Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1886
Complete Left, 29th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 4th Oct., 1887.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM JAMIESON, of 34 Clapper Hill Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester,
in the county of Lancaster, Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to mechanical means of gathering or collecting together in
their correct order the several sections forming a book. This work has hitherto been
wholly performed or nearly so by manual labour.
Now according to my invention there is attached to the frame-work of the machine
a three sided box of suitable size for the sections to be gathered-the open side of the
box is placed towards the rear of the machine-and the box inclined forward at a
suitable angle to ensure the sections resting and being in close contact with the front
of the box. At the bottom of the box is a small opening wide enough for the thickest
sections in use to pass through; it is provided with an adjustable slide so as to be
capable of being made narrower for thin sections. The bottom or floor of the box is
perforated with an opening of suitable size, up through which a pusher of india rubber,
or other suitable material, is propelled in an upward and forward direction so that it
presses on the bottom section and causes it to be moved throught he above mentioned
opening, a short distance. Behind the box and attached to its floor is a slide worked
by a small crank, and to which are fixed two rods or arms that project forward in
front of the box, and carry two pairs of small grippers which-when the pusher has
driven the section partly out of the box-seize it and draw it completely out of the
box and release it. The section falls on to a movable table. The pusher and grippers
are worked by an eccentric and a crank respectively, secured to a spindle working in
the frame-work of the machine and operated by means of bevil gear from the main
driving shaft. A machine may comprise five, ten, fifteen, twenty, or other number of
boxes and apparatus as above described in order to gather a complete book of the
number of sections corresponding to the number of boxes at each revolution of the
machine. The movable table above mentioned is constructed of several pieces of
thin wood, each piece the same size as the bottom of the "box;" these are hinged
together to form an endless band which is revolved round a hexagonal roller at each
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page_text: end of the machine and propels the table one division at each revolution of the
machine. A suitable trough and mechanical appliance is placed at the end of this
movable table to catch the completed books as they are moved along. As the missing
of a section would affect the efficient working of the machine, a small lever is provided
in such a position in front of each box that as a section is drawn out it causes the
lever to be pushed back and by so doing rotates a bar running the whole length of
the machine which if not completely or correctly rotated-(by reason of one
particular gripper failing to catch the section and coming away from the box empty)
fails to allow another rod to rotate. Thus a lock bolt is allowed to fall into a suitable
cam on the main shaft and thereby the machine is stopped until the attendant supplies
(by hand) the missing section.
The driving apparatus can be of usual friction plate kind, and rotated by a pulley,
fast and loose pulleys being provided in the usual way.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per James G. Stokes,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, THOMAS WILLIAM JAMIESON, of 34, Clapper Hill Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Printer, 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 :-
This invention relates to mechanical means for gathering or collecting together in
their correct order the several sections or folded sheets forming a book. This work
has hitherto been performed by manual labour by first gathering the sections or sheets
together by hand, and afterwards by examining or "collating" the same to ensure.
correctness in their order of progression.
Now according to my invention the entire work of gathering in proper order is done
by mechanical means, and correctness is ensured by self-acting devices so that should
any particular sheet or section be missed or omitted by the said machine a self acting
device which detects the error comes into action and causes the machine to stop until
an attendant corrects the fault. Such a machine may be constructed as follows:-
A series of boxes of a size suitable to contain a supply of the several sections or
folded sheets which are to be gathered is arranged on a suitable frame-work. As
many boxes are required as there are sections or folded sheets to be gathered. These
boxes are inclined forward at such an angle as to ensure the sections or sheets resting
in a compact and regular form against the front part of the box. At the front of the
box and on a level with the bottom thereof is an opening, or slit, adjustable in width
to suit the varying thicknesses of the sections or sheets to be gathered. This opening
is so placed that the bottom section or sheet of the pile contained in the box may be
passed through it. The floor or bottom of the box is perforated with a hole of
suitable size and form through which a pusher formed of sharp steel points fastened
in wood and protruding sufficiently far to attach themselves into the section resting
on them. This "pusher" has an upward and forward movement communicated to it
by means of a cam on the driving disc (to be described hereinafter) and causes the
bottom section or sheet to be moved forward through the before mentioned slit or
aperture in the front of the box. The "pusher" then falls below the level of the box
floor, and thereby disengages itself from the section or sheet, and it is then drawn
back to its original position ready to push forward the next sheet. Having got the
sheet or section so far, the next object is to draw it completely out of the box, which
is accomplished by grippers carried on gripper rods having a reciprocating motion
communicated to them by sliding rods passing through suitable bearings under the
box," and also supported at the rear of the frame-work. These rods are actuated
by a driving rod secured at one end to a cross bar connecting the said "gripper rods,"
and at the other end to a revolving disc or wheel similar to an ordinary crank motion.
The grippers are opened shut by a cam arrangement on the side of one of the
boxes. The motive power is conveyed to the series of revolving discs by a main
driving shaft in rear of the machine frame. The said driving shaft carries bevil
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page_text: pusher provided at its upper surface with small sloping teeth. 23 is a pin attached
to the pusher out, and actuated at each revolution of the disc 12 by the cam 21.
When the cam has driven the pusher out nearly to the limit of its forward stroke, the
inclined surface at the front of the pusher out 22 comes in contact with the inclined
surface shown at 24 in the bottom of the box thereby driving the pusher out in a
downward direction, and disengaging its teeth from the under surface of the section
or folded sheet. The pusher out is drawn back by a spring 25. 26 is a projection
carried on the underside of the box to limit the downward motion of the pusher out.
27 (Fig. 8) is a tilting lever working, loosely on the rod 28; it is held in
position by a rod 29 against which it hangs by the force of gravity. The lower part
of the tilting lever shown at 30 may conveniently be in the form of a wire which
hangs between the two pairs of grippers facing a box or receptacle and a little below
the level of the section or sheet when held in the grippers. By this means, the grippers
in their outward movement cause the edge of the folded sheet or section to strike
against the wire 30 as shown in the dotted lines, thereby canting forward the top of
the tilting lever 27 and releasing the wire 31, which, being released, would tend to
revolve the shaft or rod 32. If all the sheets or sections are properly withdrawn from
their respective receptacles, all the tilting levers 27 will be in like manner canted
forward and if all of them are so canted forward, all the rods or wires 31 will be
disengaged and the rod or shaft 32 will consequently be partially rotated, but if one
of the sections or folded sheets fails to actuate the wire 30, the corresponding rod or
wire 31 will be held up on its respective tilting lever 27, and thereby the rod 32 will
fail to make any movement of revolution. If the rod or shaft 32 is partially rotated
by the release of the rods or wires 31, the connecting rod 5 (Fig. 3) which is attached
to one end of the rod or shaft 32, by the intervention of the lever 6, is free to move
in an outward direction and is so moved by a spring or equivalent means, not shown
in the drawings.
3 is a driving pulley loosely mounted on the main shaft 2. 34 is a pulley secured
upon the said shaft. 35 is a pawl or device pivotted within a slot in the pulley 34;
it normally takes into a notch 36 in the pulley 33 by the action of a spring 37, and
thus enables the rotary motion of the pulley 33 to be transmitted to the pulley 34.
38 is a slotted block embracing the shaft 2, and arranged to slide between the
pulley 34 and a fixed part of the machine; it is connected to the rod 5, and is
provided with projecting portions 39 and 40. 41 is a cam on the face of the loose
pulley 34. This cam acts upon the projection 39 once for each revolution, and moves
the block 38 so as to bring the projection 40 into such a position that it would, if it
maintained this position, act upon the projecting end of the pawl or device 35, and
force it within its slot, and thus disconnect the fast and loose pulleys 3 and 34, and
thereby stop the working of the machine. The arrangement and working of this
block 38 is such that if the whole of the levers 27 are operated by the respective book
sections, and thereby allow the shaft 32 to partially revolve, the projection 40 of the
block 38 will be moved by the rod 5, so as to be clear of the projecting end of the
pawl or device 35, thus allowing the machine to continue to revolve. Should, how-
ever, one of the levers 27 be not operated, as would occur by the missing of a section,
the lever 32 will not rotate, and the projection 40 will remain in the position into
which it has been moved by the cam 41, and will force in the projecting end of the
pawl or device 35, and thus stop the machine. The missing section may then be
placed in its proper order, and the machine re-started.
42 is the travelling band, table, or collector, mounted upon and caused to move by
roughened drums 43, one only of which is shown in the drawings. One of these
drums is driven at the required speed by means of a band or belt 44 driven by the
loose pulley 34 and working on another pulley 45 secured to the side of the drum,
or to the shaft that carries the said drum. 45, 46, are guide rollers for suitably
guiding the band or belt 44.
It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the construction and arrange-
ment of parts above described; as will be obvious, the machinery or apparatus may
be variously modified to suit particular applications thereof.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner it is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. Machinery or apparatus for gathering book sections, comprising a series of
receptacles and a travelling table or collector upon which successive sections are
successively deposited from the respective receptacles one upon another.
2. Machinery or apparatus for gathering book sections, comprising a series of
receptacles and a travelling table or collector upon which successive sections are
successively deposited from the respective receptacles one upon another, and means
for automatically arresting the machine in the event of failure to deposit a book
section in the proper place at the required time during the operation of the
machine.
3. Machinery or apparatus for gathering book sections substantially as herein
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 29th day of August 1887.
THOMAS WILLIAM JAMIESON.