Improvements in Machines for Printing Tickets and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1892-Accepted. 24th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Printing Tickets and the like.
I JOHN MELTON BLACK of Tabernacle Street London Gentleman do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in that description of machine which
prints continuously on a running web of paper cardboard or the like subject matter
marks designs colours and numbers at equal distances apart in such a manner that
each number or duplicate number will with the subject matter marks designs and
colours so printed represent a distinct ticket or the like as described in the
Specifications of Letters Patent No. 8678 A.D. 1884 and No. 4427 A.D. 1886.
The object of the present invention is to carry out the following improvements.
First. To improve the method of colouring or tinting partially or otherwise the
web of paper or the like back and front when passing through the machine.
Second. To improve the method of cutting the web of paper or the like before it
is delivered from the machine into strips of definite length and width and collecting
these strips into separate compartments so as to be subsequently cross cutted by
a guillotine knife into separate bundles of tickets with the numbers printed thereon
in consecutive order in a vertical direction.
For the purposes of the first improvement I employ one pair of rollers each
roller being provided with the ordinary reservoir to contain the colouring matter
together with the ductors transfer and distributing rollers for conveying the colour
from the reservoir to the raised surface of the colour rollers so that the lower roller
imparts the colour to the lower side and the upper roller to the upper side of the
web of paper and these colours may be the same or different if required.
The impressions however on the surface back and front of the web must be the
same in size and position as each roller acts as a colouring roller and also as an
impression roller to the colour roller underneath and vice versa. If more colours
are required to be imparted then extra pairs of rollers are employed that is to say
if three colours are to be imparted on the upper and lower surfaces of a web of
paper similar in size and position say blue red and green then I employ three pairs
of rollers.
The surface of the colour rollers I prefer to be of zinc, gun, type or stereo metal
and the cylinders upon which these metal rollers are mounted are so constructed
that the colour rollers can be accurately adjusted to correspond with the similar
raised surfaces on the lower rollers. These rollers are so geared with the rollers
of the printing machine as to have the same circumferential speed and can be
placed either before or in any part of the machine so that the web of paper
can have the colours impressed upon it either before or after any other impression
is impressed thereon.
They are also so constructed that one of the rollers of each pair can be
slightly raised or depressed by eccentric or other action and the two inking
rollers that distribute the colour upon the raised surfaces are so constructed that
they can be moved to one side so as to allow the cylinders to be raised or
depressed in order that the web of paper can be inserted between the rollers.
These improvements are specially applicable in printing the class of tickets
described in the Specifications of Letters Patent No. 8273 A.D. 1887 and
No. 6551 A.D. 1889 which have one or more different coloured spaces in the
margin or in columns in similar positions on the back and front of the ticket.
For the purposes of the second improvement I employ a series of circular
cutters in number according to the width of the web of paper and so placed
after the last printing cylinders of the machine as to separate the web of paper

page_text: or the like as it passes through the machine into longitudinal strips of such
width as may be required which strips passing under the rotary shears of the
machine cross cut the same into, definite lengths equal to the circumference of the
printing cylinders.
These strips are then collected by running tapes so arranged as to deliver each
strip into separate compartments from which they are removed in quantity to be
cross cutted by a guillotine knife into bundles of consecutively numbered tickets.
Dated this 24th day of June 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Printing Tickets and the like.
I JOHN MELTON BLACK of Tabernacle Street London Gentleman 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 relates to improvements in that description of machine which
prints continuously on a running web of paper cardboard or the like subject
matter marks designs colours and numbers at equal distances apart in such a
manner that each number or duplicate number will with the subject matter
marks designs and colours so printed represent a distinct ticket or the like as
described in the Specifications of Letters Patent No. 8678 A.D. 1884 and No. 4427
A.D. 1886.
The object of the present invention is to carry out the following improvements.
First. To improve the method of colouring or tinting partially or otherwise the
web of paper or the like back and front when passing through the machine.
Second. To improve the method of cutting the web of paper or the like before
it is delivered from the machine into strips of definite length and width and
collecting these strips into separate compartments so as to be subsequently cross-
cutted by a guillotine knife into separate bundles of tickets with the numbers
printed thereon in consecutive order in a vertical direction.
For the purposes of the first improvement I employ one or more pairs of rollers
as required each roller being provided with the ordinary reservoir to contain the
colouring matter together with the ductors transfer and distributing rollers for
conveying the colour from the reservoir to the raised surfaces of the colour rollers
so, that the lower roller imparts the colour to the lower side and the upper
roller to the upper side of the web of paper and these colours may be the same
or different if required.
The impressions however on the surface back and front of the web must be the
same in size, and position as each roller acts as a colouring roller and also as an
impression roller to the colour roller underneath and rice versa. If more colours
are required to be imparted then extra pairs of rollers are employed, that is to
say if three colours are to be imparted on the upper and lower surfaces of a
web of paper similar in size and position say blue, red and green then I employ
three pairs of rollers.
The surfaces, of the colour rollers I prefer to be of zinc, gun type or stereo
metal and the cylinders upon which these metal rollers are mounted are so con-
structed that the colour rollers can be accurately adjusted to correspond with the
similar raised surfaces on the lower rollers. These rollers are so geared with the
rollers of the printing machine as to have the same circumferential speed and can
be placed either before or in any part of the machine so that the web of paper can
have the colours impressed upon it cither before or after any other impression is
impressed thereon.
They are also so constructed that one. of the rollers of each pair can be slightly
raised or depressed by eccentric or other action and the two inking rollers which

page_text: distribute the colour upon the raised surfaces are so constructed that they can be
moved to one side so as to allow the cylinders to be raised or depressed in order
that the web of paper can be inserted between the rollers. These improvements
are specially applicable in printing the class of tickets described in the Specifica-
tions of Letters Patent No. 8273 A.D. 1887 and No. 6551 A.D. 1889 which have
one or more different coloured spaces in the margin or in columns in similar
positions on the back and front of the ticket.
For the purposes of the second improvement employ a series of circular
cutters in number according to the width of the web of paper and so placed after
the last printing cylinders of the machine as to separate the web of paper or the
like as it passes through the machine into longitudinal strips of such width as
may be required which strips passing under the rotary shears of the machine cross
cut the same into definite lengths equal to the circumference of the printing
cylinders.
These strips are then collected by running tapes so arranged as to deliver each
strip into separate compartments from which they are removed in quantity to
be cross cutted by a guillotine knife into bundles of consecutively numbered
tickets.
It will be seen that by this invention I am enabled to improve and simplify the
method of colouring or tinting partially or otherwise a web of paper or the like
back and front when passing through the machine and cutting the web longitudinally
into strips of a given width and separating these into lengths either less or equal
to the circumference of the printing cylinders and collecting these strips into
separate compartments to be subsequently cross cutted by a guillotine knife or the
like into tickets of a given length and width consecutively numbered in a vertical
direction and which tickets shall have impressed upon the back and front of the
same subject matter marks designs colours and numbers at equal distances apart in
such a manner that each number or duplicate number will with the subject matter
marks designs or colours so printed represent a distinct ticket either of the ordinary
kind or of that class of ticket described in the Specifications of Letters Patent
No. 8273 A.D. 1887 and No. 6551 A.D. 1889 which have one or more different
coloured spaces in the margin or columns in similar positions on the back and front
of the ticket.
These improvements will be understood in detail by reference to the following
figures in Sheet 1 of the drawings upon which letters of reference are marked in
corresponding parts in all the figures alike.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of portion of the printing machine showing the
cylinders employed to colour or tint the back and front of the web of paper when
passing through the machine.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of another portion of the printing machine showing
the rotary cutters and cross cutter the tapes and the receptacles to collect the strips
when separated longitudinally and transversely.
Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the receptacles for collecting the separated strips
into separate compartments.
Fig. 4 represents a plan view of Fig. 1 through the line -y showing the colour
cylinders with their raised surfaces.
Fig. 5 is a top or plan view of Figure 2.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the colour cylinders A¹ and A².
Fig. 7 is a section of one of the colour cylinders showing the position of the
printing rings and distance pieces to separate the rings into the required distances
apart.
Fig. 8 represents a view of one of the inking rollers (in elevation and section)
to show the mode of moving the same to one side to allow the printing cylinder to
be raised.
Fig. 9 is a plan view of the slotted box P2 of Fig. 8.
In the above figures A is the frame of the number printing machine, the details

page_text: of which machine are fully described and illustrated in the Specification and
drawings of the Letters Patent No. 4427 A.D). 1886. A and A are the cylinders
employed for colouring or tinting the web back and front when required. These
cylinders are held in suitable bearings and geared to the wheels of the machine
A being adjustable by means of the screw and wheel A. Fig. 6 shows a front eleva-
tion and Fig. 7 a longitudinal section of these cylinders and on which the printing
rings are shown mounted at equal distances apart by means of the distance rings¹
by way of example.
The rings B have raised surfaces upon them placed at equal or required distances
apart and these raised surfaces are equal in size to the colour required to be
impressed on the back and front of the web. These raised surfaces are set in each
of the cylinders A. and A² so as to come into exact contact and thereby colour the
web back and front the exact size of the raised surfaces that is to say A' imparts
the colour to the top surface of the web and at the same time acts as an impression
roller to A while A2 imparts the colour to the lower surface of the web and acts as
an impression roller to A¹.
These raised surfaces on A' and A2 are coloured by means of the inking rollers A³
and A and the distributing rollers vibrators and ductors A³. These cylinders may
be increased as required that is to say if only one colour is to be imparted on the
back and front of the web then I should employ only one pair of rollers of two
colours then two pairs of rollers and so on.
The inking rollers A and A' are so arranged as to be removed to one side and
out of contact with the cylinder A' when it is necessary to raise the cylinder A to
insert the web of paper in the machine. This is effected by mounting these rollers
on spindles having screw threads at the end next to the frame of the machine as
shown at Pin Fig. 8 of the drawings and which spindles are secured by the screw
nut Pheld in the slotted box P fixed to the frame of the machine. A slight turn
of the spindle P releases the screw nut P which permits the inking roller to be
removed to one side by means of the slots P³ in the box P2 and thereby allows the
cylinder A' to be raised to insert the web of paper in the machine. is one of
tlie numbering cylinders of the machine. G is the cylinder having the upper
rotary cutters and G' the cylinder having the lower rotary cutters mounted thereon
to separate the web into longitudinal strips and H and H¹ are the cross cutting
cylinders to cut these strips into definite lengths as may be required. The cross
cutting and numbering cylinders are fully described and illustrated in the Specifi-
cation and drawings of the Letters Patent hereinbefore mentioned. K are the
tapes driven by the wheels K K and K³ which collect these separate strips and
deposit them in the receptacles L L. These tapes are arranged alternately so
that one half of the separated strips are collected in the receptacles L the other
half in the receptacles L' and Fig. 3 shows the several compartments into which
these strips are collected.
By this method of imparting colour to both sides of the paper by a single pair
of rollers and at one operation I am enabled to dispense with the employment
of two pairs of colour and impression rollers one such pair being required for
separately colouring each side of the paper as now commonly used.
In like manner by the arrangement of longitudinal and cross cutters combined in
the manner shown and described I am enabled to separate the web of paper or card
into longitudinal strips of a given width and length and to collect the same into
separate compartments and thereby to increase the efficiency and economy of my
system of printing and preparing tickets for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a rotary printing machine for printing colours subject matter and numbers
consecutively on a running web of paper or the like the use of one pair or more of

page_text: combined impression and colour rollers for the purpose of colouring the web of
paper back and front in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described
and set forth.
2. In a rotary printing machine such as above referred to the general construc-
tion of and arrangement of colour printing cylinders substantially as set forth
herein and illustrated in Figs. 1. 4. 6 and 7. 8. 9 of the drawings.
3. In a rotary printing machine such as above referred to the general construc-
tion and arrangement of rotary cutting and cross cutting cylinders to separate the
running web into strips of a given length and width substantially as set forth
herein and illustrated in Figures 2 and 5 of the drawings.
4. In a rotary printing machine such as above referred to the combination of rotary
cutting cylinders with cross cutting cylinders for separating the web into strips of
given length and width and means for collecting the same into separate compart-
ments substantially as and for the purposes described and as shown in Figures 23
and 5 of the drawings.