Improved Means of and Apparatus for Automatically Adjusting Sheets of Paper as they leave the Flyer of Printing Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 20th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 18th Dec., 1897
Improved Means of and Apparatus for Automatically Adjusting
Sheets of Paper as they leave the Flyer of Printing Machines.
I, WILLIAM HENRY CLEGG of 135, Brunshaw Road, Burnley, in the County of
Lancaster, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to mechanism for automatically adjusting the sheets
of paper as they leave the flyer of printing machines.
Four adjusting plates are employed, two being stationary, and two movable.
The two stationary plates are each provided with a bracket adjustably secured by
set or thumb screws to two stationary bars fixed to the table of the machine at right
angles to each other. The said stationary adjusting plates are therefore capable of
being adjusted inwardly or outwardly at right angles to each other.
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The two remaining or movable adjusting plates are so arranged as to be
simultaneously operated from one source, and in such a manner that as one of the
said adjusting plates is beating up the sheets of paper in position, the other adjusting
plate is withdrawn in readiness for the next "beat up, each having an alternate
movement. For this purpose, they are both mounted on one diagonal or inclined
sliding bar, which moves in brackets, secured to the table of the machine, and is
reciprocated by a connecting rod, actuated by a crank on the flyer shaft of the printing
machine, or from any convenient source. The holder brackets, by which the
adjusting plates are secured to this inclined or diagonal sliding bar are formed with
inclined slots to allow the sliding bar to pass through them, so that whatever the
movement of the bar, the said adjusting plates will still be at right angles to each
other. The top adjusting plate is not secured permanently to its holder bracket, but
is capable of end movement, so that it will give a perfectly parallel "jog" to the
sheets of paper as they leave the flyer. This is effected by causing the adjusting
plate to slide endwise on the holder bracket, and to achieve this object, the latter
may protrude between the back of the adjusting plate, and a metal plate fixed to it,
or through a slot in the latter, or otherwise. The bottom of the adjusting plate is
also grooved or slotted, so as to slide on guide bars secured to the table of the machine
to maintain the movement of the adjusting plate in direct unison with the inclined
sliding bar.
Either or both of the moving adjusting plates may be secured to their
holder brackets in a similar manner. The holder brackets are adjustable on the
inclined bar by set screws.
The stud on the crank for operating the connecting rod is preferably formed with
a circular groove, and the connecting rod maintained in position by passing a pin
through the same so as to enter the circular groove, but so as to permit of ready
disconnection when required.
The falling sheets of paper may be protected from the bars, on which both the
stationary and movable adjusting plates are mounted by means of boards, which are
adapted to form channels or grooves for the stationary and movable bars to slide in.

page_text: The crank is so centred on the shaft relatively to the flyer that a double knock will
be transmitted to the sheets of paper by the two adjusting plates.
Doted this 10th day of January 1897
RICHMOND & Co.
Agents for the Applicant, 12 Standish St. Burnley.
Improved Means of and Apparatus for Automatically Adjusting
Sheets of Paper as they leave the Flyer of Printing Machines.
I, WILLIAM HENRY CLEGG, of 135, Brunshaw Road, Burnley, in the County of
Lancaster, Mechanic 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 mechanism for automatically adjusting the sheets
of paper as they leave the "flyer" of printing machines.
Four adjusting plates are employed, two being stationary and two movable.
The two stationary plates are each provided with a bracket, adjustably secured by
set or thumb screws to two stationary bars fixed to the table of the machine at right
angles to each other. The said stationary adjusting plates are therefore capable of
being adjusted inwardly or outwardly at right angles to each other.
The two remaining or movable adjusting plates are so arranged as to be
simultaneously operated from one source, and in such a manner that as one of the
said adjusting plates beating up the sheets of paper in position, the other adjusting
plate is withdrawn in readiness for the next "beat up," each having an alternate
movement. For this purpose they are both mounted on one diagonal or inclined
sliding bar, which moves in brackets secured to the table of the machine, and is
reciprocated by a connecting rod actuated by a crank on the flyer shaft of the printing
machine, or from any convenient source.
The holder bracket, by which the side movable adjusting plate is secured to the
diagonal or inclined sliding bar, is formed with an inclined slot to allow the slide bar
to pass through it at such an angle, that whatever the movement of the bar, the said
adjusting plate will still be at right angles with its neighbours. The side holder
bracket is adjustable on the inclined bar by thumb screws.
The top adjusting plate is not secured permanently to a holder bracket, but has a
horizontal shaft bracketed to it, by which the extremity of the diagonal rod, which
protrudes through the back of the adjusting plate, slides through the medium of a
sliding carrier, mounted upon the said shaft to allow of diagonal movement of the
diagonal slide bar. The said top adjusting plate is also grooved on its under side to
slide over a fixed plate or guide bar on the table of the machine, so that it will give
a perfectly straight and parallel "jog" to the sheets of paper as they leave the flyer.
This arrangement will be fully hereinafter explained.
The crank pin for operating the connecting rod is preferably formed with a circular
groove, and the connecting rod mantained in position by fitting it with a small
pivotted catch, which drops into the circular groove, whereby ready disconnection is
permitted when required; or a pin may be passed through a hole in the connecting
rod to enter the circular groove.
The falling sheets of paper are protected from the bars, on which both the stationary
and movable adjusting plates are mounted by means of beviled strips, which are
secured to the table of the machine.
The crank is so centred on the shaft relatively to the "flyer" that a double knock
will be transmitted to the sheets of paper by the two adjusting plates.

page_text: In order that my invention may be better understood I have hereunto attached the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
The adjusting plates A B are stationary but are adjustably fixed by clips C to sliding
brackets D, which are arranged to slide on the stationary guide rods E, and by which
means their respective positions may be adjusted by thumb screws D¹.
These guide rods are fixed in grooves F. Bevilled strips F¹ are mounted on the
table of the machine and adapted to form the said grooves F running between
them.
The two movable adjusting plates G H are operated from one source by the
diagonal sliding bar J, which moves in brackets secured to the table of the machine,
and is reciprocated by connecting rod K, connected to a crank L on the flyer shaft M
of the machine. It will be noticed that the backward movement of the pusher or
adjusting plate G is accompanied by a corresponding forward movement of the
adjusting plate H and vice versa.
Pusher H is clipped to bracket O. which is adjustably secured on diagonal sliding
bar J by a thumb screw, similar to the stationary pushers previously described.
The pusher H although worked from a diagonal stand point has a perfectly parallel
movement and gives an even beat up to the sheets of paper, the slight side shift
through the diagonal movement possessing the advantage of working a sheet in
position in cases where it has not been evenly deposited by the "flyer."
The back pusher or adjusting plate G is slotted on its underside, so as to slide upon
plate P, which is secured to the board or table, and is therefore compelled to move in
a direct parallel line backwards or forwards.
At the back of the pusher or adjusting plate G are fixed two lugs R and S, carrying
shaft T, and on this shaft is mounted the slide piece U, to which the extremity of the
diagonal sliding bar J is pivotted at J¹. Diagonal sliding bar J is compelled to move
in the same plane by sliding in the fixed brackets secured to the table of the machine.
The back pusher G must also of necessity slide backwards and forwards upon the
plate P, and as this is the case, the slide piece U accommodates itself upon horizontal
shaft T and permits both movements to be performed; that is, as the diagonal sliding
bar J is making the backward stroke the slide piece U accommodates itself upon
the shaft T to the diagonal movement of slide bar J, but nevertheless draws
backward the top adjusting plate G, which slides in a perfectly parallel plane upon
the plate P. In the forward movement the motion is reversed. Whatever movement
in a diagonal direction takes place of the slide bar T, so much does the slide piece U
move endwise upon the shaft T as the back pusher G is totally prevented from
participating in this movement, since the plate P prevents it from doing so, but as
the back pusher is formed with a slot underneath, and strides the plate P, this enables
it to move freely in one parallel plane backwards or forwards as the case may be,
which motion is transmitted to it by the diagonal sliding bar J.
To prevent wearing of the wood the back pusher G is fitted with slotted plates at
the places where it is cut out or channelled to travel over the plate P, and the recessed
portion is also lined with metal.
In the connecting-rod or pitman-head I form a longitudinal slot, sufficiently deep
to penetrate to the crank-pin, and in the latter I form a circular groove exactly
opposite the longitudinal slot. I now mount into the said slot a pivotted catch, which
when the pitman-head is connected drops into the circular groove, and prevents
displacement. By this means, ready disconnection is permitted, the pivotted
catch in the pitman-head being raised from the circular groove to permit the
connecting rod to be removed.
The connecting rod K at its opposite extremity fits into the swivel socket W, and
secured therein by a set screw, so as to alter the length according to requirements in
fitting to different flyer shafts.
The socket W is jointed to a projecting stud X on the diagonal sliding bar J as
shewn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said

page_text: invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. In machines for adjusting sheets of paper, as they leave the flyer of printing
machines, the employment of diagonal sliding bar J, operating both moving adjusting
plates G and H, the pusher or plate H being adjustably fixed thereon, and the back
pusher G having transmitted to it a perfectly parallel motion, substantially as shewn,
and described for the purpose set forth.
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2. The arrangement and combination of parts of mechanism for adjusting sheets
of paper as they leave the "flyer of printing machines, substantially as described,
and illustrated.
Dated this 10th day of October 1907
RICHMOND & Co.
Agents for the Applicant, 12, Standish St. Burnley.