Improvements in Rotary Web Printing, Cutting, and Folding Machinery.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Apr., 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rotary Web Printing, Cutting, and Folding
Machinery.
We GEORGE ASHLEY WILSON, and HERBERT WILLIAM VICTOR WILSON,
both of 63 Church Street, Egremont, in the County of Chester, Engineers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide printing cutting and folding machinery
simple in arrangement, easily accessible for repairs, or manipulation when in
motion, occupying relatively small space, capable of printing and folding news-
papers or like periodicals of any desired number of pages, and ensuring the proper
cutting of the sheets from the web, or webs of paper, and also allowing part of the
folding machinery being run at a slower speed than the printing machinery thus
reducing the liability of the paper to be torn during folding, and further to facilitate
the counting of the sheets.
For these purposes First, we arrange two or more sets of printing machinery
hereinafter called printers, in a line one behind the other, and at each end of the
line of printers we place a set of cutting and folding machinery, hereinafter called
folders, and we so arrange the carrying tapes or rollers that the printed web or
webs from any or all the printers can be conveyed to either of the folders, or that
the web or webs or a portion of the web from one or more printers can be conveyed
to one folder, the web or webs or a portion of the web from the other priuter or
printers being conveyed to the other folder or one or more of the printers can
remain at rest according to the number of pages required in the paper being
printed. Motion is communicated to the printers in such manner that any two or
more printers working in conjunction are caused to run synchronously.
Second. To ensure the proper cutting of the sheets from the web or webs of
paper more particularly when several superposed webs are cut through at once we
impart a reciprocating or other convenient motion to the cutting knife at the
proper time and we preferably employ a resilient cutting block or blocks for
gripping or pressing the web or webs against the cutting knife or cylinder carrying
such knife.
Third. In order to permit of the crossfolding machinery being run at a slower
relative speed than has been used hitherto we retard the motion of one or more of the
sheets of paper at regular recurring intervals on its or their way to the cross
folding machinery after being detached from the web so as to bring such sheets of
paper to the cross folder in groups of two or more which groups are then folded
simultaneously the cross folder being made sufficiently wide to accomodate a group
of sheets at once. In order to facilitate counting of the sheets of paper we employ
in connection with the cross folding machinery a movable stop or stops so that any
desired number of sheets can be directed to either side of the receiving tapes or
table alternately.
When it is desired to fasten the edges of the webs of paper together we
preferably employ a rotary pump for forcing at a constant speed a stream of paste
or other adhesive substance against the said edges or edge.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rotary Web Printing, Cutting, and Folding
Machinery.
We GEORGE ASHLEY WILSON, and HERBERT WILLIAM VICTOR WILSON,
both of 63 Church Street, Egremont, in the County of Chester, Engineers,
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:-
The object of our invention is to provide printing, cutting, and folding machinery
simple in arrangement, easily accessible for repairs, or manipulation when in
motion, occupying relatively small space, and capable of printing and folding
newspapers or like periodicals of any desired number of pages: and further to
facilitate the counting of the sheets.
For these purposes we arrange two or more sets of printing machinery herein-
after called printers, in a line one behind the other, and at each end of the line of
printers we place a set of cutting and folding machinery, hereinafter called folders
and we so arrange the carrying tapes or rollers that the printed web or webs from
any or all of the printers can be conveyed to either of the folders, or that the web
or webs or a portion of the web from one or more printers can be conveyed to one
folder, the web or webs or a portion of the web from the other printer or printers
being conveyed to the other folder; or one or more of the printers can remain at
rest according to the number of pages required in the paper being printed. Motion
is communicated to the printers in such manner that any two or more printers
working in conjunction are caused to run synchronously.
In order to facilitate counting of the sheets of paper we employ in connection
with the cross folding machinery a movable stop or stops so that any desired
number of sheets can be directed to either side of the receiving tapes or table
alternately.
When it is desired to fasten the edges of the webs of paper together we
preferably employ a rotary pump for forcing at a constant speed a stream of paste
or other adhesive substance against the said edges or edge.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a side view illustrative of our invention, and Fig. 2 is an end view and
Fig. 3 a plan illustrative of the apparatus for facilitating the counting of the
sheets.
a, b, c are three separate and complete sets of web printing machinery of any
desired kind arranged in a line one behind the other; d and e, are two sets of
cutting and folding machinery, one at each end of the line of printers. f, g, h, are
three webs of paper passing through the printers. i and j are rollers and tapes
between the printers a and b, and b and c. These rollers and tapes i, j are so
arranged that they may be driven in either direction according as the webs of
paper are to be passed to one or other of the folders. As shown, the webf passes
to the folder d, and the webs, g, h pass to the folder e the rollers and tapes i being
out of action, and the rollers and tapes j being driven in the direction shown by
the arrow. k and are rollers and tapes for conveying the webs to the folders.
m is bevel gearing by means of which any two or more of the printers may be
caused to run synchronously. n, o are couplings by means of which any of the
printers may be disconnected and allowed to remain at rest or the printer a can be
driven at a different speed to the printers 6 and c. p is a stop against which the
Fig. 1 is a side view illustrative of our invention, and Fig. 2 is an end view and
Fig. 3 a plan illustrative of the apparatus for facilitating the counting of the
sheets.
a, b, c are three separate and complete sets of web printing machinery of any
desired kind arranged in a line one behind the other; d and e, are two sets of
cutting and folding machinery, one at each end of the line of printers. f, g, h, are
three webs of paper passing through the printers. i and jare rollers and tapes
between the printers a and b, and b and c. These rollers and tapes i, j are so
arranged that they may be driven in either direction according as the webs of
paper are to be passed to one or other of the folders. As shown, the webf passes
to the folder d, and the webs, g, h pass to the folder e the rollers and tapes i being
out of action, and the rollers and tapes j being driven in the direction shown by
the arrow. k and 1 are rollers and tapes for conveying the webs to the folders.
m is bevel gearing by means of which any two or more of the printers may be
caused to run synchronously. n, o are couplings by means of which any of the
printers may be disconnected and allowed to remain at rest or the printer a can be
driven at a different speed to the printers b and c. p is a stop against which the

page_text: sheets of paper are run by the tapes q from the folding cylinders r.
The stop p
s movable by means of the cam and arm s into the position shown by the dotted
lines p'. The cam is driven by the worm and wheel 's' from any convenient part
of the machinery. By means of the said stop p the papers on the tapes q are
stopped in such a position that when folded by the cross folding knife t they are
delivered by the delivery tapes u in batches alternately projecting a little on each
side of such tapes as shown at in Fig. 3. w is a rotary pump for forcing paste
or other adhesive substance through a pipe or pipes against the webs of paper
at the desired point when it is desired to secure two or more sheets of paper
together.
To ensure proper cutting of the paper when several wehs are superposed we
preferably employ in the cutting cylinder instead of the usual fixed cutting knife,
a radially reciprocating knife or knives. The reciprocating motion may be
imparted by cams or in any usual way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
First. The combination of two or more separate sets of rotary web printing
machinery with one or more sets of cutting and folding machinery substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
Second. A movable stop by means of which papers can be delivered in batches
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this Second day of Anril 1807
W. B. JOHNSON,
4 Clayton Square, Liverpool, Agent.