Improvements in Making Cop Tubes and in Machinery and Arrangements for the purpose.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1898
Improvements in Making Cop Tubes and in Machinery and
Arrangements for the purpose.
We, JOSEPH BRIGGS SWAILES, GEORGE SWALES, and JOHN BROADMEADOW
SWAILES, Directors of the Firm John Swailes and Sons, Limited, of Moorhey,
Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Cop Tube Manufacturers and Machinists,
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention, to be as follows:
Our improvements consists in a method of marking cop tubes in such manner
that the marks cannot be seen either on the exterior or in the interior or
bore"
of the cop tubes, except by cutting open or treating the tubes so that they can
be uncoiled and examined, such marks being intended as private marks of the
manufacture of the cops using such tubes, in order that such manufacturer may
know whether or not the cops are of his manufacture after they have left his
possession.
Our invention also consists in combining with the private marks above named,
a mark or marks when required which can be seen on the exterior of the cop
tube.
Our invention also consists in the machinery or arrangements for making or
impressing the marks which are intended to be private as above explained, and
those which are to be combined therewith, which are intended to be seen on the
exterior or on the interior of the tube or both.
The said private mark or marks are made by printing, or they may be made in
some cases by punching a small hole or holes in the web at the required intervals
from which the slips are to be cut which are to form the cop tubes, and in some
cases the public mark may also be made by punching.
These marks or punchings are formed in that part of the web which will be
covered both inside and outside by the first or subsequent coil or coils of the
slip when wound upon the coiling spindle in the ordinary automatic cop tube
making machines.
The web of paper as it passes from the reel goes against the ordinary paste
applying roller and then round or partly round other rollers before it arrives at
the coiling spindle in the ordinary manner.
By one modification of our invention, the web of paper is printed upon
by a printing cylinder or roller having the required mark, marks or design upon
it, which has ink or color applied to it in any known and convenient manner,
the printing roller being pressed against the web to give the impression while
it is passing partly round one of the guiding rollers (which acts as an impression
roller, or against a special impression roller) and the printing may be effected
before (by preference) or after the paste has been applied to the web in the
usual manner.
Or the web having paste applied on its inside is or may be also stamped on
its outside (that side which forms the exterior of the cop tube) while passing

page_text: over a stationary impression surface by a quickly acting stamp giving one impres
sion for each length of web which is to form one tube. The stamp being inked
by a reciprocating inking roller or other equivalent means.
Or the web having paste applied on its outside (that side which forms the
exterior of the cop tube) may be stamped as above explained on its inside, an.
it then passes over suitably arranged guiding rollers directing it to the inter-
mittently rotating rollers which deliver it in lengths to form a tube to be cut
from the web, the web between the guiding and intermittent rollers being turned
or twisted half round to present it to the intermittent feeding rollers paste side
downwards.
By another combination, the web before it has paste applied on the inside
(that side which is nearest the spindle when being coiled) is or may be stamped
both inside and outside by stamps as above explained, while passing from the
reel to the pasting roller against impression surfaces.
Or other means of giving the impression on both sides may be used.
When marks are made by punches, they may be arranged to act against dies
taking the place of the impression surfaces for the stamps.
Combined with the methods of marking above described, there may be engraved
or pattern or other rollers or discs printing upon the tube when being coiled upon
the coiling spindle.
Dated this Fifth day of January 1898.
PETER J. LIVSEY.
Agent.
Improvements in Making Cop Tubes and in Machinery and
Arrangements for the Purpose.
We, JOSEPI BRIGGS SWAILES, GEORGE SWAILES, and JOHN BROADMEADOW
SWAILES, Directors of the Firm John Swailes and Sons, Limited, of Moorhey,
Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Cop Tube Manufacturers and Machinists,
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:-
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Our improvements consists in a method of marking cop tubes in such manner
that the marks cannot be seen either on the exterior or in the interior or bore"
of the cop tubes, except by cutting open or treating the tubes so that they can
be uncoiled and examined, such marks being intended as private marks of the
manufacture of the cops using such tubes, in order that such manufacturer may
know whether or not the cops are of his manufacture after they have left his
possession.
If desired, the private mark may be made in such position as to be seen by
looking through the bores of the cop tube.
Our invention also consists in combining with the private marks above named,
a mark or marks when required which can be seen on the exterior of the cop
tube.
Our invention also consists in the machinery or arrangements for making or
impressing the marks which are intended to be private as above explained, and
those which are to be combined therewith, which are intended to be seen on the
exterior or on the interior of the tube, or both.
The said private mark or marks are made by printing, or they may be made in
some cases by punching a small hole or holes in the web at the required intervals

page_text: from which the slips are to be cut which are to form the cop tubes, and in some
cases the public mark may also be made by punching.
These marks or punchings are formed in that part of the web which will be
covered both inside and outside by the first or subsequent coil or coils of the
slip when wound upon the coiling spindle in the ordinary automatic cop tube
making machines.
The web of paper as it passes from the reel goes against the ordinary paste
applying roller and then round or partly round other rollers before it arrives at
the coiling spindle in the ordinary manner.
By one modification of our invention, the web of paper is printed upon
by a printing cylinder or roller having the required mark, marks or design upon
it, which has ink or color applied to it in any known and convenient manner,
the printing roller being pressed against the web to give the impression while
it is passing partly round one of the guiding rollers (which acts as an impression
roller, or against a special impression roller) and the printing may be effected
before (by preference) or after the paste has been applied to the web in the
usual manner.
Or the web having paste applied on its inside is or may be also stamped on
its outside (that side which forms the exterior of the cop tube) while passing
over a stationary impression surface by a quickly acting stamp giving one impres-
sion for each length of web which is to form one tube. The stamp being inked
by a reciprocating inking roller or other equivalent means.
Or the web having paste applied on its outside (that side which forms the
exterior of the cop tube) may be stamped as above explained on its inside, and
it then passes over suitably arranged guiding rollers directing it to the inter-
mittently rotating rollers which deliver it in lengths to form a tube to be cut
from the web, the web between the guiding and intermittent rollers being turned
or twisted half round to present it to the intermittent feeding rollers paste side
downwards.
By another combination, the web before it has paste applied on the inside
(that side which is nearest the spindle when being coiled) is or may be stamped
both inside and outside by stamps as above explained, while passing from the
reel to the pasting roller against impression surfaces.
Or other means of giving the impression on both sides may be used.
When marks are made by punches, they may be arranged to act against dies
taking the place of the impression surfaces for the stamps.
Combined with the methods of marking above described, there may be engraved
or pattern or other rollers or discs printing upon the tube when being coiled upon
the coiling spindle.
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are each elevations partly in section, each illustrating one
mode of carrying out our invention.
Fig. 4, is an elevation and
Fig. 5, a plan illustrating another mode of carrying out our invention.
Fig. 6, 7, 8 and 9 each represent a cop tube when coiled up and opposite to
cach cop tube the slip of paper with the marks upon it from which the tube is
coiled. The cop tube shown by Fig. 7, is partly in section to show the marks
covered by the coil part of which is supposed to have been removed to expose
the mark covered by it.
Fig. 1, is the top of the table of the cop tube machine; , is the web of
paper as it comes from the ordinary reel.
Part of the line representing the web a, is made into an arrow to show the
direction in which the web travels in going to the marking pasting feeding rollers
and coiling spindle of the ordinary cop tube making machine.
The inside of the web (that side which comes first in contact with the coiling
spindle) passing against the face of a surface which may be called the platen e,
carried by a bracket (not shown) in any convenient manner, and while passing
the platen surface e, the web is stamped by a quickly acting printing

page_text: surface or stamp e', inserted and secured in the end of a slide 2, which
can move in slideways in a bracket e³, secured to the bed, the slide e², is actuated
by a cam (not shown through a lever in an ordinary manner, and the printing
surface or stamp e', gives in this case the public mark which is intended to be
seen on the outside of the passing web r. The printing surface or stamp el, is
supplied with ink by a roller e', which is hollow to hold ink, that passes through
small perforations to the porous material forming the exterior of the surface or
periphery of the inking roller which is mounted on a stud in the end of an arm
or lever (not shown) actuated by a cam, the inking roller passing in front of
the printing surface or stamp e', when it is drawn back after each impression.
This stamping and inking device is well known and will require no further
description.
It acts against the web r, of paper once for that length of web required for
each cop tube.
The web after passing the platen e, goes over a roller f, on a stud in a suit-
able bracket then under a guiding stud f', also in a suitable bracket, then over
and against the ordinary paste applying cylinder g, then under and over the
ordinary continuously rotating lower feed roller h, which has an upper roller h³,
pressing against it, then the web passes over one guiding stud f, and then under
another, and then to the ordinary intermittent feeding rollers 2 and 3, which
feed the length of web required for the slip which is to form one cop tube and
then stop to allow it to be cut from the web, and wait until the next slip is
required to be fed and cut from the web and so on for each cop tube.
The private mark is imprinted on the outside of the web when passing the
roller f, as shown in full line or against the inside of the web when passing the
lower continuously rotating feed roller, as shown in dotted line.
The private mark may be a line or lines or dotted lines or other combinations
of lines or dots or other marks-and if a line, the printing roller k, makes a
mark corresponding to the mark a¹, on the slip for the cop tube Fig. 6, which
mark is in the lengthway of the web a, but when the slip for the cop tube is
cut from the web this line
passes across its narrow or widthway which
direction forms the lengthway of the cop tube. The printing roller k,
rotates in contact with an inking roller, which rotates in an ink
trough, supplied with ink. This trough, is mounted in any
convenient manner so that the printing roller k, may press with more or less
pressure as desired upon the passing web, and the printing roller k, is or may
be rotated so that its periphery will travel at the same speed as the web by
suitable gearing driven from the gearing rotating the continuously rotating feed
rollers and ¹, or other convenient gearing, or by frictional contact.
Fig. 2, illustrates another arrangement where the stamping mechanism (e, e',
e, and e) which is the same as that described in respect of Fig. 1, is shown
acting on the inside of the web a. The web in this case passes from the platen c,
over a guiding stud f, then over the pasting drum then between the
continuous feed rollers h and h', and then to the intermittent feed
rollers 2 and 3, as explained in reference to Fig. 1, but between the
continuous and intermittent feed rollers the web is twisted half a turn so that
its pasted outer side when passing through the intermittent feed rollers will be
on the underside or downwards.
To keep the web stretched when turned half round and passing between the
continuous and intermittent feed rollers, the web goes over a roller 7, on a stud in
the end of a vertical arm 1, the lower end of which arm is jointed on a stud 12,
in a bracket or stand 13, secured to the framing of the machine. The stand 13,
has a projection 14, from it against which one edge of the arm l¹, comes when
pressed by the coiled spring 15, one end of which is fixed to the stand 73, and
the other or free end presses against the edge of the arm or lever ¹.
This lever , oscillates to move towards the intermittent feed rollers and h³,
when they feed the web, and towards the continuously rotating feed rollers h

page_text: and h¹, to take up the slack web delivered by them while the intermittent feed
rollers are stationary.
Fig. 2 will make such impressions say as those marked a or 6', to form the
cop tubes Fig. 7, on one side of the web.
Fig. 3, illustrates two stamping arrangements (e, e¹, e², e³ and e¹) one to act on
the inside and the other on the outside of the web a, and this figure will be
understood from the above descriptions of Figs. 1 and 2.
One side of the web passes against the face of one platen e, and the other
side of the web against the face of the other platen e, and it then passes over
and under guiding studs, over and against the paste drum g, through the con-
tinuous feeding rollers and h¹, over and under guiding studs to the inter-
mittent feeding rollers and h³.
The stamp slides e, may be actuated simultaneously if the space between one
platen e, and the other is equal to the length of one slip or a multiple of the
length of a slip required to form the cop tube.
By this arrangement marks such as a, b and c, can be made on the slips for
the tubes such as those represented in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, whether to be private
or public marks.
Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate how the marks can be applied either private or public,
at the time the slips cut from the web are being coiled into tubes upon the
coiling spindle.
m, is the ordinary coiling spindle; n, the stripper which removes the tube
when coiled upon the spindle from it, which spindle is drawn endways when
this is done through the hole in the stationary stripper n.
, is the slip of pasted paper cut from the web partly represented, and fed
to the spindle m; n, is a presser acting upon the slip of paper to press upon
it when coiled upon the spindle m. o, Fig. 4 feeding table for the slip.
This presser n', is on the end of a lever ², which has its fulcrum n³, on a
stud in a bracket or stand at, which lever has a bowl 5, acted upon by a cam 6,
on the main shaft p, of the machine.
This mechanism for coiling and pressing, and other mechanism not shown
being ordinary and well known requires no further explanation.
On the main shaft p, there is a spaced" spur wheel p¹, (part of its periphery
only having teeth, a well known arrangement) which gears with another spur
wheel g, on a long boss or sleeve g¹, which rotates on a stud ³, in a bracket g
By this means this sleeve receives intermittent rotary motion at the proper time,
one rotation for each cop tube coiled upon the spindle m.
To the sleeve q', segments of printing surfaces are attached, so as to be adjust-
able on the sleeve in its lengthway and in the direction of rotation, and then
secured by a set screw in the boss part of each segment.
The segment marked. ³, for the private marks is adjusted and arranged to
print upon the first coils wound upon the spindle, and the other segment marked *,
for the public marks is adjusted and arranged to print upon the latter part of
the coils wound upon the spindle.
The printing segments in rotating come in contact with the periphery of an
inking roller k¹, which rotates in bearings in an ink trough, supplied with ink,
which ink roller k¹, may if desired be positively rotated so that its periphery will
have the same speed as the peripheries of the segments 3 and 4, to be inked
when in contact therewith.
The arrangement illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5 will make impressions say similar
to those indicated by b, and c, Figs. 7 and 8, on the same side of the slips.
In the slips shown by Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 those ends of the slips represented
nearest their respective tubes when coiled are at the beginning of the coil (the end
first taken by the spindle m) and the opposite ends of the slips are at the finish of
the coils. The public marks are made at the latter end of the coils which come
outside.
The private marks (if not intended to be seen without destroying the tube) are

page_text: made in the middle part of the slip, where the first coil covers them. But if the
private mark is intended to be seen when looking through the bore of the tube it
is made in the position of the mark a, Fig. 7.
The dotted line a², across each slip indicates about the position of the com-
mencement of the last coil of the tube. The slip for Fig. 6, is shown curled up
at the latter end in order that the line indicating the public mark may be seen
in the other slips these marks (c) are indicated by dotted lines.
If a public mark is required when using the modification Fig. 2, for the private
mark, it is made when coiling the slip upon the spindle by the arrangement for
making the public mark explained in reference to Figs. 4 and 5.
In place of printing, embossing may be used, the stamping dies and platen
being suitable, and when holes are to be punched in the web a suitable punch
or punches and die or dies is or are substituted for the printing surface and platem.
If desired for printing, embossing or punching, the web, when travelling
along can be made to pause for a moment in the act of being printed, embossed
or punched, by an oscillatory arrangement shown in dotted line in Fig. 3, formed
by the roller f, on a stud in an arm f' which is on a fulcrum f5, the arm f*,
being oscillated to the required extent at the proper time by a suitable cam.
When the roller f, is moved from its position shown in full line towards its
position shown in dotted line, the web will pass quickly across the platen or
platens e, but when moved in the contrary direction the web will be stationary in
front of the platen or platens.
Instead of the arm f*, being actuated by a cam it is or may be acted upon by
a spring to move it in one direction towards a stop in a manner similar to the
arrangement of the arm 1, in Fig. 2. Then if there is a projection from the
slide e, which is elastic so that it will come against the web and press and hold
it against the platen e, before the stamp or punch e¹, comes in contact with the
web, its motion will then be arrested as the roller f, will give way to the drag of
the feed rollers h and h³, and when the pressure of the stamp or punch e¹, and
the said elastic projection is withdrawn, the spring acting upon the arm f*, will
have force sufficient to draw forward the web until the arm f*, comes against
the stop and so on for each action of the stamping slide c².
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The marking of slips for cop tubes before or at the time of making the same
with what is termed a private mark or a mark which can be seen under the cir-
cumstances hereinbefore mentioned substantially as hereinbefore explained.
2. The marking of tubes at the time of making the same with a private mark
or marks which can only be seen under the circumstances hereinbefore explained,
and also a public mark or marks which can be seen on the exterior of the tube
substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. The machinery and arrangements hereinbefore described in combination with
automatic tube making machines substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 of the drawings.
4. The arrangements by which a pause is or can be given to the web when
being printed, embossed or punched substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated by reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings.
That this Ninadaanth day of Santambar 1908
PETER J. LIVSEY.
Agent.