An Apparatus for Pasting Newspaper Wrappers and other articles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 17th June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Pasting Newspaper Wrappers and other articles.
I, DAVID WALLACE COLLINS, of 1522, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States of America, Minister and Editor, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention, while applicable as a pasting apparatus for other purposes, is
more particularly designed to be used for applying the paste to newspaper and other
like wrappers and to aid in packing the papers in wrappers, and it will be here
described accordingly.
The invention consists in a novel device or apparatus for automatically supplying
the paste and laying it on the part of each wrapper to be pasted, and in certain
constructions and combinations of details in such a device substantially as herein-
after described and by means of which much labor is saved, the papers or other
printed matter put up in wrappers with greater ease, rapidity, and accuracy, and
other advantages obtained.
The paste is contained in a pan which is of a length or a little more than the
length of the width of the wrappers to be pasted but which otherwise may be of
any suitable dimensions and is made to taper downward at its sides the lower
margins of which are turned in and a discharge opening made in the bottom of the
pan of the length, or thereabout, of the pan and of a width to furnish a film of
paste, or whatever the adhesive material may be, to or in excess of the widest area
of wrapper-margin to be pasted.
Within the bottom of the pan is soldered or secured a second bottom having a
series of perforations in it over the discharge opening in the lower bottom of the
pan.
By this combination of the perforated upper bottom and longitudinally-apertured
lower bottom, the paste, which may be thickened or thinned to secure a proper
flow, is automatically delivered in a thin unbroken or perfect film to the pasting
margin of the wrapper lying underneath it, but to more perfectly regulate the flow
of the paste to the wrapper to suit large or small wrappers and to altogether shut
off the flow when required-as, for instance, when replacing one pile of wrappers
for a fresh pile-l apply to the underside of the pan a hand slide which may have
its ends turned up to slide in creases or grooves in the ends of the pan and which
has a longitudinal slot or opening in it preferably of lesser width than the opening
in the bottom of the pan, and accordingly as this slide is adjusted the width of the
discharge for the paste is increased or diminished, or by adjusting it to wholly close
the opening the flow is wholly shut off.
The pan with its attachments, is hung or supported by projections on its ends to
freely rise and fall within upright slotted standards secured at their base to a board
of any convenient size; in this way the pan or its attached slide is made to rest
upon and to follow down the pile of wrappers as they are consecutively used up,
one at a time, in packing the papers.
The wrappers are introduced in a pile at their closing or pasting. marginal
portions over the board and underneath the pan, each succeeding pile consisting
of any suitable quantity of wrappers.
Each wrapper may be separately lifted by moistening the finger upon a damp
sponge and be drawn out from beneath the pan, suitable pressure being applied to
hold the remaining wrappers in the pile, and the paper or papers folded up in the
wrapper and the latter tabbed or directed in the usual or any suitable manner.
Ordinarily that is for light wrappers-the weight of the pan with its attach-
ments and contents will be sufficient to secure the necessary pressure on the upper

page_text: wrapper, but when thick or heavy wrappers are used then additional pressure may
be applied by means of weights or curved arms pivoted to the standards and
allowed to rest on the end projections of the pan, and which when not required may
be thrown over to the opposite sides or backs of the standards out of the way of
exerting any downward pressure on the pan; hand force if necessary may also be
applied to these curved arms or 'weights to give additional pressure.
Dated this 21st day of September 1891.
D. W. COLLINS,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Pasting Newspaper Wrappers and other articles.
I, DAVID WALLACE COLLINS of 1522, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States of America, Minister and Editor, 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, while applicable as a pasting apparatus for other purposes, is
more particularly designed to be used for applying the paste to newspaper and other
like wrappers and to aid in packing the papers in wrappers and it will here be
described accordingly.
The invention consists in a novel device or apparatus for automatically supplying
the paste and laying it on the part of each wrapper to be pasted and in certain
constructions and combinations of details in such a device, substantially as herein-
after described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.
By means of this invention much labor is saved and the papers or other printed
matter may be put up in wrappers with greater ease, rapidity, and accuracy; also
space is economized, and the whole operation is altogether cleanly, there being no
scattering or dropping of paste.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, in which
Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the apparatus applied to a pile of
newspaper wrappers.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same upon the line 2-2 in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan view thereof, and
Figure 4 is a view in perspective of a slide used to regulate the size of the paste
discharge opening or to shut off the flow of paste when required.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
A indicates a metal or other suitable pan for holding the paste and which is of a
length or a little more than the length of the width of the wrappers to be pasted.
Said pan otherwise may be of any suitable dimensions and is made to taper down-
wards at its sides, the lower margins of which are turned in and a discharge
opening made in the bottom of the pan of the length or thereabout of the pan and
of a width to furnish a film of paste, or whatever the adhesive material may be, to
or in excess of the widest area of wrapper margin to be pasted. Within the bottom
of the pan is soldered or secured a second bottom 8, of tin, brass, or other suitable
material, having a series of perforations c in it over the discharge opening b in the
lower bottom of the pan. By this combination of the perforated upper bottom_and
longitudinally-apertured lower bottom, the paste which may be thickened.or
thinned to secure a proper flow is automatically delivered in a thin unbroken or
perfect film to the pasting margin of the wrapper lying underneath it; but to more
perfectly regulate the flow of the paste to the wrapper to suit large or small
wrappers and to altogether shut off the flow when required as for instance when
replacing one pile of wrappers for a fresh pile-I apply to the under side of the
pan a hand slide B which may have its ends turned up to slide in creases or grooves

page_text: in the ends of the pan and which has a longitudinal slot or opening d in it preferably
of lesser width than the opening b in the bottom of the pan, and accordingly as this
slide is adjusted the width of the discharge for the paste is increased or diminished
or by adjusting it to wholly close the opening b the flow is wholly shut off. The
pan A with its attachments is hung or supported by projections e e on its ends to
freely rise and fall within upright slotted standards C C secured at their base by
screws or nails to a board D of any convenient size. In this way the pan or its
attached slide B is made to rest upon and to follow down the pile of wrappers E as
they are consecutively used up one at a time in packing the
are introduced in a pile at their closing or pasting marginal portions over the
papers. The wrappers
board D and underneath the pan, each succeeding pile consisting of any suitable
quantity of wrappers. Each wrapper may be separately lifted by the operator
moistening his finger upon a dampened sponge and be drawn out from beneath the
pan, suitable pressure being applied to hold the remaining wrappers in the pile and
the paper or papers folded up in the wrapper and the latter tabbed or directed in
the usual or any suitable manner.
Ordinarily that is for light wrappers-the weight of the pan with its attach-
ments and contents will be sufficient to secure the necessary pressure on the upper
wrapper, but when thick or heavy wrappers are used, then additional pressure may
be applied by means of weights or curved arms G pivoted, as at g, to the
standards CC and allowed to rest on the end projections e e of the pan and which
when not required may be thrown over to the opposite sides or backs of the
standards out of the way of exerting any downward pressure on the pan. Hand
force, if necessary, may also be applied to these curved arms or weights to give
additional pressure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a wrapper-paster, a pan adapted to contain the paste or adhesive material
within it having a longitudinally-apertured bottom and an inner bottom provided
with a series of perforations over the aperture in the lower bottom for operation
substantially as described.
2. In a wrapper-paster, the combination, with the paste-holding pan having a
longitudinally-apertured bottom and an inner bottom provided with a series of
perforations over the apertures in the lower bottom, of an adjustable paste-discharge
controlling slide arranged beneath the lower apertured bottom of the pan, essentially
as specified.
3. In a wrapper-paster, the combination, with the automatically-lowering pan
which holds and automatically supplies the paste to a pile of wrappers beneath one
at a time and the end standards adapted to guide said pan in its descent, of
adjustable arms or weights pivoted to the standards and adapted to throw
downward pressure on the pan or to be relieved from exerting pressure thereon as
required, essentially as set forth.
Dated this 17th day of June 1892.
D. W. COLLINS,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.