Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 11th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov., 1897
WILLIAM VICKERY & FREDERICK WILLIAM VICKERY, Both of 14 Newcastle
Street Farringdon Street Both Ruling Machine Makers do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The cam that lifts the gate is fixed on the same bar as the cam that lifts the
pens thereby ensuring both cams going round together.
(2) A piece of steel formed as a lifter and working on a pivot from the centro
of same with one end kept down on the can with a spring. The cam as a piece
taken out so as to let the lifter fall in, so it will be seen that one end falling in
lifts the other end up (on which the gate bears) bo when it lifts it raises the gate
instantaneous yat the gate can be lifted up by hand at any time during the
operation of Ruling not being tied down (as in other machines).
(3) The device for driving the cam bar is a chain, wheels being fitted on the
wheel canvas roller & the cam bar and connected by a chain, any size wheel can
be put om to give the exact sizes of paper required to be ruled, a small wheel
being in the centre of chain to tighten it when small wheels are fitted on the
spindles to give the size of paper.
(4) The delivery of machine two pieces of wood shaped sharp at the points are
suspended over the canvas (points just touching) from the two side boards on
the delivery table which keeps the paper square, when it is delivered, and two
pulley wheels on the same side boards round which a cord is put from the roller jin
the centre of machine which is laying on the canvas to drive the cords and pulley
wheels round the pulley wheels are driven the same speed tas the canvas, by the
roller laying on it and are on a level with it so when the sheet of paper comes
on the canvas it runs up on the two piece of wod (spoken of above) and they
double the edges of it up, and the two cords keep it down on the canvas, they are
on the top so they hold the sheet up until it is all out then it drops it all together
perfectly flat.
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(5) A packer up is attached to the end of the delivery table, to pack each sheet
up square as it comes out. it consists of a piece of wood working in bearings each
end with four pieces of brass screwed on to each as it comes out. An oval is
fitted on the front roller and the packer is kept back against it by the spring
so when the roller is going round it moves it backward & forward and thereby
knocking each sheet down against the bottom guide.
WILLIAM VICKERY,
FREDERICK VICKERY.

page_text: Improvements in Ruling Machines.
We, WILLIAM VICKERY and FREDERICK WILLIAM VICKERY, both of 14 Newcastle
Street, Farringdon Street, London, Both Ruling Machine Makers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement: -
This invention relates to certain detail improvements in Ruling Machines, tho
object being 'to ensure more perfect ruling of sheets of paper than is possible
with existing machines.
The first feature of our invention has reference to fitting the two cams i.e. those
which lift the gate and the pen bar on the same shaft or cross bar in order that
they can rotate when adjusted at the same speed.
According to the second feature of novelty and importance, we arrange a kind
o beam of steel on a pivot, one end of which beam can be kept in contact with p
cam by a spring for raising and lowering the gate which rests on the opposite
end, the gate being otherwise free to be lifted by hand when necessary.
The third feature of importance in Paper Ruling Machines is the driving of
the rollers of the upper blankets or canvas also its cords or tapes and striking
apparatus by chain gear instead of spur gear to ensure a more regular travel of
the several parts without risks of the usual back lash now prevalent with the
existing methods of driving them, the employment of chain gear more readily:
adapting itself for the application of change wheels for varying speeds to suit
the sizes of sheets of paper to be passed through the Machine, the slack of said
chain being easily taken up and adjusted for tension by a jockey wheel or its
equivalent.
The fourth element of invention in Paper Ruling Machines is effected by the 2
employment of wooden slats suspended over the lower blanket or canvas at the
delivery end and having sharp points just touching the canvas or blanket as
guides for keeping the sheets of paper square and in order that the two sides of
each sheet of paper in succession shall ride up the inclines of the slats, the paper
being still carried by the cords of the lower canvas or blanket in conjunction
with other endless cords on separate rollers but driven by contact therewith, the
rearwardly arranged rollers being so arranged below the level of the slats that
their cords pross the centre of the paper downwards to carry it along in an inverted
arched condition and somewhat rigid in consequence, so that as delivered and
freed from the cords it falls bodily and assumes a flat condition on reaching the
delivery table ou which it falls evenly so far as the side edges are concerned but
to ensure the ends being level and the sheets in perfect superposed order, wo
employ what we term the fifth novelty of our invention in Paper Ruling
Machines, viz a packer or knocker up, this consisting of one or a couple of wood
strips mounted on a cross bar in brass bearings and lodging against an oval shape 4
of caut on the rear roller of the bottom canvas, so that at each rotation of said
roller the packer which is kept in contact by a spring has a rearward thrust for
knocking up or packing level each sheet of paper as delivered against the usual
britom guide.
Our invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings 4
in which Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a. plan of a Ruling Machine
with all our detail improvements embodied therein. Figure 3 part sectionul sido
elevation of the paper feeding end of the machine on an enlarged scale.
Figure 4 cross elevation in front of the gate. Figure 5 a plan of same.

page_text: Figurǝ 6 cross elevation of the
back
the
machine.
end of
Our invention is represented in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. A is the cam
which lifts the gate B, this cam A being on the same bar C as the cam D by which
the bar E having the pens affixed is lifted thus ensuring both cams A, D, going
round together. The bar C is carried by the two side frames F, F, of tho
machine and is rotated by chain gear and sprocket wheels G, G, which to suit
the different sizes of paper to be ruled can be readily removed and others sub-
stituted, the tension of the chain being adjusted by the small wheel H in the race
or clip
I.
The gato B at one end rests upon a piece of steel Jo facilitate lifting it by
hand when so desired. This piece of steel J is pivotted from the pivot K, and
its other end L bears upon the eccentric 'edged cam A under the strain of the
spring M attached to the frame F as clearly shown at Figures 3, 4, and 5.
The appliances at the delivery end of the machine are shown at Figures 1 and 2
and also at Figure 6, these consist of two pieces of wood Muspended over the
lower canvas I and have sharp or chisel shaped lower ends to lift the sides of
each sheet of paper as it travels by the nip of the cords Q, Q, while on the
cunvas P, a separate set of rollers R, , carrying the cords Q, Q, for keeping
the central part of the paper T down, as clearly seen at Figure 6, so that the paper
leaves the machine in a somewhat rigid condition and is so held until it is
finally discharged, it then dropping bodily on to the delivery table and between
the adjustable side walls Y thereof in a perfectly flat condition without any
sliding action as the present delivery of paper from a Ruling Machine and which
often occasions smears and blurs on the sheet directly under it. The two
rollers R, R, and cords Q, Q, are driven by the roller R being in contact with
the roller V by which the central portion of the length of the lower canvas P
is borne. W is the knocker up or packer of each delivered sheet and is operated
by the oval shaped plate X on the back roller of the lower canvas P, as seen at
Figure 1.
when
In operation, the sheets of paper are fed singly on to the table a nipped by
the feed rollers b, b, and from these each sheet in succession is laid upon the
upper canvas c which travels under the action of the crank handle
turned. The upper roller b is grooved annularly for its entire length, and endless
cords e, e, run in the grooves, the cords then pass along canvas
roller g
thence around the roller back to roller j, then to stretching roller f, f,
adjusted by screws fl and then back to the grooved roller b, and so on, the
number of cords varying according to the size of paper to be ruled.
c to retr
The cords e, e, which convey the paper in conjunction with the upper canvas
are so arranged that as each sheet is freed from the roller it continues to travel
on the cords e, e, to the roller hand from there is put into position for being
nipped and guided round the roller by the lower canvas P, the paper being
caused to leave the upper canvas by the canvas being raised out of the path by
the roller m and by the slats n, n, bearing in contact with the under surface of
the upper canvas c. The paper is then conveyed by the cords on to the canvas P
to the delivery end of the machine where it falls between the adjustable boards
or plates Y on the table and each sheet is knocked up and kept packed by the
knocker up W constantly acting upon the sheets by the cam X, the knocker
up W being returnable by the spring y..
It will be understood that when the adjustable side boards Y are set to the
size of paper required, the knockers up or packers W and cords Q, Q, move with
them, they being fixed to side boards Y.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what wo
claim is:-

page_text: several parts and appliances being arranged substantially as shown on the annexed
drawings.
2. In connection with the gate appliances of a Paper Ruling Machine, operating
such gate and the pen carrier from cams mounted on the same shaft, as and for
the purposes described.
3. In a Paper Ruling Machine, so pivotting a piece of metal (preferably steel)
that it forms a gate lifter under the action of a cam and spring, said gate being
otherwise free for hand lifting, as explained and substantially as represented on
the drawings.
4. In or to a Paper Ruling Machine, the employment of chain gear on the
upper canvas roller instead of spur gear, said chain gear preventing back lash and
ensuring accuracy of pens.
5. In a Paper Ruling Machine, the employment of the slats n at about the
position shown for preventing the sheets of paper in transit from sticking and
rising with the upper canvas c after leaving the roller g, substantially as
represented.
6. In a Paper Ruling Machine, the employment of sharpened pieces of wood
suspended over the lower canvas for lifting and guiding the edges of sheets of
paper while passing through the machine, the centre of such sheets being depressed
or kept down by cords carried by rollers for delivery, as described and substan-
tially arranged as represented.
The 11th day of October 1897.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent. for the said :-
William Vickery and
Frederick William Vickery.