Improvements in Rotary Perfecting Printing and Folding Machines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 14th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 31st Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rotary Perfecting Printing and Folding Machines.
I, JULES DERRIEY of 81, 83 and 85 Avenue Philippe Auguste, Paris, France,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention, to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to rotary perfecting printing and folding machines, intended
more especially to print from ordinary type locked up in forms and secured on
"turtles" attached to the surface of printing drums, the paper to be printed upon
being drawn from a roller or web and cut into lengths to suit the size of sheet
required, before being printed, and in some cases two sheets successively printed,
are then superposed one upon the other and delivered to cylinders and folded
several times in the same direction and are then delivered to arrangements by
which the sheets are cross folded.
The machine is designed more particularly for printing eight paged news-
papers, but may if desired be used and readily adapted for printing four paged
newspapers.
I will first describe the construction and arrangement of my improved machine
and then how it may be used.
There are two drums which I will term A and B of large diameter and one half
of the circumference of each drum is prepared to receive the "turtles" which are
to hold the locked frames of type (but in some cases if required stereo plates may
be employed) the other half of the circumference forms an inking table or surface
upon which the ink is distributed, and this surface is slightly below that of the
type or stereo surface.
Coming between the two drums A and B (which are on horizontal axes) there
are four cylinders which I will term C, D, E and F which act both as impression
and transmitting cylinders.
The impression cylinders C and E can take impressions from the type upon the
drum A, one cylinder C coming opposite one part of its circumference and the
other cylinder E opposite another part of its circumference.
The impression cylinders D and F are arranged in like manner in relation to the
drum B.
The impression cylinders have each two sets of grippers diametrically opposite
to each other, but in some cases only one set of grippers are used upon them.
The grippers of the cylinder C, deliver to D and D delivers to E and E delivers
to F, which latter delivers to a cylinder half the diameter and making two revolu-
tions for one of the impression cylinders.
This small cylinder which I will term L may be used as a superposing cylinder,
that is for superposing sheets successively printed one upon the other.
Its grippers open every revolution to receive a sheet but only open once in two
revolutions to deliver the two sheets held by it to a folding cylinder which I will
term M.
When the cylinder L is not used for superposing and transmitting sheets it acts
as a transmitter only, and its grippers are actuated accordingly.
Besides the folding cylinder M there are two others in succession which I will
term N and O.
These folding cylinders are of ordinary construction and have folding blades on
their surfaces which force the fold of the sheet into the nippers of the next
cylinder.
From the last folding cylinder O, the papers are carried by tapes to ordinary
cross folding rollers and tapes from which the folded sheets are finally delivered.

page_text: The paper to be printed is in the web and is taken from a roll on one side of the
machine and passes over suitable guiding rollers to measuring rollers, which
deliver the required length to a pair of cutting cylinders from which the sheets
are conveyed by tapes to the grippers upon the first impression cylinder C, and each
set of grippers on that cylinder (when two are used) takes a sheet in succession
four sheets being fed for each revolution of the printing drums A and B when two
sets of grippers are used on each cylinder.
Both drums A and B are inked by separate arrangements which are the same for
each drum.
There is an ordinary ink duct and roller in it, and vibrating roller between it and
a large roller which has three rollers upon it having end reciprocating motion to
distribute the ink.
Against the large roller two other rollers work that act to ink the type on the
drum and to distribute the ink upon that part of the circumference of the drum
used for inking purposes.
These inking rollers have also movement from a cam or other suitable arrange-
ment by which they are kept in contact with the large roller and are brought
against the face of the type on the drum and against the inking surface on a part
of the periphery of the drum and while in contact with the latter, the rollers have
end movement to distribute the ink.
There is a corresponding pair of inking rollers to those above described on the
opposite side of the drum which rollers are actuated in like manner, these rollers
having another working between and against both of them.
It will be understood that as cylinders C, D, E and F are only half the diameter
of the drums A and B they make two revolutions for one of the drums, but the
surface speed of the said drums A and B and cylinders C, D, E and F is the same,
therefore the cylinders can only obtain impressions from the type during say the
first revolution as during the second revolution, they come opposite to that part of
the drums A and B where there is no type and where they are clear of the inked
surface of the drums.
For printing an eight page newspaper, the drum A carries forms for the pages 2
and 7 and 4 and 5 in succession and the drum B the forms for the pages 1 and 8
and 3 and 6 in succession.
The sheets are printed in the following order.
The first sheet receives the impression from the forms pages 2 and 7, of an eight
page newspaper, from drum A on one side while on cylinder C, and then receives
impressions on the other side of forms pages 1 and 8 on drum B when on
cylinder D.
The second sheet receives on one side the impression while on cylinder C of
forms pages 4 and 5 from drum A. and then receives impressions of forms 3 and 6
on the other side from drum B while on cylinder D.
The third sheet fed to cylinder C is passed by it to cylinder D without
impressions and receives impressions from forms pages 2 and 7 drum A when on the
cylinder E on one side, and when on cylinder F will receive impressions of forms
pages 1 and 8 from drum B.
The fourth sheet fed to cylinder C will be passed through D to cylinder E upon
which it will receive impressions of forms pages 4 and 5 on drum A. and on
cylinder F will receive impressions of forms pages 3 and 6 from drum B.
For printing a four page paper two forms for printing one side are placed on
drum A and two on drum B, the cylinder for cutting the sheets running at half
speed in order to deliver one sheet in place of two to the cylinders C, D, E and F
which have each only one set of grippers.
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In order to print sheets of any number of columns less than the maximum,
smaller forms or " turtles are placed on the two drums A and B so that the edge
of the pages 2 and 4 drum A are always in connection with the grippers on
cylinder C. Or the same turtles are used, and arranged in order to leave empty
the first or first and second columns of the pages 2 and 4 and the last column or

page_text: columns of pages 7 and 5, on drum A and the same on drum B, and the respective
positions of the drums and impression cylinders are adjusted to each other in order
to bring the grippers to agree with the beginning of the impression on each sheet.
The machine may be modified by placing only forms for two pages 2 and 7 in
succession on drum A and two other pages 4 and 5 in the lengthway of the
columns, pages 3 and 6 and 1 and 8 being placed in like manner on the drum B.
The drums A and B would be smaller in diameter, and run at greater speed,
the impression cylinders would only have one set of grippers, and superposing would
be dispensed with, and the folding would be ordinary, but the wear of the type
would be greater and the folding more complicated than in the machine herein-
before described, which I prefer to use.
Dated this Twenty-second day of February 1892.
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rotary Perfecting Printing and Folding Machines.
I, JULES DERRIEY, of 81, 83 and 85 Avenue Philippe Auguste, Paris, France,
Engineer, 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:-
My invention relates to rotary perfecting printing and folding machines, intended
more especially to print from ordinary type locked up in forms, and secured on
"turtles" attached to the surface of printing drums, the paper to be printed upon
being drawn from a roller or web and cut into lengths to suit the size of sheet
required, before being printed, and in some cases two sheets successively printed,
are then superposed one upon the other and delivered to cylinders and folded
several times in the same direction and are then delivered to arrangements by
which the sheets are cross folded.
The machine is designed more particularly for printing eight paged newspapers
but may if desired be used and readily adapted for printing four paged newspapers.
I will first describe the construction and arrangement of my improved machine
and then how it may be used.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I refer to the drawings
herewith.
Fig. 1 and Fig. 1ª, when combined together represent a longitudinal section of
my improved machine.
On Fig. 1-the drum A and its inking apparatus, the impression cylinders C,
D, E and F, part of the drum B and the two cylinders L and M are shown, and on
Fig. 1 the other parts of the machine, all the drum B being shown on this figure
part of it being shown in Fig. 1 and the impression cylinder F and cylinders L and M
which are shown in Fig. 1, are repeated in Fig. 1A.
Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic section illustrating a modification of my invention to be
hereinafter described.
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There are two drums which I will term A and B of large diameter and one half
of the circumference of each drum is prepared to receive the "turtles
a, which
are to hold the locked frames of type a', (but in some cases if required stereo plates
may be employed) the other half of the circumference a², forms an inking table or
surface upon which the ink is distributed, and this surface is slightly below that of
the type or stereo surface. Coming between the two drums A and B (which are
on horizontal axes) there are four cylinders which I will term C, D, E and F
which act as impression, taking off and transmitting cylinders.
The impression cylinders C and E can take impressions from the type upon the
drum A, one cylinder C coming opposite one part of its circumference and the
other cylinder E opposite another part of its circunference.

page_text: The impression cylinders D and F are arranged in like manner in relation to
the drum B.
The impression cylinders have each two sets of grippers b, of ordinary arrange-
ment and construction, diametrically opposite to each other, but in some cases only
one set of grippers are used upon them.
The grippers of the cylinder C, deliver to D, and D delivers to E and E, delivers
to F, which latter delivers to a cylinder half the diameter and making two revolu-
tions for one of the impression cylinders.
This small cylinder which I will term L, may be used as a superposing cylinder,
that is, for superposing sheets successively printed one upon the other.
Its grippers c, open every revolution to receive a sheet but only open once in two
revolutions to deliver the two sheets held by it to a folding cylinder which I will
term M.
When the cylinder L is not used for superposing and transmitting sheets it acts
as a transmitter only, and its grippers c, are actuated accordingly.
Besides the folding cylinder M there are two others in succession which I will
term N and O.
These folding cylinders are of ordinary construction and have folding blades c',
on their surfaces which force the fold of the sheet into the nippers c², of the next
cylinder.
From the last folding cylinder O, the papers are carried by tapes to ordinary
cross folding rollers d, and tapes d', from which the folded sheets are finally
delivered.
The paper to be printed is in the web and is taken from a roll I on one side of
the machine and passes over suitable guiding rollers i, and i', to measuring
rollers K and J, which deliver the required length to a pair of cutting
cylinders G and H from which the sheets are conveyed by tapes to the
grippers b, upon the first impression cylinder C, and each set of grippers on that
cylinder (when two are used) takes a sheet in succession, four sheets being fed
for each revolution of the printing drums A and B when two sets of grippers
are used on each cylinder.
There are endless strings or tapes forming the lower set, which work upon the
cutting roller H and roller h, and also tapes forming the upper set that works on
the cutting cylinder G and roller g.
There is also a lower set of tapes that work upon the roller /, and /', the upper
side passing over the roller and there is an upper set of tapes working upon the
rollers g, and g', the lower side of these tapes passing over the roller ², and under
a roller g², and the upper side over a roller. The lower sides of these tapes pass
in contact with the periphery of the impression cylinder C.
Both drums A and B are inked by separate arrangements which are the same for
each drum.
The ink duct for the drum A is marked P and that for the drum B is
marked O.
As both inking arrangements are alike it will only be necessary to describe
one of them.
There is a roller, which receives ink from the duct. 1, is a roller vibrating
between the roller r, and the large roller R. 2, are three distributing rollers
having the usual end reciprocating movement. , are two rollers working in
contact with the large roller R and inking the forms or type when passing, and also
working against the distributing surface a, on the printing drum.
There are two other inking and distributing rollers marked, with a roller r³,
working between and in contact with them.
The rollers, and 4, have each end reciprocating movement imparted to
them by a cam at the time they are in contact with the distributing surface a²,
on the printing drums.
The rollers, are mounted or otherwise arranged in bearings in arms, which are
acted upon by a cam or cams to oscillate the rollers, round the periphery of the

page_text: large roller R to such extent that while at all times remaining in contact with the
surface of the large roller R they will come into a position to ink the type a¹, on
the drum and then come upon the distributing surface a', on the drum which is
slightly lower than the form or type surface a'."
It will be seen that when the rollers ³, are made to come nearer each other while
remaining in contact with the roller R that they will come nearer the printing
surface a¹, of the drum and when they are moved further apart (while remaining in
contact with the surface of the large roller R) they withdraw from the surface of
the printing drum-and they take this latter position by the action of the cam or
cams when the type a', is to come opposite to them and the former position when
the distributing surface a², of the drum is to come opposite them.
The rollers, are actuated in like manner to the rollers, being kept in contact
with the roller ³, while approaching nearer to or moving further from the printing
drum.
It will be understood that as cylinders C, D E and F are only half the diameter
of the drums A and B they make two revolutions for one of the drums, but
the surface speed of the said drums A and B and cylinders C, D, E and F is
the same, therefore the cylinders can only obtain impressions from the type during
say the first revolution as during the second revolution, they come opposite to that
part of the drums A and B where there is no type and where they are clear of
the inked surface of the drums.
For printing an eight page newspaper, the drum A carries forms for the pages 2
and 7 and 4 and 5 in succession and the drum B the forms for the pages 1 and 8
and 3 and 6 in succession.
On the periphery of the drums A and B figures are placed opposite the forms
corresponding to the pages to be printed by the type ou that part of the drum.
The sheets are printed in the following order.
The first sheet receives the impression from the forms pages 2 and 7 of an eight
page newspaper from drum A on one side while on cylinder C, and then receives
impression on the other side of forms pages 1 and 8 on drum B when on
cylinder D.
The second sheet receives on one side the impression while on cylinder C of forms
pages 4 and 5 from drum A and then receives impressions of forms 3 and 6 on the
other side from drum B while on cylinder D.
The third sheet fed to cylinder C is passed by it to cylinder D without impres-
sions and receives impressions from forms pages 2 and 7 drum A, when on the
cylinder E on one side, and when on cylinder F will receive impressions of forms
pages and 8 from drum B.
The fourth sheet fed to cylinder C will be passed through D to cylinder E upon
which it will receive impressions of forms pages 4 and 5 on drum A and on
cylinder F will receive impressions of forms pages 3 and 6 from drum B.
For printing a four page paper two forms for printing one side are placed on
drum A and two on drum B, the cylinder for cutting the sheets running at half
speed in order to deliver one sheet in place of two to the cylinders C, D, E and F
which have each only one set of grippers.
In order to permit the printing of sheets of any number of columns less than the
maximum for which the machine is designed smaller forms or "turtles" are placed
on the two drums A and B so that the edge of the pages 2 and 4 drum A are
always in connection with the grippers ou cylinder C.
Or the same turtles are used, and arranged in order to leave empty the first or
first and second columns of the pages 2 and 4 and the last column or columns of
pages 7 and 5 on drum A and the same on drum B, and the respective positions of
the drums and impression cylinders are adjusted to each other in order to bring
the grippers to agree with the beginning of the impression on each sheet.
The arrows near various parts of the machine represented by the drawings show
direction of rotation or movement.
The details of the mechanism referred to, the mode of actuating grippers on

page_text: the impression cylinders, the mode of actuating grippers on folding cylinders, and
of causing then to operate at each or at alternate revolutions and also the construc-
tion and arrangement of the measuring and cutting cylinders are well understood
being similar to well known arrangements for the purpose in common use and need
not be further described.
The machine may be modified by placing only forms for two pages 2 and 7 in
succession on drum A. and two other pages 4 and 5 in the lengthway of the columns,
pages 3 and 6 and 1 and 8 being placed in like manner on the drum B.
The drums A and B would be smaller in diameter, and run at greater speed, the
impression cylinders would only have one set of grippers, and superposing would
be dispensed with, and the folding would be ordinary, but the wear of the type
would be greater and the folding more complicated than in the machine hereinbefore
described, which I prefer to use.
This modification above last referred to is illustrated by the diagram Fig. 2.
There are in this case tapes of ordinary arrangement to take the printed sheets
from the impression cylinder F, and deliver them to ordinary tapes, which will
carry them to ordinary folding arrangements.
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. The combination and arrangement of two printing drums with four impression
and transmitting cylinders substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. The combination and arrangement of two printing drums and four impression
and transmitting cylinders with cylinder folding and ordinary tape cross folding
mechanism substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the drawings.
3. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for printing sheets cut from
a web substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 1 and Fig. 1^
of the drawings.
4. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for printing sheets cut from
a web substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by reference to Figs. 1
and 1 when modified as hereinbefore described and illustrated by reference to
Fig. 2 of the drawings.
5. The arrangement of a rotary web printing machine to print directly from
type on any size of sheet smaller than the largest for which the machine is
designed, two complete papers or sheets of eight pages each at each revolution of
the printing drums substantially as described.
6. The arrangement of a succession of four forms of type on each of two
printing drums so as to print an eight page paper substantially as hereinbefore
described.
7. The arrangement by which the four forms of type are printed on one sheet
with one set of grippers on each impression cylinder substantially as hereinbefore
described.
8. The arrangement by which four forms of type on each printing drum are
printed on two half sheets in succession on the same printing drum with two sets
of grippers on each impression cylinder substantially as hereinbefore described.
9. The combination of four impression cylinders, two in connection with one
printing drum, each impression cylinder transmitting the sheet to the succeeding
impression cylinder in such manner that each sheet passes successively through all
the impression cylinders substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by
the drawings.
10. The combination and arrangement of the impression cylinders with the
printing drums in such manner, that the first two impression cylinders will transmit
white or unprinted sheets, to the second set of two impression cylinders during
one revolution, and which will print the sheets transmitted to them during their

page_text: second revolution alternately whilst the second two impression cylinders will print
two sheets during one revolution and transmits during the second revolution the
sheets printed on the first set of impression cylinders substantially as hereinbefore
described.
11. In rotary printing machines capable of printing various sizes of sheets
from type, the combination therewith of a superposing cylinder of half the
diameter of the impression cylinder, superposing two half sheets and delivering
and transmitting such half sheets to the folding cylinder substantially as herein-
before described.
12. The arrangement of the same machine so that four page papers may be
printed by it by placing only two forms in succession on each printing drum,
using only half the circumference of each impression cylinder, the superposing
cylinder being used only to transmit the printed sheets to the folding cylinder
substantially as hereinbefore described.
13. The arrangement by which the same machine by which a four page paper is
printed at double speed by replacing the forms of type by forms or "turtles"
filled with stereotype, in such arrangement the superposing cylinder would not
act to superpose but simply to transmit each sheet received by it to the folding
cylinders, which instead of working once for two revolutions, would operate at each
revolution, substantially as herein before described.
14. In rotary printing machines printing from type, the arrangement of a third
roller, to operate with the two inking rollers in order to supply to such inking
rollers the quantity of ink necessary to print a length of four forms in succession
substantially as hereinbefore described.
15. The arrangement of two forms in succession on each printing drum and two
forms in the width of the printing drums thus making the machine of double
the width of that shown by Fig. 1 and Fig. 1^, and reducing the diameter of
the printing drums, substantially as hereinbefore described by reference to Fig. 2
of the drawings.
Dated this Eleventh day of Novambo" 1802
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.