g are levers fulcrumed on suitable pins and horizontally
adjustable along the small sides of the plate a.
The ends of the lever arins which are outside are both connected to a treadle.
At the inner ends of the arms is arranged a ruler h parallel to the bar b and the
lower edge of which is in close proximity to the upper surface of the plate a when
the levers g are at rest as shewn in Fig. 3. This apparatus is operated in the
following manner :-The guides d are so adjusted as to guide both edges of the
paper cut of a length corresponding to that of the paper strips required. Between
these guides the paper sheet previously smeared with adhesive material is so placed
as to abut with its front edge against the bar b. The interval which exists between
the bar and the ruler / correspondingly adjusted with the aid of the movable pins
or fulcrums of the levers g, corresponds to the width required for the paper strips
which are severed off by means of a circular knife drawn by hand along the ruler
in a well known manner. After severing the strip the paper sheet is drawn back
a sufficient distance and the ruler is raised by the levers g as shown in dotted
lines in Fig. 3.
The guides e e are adjusted according to the dimensions of the pulp pieces on
which the paper strips are to be affixed. The guide f having been brought therefor

page_text: in a suitable position determines the distance, from the corresponding or respective
edge of the above pieces, at which the paper strip is to be placed. When the
paper pulp piece is placed between the guide rails e e with its respective edge
against the guide fand then pressed down upon the plate a, the surface of the pulp
comes into contact with the paper strip left on the plate a and which being
provided with adhesive material sticks tightly thereto. It needs no further
explanation to show that the apparatus above described may not only be advan-
tageously used for the exact, and in the case of several pieces, for the uniform
application of paper strips on pulp surfaces, but also for the application of such
strips on edges or corners of articles. In the latter case the part of the paper
strip standing above the edge should be folded over on the next pulp surface.
The use of this apparatus is more particularly advantageous when two persons
work together one of whom manipulates the sheet of paper, the ruler and the
circular knife while the other attends to the adjustment and removal of the
pulp piece.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
An apparatus or contrivance for forming paper strips of uniform width from
paper sheets or quires and for applying or affixing these in a uniform manner on a
number of paper pulp pieces, characterized by a plate a having a bar b which can
sink therein and against which abuts the paper. sheet introduced between the
adjustable guides d d and projecting above, a parallelly adjustable ruler h, movable
by means of the levers g against the plate a, such a distance that by drawing or
conducting a circular knife by hand along the ruler ha strip of the required width
is obtained and remains laying on the plate a being subsequently taken up by the
pulp piece which depresses the bar 6 and the position of which is determined,
regulated and adjusted by the guides e e movable on the table a and by a likewise
adjustable guide or accessory .
Dated this 29th day of April 1893.