An Improved Machine for Pressing, Embossing, Cutting, and Punching Books, Leather, Cardboard, Paper, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st Jan., 1891-Accepted, 7th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Pressing, Embossing, Cutting, and
Punching Books, Leather, Cardboard, Paper, and the like.
I, GEORGE HENRY LANIGAN, of the City of Hamilton, in the County of
Wentworth, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Bookbinder,
do hereby declare. the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a machine for embossing in gold, cutting square corners
out of card-board for paper boxes, cutting concaves out of the same, and various shapes
of apertures by means of dies, cutting clothing tickets, and puncturing the same
with needles, cutting leather corners for various sizes of books, cycletting, face-
embossing, and relief stamping.
My invention consists of different sizes of chases for embossing in gold letters
and figures, each chase having a shank to fit into the vertical slide of the machine
and capable of sliding vertically, and in its downward movement to press hard
upon the table of the machine, in conjunction with various shapes of dies and
cutters, each having a counterpart secured to said table, also gauges and guides
for setting the various work to suit the dies and cutters. The vertical slide of the
machine is manipulated by means of a lever capable of adjustment in the machine,
and a vertical connecting rod which connects to the said lever at its upper
end, and at its lower end to a foot lever of approved power.
The objects of my improvements, are, first, to provide a machine that is capable
of being adapted to various kinds of work in the line of pressing, cutting, and
stamping books, paper, &c., on its own table; second, to afford facilities for the
adjustment to the machine of the various devices for pressing, and the gauging
of the work to be pressed or cut third, to provide a device having a shank to fit
into the slide of the machine, capable of cutting a series of angles at equal distances
out of a length of card-board, the same, when reversed and cut on the opposite side,
forming a series of clothing tickets; and fourth, to effectually pierce four apertures,
in each end of said tickets for stitching.
In the drawing:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a press and punching machine with an embossing
chase slid into the guide plate of the same, attached to the lower part of the vertical
slide of the machine, and a series of adjustable gauges and guides.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the machine with plate and chase in section, and
the gauges removed.
The press and punching machine, A, is provided with a table, B, of its own, of
any required dimension. The vertical slide, C, having a regulating screw, C, is
operated by the lever, D, fulcrummed at any of the pivot holes indicated as d, in
connection with the connecting rod, D', which may be attached to any device of
foot power. The machine has one of my attachments in position, namely, the
chase, E, slid into its upper plate, E', which is attached to the slide, C, by means
of its shank, S, and denoted by broken lines. The chase, E, is used for embossing
on either books or paper, the handle, E³, of same being used to carry the chase,
when heated, and to slide the same into position. To place a book or other article
in position on the table of the machine, when embossing, any of the several slide
gauges, F, F1, F2, For F, having round or slotted holes, may be used; G and G¹
are rigid guides with set screws, for the gauges.
Dated this 7th July 1890
JOHN HENDRY,
Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Pressing, Embossing, Cutting, and
Punching Books, Leather, Cardboard, Paper, and the like.
I, GEORGE HENRY LANIGAN, of the City of Hamilton, in the County of
Wentworth, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Bookbinder,
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 —
A. machine for embossing in gold, cutting square corners out of card-board for
paper boxes, cutting concaves out of the same, and various shapes of apertures by
means of dies, cutting clothing tickets, and puncturing the same with needles,
cutting leather corners for various sizes of books, cycletting, face-embossing and
relief stamping, of which the following is a specification:
The machine consists of different sizes of chases for embossing in gold letters
and figures, cach chase having a shank to fit into the vertical slide of the machine,
and capable of sliding vertically, and in its downward movement to press hard upon
the object which is upon the table of the machine, in combination with various
shapes of dies and cutters, each having a counterpart secured to said table, also
gauges and guides for setting the various work to suit the dies and cutters.
vertical slide of the machine is manipulated by means of a lever capable of adjust-
ment in the machine, and a vertical connecting rod which connects to the said
lever at its upper end, and at its lower end to a foot lever of approved power.
The
The objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a machine that is capable
of being adapted to various kinds of work in the line of pressing, cutting and
stamping books, paper, &c., on its own table, without disturbing the mechanism of
the machine; second, to afford facilities for the proper adjustment to the machine
of the various mechanical devices for pressing, and the complete gauging of the
articles to be pressed or cut third, to provide a device, having a shank to fit into
the slide of the machine, capable of cutting a series of angles at equal distances,
out of a length of card-board, the same, when reversed and cut on the opposite side,
forming a series of clothing tickets; and fourth, to effectually pierce four apertures
in each end of the said tickets, as guides for stitching.
To these ends my invention chiefly consists, and in the constructions and
combinations of parts all hereinafter described and illustrated.
As my invention consists principally of the different and several combinations
of attachments to the machine proper, cach combination specially adapted to perform
and accomplish a certain piece of work complete in itself, yet all in one line of
business, I will first describe the machine proper, briefly, and then point out the
auxiliary devices employed in conjunction with said machine.
I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
together with Figures 1 and 2, left with the Provisional Specifications, in which:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a press or punching machine, with an embossing
chase slid into the guide plate of the same, attached to the lower part of the
vertical slide of the machine, and a series of adjustable gauges and guides.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the machine with plate and chase in section, and
the gauges removed.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the vertical slide, with attachments.
Figures 4 show a front elevation of a square cutting knife for box corners, and
a plan of its counterpart.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the stripper in position attached to the
machine, shown broken, also the counterpart die on the table (broken) of the
machine.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of a forward projection with its broken brace in
position.
Figure 7 shows the front elevation of nine cutter punches for clothing tickets.

page_text: Figure 8 is a front elevation of their counterparts.
Figure 9 shows a front elevation of sixteen needles, one half the number, to
puncture apertures in clothing tickets.
Figure 10 is a front elevation of the counterparts..
Figure 11 is a plan of the counterpart plate, showing the thirty-two apertures or
counterparts.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The press or punching machine, A., is provided with a table, B, of its own, of any
required dimension. The vertical slide, C, having a regulating screw, C, is
operated by the lever, D, fulcrummed at any of the pivot holes indicated as d, in
connection with the connecting rod, D', which may be attached to any approved
device of foot power.
The machine, as shown, has one of my attachments in
position, namely, the chase, E, slid into its upper plate, E', which is attached to the
slide, C, by means of its shank, S, and denoted by broken lines. I will hereinafter,
for convenience, denote the several shanks as S, that belong to the several dies, and
which fit into the slide, C, though for various devices. The chase, E, is used for
embossing in gold, with type or figures, on either books or paper, the handle, E³,
of same being used to carry the chase, when heated, and to slide the same into
position. To place a book or other article in position on the table of the machine,
when embossing, any of the several slide gauges, F, F1, F2, F3, or F', having round
or slotted holes, may be used; G and G are rigid guides with set screws, for the
gauges.
The rounded corner knife, C, shown in Figure 3 is attached to the common
shank, S, which is in slide, C, and when in operation, a book is placed on machine,
gauged to position by the gauges, C³, of which plans are shown, and as the slide, C,
is brought down, the clamp, C, attached thereto between the lugs, C³, holds the
book while the corner is being cut off by the cutter, C; this clamp may be adjusted
by means of the collars, C, the spiral spring, C7, giving tension to same.
The square cutting knife, H, Figure 4, when in position to the machine, is to cut
square corners out of card-board before the same is turned up into box shape, and
the counterpart, H, is attached to the said table, B; the gauges, H2, are higher
than counterpart, and gauge the card-board to be cut.
The die, with its counterpart, 1, is used in the machine for cutting out paper,
card-board, and thin metals, and may be of varied shape.
J and Jare punch and counterpart for cutting leather corners for various sizes
of books.
K is a stripper and is adjustable by means of the set screws, K', and is secured
to the machine by means of the vertical bolt, K, and bracket, K³. This stripper
is used chiefly when the punch, L, and die, L', are in the machine. The eyeletter, M,
with counterpart, M', of various sizes, are used for eyeletting in connection with
said punch, L. The bodkin, N, is used singly or in numbers, for puncturing
purposes and fits into the same guide, N³, as do the pieces, L and M. N³ denotes
the face of a press, also made to fit into the same guide, N, having the common
shank, Sthis face is used for embossing or relief stamping. The rigid block, O,
which bolts to the table, B, of machine, is also capable of holding the different
counterparts relating to my invention.
The outward projection, P, having the common shank, S, is provided with a
brace, P, the upper end of which is attached to the upper part of slide, C; when
in position, this projection with its punch, P2, is to allow paper boxes to be punched
out circular by means of punch, P2, and its counterpart, P. A plan of the counter-
part is shown, and it, also, projects out to allow the edge of box to be in a line with
the centre of the punch, so as to have cut out a half circle for finger and thumb
purposes of opening a paper box when one part fits into the other.
The nine cutters, T, are fastened in position by the screws, T³, and are used for
cutting the angle notches out of a length of card-board, for a series of clothing
tickets. T2 denotes their counterparts which slide in the rigid guide block, O,
shown in section, being the same block used for other purposes, as before described.

page_text: To puncture the said series of tickets for stitching purposes, the die block, V
having the common shank, S, is provided with thirty-two needles, V₁, secured
thereto by means of the plate, 2. The guide pins, 3, guide the dies to position to
engage with the series of tickets which are placed in the space, 4, of counterpart
block, V, two of the said notches in the tickets fitting against the gauge pins, 5.
The counterpart plate, Y, which is perforated to suit the needles, shows the full
number of perforations, which are also in the block, U. The position of the pins
are shown in plate, Y, and indicated by 5, and the needle perforations in same plate
are indicated by 6. This die block, U, is also constructed to fit into the rigid guide
block, O. The said plates, U and Y, are attached to their respective blocks by
means of common screws.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. The combination with a press machine, A, adapted to receive a shank, S,
and having a regulating screw, C, of the embossing chase, E, having handle, E,
and guide plate, E, the embossing press, N³, with its guide, N2, and all the gauges
affixed to the table, B, of the machine, substantially as set forth and described.
2nd. The combination in a press machine, A, of the vertical slide, C, having
adjustable clamp, C², lugs, C³, collars, C, rounded cutter knife, C, with its shank, S,
and the spiral spring, C, with the book gauges, C3, substantially as described and
set forth.
3rd. The combination with a press machine, A, of the square cutting-knife, H,
and its counterpart, H', provided with gauges, H³, substantially as described and
set forth.
4th. The combination with a press machine, A, the dies, I, J, L, M' and P2, with
their counterparts, I, J, L', M. and P3, the bodkin, N, the stripper, K, as attached,
the slide block, O, the projecting arm, P, having shank, S, and brace, P', substantially
as described and set forth.
5th. The combination with a press machine, A, of the die cutters, T, inserted in
a plate having shank, S, the screws, T³, the counterpart slide, T2, and the table slide
block, O, substantially as described and set forth.
6th. The combination with a press machine, A, of the die block, V, having
shank, S, the needles, V, in plate, 2, the guide pins, 3, the plate, 7, having counter-
parts for needles, the side block, U, forming the ticket space, 4, having ticket gauge
pins, 5, and the guide block, O, substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 18th day of December 1890.
JOHN HENDRY,
Agent.