Improvements in Apparatus for Reeling and Cutting Gold, Silver, or other Metallic Leaf into Narrow Strips.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Reeling and Cutting Gold, Silver,
or other Metallic Leaf into Narrow Strips.
We, LAUTER SYDNEY BRACHER of Waterloo Road, Stockport, in the County of
Chester, Manufacturer, JOHN CASSELS of Hall Street, Stockport, aforesaid Mechanical
Engineer, and WILLIAM WELLS COLLYER of Shaw Heath, Stockport, aforesaid,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to provide for the cutting of gold, silver or other metallic
leaf into strips and reeling it in rolls for use in various decorative processes but more
particularly to facilitate the imprinting of the leaf upon cotton paper leather silk cloth
or other fabrics.
The machine is constructed with side frames between which at one side is placed a
table or platform over which a band or ribbon of paper is slowly passed to receive the
sheets of metallic leaf laid upon it as it passes along.
To this table is applied a friction drag roll or pad to keep the paper tight and to
prevent it being drawn forward too rapidly. Behind the table and preferably at a
lower level is placed a shaft or rollers to hold or contain a reel of paper. The shaft or
rollers are mounted in suitable bearings carried by the side frames and a drag weight
or its equivalent may be applied thereto to control the delivery of the paper. In
front of the table is placed a guide roll and also a set of rollers with rings upon which
the material is wound and cutters by which it is cut to the desired size or width.
The shaft on which the material is wound when cut is a turned shaft of large size to
give the desired rigidity and accuracy and runs in bearings fitted to the side frames.
On this shaft is placed a number of rings which accurately fit the shaft and are capable
of moving longitudinally thereon. These rings rotate with the shaft and for this pur-
pose are fitted with a pin sliding in a slot the length of the body of the shaft. Instead
of this arrangement the shaft may be provided with a key or feather and the rings
slotted to pass over it. The width of each ring determines and coincides with the
width of strip that is wound upon it.
The cutters are placed above the rings and comprise a number of discs or circular
knives mounted upon a shaft. These cutting discs are set upon the shaft with a space
between each equivalent to the width of the strip into which the leaf is to be cut. The
cutting discs will thus be placed to come between the edges of the rings on the ring
shaft. The disc cutters are kept in position by collars of less diameter which are
secured by any suitable means. On each end of this shaft is fitted bearing boxes
which slide in the side frames and fitted with the necessary levers weights or springs
for the required pressure for cutting.
The mode of operation is as follows:-The paper is lead from the reel over the
table to the rings and one turn thereof pasted down to cause it to adhere thereto.
The cutter shaft is then placed in position with the cutters resting on the paper and
the desired amount of pressure applied thereto by the levers or springs to cut
through the paper when rotated. The gold silver or other leaf is laid flat on the paper
as it passes tightly drawn over the table. The ring shaft is then rotated drawing the
paper and gold leaf together and winding them round wrapping up rings. As the

page_text: paper and leaf are thus wound up together on the rings these combined materials are
passed under the cutting discs which cut through them. The operation is made con-
tinuous or repeated by alternately starting and stopping the machine until rolls of
the desired size are obtained. The reels of combined materials are then taken off the
machine and are ready for use in decorative or other processes.
Dated this 6th day of November 1896
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in Apparatus for Reeling and Cutting Gold, Silver,
or other Metallic Leaf into Narrow Strips.
We, LAUTER SYDNEY BRACHER, of Waterloo Road, Stockport, in the County of
Chester, Manufacturer, JOHN CASSELS, of Hall Street, Stockport, aforesaid, Mechanical
Engineer, and WILLIAM WELLS COLLYER, of Shaw Heath, Stockport, aforesaid,
Mechanical Engineer, 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 is designed to provide for the cutting of gold, silver or other metallic
leaf into strips, and reeling it in rolls for use in various decorative processes, but
more particularly to facilitate the imprinting of the leaf upon cotton, paper, leather,
silk, cloth or other fabrics, such as we have described in the Specification of Patent
Number 25369/96.
The machine comprises a table or platform suitably supported, over which a band
or ribbon of paper is slowly passed, to receive sheets of gold leaf (or other metallic leaf)
as it passes along, a roller carrying a number of bobbins or spools upon which the
band of paper and the sheets of gold leaf are wound together, and a roll provided with
a number of cutting blades which sever the paper and gold leaf into strips of the
'desired width.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. Side elevation of the apparatus.
Fig. 2. End elevation.
Fig. 3. Plan.
Fig. 4. Side elevation of full bobbin removed.
Fig. 5. Front of same.
Between the two side frames A which are of any suitable shape or construction, is
placed a table B or rollers or their equivalent, over which a band or ribbon of paper C
is slowly drawn by a roller D. As the paper C is passed along to the roller D, sheets
of gold leaf (or other metallic leaf) are laid upon it, and are subsequently rolled up
into a roll with it.
To the paper C, as it is unwound from the roll C¹ and passes to the roller D, is
applied a friction drag-roll or pad E to keep it tight and prevent it being drawn
forward too rapidly.
The paper C is supplied from a roll C¹ preferably placed at a lower level or under
the table to be least in the way. This paper may be powdered or prepared in the
usual way for covering gold leaf.
If desired the roll CI may be placed on a shaft mounted in suitable bearings,
carried by the side frames A, and a drag weight or its equivalent may be applied
thereto to control the delivery of the paper.
The roller D upon which the paper C and gold leaf are together wound is a turned

page_text: shaft of large size to give the desired rigidity and accuracy, and runs in bearings a
fitted to the side frames A. On this roller or shaft D is placed a number of bobbins
or rings & which accurately fit the shaft D and are capable of moving longitudinally
thereon. The rings d rotate with the shaft and for this purpose are each fitted with
a pin sliding in a slot the length of the shaft. Instead of this arrangement the
shaft may be provided with a key or feather and the rings slotted to pass over it.
The width of each ring determines and coincides with the width of strip that is
wound upon it.
Above the roller D with the bobbins or rings d are placed a series of cutters F by
which the paper and gold leaf as they are wound, are cut into a number of narrow
strips. The cutters F comprise a number of discs or circular knives f mounted upon
a shaft. The cutting discs f are set upon the shaft with a space between each equiva-
lent to the width of the strip into which the leaf is to be cut. The cutting discs will
thus be placed to come between the edges of the rings or bobbins d on the roller D.
The disc cutters fare kept in position by collars of less diameter which are secured by
any suitable means. On each end of this shaft are fitted bearing boxes a¹ which slide
in the side frames A and fitted with the necessary levers G, and weights g or springs
to give the required pressure for cutting.
The mode of operation is as follows. The paper is led from the roll C¹ over the
table to the bobbins or rings d and one turn thereof pasted down to cause it to adhere
thereto. The cutter shaft is then placed in position with the cutters F resting on the
paper and the desired amount of pressure applied thereto by the levers G and weight g
to cut through the paper when rotated. The gold, silver or other leaf is laid flat on
the paper C as it passes tightly drawn over the table. The roller D is then rotated
drawing the paper C and gold leaf together and winding them upon the bobbins or
rings d. As the paper and leaf are thus wound up together on the bobbins or rings d,
these combined materials are passed under the cutting discs f which cut through
them. The operation is made continuous or repeated by alternately starting and
stopping the machine until rolls of the desired size are obtained. The rolls of com-
bined materials are then taken off the machine and are ready for use in decorative or
other processes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The improved apparatus for reeling and cutting gold-leaf (or other metallic leaf)
into narrow strips constructed and arranged substantially as described and shown.
2. In apparatus for reeling and cutting gold leaf (or other metallic leaf) into narrow
strips, the combination of a roller with a number of removable bobbins or rings to
receive the material, and a roller with a number of cutting discs mounted thereon
substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of 1907
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool and London, Patent Agents.