SELF FEEDING FLAT FORM PRINTING MACHINES FROM THE WEB OR ROLL BY THE FOLLOWING PROCESS, TO PRINT ONE OR MORE IMPRESSIONS MISS ONE OR MORE IMPRESSIONS LEAVING BLANKS BETWEEN THEN OR AFTERWARDS FILLING UP THE MISSED IMPRESSIONS OR BLANKS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Brooks of 1 Acacia Place St Johns Wood London
in the County of Middlesex Commercial Traveller for an Invention of
SELF FEEDING FLAT FORM PRINTING MACHINES FROM THE WEB OR ROLL
BY THE FOLLOWING PROCESS, TO PRINT ONE OR MORE IMPRESSIONS MISS ONE
OR MORE IMPRESSIONS LEAVING BLANKS BETWEEN THEN OR AFTERWARDS
FILLING UP THE MISSED IMPRESSIONS OR BLANKS communicated to him
from abroad by David Traquare Simpson Citizen of the United States of
America residing at 199 Seventh Avenue City of New York,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said William Brooks at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th August 1883.
WILLIAM BROOKS of 1 Acacia Place St John's Wood London in the County
of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller SELF FEEDING FLAT FORM PRINTING
MACHINES FROM THE WEB OR ROLL BY THE FOLLOWING PROCESS, TO PRINT ONE
OR MORE IMPRESSIONS MISS ONE OR MORE IMPRESSIONS, LEAVING BLANKS
BETWEEN, THEN OR AFTERWARDS FILLING UP THE MISSED IMPRESSIONS OR
BLANKS communicated to me from abroad by David Traquare Simpson Citizen of
the United States of America residing at 199. Seventh Avenue City of New York
Accompanying Drawing, petition and Declaration, for Simpsons printing
Machine (or press) to print with a flat form and self feeding from the roll (or
web) to print as a Book newspaper, or Job press, to print larger or smaller sheets
when wanted

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING
Interior side section scale one twelth (+) to print eight (8) sheets four (4) feet
each at every run of form, but, can be made to print almost any number-
A printing rollers. to be driven by cog wheel, belt, or rope. B ink rollers. Crunning
rollers to hold the paper E in proper position and division. that is. to hold up from
form sufficient length of paper, so that the förin will print one impression and miss
one. except roller C-5 which will hold sufficient paper to print one impression
and miss uone.-D. race.―H form carriage, on this fix elevating slides. S flat pieces
of inetal beveled on one side. see diagram 2 which represents carriage H. elevator J,
and platform 1. apart. diagram 3 elevator (inverted) to shew the slides upon it, the
same on the carriage, but, the reverse way for the one to slide upon the other form
the beveled side (or incline) to raise or depress. platform which holds the form. this
elevator is made frame work fashion. to be light and not so wide as carriage or
platform. but to slide between them and pins fixed to carriage which holds the
platform and prevents the platform from moving except up and down but would
liave to be made longer as in diagrain 2 if these parts were to be put down together
it would represent it as depressed while the one on the race D represents it elevated
and ready for the form to print, when it goes to the other end of race. this
extended part is pushed in and depresses the form so as to pass clear of inkers and
printing rollers and ready to be elevated again. F endless tape belts. that go
through the machine with the paper and drives rollers C. from the power of
rollers A. space for form G.-L chain belt or rope. K driving wheel to drive it.
M loose pulley on which it runs, O is a female catch, see diagram 4. which is two
pieces of metal (or pins) apart so much as to allow the belt L to pass through only.
P is a male catch. which will not pass through. this is a piece of metal fixed at
right angle with the belt (across) when this catch takes hold of female. and takes
the form along to driving wheel K. male catch leaves female at turn of wheel. and
takes hold again of female attached to frame N fixed to carriage. the male gets
detached again at loose pulley M. and goes for the female catch again above thus
it makes a circuit and at the same time drives the form back and forward. this
belt L is the length of eight (8) sheets or impressions and driven at the same speed
as printing rollers drives paper above. so that it both drives the form and measures
off the length of paper required for (8) eight sheets
APPLICATION
Put eight (8) sheets or sufficient length of paper at X to reach through the
machine to about the mark. Y. all blanks, then suppose the machine is set in
motion, it would print thus, counting from the one first printed to the end of
paper 8. 6. 4. 2. 1 the next run will fill in all the paper for a full run, the paper
does not stop but keeps changing its position while the form is running back for
another run which will print thus 16. 14. 12. 10. 9. 7. 5. 3. the first form rollers
will print the even numbers and the other four will print the odds, the blanks
being thrown down with roller C. 5. thus filling up the blanks of the first run (or
the one previous) and so continue:
REMARKS
The missing and filling up of blanks can be varied in a great variety of ways, to
suit applications. To make a job press. compress the space that I have for (8)
impressions and put (10) ten instead, then add the length of two (2) impressions (8)
eight feet) to belt which drives form, to take up this extra belt and keep it taut
add extra pulley up from loose pulley at end of race, this extra belt could be
utilized in this way, suppose, it was wanted to print sheets two inches ainaller, take
from this belt 20, inches. then lower the running rollers by division and subdivision
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page_text: to this amount, for one inch larger sheet add (10) ten inches to belt and raise the
rollers by same process, but this would not do with a machine to be run with great
speed, for that it would have to be timed exact length and have springs at the ends
of race, suited to the weight of carriage and form, and the speed driven so as to
utilize the recoil, so that the male catch would catch the female while in motion of
recoil, thus keeping the form in motion.
In witness whereof I the said William Brooks have hereunto set my hand and
Seal this 20th day of August in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and eighty three
WILLIAM BROOKS (L.S.)