Improvements in Printing Machines, and in Gumming, Cutting, Hot or Cold Pressing and Folding Apparatus to be used in connection therewith.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 8th June, 1892-Accepted, 8th Oct., 1892
TRUVIDIONAL DE PICATIVA.
Improvements in Printing Machines, and in Gumming, Cutting, Hot
or Cold Pressing and Folding Apparatus to be used in connection
therewith.
HENRY SHAW, Printer 216 Southwark Bridge Road in the Borough of
Southwark London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
1. Means to put paper in rolls and place two or more paper rolls to supply two
or more cylinders or pairs of cylinders with paper. Heretofore no more than a
single roll of paper was put on to any printing machine at the one time. I put on
as many printing cylinders as I choose, and as many rolls of paper as will give one
or more to each or each pair, previous to placing them I submit each to a process
of damping. I place the roll on a support roller or on two support rollers running
in the one direction, and which uncoils itself & gives motion to a spindle to which
I place thereon and the sheet is affixed by water only to remake the roll-which on
its passage I diffuse with water through holes in a pipe or through small tubes from
this pipe by force of atmosphere, after which the remade rolls are placed in a like
position on support rollers and their sheets passed through their respective cylinders
to be printed on.
2. Means to hot or cold press the sheet and guide it as it comes from the printing
cylinder to the cutter or as it may be to be remade a roll of again. However well
made and of a drying nature the printing ink may be, the rapidity with which it
is used leaves no time for drying and therefore why the paper is hot or cold pressed
on its passage from the printing cylinder is to prevent setting off. I diffuse the hot
or cold pressing rollers with water through minute holes made in a pipe to prevent
set-off ink on rollers.
3. Means to provide two or more pairs of cylinders on the one frame is desirable
in so much that several sheets having been printed on by their respective cylinders
may be placed together and passed through a cutting apparatus to be cut by one
movement of a knife. When printing from transfors to zinc I place the printing
cylinders whereby the sheet will pass directly between them and be printed on
each side by the one impression and I mount such several pairs of cylinders in
support blocks that move horizontally along the frame of the machine-or may
move in any other more suitable direction, whereby the impression may be given to
all the cylinders by one adjustment.
4. Means to place the several sheets of paper of the rolls together and pass them
en-block to the cutter, this process is done previous to starting of the machine and
is more properly defined as part of the "making ready," the end of the sheet of
each roll having passed the printing, hot or cold pressing and gumming operations
are placed together and lipped bodily into or between a pair of rollers called the
cutters, they are gathered in the same order in which they are printed by the
cylinders.
5. Means to carry the cut-off parts from the rolls and deposit them on two tables,
the one with the other table alternately, to be folded viz. there are endless tapes
revolving round rollers in movable frames and others which are journalled on the
machine. The near ends of the frames move on pivot points and their further
ends rise & lower to place an off cut from one to another movable frame on a
folding table or tables alternately. The rise and fall motion is had from a cam or
eccentric placed on the axle of one or other of the cylinders. The folding stick or
sticks at each table are affixed to rods, at angles to them and they get motion in

page_text: contact with the "rise” & “fall” of the movable-table or by means of an electric
magnet, &c.
6. Means to stick the sheets which form each "off-cut" part-and cover it with
a wrapper. The first sheet is from the first printing cylinder or pair of printing
cylinders (generally a coloured wrapper) and as a first sheet it requires no gumming
but the following sheets are each passed over their respective rollers on their
respective gum troughs and as each sheet is gummed it takes its place on top of the
one immediately preceding it. Each of the gum troughs are provided with two
rollers one in the gum, or other gluten solution, at bottom of the trough, and the
other partly projecting over the top of the trough. Endless threads revolve on or
round these two rollers and the apportionment of gum required is left on the top
roller.
7. Means to hold ink in reservoir and convey it to the inking and waver rollers.―
The reservoir is a vessel standing on end provided with a movable lid perfectly
air tight which is placed on top of the ink in the vessel and as the ink is drawn
"off," this lid descends into the vessel. The ink is drawn from the reservoir
through a pipe at or about the bottom of the reservoir and delivers it to a per-
forated or slotted pipe which forms the ink dock. Through the perforated or
slotted holes the ink is spread on to the dock roller or other rollers. I place over
the ink pipe or dock a number of barrel tapes with slots alike to those on the ink
pipe or dock and by the half turn of which I shut off the ink from or apportion the
quantity of ink to the dock roller or other rollers. I wholly dispense with the
dock knife.
8. Means to mount stereotypes, electrotypes or sheets of zinc and fasten them to
cylinders or flat surfaces.-I make holes through from the surface of the cylinder
or flat surface and by the use of an exhaust air pump withdraw the atmosphere
from between the two metals. I use tubular arrangement if there are many holes.
9. Means to "take-off" sheets.-Upon extended arms from the machine are
endless tapes revolving which carry out the "off-cut" parts clear of the machine.
I place a revolving drum provided with rods in tubes which extend thereout to
take of such "off-cuts" from the endless tapes revolving and land them in heap
upon a table. The rods escape contact with the table by being withdrawn within
the tubes within the drum.
10. Means to divide parts of the sheets from the rolls and sub-divide such parts,
after the sheets from the several rolls of paper shall have been gathered together
they are lipped in between a drum with knives and a roller covered with a flexible
material and which the knives press the paper against-and by reason of lateral
motion being given to the knives they make the "cut-off."
12. Means to drive the machine. I use conical pulley wheels on shafting of
engine and also on one or several moving cylinders of the machine, with clutch on
engine shafting to throw on or off the gearing.
13. Means to lift inking rollers out of contact with cylinders-From a shafting at
each side of the machine I suspend over each cylinder a plate, smooth on its surface,
and with oblong square holes in which I place the square ends of a bar to move
within the oblong square holes up & down only in the plates. I hang a second
plate out of each of the plates suspended-in which I make oval holes in which I
move the spindles of the inking rollers and out of a third plate hung on the 2nd plate
other holes for the distribution.
15. Means in the production of inking rollers.--I cover them with gutta-percha
or india rubber and for the wavers construct a means by which they receive
lateral motion from contact with other rollers.
16. Means to place journals in bearings.—I use ball bearings wherever practical-
for cylinders drum cutters,-wavers,-drum "take offs," &c.
17. Means to lubricate and reduce friction.-I use tubular arrangement to
convey oil.
18. Printing cylinders are mounted in blocks that are in line with each other
and move on the frame of the machine-they are provided with water troughs

page_text: underneath them-these troughs are adjustable to rise & lower as necessity
requires. The cylinders are plated galvanized silvered or gilt and the troughs
galvanized or otherwise protected.
19. I give the impression from any part of the machine-each support block is
moved to or from the other by eccentrics on shaft. I provide between each pair of
cylinders two incline plates reversed to each other and by which I widen or shorten
the space between the cylinders.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printing Machines, and in Gumming, Cutting, Hot
or Cold Pressing and Folding Apparatus to be used in connection
therewith.
HENRY SHAW Printer 216 Southwark Bridge Road in the Borough of Southwark
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this invention is to produce with great rapidity printed matter on
paper or other fabric, to fold, hot or cold press and cover it with outer wrapper, or
insert within its fold a supplementary sheet or sheets.
To damp the paper-
The roll of paper from the mill is placed upon an endless cloth which revolves on
(Fig. 12. b b) upon the roll (a) is placed an empty spindle (P) and the end of the
sheet of the roll is made fast to the empty spindle by water only the sheet as it
passes from the roll (a) to the spindle (4) is damped by a diffuser (Fig. 12 k³)
motion is given to the rollers (66) from the engine shafting should any imperfec-
tion appear in the mill roll or any break junction must be made good by means of
thin gummed paper, pasted between to stick the parts together but no lapping of
the paper should be made.
One or more of the remade rolls are now placed severally in position each on
their support rollers (Fig. 1. b) and give out their sheets respectively to one or
more cylinders or pairs of printing cylinders (c) and as the sheet paper from the
roll to the cylinder it goes over a pair of tell tale rollers (1) the purport of which is
to give timely notice of any variation in the speed of the roll of paper with the
speed of the cylinder the sheet passes between the first impression roller (Fig. 1. g)
and the cylinder (c) then over an adjusting roller (Fig. 1. k.) and down between
second impression roller (c). Underneath the adjusting roller (k) is a diffuser (³)
the purport of which is to diffuse water on the adjusting roller and prevent set-off
ink on the second impression roller.
By another arrangement I pass the sheet from the adjustment roller across the
second cylinder (c) treating it as a single cylinder with an impression roller in place
of the ink dock roller and so repeat sheets which are only to be printed on one
side that is down between the second cylinder and an impression roller to take its
place with other sheets to be gummed &c. or up to and over another roller and
across the first cylinder of the second pair of support blocks when the sheet may
pass as already named or otherwise.
When printing from sheets of zinc on cylinders the impression rollers may be
dispensed with as the zinc sheets against which each side of the sheet is pressed are
equivalent to impression rollers themselves more particularly when a thick paper is
used, the sheets pass on guide rollers to the gumming troughs (Fig. 5 e³) which are
mounted on a frame which is moved up and down from the paper to be gummed
whereby that part only of each sheet shall be gummed.
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There must be as many troughs as there are sheets to gum each fitted with two

page_text: rollers, one immersed in the gum and one on the top of the trough on or around
which endless tapes or threads revolve and over which the sheet is passed.
The sheets after they shall have passed from their several printing cylinders are
passed respectively through their respective hot or cold pressing rollers being
simultaneously deffused with water any excess of which is absorbed by suitable
absorbing roller.
The sheets being gummed are collated and placed in contact, sheet over sheet,
and pinched between a pair of rollers (Fig. 5) which divide the sheets in lengths
and also under a drum cutter (Fig. 13 ) which cut or cross cut the several lengths
into parts which parts are passed on to a movable frame (Fig. 5 m³) which frame
is provided with movable and fixed frames (m³ & n³) which frames are provided
- with speed rollers (o') and at the further ends of frames (m³) an up & down move-
ment is given, the purport of which is to make delivery of the parts of sheets,
alternately to two fixed frames (n²) and from which the parts are transmitted to
other movable frames (m³) and a like repetition to the fixed frames until the parts
are placed upon the folding table (p³) where they get folded by folding sticks (*).
The up and down movement of the movable frame (m³) is obtained from one or
other of the axles of the printing cylinders above them. To tape and thread the
rollers of the movable & fixed frames (m³ & n³) no single endless tape or thread
travels round more than two rollers, as for instance the first movable frame, (m²)
which takes the cut off parts from off the flexible band (1) shew three endless
threads one from the speed roller (o³) to the and round the small roller near the
flexible band (4) another round the same speed roller and the small rollers on the
end which rises & falls and the other thread round the two small rollers which are
on the top of the two small rollers already provided for the same method throughout
all the rollers is adopted and the tapes or threads must travel on rollers which are
grooved.
By another arrangement I take off the sheets from the cylinders by using a
revolving drum Fig. 7. along the axle (²) of which I place several rows of iron
tubes fixed to the axle-in each tube I place an iron rod and I move the rods into
and without the tubes as follows: Round each and every tube in a row is wound
insulated copper wire which wire is continuous from one tube to another along the
axle in the same row only-one end of the wire is connected to the iron drum, and
the other and to a copper stud which is carefully insulated from the druin. One
wire is connected from a dynamo with the drum by a metal brush pressing on the
drum shaft or axle-the other wire is connected to an arc of copper which presses
against the studs in turn as the drum revolves opposite that part where the rods are
to be drawn in so as to pass the table on which the sheet is laid—this copper stud
is fixed to the framing of the machine but is insulated from it. Then on the stud
making contact with the arc of copper on the frame it will complete the circuit
round the row of tubes and cause the rods to be drawn in by magnetism, and when
the contact is broken again a spiral spring inside the tube will push the rod out
again the rods having passed the table on which the paper is laid fall forward from
the tube.
The (Fig. 7 o) is the axle of the drum (10³) the tube (2²) the rod (2³) the
arm from the machine having endless tapes round small pulley (y) at end of
arm and on which arm- -the several parts of the sheets come the cutters.
Rolls of paper are mounted on frames (Fig. 2) on rail (2) with a screw-
jack (v) and placed on rolls in reserve, their sheets to be attached to the sheet
of the expiring roll, the end of which will leave its spindle without being torn-
it not having been affixed to the spindle with anything more than water.
From the frame is an extended table (7) on which is placed a small roll of
thin gummed paper, perforated, so to break off in slips from its roll-the
arm (w) with a small roller thereon holds the end of the sheet of the roll down
upon the extended table with the slip of thin paper affixed to it and ready to
be also fixed to the end of the sheet of the expiring roll, and on which being

page_text: done-the arm (w) is thrown up and the reserved roll comes into play. The
old spindle is put to one side and the screw-jack places the new roll on to the
support roller. By another arrangement I place a support roller on each of the pair
of support blocks and on each of which I place a roll of paper, one of the rolls to
be in action whilst the other is in reserve. I place the rolls in a position face to
face that is to uncoil their respective sheets towards each other, whereby the sheet
of one may be the more readily affixed to the sheet of the other, or otherwise as
may be more suitable.
A supplementary sheet is inserted within the folds of two other sheets while they
are being printed (Fig. 9 c*).
By another arrangement to "take off" the sheet from the printing cylinder I
remake it into roll I place a spindle in a suitable position, and attach to it the first
end of the sheet which has passed the printing cylinder I give motion to the spindle
and by means of a speed cone or pulley on the shafting of the engine regulate the
speed of its "take off." I place in order the several re-made rolls-collate their
sheets the one over the other and pass them, en block, to be cut and placed as
already described, on the movable frame.
The folding stick (Fig. 5. ³) receives motion from the movable frame. The
stick is fixed to a rod at an angle and placed parallel to the sheets or parts of sheet
to be folded-the rod is in connection with a lever, the fulcrum on which it rests
gives the pitch motion is given to the lever by an electro magnet as follows-I
place an electro magnet in a suitable position to attract an armature fixed on the
lever, the return motion is had by a spring or weight. The electro contact
working magnet is made by the movable frame-or by one of the printing cylinders
on which I place spring speeds which come into contact with a speed on the machine
framing and which speed is in connection with a dynamo. By another arrangement
motion is given to the folding stick by the alternating movement of the movable
frame (Fig. 5 m³) in contact with an arm in connection with the rod on which the
rod is placed and counterbalanced for its return by a spring or weight.
Two sheets are passed together through a pair of cylinders and each printed on
one side only. The roll of paper from which two sheets (together) shall be taken
must be prepared for such purpose. I prefer taking a sheet from each of two rolls,
and placing the sheets to follow and run them through the pair of printing
cylinders.
Wrappers or covers on coloured paper or otherwise are obtained by passing them
as first sheets on the first pair of printing cylinders. Support blocks are moved
on the framing of the machine (Fig. 10. h) on ball bearings in grooves or channels.
Each pair of support blocks comprise all the requisite appliances for printing both
sides of a sheet of paper. It may be worked as two single cylinder machine singly,
(adding intermediate gearing wheel), or together, as are worked on perfecting
machines. Two or more pair may be momentarily coupled together and the
sheets from each placed together and passed through gumming and cutting
apparatus and folded together.
One pair of cylinders may be clothed and printed from in zincography and the
others from stereotype electrotype or process blocks as letter press. Any amount
of ink docks are supplied to each cylinder or any amount or variety of ink may be,
momentarily, applied. The printing cylinders are each severally mounted on
support blocks, journalled on ball bearings-(Fig. 10. . a) the impression rollers
as also the ink dock rollers (9) (h) are severally journalled in cases on ball
bearings (t) which move in spaces cut out for them in the support block-behind.
which cases are adjusting plates or wedges (u) in one to regulate the impression
& in the other to make space to run the machine for inking up purposes without
running the paper.
Water troughs are provided (Fig. 1. e) wherewith to wet the cylinders, wash up
electro plates or silver the cylinders, or for transferring purposes-they support the
absorbing rollers (Fig. 1. *) and diffusers (½³) and are themselves supported or

page_text: suspended by chains from a shaft which is supported on arms from the support
blocks, and these troughs are excellent counterpoise weights to the lifting roller
apparatus which is also suspended from the same shaft (Fig. 1 m).
The several holes (Fig. 10 a³ b c d³e) are holes for the distributing ink rollers
and the holes for the ink docks and keys to work the ink docks and supports on
which the key is supported-(a³ & b³) are concentric wheels in combination with
eccentric wheels, their use is to move each support block of a pair of support blocks
to & from each other, and every pair of support blocks to & from each other pair.
Motion is given to the concentric wheel by a shaft (Fig. 4) on which a barrel (³)
moves having thereon a worm thread. The thread works the concentric wheel and
it gives motion to the eccentric wheel (a³). The barrel is chambered in the
support block-and is rotated by the square shaft which moves in the square of the
barrel shaft with shaft of each support block is coupled along the entire length of
the machine-and motion may be applied at any part and which motion will
produce an impingement of each impression roller upon its cylinder and vice versa
take off the impression.
Behind the case in which the impression roller is journalled are two incline plates
or wedges placed, their incline surfaces reversed to each other, and by moving
which plates from or to each other accurate adjustment of pressure on the cylinder
is obtained irrespective of the pressure given on other cylinders.
(Fig. 11 c) is a section of the printing cylinder and (m³) the distributing
rollers (n) the waver rollers, and (h) the distributing or ink dock roller which is
geared to run with the cylinder but does not otherwise touch it (0*) ink docks
(p³) key to work the ink dock, (7) support for the key. The rollers upon the cylinder
and to which references are not given will be treated for in next paragraph.
These distributing rollers and wavers never touch the cylinders and are lifted out
of contact with each other only when the machine is left at rest. The frame in
which they are journalled or fixed is movable so far as to simply keep the rollers
out of contact with each other.
The lifting roller frame apparatus is altogether a distinct mechanism from the
lifter roller frame of those rollers named distributers & wavers and which are
placed one side of the cylinder,-it, the lifting roller frame consists of three
plates (Fig. 8 d. d. d) two of which are amply sufficient for ordinary work. Each
plate has holes for their respective rollers & holes through which to pass to get to
holes of middle & back plates.
The uppermost plate, the holes in which are for the supplementary distributing
rollers and which are only required in extra fine work is suspended by chains from
the shaft (Fig. 1. o). The middle plate-the holes in which are for the shafts
on which the waver barrels move-hang out of it. The third plate for the inkers
or rollers which come into immediate contact with the cylinder and are geared to
run with it hang out of the middle plate all three plates move on each others
surfaces and are provided with means which prevent the rollers below them being
unduly pressed upon.
The ink dock or docks (Fig. 16. t³ ³)—s³ a pipe (or vessel) closed at the far
end is the vessel or pipe into which the ink is forced by gravity (t³) are barrels
placed over the pipe its entire length-& which barrels are consecutively numbered
(u) is a plate which is in the nature of a shield, all the above mentioned parts
have slotted holes and as a barrel is turned the ink is given or withheld. To adjust
the barrels a key (p) is brought into contact with the cogs on the barrel which
requires adjustment, the support (*) on which the key bears on the shaft of the key
has also numbers corresponding figures to those on the barrels. The tap (³) shuts
off or on the ink to the pipe and enables a change of ink to take place. The
reservoir is a vessel (Fig. 6 5³) on end, it is turned dead true on the inside and is
provided with a piston cover which descends into the reservoir as the ink is decanted
from it-the piston cover is made of an impervious material & cup leathered. I
prefer using cups of vulcanised fibre A pipe (u³) to take the ink to the dock. The

page_text: Ink 18 pumped into the reservoir and the movable airtight cover will rise in the
reservoir to admit the ink thereto.
Waver barrel rollers are made as follows Upon a fixed shaft (Fig. 15 64) I fix a
collar or one or more collars (9) divided in two parts to form a channel between
the two parts. (e) in the channel I traverse a speed (*) which is pivotted to a
barrel a from the inside. I fit up the chamber with ball bearings on which the
barrel journals (*) screw heads to fasten the collar to the shaft-as the barrel
inker rotates by contact it also shows lateral motion-from the speed traversing the
channel.
The drum cutter is formed to hold a number of knives around its circum-
ference (Fig 13 ³) it revolves on a flexible material (made endless) on two
rollers (P). The stops (w³) in which knives are placed & which knives move
laterally on their coming in contact with a projection fixed on the side of the
machine (3). The knives are kept from falling out by that part of the knife under
a shoulder or plate (y) on the drum. Friction wheels are moved on the shoulder
or plate to ease the motion of the knife. There is also a friction wheel on the end of
the knife.
The "absorbing" rollers.-To absorb from the zinc on the cylinder or other
revolving rollers any excess of wet-I coat or cover them with vulcanised
fibre.
The impression and impression rollers I coat or cover with vulcanised fibre.
The inking rollers I cover with vulcanised fibre.
The zinc plates zinc types & other plates I fasten to the cylinder or flat surface
by first coating them at the back of the plate and near to their edges with a line
of impervious gluten all round & I then place the zinc sheet upon the cylinder,
& through a hole made from the surface of the cylinder I withdraw the air from
between the two metals-by tubular arrangements I bring many of the holes to a
main tube and apply my exhaust apparatus to it.
To prepare zinc sheets for transferring to on printing cylinders I place a solution
of fine sand and water in the troughs (Fig. 1.) and run the cylinders through until
the surface of the zinc presents a dull greyish color. After which I clear out all
sand & water and rince thoroughly with copious supply of water by running the
cylinder lower and drain off the water from the troughs and dry up and put in
your solutions in the proportions suggested 100 parts chlorate of zinc 25 parts
tetrachloride of tin 2 parts of nitric acid' and hydrochloric acid & 1200 parts of
water-then raise the troughs & bring the solutions into contact with the surfaces
of the zinc sheet & move slowly round until you find the surface of the plate has
combined with the solutions-drain off & preserve whatever remains of the
solution for future re-coating-wash up with a plentyful supply of warm water and
thoroughly dry the surface of the zinc before you make any transfer of the print
writing or illustration to it. Transfers are readily made to both cylinders at the
one time by drawing down the end of the sheet from the roll and making it taut
between the two cylinders-then placing the transfers on to both sides of the sheet
which may be passed through slowly-and in the case of large cylinders--and using
great care-transfering may be made with and with-when the entire of the
transfers are put on the cylinder-raise the troughs & run the machine until the
refuse has cleared off from the surface of the plate then proceed to fix and prepare
the zinc in the ordinary way to print from.
I utilize the troughs (Fig. 1. e) to plate silver or gild the surface of the cylinders
and protect them from the action of other metals.
I utilize the diffuser in all and every case where there is a tendency of set-off
ink appearing upon any part of the work.
Cylinders are mounted each on a support block which support block is provided
with all the appliances of a single cylinder machine, and may be worked as such
and two or more cylinders similarly mounted and all running in the one direction
each independent of the others and each supplied with paper from rolls suitably
placed above them, and the paper as it is printed may be placed together and cut
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page_text: into parts and otherwise dealt with. But such single cylinder support blocks are
only provided with the appliances to print on one side of the paper-to print on
two sides of the paper there must be to each single cylinder support block another
support block added, the cylinder of which moves in an opposite direction-thus
forming a double machine or what is known as a perfecting printing machine ergo
a machine by which both sides of the sheets are printed at the one time-a support
block fitted to more a cylinder in one direction, may easily be altered so that the
cylinder may move in the opposite direction, thus 12 single cylinder machines may
be altered by the machine minder and made into 6 double cylinder machines-all
that is required is to transpose the inking rollers to the side of the cylinder where
the impression rollers were, and vice versa the impression rollers to the side of the
cylinder which held the inking rollers-either of which are fitted with cases alike
to each other.
The driving pulley wheel on the shafting of the engine is conical and of
sufficient length along the shafts as will afford a margin wherewith the speed of
the machine may be run fast or slow-upon each of the cylinders which move in
one direction, I place a conical pulley, and I belt each cylinder pulley with the
shaft pulley on the engine by placing belt over belt (Fig. 18). By similarly
treating the printing cylinders which move in the opposite direction and causing
the one series of belts to act in unison with the other series of belts uniform action
would be obtained--and the strain upon the cylinders' gearing (proper) would be
infinitesimal, so that a machine comprising 12 pair of support blocks would throw
off a million copies of a newspaper the size of The Times in a few hours' time
The cylinders are doubly geared to run with each other and their intermediary
impression and ink dock rollers and such supplementary rollers that may be required
to make a change in the direction the cylinders would be necessary to travel.
The frame of the machine is of sufficient length to admit the support blocks to be
parted from each other to enable the machine minder to get between them for
temporary purposes repairs & lubricating the parts. By means of a clutch fixed
at either end of the framing, or at any part or parts thereof any number of support
blocks may be kept taut with each other and worked independently of the
remainder on the same frame-the support blocks run on ball bearings in a channel
or channels in the framing (Fig. 10. f. h).
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

page_text: pass their several sheets to two or more cylinders respectively-to be printed on as
described.
14. For the method to interleave a sheet of paper within other sheets as
described.
15. For the method to pass two sheets of paper together through a pair of
cylinders and print on each the one side only as described.
16. For the method to place a coloured or plain cover on a folded sheet or
sheets as described.
17. For the method to make fast a sheet of paper from a roll in reserve to the
sheet of an expiring roll as described.
17. For the frame with screw jack as described.
18. For the method to fold one or more sheets of paper as described.
184. For the folder stick as described.
19. For the method to keep the sheet en route from the printing cylinders to
the movable frame taut, as described.
20. For the method to carry the sheet of paper from the cylinders to the folding
table as described.
21. For the method to give notice by automatic "tell tale" of the over or under
reaming of the reel of paper as described.
22. For the method to remedy the over or under running of the rolls of paper
as described.
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23. For the method to place the sheet of paper at rest while the machine is
"inking up" the rollers as described.
24. For the method to place rolls of paper in reserve to take the place of
expiring rolls of paper, as described.
25. For the method to prevent set-off ink on paper or rollers as described.
26. The drum cutter as described.
27. The movable frames, as described.
28. The drum "take off" as described.
29. The use of hot and cold pressing rollers as described.
30. The method to repair and rejoin the sheets in paper as described.
31. The method to pinch the several sheets together which come from the
gumming troughs, as described.
324. The pair of pinching rollers as described.
32. The frame in which I place the gumming troughs as described.
33. For the thin slip of gummed paper as described.
34. For the support block as described.
35. For the method to move the support blocks as described.
35. The concentric & eccentric wheels as described.
35B. The barrel & the worm thread thereon as described.
36. The method to adjust the forme on cylinder as described.
36. The two incline planes as described.
37. The method to journal impression & ink dock rollers in cases as described.
38. The method to change the printing cylinder from being one of a pair of
printing cylinders to be a single printing cylinder as described.
39. The water troughs as described.
40. The lifting roller apparatus as described.
41. The waver barrel roller as described.
42. The ink dock apparatus as described.
43. The reservoir for ink as described.
44. The method to fasten zinc & other plates on cylinders as described.
45. For the method to fix stereotype plates electroplates and process blocks and
zinc sheets or plates to cylinders & flat surfaces as described.
46. For the method to drive the machine by the use of conical pulley as
described.
47. The use of a water diffuser as described.
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vulcanised fibre as described.
49. The method to take out of contact with each other the inking distributing
rollers as described.
50. The frame of the machine as described.
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51. The method to print from sheets of zinc without using impression rollers
as described.
52. The method to give motion to the folding stick as described.
53. The folding stick as described.
54. The frame on which to damp the roll of paper on as described.
55. The arrangement of the distributing rollers with ink dock roller as
described (Fig. 11).
56. The method to thread or tape the movable frame as described.
57. The two incline plates reversed to each other as described.
58. The method to give motion to the "take off" drum (Fig. 7) as described.
59. The method of preparing zinc plates in combination with the troughs e
shewn in Fig. 1 as described.
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