Improvements in Machinery for Wrapping Newspapers and other Publications.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by ROBERT HOE, Printing Press Manufacturer, of
504 Grand Street, New York City, in the State of New York, United States
of America.]
Improvements in Machinery for Wrapping Newspapers and other
Publications.
1, HENRY EDWARD NEWTON of The Office for Patents, 6 Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane in the County of London, Patent Agent, 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:―
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The object of the present invention is to provide an improved machine of that
class used in wrapping newspapers and other publications for mailing, and generally
newspaper wrapping machines," and especially to provide a simple and
efficient wrapping machine by which the papers or other publications may be rolled
into compact form for mailing, and wrappers applied at a high rate of speed.
known as
The invention consists primarily, therefore, in certain improvements in mechanism
by which the papers or other publications are rolled and wrapped, but it embraces
also certain improvements in feeding devices for the papers and wrappers, and in
wrapper-cutting and pasting mechanisms, a special object of the present invention
being to provide an improved automatic machine adapted to take papers from a
folding machine or printing press, prepare the wrappers from a continuous strip,
and then apply and fix the wrappers ready for mailing. The invention includes
also certain specific constructions and combinations of parts, all of which will be
fully described hereafter.
For a full understanding of the invention, a detailed description of a complete
automatic machine, embodying all the improvements in their preferred form, and a
modified form of machine, will now be given in connection with the accompanying
drawings forming a part of this Specification, and the features forming the invention
will then be specifically pointed out in the claims.
In the drawings
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section taken in a vertical plane, and about on the
This view shows
centre line between the two side frames of the machine.
several devices and parts that operate on the newspaper from the time it is
introduced into the machine, until it is discharged in its wrapper at the other end
of the machine, but for greater clearness in this view, the connecting gears and
driving mechanism to actuate the rollers are omitted.
Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the parts shewn in the sectional view,
Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a front view, on an enlarged scale, and partly in section, of the parts
of the newspaper rolling and wrapping mechanism.
Figure 4 is a cross section through the core cylinder and stationary casing, at
about the line a-x, Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a cross section through the core cylinder removed from the
casing.
Figure 6 is a detail view of the sliding ring removed from the core.
Figure 7 shews the ejector rod in detail.
Figures 8 and 9 are parts of the core cylinder in detail.
Figures 10 and 11 are cross sections of the same parts, taken on the line x―y.

page_text: 1 12 13 a longitudinal section of the core cylinder and the surrounding
stationary casing, with the ejector rod thrown partly out of the cylinder
Figure 13 is a side view of a modified construction of core and ejector.
Figure 14 is a longitudinal central section of the same.
Figure 11 is a cross section of the same, on the line of Figure 13.
Figure 15 is a vertical transverse section through the wrapping mechanism,
shewing a paper and its wrapper within the casing, in the act of being rolled.
Figure 16 illustrates the manner of cutting and perforating the continuous paper
strip for the wrapper.
Figures 17 to 20 shew a modified form of machine, embodying certain features
of the invention.
Figure 17 represents a plan view of the machine.
Figure 18 represents an end view, looking at the delivery end.
Figure 19 represents a view of the opposite end; and
Figure 20 is a vertical section taken in the plane represented by the line 20-20
in Figure 18.
The machine shewn in Figures 1 to 16 is composed of the following parts,
arranged for operation in a frame A A' that should be of suitable character to
support and furnish bearings for the shafts, and the various mechanisins necessary
to connect and work them. First, a set of endless tape carriers on rollers that take
the papers as they come the folding apparatus of a printing press or a folding
machine, and bring them into relation with, and flatwise upon a continuous wrapping
strip, which is supplied from the roll or continuous strip of suitable width. Second,
a wrapper strip feeding mechanism and flap cutting and perforating device, that
partially separates from the continuous strip a portion of suitable length for the
wrappers. Third, a set of endless tapes or carriers having a slower rate of travel,
by means of which the newspapers are properly laid and spaced on the perforated
wrapper strip. Fourth, a wrapper-strip separating mechanism, consisting of a set
of endless tape carriers, having an accelerated rate of movement, by means of
which the wrapper is detached along the line of perforation from the continuous
strip. Fifth, a pasting device that gums the flap. Sixth, mechanism that brings
the newspaper into compact form, and applies and fixes the wrapper around it;
and Lastly, a device that discharges the wrapped paper from the machine.
In the stationary side frames A A' are provided bearings for a reel B' to carry
a continuous paper strip for wrappers, and also bearings for the rollers 61 62 6³, by
which the strip is drawn from the reel, and is guided and brought to a roller B*.
Over this roller is mounted a roller or large cylinder F, furnished with a perforating
knife or blade F¹. Between this point, where the cutting and perforating
rollers F, B are placed, and an inclined shute E at the feeding-in end of the
frame, there is arranged an endless tape carrier formed of tapes C, D, that take the
newspapers from the shute, and bring them upon the continuous wrapper strip.
The tapes of this carrier run upward, and then horizontally, and are moved and
carried by the rollers c¹ c² etc., and d¹ d² etc. Behind the carriers C, D, are two sets
of endless tapes G, H, on rollers g, g* and h h*, that convey the wrapper strip and,
the newspaper on it from the cutting or perforating devices forward to the next
part of the apparatus.
The tapes GH, being directly behind the cutting and perforating rollers F, B',
receive the continuous wrapper strip and the newspapers lying on it, and carry them
into another set of tapes 1, I. But as it is necessary to leave intervals of space
between the newspapers as they are deposited on the wrapper strip by the tapes C, D,
in order to give room between one newspaper and the next for the cutters and
perforators to act on the wrapper strip, and especially to provide suitable distance
between one line of cutting and perforation, and partial separation across the strip,
and the next line of cut, that a wrapper of the required length may be produced,
the paper feeding tapes C, D, are driven at a slower rate of speed than the wrapper
feeding roller and the carriers G, H. The difference of speed between these two
sets of carriers serves to space the newspapers upon the wrapper strip, and to give

page_text: a strip of the required length to each newspaper for its wrapper, independently of
the rate of delivery of the papers to the tapes C, D.
The blade F is fixed in the face of the cylinder, and has teeth or notches, or is
otherwise suitably formed to partially separate the strip for the wrappers, by cuts
or indentations in the paper. At the ends of the blade are V-shaped cutters f*,
Fig. 2, shaped to cut out from the sides of the strip the portions 6*, as shewn in
Figure 16, to produce rounded or chamfered corners on the flap.
I, I are endless tapes on rollers 23 located beyond the carriers G, H, but having
a slightly accelerated speed over them. This difference in rate of movement should
be sufficient to produce a strain or pulling force on the wrapper strip when the
leading end of the piece for the wrapper is seized between the carriers II', and
while the main portion of the strip is still held between the carriers G H. By this
means, the wrapper is separated from the continuous strip at the line of perforations,
as soon as its forward end is seized by the carriers II. Tapes G, H, are
preferably separated slightly from each other at the end next the carrier I I¹, in
order to reduce the holding force on the newspaper and wrapping strip at the end,
and in practice the top roller g* is set back a short distance from over the lower
roller *, so that the newspaper and wrapper strip shall not be gripped by the two
rollers g, h, but shall be gripped between the rollers g. h.
A strip of paste or gum is applied across the flap of the wrapper strip by the
pasting device, consisting of the cylinder or large roller R, carrying a sponge or
brush R, charged with the adhesive substance, the circumference of the roller
being about equal to the distance between the flaps of the wrappers as they are
advanced by the tapes under the roller. The tapes I I* carry along the news-
papers and their wrappers between a bed roller R² and the pasting cylinder above,
and by every revolution of the latter, the paster is brought over against the flap
end of the wrapper without touching the newspaper. The tapes 1* run past the
ends of the cylinder R on the rollers i, 1, and the lower tapes P, directly under
them, extend also under the tapes I, and are carried and moved by the rollers p p*.
The tapes I I* are carried by the roller 2,,, and it will be understood that these
tapes may be continuous.
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The capacity of the machine can be increased by dividing the moving roll of
newspapers and wrapper strips at the point they are taken by the carriers I, and
diverting every alternate one into into a set of carrier tapes I' 12, which run
downward at an angle to a second pasting device and wrapping mechanism situated
below, or at the end of the frame. These devices are a duplication of the above,
and are properly connected to be driven at the same speed. The tapes I' I³ of
this carrier run on the rollers 3, ¿ located under the rollers ², ², p, and the
switch L placed in the angle between the tapes I and the lower tapes I' is pivoted
at m, and on that point is moved alternately up and down by a cam N having a
groove in which runs the roller stud m* on the end of the arm or lever L' of the
switch. The parts of the switch are shewn in Figures 1 and 2.
While passing through the paster rollers, the newspapers and wrappers must be
kept together, one upon the other, in position for the new operation, and ordinarily
the tapes 1*, P, will prevent the wrapper from adhering to the paster, and from
being drawn out of place; but it may in some cases be necessary to employ some
means to hold down the newspaper against, such action. In the present con-
struction, there is used for that purpose the pressure of several jets or blasts of air,
by means of a pipe X set across the carriers over the wrappers, and having a
number of nipples or apertures on the underside.
A pipe X¹ connects this jet pipe with a pressure blower or accumulator, which
can be arranged to be worked by the same power that drives the machine. The
paster Ris formed of a brush or sponge set into the face of the cylinder, and
supplied with paste or adhesive substance, either from a chamber in the cylinder
that can be charged from time, or the brush is charged from a fountain, as shewn
in Fig. 1, by a fountain roller R³ set to touch the brush at every revolution of the
cylinder.

page_text: The mechanism by which the newspaper is rolled and the cut and gummed
wrapper is applied, consists of a revolving core T, a set of nipping rollers U, U,
placed radially around the core, and driven continuously by gearing at uniform
speed with the core, and a stationary shield or casing S, surrounding the core
between the rollers; and by the conjoint action of these parts, the newspaper and
its wrapper strip are brought into tubular form upon the core, with the wrapper
around the outside, and in such tubular form it is discharged from the mechanism
at the end of the operation. In this mechanism, the part T forms a core around
which the paper and its wrapper are rolled, and the radially placed nipping rollers
are geared into one another by a train of gears to run in the same direction, and at
uniform speed; they are arranged around the core at suitable distances apart, to
let the paper be drawn in between the rollers and the core T by the revolving
motion, so that the paper is carried around the core in this space. The width of
this space is determined by the size, or thickness, of the newspaper to be wrapped,
and in all cases sufficient space is afforded to let the paper and its wrapper pass in
smoothly without wrinkling or tearing, but at the same time to give the rollers such
degree of grip or pressure upon the paper and wrapper against the core, that the
rollers will not slip, and the paper will be laid and rolled closely and evenly around
the core.
The function of the stationary shield or casing is to guide or direct the leading
edge of the paper and wrapper properly between the rollers and the core at the
beginning of the operation, so that when making the first turn around the core, the
paper is guided from one roller to the next, and is caught properly under each
roller, this shield thus forming guides directing the leading ends of the paper and
wrapper from one roller to the next. To secure this proper working of the
wrapping rollers, the casing is slotted or cut away to set over the rollers and form
guides which cover the open space between one roller and the other next to it, all
around the paper wrapping space. Thus, the operation of rolling the paper and
its wrapper is performed by the positively-driven rollers and the core, while the
guides formed by the shield operate to properly lead and direct the paper into the
space between the rollers and the core."
The friction and pressure exerted by the rollers upon the paper, when it is
entered between them and the core, is sufficient to draw it in and carry it around,
so that fingers or gripping devices are dispensed with. The core cylinder T,
however, is preferably constructed with a movable section or segment, whereby it
is contractible in diameter from one end towards the other, for the full length of its
acting or paper-holding surface, in order to let the paper slip off without binding at
the end of the wrapping operation, and then, before another paper is entered for
wrapping, the core is restored to the full working diameter again.
To
For this purpose, I construct the core T with at least one movable section, hinged
at T' to a head or short cylindrical portion T at the inner end of the core, but
free or unattached at the outer end, to be movable on that hinge. The part T2
forms the journal or part on which the core turns in bearings provided in the
stationary frame, and a spur gear T is fixed on the part T2 to drive the core.
contract the core, its movable section is drawn in by a sliding ring or collar T
surrounding the core, and a sliding rod T attached to an oscillating lever Z³,
operated by a cam Z and suitable connections, to which rod T' with the sliding ring
is attached by a hub and radial arins.
The lever Z (see Fig. 2) is pivotted near one end to a fixed arm or support Z³,
and has a stud or roller Z on its short end beyond the pivot, which stud or roller
runs or works in a cam groove in the cam Z, which is properly shaped to throw the
rod forward the full length of the core at one point in the complete revolution of
the cam, and afterwards draw the rod back into position within the core, and hold
it at rest during the wrapping operation. The sliding ring T is attached to the
rod at T by the hub and radial arms to, set at suitable distances apart around the
On
hub in the slots or spaces between the segments or parts composing the core.
the outer end of the rod is fixed an enlarged head of conical form, and the bore of

page_text: the core at that end is tapered or chamfered, so that when the head is drawn into the
bore, it will expand the sections of the core, but when the rod is moved out, the
conical head is thrown forward out of the bore, and the core can be contracted ;
the sliding ring acting upon the contractible sections of the core cylinder at such
times draws them closer together, and thus reduces the diameter of the core
sufficiently to let the wrapped paper slip smoothly off the cylinder. This
contraction of the core is secured by making the outer face of the moveable section
or sections of the core slightly tapering for a sufficient distance in front of the
journal portion T2 of the core, so that the sliding ring T, as it moves over this
tapered portion T, will act to draw the sections of the core together, and thus
reduce the diameter of the core. The sliding ring T acts to push the rolled
paper & wrapper out of the space between the core & the rollers U, and force it off
the end of the core, this ring T5, therefore, forming an ejector to discharge the
wrapped paper from the wrapping mechanism. It will be understood that either
one or more fixed, and one or more movable sections of the core may be used, this
depending somewhat on the diameter of the core desired.
In Figures 13, 14, and 144, is shown a modified form of core and ejector rod, in
which the core is formed of hinged segments, as above described, but the end of the
core is not provided with a conical seat, but the sections are provided with
longitudinal-inclined grooves to, and the radial arms t³, connecting the ejector T' to
the rod, are provided with tongues and grooves, being so arranged that when the
ejector moves toward the free end of the core, to deliver the paper, the sections of
the core will be drawn together, and the circumference of the core diminished by
the movement of the tongues in the inclined grooves, and when the ejector is
withdrawn, the sections are separated, and the core expanded by the same means.
The casing S is formed of two curved sections separated at the point S², and
shaped to set around and inclose the core, excepting at the bottom or directly
beneath the core, where an open slit or space is left for the paper to enter in or be
fed into the rollers. The lower section of the casing extends forward from this
opening at an angle, and forms an apron, as shown in Figs. 4 and 15, and the two
curved sections are fixed to two separate bracket pieces W, W*, that are mounted
on a rod W3 at the sides of the main frame, and are movable on its centre, so that
by throwing the bracket pieces on these centres towards or away from each other,
the parts of the casing will be closed together around the core, or will be spread
apart, and drawn away from the core, according to the direction in which the
movement takes place. The wrapping rollers have bearings in these bracket
pieces, so that they preserve the same position in the casing at all times, and are
set into position for work, or are thrown away from the core, to release the wrapped
paper by the movement of the bracket pieces. This movement of the two parts W
and Wis produced by face cams W, W, and the arms WW2 that are extensions
of the brackets beyond the centre W³, the ends of the arms being held against the
cams by springs W, and the cams being mounted in the supports W.
The rollers U are journalled in the pivotted bracket pieces W, W*, and are set
through openings in the casing S against the core therein, and these rollers U are
provided on their ends respectively with gears V, V, V. The gear V³ meshes
directly with the main driving gear V; the gear Ve is driven from gear V³
by intermediate V³; while gear V₁ is driven from the gear V through inter-
mediates V1, V2, all as shown in Fig. 15. It will be observed that by this
construction, all the rollers U run in the same direction and at the same rate of
speed, and are all actuated from the main gear wheel V, on the axis of which the
brackets W, W, are mounted so that the rocking of the brackets W, W* does not
interfere with the mesh of the gears.
The operation of these several parts is as follows:-The folded papers, as they
drop from the folding apparatus of the printing press into the shute E, are caught
between the tapes CD, and carried forward to the roller B', where they meet, and
are laid in regular order one behind another upon the continuous paper strip B.

page_text: In passing under the cutters F¹, the strip is cut, and perforated across the space
between the paper laid upon the said strip.
When the
The carriers GH, which travel at the same rate of speed as the wrapper-feeding
rollers, then advance the continuous strip and papers together to the detaching
rollers and tapes, that run at a greater rate of speed than the carriers G. H. At
this point, the wrapper strips become detached at the line of perforations, and each
newspaper is advanced through the pasting device, by which the flap is coated with
paste. The carriers I*, P, then advance the paper and its strip to the wrapping
apparatus, and in passing through this part of the machine, the newspaper and
wrapper are rolled suitably around the core cylinder, and the flap is pressed down
at the same time by the rotatory movement of the cone and the rollers.
paper has been thus rolled, and the flap of the wrapper secured, the ejector rod is
advanced, carrying with it the ring or ejector on the core, and, at the same time,
the core is contracted, as previously described, so as to relieve the interior pressure
upon the paper, and the rollers U, and the sections of the casing S, are separated
to relieve the exterior pressure upon the paper, so that the paper is readily moved
off the core by the ejector, and thus delivered. The wrapped paper having been
thus delivered, the movement of the ejector rod is reversed and the ejector with-
drawn, and as the ejector reaches its normal position, the core is expanded, as
previously described, so that the parts are in position for the reception and rolling
of another paper.
It will be understood that the mechanism shown, by which the paper and
wrapper are rolled together, and the wrapper secured, may be used in a machine
in which either or both the paper to be wrapped and wrapper are fed to this
wrapping mechanism by hand, and a practical machine may thus be constructed,
especially for wrapping magazines and similar publications, although an automatic
machine employing feeding mechanisms for both the papers to be wrapped and
wrappers has been shown.
It will be understood, also, that the feeding mechanism for the paper and
wrapper, or either of them, may be of any suitable form other than that shown. The
rolling and wrapping mechanism shown embodies the features of the invention
relating to such mechanism in the preferred form, but it will be understood that
the invention is not to be limited to the details of this construction, but that
modifications may be made therein, while employing the features of invention
defined by the claims.
In Figs. 17 to 20, there is shown a slightly modified form of machine, in which
the nipping rollers, instead of being carried in swinging arms, so as to have a
movement in the arc of a circle toward and from the core, are mounted in sliding
bearings, so as to move radially to the core. The nipping rollers also are mounted
in independent spring-seated bearings, and are made adjustable so as to vary their
position relatively to the core. In these figures is shown also a desirable arrange-
ment of delivery mechanism for the wrapped papers, consisting of a pair of rollers
receiving the paper direct from the wrapping machine, and placed at a distance
apart but slightly less than the diameter of the rolled and wrapped paper, so that
the paper may be thrown between the rollers by a movement of the ejector, and by
these rollers advanced to another pair of rollers set closer together for flattening
the paper, this feature forming in itself a part of the invention, and being applicable
also to the machine shown in Figs. 1 to 16.
Referring now to the machine shown in Figs. 17 to 20 :-In this construction,
the frame is shown as consisting of the two end brackets 5, each provided with
a central opening through which passes the wrapping core 6, and around which,
within said opening, are located the bearings 7 for the journals of the nipping
rollers, the first of which rollers is indicated by 8, and the remaining ones by 9.
These bearings are spring-seated in the rims of the brackets 5. Each bearing is
provided with a shank 10, seated in a socket in the rim of bracket 5. A. portion
of said shank is reduced and screw-threaded, and extends through a reduced

page_text: portion of the socket out beyond the periphery of said rim. Upon the protruding
ends are placed jam nuts 11, for regulating the distance of the roller from the
wrapping core, and for securing to said shank the abutment 12. Each abutinent
has, at its ends, perforations through which pass the steady pins 13. Said pins
are secured in the rim of bracket 5. The function of the abutment will le
disclosed further on. About each shank 10, within its socket, is a spring which
serves to cushion the pressure of the nipping roller, and to return the same to
place after the ejectment of each wrapped paper. Instead of the spiral springs thus
used, other sorts of springs may be employed. For instance, plate springs may be
attached to the inner surface of the rini of bracket 5, and press upon the bearings 7.
The wrapping cylinder is supported at one end only, and has a broad bearing, as
indicated at 14. At 15, is represented one of the feeding rollers, around which and the
first nipping roller 8 passes a feeding web 16. Above roller 15, and geared thereto,
is roller 17, which is geared to the cam operating gear. With the gear 18, also
meshes the upper cam-operating gear 19, and with this gear meshes an idle gear 20,
which transmits motion to the pinion 21 on the wrapping cylinder. With this
pinion 21, mesh the pinions 22, which are mounted on the ends of the nipping-
rollers.
Upon each bracket 5, near each nipping roller, is located a lifting lever 28.
Rods 24 pass through bearings in both brackets, and on their ends are keyed these
lifting levers. The outer ends of said lifting levers are bent at an angle to the
main portion of the levers, and bear against anti-friction rollers 25, mounted upon
the abutments 12. The five levers 23 at each end of the machine are coupled
together by a circular rod 26, to which they are pivotted. This provides for the
simultaneous action of all the lifting levers. The pivot joining one of these levers
to the rod 26 is extended through said rod, and provided with an anti-friction
roller 27 in the path of the projection on the cam wheel 28, which is attached to
gear 18. As this projection strikes said roller, the lifting levers are all forced
over, and their bent ends pressing against the abutments 12, cause all the nipping
rollers to move outward from the wrapping cylinder. This leaves the wrapped.
paper free to be forced off the end of the core 6 by the action of the ejector.
The ejector is constructed and operated as follows:-
The wrapping core is bored from the journalled end, and in said bore is seated
a push rod 29 against a spring 30. Through the inner end of the push rod is
passed a pin which projects through slots 31 in the core 6. The ends of this pin
pass also through the ejector, consisting of ring 32, which encircles the core 6 at
the gear end. The push rod 29 projects beyond the wrapping cylinder, and has a
bearing for the projecting end in a block 33, which is retained in place by two pins
secured therein, and seated to slide in ways formed in the bearing, 14, of the
wrapping core.
Upon the
Against this block 33, rests an anti-friction roller in the forked end of the
ejecting lever 34. This lever is pivotted, at 35, to any convenient supporting means
upon the press, or upon the end bracket 5, but preferably to the press.
upper end of the ejection lever is mounted a roller 36 in the path of the projection
upon the cam wheel 37, which is operated by the gear 19.
The delivery rollers which receive the wrapped paper as it is ejected from the
cylinder 6, are mounted at the end of the machine. The two inner ones, 38, are
arranged as close to the wrapping machine as possible, so as to receive the wrapped.
paper immediately upon its leaving the wrapping core, and are set at a distance
apart but little less than the diameter of the wrapped paper, so as to receive the
paper readily from the wrapping core. The outer rollers 39 are placed close to
the inner ones, and are spaced apart the required distance to completely flatten the
paper as it passes between them.
The operation of the machine is as follows:-
The paper and the pasted wrapper are received between the receiving rollers 15
and 17, the wrapper lying under the paper, and by the web 16 they are carried
forward to the wrapping core, between which and the nipping roller 8 they are:

page_text: caught and carried around the core, being held there-against by the succeeding
nipping rollers 9. The wrapping core is calculated to make about two and one
half turns for each paper, which is sufficient to wrap any paper now printed. As
it completes this number of turns, the pasted edge of the wrapper reaches the
nipping roller 8, or the one diametrically opposite to it, according to the size of
the paper to be wrapped, and consequently the length of the wrapper. As said
core completes each two and one half turns, the projection on cam wheel 28 strikes
the roller 27, and forces the circular rod 26 to the right, as seen in Fig. 17, which
carries all the lifting levers 23 with it, and they, in turn, by bearing against the
This leaves the
rollers 25, on the abutment 12, retract the nipping rollers.
wrapped paper resting freely around the core 6.
The gearing is so proportioned and timed, that as soon as the nipping rollers
have been retracted, the projection upon the cam wheel 37 will strike the roller 36
on lever 34, and force the friction roller in the lower end of said lever against the
block 33, which in turn forces the push rod 29 forward, causing the ejector 32 to
slide the paper along the core 6, until it is caught between the delivery rollers and
thrown out of the machine. The pasted end of the wrapper having been brought
to the upper or lower side of the wrapping core, as stated above, it will be on one
of the flattened faces of the wrapped paper, as said paper passes between the
delivery rollers, and the adherence thereof will be positively ensured.
wrapping core is in continuous rotation, and the instant one wrapped paper is
ejected from it, another begins to wrap about it, the nipping rollers having been
returned to place by the springs about the shanks of their bearings.
The
The distance of the nipping rollers from the wrapping core being regulable by
means of the nuts 11, the machine is adapted to wrap papers and pamphlets of
various thicknesses. Motion may be transmitted to the wrapping mechanism, and
also to the delivery rollers, from any suitable or convenient part of the press, or
other machine to which it is attached, or it may be used as an independent
machine. The delivery rollers may also be made adjustable, so as to vary the
distance between the members of each pair, and instead of these delivery rollers
for flattening the wrapped papers, any suitable flattening mechanism may be
employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
from abroad, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combina-
tion of a core, feeding rollers arranged about the core and coacting therewith to
wind a paper and wrapper upon the core, and means for delivering the wrapped
paper, substantially as described.
2. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
of a core, feeding rollers arranged about the core and coacting therewith to wind a
paper and wrapper upon the core, guides between the rollers, and means for
delivering the wrapped paper, substantially as described.
3. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
with a core of feeding rollers arranged about the core, and coacting therewith to
wind a paper and wrapper upon the core, and means for delivering the wrapped
paper and withdrawing the rollers from the core, for the delivery of the paper
substantially as described.
4. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
with a core of feeding rollers arranged about the core and coacting therewith, to
wind a paper and wrapper upon the core, guides between the rollers, and means fo
delivering the wrapped paper and withdrawing the rollers and guides from the
core, for the delivery of the paper, substantially as described.
5. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
with a core, of feeding rollers arranged about said core and coacting therewith t
wind a paper and wrapper upon the core, an ejector moving longitudinally of the

page_text: core, for delivering the wrapped paper, and means for withdrawing said rollers from
the core, for the delivery of the paper, substantially as described.
6. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
with a core, of feeding rollers arranged about said core and coacting therewith, to
wind a paper and wrapper upon the core, guides between the rollers, an ejector
moving longitudinally of the core, for delivering the wrapped paper, and means for
withdrawing said rollers and guides from the core, for the delivery of the paper,
substantially as described.
7. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
with a core, of feeding rollers arranged about said core and coacting therewith to
wind a paper and wrapper upon the core, a slotted divided casing about the core.
within which the rollers project, means for delivering the wrapped paper, and means
for removing the rollers from the core and separating the sections of the casing for
the delivery of the paper, substantially as described.
8. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
with a core, of feeding devices for winding a paper and wrapper upon the core,
guides about the core, means for delivering the wrapped paper longitudinally of the
core, and means for withdrawing the guides from the core, for the delivery of the
paper, substantially as described.
9. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
of an expansible core, feeding rollers arranged about said core and coacting therewith
to wind a paper and wrapper upon the core, means for delivering the wrapped paper
longitudinally of the core, and means for expanding and contracting the core,
substantially as described.
10. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
of an expansible core, feeding rollers arranged about said core and coacting there-
with to wind a paper and wrapper upon the core, an ejector moving longitudinally
of the core, and means for expanding and contracting the core by the ejector,
substantially as described.
11. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
of an expansible core, feeding rollers arranged about said core and coacting there-
with to wind a paper and wrapper upon the core, an ejector moving longitudinally
of the core, means for withdrawing the rollers from the core for the delivery of
the paper, and means for expanding and contracting the core, substantially as
described.
12. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combinations
of an expansible core, means for winding a paper and wrapper upon the core, guides
about the core, means for delivering the wrapped paper longitudinally of the core,
means for removing the guides from the core, for the delivery of the paper, and
means for expanding and contracting the core, substantially as described.
13. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combination
with the wrapping core, of nipping rollers, each mounted in independently spring-
seated bearings, and means for intermittently retracting said rollers from the
wrapping cylinders, substantially as described.
14. The combination with a hollow expansible core of an ejector on said core
carried by a rod within said core, one or more of the members being provided with
inclined surfaces, by engagement of which the core is expanded and contracted,
substantially as described.
15. The combination with a hollow expansible core formed of segments hinged
at one end, of a rod within said core engaging the segments by inclined surfaces, an
ejector carried by said rod and moving on the core, and means for actuating said
rod and ejector, substantially as described.
16. The combination with a hollow expansible core forined of segments, of a rod
within said core engaging the outer end of the segments by inclined surfaces when
the rod is drawn into the core, whereby the core is expanded, an ejector carried by
said rod and moving on the core, and means for actuating said rod and ejector,
substantially as described.

page_text: 17. The combination with a hollow expansible core formed of segments, of a rod
within said core engaging the outer end of the segments by inclined surfaces, when
the rod is drawn into the core, whereby the core is expanded; an ejector on the
core carried by said rod and engaging inclined surfaces on the core, whereby the
latter is contracted as the ejector is actuated to deliver a paper, and means for
actuating said rod and ejector, substantially as described.
18. The combination with a hollow expansible core formed of segments, and
having a tapered seat or recess at its outer end, of a rod in said core having a
conical head, an ejector secured to said rod and moving on the core, and means for
actuating said rod and core, substantially as described.
19. A hollow rolling core composed of a fixed segment or section, and one or
more movable segments or sections hinged at one end, and capable of lateral
movement at the free end, a longitudinally movable rod within the core, a conical
head on the outer end of the rod, adapted to spread the movable segment or
segments of the core when the bead is drawn into the core, and to allow them to
close when the head is moved out of the core, and a sliding ring upon the exterior
surface of the core, connected to said rod, and closing said segments or sections, to
contract the core, when the rod is moved outward from the core, substantially as
described.
20. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combina-
tion with the wrapping core, and means for wrapping the paper and wrapper about
it, of the ejector thereon, a push rod spring-seated within said core, and connected
to said ejector, and means for intermittently forcing said rod forward against
the action of the spring, to remove the paper from the core, substantially as
described.
21. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combina-
tion with the wrapping core, of nipping rollers, bearings therefor provided with
shanks spring-seated in suitable supports, an abutment secured to each shank, a
series of connected levers bearing against said abutments, and means for operating
the levers, simultaneously, for retracting said rollers, substantially as described.
22. In a machine for wrapping newspapers and other publications, the combina-
tion with the wrapping core, of a gear rotating with and concentric with said core,
nipping rollers arranged about said core, and each provided with a pinion meshing
with said gear, means for delivering the wrapped paper, and means for auto-
matically retracting said rollers in a direction substantially radial to the core, for
the delivery of the wrapped paper, substantially as described.
23. The combination with a machine for wrapping newspapers and other
publications, having means for rolling a paper and wrapper into tubular form, and
securing the wrapper, and means for delivering the wrapped paper longitudinally,
of a pair of rollers receiving said paper from the wrapping machine, and advancing
it longitudinally, said rollers being set at a distance apart but slightly less than the
diameter of the wrapped paper, and another pair of rollers set closer together, for
flattening said paper, substantially as described.
24. The combination of cutting mechanism for partially separating a continuous
strip into lengths suitable for a wrapper, a wrapper strip reel, and means for
delivering a continuous strip therefrom to the cutting mechanism, and for conveying
the partially separated wrapper strip therefrom, carriers for feeding the papers to, and
laying them upon said wrapper strip flatwise, at proper intervals apart, a plurality of
carriers for carrying said papers and wrappers and feeding them into the wrapping
mechanism, having an accelerated movement over the carriers from which they
receive the papers and wrapper strips, the switch for guiding the strips and news-
papers between the different carriers alternately, and mechanism for operating
said switch, substantially as specified.
25. The combination of cutting mechanism for partially separating a continuous
wrapper strip into lengths suitable for a wrapper, a wrapping strip reel, and means
for delivering a continuous strip therefrom to the said cutting mechanism, and for
conveying the partially separated wrapped strips therefrom, carriers for feeding

page_text: the papers to, and laying them upon said wrapper strip flatwise, at proper intervals
apart, and carriers for carrying said papers and wrappers and feeding them into
the wrapping mechanism, having an accelerated movement over the carriers from
which the receive the papers and wrapper strips, for the purpose of detaching each
partially separated wrapper from the continuous strip, substantially as set forth.
26. The combination with the core T, of the rollers U, guides S, pivoted
supports W carrying said rollers and guides, means for driving said rollers, and
means for rocking said supports, to carry the rollers and guides toward and from
the core, substantially as described.
27. The combination with the rollers U, of the pivoted supports W carrying
said rollers, means for driving said rollers, and cams W W rocking said supports,
to separate said rollers, substantially as described.
28. A wrapping machine substantially as shown and described in connection with
Figs. 1 to 16.
29. A wrapping machine substantially as shown and described in connection with
Figs. 17 to 20.
Dated this 11th day of June 1895.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.