AUTOMATICALLY CUTTING AND PREPARING THE EDGE OF WALL PAPER READY FOR AFFIXING
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1886
Complete Left, 8th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 12th Oct., 1887
JOHN LUPTON LOWE of Market Rasen in the County of Lincoln Mechanic do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for AUTOMATICALLY CUTTING AND PREPARING
THE EDGE OF WALL PAPER READY FOR AFFIXING to be as follows:-
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The machine consists of a wooden bed or table either portable or attached
to an iron stand on 2 legs and 4 feet. On one side of the table is a brass spindle
23 inches in length with a 3 inch zinc flange at one end and a leather
collar supported by a small spiral
steel spring at the other end. This
is the feeding spindle and on it is fitted the roll of paper to be operated on,
a zine flange serving to keep the paper in a line with the knife afterwards
mentioned and the leather collar and spring keeping the roll of paper firmly pressed
against the zinc flange. The feeding spindle is moveable in order to allow the uncut
roll of paper to be placed upon it the carriages in which the spindle runs being
adjustable so as to regulate the width of the edge of the paper to be cut off. On
the other side of the table is a receiving spindle made of brass two feet four inches in
length and half an inch in diameter which runs in carriages projecting beyond the
edge of the table. A wooden pulley is fixed at the end of this spindle and a small
strap acting on this pulley from the spindle of the knife afterwards described causes
it to revolve and draw the roll of paper from the receiving spindle through the
knives afterwards described. A zinc flange is fixed on the receiving spindle in a line
with the knives and the zinc flange on the feeding spindle before described in order
to ensure that the edge of the paper is cut perfectly straight throughout the roll.
Between these two spindles are the cutting knives which consist of two circular discs
of steel sharpened at the edges the upper one revolving over the lower one with the
least possible overlap in a line with the two zinc flanges before described. The upper
knife or cutting disc is acted upon by a steel spindle running in carriages and
worked by a handle attached to a small iron wheel at the end of the table. The roll
of paper is placed upon the feeding spindle and by means of the leather washer and
the steel spring is firmly kept pressed against the zinc collar on the spindle. The
edge of the paper is then conducted through the two cutting discs and to the
receiving spindle and adjusted up to the zinc flange on such spindle. The handle of
the machine is then turned and the receiving spindle draws the roll of paper from the
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page_text: feeding spindle through the cutting discs which accurately take off from the roll a
margin of any required width at the same time refolding the paper ready for use on
the receiving spindle. The diameter of the lower knife is 4 inches the upper one
3 inches. The upper knife alone revolves but the lower knife is capable of being
turned round as the edge of the upper knife wears dull. The lower cutting disc works
through a slot cut in the table above which it projects 3 of an inch. The machine
can either work by a handle before described or by a strap connected with a crank
and fly wheel as an ordinary lathe.
Dated this Eighth day of October 1886

page_text: I, JOHN LUPTON LOWE, of Mill Lane, Market Rasen, in the county of Lincoln,
Machine Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AUTOMATICALLY CUTTING
OFF THE SALVAGE OF PAPERHANGINGS, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The bed of the machine is a table (A) nine inches wide and two feet eight inches long,
and stands on four turned wooden legs, four inches high. At the right end of the table
is a knife spindle (J) nine inches long, and five-eighths of an inch in diameter, which
runs in two metal bearings. The spindle has a pulley (K) two inches in diameter,
connected by a small leather belt with a fly wheel (M) six and a half inches in
diameter, which flywheel runs on a separate spindle fastened by two screws to the end
of the table. At the other end of the knife spindle is a circular revolving bevel-edged
steel knife (1) two and a quarter inches in diameter, and one-eighth of an inch thick,
such knife cutting the paper closely on the edge of a steel plate (H) fixed on the
table with two screws. This steel plate is stationary, is one inch wide, three inches
long, and one-eighth of an inch thick; it is made of a much harder substance than
the knife. Over the circular revolving knife is fixed a guard or protector, also
attached to the table. Projecting from under the right end of the table is a small steel
spring (L) fixed so as to cover the end of the knife spindle, thereby applying
sufficient pressure and producing friction for sharpening the knife, while the machine
From the centre of the knife
is in operation, on the steel plate fixed on the table.
spindle a small leather belt (O) is connected with a receiving spindle (C), causing it
to revolve at the same rate as the knife, and winding the paper up into a roll after
being cut.
On the far side of the table edge is an adjustable slide, with slots two and a half
inches long, to admit three-sixteenths of an inch screws, to hold the slide to the edge
of the table, and bearing two carriages (G) for a discharging spindle (B) two feet
long. One carriage has a slot allowing the spindle end to drop in, and the other
carriage contains a hole to admit the spindle end. The discharging spindle is fitted
with a flange (F), up to which the roll of paper is held in position by an adjustable
leather washer (E). The spindle is regulated, according to the width of edge to be
cut off, by means of a connecting rod, attached to the slide and going to the crank,
which rod runs across under the table, such rod being moved by a wood handle
fixed on the front side of the table near to the right end, adjusting the delivery or
feeding roller to the knife, such feed or delivery roller containing the roll of paper to
be cut.
On the near side of the table a brass receiving roller or spindle, two feet six inches
long, with a pulley (N) and flange (P) at one end; on the flange near the spindle is
a small steel wire gripper P, 5 in. long, keeping the paper closely rolled, fixed in the

page_text: flange, so as to admit the edge of the paper cut, and to grip and retain it in position
while the cutting of the entire roll of paper is completed. The receiving spindle is
carried by two brackets, screwed on the top of the table; the far end bracket (D)
opens, allowing the spindle to be removed when the roll of paper has been cut.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :—
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1. That the roll of paper can be properly adjusted and altered at will for cutting off
the edge of paper before it reaches the circular revolving knife.
2. The placing of a hardened steel plate on the table for the purpose of sharpening
the knife while in operation.
3. That by the arrangement of the spring acting on the knife spindle end the edge
of the revolving circular knife is kept in position and pressed against a fixed steel
plate, causing it to continually and automatically sharpen itself while the machine is
in operation.
4. The wire gripper on the receiving spindle, keeping the paper tight, and in right
position, preventing tearing of the paper.
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