IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER COLLARS OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Stacy Aumonier, of Liverpool Road, Islington, in
the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER COLLARS OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
Sealed the 11th December 1877, and dated the 15th June 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Stacy Aumonier at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th June 1877.
HENRY STACY AUMONIER, of Liverpool Road, Islington, in the County of Middlo-
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER COLLARS
OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
sex.
This Invention relates to improvements in machinery for the manufacture of
paper collars or other similar articles. For this purpose apparatus is attached to
and actuated by stamping machines usually employed for this purpose in order to
fold and roll the collars or other articles after they are stamped by the automatic
action of the machine, instead of being obliged to perform that operation by hand,
as is at present the case, thereby considerably reducing the cost of production in the
manufacture of collars or other similar articles.
The apparatus performs its object by receiving the collar after it leaves the
impression die of the stamping press and conducting it to its required place by
suitable guides, where it is held until operated upon by moveable plates cut to the
shape of the crease line, between which it is folded or turned over at the required
place, after which it is passed forward between other plates until it is brought in
contact with the rollers, which then by their action complete the operation, and
deliver the collar folded and rolled in its finished state.
In constructing the apparatus I employ two metal guides, down which the collar
slides until it rests upon two other guides, which hold it in position whilst being
folded, which is done by the collar being caught between two plates made to suit
the shape of the fold required acting against each other, and it is then pushed
forward by sliding pieces to the rollers, which are fixed in either a horizontal or
vertical position to suit the requirements of the collar, and pässed between thei
either transversely or longitudinally, as may be best for the purpose.

page_text: The rollers also must, in some instances, be of a curved or convex and concave
surface, instead of being a plain cylinder from end to end.
All the parts referred to above are made adjustable to suit the different sizes of
collars to be finished.
The novelty of my improvements consists in causing the collar or article to be
finished after leaving the stamping machine, the collar being received by this appa-
ratus and finished by the action of the several parts, as described, instead of its
being necessary to perform the same operation by hand, as is now the case, by which
means a great saving in the cost of production will be effected.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Stacy Aumonier in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
15th December 1877..
HENRY STACY AUMONIER, of Liverpool Road, Islington, in the County of Middle-
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER COLLARS
OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
sex.
This Invention relates to improvements in machinery for the manufacture of
paper collars or other similar articles. For this purpose apparatus is attached to
and actuated by stamping machines usually employed for this purpose in order to
fold and roll the collars or other articles after they are stamped by the automatic
action of the machine, instead of being obliged to perform that operation by hand,
as is at present the case, thereby considerably reducing the cost of production in the
manufacture of collars or other similar articles.
The apparatus performs its object by receiving the collar after it leaves the
impression die of the stamping press, and then conducting it to its required place
by suitable guides, where it is held until operated upon by moveable plates (cut to
the shape of the crease line), between which it is folded or turned over at the
required place, after which it is passed forward between other plates until it is
brought in contact with and passed between the pressing rollers, which then by their
action complete the operation, and deliver the collar folded and rolled in its finished
state.
In constructing the apparatus I employ two metal guides, down which the collar
slides until it rests upon two other guides, which hold it in position whilst being
folded, which is done by the collar being caught between two plates made to suit
the shape of the fold required acting against each other, and it is then pushed
forward by sliding pieces to the pressing rollers, which are fixed in either a hcri-
zontal or vertical position to suit the requirements of the collar, and passed between
them either transversely or longitudinally, as may be found best for the purpose.
The pressing rollers must also, in some instances, be formed with curved or
convex and concave surfaces, instead of being a plain cylinder from end to end.
All the parts referred to above are made adjustable to suit the different sizes of
collars to be creased and finished.
The novelty of my improvements consists in causing the collar or article to be
finished after leaving the stamping machine, the collar being received by this appa-
ratus and finished by the action of the several parts, as described, instead of its

page_text: Figure 1 shows a side elevation, Figure 2 a plan, Figure 3 an end view, and
Figure 4 a section of some of the parts of machinery or apparatus arranged in
accordance with my Invention.
It will be seen by reference to the Drawings that the collar or other article A to
be rolled, after leaving the stainping tool falls into and down the guide B, and drops
upon the point C of the guide; the pressing head or arm D then advances and folds
the collar by pressing it between the plates E, E, which give it the crease at the
requisite angle, after which it is pushed onward by the steel pushers F, F, which
carry it into contact with the pressing rollers G, and by their revolution it is rolled
or pressed on the folded edge, and delivered from the apparatus in a finished state.
The motion of the several parts that perform the operation, namely, the pressing
head or arm D, the steel pushers F, F, and the rollers G, G, are all obtained from the
stamping machine itself, and in this case I use the arrangement shown in the
Drawing, where Figures 1 and 2 represent the creasing apparatus as being actuated
by the eccentrics H, H, and the pulley K, both eccentrics and pulley being mounted
on the main or driving shaft I of the stamping machine, and receiving motion
through the action of the stamping machine aforesaid. The creasing and folding
apparatus is advantageously arranged in combination with the stamping machine in
order that the several parts of the apparatus shall act in unison with the stamping
machine, and deliver the collars at the same rate they are received from the stamping
tools. But I do not confine myself to this arrangement, as the method of driving
the apparatus may be modified to suit the construction of the stamping machine.
And although I have described the creasing and folding apparatus as being most
advantageously worked in combination with the stamping machine, I do not limit
my claim to this arrangement, as it may be worked separately therefrom, as the
collars or other articles after being stamped may be fed thereto by hand or
otherwise.
The creaser plates E, E, are made adjustable to suit the different sizes and shapes
of collars or articles to be pressed and rolled, and this arrangement of parts is best
seen in Figure 3.
The method by which the collar is passed between the cronser plates to the
rollers is also shown best in Figure 4, where the black line represents the collar A
partly folded, and just in the act of being pushed forward to the pressing rollers G
by the steel pushers F, F. In this arrangement the creaser plates E, E, and head D
are made with a flat surface and straight edges, and the rollers are cylindrical for
the purpose of folding and rolling "dux" and "reformn" collars; but when moulded
or other shaped collars or articles are required to be done, the surfaces may be
curved, and also the edges and the rollers convex and concave instead of cylindrical,
and modified in form in such a manner as will suit the different shapes and sizes
requiring to be creased and folded.
After leaving the rollers the collars fall into a shoot M, in which they pack them-
selves one in the other, as at N, until the shoot M is filled, when they are taken
away and laid in baskets or otherwise to make room for another shoot full, and so
on. By this means they occupy much less room than if allowed to fall loosely into
a basket.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of performing
or carrying the saine into practice, I would remark that I do not intend to limit my
claim to the exact arrangement of mechanism herein described so long as the main
features and object of my Invention are retained, nor do I claim separately any of

page_text: the parts which are well known and in common use; but what I claim is, the
improved arrangement and combination of machinery for creasing, folding, and
rolling paper collars or other similar articles as they are received from the stamping
machine by its own automatic action, or when such articles are fed thereto by hand
or otherwise, substantially in the manner herein-before described and represented in
the Drawings, whereby such articles are better and more perfectly finished, a great
saving in the cost of production being also effected.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Stacy Aumonier, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE,
Patent Agent,
34, Southampton Buildings,
W.C.
H. S. AUMONIER. (L.S.)