Product of Web Printing Machines.
Year: 1885

page_text: Product of Web Printing Machines.
I WILLIAM CONQUEST of Tudor Street in the City of London, Mechanical
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR PREPARING FOR THE MARKET THE PRODUCT OF WEB PRINTING
MACHINES, to be as follows:-
:-
The object of the present invention is to improve the means of disposing of the
product of web printing machines and prepare the same for the market by tally
marking the web of printed paper slitting the same longitudinally and transfering
the divided web laterally so as to impose one part on the other; "cutting the
superposed webs into sheets; collecting and folding the sheets transversely and
longitudinally or dying the folded sheets either separately or collectively.
This improved mechanisin will enable those printing establishments which desire
to issue papers varying in volume and to deliver them folded to different dimensions
and in such condition as will enable them to be taken in packs containing a
predetermined number. By the use of this mechanism newspapers or other
periodicals may be produced consisting of four, eight, sixteen or thirty two pages.
The printed web led from the printing machine will first receive a tally mark of
quires or other quantity. It is then slit longitudinally into two narrow webs which
are led over associating bars by which when desired one web is transferred upon
the other. As thus associated the now two ply web is led to a pair of combined
collecting cutting and folding cylinders by which papers may be associated, receive
one or two parallel folds, and delivered as four eight or sixteen paged papers. Or
if it is desired two of the sixteen paged papers may be associated together folded
and delivered as thirty two paged papers.
The printed web is led from the printing machine over a bending roll which may
serve as an impression cylinder for the tally marking and is divided into two
narrow webs by an ordinary rotary slitter. It is then operated upon by the tally
marking mechanism. This mechanism consists of a disc or carrier secured to a
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page_text: shaft suitably mounted and so driven as to give a peripheral speed to the disc equal
to the travel of the sheets upon which the printing devices are to act.
The carrier is provided upon its interior with a studded disc loosely mounted on
a stud axle and its periphery is provided with a projection which as the disc is
revolved engages with the inclined back of a spring block so as to project the said
block beyond the outside of the flange of the carrier after the passage of twenty or
other determined number of studs or teeth.
To rotate this studded disc the shaft of the carrier is provided with a second dise
which is loosely mounted upon the shaft and rigidly secured to some portion of the
frame work. The face of this disc is provided with an annular flange which extends
inward so as to be between two pairs of the studs and to prevent the disc from
turning on its stud except at one point in the revolution of the disc or carrier.
The flanged disc is also provided with a lug which at each revolution of the carrier
engages with one of the studs and revolves the disc of studs one step at each
rotation of the carrier, the flange being provided with two recesses through which
the studs can pass as the disc is moved.
The exterior periphery of the carrier serves as an ink distributing table and is
provided with a second recess beneath which are located a small ink fountain and
fountain roll furnished. with suitable doctor plates. The shaft of the fountain roll
extends through the carrier and is actuated by a pawl and ratchet motion, and the
roll runs in contact with a distributing roll which not only distributes the ink upon
the outer periphery but applies it to the face of the spring block.
The bending roll above mentioned will act as an impression roll or the marking
cylinder or carrier may be so located as to act in conjunction with some one of the
feeding or other rolls or cylinders with which the printing or delivery mechanism
is usually provided.
The longitudinally slit web is next to be manipulated as a single web and it is,
of course, necessary that the narrow webs or divisions'should be so brought together
that their printed pages will be in perfect register. In order to accomplish this it
is necessary either to lead the web, which is not transferred laterally, around a
register roll or rolls so as to make its travel equal to that of the transferred web or
webs or to make the travel of the transferred web or webs greater than that of the
other web by exactly the length of one or more of the printed pages. This latter may
be accomplished either by the use of a register roll or rolls or by a proper adjustment
of transferring bars. For the sake of economy in construction it is, of course,
desirable to dispense with the register roll or rolls and therefore it is most desirable
that the travel of the transferred web or webs should be regulated by the latter plan.
In constructing a full sized machine it has been found that even with the most
careful calculation it is impossible to so locate the various parts that an exact
register of the pages upon the associated webs can be secured in the first instance
and therefore it is necessary in using either register rolls or the transferring bars
to effect the proper register, to make those parts adjustable so that after. the
machine is ready for operation they can be slightly changed in position to vary
the travel of the web or webs.
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When the transferring bars are used for this purpose it is necessary that they
should be made adjustable, both as to their position with relation to each other and
as to their angular relation with the webs, because any change of their position with
relation to each other, so as to cause the web or webs to travel a greater or less
distance, necessitates a corresponding change in their angular relation to the webs,
in order to effect the proper lateral transfer.
In some cases it is also necessary. to vary the width of the webs to be associated
and any change in the width of the webs, of course, necessitates a corresponding
change in the position of the transferring bars either with relation to each other or
in their angular relation to the webs or both.
To this end the transferring bars are provided with connecting devices by which
the movement of one bar effects the adjustment of all, and in providing one or more
of the bars with an adjustable turning edge whereby without changing the position

page_text: of the bars with relation to each other the distance travelled by the web or webs,
in passing round them is varied.
The transferring apparatus consists of two parallel bars connected together by
pivotted tie rods and arranged at such a distance from each other and at such an
angle to the path of travel of the web, that said web being led beneath both bars
and then upward around the farthest bar and thence downward around the nearest
bar or vice versa will be transferred laterally a distance equal to its own width so
as to pass forward above or below a second web running by its side in the same
plane.
One of the bars is pivotted to the frame of the machine, the other bar having
its corresponding end adjustably secured to the frame by a bolt passing through a
curved slot.
The range of adjustment of the bars will be such that the extra travel given to
the transferred web will be sufficient to throw its printed pages far enough backward
in the line of travel to bring them into proper register with the pages upon the
other web. If, however, the webs are increased in width such increased web will
bave to be transferred laterally a distance equal to its own width to associate the
two webs. To provide for this the turning edge of one of the parallel bars is made
adjustable with relation to the bar, it being provided for this purpose with set
screws passing through threaded holes in lugs formed on the bar the screws being
secured in suitable socket joints in the turning edge. Thus by moving the edge to
a greater distance from its bar the lateral transfer of the web passing around the
bars will be increased so as to capacitate the bars to operate upon a web of increased
width.
Three or even more webs may be associated upon this principle, the three or
more transferring bars being connected in the same manner.
The webs having been thus tally marked associated and brought into proper
register are led to co operating, rotating cylinders or carriers provided with cutting,
collecting and folding mechanisms which are arranged to operate in such manner
that the sheets severed from the web may be collected into lots of two or more
and then folded once or twice transversely or that said sheets may be operated upon
singly and folded in either of said ways.
.
These cylinders or carriers are of a circumference at least equal to the length of
the sheet to be operated upon and are geared together or otherwise connected, so
as to be driven at the same surface speed and are in connection with a pair
of folding rolls which are geared to each other and to the cylinders in the usual
manner. These cylinders and rolls are provided with cutting collecting and folding
mechanisms.
One of the cylinders is provided with a cutting groove formed in a wooden bar
seated in a longitudinal recess in the cylinder in the usual manner, and the other
cylinder is provided at a corresponding point with a blade which cooperates.
with the groove in the usual manner to sever the sheets from the web. The blade
is provided with the usual spring seated check pieces to press the paper against the
cylinder and hold it stretched at the time the cutting takes place. Just in the
rear of the cutting blade the cylinder is provided with a set of impaling pins which
are pivotted to the ends of a series of arms extending from a rock shaft journalled
in the heads of the cylinders in the usual manner. These pins are protruded and
retracted to impale and release the leading ends of the sheets, in the following
manner. The rock shaft is provided with a rock arm to which is connected one
end of a rod the opposite end of which is connected to another rock arm extending
from a second rock shaft provided with a second rock arm having a stud which as
the cylinder revolves is engaged by a rotary cam which is secured to the face
of a spur wheel mounted upon a short stud shaft and geared with a pinion of
one-half its size mounted upon the shaft of the cylinder. The movement of the
pins in the opposite direction is effected by means of a spring surrounding a rod.
joining the two rocking arms. This spring is confined between a collar and a
projection upon the cylinder head.

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The second cylinder is provided at a point opposite the cutting groove with
a rock shaft upon which is mounted a nipping jaw curved so as to be of about the
shape of an ordinary sheet gripper so that when operated to grasp the sheet its
nipping edge passes through a longitudinal opening in the cylinder and closes
down upon a slightly depressed portion of the cylinder in the rear of the opening.
The jaw is closed to grasp and hold the sheets by means of a spring in the usual
manner. Stationary cams (some of which are made adjustable & engage with
a stud projecting from a rock arm on the gripper shaft) open the grippers to
receive and release the sheets at the proper times. One of the cams is made in
two parts, one part provided with a projection for opening the jaws to receive the
sheets, while the other part is provided with a projection for opening the jaw to
release the sheets; these two parts can be adjusted so as to release the sheets at
different points in the rotation of the cylinders.
A short distance in the rear of the gripper opening the cylinder is provided with
a second longitudinal opening in which is journalled a small rock shaft to which is
secured a number of fingers which extend forward so as to lie just above a recess
formed in the depressed portion upon which the gripper jaw closes. The shaft is
provided with a suitable spring or springs which serve to hold it normally in such
position that the plate or fingers will project somewhat beyond the periphery of
the cylinder.
The rock shaft which has already been mentioned in connection with the first.
cylinder is provided with a forwardly extending tucking blade which lies in a
longitudinal opening in the cylinder in such position that as the cylinders revolve
and the stud is brought into engagement with the cam so as to rock the shaft
the forward edge of the blade will be thrown outward beyond the periphery of the
cylinder and come into engagement with the plate so as to depress said plate into
the recess and be caught beneath the end of the jaw as it is closed by the cam.
The second cylinder of the pair is provided at a suitable distance in the rear of
the jaw with a longitudinal opening in which is mounted an ordinary rotating
folding blade which acts in the usual manner to fold the sheets from the cylinder
into the bite of the folding rolls. The shaft of this blade is provided with the
usual cross head and projecting studs. The shaft of the lower folding roll is
provided with a revolving disc and cam groove.
The stud of the forward arm of
the crosshead will enter the cam groove at the proper time and give the blade
a half rotation, folding the sheet. into the bite of the folding rolls. As the stud
passes out of the rear end of the groove it will be acted upon by a stationary cam
which will cause the blade to complete its half rotation.
The leading end of the paper being entered into the bite of the cylinders it will
be impaled upon the pins and carried around upon the surface of the cylinder, the
gripping jaw will be opened and the impaling pins release the forward end of the
web, and at the same time the tucking blade will raise the fold line of the paper
away from the cylinder and press it into the recess of the other cylinder. The
gripping jaw will grasp the paper upon the fold line and as the cylinders continue
their rotation the fold of the paper will be left in the bite of the gripping jaw and
plate and carried forward upon the cylinder until the first sheet is severed. from
the web and at this time the freshly cut end of the web will be impaled upon the
pins as before. The cylinders continue to rotate the folding blade makes a half
revolution and folds the sheet into the bite of the folding rolls and thus a second
transverse fold will be made.
From the folding rolls the sheets may be guided by a switch to other folding
mechanism to be further folded, or directly to an ordinary fly or other piling
mechanism.
When it is desired to associate the sheets in pairs before they are folded. The
cams may be readjusted so that the impaling pins will be operated only at each
alternate revolution of the cylinder.
Instead of two, three or more sheets, or pairs of sheets, may be associated
and folded in the same manner by altering the shape of the cam and suitably

page_text: proportioning the driving gears so that the cam will make but one revolution to
three or more of the cylinder.
When it is desired to impart only one, instead of two transverse folds to either
the single or associated sheets the stationary cams of the second cylinder may be
readjusted and pendant guides or switches brought into position to direct the sheets
between the folding rolls without being folded.
When the web is split and the two portions associated together by means of the
associating bars eight or sixteen paged papers may be once or twice folded and by.
proper adjustment of a switch be directed to a revolving "fly" and deposited upon.
travelling belts. When it is desired to deliver papers containing thirty two pages
the web will be split and the two portions associated. The pair of folding cylinders.
will be adjusted to collect and impart one transverse fold. A switch will be
adjusted so as to direct the sheets to, and between the guides and forwarding tapes..
These tapes lead the sheets to a gathering or collecting cylinder of the usual size
fitted with grippers and located in such position that some portion of its periphery
will lie in contact with or in close proximity to the sheets as they pass forward.
The gripper shaft is also provided with a series of discharging fingers whose
position is normally within the cylinder but which are so operated as to be thrown
outside the periphery of the cylinder at the proper time to throw the leading
end of the sheet or sheets away from the cylinder and direct them into the proper
channel or pathway without the aid of a switch.
As the first sheet emerges from between the tapes the grippers operated by
suitable cams will grasp and carry it around upon the cylinder. At the end of the.
first revolution the grippers will be opened so as to release the sheet and as the
cylinder commences its second revolution the grippers will be opened still further
carrying the discharging fingers beyond the periphery of the cylinder so as to
throw the leading end of the sheet just released by the grippers away from the
cylinder and cause it, together with the second or incoming sheet upon which it
is imposed to pass beneath guides into the bite of the tapes by which the two
sheets will be carried to the remaining folding mechanism-The grippers at the
next succeeding rotation will take up the third sheet, carry it around upon the
cylinder and associate it with the fourth, and so the operation will continue to be
repeated.
The sheets thus collected pass between a pair of rolls over suitable guides to the
folding rollers which are designed to impart additional folds to the successively
produced sheets, said folds being at right angles to each other and this result is
accomplished by the use of ordinary oscillating or rotating folding blades operating
in connection with folding rolls or jaws without arresting the sheets in their travel
through the machine.
Two folding mechanisms are arranged at right angles to each other and combined
with a sheet feeding mechanism arranged to act upon the sheets, after they have
received a fold, and cause them to move laterally in a direction at right angles to
their previous path of travel, so that what was the side edge of the sheets at the
time of the one fold becomes the leading edge at the time of the next fold thereby
causing both folds to be made in a direction transverse to the travel of the
sheet at the time they are made and thus making it possible to make these folds
by the ordinary mechanisms named without arresting the travel of the sheet.
The primary folding is performed by a blade and rolls as before described with
reference to the pair of collecting and folding cylinders. The secondary folding
mechanism consists of a rotating cylinder provided with a set of ordinary sheet
holding grippers and an ordinary rotating or oscillating folding blade and a pair of
co-operating folding rolls arranged at right angles to the primary folding mechanism.
The intermediate sheet feeding mechanism consists of two pairs of rolls arranged
at such an angle to the primary folding mechanism that the sheets as they
leave said primary mechanism will move laterally in a diagonal direction and be
presented to the secondary folding mechanism in such position that what were

page_text: their side edges as they left the primary mechanism will become their leading edges
as they enter the secondary mechanism.
The space between the rolls and the secondary folding cylinder are bridged by
upper and lower stationary guides between which the sheets are supported in their
passage from the last rolls of the collecting mechanism to the secondary folding
cylinder.
The first pair of intermediate rolls are not complete cylinders, but are provided
with biting portions which extend over only about one-third the circumference of
the rolls.
The second pair of intermediate rolls are provided with like biting portions such
portions extending over about one-half the circumference of the rolls.
The biting parts of the rollers are so timed that just as each sheet passes out of
the control of the rolls of the primary mechanism the sheet is grasped and caused
to change its direction of travel and advance in a lateral diagonal direction. The
sheet is then grasped by the biting portions of the second pair of intermediate
rolls so that it will continue to be advanced in its diagonal path of travel until its
edge which was its side edge as it emerged from. between the primary mechanism
is in position to be taken by the grippers of the secondary folding cylinder. The
sheet will then pass out of the control of the feeding rolls and into the control of
the secondary folding cylinder and be advanced at right angles to its path of travel
as it left the primary folding mechanism.
As the sheet is carried around upon the surface of this cylinder it will at the
proper point, be released by the grippers of that cylinder and folded between a
pair of ordinary folding rolls receiving a second fold transversely to its line of
travel but at right angles to the first fold. It will thus be seen that by the use
of ordinary oscillating or rotating folding blades, two folds at right angles to each
other are imparted to the sheet without arresting it in its travel through the
machine.
The sheets may then pass if desired to any suitable mechanism to be flown or
further folded and flown.

page_text: Product of Web Printing Machines.
I WILLIAM CONQUEST of Tudor Street, in the City of London Mechanical
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of the present invention is to improve the means of disposing of the
product of web printing machines, and prepare the same for the market, by tally
marking the web of printed paper, slitting the same longitudinally, and transferring
the divided web laterally, so as to impose one part on the other; cutting the
superposed webs into sheets, collecting and folding the sheets transversely and
longitudinally, or flying the folded sheets either separately or collectively.
This improved mechanism will enable those printing establishments which desire
to issue papers which vary in volume, to deliver them folded to different dimensions
and in such condition as will enable them to be taken in packs containing a:
predetermined number. By the use of this mechanism, newspapers or other
periodicals may be produced, consisting of four, eight, sixteen or thirty-two pages.
The printed web led from the printing machine will first receive a tally mark of
quires or other quantity. It is then slit longitudinally into two narrow webs,
which are led over associating bars, by which, when desired, one web is transferred
upon the other. As thus associated, the now two-ply web is led to a pair of
combined collecting, cutting, and folding cylinders, by which papers may be
associated, receive one or two parallel folds, and delivered as four, eight, or sixteen
paged papers. Or if it is desired, two of the sixteen paged papers may be
associated together, folded and delivered as thirty two paged papers.
Fig. 1 is a diagramatic elevation showing the general arrangement of the
mechanism.
Figs. 2 to 8 inclusive, are detailed views of the tally marking mechanism.
Figs. 9 to 12 represent the associating bars in various positions.
Figs. 13 to 21 represent the combined cutting, folding, and collecting cylinders.
Figs. 22 to 26 represent the secondary sheet collecting mechanism.
Figs. 26 to 32 represent the final folding mechanism.
The printed web S is led from the printing machine over the bending roll T,
which may serve as an impression cylinder for the tally printing, and is divided
into two narrow webs by an ordinary rotary slitter V-It is then operated upon
by the tally marking mechanism. This mechanism consists of a disc or carrier A,
secured to a shaft B, which is mounted in suitable supports, and so driven as to
give a peripheral speed to the disc, equal to the travel of the sheets upon which the
printing devices are to act.-The disc or carrier A (see Figs. 2 to 8) is also provided
upon its interior with a stud 14, upon which is mounted a disc 15, from the inner
face of which project a series of studs 16, and having its periphery provided with a
projection 17 which, as the disc is revolved, as will be hereafter explained, engages
with the inclined back of the block 12, so as to project said block beyond the_
outside of the flange 10.
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page_text: The shaft B is provided with a second disc C, which is loosely mounted upon the
shaft, and rigidly secured to some portion of the framework. The face of this disc
is provided with an annular flange 18, which extends inwards so as to be between
two pairs of the studs 16, and to prevent the disc 15 from turning on its stud,
except at one point in the revolution of the disc or carrier A.-The dise C is also
provided with a lug 19, which, at each revolution of the disc A, engages with one
of the studs 16, and revolves the disc 15 one step at each rotation of the carrier,
the flange 18 being provided at the same point with two recesses 20-21, through
which the studs 16 can pass as the disc is moved.
The flange 10 or exterior periphery of the carrier serves as an ink distributing
table, and is provided with a second recess 23, the edges of which are provided
with spring-doctor plates 24, beneath which, are located a small ink fountain 25
and fountain roll 26. The shaft of the fountain roll extends through the disc A,
and is provided with a ratchet 27, which is engaged by a pawl 28 pivotted to the
end of a rock arm 29, the shaft 30 of which extends through the disc A, and is
provided, upon the opposite side of said disc, with an arm 31, which is periodically
engaged by the projection 17 of the disc 15, thereby giving a slight movement to
the fountain roll 26, and carrying a small quantity of ink out onto the distributing
table. The flange 10, as the disc or carrier A revolves, runs in contact with a
distributing roll 22, which not only distributes the ink upon the surface of the
flange, but applies it to the face of the spring block 12.
The printing mechanism just described will be provided with a companion roll or
disc; to act as an impression roll, or may be so located as to act in conjunction with
some one of the rolls or cylinders with which the printing or delivery mechanism
is usually provided.
The operation of the mechanism is as follows:-The mechanism being so adjusted
in position that the line of sheets, upon certain ones of which the indication mark
is to be printed, will pass in close proximity to, but not in contact with, the
flange 10, the shaft B will be set in motion. As the studs 16 pass the lug 19, this
lug will engage with one of the studs, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby rotating the
disc 15 one step, and carrying one of the studs 16 outward through the recess 20,
and the opposite one inward through the recess 21, as shown in Fig. 6.-As the
studs 16 leave the lug 19, the solid portion of the flange 18 will enter between two
pairs of these studs, so as to hold the disc 15 in the same position for the remainder
of the rotation of the disc or carrier A, as shown in Fig. 7.-This operation will
continue to be repeated for a number of revolutions, the disc 15 being advanced
one step at each revolution, until the projection 17 comes into contact with the
arm 31, when the arm will be rocked slightly, thereby revolving the fountain rull 26
a short distance, and carrying a small amount of ink outward onto the flange 10,
where, as the flange revolves, it will be distributed by the roll 22. At the end of
the twentieth revolution, the projection 17 will have arrived at the position shown
in Fig. 7, so to force the block 12 outward beyond the periphery of the flange 10,
and cause it, as the flange continues its rotation, to take ink from the roll 22, and
at the proper time, make an impression upon the passing sheet. At the end of this
rotation, the disc will be moved forward another step, so as to carry the pro-
jection 17 off the block 12, and allow it to resume its normal position, and so the
operation will continue to be repeated, the block 12 being projected so as to make
an impression at every twentieth rotation of the disc or carrier A.-The parts will
be se positioned, proportioned, and timed, with relation to the size of the sheets and
their travel, that the indicating marks will fall upon the blank margins of the
cheeks, und in such position that they can be readily seen while the sheets are
in the pile, so as to make the marked sheets readily distinguishable from the
others.
It will of course be seen that the number of studs upon the disc 15 may be
varied to any desired extent, so that the block 12 may be projected more or less
frequently as may be desired.

page_text: Although, for the sake of compactness and simplicity of construction, it is prefer-
able that the devices for supplying ink to the design upon the block 12 should be
arranged as shewn, yet the arrangement of these devices may be varied considerably.
from that shown, without departing wholly from the invention.
The fountain and fountain roll may be mounted independently of the disc A,
and the ink may be distributed elsewhere than upon the flange 10.
The printing block 12 and its operating devices may also, instead of being
mounted upon a disc or carrier provided especially for that purpose, be mounted
upon one of the feeding or other rolls with which the printing or delivery apparatus
is usually provided.-The web is next slit longitudinally, and in order to make it
possible to manipulate the resulting narrow webs or divisions as a single web, it is
of course necessary that they should be so brought together that their printed pages
will be in perfect register.-In order to accomplish this, it is necessary either to
lead the web, which is not transferred laterally, around a register roll or rolls, so as
to make its travel equal to that of the transferred web or webs, or to make the
travel of the transferred web or webs greater than that of the other web, by exactly.
the length of one or more of the printed pages.-This latter may be accomplished'
either by the use of a register roll or rolls, or by a proper adjustment of the
transferring bars. For the sake of economy in construction, it is of course desirable
to dispense with the register roll or rolls, and therefore it is most desirable that the
travel of the transferred web or webs should be regulated by the latter plan.
In constructing a full sized machine, it has been found that even with the most
careful calculation, it is impossible to so locate the various parts that an exact
register of the pages upon the associated webs can be secured in the first instance,
and therefore it is necessary in using either register rolls, or the transferring bars,
to effect the proper register, to make those parts adjustable, so that alter the
machine is ready for operation, they can be slightly changed in position to vary.
the travel of the web or webs.
When the transferring bars are used for this purpose.it is necessary that they
should be made adjustable, both as to their position with relation to each other, and
as to their angular relation with the webs, because any change of their position:
with relation to each other, so as to cause the web or webs to travel a greater or
less distance, necessitates a corresponding change in their angular relation to the
webs, in order to effect the proper lateral transfer.
In most web perfecting machines in which several webs are associated in this
imanner, it is desirable to be able to produce, at different times, papers having pages
of varying sizes. This is effected either by adding an extra column to the pages,
or by adding to the length of the columns forming the pages, according as the
columns of the forms are placed circunferentially or longitudinally of the form.
cylinder or cylinders. In some cases it is also necessary to vary the width of
the webs to be associated, and any change in the width of the webs of course
necessitates a corresponding change in the position of the transferring bars, either
with relation to each other, or in their angular relation to the webs, or both.
It is therefore necessary to provide means by which the transferring bars can be'
adjusted both with relation to each other, and as to their angular relation to the
webs, so as to capacitate the same set of bars to effect the ass ciation of webs of
varying widths, and also to regulate the distance travelled by the web or webs, to
secure the proper register of the printed matter after association. To this end, the
transferring bars are provided with connecting devices, by which the movement of
one bar effects the adjustment of all, and in providing one or more of the bars
with an adjustable turning edge, whereby, without changing the position of the
bars with relation to each other, the distance travelled by a web or webs, in passing
around them, is varied.
Fig. 9 shows the transferring. bars adjusted to operate upon a narrow web, and
to give the same a comparatively small amount of extra travel in passing around
them
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page_text: Fig. 10 shows the bars adjusted to operate upon a web of the same width, but
to give it an increased amount of travel in passing around them.
Fig. 11 shows the bars adjusted so as to operate upon a web of increased width,
but give the same a comparatively small amount of extra travel in passing around
them; and
Fig. 12 shows the bars adjusted to operate upon a web of the same width as in
Fig. 11, but to give to the same an increased amount of travel.
The transferring apparatus consists of two parallel bars 32-33, arranged at such,
a distance from each other, and at such an angle to the path of travel of the web 34,
that said web, being led beneath both hars, and then upward around the bar 38,
and thence downward around the bar 32, or vice versâ, will be transferred laterally
a distance equal to its own width, so as to pass forward above or below a second
web running by its side in the same plane.
The bars 32-33 are connected. by a pair of pivotally attached tie rods 35-35,
and the bar 33 has one of its ends pivottally attached to the frame of the machine
at 37, the bar 32 having its corresponding end adjustably secured to the frame by
a bolt 38 passing through a curved slot 39.
It will be observed that in Fig. 9, the bars 32-33 are adjusted in such relation
to each other, that the web 34, in passing around them, is given but a comparatively
small amount of extra travel. If, therefore, when they are adjusted in this position,
it is found, upon carrying the web around the transferring-bars, that its pages of
printed matter do not register perfectly with the pages upon the web with which
it is associated, the bars may, by loosening the bolt 38, be adjusted to the position
shown in Fig. 10, or to some intermediate position, thereby carrying them to a
greater distance from each other, so that the distance travelled by the web, in
passing around them, is increased, and its pages of printed matter consequently
brought further to the rear, and at the same time changing their angular relation
to the web, so that its lateral transfer is not effected.
The range of adjustment of the bars will be such that the extra travel given to
the transferred web will be sufficient to throw its printed pages far enough back-
ward in the line of travel to bring them into proper register with the pages upon
the other web. From the adjustment just explained, it will readily be seen,
that a
perfect register can thus be effected between the pages of printed matter upon the
two webs. If, however, the webs are increased in width, it will be seen that the
bars, arranged as in Figs. 9 and 10, will not be capacitated to transfer laterally
such increased web a distance equal to its own width, and consequently cannot
effect the association of the two webs. To provide for this, the turning edge 40 of
the bar 33 is made adjustable with relation to that bar, it being provided for this
purpose with set screws 41, passing through bearings 42, and having their ends
pivotally secured in suitable seats in the turning edge.
It will be readily seen that by moving the edge 40 to a greater distance from its
bar 33, the lateral transfer of the web passing around the bars will be increased, so
as to capacitate the bars to operate upon a web of increased width.
The turning edge 40, having been adjusted to the proper distance from its bar to
capacitate the apparatus to operate upon a web of the required width, the travel
of the transferred web will be regulated by the adjustment of the bolt 38 in the
slot 39, as before explained, so as to bring its printed pages into proper register
with those of the web with which it is to be associated.
The apparatus, as illustrated in the present case, is provided with but two
transferring bars, and is consequently capacitated to associate but two webs.
It is of course to be understood, that an apparatus adapted to associate three or
even more webs may be constructed upon this principle, the three or more trans-
ferring bars being connected in the same manner as herein shown, and two or
more of them being provided with adjustable turning edges 40 and bolts 38, for
adjusting them to different positions upon the frame of the machine.
The webs having been thus tally marked, associated, and brought into proper
register, are led to co-operating, rotating cylinders, or carriers, provided with

page_text: cutting, collecting, and folding mechanisms, which are arranged to operate in such
manner that the sheets severed from the web may be collected into lots of two or
more, and then folded once or twice transversely, or that said sheets may be.
operated upon singly, and folded in either of said ways.
Fig. 13 is a sectional elevation of the cutting and folding cylinders and their
co-operating folding rolls, the framework for supporting the parts being omitted,
as the same can be readily supplied by any ordinarily skilful mechanic.
Fig. 14 is a similar view shewing the parts in a different position.
Figs. 15, 16, and 17 are enlarged sectional details illustrating the construction
and operation of the mechanisms for making the first fold, these mechanisms being
shown in different positions in the several Figures.
Figs. 18 and 19 are like views illustrating the construction and operation of the
mechanisms for making the second fold, said mechanisms being shown in different
positions in the Figures.
Figs. 20 and 21 are like views illustrating the construction and operation of a
modified form of the mechanisms for making the second fold, said mechanisms
being shown in different positions in the two Figures.
Figs. 13 and 14 show that this cutting and folding mechanism consists essentially
of two revolving cylinders or carriers 98-99, which are of a circumference at least
equal to the length of the sheet which is to be operated upon, and are geared
together, or otherwise connected, so as to be driven at the same surface speed, and
a pair of folding rolls 96-97, which are geared to each other and to the cylinders in
the usual manner. These cylinders and rolls are provided with cutting, collecting,
and folding mechanisms, which are constructed and arranged as follows:-
The cylinder 99 is provided with a cutting groove 95, formed in a wooden
bar 94, which is seated in a longitudinal recess in the cylinder in the usual manner,
and the other cylinder 98 is provided at a corresponding point with a blade 93,
which co-operates with the groove 95 in the usual manner to sever the sheets from
the web. The blade 93 is provided with the usual spring seated cheek pieces 109,
which project slightly beyond the periphery of the cylinder, upon each side of the
blade, so as to press the paper against the cylinder 99, and hold it stretched across
the groove 95 at the time the cutting takes place.
The bar 94 in which the cutting groove 95 is formed, is made to project slightly
beyond the periphery of the cylinder 99, so that as the blade and groove come into
co-operation, the walls of the groove will press the paper slightly within the
periphery of the cylinder 98. By this means the blade is caused to to pass through
the paper a sufficient distance to insure a clean and perfect severance, without the
necessity of making the blade project more than a slight distance beyond the
periphery of its cylinder. Just in the rear of the cutting blade 93, the cylinder 98
is provided with a set of impaling pins 110, which are pivotted to the ends of a
series of arms 111, extending from a rock shaft 112 journalled in the heads of the
cylinders in the usual manner. These pins are protruded and retracted to impale
and release the leading ends of the sheets, in the following manner:-The shaft 112
is provided with a rock arm 113, to which it is connected one end of a rod 114, the
opposite end of which is connected to a rocking arın 115, extending from a second
rock shaft 116, also journalled in the heads of the cylinder, and provided with a
second rocking arm 117, having a stud 118, which, as the cylinder rotates, is
engaged by a rotary cam 92, which is secured to the face of a spur wheel 90,
mounted upon a short shaft or stud axle 91, and geared with a pinion 89, of one
half its size, mounted upon the shaft 88 of the cylinder.-The movement of the
pins in the opposite direction is effected by means of a helical spring 119, which is
confined between a collar upon the rod 114 and a projection upon the cylinder
head.
The cylinder 89 (see Figs. 13 and 14) is provided, at a point opposite the cutting
groove 95, with a rock shaft 120, upon which is mounted a gripping jaw 121,
which extends the length of the cylinder, and is curved so as to be of about the
shape of an ordinary sheet gripper, so that when operated to grasp the sheet, its

page_text: nipping edge passes through a longitudinal opening 123 in the cylinder, and closes.
down upon the slightly depressed portion 122 of the cylinder, in the rear of the
opening 123, in substantially the same manner as an ordinary sheet gripper.
The jaw 121 is closed to grasp and hold the sheets by means of a spring
arranged upon the shaft 120 in the usual manner, and a stationary cam 85, which
engages with a stud 125, projecting from a rock arm 124 extending from the
shaft 120, and is opened to receive and release the sheets at the proper times by
means of a stationary cam 86, which also engages with the stud 125. The cam 86
is made in two parts 50-51, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 13 and 14,
the part 50, which is provided with the projection 107 for opening the jaws to
receive the sheets, being fixed, while the part 51, which is provided with the
projection 108, for opening the jaw to release the sheets, is adjustably secured to
the part 50 by means of the bolt 126 passing through the slot 127, so that the
projection 108 can be shifted in position, and thus cause the jaw to be opened to
release the sheets at different points in the rotation of the cylinders, as will be
more fully described when the operation of the mechanism is explained.
A short distance in the rear of the opening 123, the cylinder 99 is provided with
a second longitudinal opening 105, in which is journalled a small rock shaft 104, to
which is secured a number of fingers (or a thin-plate) 103, which extend forward
so as to lie just above a recess 106 formed in the depressed portion 122 upon which
the jaw 121 closes.-The shaft 104 is provided with a suitable spring or springs,
which serve to hold it normally in such position that the plate or fingers 103 will
project somewhat beyond the periphery of the cylinder, as shewn in Figs. 13
and 14.
The rock shaft 116, which has already been mentioned in connection with the
cylinder 98, is provided with a forwardly extending tucking blade 129, which lies
in a longitudinal opening 130 in the cylinder, in such position, that as the
cylinders 98-99 rotate, and the stud 118 is brought into engagement with the
cam 92, so as to rock the shaft 116, the forward edge of the blade will be thrown
outward beyond the periphery of the cylinder 98, and come into engagement with
the plate 103, so as to depress said plate into the recess 106, and be caught beneath
the end of the jaw 121, as it is closed by the cain 85.
The cylinder 99, in addition to the features already described, is provided, at a
suitable distance in the rear of the jaw 121, with a longitudinal opening 131,
in which is journalled a shaft 132, carrying an ordinary rotating folding blade 133,
which acts in the usual manner to fold the sheets from the cylinder into the bite
of the folding rolls 96-97.-The blade 133 is operated in the following manner :-
The shaft 132, upon which the blade is mounted, is provided at one end with the
usual cross head 134, the opposite ends of which are provided with outwardly
projecting studs 102, and the shaft of the folding roll 97 is provided with a
rotating disc 136, in the face of which is formed a cam groove 137. The parts are
so timed that as the forward edge of the blade arrives in position to fold the sheet
off the cylinder, the stud 102 of the forward arm of the cross head 134 will enter
the forward end of the cam groove 137, and thus, as the cylinder and roll continue
their rotation, this stud will remain in the groove until the blade has completed
nearly a half rotation, and folded the sheet into the bite of the rolls 96-97. As
the stud passes out of the rear end of the groove 137, it will come into engagement
with the stationary cam 138, which will cause the blade to complete its half
rotation, and bring the stud upon the other arm of the cross head to the front,
and into position to enter the cam groove 137, upon the next revolution of the
cylinder.
The remaining features of construction in the mechanism just described will
be referred to in connection with the explanation of its operation, which is as
follows:-
The web of paper having been perfected (and tally marked at the proper time),
will be entered into the bite of the cylinders, 98-99, in such position, that its

page_text: leading end will be impaled upon the pins 110, and carried around upon the
surface of the cylinder 98.
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As the cylinders continue their revolution, and arrive at the position shown in
Fig. 15, the stud 125 of the rock arm 124 will come into engagement with the
projection 107 of the cam 86, so as to open the gripping jaw 121; and at the same
time the stud 118 of the rock arm 117 will come into engagement with the cam 92,
so that as the cylinders continue to advance from this position, the impaling
pins 110 will be retracted, to release the forward end of the web, and at the same
time the tucking blade 129 will be rocked outward beyond the periphery of the
cylinder 98, so as to raise the fold line of the paper away from the cylinder, and
press it and the plate 103 into the recess 106 of the cylinder 99. Immediately after
this takes place, the stud 125 of the rock arm 124 will come into engagement with
the cam 85, so as to close the gripping jaw 121 over onto the paper and the edge
of the blade 129, and thus grasp the paper upon the fold line as shown in Fig. 16.-
As the cylinders continue their rotation from this point, the blade 129 will be.
withdrawn, as shown in Fig. 17, so as to leave the fold of the paper in the bite of
the gripping jaw 121 and the plate 103, and cause it to be carried forward upon
the cylinder 99.
It will be observed that after it is folded, as just described, the sheet is held by,
the jaw 121 in such position that there is no abrupt bend in the sheet just in the
rear of the fold line, as is the case where the portion of the sheet held by the
nipping jaws extends inward toward the axis of the gripping cylinder. This is a
desirable feature, as it permits the sheet to be more readily stripped from the
cylinder at the proper time.
The first transverse fold having been made in the manner just described, the fold
will be held by the jaw 121 and carried around upon the cylinder 99 until the
llade 93 and groove 95 come into co-operation, when the first sheet will be
severed from the web, and at the same time the freshly cut end of the web will be
impaled upon the pins 110, as already described. As the parts arrive in the
position shewn in Fig. 18, the stud 102 upon the forward arm of the crosshead 134,
will enter the cam groove 137, and at the same time the stud 125 of the rock
arm 124 will come into engagement with the projection 108 of the cam 86, so as
to open the gripping jaw 121, and release the sheet.-As the cylinder 99 .and
rolls 96-97 continue their rotation, the folding blade 133 will be caused to make a
half rotation, so as to fold the sheet into the bite of the rolls, as shown in Fig. 19,
and thus the second transverse fold will be made.-As the cylinders continue their
rotation from the position shown in Fig. 13, the stud 125 of the rock arm 124,
will again come into engagement with the projection 107, and the operation just:
described will be. repeated.
As the sheets enter the rolls 96-97, they will be conducted between the
tapes 192-193 (see Fig. 1) to the rolls 194-195, from which they will emerge,
and be guided by the switch F to the other folding mechanism, to be further
folded, or directly to the piling mechanism 196.
If it should be desired to associate the sheets in pairs before they are folded, it
can be done by simply removing the part 140 of the cam 92 (see Fig. 14), so that.
the impaling pins 110 and blade 129 will be operated only at each alternate
revolution of the cylinder 98.-When this is done, the first sheet or sheets (if a
two ply web is being manipulated) taken by the pins will be carried around upon
the cylinder during one rotation, and have the second sheet or pair of sheets
imposed upon it, after which, upon the second rotation of the cylinder, the two:
sheets or pairs of sheets thus associated will be folded off the cylinder together, and
will then receive their second fold, if desired, and be delivered in the manner
already described.
Instead of two, three or more sheets or pairs of sheets, may be associated and
folded in the same manner, by making the cam 92 of proper form, and so pro-
portioning the gears 89-90, that the cam will make but one rotation to three or
more of the cylinder..
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If it should be desired to impart only one, instead of two transverse folds, to
either the single or associated sheets, it may be done by simply shifting the
part 51 of the cam 86 to the position shown in Fig. 14, and bringing the guides
or switches 139 into position to direct the sheets between the rolls 96-97, without
being folded.
When this is done, the gripping jaw 121 will be opened, so as to
release the folded edge of the sheets just before they arrive at the bite of the
rolls 96-97, and as soon as this takes place, the plate or fingers 103 will move
outward so as to direct the end, thus released, between the guides 139 and the
roll 97, as indicated in Fig. 14.
It is to be remarked that many modifications may be made in the details of the
mechanism just described without departing from the invention. As, for instance,
the portion 122 of the cylinder upon which the jaw 121 closes, need not be
depressed below the remaining portions of the cylinder. The recess 106 also may
be somewhat modified in form, so that the paper has a slightly more abrupt bend
just in the rear of the fold.
Figs. 20 and 21 illustrate a modification in the cams for operating the folding
blade of the cylinder 99.
In this case, the stationary cam 138 is omitted, and the cam groove 137 in the
disc 136 is made very much shorter than in the construction first described.-The
shaft of the roll 96 is, however, provided with a disc 142, in which is formed a cam
groove 141, said disc and and cam groove being so positioned, that as the stud 102
of the cross head 134 passes out of the groove 137, it will enter the groove 141, in
which it will be retained until the blade has completed its one half rotation.
Figure 20 shows the parts in the position they will occupy just as the stud 102
enters the groove 137, and Figure 21 shows the parts in the positions they will
occupy just as the stud 102 is leaving the groove 137.
In either of the constructions shown, the gripping jaw 121, instead of extending
the entire length of the cylinder, may be made of a number of short sections
arranged at a suitable distance from each other upon the shaft 120..
It will be seen that when the web is split, and the two portions associated
together by means of the associating bars, Figs. 9 to 12, eight or sixteen paged
papers may be once or twice folded, and by proper adjustment of the switch E
(Fig. 1), be directed to the rotating "fly" 196, and deposited upon the travelling
belts H. When it is desired to deliver papers containing thirty-two pages, the web
will be split, and the two portions associated by the bars 32-40. The cylinders 98-99
will be adjusted to collect and impart one transverse fold. The switch F will be
adjusted so as to direct the sheets to, and between the guides 0-0, thence to the
forwarding tapes 150-151, thence to the collecting cylinder M.
Fig. 22 is a plan view of this gathering or collecting cylinder M.
Figs. 23 and 24 are cross sections of the same, taken upon the line X X, but
showing the parts in a different position, for the purpose of illustrating the
operation of the sheet-grasping and discharging devices; and,
Figs. 25 and 26 are similar views taken upon the line z, z.
Referring to these figures, it is to be understood that 150-151 are the ordinary
series of tapes leading from the guide O, and that M is a gathering or collecting
cylinder of the usual size, located in such position, that some portion of its periphery
will lie in contact with, or close proximity to the sheets, as they pass forward
between the tapes 150-151 and guides 152.
The cylinder M is provided with the usual sheet gripper 153 mounted upon a
rock shaft 154, which is operated by a rock arm 155, having a stud or bowl 156,
which lies in a cam groove of a stationary disc 157, and with a series of short
tapes 158, which are arranged and operate in the usual manner, to hold the sheets
to the cylinder, and prevent them from slipping when released by the grippers.
The gripper shaft 154 is also provided with a series of arms or fingers 159, which
are so positioned as to normally lie within the cylinder, with their ends beneath the
leading end of the sheet or sheets, but which are so operated by the rocking of the
shaft 154, as to be thrown outside the periphery of the cylinder, at the proper. time,,

page_text: so as to throw the leading end of the sheet or sheets away from the cylinder, and
direct them into the proper channel or pathway without the aid of a switch.
The proper movement of the grippers 153 and discharging fingers 159 is effected,
as before stated, by means of the rock arm 155, the bowl 156, of which travels in
the two cam-paths 160-161; in the face of the disc 157. These two paths, as
shewn in figures 25 and 26, coincide at one point, and are provided with two
switches 162-163, which are connected to each other by the rock arms 164-165
and link 166, so that the bowl 156 is caused to alternate between the two paths,
thereby holding the grippers closed during one revolution of the cylinder, and the
discharging fingers protruded during the next, and so on.
The operation of the gathering cylinder thus equipped is as follows:-As the
first sheet emerges from between the tapes 150 and guides 152, the grippers 153
will be in the position shown in Figure 23, and the switch 163 will be in the posi-
tion shown in figure 25, so that as the cylinder continues its rotation, the stud 156
will be caused to enter the path 160, thereby closing the grippers, as indicated by
dotted lines in figure 23, so as to grasp the first sheet, and carry it around upon
the cylinder. As the cylinder nears the end of its first rotation, the stud 156,
passing between the switch 162, and the solid wall of the groove 160, will move
said switch to the position shown in figure 26, which movement will, through
arms 164-165 and link 106, move the switch 163 to the position shown in the same
figure. At the end of the first rotation, the grippers 153 will be opened, so as to
release the sheet, as shown in Figure 24, and as the cylinder commences its second
rotation, the stud 156, owing to the changed position of the switch 163, instead of
entering the groove 160, so as to close the grippers, will enter the groove 161,
thereby opening the grippers still further, and carrying the discharging fingers 159
beyond the periphery of the cylinder, so as to throw the leading end of the sheet,
just released by the grippers, away from the cylinder, and cause it, together with
the second or incoming sheet upon which it is imposed, to pass beneath the
guides 167 into the bite of the tapes 150 and roll 168, by which the two sheets
will be carried to the folding mechanism R, fig. 1.-Just before the completion of
the second rotation, the stud 156, pa-sing between the switch 162 and the solid
wall of the groove 161, will shift said switch, and also the switch 163, back to
their original positions, as shown in Figure 25, so that upon the third rotation the
stud 156 will be directed into the groove 160, thereby again closing the grippers, so
as to take up the third sheet, carry it around upon the cylinder, and associate it
with the fourth, and so the operation will continue to be repeated.
The particular mechanism herein shewn for operating the grippers' and dis-
charging fingers, has been selected merely for the purpose of illustrating the
operation of this part of the invention. Many other forms of mechanisin equally well
adapted for the purpose, can be readily suggested by those familiar with the art.
It will also be apparent to those skilled in the art, that the operating mechanism
may be so modified without departing from the invention, that, instead of two,-
three or more sheets, or packs of sheets, may be associated and then discharged
together, and also, that if desired, the tapes forming the pathway in which the
sheets are advanced, may be so arranged that the associated sheets will be carried
around by, or remain in contact with, the cylinder, during a part of a rotation, and
then directed back into the pathway.
If preferred, impaling pins, or any of the other well known devices, may be used
instead of the grippers for retaining the sheets upon the cylinder, and in any case,
the discharging fingers may be operated independently of the retaining devices, if
preferred.
The sheets having thus been collected, they pass between the rolls 168-169, see
figure 1, over the guide 170, to the rolls 171-172.
This part of the mechanism is designed to impart additional folds to the succes-
sively produced sheets, these folds being at right angles to each other, and this
result is accomplished by the use of ordinary oscillating or rotating folding bladeş

page_text: operating in connection with folding rolls or jaws, without arresting the sheets in
their travel through the machine..
Two folding mechanisms are arranged at right angles to each other, and com-
bined with a sheet feeding mechanism arranged to act upon the sheets after they
have received a fold, and cause them to move laterally in a direction at right angles
to their previous path of travel, so that what was the side edge of the sheets at the
time of the one fold, becomes the leading edge at the time of the next fold, thereby
causing both folds to be made in a direction transverse to the travel of the sheet at
the time they are made, and thus making it possible to make those folds by the
ordinary mechanisms named, without arresting the travel of the sheet.
Fig. 27 is a plan view of this part of the invention.
Figure 28 is an elevation of the same, the supporting frame-work and certain
minor parts being omitted, in order to more fully expose the principal moving parts.
Figures 29 and 30 are diagrams showing the different positions of the sheet in its
travel from the first to the second folding mechanism.
Figure 31 is a cross section of the feed rolls, taken upon the line X X of figure 29;
and
Figure 32 is a like .view of the same rolls, taken upon the line X X of figure 30.
Referring to the drawings, it is to be understood that the apparatus therein
shown consists of two folding mechanisms, which, for convenience, will be herein-
after termed the primary and secondary folding mechanisms, and an interposed
sheet-feeding mechanism.-The primary folding mechanism may consist of the pair
of rolls 168-169, and an ordinary folding or tucking blade co-operating directly
therewith, to impart a fold to the sheets transversely of their line of travel; in the
present case, however, the primary folding is performed by the blade 133 and
rolls 96-97. The secondary folding mechanism consists of a rotating cylinder 174,
provided with a set of ordinary sheet holding grippers 175, and an ordinary
rotating or oscillating folding blade 176, and a pair of co-operating folding
rolls 177–178, which are arranged at right angles to the primary folding mechanism;
while the intermediate sheet-feeding mechanism consists of two pairs of rolls 171-172
and 179-180, arranged at such an angle to the primary folding mechanism, that
the sheets as they leave said primary mechanism will move laterally in a diagonal
direction, and be presented to the secondary folding mechanism, in such position,
that what were their side edges as they left the primary mechanism, will become
their leading edges as they enter the secondary mechanism.
The space between the rolls 168-169 and the rolls 171-172, and between the
rolls 179-180 and the cylinder 174, are bridged by upper and lower stationary
guides 170, between which the sheets are supported in their passage from the
rolls 168-169 to the cylinder 174. These guides are secured to, and supported by
cross-bars, extending between the side frames of the machine, and pass between
the rolls 171-172 and 179-180, in circumferential grooves provided for that
purpose.
The cylinder 174 is provided with the usual roll 183 and series of short tapes 182,
which pass around said roll and the folding roll 178, and serve to hold the sheets
in proper position upon the cylinder after they have been released by the
grippers 175.
The rolls 168-169-171-172, and 179-180, and the rolls 178-177-183, and the
cylinder 174, are geared to each other in the usual manner, and the whole are con-
nected in any suitable manner, as by the shaft 184 and gears 185, so as to be driven
in unison.
The rolls 171-172, which are of a circumference about equal to the length of
the sheets in their line of travel as they emerge from the rolls 168-169, are not,
as will be observed, complete cylinders, but are provided with biting portions
186-187-188, the portions 186-187 extending entirely around the rolls, while the
portions 188 extend over only about one-third of the circumference of the rolls.
The rolls 179-180 are of the same size, and are provided with like biting
portions 189-190-191; the portions 191, however, in this case, extend over about

page_text: one-half the circumference of the rolls.-The purpose of these biting portions of
the feeding rolls will now be explained in connection with a description of the
operation of the machine, which is as follows:-As the sheets which are to be
operated upon are advanced from the printing and severing mechanism, or from
a folding mechanism which has previously operated upon them, enter between the
rolls 168-169, as the successive sheets emerge from between these rolls, and are
advanced between the guides 170, the rolls 171 and 172 will be in such 'position
that their biting portions 188 will not be in contact so that the advance corners of
the sheets may be projected between said rolls, as shown in figure 29, without
being grasped thereby.
The parts are so timed, however, that just as each sheet passes out of the control
of the rolls 168 and 169, the portions 188, of the rolls 171 and 172 will come
together, so as to grasp the sheet, as shown in figure 31, and cause it to change its
direction of travel, and advance in a lateral diagonal direction, as indicated by the
dotted lines in figure 30; at or about the same time, the sheet is grasped by the
biting portions of the rolls 171 and 172; its leading corner is also grasped by
the portions 191 of the rolls 179 and 180 (see figure 31), so that it will continue
to be advanced in its diagonal path of travel, until its edge A, which was its side
edge as it emerged from between the rolls 168 and 169, is in position to be taken
by the grippers of the cylinder 174, as shown in figure 30.-The parts are so tiined
that, as soon as the sheet arrives in this position and is taken by the grippers of
the folding cylinder 174, the biting portions 188-191 of the rolls 171-172 and
179-180 will pass out of contact, as shown in figure 32, so that the sheet will pass
out of the control of the feeding rolls and into the control of the cylinder 174, and
be advanced at right angles to its path of travel as it left the primary folding
mechanism.
As the sheet is carried around upon the surface of the cylinder 174, it will, at
the proper point, be released by the grippers 175, and folded between the rolls
178-177 by the blade 176, thus receiving a second fold transversely to its line of
travel, but at right angles to the first fold.-It will thus be seen, that by the use
of ordinary oscillating or rotating folding blades, two folds at right angles to each
other are imparted to the sheet, without arresting it in its travel through the
machine.
After leaving the rolls 178-177, the sheets may pass to any suitable mechanism,
to be flown, or further folded and flown, as may be desired.
If desired, a third folding mechanism and a second feeding mechanism, similar
to the pairs of rolls 171-172 and 179-180, may be added, so that the sheets may
be given a third fold parallel to the first.
If, in any case, it should be desired that the first fold given to the sheets should
be a longitudinal, instead of a transverse fold, the sheets may be directed in an
unfolded condition to the feeding rolls 171 and 172, and thus receive their first
fold by the folding blade 176 and rolls 177-178, and in this case, the sheets may
then pass directly to a piling mechanism, or to a feeding mechanism, similar-to
the rolls 171 and 172, to be again directed laterally to a second folding mechanism,
to receive a second fold at right angles to the first.
In conclusion, it is to be remarked, that the folding mechanism may be of other
forms than those herein shown, without departing from the invention.―The
folding mechanisms may each consist of a pair of folding rolls and a co-operating
Oscillating folding blade, or one may consist of a pair of folding rolls and a
co-operating rotating folding blade, while the other may consist of a rotating or.
oscillating folding blade, and co-operating folding jaws.
The feeding mechanism for causing the sheets to take a lateral diagonal direction,
may also be considerably modified from that shown, without departing from the
invention. Instead of two pairs of feeding rolls, as 171-172 and 179-180, a single
pair may in some cases be employed, or when two pairs are employed, they may
be placed at a greater distance from cach other than that shown in the present
case, and, if desired, the upper and lower rolls of the pairs may be provided with

page_text: feeding tapes; or, instead or continuous rolls, as herein shown, a number of pulleys
mounted on suitable shafts may be employed to effect the feeding of the sheets.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First. The herein described tally-marking apparatus consisting of the printing
block 12 mounted upon a rotating carrier, the stationary flange 18 provided with
recesses 20-21, the disc. 15 provided with studs 16 and projection 17, means for
advancing said disc 15 with a step by step movement, an ink fountain and
fountain roll as 25-26, an inking roll as 22, and means for operating the fountain
roll 26, all constructed arranged and operating substantially as herein shewn and
described.
Second. The herein described web transferring apparatus, consisting of a plurality
of bars, as 32-33, pivotaly connected to each other by rods as 35-35, the bar 32
being adjustably connected, and the bar 33 pivotally connected, to their supporting
frame, such bar 33 being provided with an adjustable turning edge as 40, all
substantially as and for the purposes setforth.
Third. The combination with two rotating cylinders, as 98-99, provided with
collecting and folding mechanisms, of means by which said folding mechanisms can
be operated to impart either one or two transverse folds to the associated sheets,
all substantially as described.
Fourth. The combination with two rotating cylinders as 98-99, provided with
collecting mechanism and folding mechanisms, for imparting two transverse folds
to the sheets, of means by which said collecting mechanism can be rendered
inoperative, all substantially as described.
Fifth. The combination with two rotating cylinders as 98-99, provided with
collecting and folding mechanisms, with or without a cutting mechanism, of means
by which said collecting mechanism can be rendered inoperative, and by which said
folding mechanisms can be operated to impart either one or two transverse folds to
the single or associated sheets; all substantially as described.
Sixth. The combination with the cylinder 99, provided with the jaw.121, of the
cylinder 98, provided with the blade 129, and means for operating said blade to
press the fold line of the paper against said cylinder 99 substantially as described.
Seventh. The combination with the cylinder or carrier 98, provided with the
oscillating blade 129, arranged to lift the fold line of the paper from the carrier,
of the cylinder or carrier 99, provided with the jaw 121 arranged to fold the paper
backward across the edge of the blade, and then grasp it by the fold line, and
carry it forward without bending the sheet abruptly in the rear of said fold line,
all substantially as described.
Eighth. The combination with the cutting blade 93, provided with yielding
cheek pieces, as. 109, of the rigid grooved bar 94, carried by the cylinder 99, and
arranged to operate substantially as described with reference to Figures 13 and 14
of the drawings, for the purpose setforth.
Ninth. The combination with the cylinder 99, carrying the rotating folding
blades 133, of the folding rolls 96-97, provided with cams as 137-141, for operating
said blade, substantially as described.
Tenth. The combination with a pathway, as that formed by the tapes 150-151,
in which a line or series of sheets are caused to advance, of the gathering
cylinder M, provided with means for taking certain of the sheets from the
pathway, and for carrying them around upon its surface, and provided with
discharging fingers, which are so located upon the cylinder as to act upon the
leading ends of the sheets so taken, and direct them back into the pathway;
in such position that they will be associated and pass forward together with
the sheets not taken, said grasping and discharging mechanism being mounted
upon the same shaft, and operated by the same mechanism, all substantially as
described.

page_text: Eleventh. The combination with two folding mechanisms arranged at right
angles to each other, of an interposed sheet-feeding mechanism arranged to cause
the sheets to take a lateral diagonal path of travel in passing from the first to the
second mechanism, all substantially as described.
Twelfth. The combination with the rolls 168-169, of a. pair or pair of rolls
171-172 and 179-180, arranged at an angle thereto, and provided with biting
portions, as 186-187-188, and 189-190 191, and the guides 170, substantially as
described.