ROVEMENTS IN STAMPING AND BRONZING THE ENDLESS PAPER EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARETTES-AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED و
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Henry Beck of 139 Cannon Street in the City
of London Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent for an Invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING AND BRONZING THE ENDLESS PAPER EMPLOYED
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARETTES-AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED
و"
THEREIN Communicated to him from abroad by Egbert Abadie, of Paris
in the Republic of France
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Henry Beck at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd February 1883.
"
WILLIAM HENRY BECK, of 139 Cannon Street, in the City of London, Consulting
Engineer and Patent Agent, IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING AND BRONZING THE
ENDLESS PAPER EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARETTES AND IN
APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN [Communicated to him from abroad by Egbert
Abadie, of Paris in the Republic of France]
"
The invention consists in the new application to the endless papers on bobbins
employed in the manufacture of cigarettes of impressions in any colours whatever
and more particularly by stamping and in bronzing the said impressions in variable
shades. It also consists in apparatus and means for the practical realization of this
new application.
The cigarette papers, cut into continuous bands of any length and width, rolled
on bobbins of any size, and susceptible of receiving a trade mark, an emblem, a
title, etcetera, which is to be placed at variable or invariable (but always mathe-
matically exact) distances apart, are unrolled beneath an apparatus furnished with
stamps or characters and endowed with a movement which effects the stamping or
impression of the said trade marks, emblems, etcetera, at previously determined
distances apart and justified by the movement of the paper which is operated
regularly at a suitable speed. After passing the stamping apparatus the papers
pass beneath boxes containing bronze powder which is spread over the impressions
in order to bronze them to any shade. This bronze powder is fixed to the

page_text: impressions smoothly and firmly by the passage of the printed and bronzed paper
beneath a rubbing roller covered with cloth, velvet, or skin.
The mechanism is mounted on two standards on which it rests by two bearings
and two arms, and consists of two cast iron side frames connected together by cross
pieces and by the shafts for actuating the moveable parts.
One of the aforesaid shafts carries the roller for drawing forward the paper; this
roller is of gun metal roughened by the file and rendered a little unctuous
(ongueux).
A second shaft carries the printing or stamping instrument which is constructed
with three equidistant parts shaped to receive either stereotypes or printing types.
Directly over the second shaft is a third shaft carrying the inking roller which
is supplied with ink by a supplying roller arranged at the side and furnished with
ink either by a hand roller or any other suitable inking instrument. The roller
supplying the inking roller is mounted at the end of two eccentric bars the
eccentrics for which are keyed on the shaft first above mentioned; the eccentric
bars oscillate round joints fixed to the standards.
Following the printing apparatus is arranged the bronzing box in which turns a
pallet fixed on a fourth shaft. Each revolution of this pallet causes the bronze
powder to fall through a slit or through holes at the lower part of the box.
A fifth shaft carries the rubbing roller which is covered with cloth, velvet, or
skin.
The first, third, and fifth shafts turn in bearings fitted into the side frames;
these bearings may be moved by screws so as to allow of the most accurate
adjustment of the roller for drawing forward the paper, the inking roller, and the
rubbing roller.
Below the printing or stamping instrument and the rubbing roller is placed a
table covered with cloth or other suitable material. The position of this table can
be regulated at pleasure by adjusting screws.
The endless paper which it is required to stamp and bronze is rolled upon
bobbins which are placed in the bearings of brackets fixed to the standards.
From these bobbins the paper is conducted over the drawing forward roller, then
under the printing or stamping instrument, the bronze box, and the rubbing roller,
and over the table.
The shaft of the drawing forward roller, from which the machine takes its
motion, is operated by hand or by power. It transmits the motion by two equal
spur wheels to the shaft of the printing instrument and by a pinion to the shaft of
the pallet in the bronze box. This pinion is one third of the diameter of the
aforesaid spur wheels. The shaft of the drawing forward roller moves the ink
supplying roller to and fro by means of the eccentrics in order to cause intermittent
contacts between this roller and the inking roller.
It will be understood that the regular movement of the drawing forward roller
delivers the endless papers uniformly to the stamping, bronzing and finishing
instruments, and that the said paper is then rolled up on to other bobbins by any
suitable and known means.
The side frames of the apparatus are carried on bearings on which they may be
turned round and thus access be obtained to the working parts of the machine
either for cleaning, repairing or replacing.
The general arrangement and details may be varied as required without
departing from the nature of the invention.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Henry Beck in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd August 1883.
WILLIAM HENRY BECK, of 139 Cannon Street, in the City of London, Consulting
Engineer and Patent Agent "IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING AND BRONZING THE
ENDLESS PAPER EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARETTES AND IN
"
APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN [Communicated to him from abroad by Egbert
Abadie, of Paris in the Republic of France]
The invention consists in the new application to the endless papers on bobbins
employed in the manufacture of cigarettes, of impressions in any colours whatever
and more particularly by stamping, and in bronzing the said impressions in variablo
shades. It also consists in apparatus and means for the practical realization of this
new application.
The cigarette papers cut into continuous bands of any length and width, rolled
on bobbins of any size and susceptible of receiving a trade mark, an emblem,
a title, etcetera, which is to be placed at variable or invariable, but always
mathematically exact, distances apart, is unrolled beneath an apparatus furnished
with stamps or characters, and endowed with a movement which effects the
stamping or impression of the said trade marks, emblems, etcetera at previously
determined distances apart and justified by the movement of the paper which is
operated regularly at a suitable speed. After passing the stamping apparatus the
papers pass beneath an apparatus furnished with boxes containing bronze powder
which is spread over the impressions in order to bronze them to any shade. This
bronze powder is fixed to the impressions smoothly and firmly by the passage of
the printed and bronzed paper beneath a rubbing roller covered with cloth, velvet,
or skin.
The annexed drawing illustrates an arrangement of machinery for making the
said impressions or stamps, and for bronzing the same on endless papers in bands
of variable lengths and widths on bobbins for cigarettes.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, Figure 2 is a plan, and
section.
Figure 3 is a vertical
The mechanism is mounted on two standards a on which it rests by two
bearings b and two arms c. It consists of two cast iron side frames & connected
together by cross pieces d', da, d³, and by the shafts f, g, h, i, j, for actuating the
movable parts. These side frames rest in the bearings 6 by the cross piece d¹ and
in the bearings in the ends of the armis c by two projections d*.
One of the aforesaid shafts f carries the roller f¹ for drawing forward the paper,
this roller is of gun metal roughened by the file, and thus rendered somewhat
corrugated (ungueux). A second shaft g carries the printing or stamping instru-
ment which is constructed with three equidistant parts g¹, g², g³, shaped to receive
either stereotypes or printing types.
Directly over the second shaft g is a third shaft h carrying the inking roller h¹
which is supplied with ink by a supplying roller k arranged at the side and
furnished with ink either by a hand roller or any other suitable inking instrument.
The roller & supplying the inking roller is mounted at the end of two eccentric
bars the eccentrics for which are keyed on the shaft f; the eccentric bars
oscillate round joints 1 fixed to the standards a.
Following the printing apparatus is arranged the bronzing box p in which turns
a pallet fixed on a fourth shaft i. Each revolution of this pallet causes the
bronze powder to fall through a slit or through holes p' at the lower part of
the box.

page_text: A fifth shaftj carries the rubbing roller which is covered with cloth, velvet, or
skin.
The shafts f, h, and j turn in bearings fitted into the side frames d, these bearings
may be moved by the screws f, h², and 2 so as to allow of the most accurate
adjustment of the roller f¹ for drawing forward the paper, the inking h', and the
rubbing roller j¹.
Below the printing or stamping instrument g³, g², g³, and the rubbing roller j³ is
placed a tablet covered with cloth or other suitable material t¹. The position of
this table can be regulated at pleasure by adjusting screws t³, t³.
The endless paper which it is required to stamp and bronze is rolled up on the
bobbins A which are placed in the bearings of the brackets a fixed to the
standards a. From these bobbins the paper is conducted over the drawing forward
roller f¹ then under the printing or stamping instrument g¹, g², g³, the bronze box p,
and the rubbing roller j¹ and over the table t.
The shaft of the drawing forward roller from which the machine takes its
motion is operated by hand or by power. It transmits the motion by two equal
spur wheels m n to the shaft g of the printing instrument and by a pinion g to the
shaft of the pallet in the bronze box p. This pinion is one third of the diameter
of the aforesaid spur wheels m and n. The shaft of the drawing forward roller
moves the ink supplying roller k to and fro by means of the eccentrics in order
to cause intermittent contacts between this roller / and the inking roller h¹.
It will be understood that the regular movement of the drawing forward roller f¹
delivers the endless papers P uniformly to the stamping, bronzing, and finishing
instruments, and that the said paper is then rolled up on to other bobbins by any
suitable and known means.
The side frames d of the apparatus are carried at d' and d' on the bearings b
and c. They may be turned round on the cross piece d' and thus access be
obtained to the working parts of the machine, either for cleaning, repairing, or
replacing.
The general arrangement and details may be varied as required without departing
from the nature of the invention.
Having now described the nature of the said invention and the manner in which
the same is to or may be carried into effect I would have it understood that what
I claim as the invention to be secured by the within in part recited letters patent
is:-
First. The novel application to continuous papers on bobbins (whether gummed or
not) for cigarettes, of impressions, seals, trade-marks, emblems and such
like, in inks of any colour, bronzed immediately afterwards in bronzes of
any shade by stamping or printing as hereinbefore described.
Second. The apparatus or machine herein before described and illustrated in the
drawing hereto annexed, whereby the endless paper is moved uniformly
while it receives the required impressions and bronzing.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Henry Beck have hereunto set my
hand and seal this first day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty-three.