Year: 1886

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by MESSRS. R. HOE AND COMPANY, of 504, Grand
Street, in the City of New York, United States of America, Printing
Machine Manufacturers.]
I, William CoNQUEST of Tudor Street in the City of London, Mechanical
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to delivery mechanism of that class which is adapted to
operate upon a continuous web to sever the same into short lengths or sheets,
fold said sheets to convenient dimensions for handling, and, if desired, deliver the
folded or unfolded product, divided into lots containing any desired number.
The chief object of the invention is to provide a delivery mechanism capable
of delivering products of various sizes or volumes, so as to meet the wants of
those publishers who issue papers varying in size with the different days of the
week. The invention also includes mechanism by which the product may be
delivered folded to different dimensions, or by which, when desired, it may be
delivered in a flat or unfolded condition. The invention also includes various
improvements in certain of the individual mechanisms of which the complete
delivery mechanism is composed.
This delivery mechanism consists of a web-turning, or turning and associating
mechanism, consisting of suitably arranged turning bars; a primary folding
mechanism, consisting of one or more longitudinal folders, to which the web or
webs pass from the turning, or turning and associating mechanism; a severing
mechanism by which the web or webs are severed into sheets, and which is
arranged to receive the web or webs either direct from the printing mechanism
or from the primary folding mechanism: a secondary or final folding
mechanism, which is also a sheet associating mechanism, and which is arranged
to impart a transverse fold to each sheet separately, or to associate the sheets in
pairs, and impart a transverse fold to the associated pairs, or to permit the
sheets to pass without being either folded or associated; a piling mechanism
which is arranged to receive the folded sheets from the final folding mechanism.
and pile them in proper shape for removal; a sheet-collecting mechanism which
is arranged to receive the sheets from the final folding mechanism, and collect
them into lots containing any desired number, and a second piling mechanism,
which is arranged to receive the collected lots of sheets and pile them.

page_text: This delivery mechanism is applicable to any approved arrangement of print-
ing mechanism capable of perfecting either a single, double, or greater width
web.
The web is conducted from the printing mechanism to the delivery mechanism
by series of tapes aided by stationary guides and switches.-One of the tape paths
conducts the web to the turning and associating mechanism, over a roiler pro-
vided with a slitting rotary disc or knife, by which the web may be severed
longitudinally. Another series of tapes will conduct the web direct to one of
the fold-laying rolls of the primary folding mechanism, when it is desired to
omit the first or longitudinal fold, or to pass the sheets in an unfolded condition.
The web turning or turning and associating mechanism consists of two turn-
ing bars arranged at right angles to each other; the apex formed at their point
of intersection may point toward or away from the slitter.
These turning bars are mounted on adjustable brackets, so that their relative
angular position may be regulated to permit the web, and consequently the
divided half-webs, to be varied in width, within certain limits, and yet to be
presented to the longitudinal folders in such position that they will be folded
centrally.
These turning bars are provided with curved guides, which are supported in
any suitable manner, and operate to direct the leading ends of the web around
the bars.
The two halves of the severed web are led inward around a pair of adjustable
register rolls, and thence outward to a pair of rolls situated at the bases of a
pair of longitudinal folders of any well known construction, by which the halves
of the web will be separately and simultaneously folded longitudinally.
The longitudinal folders are pivotally secured at their bases to the bosses of
their respective rollers, in order that their surfaces may always be presented
in a true tangential line from said rolls, whatever the amount of adjustment
their apexes may require.
These longitudinal folders are arranged with respect to each other so that
their apexes point outward in opposite directions, and are each provided with
external turners and fold-laying rolls.
These latter rolls lie parallel with the printing cylinders, and are of sufficient
length to receive both halves of the divided web, side by side, when they are in
an unfolded condition.
When it is desired to associate the two halves of the web before longitudinally
folding them, one of the divided webs is led further inward over a guide roller
to join and underlie the other half of the web as it passes over the roller at the
base of its longitudinal folder. To paste the sheets together in the line of the
longitudinal fold, a line of paste may be laid upon either of the halves of the
web by a disc running in a paste trough, and in contact with the web as it
passes over one of the register rolls.
The transverse cutting and folding mechanism consists of a pair of cylinders
of sufficient length to receive the webs in an unfolded condition, and provided
with the ordinary devices for severing and folding.
These cylinders are provided with sets of impaling pins. The pins of the
cutting cylinder are provided with stripper fingers so operated as to strip the
leading ends of the sheets from the pins, and direct them into a pathway by
which they are represented to the folding cylinder, to be associated with the
next following sheets, so that the two sheets will be transversely folded together.
The folded sheets are projected between guides, and are conveyed to the piling
mechanism, consisting of a rotating gripper cylinder that will deposit them
upon a travelling apron. This apron may be provided with mechanism for
piling the folded sheets irregularly, so that they can be divided into lots con-
taining some predetermined number, without the necessity of counting.
The sheets may be collected into lots, and delivered in an unfolded condition,

page_text: or with only the longitudinal fold. The mechanism for effecting this consists
of a cylinder which is arranged at the side of the folding cylinder, and of the
same length. The periphery of this cylinder is provided with a number of
yielding pieces, which permit the cylinder to be gradually contracted in dia-
meter as the sheets are accumulated upon its surface.
The cylinder is also provided with a set of rocking impaling pins, and with
two series of co-operating stationary guides that nearly surround the cylinder
and hold the collected sheets to the surface of the cylinder.
A series of stripping fingers is provided to strip the accumulated sheets from
the impaling pins, and guide their leading ends off the cylinder and into a
pathway formed by the guides, from which they will fall in front of an ordinary
fly, and be piled on a table provided for the purpose.
The turning bars, instead of being arranged at right angles to each other,
may be arranged parallel to each other, and the longitudinal folders, instead
of being so arranged that their apexes point in opposite directions, may be
arranged to point in the same direction.
The secondary or transverse folding mechanism, or both this mechanism and
the severing mechanism, instead of being parallel with, may be at right angles
to, the printing cylinders, and the turning bar or bars may be arranged after,
instead of before the longitudinal folder or folders.
The transverse severing mechanism, instead of being wholly or partially
carried by the folding cylinders, may be carried by an independent pair of
cylinders, and arranged to sever the web or webs into sheets before it or they
are longitudinally folded.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in "Delivery" Mechanism for Web Printing
Machines.
I WILLIAM CONQUEST of Tudor Street in the City of London Mechanical
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:—
This Invention relates to delivery mechanism of that class which is adapted to
operate upon a continuous web to sever the same into short lengths or sheets
fold said sheets to convenient dimensions for handling and if desired deliver
the folded or unfolded product divided into lots containing any desired number.
The chief object of the Invention is to provide a delivery mechanism capable
of delivering products of various sizes or volumes so as to meet the wants of
those publishers who issue papers varying in size with the different days of
the week. To this end the Invention consists principally in a novel organiza-
tion of mechanisms by which this result is effected in a simple and economical
manner. The Invention also includes an organization of mechanisms by which
the product may be delivered folded to different dimensions or by which when
desired it may be delivered in a flat or unfolded condition. The Invention
also includes various improvements in certain of the individual mechanisms
of which the complete delivery mechanism is composed.
As a full understanding of the Invention can be best imparted by a detailed
description of the construction organization and operation of the mechanism
in which it is shown as embodied in the present case such description will be
first given after which some of the modifications which may be made in the
construction and organization without departing from the Invention will be
pointed out.
This delivery mechanism consists of a web turning or turning and associating
mechanism consisting of suitably arranged turning bars, a primary folding
mechanism consisting of one or more longitudinal folders to which the web or
webs pass from the turning or turning and associating mechanism, a severing
mechanism by which the web or webs are severed into sheets and which is
arranged to receive the web or webs either direct from the printing mechanism
or from the primary folding mechanism a secondary or final folding mechanism
which is also a sheet associating mechanism and which is arranged to impart
a transverse fold to each sheet separately or to associate the sheets in pairs
and impart a transverse fold to the associated pairs or to permit the sheets
to pass without being either folded or associated a piling mechanism which is
arranged to receive the folded sheets from the final folding mechanism and pile
them in proper shape for removal; a sheet collecting mechanism which is
arranged to receive the sheets from the final folding mechanism and collect
them into lots containing any desired number and a second piling mechanism
which is arranged to receive the collected lots of sheets and pile them.
The organization thus briefly outlined will now be described in detail refer-
ence being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of a delivery mechanism embodying
the present invention showing also a diagramatic view of an ordinary form
of web printing mechanism.

page_text: Figure 2 is a plan view of the delivery mechanism showing particularly the
web turning or turning and associating mechanism.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of the same taken upon the line of Figures 1
and 2.
Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the final folding mechanism
and also of the severing and sheet associating and collecting mechanism and the
sheet piling mechanisms.
Figure is a partial front elevation of the fly for delivering the sheet from
the collecting mechanism showing particularly the guides which are located
between the fingers of the fly.
Figure 5 is a side elevation partly in section upon a like scale of the mechanism
for collecting a number of sheets when it is desired to deliver the sheets in au
unfolded condition or without the final fold.
Figure 6 is a sectional elevation upon a still more enlarged scale of the final
folding mechanism and of the severing and sheet associating mechanism.
Figures 7 and S are details showing the means for operating the sheet holding
pins and the strippers of the sheet associating mechanism.
Figures 9 and 10 are enlarged cross sections of the cylinder forming the
sheet collecting mechanism for collecting the sheets into lots when they are to
be delivered in an unfolded condition or without the final fold.
Figures 10 and 10 illustrate details of the collecting cylinder which will be
hereafter referred to.
Figure 11 is an end view showing the means for operating the sheet holding
pins of the folding mechanism and the strippers of the collecting mechanism.
Figures 12 and 13 are views similar to Figures 4 and 5 illustrating a modified
construction which will be hereinafter explained.
Figure 14 is a cross section of the severing folding and associating mechanisms
illustrating another modified construction which will also be hereinafter
explained.
Figure 15 is a plan view of the same.
Figures 16, 17 and 18 show in side elevation, end elevation and plan view a
delivery machine of modified form and arrangement.
Figure 19 is a plan view of the delivery mechanism showing a modified
arrangement of the web turning or turning and associating mechanism.
Figure 20 is an elevation of the same.
Figure 21 is a view similar to Figure 19 showing another modified arrangement
of the same mechanism.
Figure 22 is an elevation of the same.
In many of these figures the framework for supporting the various parts is
partly or wholly omitted in order to more clearly show the other parts.
Referring to said drawings it is to be understood that the printing mechanism
therein shown is of an ordinary form of web perfecting mechanism consisting
essentially of two form cylinders 95, 97 two impression cylinders 96, 98 and suit-
able inking mechanisms as 101. This mechanism as herein shown is capacitated
to perfect a double width web, that is to say, a web which is of sufficient width
to receive two or more printed pages abreast or widthwise so that being properly
printed it can be split longitudinally to produce duplicate side by side small pro-
ducts or after being split can have its longitudinal sections associated to form
products of larger volume.
The web A led from the roll 100 passes around the usual leading rolls 99 and
through the printing mechanism by which it is perfected after which it passes
to conductors by which it is directed to the delivery mechanism.
It is to be remarked that the printing mechanism thus briefly described forms
no part of the present Invention but has been illustrated simply for the purpose
of aiding in a ready understanding of the delivery mechanism. The printing
mechanism may therefore be of any approved form and may as will hereinafter
appear be capacitated to perfect either a single double or greater width web.

page_text: The conductors by which the web is directed from the printing mechanism to
the delivery mechanism consist of three series of tapes, 50, 52 and i, two series of
stationary guides 51 and 9 and a series of switches 18. The series of tapes 50 pass
around pulleys 53 thence around a roll 54 and forward over a roll 55 and above
and in contact with the upper surfaces of the bars 10, 12 forming the web turning
and associating mechanism and return around pulleys 56, 57, 58. The series of
tapes 52 pass around a roll 59 located beneath the roll 54 and thence upward with
the tapes 50 and return around the roll 55. The series of tapes i are stretched
around the roll 55 and a roll 24 forming one of the fold laying rolls of the primary
folding mechanism. The guides 51 bridge the space between the cylinder 96 and
the roll 59 and co-act with the tapes 50. The guides 9 extend from the bars 10, 12
to a point near the roll 55 and also co-act with the tapes 50. The switches 18
bridge the space between the roll 55 and the ends of the guides 9. The web A after
being perfected as stated and as is emerges from between the cylinders 95, 96 has
its leading end entered between the tapes 50 and guides 51. The tapes 50 then act
to conduct the end of the web forward and enter it into the bite of the tapes 50, 52
by which tapes it is then carried upward to and over the roll 55 in passing which
roll it is split longitudinally into two sections ab (which in the subsequent opera-
tions will be termed webs) by a slitter 49 which is arranged and operates in the
usual manner. The webs a bare then conducted forward by the tapes 50 and the
guides to the bars 10, 12 forming the web turning and associating mechanism.
The conductors just described are not essential but they perform a useful function
in threading the machine and also in supporting the web in its passage to the
delivery mechanism.
The web turning or turning and associating mechanism consists as already
stated of two turning bars 10, 12. These bars as shown in Figures 2 and 3 are
arranged at right angles to each other and in such position that the apex formed
at their point of intersection points towards the slitter 49 and is at the centre of
the web and coincides with the line of division between the two narrow webs a b.
The bars 10, 12 are supported at their apex or point of union and at their outer
ends by brackets 6, 8 resting upon the framework. The brackets 8 are connected
together by a tie bar 11 that lies upon the inner side of the framework and is
provided centrally of its length with a nut that is engaged by adjusting screw 17
held in bearings in the framework and provided with a hand wheel by which it
may be operated. The brackets are each secured to the framework by bolts pass-
ing through slots therein which serve to hold the turning bars in proper position
and guide them in their adjustment.
The turning bars 10, 12 are made adjustable in this manner so that their posi-
tions may be changed with respect to the longitudinal folders forming the primary
folding mechanism the object being to permit the web A and consequently the
divided half webs ab to be varied in width within certain limits and yet cause
the webs ab to be presented to the longitudinal folders in such position that they
will be folded centrally.
The turning bars 10, 12 are provided with curved guides 19 which are supported
in any suitable manner and operate to direct the leading ends of the webs around
the bars in the manner shown and described in the Specification of the Letters
Patent granted to me and dated 5th December 1885 No. 14948. The guides 19
are provided with extensions 28 which extend laterally from the bars and serve
to support the webs as they are led from the bars to a pair of leading rolls 44,
48 located at the opposite sides of the machine.
From the rolls 44, 48 the webs a bare led inward around a pair of adjustable
register rolls 45, 47 thence outward as best shown in Figure over a pair of
rolls 42, 46 situated at the bases of a pair of longitudinal folders 20, 21 which
form the primary folding mechanism.
These folders may be of any well known form as herein shown however they
are of substantially the construction shown described and claimed in the above
mentioned Letters Patent.

page_text: As shown in Figures 1 to 3 the folders 20, 21 are pivotally secured at their
bases to bosses projecting from the framework through supporting arms which are
capable of oscillation ou said bosses. These bosses are concentric with the shafts
of the rolls 46, 42 through which bosses said shafts pass and find bearings therein.
By thus supporting the bases of the folders their surfaces are always presented
in a true tangential line from said rolls 46, 42 in any adjustment of their apexes
by the rods 71.
The longitudinal folders thus supported are arranged with respect to each other
so that their bases at the rolls 46, 42 are parallel, while their apexes point out-
ward in opposite directions and are each provided with external turuers formed
by the pair of rolls 22 and 23 and with the single pair of fold laying rolls 24, 25
all of which find suitable bearings in the framework.
It is to be observed that the rolls 24, 25 lie parallel with the printing cylinders
and also that they cooperate with both of the folders 20, 21 and also that they are
of sufficient length to receive both of the webs abside by side when they are in
an unfolded condition. The purpose of this is to permit the webs when desired
to be led directly from the roll 55 to the severing and secondary folding mechan-
ism instead of passing to the primary folding mechanism as will hereinafter more
fully appear.
After leaving the rolls 24, 25 the webs either unfolded or longitudinally folded
pass side by side into the control of a pair of cylinders 30, 31 which are of
sufficient length to receive the webs in an unfolded condition and which together
with their auxiliary devices form the severing and the folding and associating
mechanisms before referred to.
Referring now particularly to Figures 4 to 8 and 11 the organizations of these
mechanisms will be described. The cylinder 30 which as here shown is of a cir-
cumference equal to the length of two sheets is provided at opposite points with
cutting grooves 4 and the cylinder 31 which is of like size is provided with
ordinary severing blades 5 which are arranged to cooperate with the grooves 4
in the usual manner. The cylinder 30 is provided just in the rear of the grooves 4
with sets of impaling pins 3, 3 which are mounted upon arms extending from
rock shafts 29 journaled in the cylinder and are arranged to be protruded and
retracted through openings in the cylinder in the usual manner. The pins are
protruded by means of springs (not shown) and the shafts 29 are provided with
arms 43 which as the cylinder revolves are engaged by a stationary cam 77 (sec
Figures 5 and 11) so as to rock the shafts and cause the pins to be retracted to
release the sheets at the proper point. The cylinder 30 is also provided at the
proper points between the sets of pins with two ordinary rotating folding blades 2
which are operated by means of a cam (not shown) in the usual manner to fold
the sheets off the cylinder and into the bite of a pair of folding rolls 13, 14 from
which the sheets pass to the piling mechanism. The parts just described constitute
the severing mechanism and the secondary folding mechanism before referred to.
The cylinder 31 is provided just in the rear of one of the blades 5 with a set of
impaling pins 80 which are mounted upon arms extending from a rock shaft
which is journaled in the cylinder and is provided with an arm 81 (see Figures 7
and 8) by which it can be rocked to and secured in position to keep the pins either
protruded beyond or retracted within the cylinder according as it is desired to
associate sheets ar not. The pins 80 are provided with corresponding stripper
fingers 82 which are mounted upon a rock shaft 78 which is journaled in the
cylinder and is provided with an arm 83 which as the cylinder revolves engages
with a stationary cam 86 (see Figures 7 and 8) and is thereby operated so as to
rock the shaft 78 and cause the fingers 82 to strip the leading ends of the sheets
from the pins 80 and direct them into a pathway by which they are re-presented
to the cylinder 30 in position to be associated with the next following sheets so
that the two will be folded together between the rolls 13, 14 all as will be more
fully explained when the operation of the mechanism is described. The stripper
fingers 82 are held in their normal position close against the surface of the
cylinder by means of a spring or springs (not shown) and the cam 80 is supported

page_text: upon rods 79 which are made adjustable in the framework by means of a screw 93
so that when the sheets are not to be associated the same may be moved out of
the path of the arm 93 and thus prevent the stripper fingers from being operated.
The pathway into which the sheets are directed by the fingers 82 is formed of
two series of tapes 84, 88 and two series of guides 91, 92 as best shown in
Figures 4 and 6. The tapes 84 pass around pulleys 85, 87 and run in close
proximity to the lower side of the cylinder 31 while the tapes 88 pass around
pulleys 89 thence under the pulleys 87 and around pulleys 90 located in closo
proximity to the cylinder 30 thence for a short distance in contact with said
cylinder and thence around the roll 14 and back to the pulleys 89. The guides 92
bridge the space between the pulleys 85 and the cylinder 30 and cooperate with
the tapes 88 and the guides 91 bridge the space between the pulleys 89 and the
cylinder 31 and cooperate with the tapes 84. The parts just described form the
sheet associating mechanism before referred to.
As the folded sheets emerge from the folding rolls 13, 14 they are projectod
between guides 94 and as they are released from the folding rolls they pass into
the control of two series of tapes 15, 16 by which they are conveyed to the piling
mechanism which cooperates with the final folding mechanism to pile the folded
sheets. This piling mechanism as herein shown is of substantially the character
of that shown and described in the above mentioned Letters Patent and consists
of a rotating cylinder or carrier 32 which is provided with sheet grasping devices
which are arranged to grasp the leading ends of the sheets carry them forward
and deposit them against stops 42" and upon a slowly moving apron or series of
belts 41 which pass around rolls as 38, 39 and by which the sheets are conveyed
away from the machine. The stops 42 will preferably be provided with mechan-
ism such as shown and described in the Specification of the above mentioned
Letters Patent by which the folded sheets will be piled irregularly so that they
can be divided into lots containing some predetermined number without the
necessity of counting.
The tapes 15 pass around pulleys 33 located a short distance below the roll 13
thence downward beneath pulleys 36 and upward around the carrier 32 returning
around pulleys 34. The tapes 16 pass around pulleys 35 located by the side of the
pulleys 33 thence downward around the pulleys 36 thence upward running for
a short distance in contact with the carrier 32 and returning around pulleys 37.
It will be observed that the pulleys 33, 35 are placed a short distance apart so
as to prevent the tapes 15, 16 from coming into close biting contact until they
arrive at the pulleys 36. This permits the folded sheets to be projected downward
between the tapes for some distance before they actually come under the control
of the tapes thus preventing the sheets from wrinkling or buckling in passing
from the control of the rolls 13, 14 to the control of the tapes when as is usually
the case the latter and the carrier 32 are run at a reduced speed.
The sheet collecting mechanism by which the sheets may be collected into lots
to be delivered in an unfolded condition or with only the longitudinal fold consists
essentially of a cylinder 60 which is arranged at the side of and a short distance
from the cylinder 30 and is of the same length as the cylinders 30, 31. As herein
shown this cylinder 60 is of a circumference equal to or slightly more than the
length of one sheet.
Referring now particularly to Figures 4, 5, 9, 10 10° 10° and 11 the construc-
The
tion and organization of this collecting mechanism will be described.
cylinder 60 is provided around its circumference with a number of yielding pieces
c which have the effect of enlarging the circumference of the cylinder as shown in
Figure 9 and also permit the cylinder to be gradually contracted in diameter as
the sheets are accumulated upon its surface as shown in Figure 10. The yield-
ing pieces c as shown in the present case consist of curved spring plates which
are secured at one end to the cylinder and have their free ends bent inward and
extended into openings in the cylinder. The ends of the pieces c which enter the
openings in the cylinder are provided with projections which engage with stude
or pins o and thus limit the outward movement of the pieces c as best shown in

page_text: Figure 9. The construction and arrangement of the pieces c may be considerably
varied without departing from the principle of the Invention. For example they
might consist of spring seated pieces extending lengthwise of the cylinder or the
cylinder might be made in sections so as to be capable of expanding and then
contracting as the sheets accumulate upon it.
The cylinder 60 is also provided with a set of impaling pins d which are
mounted upon a shaft which is journaled in the cylinder so as to have a slight
rocking movement. The pins & are so positioned and project such a distance
beyond the cylinder that when the cylinder is in operation the leading ends of
the sheets held by the pins 3, 3 of the cylinder 30 will as the latter pins are
retracted be impaled by the pius d and transferred from the cylinder 30 to the
collecting cylinder 60. The cylinder 60 is also provided with two series of co-
operating stationary guides er which are supported upon suitable rods and are
arranged to nearly surround the cylinder and thus act to hold the sheets onto
the surface of the cylinder as shown in Figure 10.
The cylinder 60 is also provided with a series of stripping fingers which are
mounted upon a rock shaft journaled in the cylinder and are arranged to normally
lie within or upon the surface of the cylinder and are provided with slots
through which the pius d project. The fingers are provided with means by
which they are rocked outward at predetermined times so as to strip the accu-
mulated sheets from the pins d and guide their leading ends off the cylinder and
into a pathway formed by the portions f of the guides c r. This operation of
the stripping fingers is effected as follows: The shaft upon which the fingers
are mounted is provided with an arm m having a stud or howl which travels in
the groove of a stationary cam 63 (see Figures 5 and 9).
The bowl of the arm m normally travels in a path concentric with the periphery
of the cylinder 60 but the cam 63 is provided with a vibrating switch 64 which
is periodically operated so as to cause the bowl to pass inward and travel along
a surface ass (see Figures 11 and 10%) for a short distance and thus rock the
arm m and raise the fingers so as to strip the sheets off the pins d and direct
them between the guides as shown in Figure 10. The switch 64 is operated
as follows; The switch is mounted upon a short shaft (sec Figures 10 and
10b) which extends through the cam 63 and is provided with an arm k which is
connected to an arm 66 which is forked at its end and straddles a stud extending
from the framework (see Figures 5, 10" and 10"). This stud carries a loosely
mounted gear 67 in the face of which is formed a cam groove 65 into which
extends a stud projecting from the arm 66. The gear 67 engages with a gear 68
(see dotted lines in Figure 9) which is mounted upon the shaft of the cylinder 60).
The cam groove 65 is so formed that the switch 64 will be rocked at each
revolution of the gear 67 but the gears 67, 68 are so proportioned that the bowl
of the arm m will not be in position to be directed inward by the switch at
the time the switch is rocked except at the end of each tenth revolution thereby
allowing ten sheets to be accumulated upon the cylinder 60 between each two
vibrations of the fingers n.
Although the means as just described for operating the stripping fingers forms
a practical arrangement for so doing any other well known means may be
employed as well as different sized and proportioned gears to cause the cylinder
to accumulate a greater or less number of sheets.
As the accumulated sheets emerge from between the guides f they pass in
front of an ordinary fly 61 by which they are piled upon a table 62. This table
may and preferably will be provided with the well known means by which it is
shifted at regular intervals so as to produce irregularities in the pile of sheets
and thus enable them to be separated into lots containing any desired number
without the necessity of counting. The fly 61 is operated by any of the well
known means for that purpose and there are preferably provided stationary
guides as 76 (see Figures 4 and 4) which lie between the fingers of the fly and
gainst which the sheets will rest as they pass downward in front of the fly.
The sheets from the fly instead of being deposited upon a table as 62 may be

page_text: deposited upon a slowly moving apron or series of belts and in such case the
irregularity in the pile caused by the movement of the apron or belts will effect
the counting.
In order to prevent a lot of accumulated sheets from falling suddenly as soon
as released from the cylinder 60 and thus becoming disarranged there are pro-
vided a pair of slowly moving segmental rolls 69, 70 between which the lot of
sheets passes as it emerges from the guides f. These rails are cut away for
the greater portion of their circumference or made segmental so as to permit
the lot of sheets to pass freely between them until their full portions come
together when the rolls will nip the lot of sheets and feed it slowly downward
in front of the fly. The rolls 69, 70 are geared together by gears 74, 75 and
are driven from the gear 72 through an intermediate 73 which is of suitable size
to properly time the rolls 69, 70.
The various other moving parts of the mechanism herein described are pro-
vided with suitable engaging gears by which the several parts are properly time
with relation to each other.
The cylinder 60 and the fly 61 and also the carrier 32 and its tapes and the
apron or belts 41 will be driven in such a manner that they can be thrown out
of operation when desired. The gears for driving the various parts are not herein
shown.
The remaining features of construction will be described in connection with
the description of the operation of the mechanism.
The delivery mechanism organized as herein shown and described is capacitated
to deliver the printed product in the following forms and conditions viz.:
1st. In the form of single full sheets either in an unfolded condition or folded
once longitudinally and once transversely or once transversely.
2nd. In the form of pairs of full sheets associated together and folded as above.
3rd. In the form of four full sheets said sheets being first associated in pairs
and folded longitudinally and the pairs associated and folded transversely.
4th. In the form of a single full sheet and a single half sheet associated
together and folded once longitudinally or once longitudinally and once trans-
versely.
5th. In the form of two full sheets and two half sheets the full and half sheets
being first associated in pairs and folded longitudinally and the pairs then
associated and folded transversely; or
6th. In the form of half sheets in an unfolded condition or folded once trans-
verselv.
To deliver single full sheets in an unfolded condition the arm 81, will be
shifted to the position shown by dotted lines in Figure 7 so as to retract the
pins 80, and the cam 86, will also preferably be moved outward so as to not
engage the arm 83, thus rendering the fingers 82, idle. The blades 2, and the
carrier 32, will also be rendered idle and the collecting cylinder 60, and fly 61.
will be thrown into operation, and the switches 18, will be turned and secured
in the position shown by dotted lines in figure 1.-The web A. will be split by
the slitter 49, and the two sections or narrow webs a. b. instead of passing
forward to the turning bars 10-12 will pass downward along the tapes : as
shown by dotted lines in figure 1, and be entered side by side between the
rolls 24-25 and the cylinders 30-31 where their leading ends will be impaled
by one set of the pins, 3 or 3 and carried around upon the cylinder 30.
the cylinders 30-31 complete a half revolution one of the blades 5 co-operating
with the corresponding groove 4, will sever the webs and their freshly severed
ends will be impaled by the other set of the pins 3 or 3º. At or about the same
time that this takes place the pins upon which the leading ends of the now
severed sheets are impaled will be retracted by the cam 77. and at the same time
the pins . of the cylinder 60. will impale the leading ends of the sheets and
take them off the cylinder 30 and onto the cylinder 60.
As
At the end of the next half revolution of the cylinders 30-31 another pair of
sheets will be severed from the webs a. b and those sheets will in like manner be

page_text: taken by the pins d. and carried onto the cylinder 60 on top of the sheets
already there and so the operation will continue to be repeated until the proper
number of sheets has been accumulated upon the cylinder 60. when the finger n.
will be operated as already described to strip the accumulated lot of sheets off
the pins and direct them to the fly 61, by which they will be piled upon the
table 62.
To deliver single full sheets with one longitudinal fold the adjustment of the
mechanism will be the same except that the switches 18, will be turned down
to the position shown in figure 1. The webs a. b. will then, instead of passing
downward along the tapes i pass forward between the tapes 50, and guides 9
to the turning bars 10, 12 around which bars they will be directed by the
guides 19 as shown in figure 2, after which they will pass around their respective
rolls 48. 47. 46 and 44. 45. 42 to their respective longitudinal folders 20, 21.
in passing which folders they will be folded longitudinally, as shown in figure 3.
After leaving the folders 20, 21 the now folded webs will pass between the
rolls 24, 25 and enter side by side between the cylinders 30, 31 after which the
operation is exactly the same as already described except that the sheets instead
of being delivered in an unfolded condition are folded once longitudinally.
To deliver single full sheets with one longitudinal and one transverse fold, the
folding blades 2 of the cylinder 30. will be rendered operative, the cylinder 60
and y G will be thrown out of operation and the carrier 32 will be thrown into
operation. The webs a. b will be folded longitudinally the same as just described
but the longitudinally folded sheets instead of being taken by the pins d of
the cylinder 60, will when released from the pins of the cylinder 30. be folded
off the cylinder by the blades 2 into the bite of the rolls 13, 14 from which rolls
they will be carried by the tapes 15, 16 to the carrier 32. and be piled upon
the belts 41.
To deliver single full sheets folded once transversely the adjustment of the
mechanism will remain the same as last described except that the switches 18
will be turned up to the position shown by dotted lines in figure 1. The opera-
tion will be the same as last described except that the webs a. b. instead of
passing forward to the turning bars 10, 12 will pass downward along the tapes i,
to the rolls 24, 25.
a
To deliver pairs of full sheets folded either once longitudinally or once longi.
tudinally and once transversely the adjustments and operations will be respec-
tively the same as in delivering single sheet folded to the same dimension:
except that the web b. instead of passing from the roll 45 to the roll 42 and
folder 21 will be led around an adjustable register roll 102 and thence over the
roll 46 onto the folder 20 so as to be brought under and associated with the
web a. as shown by dotted lines in Figure 3.
To deliver pairs of full sheets associated and folded once transversely, the
pins 3 will be retracted within the cylinder 30 and secured in that position,
the pins 80 will be protruded beyond the periphery of the cylinder 31, as shewn
in figures 6 and 7, the cam 86, will be moved inward so as to operate the
fingers 82, as shown in figure 8, and the switches 18. will be turned up to the
position shewn by dotted lines in figure 1. The webs a. b instead of passing
forward to the turning bars 10. 12 will pass downward along the tapes i, and
be entered between the cylinders 30, 31 in position to be taken by the pins 80
and carried around upon the cylinder 31. As the leading ends of the webs
arrive at a point above the pulleys 87 the fingers 82. will be operated by the
cam 86 as shewn in figure 6. so as to strip the ends of the webs from the pins
and direct them into the pathway formed by the tapes 84. 88 and the guides 91.
92. When the cylinders 30. 31 have completed one half a revolution the webs
will be severed and the freshly severed end swill be taken by the pins 3 and
carried forward upon the cylinder 30.-The sheets which were directed off the
cylinder 31, will in the meantime be carried forward by the tapes 84, 88 and.
will have their leading ends presented to the cylinder 30. at the roll 90 jast
in time to join with the leading ends of the webs held by the pins so as to

page_text: be taken by said pins and thus become associated with the second pair of sheets
severed from the webs. The pairs of sheets thus associated will at the proper
time be released by the pins 3 and folded off the cylinder 30 by one of the
blades 2. The pairs of sheets thus associated and folded will then pass to the
carrier 32 and be delivered the same as already described.
To deliver four full sheets associated and folded as herein before stated the
adjustment and operation will be the same as in delivering a two sheet product
folded to like demensions except that the pins 3 will be made inoperative and
the pins 80 and fingers S2 will be made operative.
To deliver one full and one half sheet associated and folded either once longi-
tudinally or once longitudinally and once transversely the adjustments and
operations will be respectively the same as in delivering two full sheets folded
to like dimensions except that the web b. will be of only half width.
To deliver two full and two half sheets associated and folded as herein before
stated the adjustment and operation will be the same as in delivering four full
sheets folded to the same dimensions except that the web b. will be of only half
width.
To deliver half sheets either in an unfolded condition or folded once trans-
versely the adjustments and operations will be respectively the same as in
delivering single full sheets in the same conditions except that the slitters 103
(see dotted lines in figure 2) will be put into operation so that the webs a and b.
will be each split longitudinally.
In those cases where two sheets are associated and then folded longitudinally
it will be desirable to have the sheets passed together along the line of the
longitudinal fold. This can readily be done by providing a pasting apparatus
as 104 (see figure 3) by which a line of paste will be applied to the longitudinal
fold line of the web a. as it passes the roll 47. In those cases where pasting
is not required the pasting apparatus will be thrown out of operation.
If desired, the full sheets may be split on the line of the longitudinal fold by
means of slitters, as 105, located as shown by dotted lines in figure 3, or in any
other suitable position.
The mechanism constructed and organized in the manner herein before described
embody the Invention in what is regarded as the most complete and desirable
form. The arrangement or organization of the mechanisms and also the con-
struction of many of them may be varied considerably without departing from
some of the principal features of the Invention.
A delivery machine of more simple construction arranged to deliver 4. S. or 16
paged products from each half of the machine simultaneously while providing
ready access to the various parts of the delivery machine for inspection altera-
tion and lubrication is shewn at Figures 16. 17. and 18.
The printed web of paper A from the last type and impression cylinders of
the printing machine is led up to the roller 55 between the tapes 50 and 52
where it is split by the rotary knife 49
Each half of the web A is led round its turning bar 10-12 arranged at
right angles to one another so that each web will be caused to travel in opposite
directions and at right angles to their previous path. The webs pass round the
rollers 44. 48 round tension rollers over the rollers 42, 46 down in front of the
longitudinal web folders 20. 21. These apparatus are cach composed of a longi-
tudinal web folder 20. 21 with pairs of rollers 22, 23. 24. 25. for bringing together
the sides of the web and completing the fold. A rotary folding cylinder 30
and cutting cylinder 31 arranged below receive the folded web. The cylinder 30
is furnished with two sets of impaling pins 3 and a pair of rotary folding blades
and the cylinder 31 with a pair of cutting knives 5 of well known construction.
The web in passing between these cylinders will be severed into sheets and
the sheets folded between the folding rollers 13. 14. The folded sheets thence
pass between and are carried by the tapes 15. 16 under the roller 36 to the
gripping cylinder 32. As the leading end of the folded paper presents itself
from below the roller 36 one set of the grippers of the cylinders 32 seize it and

page_text: carry it round against the stop 42". Before the leading end of the paper strikes
against the stop the grippers are caused to open and release the sheet which will
then be deposited on the travelling apron or tapes 41.
The
The tapes 15 pass from one of the rollers 33 round the roller 36 onto the
gripper cylinder 32 and return round the roller 34 to the roller 33.
tapes 16 pass from one of the rollers 33 round the roller 36 onto the gripping
cylinder 32 and return around the rollers 37.
The stop bars 42 are mounted on a rock shaft carried in bracket bearings
conveniently secured to the frame of the machine. Keyed upon this rock shaft
is an arm which rests upon the surface of a snail cam 42 also carried in bracket
bearings secured to the frame and driven by suitable spur gear from the main
shaft. The speed at which the cam 42b is driven will be so regulated as to
transmit motion to that part of the bar 42" which acts upon the sheet as a
stop at the same speed as the travelling apron 41 so that the stop bars 42ª shall
advance with the apron 41 and the sheets will be laid one on top of the other.
On the fall of the arm resting on the cam 42" the stop bars 42 will be carried
back ready to receive another series of folded papers which will thus be con-
veniently separated into packets containing a certain desired number, previous
to removal from the apron without the necessity for the compound motions of the
apron required to separate the packets, or the complex marking mechanism
hitherto required.
A rotary slitting knife 49* may be mounted above the roller 46 and run in a
groove of that roller. This knife is carried in an adjustable swing frame by
which it can be raised out of or lowered into action when required. Both rollers
42. 46. may be thus furnished with slitting knives if desired.
It will thus be seen that by this arrangement of machinery Loth halves of the
divided web can be folded longitudinally and transversely simultaneously by separate
mechanism all the parts being easily accessible to the workmen from every side.
In this machine supposing the type to be arranged on the cylinder of the
printing machine with the columus running round the cylinder a four page
product will be obtained with one fold for packing from each half of the web
or by arranging the type on the type cylinder with the columns running length-
wise the traverse folder will convert the four page product into an eight page
product and by the employment of the rotary slitting knife 49" this eight page
product may be obtained with cut edges. The slitting knife 49* may also be
used to slit the web longitudinally so that a two or a four page product may be
formed which product may be used as a supplement to either a four page or
eight page product.
If desired the two halves a and may be brought together or associated
folded longitudinally and transversely and delivered as an eight page product
with a fold for packing. A sixteen page product with pages of half the size
of the eight page product may be produced if as before stated the type upon
the type cylinder is rearranged. When the latter is required the half of
the divided web is led round the roller 44 over the roller 45 and under the
roller 102 meeting and underlying the other half a of the divided web upon
the roller 46 on the other half of the machine passing thence to the folding and
delivery mechanism at the left hand side of the machine.
When the two halves of the web are to be associated and folded together to
obtain an eight page product the same may be secured together by a line of
paste applied by means of the disc 104 to the underside of the web a. In this
case the half of the web a is led over the roller 47 which is carried immediately
over the pasting disc 104. From the roller 47 the web is led over the roller 46
where it will overlie the web on the roller 46, will adhere thereto and when
cut into sheets an eight page product will be delivered having a transverse fold
for packing purposes.
Motion is communicated to this apparatus from the printing machine by a
train of spur gear to the main shaft J and from thence through bevil gear and
the intermediate vertical shaft J' to the shaft of the roller 55. The shaft carry-

page_text: ing the slitting knife 49 is driven by spur gear from the shaft of this roller
which is also connected with the shaft by spur gear. This shaft is geared
with the axle of the rollers 42. 46 by bevil gear. The shaft of the rotary
folding cylinder 30 the cutting cylinder 31 the gripper cylinder 32 and their
accompanying folding and tape rollers are all driven by spur gear from the main
shaft as shewn by pitch lines.
The turning bars 10. 12 forming the web turning or turning and associating
mechanism instead of being arranged as shewn in Figures 1. 2. 3 and 18 may
be reversed in position as shewn in Figures 19 and 20 or the bars instead of
being arranged at right angles to each other may be arranged parallel to each
other as shown in Figures 21. and 22 or the web turning and turning and
associating mechanism may be arranged in any other suitable manner to accom-
plish the necessary result. So also the folders 20. 21. instead of being so
arranged that their apexes point in opposite directions may be arranged to
point in the same direction as shewn in Figures 21. 22.
One of the folders 20 or 21 may be omitted but in such case a single instead
of a double width web will be used when it is desired to deliver single full sheets
folded longitudinally.
So also the whole mechanism instead of being capacitated to operate upon a
double width web may be only capacitated to operate upon a single width web.
In such case of course two sheets could not be associated and folded longitudinally.
The secondary or transverse folding mechanism or both this mechanism and
the severing mechanism instead of being parallel with, may be at right angles
to, the printing cylinders. In such cases the turning bar or bars 10. 12 may be
arranged to act upon the web or webs after it or they pass the longitudinal
folder or folders or the bar or bars may be arranged to turn the web or webs to
present it or them to the severing and transverse folding mechanisms instead of
to the longitudinal folder or folders or even when the transverse folding
mechanism is parallel with the printing cylinders the turning bar or bars may
be arranged after instead of before the longitudinal folder or folders.
The transverse severing and folding mechanisms and also the sheet associating
mechanism may be of a different form from those shewn without departing
from the principal features of the Invention. For example these mechanisms
may be organized as shewn in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 5846
granted to me and dated 12th May 1885 and as illustrated in Figures 14
and 15. In this case the fingers 82 and the pathway formed by the tapes 84 88
and guides 91 92 are dispensed with and the cylinder 31 is of a circumference
equal to the length of only one full sheet and is as a consequence provided with
only one blade 5 and the pins 80 instead of being held stationary either in
their protruded or retracted position are held in a protruded position by means
of a spring and are retracted to release the sheets by means of a cam carried
upon the cylinder 30 and which engages with a stud upon the arm 87 in the
same manner as in the Letters Patent referred to. When Sheets are to be
associated the pins 3 will be rendered inoperative and the pins 80 operative.
The first sheet will be taken by the pins 80 and carried around upon the
cylinder 31 and at the end of the first revolution of the cylinder 31 the pins $0
will be retracted by the cam w so that the sheet on the cylinder 31 will be taken
by the pins 3 and transferred to the cylinder 30 and thus become associated
with the second sheet. When sheets are not to be associated the pins 80 will
be secured in their retracted position and the pins 3ª will be rendered operative.
The organization shewn in Figures 12 and 13 is substantially the same as
that just described except that an extra cylinder 40 is provided to cooperate
with the cylinder 30 to form the sheet severing mechanism. In this case the
pins 80 on the cylinder 31 are operated in the manner just described by means
of a cam upon the cylinder 30. The pins 3 however are not rendered in-
operative when sheets are to be associated. The first sheet will be taken by the
pins and carried forward upon the cylinder 30 until its leading end is at
the cylinder 31 at which time the stud of the arm 43 of the shaft upon which

page_text: the pins are mounted will come into engagement with a cam 26 (see Figures 11.
and 13) by which the shaft will be rocked so as to retract the pins and allow
the Sheet to be taken by the pins 80 and carried around upon the cylinder 3.1.
The cam 26 is pivotted upon a stud 71 in such manner that as the stud of the
arm 43 passes the pivotal point of the cam it will bear upon the tail piece 27 of
the cam and thereby rock the cam to the position shewn by dotted lines in
Figure 11 so that as the pins 3 arrive at the cylinder 31 the stud of the arm 43
of their shaft will not be engaged by the cam and these pins as a consequence
will not be retracted. As the cylinder 31 completes its revolution the pins SO
will be retracted by the cam and the pins 3 not being retracted by the cam 26
will take the sheet from the cylinder 31 and associate it with the second sheet
upon the cylinder 30. As the stud of the arm 4 of the shaft carrying the pins 3
passes the cam 26 it will engage the tail piece 27 and rock the cam 26 back to
its original position so that it will operate to retract the pins 3ª and allow the
third sheet to be taken by the pins 80. When the sheets are not to be
associated the cam 26 will be moved outward by the stud 71 so as to be out of
the path of the studs of the arm 43 as shown in Figure 13 and the pins 80 will
be secured in their retracted position.
It is to be remarked that the transverse severing mechanism instead of being
wholly or partly carried by the cylinders 30. 31 as shewn may be carried by an
independent pair of cylinders and in such case the severing mechanism may
be arranged to sever the web or webs into sheets before it or they are longi-
tudinally folded. In case this is done suitable tapes must of course be provided
to convey the sheets to the transverse folding mechanism.
The forms of transverse folding and associating mechanisms shewn are
deemed sufficient to illustrate the principle of the Invention but other forms of
mechanism may he employed for these purposes or one or both of these mechanisms
may be entirely omitted and yet preserve certain features of the Invention.
In regard to the collecting mechanism for collecting the sheets into lots when
they are to be delivered without being folded transversely it is to be remarked
that although the form of mechanism for this purpose which is herein shewn
is regarded as, all things considered, the best for the purpose, any other form
of mechanism may be used for this purpose and yet preserve the principal
features of the present Invention and the same is to be remarked in regard to
the sheet piling mechanisms.
From the foregoing it will be seen that the present Invention consists, not
so much in improvements in the individual mechanisms of which the whole
delivery mechanism is composed, as in the combinations or organizations of the
several mechanisms whereby they are capacitated to produce certain results.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
me by my Foreign Correspondent I declare that what I claim is:-
1. The combination with a longitudinal folder and a web turner, of a path-
way switch 18 and a web severing mechanism which is capacitated to sever
the web when in an unfolded condition, these parts being so arranged that the
web may be led either directly to the severing mechanism in an unfolded
condition or to the folder and thence to the severing mechanism in a folded
condition all substantially as described.
2. The combination with a longitudinal folder, a web turner, a pathway i a
switch 18 and a web severing mechanism, of a transverse folding mechanism
as the cylinder 30 and its auxiliaries, which is capacitated to act upon the sheets
severed before they are longitudinally folded, these parts being so arranged
that the webs or sheets may be led either directly to the transverse folding
mechanism before being folded longitudinally or to the longitudinal folder
and thence to the transverse folder after being longitudinally folded, all sub-
stantially as described.
3. The combination with the turning bars 10-12 arranged to turn and
associate the webs a, b of a longitudinal folder, as 20 or 21, for folding said

page_text: associated webs, and a web severing mechanism arranged parallel with the
printing cylinder for severing the associated and folded webs into sheets all
substantially as described.
4. The combination with the turning bars 10, 12 arrange to turn and associate
the webs a. b of a longitudinal folder, as 20 or 21, for folding said associated
webs, and web severing and transverse folding mechanisms arranged parallel
with the printing cylinders for severing the associated and folded webs into
sheets and folding the sheets, all substantially as described.
5. The combination with the turning bars 10, 12 arranged to turn and associate
the webs a. of a longitudinal folder, as 20 or 21, for folding said associated
webs, and web severing and sheet associating mechanisms arranged parallel with
the printing cylinders for severing the associated and folded webs into sheets
and associating the sheets, all substantially as described.
6. The combination with the turning bars 10, 12 arranged to turn and
associate with the webs a. of a longitudinal folder, as 20 or 21, for folding
said associated webs, and web severing, sheet associating and transverse folding
mechanisms arranged parallel with the printing cylinders for severing the
associated and folded webs into sheets and associating and folding the sheets,
all substantially as described.
7. The combination with a plurality of longitudinal folders, of web turning
and associating mechanism arranged to turn a plurality of webs which are
running side by side so as to change their direction of travel, and bring them
into line, whereby the webs may be led to different folders to be folded separately
or associated and led to the same folder to be folded together, all substantially
as described.
8. The combination with the cutting cylinders 30, 31 adapted to receive and
sever the full width web which may he led directly to them, of a slitter as 49.
for dividing the web longitudinally into narrow webs, a longitudinal folder, as 20
as 20, 21 and turning bars as 10. 12 which are arranged to operate upon the
narrow webs before they enter the cutting cylinders whereby the narrow webs
may be longitudinally folded and severed into sheets or be severed into sheets
without being so folded, substantially as described.
9. The combination with the cutting cylinders 30. 31 adapted to receive and
sever the full width web which may be led directly to them, of a slitter, as 49,
for dividing the web longitudinally into narrow webs, longitudinal folders,
or 21, and turning bars 10. 12 which aro arranged to operate upon the narrow
webs before they enter the cutting cylinders whereby the narrow webs may be
associated and longitudinally folded and severed into sheets or be severed into
sheets without being so associated and folded, substantially as described.
it
10. The combination with a transverse folding mechanism as the cylinder 30
and its auxiliaries, which is capacitated to act upon the sheets without their
being folded longitudinally, of a slitter for dividing the web into narrow webs
pathway longitudinal folders for folding the narrow webs, a web turning
mechanism with or without associating mechanism and a transverse severing
mechanism these devices or mechanisms being so arranged that the webs may
be led either directly to the transverse folding mechanism without being folded
longitudinally or to the longitudinal folders, and thence to the transverse folder
after being longitudinally folded, all substantially as described.
11. The combination with a transverse severing and folding mechanism adapted
to receive and sever the full width web and arranged so that the web may be
led directly thereto, of a slitter, as 49. for dividing the web longitudinally into
narrow webs longitudinal folders, as 20. 21, and furning bars as 10. 12 which
are arranged to operate upon the narrow webs before they arrive at the trans-
verse severing and folding mechanism whereby the web may be divided into
narrow webs and the narrow webs longitudinally folded and severed into sheets
or be severed into sheets without being so folded substantially as described.
12. The combination with the folding cylinder 30. and a piling mechanism,
as the carrier 32. for piling the sheets folded off said cylinder, of a sheet collect-

page_text: ing mechanism for receiving the sheets from said cylinder without their being
folded thereby and collecting them into lots, and a piling mechanism as the
fly 61, for piling the lots of sheets from the collecting mechanism whereby the
sheets may be folded off the cylinder and delivered by one piling mechanism or
bo collected off the cylinder without being folded thereby and delivered by
another piling mechanism all substantially as described.
13. The combination with the cutting and folding cylinders 30. 31 and a
piling mechanism, as the carrier 32. for piling the sheets folded thereby, of a
sheet collecting mechanism for receiving the sheets from said cylinders without
their being folded thereby and collecting them into lots, and a piling mechanism
for piling the lots of sheets from the collecting mechanism whereby the sheets
may be folded off the cylinder and delivered by one piling mechanism or be
collected off the cylinder without being folded thereby and delivered by another
piling mechanism, all substantially as described.
14. The combination with the cylinders 30. 31 provided with auxiliary devices
for folding and for associating and folding sheets, and a piling mechanism, as
the carrier 32, for piling the sheets folded thereby, of a sheet collecting mech-
anism for receiving the sheets from said cylinders without their being folded
thereby and collecting them into lots and a piling mechanism for piling the
lots of sheets from the collecting mechanism whereby the sheets may be folded
off the cylinder or associated and folded off the cylinder and delivered by
one piling mechanism or be collected off the cylinder without being folded
thereby and delivered by another piling mechanism all substantially as described.
15. The combination with the cylinders 30. 31 provided with sheet associating
and folding devices of a sheet collecting mechanism, as the cylinder 60 and
means for rendering said folding and associating devices inoperative, all sub-
stantially as described.
16. The collecting cylinder 60 provided with means for collecting sheets
upon its surface and made with yielding pieces c. or other means of contract-
ing as the sheets accumulate upon it, all substantially as described.
17. The combination with the collecting cylinder GO made capable of contract-
ing as the sheets accumulate upon it, of the guides for holding the sheets on
to the cylinder, all substantially as described.
18. The combination with the collecting cylinder 60 having the yielding
pieces or other means of contracting as the sheets accumulate of the stripper
fingers n. for directing the lot of sheets off the cylinder, all substantially as
described.
19. The combination with a collecting cylinder, as 60 of the segmental rolls
69. 70 for receiving the lots of sheets as they are delivered from the cylinder,
all substantially as described.
20. The combination with a plurality of longitudinal folders, of a plurality
of web turners mounted in a movable frame and arranged to turn the webs and
present them to the folders and means for adjusting the position of the frame
carrying the turners, all substantially as described.
21. The construction and arrangement of delivery mechanism for web per-
fecting printing machinery as herein shewn and described with reference to
Figures 1 to 15 of the drawings.
22. The modified construction and arrangement of delivery mechanism for
web perfecting printing machinery as herein shown and described with refer-
ence to Figures 16. 17. and 18 of the drawings.
23. The modifications in the arrangement of the turning bars and longitudinal
folders and their accessories as herein shewn and described with reference to
Figures 19. 20. 21 and 22 of the drawings.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.