IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND MARKING LENGTHS OF PAPER HANGINGS
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Lightbown, of Pendleton, in the County
of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND
APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND MARKING LENGTHS OF PAPER HANGINGS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Lightbown at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 9th February 1871.
I, HENRY LIGHTBOWN, of Pendleton, in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND MARKING LENGTHS OF PAPER
HANGINGS," to be as follows:
The Invention relates to machinery and apparatus for measuring and
marking off the lengths or "pieces" of paper hangings or wall paper as
it issues from the printing machine in a continuous strip, and consists
in giving motion to a train of spur gearing from the main drum or bowl
of the machine which effects the marking and measuring of the paper
accurately at certain distances as follows:-On the shaft of the bowl or

page_text: drum I fix a pinion gearing into a double pinion which gives motion to
the spur wheel, around the inside edge of this spur wheel a series of
pins or fingers (say, six for example) is screwed (the said pins or fingers
varying in number and distance apart according to the length of pieces
required). Above this train of spur gearing and across the machine a
horizontal bar or rod is fixed upon which is keyed near the centre an
inclined projecting prong or lever the end of which is provided with an
inking pad made of sponge or other absorbent material, at the end of
this bar another lever is fixed hanging nearly perpendicular (thus
forming as it were a kind of bell-crank lever).
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-Upon every sixth of a
revolution of the spur wheel one of the projecting pins thereon will come
into contact with the lower lever, throwing it back a little and causing
the other lever containing the inked pad to be depressed upon the paper,
thus stamping and measuring the length of every "piece" ready to be
severed or cut as it issues over the main drum or bowl in a continuous
strip. The end lever on the bar is brought back and held in position
after each stamping action by means of a spring ready for a repetition of
the action.
The ink is supplied to the ink pad through an india-rubber pipe or
other similar contrivance connected to a can of ink suspended from the
ceiling or above the machine in order that the ink may flow through the
pipe more freely, the india-rubber pipe is supplied with a cock or tap
for turning the ink off and on as required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Lightbown in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 9th August 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
LIGHTBOWN, of Pendleton, in the County of Lancaster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry Lightbown, Her special license,

page_text: that I, the said Henry Lightbown, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Lightbown, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and all times thereafter during the term therein ex-
pressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND
APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND MARKING LENGTHS OF PAPER HANGINGS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Lightbown, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Lightbown, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, and accompanying Drawings (that is to
say) :-
The Invention relates to machinery and apparatus for measuring and
marking off the lengths or "pieces" of paper hangings or wall paper
as it issues from the printing machine in a continuous strip, and consists
in giving motion to a train of spur gearing from the main shaft of the
drum or bowl of the machine, which effects the measuring and marking
of the paper accurately at certain distances into lengths or pieces as
follows:-
On the shaft of the bowl or drum I fix a pinion gearing into a double
pinion, which gives motion to a spur wheel, around the inside edge of
this spur wheel a series of pins or fingers equidistant from each other,
(say six for example) is screwed, (the said pins or fingers varying in
number and distance apart according to the length of piece required).
Above this train of spur gearing and across the machine a horizontal
bar or rod is fixed, upon which is keyed near the centre an inclined
projecting prong or lever the end of which is provided with an inking
pad made of sponge or other absorbent material, at the end of this bar
another lever is fixed hanging nearly perpendicular (thus forming as it
were a kind of bell-crank lever).

page_text: Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "Improve-
ments in Machinery and Apparatus for Measuring and Marking Lengths
of Paper Hangings," I will now proceed to describe more in detail the
manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly understood
I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and
have marked the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding
with those in the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 in the annexed Drawing is a side elevation; and Fig. 2 a
back view of my improved apparatus. a, a, is part of the frame of a
machine for printing paper hangings; and b, b, is the main drum or
bowl of the machine. Upon the axle of this main drum I key a
spur pinion c, c, driving a spur wheel d, d, by means of intermediate
wheels e, e.
The inner face of this spur wheel d, d, carries a series of
projecting pins f, f, which act at intervals upon a lever g, g, keyed upon
one end of the bar or shaft h, h, extending across the machine. At
or near the centre is a second lever i, i, carrying an inking pad k, k,
and at the other end of the bar or shaft is a third lever 1, 1. The
levers g, g, and 7, 1, are provided with helical springs m, m, which
counteracting each other hold the pad k, k, in the position shown in
Fig. 1, excepting at the time when the lever g, g, is acted upon by one
of the pins ff, on the wheel d, d. The inking pad is supplied with
ink by means of a flexible tube n, n, connecting it to a can o, o,
containing the ink or marking fluid and provided with a regulating
tap p, p.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-Upon every sixth of a
revolution or at the completion of every divisional section of the spur
wheel d, d, one of the projecting pins f, f, thereof will come into
contact with the lower lever 9, 9, pressing it upwards and subjecting
the spring m thereto attached to considerable tension, which tension is
the means of sending the inking pad k, k, forward upon the paper
passing through the machine the moment the lever g is liberated from
the action of the pin as it slides away beyond it, thus stamping and
measuring the length of every "piece" (ready to be afterwards severed
or cut) as it issues over the main drum or bowl b, b, in a continuous
strip. The levers and inking pad are brought back and held in position
after each stamping action by means of the springs m, m, ready for a
repetition of the action.

page_text: If it be required to register the number of "pieces" passed through the
machine each movement of the inking pad or other working part
may be caused to act upon a lever connected to an ordinary registering
apparatus.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention
for "Improvements in Machinery and Apparatus for Measuring and
Marking Lengths of Paper Hangings," together with the manner in
which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention the
obtaining of the motion of such machinery from the drum shaft, and
the general construction and arrangement of the machinery and
apparatus for such purpose as shown in the Drawing annexed and
herein-before described, or any mere modification or imitation thereof,
constructed and operating on substantially the same or a similar
manner.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Lightbown, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one.
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Witnessed by
GEORGE DAVIES, C.E.,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
HENRY LIGHTBOWN. (L.s.)