CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM FOR CROSS-CUTTING SEPARATING AND PACKING TICKETS, CHEQUES LABELS OR OTHER SIMILAR AND LIKE ARTICLES IN PROGRESSIVE AND CONSECUTIVE ORDER "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Melton Black of Bell Yard City Road in the City
of London for an Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM FOR
CROSS-CUTTING
SEPARATING AND PACKING TICKETS, CHEQUES LABELS OR
OTHER SIMILAR AND LIKE ARTICLES IN PROGRESSIVE AND CONSECUTIVE
ORDER
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Melton Black at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th October 1883.
PACKING
JOHN MELTON BLACK of Bell Yard City Road in the City of London "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM FOR CROSS-CUTTING SEPARATING AND
TICKETS CHEQUES LABELS OR OTHER SIMILAR AND LIKE ARTICLES IN PROGRESSIVE
AND CONSECUTIVE ORDER
"
The object of this Invention is to produce a machine for cutting separating and
packing tickets cheques labels or other like articles in progressive and consecutive
order in an expeditious simple and effective manner.
The improvement consists in the adaptation and arrangement of mechanism herein-
after described which will in action cross cut a continuous strip or length of paper
into definite lengths forming tickets, cheques, labels or the like and subsequently
separate and pack the same in quantities as required.
The Invention may be thus described, I support at the end of a frame a spool or
reel carrying the continuous length or strip of paper to be operated upon. One
end of this continuous strip of paper first passes through rollers or discs geared
together which gives the paper a uniform traverso and keeps it taut whilst being
passed on to an arrangement of revolving cutters and matrices supported by the
framing which cuts the paper into lengths representing tickets cheques labels or the
like which are then received into a suitable receptacle and packed into bundles as
required.
The construction and arrangement of revolving cutters herein mentioned which
cut up the length of paper presented to their action and the parts in connection
therowith are composed and act as follows:-I support a series of knives radiating
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page_text: from a centre in a circular block provided with slots or spaces in which the knives
as hereinafter described are caused to slide up and down, these knives at their ends
nearest the main centre are provided with projecting bowls which fit the groove of
fixed cams of similar construction placed on each side of the circular block
supporting the knives, this circular block is by preference supported on a central
spindle and the fixed cams are secured to bosses which form journals or bearings
for the said spindle.
The said fixed cams are so shaped that when the circular block carrying the
knives is revolving the bowls forming part of such knives running in the fixed cam
groove allows the knives to remain sheathed by the block during the time they
are passing round about three fourths of their revolution, but immediately they
come in succession to a position where the angular points of their cutting edge
would touch the travelling paper passing from the guide and tention rollers before
mentioned, the groove of the fixed cam is so shaped that the knife then having
entered the central portion of the paper will be caused as such paper is drawn along
thereby, to descend until by the time the vertical centre is reached the paper in
advance of the knife will have become severed and the next knife in succession
will have taken hold of the next length represented as between the distance of the
knives which is again severed in like manner and so on in succession as the
knives revolve.
A platform is provided to support the paper up to the point where the point of
the revolving knife first touches the paper, after which as it is carried along it is
supported on the periphery of an under roller provided with ledger blades_or
matrices into which the descending knives enter and which roller is made to revolve
at the same surface speed as the knife block which said block is arranged to contain
ten or more knives placed at distances apart representing the length of one ticket
so that if ten knives were employed there would be ten tickets severed from the
continuous length of paper with each revolution of the block carrying the knives,
So soon as each ticket is sovered the fixed cam groove withdraws the knife into
the sheath of the revolving block and the length of paper severed is taken hold of
and passed between rollers which deliver it into a receptacle provided with a
yielding platform or base on to which the tickets as severed are caused to fall in
order as they are delivered, during which time the platform supporting them
gradually lowers so as to keep the surface receiving the tickets at one uniform
level
The tickets or length of paper when passing from the delivering rollers aro
caused to lay one on the other in consecutive order in the receptacle provided for
their reception, this laying of the tickets may be accomplished by atmospheric
influences, such as a blower or by revolving elastic or yielding flappers I further
arrange in connection with the receptacle containing the tickets a series of arms
which are caused intermittently to revolve and embrace or pass the outer sides of
the ticket receptacle.-Each pair of arms on either side support or carry loose
threads or wires which when the arms are caused to move in a downward
direction leave such threads or wires on the surface of the tickets being delivered
into the receptacle as aforesaid-Therefore supposing the arms were caused to
move and leave a thread or wire across the tickets with every hundred delivered
it would enable the attendant without the trouble of counting to pack such tickets
up into bundles representing one hundred each.

page_text: Fig: 1 represents a front elevation of the Machine.
Fig 2 represents a side elevation of the same shown in part section, in this view,
the blocks carrying the revolving knives are arranged side by side on their shaft in
a manner which will enable a number of strips or continuous lengths of paper to be
cut into soparate pieces or lengths.
Fig 3 Sheet 2 represents a plan view of Fig: 2 and on Sheet 2 Fig 4 represents
in detail full size the front elevation of a cutting block, designed for cutting a
continuous length of paper or cardboard into pieces or lengths of the size of tramcar
or railway tickets this view shews more particularly the position and action of the
knives when being carried round with their block, a portion of the under roller
carrying the ledger blades which form the under or lower cutting edges for the
knives is also shewn.
In these Figs "a" is the continuous length or lengths of paper cardboard or the
like which has been previously printed upon and which requires to be cut up into
lengths or pieces which will represent individual tickets, one end of this strip, or
these strips of paper first pass over and between the guide rollers 6 6' which may
be genred together or run by friction, the roller b₁ is so placed that it brings the
strip of paper into contact with the periphery of the block c carrying the cutting
knives shewn in detail full size at Fig 4 and 5., between the roller b¹ and the
periphery of the block c the paper passes and is so kept taut, and in position as it
is withdrawn by such block or blocks, from the reel or reels p and presented to the
cutting edges of the knives which in conjunction with the revolving matrices or
under cutting edges supported and carried by the under roller & cut such length or
lengths of paper cardboard or the like into distinct and separate pieces of an exactly
similar length.
The construction and arrangement of the revolving cutters herein mentioned
which cut up the lengths of paper presented to their action and the parts in
connection therewith will be understood on reference to Fig 1 and 4 The knives e
are supported and slide in slots or spaces formed in the block c in positions
radiating from the centre of such block these knives at their ends, nearest the
centre of the block are provided with projecting bowls f which fit the groove g of

page_text: the fixed cam g¹ this fixed cam is placed on one side of the cutting block c and
forms the bearing or journal which supports the central axle or shaft / carrying the
cutting block. The fixed cams and blocks at the ends of the shaft are mounted
in guides formed in the framing "A" and are capable of sliding therein so that
when it is required to adjust the position of the blocks o carrying the knives, and
the under roller d carrying the matrices or under cutting edges according to the
thickness of the material passing to the action of the knives, such, adjustment is
effected by the screws ii which in the case of two or more cutting blocks being
employed such adjustment of the fixed cam g', revolving cutters, and their
connections are raised simultaneously by the action of the worm and worm
wheels or their equivalent, the fixed cam gl is so shaped that when the block c
carrying the knives e is revolving, the bowls ƒ forming a part of each knife, as they
are carried round allow the knives to remain sheathed or below the periphery of
the block, until they are required for cutting, but immediately each knife in
Buccession is brought into a position when their cutting edges would touch the
travelling paper, passing from the guide rollers, the groove of the fixed cam would
then cause the knife to descend until the vertical centro is reached at which time
the length of paper in advance of the knife will by the action of such knife and
the under cutting edge travelling at the same surface speed become severed and the
next knife in succession will have taken hold of or come into contact with the next
length of paper represented as between the distance of the knives which is again
Bevered in like manner and so on in succession as the knives and their matrices
revolve The cutters are set for work in the following manner, The portion of the
roller d supporting the fixed under cutters d' is made to slide on a block keyed to
the shaft and is secured to such block by the bolts and nuts d² when these bolts
are loosened, the under cutter at the junction with the top knife block c is brought
into contact with the knife e protruding from its slot in the block c in which
position the portion of the block & supporting the under knives is made fast to its
block, each cutting edge of the under block is then finely adjusted to its respective
moveable knife by means of screws which fix them in their cutting positions. It
will be seen on reference to Fig 4 that the periphery of the under block d has
a slight depression r immediately in advance of each knife this depression allows
the length of paper to be cleanly cut and to pass clear of the knives, as each piece
is withdrawn by the rollers k, the under roller d carrying the adjustable ledger
blades or matrices is made to revolve at the same surface speed as the knife
block c which said block is arranged to contain ten or more knives placed at
distances apart representing the length of one ticket, so that if ten knives were
employed there would be ten tickets severed from each continuous length of
paper a with each revolution of the block carrying the knives, It is evident that
if the circumferences of the blocks and number of knives are increased a much
higher number of tickets or pieces can be severed from the continuous web with
each revolution of the blocks carrying the knives. So soon as each ticket or length
of paper is severed, the knife is withdrawn by the groove g into the sheath of the
knife block c and the length of paper severed is taken hold of and passed between
rollers and delivered into the box or receptacle n, this box by preference I
provide with a yielding platform o, on to which the tickets as severed are caused
to fall in order as they are delivered during which time the platform supporting
them gradually falls either by the accumulating weight of the tickets or by suitable
gearing in a manner which keeps the surface receiving the tickets at one uniform
level. The tickets or length of paper when passing from the delivery rollers k are
caused to lay one on the other in consecutive order either by regulating the speed
of their delivery simply, or in connection with a plunger or revolving flappers or by
atmospheric influences such as causing a slight suction to be effected by a fan in
the receptacle receiving the tickets, I further arrange in connection with the
receptacle receiving the tickets, a series of revolving or falling arms which carry
short lengths of thread or wire, these arms are so arranged that as they are caused
to move intermittently they place or insert loose threads or wires on the tickets

page_text: therefore suppose the intermittent motion was given to the arms carrying the loose
lengths of thread, once with every hundred tickets delivered such thread would be
left on the surface of the ticket and thus enable the attendant without the trouble
of counting, to pack such tickets up into bundles representing one hundred each,
In case the length of paper a passing round the periphery of the knife block c to
the action of the cutters does not fall in register for being severed, the guide or
friction roller b' is slightly accelerated or retarded according to the requirements of
the case which effects at once the adjustment and position of the paper fed to the
cutters.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention together with the means
of carrying the same into practical effect I wish it to be understood that what I
claim as new and as of my invention is
The novel construction arrangement and adaptation to revolving blocks of
movable and fixed cutters to be employed for cutting or severing from a
continuous length or web of paper cardboard or the like pieces of a uniform
length representing tickets cheques or labels in the manner as herein
substantially described set forth and illustrated in the drawings annexed
In witness whereof I the said John Melton Black have hereunto set my hand
and seal this the Twenty sixth day of April One thousand eight hundred and
eighty four,