Improved Method and Machinery or Apparatus for Feeding Sheets of Paper or other Material to Printing, Folding, Calendering, or other Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 27th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method and Machinery or Apparatus for Feeding Sheets
of Paper or other Material to Printing, Folding, Calendering, or
other Machines.
We EDGAR ARNOLD PALLISTER of 23 Brudenell View Leeds in the County
of York Engineer and THE PALLISTER SYNDICATE LIMITED of Bank
Chambers, Park Row Leeds aforesaid do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the feeding of sheets of paper or other material,
(hereinafter for the sake of brevity referred to as paper,) from a pile of such
sheets to a printing, or folding, or calendering or other machine, similarly
hereinafter referred to as a printing machine.
For this purpose the sheets are placed in a pile upon a suitable table: the sheet
that is for the time being the topmost sheet is separated, as it is called, from the
next below it on the pile, by imparting to the two back (or front) corners a short
side movement directed towards the centre line of the table, the centre portion
between the two corners being at the same time held down, so that these corner
portions of the sheet are buckled or bent up, uncovering slightly the same corners
of the sheet next below; then causing each of said exposed corners of said
(second) sheet to be held down whilst the said side movement is terminated and
whilst a short forward movement is imparted to the top sheet; the separated sheet
is carried or moved forward to the printing machine either at once or by a series
of short successive movements corresponding to successive strokes or revolutions
of the printing machine, the sheets being fed forward in a "fanned out," e. over-
lapping or underlapping manner, as described in the Specification of Letters
Patent of my invention of same title as this present bearing date 7th June 1894
and numbered 11089.
The advantage of the above method of separating the sheets is, that the said
side movements at the corners of and towards the centre line of the pile do not
disturb the underlying sheets in the feeding direction, whilst during the forward
feeding movement the underlying sheets are held down, so that the forward
movement of the top sheet cannot disturb the underlying sheets in the feeding
direction.
Apparatus for carrying out the above method of separation comprises side
rubber or other suitable pushers for pushing back the corners of the topmost
sheet towards the centre line of the pile, means for holding down a part of the
topmost sheet between said corners, (greater or less according to the nature of the
paper,) during the side movement of the corners, which means may conveniently
consist of the forward pushers immediately to be referred to, presser feet or corner
holders which on exposure of the corners of the sheet next below immediately
drop on to the said exposed corners and hold the same securely during the forward
movement of the topmost sheet, and pushers for pushing forward the topmost
sheet.
The apparatus for carrying forward the topmost or the fauned out sheets may
comprise constantly rotated or intermittently rotated feed rollers, the separating
mechanism advancing each sheet as it becomes for the time being the topmost
sheet on the pile up to the feeding rollers.
Our invention also comprises means for automatically raising the feed table as

page_text: the height or thickness of the pile diminishes, during the feeding to the printing
machine, and for automatically stopping the rise of the table when the pile of
paper is exhausted. Such means are a modification of the means described in our
said Specification No. 11089 of 1894.
The following description of a machine or apparatus for carrying out our
invention sets forth the mechanism or details of the machinery or apparatus above
more briefly or generally described.
The whole of the feed mechanism may be conveniently operated from a main
shaft actuated from some convenient part of the printing machine. This main
shaft by means of a vertical shaft and bevel gear drives a longitudinal shaft
carried in brackets attached to one of the side frames of the feeding apparatus.
Two sliding brackets one at each side of the feeding apparatus are mounted on
two longitudinal shafts and carry between them and running transversely across
the feed apparatus four shafts, which from their use may be suitably designated as
the cross driving shaft, the rocking shaft, the stay, and the rack pinion shafts
respectively. The cross driving shaft is actuated by bevel gear from the first
above mentioned longitudinal shaft, the bevel wheel on this latter being provided
with a feather or key sliding in a keyway on said shaft, so that the bevel wheel
can be slid along this shaft when the sliding brackets are moved. Towards each
end of the cross driving shaft is provided a sleeve, which can be adjusted in
position by sliding the same along the cross driving shaft, and fixed in position and
secured so as to rotate with the shaft by means of a set screw. Or a key and
long keyway arrangement may be adopted. The central portion of the said sleeve
carries a sliding bracket, capable of sliding along the sleeve, and which also fits
capable of sliding thereon over the rocking shaft. A pin or stud on the outer
side of the bracket bears against a side-face cam, carried on the end of the sleeve;
so that the said cam during part of its rotation moves the sliding bracket towards
the centre line of the feed table. The return movement of the sliding bracket is
effected by means of a spring on the rocking shaft, one end of the spring bearing
against an adjustable collar on the rocking shaft, and the other end of the spring
against the sliding bracket. On the bracket is hinged a double armed lever, one
end of which carries the side rubbers or pushers, i.e. for giving the side push a
movement to the corners of the topmost sheet. The opposite arm of said lever
engages with a lever hinged loose on the rack pinion shaft. The hinged lever is
raised by a cam on the outer end of the sleeve, and falls by its own weight,
whereby the rubber or side pusher lever is lowered on to and raised from the paper
at the proper times. Adjustable weights on one or both of the just mentioned
levers, or adjustable tension springs may be provided if found desirable.
The opposite inner end of the sleeve carries a cam, which raises and allows to
fall at the proper times a lever hinged loose on the rack pinion shaft, the end of
the said lever carrying a foot or other device for holding down the exposed corners
of the second sheet.
The forward separating motion is imparted to the top sheet by means of rubbers
or pushers mounted on a pair of levers attached to the rocking shaft. The forward
pusher levers are preferably knee jointed levers, i.e. formed in two portions
connected by a pin joint; the lower portion returning back beneath the other.
The rubbers or pushers may suitably be disc rollers, which by means of an attached
ratchet wheel and fixed pawl are held stationary during the pushing or forward
movement, but can rotate or roll during the backward movement. The rocking
movement is imparted to the rocking shaft by means of a lever on the end of the
rocking shaft and a cam on the corresponding end of the cross driving shaft.
To assist the forward separating movement in the case of very thin sheets and
to run them clear off the pile up to the grippers a light shaft may be provided
on the front edge of the pile, and geared directly or indirectly with the shaft of
the top feed roller.
The forward movement may if desired be effected by means of intermittently
rotated disc rollers, or constantly rotated rising and falling disc rollers.

page_text: The feed rollers may be operated in the manner set forth and illustrated in
Fig. 1 of our before mentioned Specification No. 11089 of 1894, by means of a
crank on the first above mentioned driving shaft and a connecting rod to the
ratchet lever.
The rack pinion shaft carries a pinión at each end gearing with a longitudinal
rack on each side of the feed apparatus, for traversing the four cross shafts and
the sliding brackets, as described in the above mentioned Specification No. 11089
of 1894.
manner.
The automatic rise and stoppage of the feed table is effected in the following
The table is carried by vertical screws, geared together by longitudinal
and cross top shafts, operated by ratchet wheel, lever and pawl, as described in
said Specification No. 11089 of 1894. The ratchet pawl is allowed to fall into
gear, or is held out of gear, by a nose piece on the end of a vertical rod; the latter
being carried at the end of one arm of a double armed lever, the end of the
opposite arm carrying a weight which tends to raise said vertical rod and nose
piece, and to hold the pawl off the ratchet wheel. A transverse shaft, parallel to
the front edge of the pile of paper, carries a foot lever, and the outer end of the
shaft carries a second lever, to which is attached a heavy weigh rod. By means
of a cam, driven from the first above mentioned driving shaft and connections, the
said second lever and weighted rod are raised and kept raised at the proper times; the
weighted rod causing the descent until stopped by the foot lever coming to rest on
the pile of paper. When the top of the pile is sufficiently low; the weighted rod and
attached lever drop so far, that the lever comes in contact with and depresses the
lever carrying the vertical rod and nose piece, moving the latter out of way of the
pawl, and allowing the same to engage with the ratchet wheel and to raise the feed
table. When the top of the pile has been raised sufficiently high, or the pile
becomes exhausted, the foot lever prevents the weighted rod and its lever falling
far enough to come in contact with the lever carrying the vertical rod and nose
piece, so that the latter remains at a sufficient height to prevent the pawl engaging
the ratchet wheel and thus stops the feed.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1895.
J. CLARK JEFFERSON,
2 East Parade, Leeds, Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method and Machinery or Apparatus for Feeding Sheets
of Paper or other Material to Printing, Folding, Calendering, or
other Machines.
We EDGAR ARNOLD PALLISTER of 23 Brudenell View, Leeds in the County
of York, Engineer, and THE PALLISTER SYNDICATE LIMITED of Bank
Chambers, Park Row, Leeds, aforesaid, 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:-—
This invention has reference to the feeding of sheets of paper or other material,
(hereinafter for the sake of brevity referred to as paper), from a pile of such sheets
to a printing or folding, or calendering or other machine; similarly hereinafter
referred to as a printing machine.
For this purpose the sheets are placed in a pile upou a suitable table; the sheet
that is for the time being the topmost sheet, is separated as it is called from the
next below it on the pile, by imparting to the two back (or front) corners a short
side movement directed towards the centre line of the table, the centre portion
between the two corners being at the same time held down, so that these corner
portions of the sheet are buckled or bent up, uncovering slightly the same corners

page_text: of the sheet next below; then causing each of said exposed corners of said
(second) sheet to be held down whilst the said side movement is terminated and
whilst a forward movement is imparted to the top sheet; the separated sheet being
carried or moved forward to the printing machine either at once or by a series of
short successive movements corresponding to successive strokes or revolutions of
the printing machine, the sheets being fed forward in a
" fanned out," i.e. over-
lapping or underlapping manner, as described in the Specification of Letters Patent
of my invention of same title as this present bearing date 7th June 1894 and
numbered 11089.
The advantage of the above method of separating the sheets is, that the centre
of the sheet being held down, the said side movements at the corners of and
towards the centre line of the pile do not disturb the underlying sheets in the
feeding direction, whilst during the forward feeding movement the underlying
sheets are held down, so that the forward movement of the top sheet cannot disturb
the underlying sheets in the feeding direction.
Apparatus for carrying out the above method of separation comprises side
rubber or other suitable pushers for pushing back the corners of the topmost
sheet towards the centre line of the pile, means for holding down a part of the
topmost sheet between said corners, (greater or less according to the nature of
the paper,) during the side movement of the corners; which means may
conveniently consist of the forward pushers inmediately to be referred to, presser
feet or corner holders which on exposure of the corners of the sheet next below
immediately drop on to the said exposed corners and hold the same securely
during the forward movement of the topmost sheet, and pushers for pushing
forward the topmost sheet.
The apparatus for carrying forward the topmost or the fanned out sheets
may comprise constantly rotated or intermittently rotated feed rollers, the
separating mechanism advancing each sheet, as it becomes for the time being the
topmost sheet on the pile, up to the feeding rollers.
Our invention also comprises means for automatically raising the feed table as
the height or thickness of the pile diminishes, during the feeding to the printing
machine, and for automatically stopping the rise of the the table when the pile of
paper is exhausted. Such means are a modification of the means described in our
said Specification No. 11089 of 1894.
The following description of a machine or apparatus for carrying out our
invention sets forth the mechanism or details of the machinery or apparatus
above more briefly or generally described.
The whole of the feed mechanism may be conveniently operated from a main
shaft, actuated from some convenient part of the printing machine. This main
shaft by means of a vertical shaft and bevel gear drives a longitudinal shaft
carried in brackets attached to one of the side frames of the feeding apparatus.
Two sliding brackets, one at each side of the feeding apparatus, are mounted
on two longitudinal shafts and carry between them and running transversely
across the feed apparatus four shafts; which from their use may be suitably
designated, as the cross driving shaft, the rocking shaft, the stay, and the rack
pinion shafts respectively. The cross driving shaft is actuated by bevel gear from
the first above mentioned longitudinal shaft, the bevel wheel on this latter being
provided with a feather or key sliding in a keyway on said shaft, so that the bevel
wheel can be slid along this shaft when the sliding brackets are moved. Towards
each end of the cross driving shaft is provided a sleeve, which can be adjusted in
position by sliding the same along the cross driving shaft, and fixed in position
and secured so as to rotate with the shaft by means of a set screw. Or a key and
long keyway arrangement may be adopted. The central portion of the said sleeve
carries a sliding bracket, capable of sliding along the sleeve, and which also fits
capable of sliding thereon over the rocking shaft. A pin or stud on the outer side
of the bracket bears against a side-face cam, carried on the end of the sleeve; so
that the said cam during part of its rotation moves the sliding bracket towards the

page_text: centre line of the feed table. The return movement of the sliding bracket is
effected by means of a spring on the rocking shaft, one end of the spring bearing
against an adjustable collar on the rocking shaft, and the other end of the spring
against the sliding bracket. On the bracket is hinged a double armed lever, one
end of which carries the side rubbers or pushers, i.e. for giving the side push or
movement to the corners of the topmost sheet. The opposite arm of said lever
engages with a lever hinged loose on the rack pinion shaft. The hinged lever is
raised by a
cam on the outer end of the sleeve, and falls by its own weight,
whereby the rubber-or side pusher lever is lowered on to and raised from the paper
at the proper times. Adjustable weights on one or both of the just mentioned
levers, or adjustable tension springs, may be provided if found desirable.
The opposite inner end of the sleeve carries a cam, which raises and allows to
fall at the proper times a lever hinged loose on the rack pinion shaft, the end of
the said lever carrying a foot or other device for holding down the exposed corners
of the second sheet.
The forward separating motion is imparted to the top sheet by means of rubbers
or pushers mounted on a pair of levers attached to the rocking shaft. The forward
pusher levers are preferably knee jointed levers, i.e. formed in two portions
connected by a pin joint; the lower portion returning back beneath the other.
The rubbers or pushers may suitably be disc rollers, which by means of an
attached ratchet wheel and fixed pawl are held stationary during the pushing or
forward movement, but can rotate or roll during the backward movement.
rocking movement is imparted to the rocking shaft by means of a lever on the end
of the rocking shaft, and a cam on the corresponding end of the cross driving
shaft.
The
To assist the forward separating movement in the case of very thin sheets, and
to run them clear off the pile up to the grippers, a light shaft may be provided on
the front edge of the pile, and geared directly or indirectly with the shaft of the
top feed roller.
.
The forward movement may if desired be effected by means of intermittently
rotated disc rollers, or constantly rotated rising and falling disc rollers.
The feed rollers may be operated in the manner set forth and illustrated in
Fig. 1 of our before mentioned Specification No. 11089 of 1894, by means of a
crank on the first above mentioned driving shaft and a connecting rod to the ratchet
lever.
The rack pinion shaft carries a pinion at each end, gearing with a longitudinal
rack on each side of the feed apparatus, for transversing the four cross shafts
and the sliding brackets, as described in the above mentioned Specification
No. 11089 of 1894.
The automatic rise and stoppage of the feed table is effected in the following
manner. The table is carried by vertical screws, geared together by longitudinal
and cross top shafts, operated by ratchet wheel, lever and pawl, as described in
said Specification No. 11089 of 1894. The ratchet pawl is allowed to fall into
gear, or is held out of gear, by a nose piece on the end of a vertical rod; the latter
being cared at the end of one arm of a double armed lever, the end of the
opposite arm carrying a weight, which tends to raise said vertical rod and nose
piece, and to hold the pawl off the ratchet wheel. A transverse shaft, parallel to
the front edge of the pile of paper, carries a foot lever, and the outer end of the
shaft carries a second lever, to which is attached a heavy weigh rod. By means
of a cam, driven from the first above mentioned driving shaft and connections, the said
second lever and weighted rod are raised and kept raised at the proper times; the
weighted rod causing the descent until stopped by the foot lever coming to rest on
the pile of paper. When the top of the pile is sufficiently low; the weighted rod
and attached lever drop so far, that the lever comes in contact with and depresses
the lever carrying the vertical rod and nose piece, moving the latter out of way of
the pawl, and allowing the same to engage with the ratchet wheel and to raise the
feed table. When the top of the pile has been raised sufficiently high, or the pile

page_text: becomes exhausted, the foot lever prevents the weighted rod and its lever falling
far enough to come in contact with the lever carrying the vertical rod and nose
piece, so that the latter remains at a sufficient height to prevent the pawl engaging
the ratchet wheel, and thus stops the feed.
And in order that our invention and the manner in which the same is to he
performed may be more readily and clearly understood, we have annexed hereto
the accompanying sheets of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation
Fig. 4 is a broken side elevation, on the side opposite to Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a back elevation of one of the tilting levers carrying the side
rubbers.
Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 are cross sections on lines v. v, x. x, y. y, and z. z, of Fig. 2,
respectively.
a are the side frames of the feeder, b is the table on which the pile of paper c is
placed, d is the driving shaft actuated from some convenient part of the printing
machine or otherwise, but so however as to revolve conformably with the operations
of the printing machine.
e are the four vertical screws carrying the table b.
fis a longitudinal side shaft, driven from the shaft d by means of the vertical
shaft g and bevel gears h and i.
jjare the longitudinal bracket shafts, and k the top cross shaft, which are
connected together and to the four vertical screws e by means of the bevel gears l
and m.
nn are the sliding brackets, carrying between them the cross driving
shaft o, the rocking shaft p, the cross stay 9 and the rack pinion shaft r.
The
cross driving shaft o is driven by the bevel gears from the longitudinal shaft f,
the bevel wheel on this latter being carried in bearings t connected to the sliding
bracket n' and sliding on a keyway on the shaft f.
u, u Figs. 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9 are the before mentioned sleeves, which rotate with
the shaft o, but are capable of being adjusted longitudinally on said shaft to suit
the width of the pile of paper. v. v. Figs. 2 and 3, are brackets each fitting on
both shafts p and o. A pin or stud w, fixed to this bracket, bears against the side
surface came on the end of the sleeve u, so that the cam moves the bracket v in
the direction shewn by the arrow, the bracket v being brought back by the
spring 2. A stud on the bracket v carries hinged thereon the double armed
lever 2, Figs. 2, 3, and 5; one end of which carries a balance weight 3, and the
opposite end the jaws 4 and 5. The jaw 5 is hinged to the jaw 4 and by means of
the screw 6 at the upper end of the jaw 5, the lower end of the jaws 4 and 5 may
be made to carry the rubber 7. The foot 8, which is carried at the end of the
lever 9 (hinged loosely on the rack pinion shaft r) and serves to hold down the
exposed corners of the second sheet, is raised and lowered at the proper times by
means of the cam 10 on the sleeve u (Fig. 6). The rubber 7 is raised at the
proper times from the sheet of paper by means of the crank pin 11 (Fig. 7), fixed
in the inner end of the boss of the sleeve u, which strikes against the lug piece 12;
this latter being attached to the lever 13, hinged loose on the rack pinion shaft r;
the end of the lever 13 catching against the underside of the rod 14 fixed in the
end of the lug piece of the fixed jaw 4.
The forward (roller) pushers 15, Figs. 2, 3, and 8 are carried on an axle in the
front end of the lower portion 16 of the knee jointed lever 16. 17; the upper
portion 17 being fixed on the rocking shaft p. The rocking shaft p is rocked by
the lever 18, which is moved in one direction by the cam 19 on the driving
shaft o, (see Fig. 10), and in the opposite direction by the spring 20. By means
of the ratchet wheels 21 and pawl 22 (Fig. 8) the roller pushers are prevented
from rotating during their forward movement, but are free to rotate on their
backward movement. The portion of the forward and backward movement during
which the pushers are in contact with the sheet of paper can be controlled by

page_text: adjusting the inclination to the vertical of the support 23, suspended from the
cross stay q, which can be done by slackening the set screw 24. The heavy
presser foot 28, Figs. 2, 3, and 9, is carried at the end of the lever 35 hinged loose
on the shaft r, and by means of the lug piece 36 attached to the lever and the
cam 37 fitted on the shaft o, the presser foot is raised and lowered at suitable
times.
The top feed roller shaft 25 is operated from the driving shaft d by means of
the crank pin 26 (Fig. 1), fixed in the register cam plate 27, connecting rod 29,
rocking pawl lever 30, ratchet and gear wheel 31 and pinion 32 on the end of the
shaft 25.
The rack pinion shaft r Figs. 1 and 2, carries a pinion 33 at each end, gearing
with the racks 34 attached to the side frames a for traversing the sliding brackets n
and the cross shafts carried by them.
The cross shaft 38 is rocked at suitable times from the driving shaft d by means
of a lever 39 on the end of the shaft 38 Fig. 4, connecting rod 40, supporting
lever 41 and cam plate 42 on the driving shaft d. A crank pin 43 on the cam
plate 42 by means of the connecting rod 44 actuates the ratchet lever 45, the paw!
of which engages with the ratchet wheel 46 on the end of top cross shaft k, and
thereby actuates the lifting screws e through the longitudinal shafts j. j. and bevel
gears and m.
The cross shaft 38 oscillates the lever 47, which carries at its end
the rod 48 provided with a slot hole. 49 is a balanced lever the end of which
carries the nose piece rod 50, the upper or nose end of which, on rising sufficiently
far, catches against the underside of the pin 51 attached to the pawl of the ratchet
lever 45, thereby preventing the said pawl engaging with the ratchet wheel 46 and
stopping the rise of the table. A pin 52 fitted in the balance lever 49, works in
the slot in the rod 48. On the cross shaft 38 is fitted a lever (previously designated
the foot lever) or pair of levers 53 Figs. 2 and 11, which carry suspended from
them by links a foot bar 54, which on the fall of the rod 48, due either to its own
weight or the weight of the connecting rod 40, comes to rest on and over the front
edge of the pile of paper. It will be evident therefore that the height of the top
of the front edge of the pile of paper controls the fall of the vertical rod 48, and
consequently also-when the pin 52 comes to rest on the bottom of the slot in the
vertical rod 48-the fall of the nose piece rod 50, which in its turn controls the
engagement of the pawl with the ratchet wheel 46, or the rise of the table.
The necessary adjustments are effected by adjusting the levers 39 and 47 on the
cross shait by means of set screws.
MODUS OPERANDI.
The pile of paper c is placed in position on the table with the front edge
placed close against the breast board 55 Figs. 2 and 11. By means of the
handle 56, the screws e are rotated to raise the table so as to bring the topmost
sheet against the underside of the cross bar 54. The sliding brackets n are placed,
so that the separating mechanism is over the back part of the pile of paper; and
the bosses 57 and 58 are adjusted on the rods r and p, so that the side and forward
pushing mechanism are in position for operating on the pile.
Commencing with the bracket v in the position indicated by dotted lines in
Fig. 3, the side rubbers 7 are close to the side and back edge of the pile resting on
the topmost sheet; the heavy presser foot 28 is also resting on the top of said
sheet, whilst the side feet or holders 8 are raised and the pusher rollers 15 are
commencing their backward stroke. The rotation of the shaft o and cams x moves
the side rubbers 7 inwards, bending up the topmost sheet in the manner indicated
in Fig. 3. Shortly before this movement is completed, the side holders 8 drop on
to the exposed corners of the second sheet, and on the completion of said move-
ment, the presser foot 28 is raised clear off the topmost sheet; the pusher rollers 15
are commencing their forward movement or just dropping on to the topmost sheet
during the first part of their forward movement and the lever 2 is tilted to raise

page_text: the side rubbers 7. The pusher rollers 15 being prevented from rotating, push
forward the topmost sheet to the feed rollers 32', which commenced to rotate just
before the end of the forward movement of the pusher rollers 15, and the feed
rollers then carry forward the separated sheet a short distance in the manner
described in my Specification No. 11089 of 1894, or they may be arranged to
carry forward the separated sheet fully up to the impression cylinder of the
printing machine. The cam x is so designed that the side pushers 7 are only
raised for a sufficient length of time to ensure the withdrawal of the back of the
topmost sheet from under it, and whilst raised are forced back by the springs 2.
The object is to allow or cause the iuward movement of the side rubbers to take
place as slowly as possible. The presser foot 28 is raised only during the same time
as the side rubbers 7.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manuer the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1. Method of separating topmost sheet by pushing inwards so as to buckle up
both side (back or front) corners simultaneously, and at the same time holding
down the middle portion of the sheet between said corners, holding down the
corners of the second sheet as soon as these are sufficiently exposed and afterwards
releasing said centre portion and the side corners of top sheet and then moving
forward the topmost sheet.
2. The means for carrying out the method or operations the subject matter of
Claim 1, substantially as herein set forth and illustrated.
3. The means for buckling or bending up the corners of the topmost sheet
substantially as and operating as set forth and illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 7.
4. The combination of the means for holding down the exposed corners of the
second sheet with the means for buckling or bending up the corners of the topmost
sheet substantially as and operating as set forth and illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6,
and 7.
5. The combination of the means for holding down the centre of the topmost
sheet, and the exposed corners of the second sheet with means for bending or
buckling up the corners of the topmost sheet substantially as and operating as set
forth and as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9.
6. The combination of the driving shaft o, rocking shaft p and rack pinion
shaft r, the means for carrying and operating said shafts all substantially as and
for the purposes herein set forth and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 10.
7. The means for automatically controlling and stopping the rise of the feed
table substantially as and operating as herein set forth and illustrated in Figs. 2, 4,
and 11.
8. My improved feeder for printing and the like machines substantially as herein
set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of April 1896.
J. CLARK JEFFERSON,
30 Park Row, Leeds, Agent for Applicants.