Year: 1887

page_text: I, REGINALD HADDAN, of the firm of Herbert & Co. Patent Agents of 67, Strand,
London, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be perfornied to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement
It is my object to provide a machine upon which the two operations of ruling the
paper and printing upon it, steps which have hitherto each constituted a separate or
disconnected job, may be performed in one continuous operation.
To this end the invention consists in combining with a printing press a ruling
machine which, besides performing its ruling function, likewise constitutes a feed for
the printing-press or vice versa. My invention further consists in the general
construction of my improvement; and it also consists in certain details of construction
and combinations of parts, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.
In the drawings-
Figure 1 is a plan view of so much of my improved machine as is necessary to
show the novel and co-operative parts and illustrate their operation.
Figure 2, a broken side elevation showing the throw-off device.
Figure 3, a broken sectional view of the same taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.
Figure 4, a perspective view of a detail.
Figure 5, a section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.
Figure 6, a broken sectional view of a detail shown in Figure 5, but enlarged.
Figure 7, a perspective view of a detail shown in Figure 1, but enlarged; and
Figure 8, a longitudinal sectional view of the entire machine.
A denotes the gage or gate of a ruling-machine, B the pens and beam, and C the
belt-shifter, all of common construction and arranged to operate in the usual manner
with other parts of the machine, which are old and require no further description.
D is a type-cylinder of peculiar construction, and E is the impression-cylinder

page_text: supported to rotate directly below the cylinder D, which is supported upon a shaft, F,
having its bearings in the frame of the machine and carrying at one end the
helt-wheel, F, and the gear-wheel, F, which engages with the pinion on the shaft of
the vibrator, H. The ink-rollers, G, are supported in journal-bearings, G¹, (Figure 4)
comprising each a horizontal trough-shaped receptacle, ", on a vertical extension, r¹,
slotted, as shown, to permit its vertical adjustment upon the set-screws which secure
the bearings to the frame, M, of the machine.
The cylinder D is preferably formed, as shown in Figure 1, in cylindrical sections,
adjusted together on the shaft F, whereby it may be used as a continuous cylinder, or
only certain separated parts thereof may be used as and for the purpose hereinafter
described. This cylinder may, for the sake of lightness, be hollow, and it is provided
around its surface with numerous apertures, t, to serve a purpose hereinafter described.
The type or other form, 1, is adjusted in any desired position upon the form
cylinder D by means (as shown in detail in Figure 7) of screw-bolts, s, inserted into
the apertures and provided in their heads, s', with preferably two transverse
openings, ², crossing each other, to receive adjusting screws, v, which confine and
hold the form, as shown in Figures 1 and 7, and permit its ready adjustment to any
required position to correspond with the ruled sheet conveyed to it from the ruling-
machine.
The cylinder D is provided with a "throw-off" device, of common construction in
printing presses, and comprising an eccentric or cam, K, on the end of the shaft F,
within an adjustable box, q, in the frame of the machine, and having an arm, p, which
extends from it, a toggle-lever, L, pivotally connected with the end of the arm p by
means of a link, p', (Figure 1), and provided with a handle, o, and spring-pawl, o, to
engage with the teeth of a rack, o2. The machine being designed, as hereinbefore
stated, to serve in first ruling the paper-which may be a continuous web or separate
sheets and then printing it, the last-named operation being a continuation of that
first-named, or vice versa, whereby both may be performed continuously, the ruling
and printing portions must be placed in proper juxta-position with reference to each
other, and the pressure or holding strings, n, may extend from the ruling device
through the printing device between the cylinders and E, to permit the
desired service. For this purpose I prefer to employ a single frame, M, to support
both the ruling and printing devices, which necessitates an arrangement, such, for
example, as is shown in Figures 5 and 8, for changing the course of the endless apron
or cloth, N, to avoid the necessity of passing it with the strings n between the cylinders,
which would obviously interfere with the printing operation. I prefer to accomplish
this by passing the apron or cloth about a cylinder over rollers, m and m³, and I and l¹,
though the apron could be in two parts, each forming an endless apron, as indicated
by the dotted lines, a, in Figure 5, and passing, respectively, at the adjacent ends,
around the rollers m and (rendering unnecessary the rollers m' and 1), which,
though not so desirable, would clear the space between the cylinders D and E.
Whatever the particular juxta-position, however, of the ruling and printing devices
with relation to each other, the strings or tapes n may extend from the former between
the cylinders to hold the conveyed paper and permit the continuous operation
aforesaid, the roller being provided with the usual circumferential grooves to
permit the strings n to be set, when required, to avoid type on the cylinder D.
The throw-off device herein before described serves, by pressing down upon the
handle o of the lever L, to raise the form cylinder D away from its companion-
cylinder E when it is desired to prevent the printing operation, in case of mistake,
without stopping the machinery, or to permit the ruling device to be used alone when
the printing operation is not required; and to prevent the movement of the cylinder D
farther than is necessary in throwing it "off" or "on," suitable stops, and k',
(Figure 3) are provided to limit the movement of the arm p. For fastening readily
and securely the blanket or tympan, O, upon the impression-cylinder, I provide the
mechanism shown in Figures 5 and 6, by recessing the cylinder longitudinally to
form a wedge-shaped groove, i, and providing sharp projections, or barbs, as h, in
the groove upon which to catch the blanket at one edge, the opposite edge, by folding

page_text: The sectional feature of the cylinder is very useful in printing the same matter on
sheets of different dimensions. Thus, where, for example, printed matter is desired
at certain intervals, say the top and bottom of a sheet g, (Figure 5), requiring one
form, I, for the top and another for the bottom, the forms being, for their purpose,
placed and adjusted by the device shown in Figure 7, instead of readjusting them for
a sheet of different length requiring the same printed matter in corresponding or
different places, an operation requiring great care and attendant difficulty, the sections
of the cylinder may be readily moved toward or from each other, as required, to the
desired positions, and secured in place by means of the usual bolts or set-screws
inserted through the hub of each section employed.
What I claim as new and desire to secure by letters patent, is-
1. The combination of a ruling-machine and a printing-press, the ruling-machine
constituting a feed to the printing-press, or vice versa.
2. The combination with a ruling machine, having strings, n, of an impression-
cylinder, E, and a form-cylinder, D, between which cylinders the strings n extend,
substantially as described.
3. The combination with a ruling machine, having strings, n, of an impression-
cylinder, E, a form-cylinder, D, and a throw-off, substantially as described, for
adjusting the form-cylinder, the strings n extending between the cylinders, substantially
as set forth.
4. In a combined ruling and printing machine, the combination with the frame, M,
ruling-pen device, B, and strings, n, of the ruling-machine, of an impression-
cylinder, E, and a form-cylinder, D, one above the other on the ruling-machine cross-
wise of the strings n which pass between the cylinders, and an apron or cloth, N,
separated between the cylinders to leave an uncovered space between them, substan-
tially as described.
5. In a combined ruling and printing machine, the combination with the frame, M,
ruling-pen device, B, and strings, n, of the ruling-machine, of a form-cylinder, D,
provided with a throw-off, substantially as described, and an impression-cylinder, the
cylinders being one above the other on the ruling-machine cross-wise of the strings.n
which pass between them, and an apron or cloth, N, passed over rollers, m, m², 1, 11,
about one cylinder to leave an uncovered space between the cylinders and continued
beyond the same, substantially as set forth.
6. The impression-cylinder. E, provided with means for securing the blanket or
tympan in position, comprising a wedge-shaped longitudinal groove, i, and barbs, h,
within the groove, in combination with a wedge, h', substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.