Improvements, in Rotary. Web Printing.and Folding Machines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 11th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements, in Rotary. Web Printing.and Folding Machines.
I, JULES DERRIEY, of 81, 83 and 85 Avenue Philippe Auguste, Paris, France,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to rotary web printing and folding machines intended more
especially to print four paged newspapers by stereo plates on the printing cylinders
and to deliver the printed sheets, unfolded or with one, two or three folds as
required.
My invention consists in improved combinations and arrangements of mechanism
for the purpose above named.
The inking, printing, impression, cutting, folding and delivery mechanism are all
carried upon rectangular side framing, which is so high from the floor as to allow
the workinen to pass under the mechanism carried on the upper part of the framing,
and give free access to the inking and other mechanism on both sides of it, and to
the cutting, folding and delivery mechanism in the centre.
The axis of the web of paper in the roll is carried on a framing apart from the
framing for the other mechanism and allows access and space to pass between it
and the other mechanism and also under the web passing from the roll to the
printing mechanism.
The ink duct, ink transmitting and distributing mechanism, and one of the
cylinders for the stereo plates are arranged on the vertical part of the framing in
one side of the machine, and the corresponding mechanism for the other printing
cylinder are on the other vertical part of the framing at the other side of the
machine.
In each case there is an ordinary ink duct with a roller, and a rotary stationary
or vibrating roller between it and a roller of large diameter upon which work
distributing rollers having end reciprocating motion.
Then upon the upper side of the large roller there are two rollers which ink the
stereo plates on the cylinder above them.
The axis of the impression cylinder on each side of the machine is on the same
horizontal plane with the axis of the stereo cylinder. The cutting, folding and
delivery mechanism comes in a space between the two impression cylinders, and the
two cutting or cutting and folding cylinders have their axes in the same horizontal
plane as the printing and impression cylinders.
The web to be printed passes from the roll and ascends to and passes over a
roller having its bearings in standards from the framing carrying the axis of the
roll of paper.
From the roller the web passes horizontally to another roller having its axis on
a bracket on the main framing.
Then the paper descends from the last named roller and passes round the
impression cylinder and in doing so receives the impression from the stereo plates
on the printing cylinder.
When the web leaves the impression cylinder it passes over another roller having
its bearings in the same bracket and the bearings of this roller are adjustable
vertically in order to be able to take up a greater or less length of web to get
proper register between one printing cylinder and the other.
From the roller adjustable vertically, the web printed on one side passes above
and clear of the intermediate mechanism directly to the upper side of the second
impression cylinder and receives its second impression on the reverse side of the
web from the second stereo cylinder.
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page_text: From the lower side of the second impression cylinder the web returns and passes
to the underside of the cutting or saw toothed knife cylinder (about the same size
as the impression cylinders) the blade of which knife slides between blocks of
india-rubber in an ordinary manner.
The cutting blade acts in conjunction with a groove in a bar of wood, metal or
other suitable material which is carried in the periphery of a cylinder which will
be termed the groove cylinder.
In bearings in the ends of the groove cylinder, there is a shaft which is oscillated
at the times required by a cam (stationary but movable endways) and upon this
shaft there are arms at intervals in its lengthway, each of which arms carries a sharp
pin which is adjustable.
When the web is being cut, the said pins are passed through the sheet severed,
near its edge, and as the cylinder rotates these pins carry the severed sheet round
with it, and these pins operate in like manner for the number of sheets to be super-
posed upon each other on the groove cylinder in succession, when the said pins are
withdrawn at the time the sheets are to be passed to conveying rollers and tapes,
the cam operating the pins being actuated accordingly.
In bearings within the said groove cylinder there is another shaft oscillated by
cam mechanism in like manner to that for the pins, and to this second oscillating
shaft curved blades are secured at intervals, say one blade for and near each pin.
This oscillating shaft and its curved blades (which when the sheets are being
superposed are kept within the cylinder) operate to push the ends of the sheets
which have been collected on the pins between rollers for two sets of carrying
tapes. One or both rollers are formed with gaps or spaces in them to allow space
for the curved blades to pass clear, or in place of rollers, shafts with pulleys at
intervals in the lengthway of the shaft; are used for the tapes to work upon.
The tapes take the sheet to a flyer under the cutting cylinders, actuated in an
ordinary manner by which the superposed sheets are piled, the sheets being thus
delivered unfolded.
For cutting and folding by the knife and groove cylinders above referred to,
the knife cylinder carries a series of pins arranged and actuated in a manner
similar to that above described and the same knife cylinder on its opposite side
carries a folding blade.
The groove cylinder carries the grooved bar for cutting, also a pair of nippers
for taking the fold of the paper forced into them by the folding blade on the knife
cylinder, and there is also a folding blade on a shaft in bearings in the groove
cylinder which shaft is oscillated as required by suitable cam mechanism.
The blade of this shaft can be oscillated to come within a cavity in the periphery
of the cylinder and so as to be pushed above its periphery when it is to operate to
deliver the folded sheet to rollers and carrying tapes.
In this arrangement the pins on the knife cylinder serve to carry the sheet
severed from the web round the knife cylinder, but they are withdrawn from the
sheet when the folding blade upon the knife cylinder is pushing the sheet into the
nippers on the groove cylinder.
In case only one fold is to be given to the sheet, the oscillating folding blade on
the grooved cylinder is either not used or is made inoperative by being kept within
the cavity in the cylinder, and tapes and rollers are arranged.
That is to say, one set of tapes work in grooves for them in the groove cylinder
and under and over two upper rollers for tapes to convey the sheet to the piling
flyer. Another set of wider tapes pass under the upper roller of one of the rollers
for the carrying tapes in contact with the surface of the groove cylinder and over
two guiding rollers.
The sheets are released by the nippers on the groove cylinder about when the
nippers come opposite the upper rollers for the conveying tapes carrying the sheets
to the flyer.
By this means the sheets once folded would be conveyed from the groove cylinder
to the tapes carrying the sheets to the piling flyer.

page_text: When two folds are to be given to the sheets by the knife and groove cylinder
the supplementary tapes above referred to for a one fold delivery are dispensed
with and the nippers operate at a different time.
For two folds the oscillating blade on the groove cylinder above referred to comes
into eperation.
It acts to force the middle part of the once folded sheet between the upper
rollers for the tapes conveying the twice folded sheet to the piling flyer.
When the sheets have thus received two folds and a third is required, this third
is a cross fold.
The conveying tapes are arranged to come into a horizontal position and there
are two stops in this horizontal position of the conveying tapes.
One of these stops is fixed at the extreme position at which the two folded sheet
can be conveyed, the other is a movable stop, and is intermediate, the parts
forming the movable stop are secured to a shaft in suitable bearings on the framing
which shaft can be oscillated about one fourth of a revolution by suitable
mechanism.
In one position of the movable stop the sheets can pass over it to the extreme fixed
stop, in the other position of the movable stop it comes on the way of the sheet and
arrests it, this movable stop acts alternately.
Then there are two knives each on an arm on a shaft, in suitable bearings on the
framing, that is oscillated by suitable mechanism to drive the middle of the sheets
between two rollers having tapes conveying the thus thrice folded sheets to a stop
on an inclined arm from the framing, so that a flyer acts upon the two sheets to
pile them on a horizontal board or table. The blades for making the third fold
and the double flyer for piling the sheets are each actuated by a crank on a shaft
the axis of which is at a right angle to the axes of the cutting and folding cylinders
which shaft is geared with them to make one revolution for two of those cylinders,
and a cam on the same shaft actuates the movable stop so as to cause it to rise and
fall alternately for each other sheet delivered.
By this means the flyer works slowly making only one double oscillation for each
two sheets.
Combined with the shaft which actuates the flyer, folder blades and movable
stop, there is a vertical shaft gearing with it, that drives wheel work and mechanism
for counting the sheets, and dividing them into the quantities required.
For this purpose the table upon which the thrice folded sheets are piled is
movable horizontally so as to remain in one position while the desired number of
sheets are piled and then move to the other position in which the next lot of sheets
are to be piled and so on, so that the lots counted are thus kept separate.
The counting mechanism consists of a bevel wheel driven by the vertical shaft
above referred to, and at the required speed, in the disc of which bevel wheel there
is a pin to gear with the star wheel of an intermittent motion, which star wheel is
geared by spur wheels with a spur wheel on a stud in the framing, so that each
movement of the star wheel will cause the driven spur wheel to make half a
revolution. This latter spur wheel has a crank pin in it which is connected by a
rod with an arm on a shaft in bearings in the framing, under the piling board and
there are two arms on this shaft which are connected with the piling board so as to
move it to and fro at each movement of the star wheel. The gearing is arranged
to move the star wheel every time the desired quantity of sheets has been
piled. Other mechanism may be used in place of the star wheel motion and crank
if desired.
Tinted this Twelfth day of December 1892
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rotary Web Printing and Folding Machines.
I, JULES DERRIEY, of 81, 83 and 85 Avenue Philippe Auguste, Paris, France,
Engineer 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 :-
My invention relates to rotary web printing and folding machines intended more
especially to print four paged newspapers but by slight modifications may be used
for printing two and eight paged newspapers, by stereo plates on the printing
cylinders and to deliver the printed sheets unfolded or with one, two or three folds
as required:
My invention consists in improved combinations and arrangements of mechanism
for the
purpose above named.
The inking, printing, impression, cutting, folding and delivery mechanism are all
carried upon rectangular side framing, which is so high from the floor as to allow
the workmen to pass under the mechanism carried on the upper part of the framing
and give free access to the inking and other mechanism on both sides of it, and to
the cutting, folding and delivery mechanism in the centre.
The axis of the web of paper in the roll is carried on a framing apart from the
framing for the other mechanism, and allows access and space to pass between it
and the other mechanism and also under the web passing from the roll to the
printing mechanism.
The ink duct, ink transmitting and distributing mechanism and one of the
cylinders for the stereo plates are arranged on the vertical part of the framing on
one side of the machine, and the corresponding mechanism for the other printing
cylinder is on the other vertical part of the framing at the other side of the
machine.
In each case there is an ordinary ink duct with a roller, and a rotary stationary
or vibrating roller between it and a roller of large diameter upon which work
distributing rollers having end reciprocating motion. Then upon the upper side of
the large roller there are two rollers which ink the stereo plates on the cylinder
above them.
The axis of the impression cylinder on each side of the machine is on the same
horizontal plane with the axis of the stereo cylinder. The cutting, folding and
delivery mechanism comes in a space between the two impression cylinders, and the
two cutting or cutting and folding cylinders, have their axes in the same horizontal
plane as the printing and impression cylinders. The web to be printed passes from
the roll and ascends to and passes over a roller having its bearings in standards
from the framing carrying the axis of the roll of paper. From the roller the web
passes horizontally to another roller having its axis on a bracket on the main
framing. Then the paper descends from the last named roller and passes round the
impression cylinder and in doing so receives the impression from the stereo plates
on the printing cylinder. When the web leaves the impression cylinder it passes
over another roller having its bearings in the same bracket and the bearings of this
roller are adjustable vertically in order to be able to take up a greater or less
length of web to get proper register between one printing cylinder and the other.
From the roller adjustable vertically, the web printed on one side passes above and
clear of the intermediate mechanism directly to the upper side of the second
impression cylinder and receives its second impression on the reverse side of the
web from the second stereo cylinder.
From the lower side of the second impression cylinder the web returns and
passes to the underside of the cutting or saw toothed knife cylinder (about the same
size as the impression cylinders), the blade of which knife slides between blocks of
india-rubber in an ordinary manner.

page_text: The cutting blade acts in conjunction with a groove in a bar of wood, metal or
other suitable material which is carried in the periphery of a cylinder which will
be termed the groove cylinder.
In bearings in the ends of the groove cylinder, there is a shaft which is oscillated
at the times required by a cam (stationary but movable end-ways), and upon this
shaft there are arms at intervals in its lengthway, each of which arms carries a
sharp pin which is adjustable.
When the web is being cut, the said pins are passed through the sheet severed
near its edge and as the cylinder rotates these pins carry the severed sheet round
with it, and these pins operate in like manner for the number of sheets to be super-
posed upon each other on the groove cylinder in succession when the said pins are
withdrawn at the time the sheets are to be passed to conveying rollers and tapes,
the cam operating the pins being actuated accordingly.
In bearings within the said groove cylinder, there is another shaft oscillated by
cam mechanism in like manner to that for the pins, and to this second oscillating
shaft, curved blades are secured at intervals, say one blade for and near each pin.
This oscillating shaft and its curved blades (which when the sheets are being super-
posed are kept within the cylinder), operate to push the ends of the sheets which
have been collected on the pins between rollers for two sets of carrying tapes. One
or both rollers are formed with gaps or spaces in them to allow space for the curved
blades to pass clear, or in place of rollers; shafts with pulleys at intervals in the
lengthway of the shaft, are used for the tapes to work upon.
The tapes take the sheet to a flyer under the cutting cylinders, actuated in an
ordinary manner by which the superposed sheets are piled, the sheets being thus
delivered unfolded. For cutting and folding by the knife and groove cylinders
above referred to-the knife cylinder carries a series of pins arranged and actuated
in a manner similar to that above described, and the same knife cylinder on its
opposite side carries a folding blade.
The groove cylinder carries the grooved bar for cutting also a pair of nippers for
taking the fold of the paper forced into them by the folding blade on the knife
cylinder, and there is also a folding blade on a shaft in bearings in the groove
cylinder which shaft is oscillated as required by suitable cam mechanism.
The blade of this shaft can be oscillated to come within a cavity in the periphery
of the cylinder, and so as to be pushed above its periphery when it is to operate to
deliver the folded sheet to rollers and carrying tapes.
In this arrangement the pins on the knife cylinder serve to carry the sheet
severed from the web round the knife cylinder, but they are withdrawn from the
sheet when the folding blade upon the knife cylinder is pushing the sheet into the
nippers on the groove cylinder.
In case only one fold is to be given to the sheet, the oscillating folding blade on
the grooved cylinder is either not used or is made inoperative by being kept within
the cavity in the cylinder, and tapes and rollers are arranged; that is to say, one
set of tapes work in grooves for them in the groove cylinder and under and over
two upper rollers for tapes to convey the sheet to the piling flyer. Another set of
wider tapes pass under the upper roller of one of the rollers for the carrying tapes
in contact with the surface of the groove cylinder and over two guiding rollers.
The sheets are released by the nippers on the groove cylinder about when the
nippers come opposite the upper rollers for the conveying tapes carrying the sheets
to the flyer. By this means the sheets once folded would be conveyed from the
groove cylinder to the tapes carrying the sheets to the piling flyer.
When two folds are to be given to the sheets by the knife and groove cylinder,
the supplementary tapes above referred to for a one fold delivery are dispensed
with and the nippers operate at a different time.
For two folds the oscillating blade on the groove cylinder above referred to
comes into operation.
It acts to force the middle part of the once folded sheet between the upper
rollers for the tapes conveying the twice folded sheet to the piling flyer..

page_text: When the sheets have thus received two folds and a third is required, this third
is a cross fold.
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The conveying tapes are arranged to come into a horizontal position and there
are two stops in this horizontal position of the conveying tapes.
One of these stops is fixed at the extreme position at which the two folded sheet
can be conveyed, the other is a movable stop, and is intermediate, the parts forming
the movable stop are secured to a shaft in suitable bearings on the framing which
shaft can be oscillated about one-fourth of a revolution by suitable mechanism.
In one position of the movable stop the sheets can pass over it to the extreme
fixed stop, in the other position of the movable stop it comes in the way of the
sheet and arrests it; this movable stop acts alternately.
Then there are two knives each on an arm on a shaft in suitable bearings on the
framing, that is oscillated by suitable mechanism to drive the middle of the sheets
between two rollers having tapes conveying the thus thrice folded sheets to a stop
on an inclined arm from the framing so that a flyer acts upon the two sheets to pile
them on a horizontal board or table. The blades for making the third fold and the
double flyer for piling the sheets are each actuated by a crank on a shaft, the axis
of which is at a right angle to the axes of the cutting and folding cylinders which
shaft is geared with them to make one revolution for two of those cylinders, and a
cam on the same shaft actuates the movable stop so as to cause it to rise and fall
alternately for each other sheet delivered.
By this means the flyer works slowly making only one double oscillation for each
two sheets.
Combined with the shaft which actuates the flyer, folder blades and movable
stop, there is a vertical shaft gearing with it, that drives wheel work and mechanism
for counting the sheets, and dividing them into the quantities required.
For this purpose the table upon which the thrice folded sheets are piled is
movable horizontally so as to remain in one position while the desired number of
sheets are piled and then move to the other position in which the next lot of sheets
are to be piled and so on, so that the lots counted are thus kept separate.
The counting mechanism consists of a bevel wheel driven by the vertical shaft
above referred to, and at the required speed in the disc of which bevel wheel there
is a pin to gear with the star wheel of an intermittent motion, which star wheel
is geared by spur wheels with a spur wheel on a stud in the framing, so that each
movement of the star wheel will cause the driven spur wheel to make half a
revolution. This latter spur wheel has a crank pin in it which is connected by a
rod with an arm on a shaft in bearings in the framing, under the piling board and
there are two arms on this shaft which are connected with the piling board so as to
move it to and fro at each movement of the star wheel. The gearing is arranged
to move the star wheel every time the desired quantity of sheets has been piled.
Other mechanism may be used in place of the star wheel motion and crank, if
desired.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my improvements hereinbefore referred to
and modifications thereof hereinafter described.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation;
Fig. 2, is a sectional elevation on an enlarged scale in order to illustrate together
with Fig. 1, oue modification of my invention for cutting sheets, superposing and
then making what is termed ". open delivery" once folded.
Fig. 3, is a longitudinal elevation in section on an enlarged scale, and illustrates
a modification of my invention for cutting and superposing printed sheets and
transferring them to tapes for open delivery.
Fig. 4, is an elevation in section of another modification of my invention for
cutting, folding and delivering.
Fig. 5, is a longitudinal elevation, and showing mechanism for folding, delivering
and counting.
Fig. 6, is a cross sectional elevation showing mechanism for feeding, delivering
and counting..

page_text: Fig. 7, is a longitudinal elevation in section, of another modification of my inven-
tion for cutting, folding and delivering.
Fig. 8, is a sectional elevation of the modification of my invention for printing
either four or eight paged papers.
Fig. 9, is a sectional elevation of a modification for printing two page papers.
I will first describe the printing mechanism referring to Fig. 1.
The same
letters of reference will be used on the same and corresponding parts.
a, one of the two rectangular s'de frames, suitably connected by cross stays, the
lower part of the side frames rest on the floor, and the two vertical ends of the
frames carry the inking apparatus and the stereo or printing cylinder for the two
sides of the sheet, and the horizontal part of the framing carries the impression
cylinders and the cutting superposing and folding cylinders and delivery mechanism.
The inking and printing mechanism at both ends of the machine is the same, and it
will therefore only be necessary to describe the mechanism at one end as the same
letters of reference will be applied to to the same parts at the other end of the
machine.
b, is an ordinary ink duct, carried on brackets secured to the side frames (a),
and b, is one of the adjusting screws.
There is an ordinary roller 2, rotating in contact with the ink in the duct b.
Between this roller 2, and another large roller 6, there is the ordinary oscillating
roller 63, carried in arms from a shaft, having its bearings on the framing, and
by oscillating this shaft, the roller 63,.is made to work first against the ink duct
roller, and then against the roller
The end of the shaft 5, has an arm 66, secured to it, in the end of which there is
a slot for a slide block adjustable by a screw.
This slide block has a stud projecting from it for a bowl, which works. against
a cam on the end of the axis of the duct roller 2.
The large inking roller 6, is in suitable bearings in the side framings a, and it
has three rollers 6, working against it arranged in an ordinary manner and having
the ordinary reciprocating end motion produced as to two of them by a cam ba,
that acts upon a bowl in the one end of a lever bb, having its fulcrum 6°, on a
bracket.
Each arm of this leverb, has a stud and a bowl that works in a groove in a
pulley part secured on the axis of two of the distributing rollers b³.
The middle of the three distributing rollers is or may be reciprocated by a cam
and lever on the other side of the framing.
These inking arrangements are similar to those in common use, and the ink duct
roller 2, the cam 68, and the roller , are driven by any ordinary or suitable
arrangements of gearing.
Between the large inking roller 6, and the stereo or printing cylinder c, there
are two inking rollers 4, which work in contact with the surfaces of both.
The stereo or printing cylinder c, is in suitable bearings on the side framing a, in
the horizontal part of which there is a slot for the adjustable bearing blocks d', of
the impression cylinder d, which is adjusted to and from the printing cylinder c,
by the screws d².
The reel or web of paper x, to be printed (which is shewn in Fig. 1,) has its
bearings in a fraine formed by a pair of side standards a', at the upper end of which
there is a roller r', and the paper passes from the roll to and over the roller c',
which is high enough to give good head room for the workmen to pass under it,
there being space also between the reel z, and inking mechanism for the workmen
to have free access to the mechanism.
From the roller a¹, the paper passes to another roller ², having its bearings in
brackets a², secured one on each side frame a, then the paper passes downwards
between the impression cylinder d, and the first printing or stereo cylinder c,
and from the underside of the impression cylinder the paper ascends and passes
over another roller ³, having its bearings in another arm of the brackets a², before
referred to.

page_text: The bearings for this roller a³, can slide in a slot or fork in the arm of the
bracket and are adjustable vertically by a screw a', by which means the length of
paper between the first and second printing cylinders can be varied in order to
obtain correct "register" between the two. From the adjustable roller 3, the
paper passes directly to the upper side of the impression cylinder d, for the second
printing cylinder c, which thus prints on the reverse or unprinted side of the
paper, and from the under side of the second impression cylinder d, to a cylinder e,
between which and another cylinder f, it is cut and passed to such cylinder
(which cylinders e, and fare hereinafter more particularly referred to), and
the sheets are then delivered to tapes and piled on a board by a "fly" hereinafter
described.
The printing (e), impression (d), cutting (e), and co-operating cylinders (ƒ) are
geared together and driven in any convenient manner say by belt pulleys on say
the axis of the cylinder 6, (on the left). The shaft g having bearings on the side
framing, has a hand or fly wheel at one end for turning the machine by hand
when required and a spur pinion g2, at the other end.
Rotary motion is transmitted by spur wheels, that is say by a spur wheel on
the axis of the roller 6 (on the left side), to an intermediate wheel in a position
which is the same as the roller bd, to a wheel on the axis of the second printing
cylinder c, and from a wheel on this to one on the axis of the second impression
cylinder d, and from this to an intermediate wheel g³, which gears with one on the
axis of the cylinder e, which gears with one on the axis of cylinder f, which gears
with an intermediate wheel g, and this with one on the first impression cylinder d,
and then with a wheel on the first impression cylinder c, and then by gearing same
as that on the left side drives the roller 64. Another narrow spur wheel on the
axis of the cylinder f, gives rotary motion to the rollers i and j.
Tapes are used helping to carry forward the web of paper, such tapes working
on the printing cylinders c, outside the plates on the spaces for the margins of the
paper. The tapes for the first printing cylinder c, pass from say its upper side,
then against and under the first impression cylinder d, and from it to and over the
roller or pulleys h, then under the roller ', over the roller 2, (keeping clear of
the impression cylinder d), then back to the printing cylinder c.
The tapes for the second printing and impression cylinders pass as follows:-
Say from the upper side of the printing cylinder c, to and against and under the
impression cylinder d, then to and against the under side of a roller or pulleys h*,
on the axis g, then round a roller h³, and from its underside to the underside of a
roller, then against the under side of another roller h', and to the upper side of a
roller h², near the printing cylinder c, then back to that cylinder to its underside.
These tapes are only on the margins and between the margin tapes there are
other tapes starting from the roller ³, going round the roller or axis g, to roller h*,
then to h, and back to h³.
There is a set of margin tapes passing round the second impression cylinder d,
in grooves therein, and a roller h, and the paper comes between these tapes and
those from the printing cylinder c.
There are also tapes working upon a roller or pulleys on the shaft 9, and a
roller ', more clearly shewn in Fig. 2. These latter tapes convey the paper to
between the cylinders e and f, from which it is delivered to other rollers and tapes
hereinafter referred to.
In. Fig. 2, is more clearly shewn a set of tapes one side of which work against
the upper
side of the cylinder f, then pass to the underside of a roller or pulleys i,
then from it to the upper side of a roller i', then to a roller 2, and then back to
the cylinder f.
The papers delivered from the cylinder f, come between the roller i, and another
roller, having gaps in it, or it is a shaft formed with pulleys with spaces between,
for the reason hereinafter mentioned.
There is a set of tapes which begin say at the underside of the roller i, and pass
from it and against the roller or pulleys j, over it, and then descend to a. roller or

page_text: pulleys., having its bearings in a bracket at the lower part of the framing, then
he tapes pass under this roller, and ascend and pass up to and over a roller **,
and then back to the upper side of the roller i.
There is another set of tapes on the outer margins which descend from the right
ide of the roller or pulleys ), and pass to and under a roller j', and then ascend
back to the left side of the pulleys or roller j.
The papers delivered between the rollers i, and j, are carried by their tapes
downwards in front of a flyer k, which oscillates on an axis k', having bearings in
brackets at the lower side of the framing.
There is only one set of tapes on each side so that the "flyer" can withdraw
the ends of the sheets from the tapes when it moves forward to pile the sheets on
the receiving board k². There is a two-armed lever k³, secured on the end of the
shaft k', for the flyer axis, and to the end of one arm of the lever k³, is jointed the
lower end of a rod k, the upper end of which fits a crank pin k³, in a wheel
driven from the axis of the wheel g, or in any convenient manner and at any
desired speed required for causing the flyer to act once for every set of sheets
delivered.
The flyer k, piles the sheets upon a board k², which passes under the inking
arrangements for the second printing cylinder. There are a set of tapes working
in connection with this receiving board 2. One side of the tapes passes from the
upper side of a roller or pulleys k, over the surface of the board k², to a roller k³,
at the outer end of the board, then returns back under the board over a roller k³,
and then back to the underside of the roller ko.
The rollers for these tapes are driven by a pawl ka, jointed to one of the arms of
the lever k³, which pawl acts upon teeth of the ratchet wheel k³, having a spur
wheel fixed to it, both being loose on the shaft k¹, of the flyer k, this spur wheel
gears with a wheel ko, to which is secured a disc having one or more pins to engage
with a star wheel on the axis of the roller ko.
This is a counting arrangement and by arranging the gearing accordingly will
cause the tapes to move and carry forward the sheets, when the required number
have been piled upon it thus keeping each quantity separate from the others so as
to be readily removed.
This mechanism is not fully shewn, being well known and the same as that used
by me for this purpose for many years past.
I will now describe the modification of my invention illustrated by Fig. 8, by
which it may be made so as to print either a four or eight paged paper.
This is effected by using stereo cylinders c, of double the diameter of those
intended only for four page papers. When printing eight page papers, the
cylinder c, has four stereo plates attached to it, one plate for each page on one side
of the sheet, and it has two stereo plates of the same page on one side of the sheet
when printing four paged papers. The web to be printed comes from the roller c',
(Fig. 1,) to the roller a², in extended arms of the brackets a², so that the paper
will be kept clear of the upper surface of the printing cylinder c.
The modification of the arrangements of mechanism for cutting, folding and
super-posing, used in the machine for printing four page papers, which are required
when used in the machine arranged for printing eight page papers will be described
after those arrangements have been described for cutting, folding super-posing and
delivering and counting, when used for four page papers.
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I will next describe the arrangements for cutting and super-posing, for open
delivery, referring to Figs. 1 & 2. The circumference of what I will term the
knife cylinder e when five sheets have to be superposed, is one-fourth more than the
cylinder f, (which I will term the superposing cylinder) which is the same diameter
or nearly so as the printing cylinders c.
The knife cylinder e, being five-fourths of the superposing cylinder f, for five
sheets, it will be four-thirds of that cylinder f, when four sheets have to be super-
posed and so on varying with the number of sheets to be superposed. For a knife
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page_text: cylinder e, to be used when superposing five sheets, there are two knives e,
and e², placed at a position one-fourth of the circumference of the knife cylinder
apart.
The knives are steel blades, saw toothed on the edge, placed between two slides
of india-rubber in a cavity or slot formed across the cylinder e, and these knives
cut the web, the pointed teeth passing through it when these saw teeth come
opposite a groove in a bar (f) of metal or other suitable material placed in a
groove across the superposing cylinder f.
These arrangements for cutting the web of paper into sheets in printing machines
being ordinary and well known need not be further described except that it may be
explained that the pieces of india rubber on each side of the knives press upon
and hold the web of paper firmly against the bar f¹, on the superposing cylinder f
when the cut is being effected. The knife cylinder e, and superposing cylinders f,
being driven at the same circumferential speed, it will be plain that each knife e¹,
and can only come opposite the groove in the bar f¹, on the superposing
cylinder, once every five revolutions of the superposing cylinder f.
The knife marked e¹, is shewn in Fig. 2, in the position for cutting opposite the
groove in the bar f¹, on the superposing cylinder f, and when that cylinder has
made one revolution, the other knife marked e², will be opposite the groove in the
bar f'; and when the cylinder f, has made four more revolutions, the knife e¹, will
again come opposite the groove in the bar f¹.
The result of this arrangement is that the knife marked e', cuts when the four
sheets have been wound round the cylinder f, then the following paper coming
from behind cylinder e, makes the fifth sheet and after one more revolution, the
knife marked e, cuts that sheet and the following paper is wound round the super-
posing cylinder f, during four revolutions of that cylinder and so on.
The knives e', and 2, in their revolutions when they do not come opposite the
groove in the bar f¹, on the superposing cylinder, come against the paper upon the
superposing cylinder f, at certain points in its circumference, where there are
hollows or cavities f, in the periphery of the cylinder that allow the paper to
sink at that part from the knives without being cut.
In bearings in the ends of the superposing cylinder f, there is a shaft 1. upon
which at intervals there are arms 12, secured, and to the end of each arm a part is
jointed in which a sharp pin l, is inserted and secured by a screw by which its
pointed end can be adjusted to the position required. This pin l, passes through
a suitable guide hole in the metal of the cylinder f, or in an eye of metal secured
to that cylinder.
In one position of the shaft l, the points of the pins I, are drawn inwards below
the outer surface of the cylinder, and in another position they are pushed
outwards so as to pass through the sheet or sheets on the superposing cylinder f,
and as the lengthway of the pins l, is placed obliquely to a radial line from the
axis of the cylinder and pointing in the direction in which such cylinder rotates,
they hold the forward ends of the sheets upon the cylinder f, when cut. There is
a two armed lever 13, on the outer end of one end of the shaft l', for the pins 1, one
arm having a stud in it for a bowl, working upon a stationary cam which cam can
be moved in the direction of the lengthway of the axis of the cylinder f, one way,
when the cam is to act when it is brought within the range of the bowl, and the
other way, clear of the bowl when the cam is not to act.
This end movement is given to the cam by another cam or other mechanism in a
well known manner similar to well known arrangements of cam mechanism for
actuating grippers or nippers for superposing, and its action will have to be adjusted
according to the number of sheets that are to be superposed. The other arm on
the shaft, has one end of a rod 1, jointed to it, the other end of which slides
freely through a guiding eye l, in the end of the cylinder and upon this rod 1, a
helical spring is placed to oscillate the shaft l', and force the points of the pins
inwards.

page_text: The pins 1, are made to draw inwards and release the sheets just at the time their
front ends are delivered to the rollers i and j.
The front ends of the sheets are pushed between the rollers i, and j, by curved
blades m, attached at one end at intervals to a shaft m¹, extending across the
cylinder having bearings in its ends.
This shaft m', has also a two armed lever m², at one end secured to it which
carries a stud for a bowl m³, which is acted upon by a cam m', having end movement
imparted to it similar to the cam for the pins /, and the other arm of the two armed
lever has one end of a rod m³, jointed to it, the other end of which slides freely
through a guide eye m³, secured in the end of the cylinder, and this rod has an
helical spring upon it acting to force the bowl m³, against the cam m³, shewn in
dotted line.
The curved blades m, are held within the gap or cavity formed in the cylinder f,
until the sheets are to be delivered, when the cam m', acts and causes the ends of
the blades m, to come outwards beyond the surface of the cylinder f, when the
heads of the sheets come opposite the nip of the two rollers i and j, the lower
roller j, having spaces or gaps in it or is formed with pulleys with spaces between
them to allow the blades m, at that time outwards, to pass clear.
The dotted line m', shows the path of the ends of the curved blades m, when
operating.
It has been explained that the web is guided by tapes on the rollers i and j, to
the superposing cylinder f, and the mode of delivery of sheets unfolded has been
already explained. Fig. 3, illustrates another mode of cutting and superposing,
for open delivefy, which is somewhat similar to that illustrated by Fig. 2, except
that all the sheets are cut in succession, and that the cylinder, carrying the
grooved bar is not a superposing cylinder, but performs part of the cutting
operation and acts also to transmit the cut sheet to a superposing or collecting
cylinder n.
The knife cylinder e, is of the same diameter as the printing cylinder, but may
be different, say half the size in which case there will be a cavity in the cylinder f,
carrying the grooved bar, as explained in reference to Fig. 2, when the knife e¹,
comes opposite the cylinder f, but not to the grooved bar f¹, in it, and is not to cut
the sheet upon it.
There is only one knife e¹, in the knife cylinder e, and it cuts every revolution
when it comes opposite the grooved bar 1, in the grooved bar cylinder f.
In this cylinder f, there are pins l, arranged and actuated as hereinbefore
explained.
In the next cylinder n, which is the superposing cylinder, there are also
pins, and curved delivery blades m, arranged and actuated as hereinbefore
described.
When the pins l, on the cylinder f, are opposite those on the superposing
cylinder n, in the centre line, the sheet is transferred from the cylinder f, to the
superposing cylinder n, and when the required sheets are collected upon the latter,
they are delivered by the curved blades m, to the rollers i, and j, as before explained
in reference to Fig. 2.
The web is guided on to the knife cylinder e, by tapes working upon the
impression cylinder d, one side of these tapes passing from the cylinder d, over
the knife cylinder e, under a roller 8, and over a roller or pulley, back to
the impression cylinder d. Sheets are held against the upper side of the
superposing cylinder n, by tapes arranged as herein before described in reference to
Fig. 2. There are similar sets of tapes working against the under side of the
cylinder n, arranged on rollers or pulleys he, hb, and he.
The arrangement illustrated by Fig. 2, is satisfactory if the knife is kept in good
condition, but the arrangement illustrated by Fig. 3, is more certain as the knife
has only to cut one sheet at a time whereas in the former arrangement one of the
knives has to cut four sheets at a time when five sheets are superposed.
Fig. 4, illustrates another modification for cutting and folding. The cylinders

page_text: for cutting and folding are placed in the centre of the horizontal part of the
framing same as those hereinbefore described.
The knife cylinder e, in this case, carries the knife e¹, and pins l, arranged and
actuated as hereinbefore described, and also carries a folding blade e, by which the
middle of the sheet cut and held upon the knife cylinder e is forced between
nippers p, carried in the cylinder f.
One jaw of these nippers is secured to a shaft p', having its bearings in the ends
of the cylinder, and the other jaw to a corresponding shaft p³, arranged in like
manner but nearer the axis of the cylinder f.
There is a projection p³, from each shaft, to each of which one end of a helical
spring p, is hooked the other end of each spring being secured to a pin or
attachment p, in the cylinder. These springs p₁, act to partly rotate the shafts
and cause the jaws on each to come together.
One of these shafts is or may be acted upon by a cam in the ordinary well known
manner, to open one jaw, the axis of this jaw at the other end has a spur pinion
upon it that gears with one on the axis of the other jaw and the cam will thus open
and close both jaws of the nippers p, as required.
The cylinder, carries the bar f¹, with the groove for the knife e', which bar is
in a slot across the cylinder, and there are say two screws f*, screwing through
holes through the sides of the bar f¹, by rotating which screws, the groove can be
adjusted to the knife e', or this may be effected by other means if desired.
This cylinder f, has a cavity in its periphery to give space for a blade q, to act,
which extends across the cylinder being secured to a shaft y', having bearings in
the ends of the cylinder f.
The shaft q', for the blade q, has oscillating movements imparted to it by a
stationary cam or other suitable mechanism which causes the blade to pass into
the cavity in the cylinder f, and remain below the line of the periphery of the
cylinder, with the point of the blade in the direction of the rotation of the
cylinder f.
One way of actuating the blade q, is by the fixed cam which acts upon a bowl
in the end of a two armed lever, having its fulcrum on a stud in the end of the
cylinder, the other end of this two-armed lever is a toothed segment that gears
with a spur pinion on the axis g¹, of the blade 9, at the opposite end of the
axis q', there is another spur pinion that gears with a similar two-armed segment
lever to one end of which lever (that opposite to its toothed segment end) a rod is
jointed and arranged in a manner similar to 1, or m³, Fig. 2, which rod has a
helical spring upon it that acts to partly rotate the axis q', so as to keep the bowl
upon the end of the first named two armed lever against its cam.
When the point of the blade q, has passed that point where the roller 1, is
nearest to the cylinder f, the blade q, is made by the cam mechanism, to rise from
the cavity in the cylinder f, so that when opposite the space between the two
rollers i and j, it is in a radial line from the axis of the cylinder, then it continues
its oscillation for a short space, the point of the blade then being in the reverse
direction to its first position and it then moves back quickly to its first position to
be ready to act again as above described for the next revolution of the cylinder f.
In using the arrangement illustrated by Fig. 4, for cutting sheets and delivering
them once folded, the oscillating blade q, is put out of action.
The web comes to the cylinders as hereinbefore described is cut by the knife e',
and at the same time the pins 7, pass through its edge and carry it over the knife
cylinder e, then the blade e, forces the middle of the sheet into the nippers p,
which are open to receive it and then close and at this time the pins l, are
withdrawn, leaving the sheet free and it is then carried forward, and by means of
tapes delivered to rollers at which time the nippers open, which rollers by means
of a small flyer pile the once folded sheets on a board. For this purpose the
tapes are arranged to work in circular grooves formed round the periphery of the
cylinder f, so that they will be clear of the knife and folding blade e, in the knife
cylinder e.

page_text: One side of these tapes pass from the upper side of the cylinder f, under the
roller, and over the roller), then more or less obliquely down to a roller ³, back
upward to another roller jo, and back to the underside of cylinder. Gaps are
made in the blade q for the tapes to pass. End margin tapes go down from a
roller or pulleysj to a pulley at each end in front of the flyer. Another set of
broader tapes than those last named pass from the roller 2, to the upper side of
the cylinder, under the roller i and over roller j, then against roller j³, down to a
shaft having pulleys as in an ordinary flyer (not shewn) then the tapes ascend to
rollers,, and.. A small flyer (half the length of the one for open delivery),
takes the once folded sheet from the said obliquely descending tapes and piles
them on a board in a manner similar to that hereinbefore described in reference to
Fig. 1.
For giving the sheet two folds the tapes on the cylinder f, for one fold only, are
dispensed with, and the oscillating blade q, is brought into use.
The nippers p, instead of delivering the fold by the tapes to the rollers i and j,
pass them and the oscillating blade q, then acts as before explained to pass the
middle of the once folded sheet between the rollers, thus giving the second fold,
which rollers pass it by suitable tapes working upon the rollers i and ;, and other
rollers to a flyer to be piled on the board.
For three folds, that is two folds as above explained and a third fold which is a
cross fold, the following arrangement of tapes and mechanis:n is used.
One set of tapes passes from the right side of the roller j, downwards past a
roller, under a large roller 3, then horizontally under a roller, then vertically
over a roller or pulleys, then obliquely to the under side of a roller or pulleys jo,
then back to the left hand side of the roller j. The other set of tapes passes from
the left side of the roller i, on the right side of the roller j, in contact with the
tapes from it, (the paper passing between these two sets of tapes), past the roller,
under the roller ³, then horizontally to the roller or pulleys, round it, and
returning under a roller or pulleys i, back to the right side of the roller i. The
third folding mechanism is illustrated by Figs. 4, 5 and 6, and is in duplicate, that
is to say, it gives two once folded sheets, the third or cross fold at the same
movement.
Referring to the Fig. 4, it will be seen that there is a shaft r, in suitable
bearings on the framing, this shaft is also shewn in Figs. 5 and 6.
To this shaft, fingers, are secured, forming when in a vertical position as shewn
in Fig. 4, a stop that prevents the sheet brought by the tapes from passing
further, but when the shaft r, is turned to bring these stops, to a horizontal
position the sheet carried by the tapes will pass over until its edge comes against
a fixed stop r².
The mechanism is arranged to allow the first of two sheets to pass to the fixed
stop, the movable stop r, being at that time in a horizontal position, then the
latter stop is turned to its vertical position as shewn in Fig. 4, and the second
sheet carried by the tapes is arrested, then the middle of both sheets are
simultaneously driven upwards between two folding rollers S and S'. The cross
folding mechanism is arranged and driven as shewn best in Fig. 5.
There is a horizontal shaft t, in suitable bearings parallel to the side frames and
geared by bevel wheels from the axis of the knife cylinder e, to make one
revolution to two of the latter. This shaft t, has two disc cams 7³, secured upon
it and between them there is a plate 4, having a slot for the shaft t, to pass
through freely.
The upper end of this plate has a stud for a bowl to work against, one can r³,
above the shaft t, and there is another stud in the plate for a bowl to work against
the edge of the other cam below the shaft t. These cams 3 are shaped com-
plementary one to the other. This slotted plate, has a socket at its lower end
for the upper end of a rod ³, the lower end of which is secured in the socket of a
slotted plate, through which slot the shaft, for the movable stop, passes.

page_text: On one side of the slotted plate, there is a stud 77, that enters a slot in an
arm, secured on the shaft r, for the movable stops.
The ascent and descent of the rod 75, by the action of the cams ³, gives the
required oscillations to the movable stop shaft r.
In a disc secured adjustable on the end of the shaft t, there is a crank pin t¹, for
the upper end of a connecting rod t2, the lower end of which is jointed with a pin t³,
in an arm t, secured near the end of a shaft to, in suitable bearings on the framing
for the cross folding mechanism.
This shaft t, has two arms to, upon it, each carrying a blade t', and it is these
blades t, that force up the middle of the twice folded sheets between the two
rollers and s¹, seen best in Fig. 6.
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These rollers s and s, are driven by an endless band from a grooved pulley,
driven by some convenient rotary part of the machine, working upon a grooved
pulleys, on the end of the roller s, (see Fig. 4), and a spur wheel s³, on this roller
gears with a spur wheel on the other roller s¹.
There is one set of tapes that pass from the right hand side of the roller s, over
the roller s, over a roller s, under a roller s, to a roller or pulleys so, and then
returns round this roller se, under a roller s, back to the left hand side of the
roller s.
There is another set of tapes that pass from the left upper side of the roller s',
over the roller s, under the roller s, under the roller s, round the roller s8, then
back under the rollers, over the pulleys or roller s, and back to the under right
hand side of the roller s'. These tapes carry the thrice folded sheet obliquely
upwards until it comes against a curved stop or stops sb, secured to the arm a³, from
the framing carrying the bearings for the tape rollers. There is a flyer, its blade u
being secured to a shaft u', in bearings in the arm from the framing, which has an
arm u², secured to its end to a stud in which the lower end of a connecting rod u³, is
jointed, the upper end of which is jointed with a crank pin u, in a disc secured
adjustably to the end of the shaft t.
By this arrangement the flyer u, drives the sheets downwards when they arrive
and are arrested against the curved stops sb, and piles them upon a horizontal table
below.
In order to count the sheets into parcels of any required number and keep such
parcels separate, the sheets are piled upon a table , that is made to reciprocate
first one way and then the other, each reciprocating movement taking place at the
end of the required number of sheets to form each parcel.
The counting and movement of the table is effected as follows:-There is a bevel
wheel on the shaft t, which gears with a bevel on the upper end of a vertical
shaft v, in suitable bearings, the lower end of the vertical shaft v', has a small
bevel pinion upon it that gears with a bevel wheel v², upon a stud v³, in the framing.
This bevel wheel v², has the disc or pin plate v, of a star wheel intermittent
motion secured to it, the pin v, of which disc plate moves the star wheel ve, at each
revolution of the disc plate v.
The star wheel 6, is upon a stud », in the framing, and has a spur wheel v³,
secured to it that gears with another spur wheel v³, also upon a stud.
The spur wheels 8, and v°, are of such proportions that the small spur wheel v³,
receives half a revolution for each movement of the star wheel vº.
This small spur wheel has a crank pin in it for one end of a connecting rod,
the other end of which is jointed to one end of an arm vb, on a shaft vc, in bearings
under the table to be reciprocated and this shaft has arms vd, with studs in them
that fit slots in projections from the underside of the table, consequently at each
half revolution of the small spur wheel », the table v, is reciprocated first one way
and then the other.
The time when the movements are to take place is determined by the number of
sheets to form each separate parcel of papers, and this is obtained by proportioning
the gearing between the shaft t, and disc pin plate v³, accordingly.

page_text: Fig. 7 illustrates another modification for cutting and folding. c, is part of the
second stereo cylinder; d, the impression cylinders; e, the knife cylinder, and f, the
cylinder having the grooved bar f¹, in it.
The tapes guide the web from the printing and impression cylinders to the
cutting cylinders in a manner similar to that described in reference to Fig. 1.
The knife cylinder e, has a knife e', and pins 1, same as in the modification
shewn by Fig. 4, but instead of a fixed folding blade ³, it has an oscillating folding
blade 9, arranged and actuated same as that shewn on the cylinder f, Fig. 4.
The cylinder, has the grooved bar f', also the pins 1, and an oscillating folding
blade above referred to.
The knife bar cylinder e,. cuts the sheet from the web, the pins / carry it round
and the oscillating blade 7, forces the middle part of the sheet between two
rollers wc, and w¹, having tapes arranged to carry the once folded sheet to the knife
grooved bar cylinder f, where the pins are arranged to enter the sheet at the fold
and carry it forward partly round the cylinder f, then the oscillating blade
that cylinder forces the middle part of the once folded sheet into rollers i and j,
having tapes as described in reference to Fig. 4.
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In each case the pins release their hold of the sheet when the fold is entered
between the rollers by the oscillating blades.q. Each of the first pair of folding
rollers w, and w', have a set of tapes, one set passes from the underside of the
roller w, over the other folding roller w¹, to and over the upper side of the
grooved knife bar cylinder f, under the roller i and returns over a roller or
pulleys w², back to the top side of the roller w.
The other set of tapes begin from the top side of the roller ¹, pass to and
round a roller w³, returns over a roller w', back to the under side of the roller w¹.
This modification is one that will allow of greater speed than the nipper
arrangement for folding illustrated by Fig. 4. When using the modification for
printing illustrated by Fig. 8, for printing eight page papers, the first sheet
arriving at the knife cylinder e, instead of being released by the pins 4, is retained
by them and the second sheet is superposed on the first sheet on that cylinder e,
then the fixed blade e³, Fig. 4, or the oscillating blade q, Fig. 7, is caused to act
once for two revolutions, that is, it acts once for each alternate revolution of the
cylinder, and keeps within the cavity for it in the cylinder f, for the other
alternate revolution.
The mechanism for making the third or cross fold is geared up accordingly.
When using the modification illustrated by Fig. 8, for four paged papers the
cutting and folding cylinders and delivery, operate at each revolution, as herein-
before described.
Fig. 9, is a figure similar to Fig. 7, representing the cylinders e and f, and some
of the connected mechanism shewn in Fig. 7, but on a larger scale and modified so
as to cut and fold two page sheets or half sheets.
In Fig. 9, the cylinder e, is shewn carrying two cutting blades e¹, and e¹x, on
opposite sides and one set of pins 1. The cylinder e, is so constructed that one part
of its periphery, when carrying a knife ex, may be (when required as for four
page papers), replaced by a part carrying a folding blade 7, this part being shewn
in dotted line in Fig. 9.
The other cylinder f, carries two grooved bars f¹, and fx, and two folding
blades and, and two sets of pins 1, and 1. The blades q, and pins l, or
when not required to operate are put out of action so as to be kept within the
periphery of the cylinder.
When cutting and folding half sheets or two page papers, the two knives e',
and ex, on cylinder e, and the grooved bars f', and, on cylinder f, operate, but
the pius l, on cylinder e, are put out of action.
The first half sheet cut by the knife e', and groove f', is taken by the pins l, on
cylinder f, and is carried round it, then the oscillating blade 7, of cylinder f, forces
it between the rollers i and j, as herein before explained and gives it one fold, then
the second knife e, cuts the second half sheet which is taken by the other pins 1,

page_text: on cylinder f, and the oscillating blade 9³, gives it one fold to such second half
sheet when it passes the rollers i and j.
When the modification shewn by Fig. 9, is used for folding four page papers, that
parte, of the periphery of the cylinder e, carrying the knife e, is replaced by the
part carrying the folding blade 9, Fig. 7, the pins 7 on that cylinder e, then operate,
and the blade g, and pins 1, on cylinder f, are put out of action and then the
operation is the same as hereinbefore described in reference to Fig. 7.
It will be obvious that when folding two page or half sheet papers, double the
number of sheets will pass to the delivery or cross folding mechanism, and con-
sequently it will require gearing up to double speed accordingly.
This mechanism illustrated by Fig. 9, may be applied to printing mechanism
hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 8, and arranged to print and fold
two pages with four sets of stereo plates and print and fold sheets of four pages
with two sets of stereo plates, and print and fold sheets of eight pages with one set.
of stereo plates on cylinders c.
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 :-
1. The combination of rotary mechanism for printing four or eight paged papers
from the web, cutting it into sheets and delivering the same, arranged so that the
reel frame is separate from the frame for the rotary printing mechanism in order to
give free access to the printing mechanism and for the placing and removing of the
stereo plates without disturbing the inking rollers, substantially as bereinbefore
described and illustrated by Fig. 1, of the drawings, when the machine is to print
four or eight paged papers, the machine for printing eight pages being double the
width of the one for four pages in case of open delivery.
2. The combination and arrangement of rotary web printing mechanism for
printing four or eight paged papers, cutting the web into sheets, superposing or
collecting, delivering and piling the collected sheets, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2, of the drawings.
3. The combination and arrangements of mechanism for cutting the web into
sheets, and superposing or collecting the sheets, when and as required, substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 2, or when modified as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Fig. 3, of the drawings.
4. The combinations and arrangements of mechanism by which the ends of super-
posed sheets are passed by an oscillating curved blade (m) from the superposing
cylinder to between rollers to be carried to the piling flyer substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated by Figs. 2 and 3, of the drawings.
5. The combination and arrangement of rotary web printing machinery for either
four or eight paged papers, with the reel for the web in a separate frame, in order
to give free access to the parts, and with the cutting, superposing, delivery and
piling mechanism in the middle between the stereo and impression cylinders for the
two sides of the sheet substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.
6. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for cutting sheets from the
web consisting of a cylinder having a knife (cutting against a bar on the second
cylinder) holding pins (1), and a fixed folding blade (e) which makes the first fold
by passing the sheet into the nippers on a second cylinder, and the making of the
second fold (when required) by an oscillating blade (9) on the second cylinder which
forces the once folded sheet between rollers to be carried by tapes to the flyer either
once or twice folded as required, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by Fig. 4, of the drawings.
7. The combination and arrangement of mechanism consisting of a cylinder
having upon it, a knife for cutting the web into sheets (against a bar on the second
cylinder), holding pins (1), and an oscillating blade (9) giving the first fold by
forcing the sheet between rollers, taking the folded sheet by tapes to pins (1)

page_text: carried on the second cylinder which has upon it an oscillating blade (g) that gives
the second fold by forcing the once folded sheet between the rollers having tapes to
carry the sheet forward for delivery or to be folded again substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated by Fig. 7 of the drawings.
8. The combination and arrangement of mechanism which is arranged so as to
be readily changed to either cut and fold four page papers as herein before described
in reference to Fig. 7, or to cut and fold two page or half sheet papers, such com-
bination and arrangement consisting, when adjusted for two page papers, of a
cylinder (e) having upon it two knives for cutting the web into half sheets, against
grooved bars on a second cylinder (f) which carry two folding blades (7 and 7*)
each blade giving one fold to one half sheet by forcing such half sheet between
rollers having tapes to carry the folded sheet for delivery or to be folded again,
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by reference to Fig. 9 of the
drawings.
9. The combination and arrangements of mechanism by which sheets cut from
the web and folded twice by the arrangements described and illustrated by Figs. 4
and 7 are carried forward by tapes to mechanism for giving a third cross fold to
two sheets at a time, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings.
10. The combination with mechanism arranged as referred to in Claim 8 with
mechanism for counting and separating the piled sheets into lots, substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings.
11. The combination and arrangement of rotary web printing, cutting, folding,
delivery, piling and counting mechanism for printing two, four or eight paged
papers substantially as herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 4, 5, and 6,
or as when modified by substituting for the arrangement shown by Fig. 4, the
arrangement shown by Fig. 7, or Fig. 9, substantially as herein before described.
Dated this Tenth day of October 1893.
PETER J. LIVSEI,
Agent.