IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO WEB-PRINTING AND FOLDING MACHINES FOR DELIVERING AND PROVISIONAL SPFICATION
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Sowler and Walter Pattison both of Manchester
in the County of Lancaster for an Invention of IMPROVED APPARATUS TO
BE APPLIED TO WEB-PRINTING AND FOLDING MACHINES FOR DELIVERING AND
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Sowler and Walter
Pattison at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th November
1882.
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THOMAS SOWLER and WALTER PATTISON both of Manchester in the County of
Lancaster IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO WEB-PRINTING AND FOLDING
MACHINES FOR DELIVERING AND COUNTING NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PRINTED
SHEETS
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This invention relates to an improved construction of that part of a web printing
and folding machine which delivers the printed and folded papers whereby they
are counted into dozens as they are delivered, and thus labor is saved and mistakes
in counting are prevented.
In carrying out our improvement we cut a slot in the ordinary "fly board"
facing the "fly" which delivers the folded papers and on the top of this slot we
mount a half round box or upright plate curved in a semi cylindrical form and so
arranged as to be capable of being pushed along the slot as the "fly" delivers the
folded papers one after the other against its curved surface.
The fly consists of four bars working backwards and forwards so that when the
folded paper is delivered in front of the "fly" the latter advances and presses the
paper against the half round box which is thus pushed along the slot the thickness
of one "copy" each time the "fly" presses against it. A weight bangs below the
board to each fly" which keeps the half round box in its place and allows it to
give and take to the pressure of the "fly."
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The "fly board" is mounted upon wheels or casters and is so connected to the
counter" that after the delivery of a dozen copies it is moved sideways about

page_text: two or three inches and that after the delivery of the second dozen it is returned
to its original position and so on so that each dozen is caused to overlap about two
or three inches first to the right and then to the left so that they are ready at once
for the publishing room.
The fly board" is worked by a ratchet wheel and cam motion, the wheel moves
one tooth for each folded copy which is delivered and the form of the cam is such
that it gives the required side motion to the "fly board" at each dozen copies.
The ratchet motion may be connected to any suitable moving part of the folding
machine which will cause it to take up one tooth of the wheel for each copy
delivered and it will of course be understood that if required the same apparatus
may be made to count the copies into tens, twenties, or other divisions by using a
ratchet wheel with a suitable number of teeth.
The advantages of this invention are that an ordinary web printing and folding
machine delivering twenty two thousand copies of four page papers per hour
requires about five or six hands to attend to the "flying" and counting of the
papers, and by the use of our invention one boy will be able to do the same work
as the five or six hands above mentioned and absolute accuracy of counting will be
ensured.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Sowler and Walter Pattison in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 15th May 1883.
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THOMAS SOWLER and WALTER PATTISON both of Manchester in the County of
Lancaster "IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO WEB-PRINTING AND FOLDING
MACHINES FOR DELIVERING AND COUNTING NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PRINTED.
SHEETS
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This invention relates to an improved construction of that part of a web-printing.
& folding machine which delivers printed and folded papers whereby they are.
counted into dozens and delivered each copy straight one with the other by which
labor is saved and mistakes in counting and prevented
Such being the nature and object of our said Invention we will now proceed to
describe 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
we 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.
In the annexed drawings the invention is shown as applied to what is known as.
a "Victory web printing and folding machine."
Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse section of the delivery portion of the folding end
of the machine with our invention shown as applied thereto.
Fig 2. is a front elevation of a portion of the folding machine, and
Fig. 3. is a plan view of part of the flyboard and fly.
a, a is a portion of the main frame and b, à is the fly board.
In carrying out this improvement a slot c, c is cut in the ordinary fly board b, b
of the folding machine facing the fly d, d which delivers the folded sheets, and on
the top of this slot is mounted a half round box or upright curved plate e, e; the
curve tending to strengthen the thinnest paper used, each copy thus remains
upright when delivered. The half round box or curved plate e, e is so arranged as
to be capable of being pushed along the slot c, c as the fly d, d delivers the folded
papers against it (see Fig. 1.)
The fly d, d consists of four bars working backwards and forwards and when the
folded papers are delivered in front of the fly d, d it advances and presses the papers.
against the half round box e, e which is pushed along the slot c, c the thickness of
one paper each time. A weight f, f attached to the half round box e, e hangs below
the board b, b to each fly, and keeps the half round box e, e in position but allows
it to give way and take pressure off the fly.
The fly board b, b is mounted on wheels or runners g, g and is so connected to
the counter (as hereinafter described) that after the delivery of a dozen copies (or
as many as may be required) it moves to one side about two or three inches, and
after the delivery of the second number of copies returns to its original position so
that each dozen or other required number is caused to overlap about two or three
inches to the right or to the left as shown by the diagram Fig. 4; and they are then
ready counted for the publishing room.
The fly board b, 6 is worked by a ratchet wheel h, h ratchet lever i, i cam k, k
and cam lever 1, . The wheel h, h moves one tooth for each folded copy delivered.
The form of the cam k, k (see Fig. 2) is such that it gives the required side motion
to the fly board b, b one way, and remains until the dozen is counted, when it is
returned to its original position by the pressure of a spiral spring m, m.
When the By board b, b is moving to either side it carries the fly bars d, d and

page_text: their shaft with it. The ratchet lever i, i may be connected to any suitable
moving part of the folding machine which will cause it to take up one tooth of the
wheel h, h for each copy delivered (in the drawing it is shown as driven from the
swing bar shaft n, n) and it will of course be understood that if required the same
apparatus may be made to count any required number of copies by taking off one
ratchet wheel and putting on another with a suitable number of teeth.
We would here remark that the same effect may be produced without moving
the fly board by employing the same or similar mechanism to act upon the stops
against which the papers receive their last fold but one, so that they are counted
and caused to overlap at this point before reaching the fly instead of afterwards.
The advantages of this invention are, that whereas ordinary web printing and
folding machines delivering even as many as twenty thousand folded papers per
hour, require about five or six hands to attend to the flying and counting.
of the papers, whilst by the use of this invention one boy will be able to do the
same work as the five or six hands, and more absolute accuracy of counting will be
insured.
Having now described the nature and object of our said Invention together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical [sic] We wish it to be understood that we claim as our Invention the
improved apparatus hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings annexed,
or any other equivalent device whereby the fly board and fly or the stops are
caused automatically to make a sideways movement before or after the delivery of
each dozen or other required number of sheets substantially as described so as to
deliver the sheets ready counted for the publishing room.
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i In witness whereof we the said Thomas Sowler and Walter Pattison have
hereunto set our hands and seals this Eleventh day of May in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three
THU. DOWLER
(L.S.)
WALTER PATTISON (L.S.):