An Improved Machine for Measuring Wall-paper.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Measuring Wall-paper.
We, SINCLAIR GRAY LUNDY, and CHARLES HENRY KNIGHT, both of
Elizaville, Fleming County, Kentucky, U.S.A., Inventors, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to An Improved Machine for Measuring Wall-paper.
The invention comprises a wooden or metal base having side-pieces in which a
serrated roller is mounted to turn. This roller is geared by a train of wheels to a
pointer which indicates the number of revolutions of the roller on a dial. The
dial may be marked off to represent yards, feet, and inches. Parallel with the
serrated roller a removable shaft is mounted to turn, and said shaft has a winch-
handle.
In use, the end of the paper is attached in any suitable way to the shaft, upon
which it is rolled, and in passing over the serrated roller its length is measured
upon the dial.
Dated this 25th day of Anril 1802
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Measuring Wall-paper.
We SINCLAIR GRAY LUNDY and CHARLES HENRY KNIGHT, both of
Elizaville, Fleming County, Kentucky U.S.A,, Inventors 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 relation to improvements in measuring machines designed for
use with wall paper and it consists in the novel construction, combination and
arrangement of the same all as will be hereinafter fully explained.
The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate our invention,
in which
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of our improved wall paper measuring machine.
Fig. 2, is a central vertical sectional view of the same; and
Fig. 3 is a side view of the receiving roller or bar and its crank handle.
Referring by letter to accompanying drawings A, designates the frame of the
machine, consisting of the vertical side bars a, a, having forwardly projecting wings
or brackets b, b, and upper and lower transverse bars c, c, which connect the side
bars aforesaid as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.
The side brackets b, b, are each laterally perforated as at d, d, providing bearings
for the receiving bar or roller B; the latter being composed of two parts e, f; the
part is forked and has a crank handle g, by which said bar is turned, and a slide
bar e which engages the forked portion when the machine is in operation.
C, represents a cutting bar or knife which has its end-bearings in the brackets as
shown and is designed to cut the paper when the desired amount is wound upon the
crank bar.
D, indicates a revolving roller the surface of which is roughened or serrated and
has its end-bearings in the brackets below the knife and crank bar. At one end of

page_text: this serrated roller the same is provided with a pointer that indicates upon a dial j,
on the side of the bracket, the amount of paper wound upon the crank bar.
E, represents a rod transversely arranged upon the frame, the two ends of which
are journaled (but removably attached) in slotted openings k, k, in the lower portion
of each bracket as shown clearly in Fig. 1, of the accompanying drawings.
Having described the different parts of which our device is composed we will
now explain its operations. The roll of wall paper is placed upon the rod E, the
free end of said paper is then passed upwardly and over the serrated roller D, and
under the knife C, and after which, the end of said paper is passed into the forked
portion of the crank bar, after which the slide e, is forced into the fork end-wise,
thus firmly securing the end of the paper to said crank bar.
The operator turns the crank and the paper thereby is unwound from the lower
rod and wound upon the crank, bar, at the same time said paper is passing over the
serrated roller D, revolving the latter, carrying with it the pointer, which by the
dial indicates the number of revolutions said roller makes, the hand on the dial
pointing to the figure (from one to twenty-four) indicating the number of feet of
paper unwound from the rod and wound upon the crank bar, after which the paper
is pressed upon and cut by the knife. To remove the paper from the crank bar,
the slide e is first withdrawn from the forked bar, when the latter can be readily
withdrawn from the measured paper, and a machine as herein described and shown
is simple in operation, durable and at the same time cheap to manufacture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
The combination in a machine of the character described of the crank bar,
forked, having the slide, the main frame and knife the serrated roller having the
pointer adapted to engage the dial on the frame and the rod E said rod, crank-bar,
and serrated roller having their end bearings in the frame, brackets, substantially
as described.
Dated this 10th 1
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11004
W. H. MUNNS,
55, Chancery Lane, Agent for Applicants.