Improvements in, and relating to, Insetting Machines for Newspapers and Pamphlets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in, and relating to, Insetting Machines for Newspapers
and Pamphlets.
I, ROBERT NOBLE ADAMS of 31 Moray Place, Dunedin, in the Colony of New
Zealand; Publisher; do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Its object is to produce a Machine for insetting the sheets of the several sheeted
Newspapers often produced, or pamphlets, then stitching them by any stitching
Machine then trimming the edges of same by a combination of this machine
with my machine for trimming papers, No. 13578/96, dated the 19th day of June
1896.
To effect this, piles of the separate sheets that are to form the paper, or pamphlet,
are separately piled on boards there being the number of boards to the number of
such piles of sheets, and these are arranged so that when fed in regular order, the
pages come to their right places. Each board has a corresponding set of stops to
feed the sheets to, and the first (man or boy) feeds his sheets to his stops, it is
carried to the next set of stops by tapes, when the second, feeds his sheet over the
first sheet, and to his stops as these detain the first sheet to allow of time for this
to be done. Any other sheets are laid over these, as they pass the next (man or
boy) till the paper or pamphlet is built up, the finished sheets pass to be stitched,
trimmed and are finally delivered finished. Before passing to the trimmer they
may be folded.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:-
Figure 1, is part elevation, and part section, part of the frame being removed
for shewing the action.
Figure 2, is a plan of the machine, shewing the feeding arrangement.
A, is the frame which may be in one long length, or in two (one over the other)
as in the drawing, to save floor space, A', A, A, A', are shewn as four boards for
the separate sheets, and are in this case adapted for a four sheet paper B, is the
main driving pulley and shaft, and B¹, are cams, of which there are three, one
to each small roller shewn for obtaining the motions indicated, only one can be
shewn the others, (similar shaped ones) being behind the one shewn C, D, E, F,
are the required number of stops, four being shewn in this case.
G, H, are large rollers only required when the machine is in two heights.
I, I, I, are direction rollers, for tapes.

page_text: J, is any stitcher, preferably one that gives the number of stitches required, at
the same operation.
J, is the connecting lever to work the stitcher.
K, is the folder knife to fold if wanted, (sometimes this is not used) worked by
the arms K, and by the cam B.
M, are rollers forining the trimming machine already mentioned, in combination
with the rollers N, and L, the action being similar, but inverted, to the machine
shewn.
N, is the point of delivery.
The small roller under the rollers L, is loose to facilitate the running of the
papers.
The middle, or inside sheet is laid up-side-down, at 1", the others in their order
are laid on this as it passes sec 12, 13 and in a four sheet paper, the outside sheet
is laid at 1, in a machine in one length; in the one as shewn the opposite is the
case, as the papers are turned over passing the rollers G, and H.
Without altering the machine as shewn, five sheets could be provided for, by a
set of stops between G, and J.
The whole of the feeding operations are done at the same time though explained
as separate, one paper being finished at each operation of the stops.
Any materials or suitable sizes may be adopted.
Dated the 1st day of August 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4 South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in, and relating to, Insetting Machines for Newspapers
and Pamphlets.
I, ROBERT NOBLE ADAMS, of 1 Moray Place, Dunedin, in the Colony of New
Zealand Publisher: do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to he particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
Its object is to produce a Machine for insetting the sheets of the several sheeted
Newspapers or Pamphlets often produced, then passing them to any stitching
Machine, to be stitched, then trimming the edges of same by a combination of this
Machine with my Machine for trimming papers No. 13578, dated the 16th of June
1896.
To effect this, piles of the separate sheets that are to form the paper or pamphlet,
are separately piled on boards there being the same number of boards as the
number of such piles of sheets, and these are arranged so that when fed in regular
order, the whole is properly paged. Each board has a corresponding number of
sets, generally two, disappearing stops to feed to. In starting the machine the
first (man or boy) feeds his sheet, or the top sheet of his pile, to his stops, it is
carried to the next set of stops by tapes: as it is coming the second sheet is fed so
as to lay over the first and to the second set of stops (by the second man or boy)
and this is repeated till the paper is made up fully.
The finished sheets then pass to be stitched, by a stitching machine worked
from the power this machine is worked from, and then to the trimming machine
as already mentioned, and are finally delivered folded if needed.
Referring to the drawing filed with the Provisional Specification and to the
drawing filed herewith,

page_text: Fig. 1, is part elevation and part section of the machine part of the framing
being removed to show the action.
Fig. 2, is a plan of the machine shewing the feeding and general arrangement.
Fig. 3, is an enlarged part elevation of the end of the machine where feeding
begins shewing a slight modification for feeding when the sheets are large or
liable to shift on plain tapes.
A, is the frame which may be in one long length, or in two parts (one over the
other) as shown to save floor room. A', A', A, A, are shown as four boards for
the separate sheets, and are in this case adapted for a four sheet paper. A", A",
are the feeding boards when required to aid in feeding to the stops instead of
laying on the tapes. When these are used the sheets are laid on A", from the
piles resting on A¹.
B, is the main driving pulley and shaft, and B', are cams, of which there are
three in such a machine as the one shown, one to each of the small rollers shown
for obtaining the motions indicated, they are all of similar shape one being behind
the other.
C, D, E, F, are the required number of stops, four being the number used in this
case, being the number of sheets to the paper.
G, and H, are large rollers being only required to give the reversed direction to
the papers when the machine is in the two heights.
I, I, I, are direction rollers, for tapes.
J, is any stitcher, giving the required number of stitches at one operation.
, is the connecting lever to work the stitcher.
K, is the folder knife when an extra fold is required, and it is worked by one of
the cams B.
M, are the rollers forming the trimming machine already mentioned in combina-
tion with the rollers N, and L, the action being similar, but inverted, to the machine
there described and explained, and shown in the drawings.
N, is the point of delivery.
The small roller under the rollers L, is loose to facilitate the easy running of the
papers over the table.
The middle or inside sheet is laid up-side-down at Pi, the others in their order
are laid on this as it passes see P2, P3 and in a four sheet paper, the outside sheet
is laid at P, in a machine of one length. In the one as shown, the opposite is the
case, as the whole of the papers are turned over in passing the rollers G, and H.
In the machine as shown, five sheets could be provided for, by a set of stops
between (, and J.
In Fig. 2, the paper is laid to the stop, such as C, and the end is between
two rollers T', which also supports the travelling tapes, and 0, which may either
rest on the paper by its own weight, or may be caused to rise and fall, by being
attached by rods to the stop levers next it. In the other or following ones, the
board A", is slightly raised to admit of the papers passing along the tapes without
touching the underside of it.
The whole of the operations of feeding are done at the same moment, though
explained as separate operations, thus, 1, P2, 13, and P, all work at the same
moment, though P, is feeding on a sheet that was fed by 13, the previous stroke,
and so forth.
One paper is finished at each operation or feeding stroke. Any materials or
sizes may be adopted that are suitable.
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:-
In a machine for insetting the sheets of papers or pamphlets, the combination
of holding boards (such as A') and the feeding apparatus, (such as A, O, C, D, E, F)
with a stitching machine worked by the machine, and a folding attachment (such

page_text: as B' K, L) together with my trimming machine for the purposes substantially
as described and shown on the drawings.
Dated this 20th day of April 1897
R. N. ADAMS.
G. F. Redfern & Co.,
+ South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.