Improvements in and relating to Ruling Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th Mar. 1595-Accepted, 19th Aug., 1995
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Ruling Machines.
We, ELLIS GRABER, of Tunbridge Wells, in the County of Kent, Machine
Ruler, and LEWIS HEPWORTH, of 16, Beltring Road, in the Town and County
aforesaid, Master Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to certain improvements in ruling machines whereby the
range of their capabilities is extended and more perfect and reliable work produced,
and it consists, first, in the employment of a carriage having reciprocating motion
for carrying the paper. Secondly of a device for raising and depressing the pens
from the paper either automatically or by a treadle or its equivalent. Thirdly in
the use of masks or stencils to cover the paper where the lines are not required or
are intermittent. Fourthly of a series of wells or reservoirs for containing different
colored inks in capillary connection with the pens. Fifthly in the use of a
specifically constructed pen for ruling lines of any thickness or breadth, and lastly
in the employment of a revolving table for ruling curved lines.
In carrying our invention into effect we mount a table for carrying the paper on
a bed carried by any suitable frame so that the said carriage has a free reciprocating
motion thereon. Above the path of the reciprocating carriage is hinged a beam
capable of being raised and lowered with respect to the table of the machine. This
beam carries the ruling pens which are attached thereto in any convenient manner
so that their position may be varied with respect to each other. On this beam or
in close proximity thereto are a series of wells or reservoirs for the different
colored inks, each of the said wells or reservoirs being in capillary connection with
any single or several of the pens. The pens are preferably mounted one slightly in
advance of the other to prevent the different colored inks from nixing or running
together. The beam carrying the pens is preferably hinged to the frame and it is
tilted to lift the pens clear of the table, either by means of a treadle, or by an
automatic action actuated by the reciprocating carriage.
When it is desired to rule curved lines the reciprocating carriage is removed from
the bed of the machine and a rotating one substituted. This rotating table is
conveniently placed with respect to the beam carrying the pens and it is adapted
to rotate either upon one centre or upon two or more centres influencing each
other for elliptical, hyperbolic, or parabolic curves.
When it is necessary to rule lines of varying lengths I employ a mask or stencil
of very thin sheet metal or other suitable material in which are cut orifices or
openings at the places where the ruling is to take place so that the pens are only
in contact with the paper while the said orifices or openings pass under them,
the paper being protected during the remainder of the travel of the carriage
carrying it.
The pens which I use for ruling the ordinary thin lines are of the type now generally
used, but when it is required to rule a thick or broad line I use a pen constructed
out of a flattened cylinder or tube which is filled with flannel, felt, or any other
capillary material which will permit of just the right amount of colored ink passing
to the paper to produce the lines evenly.
By our invention the ruling of paper can be effected so that the lines are of any
exact length or lengths either continuous or interrupted, and further the lines may

page_text: be ruled in one or several colours at the same time and at any angle or angles to
the edge of the paper or at any curve either circular or elliptical.
also be in any width or thickness.
The lines may
Dated this 19th day of June 1894.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.L.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in and relating to Ruling Machines.
We, ELLIS GRABER, of 9, Hollybank Terrace, Tunbridge Wells, in the County
of Kent, Machine Ruler, and LEWIS HEPWORTH, of 16, Beltring Road, in the
Town and County aforesaid, Master Printer, 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:-
Our invention relates to certain improvements in ruling machines whereby the
range of their capabilities is extended and by which more perfect and reliable
work can be produced, even with unskilled labour.
In the accompanying drawings which illustrate our invention:-
Figure 1 Sheet No. 1 is a view in side elevation of a machine embodying our
invention.
Figure 2 Sheet No. 2 is a view in front elevation thereof.
Figure 3 Sheet No. 3 is a view in plan thereof.
Figures 4 and 5 Sheet No. 4 are views-partly in section-in front elevation and
plau respectively of the rotating table and
Figure 6 Sheet No. 2 is a view showing a modifiention of the rotating table for
ruling elliptical, hyperbolic or similar curves.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
On a suitable frame A we mount a platen B free to slide to and fro thereon.
This platen is adapted to carry the paper to be ruled and it is provided at its front
end with a flange or head against which the paper is held up by the operator to
ensure a correct register. On a suitable upward extension Al of the frame A
above the path of the platen B is pivotied at c° a frame C carrying a beam C
adapted to carry the pen carrier D. This beam is rocked to raise and lower the
pen from the paper on the platen either by means of the trendle E or automatically
through the arm connected to the frame C' of the beam C and operated by
means of cams mounted in the edge of the platen B and capable of being adjusted
thereon. The final cam G which regulates the lift of the beam according to the
size of the sheet to be ruled is adjusted by a screw such as g and the intermediate
stops G' are fixed in any desired position in the slot in the platen B by means of a
nut or set screw. To the rear of the frame is mounted an adjustable weight H
to balance the beam C. To keep the beam C in its raised position clear of the
platen B after it has been raised by either the treadle E or the arin F a catch e is
pivoted on the frame (carrying the beam C which is adapted to engage with a
stop a on the upward extension of the frame A. To lift the catch e out of
engagement with the stop a, a finger X is provided on the platen B the said finger
being adjustable thereon by means of the screw such as a whereby the depth of the
heading or the point at which the ruling is to commence is determined.
A linger Q adjustable with regard to the distance of its free end-enrrying a
roller from the surface of the paper by means of the hinge q', is fixed on the
beam C, its object being to relieve or regulate the pressure of the pens on the
paper.
The upward extension A' of the frame may carry a table A as shown.

page_text: Attached to the upper extension A' of the frame A over the beam C is a table .J
carrying a series of wells or reservoirs K for the different coloured inks, each of
the said wells or reservoirs K being in capillary connection either directly or
indirectly by means of a piece of worsted or other absorbent fabric with any single
or several of the peas. The pens are preferably mounted one slightly in advance
of the other to prevent the differcut coloured inks from mixing or running
together.
To rule lines at an angle with the edge of the paper, the paper is placed on the
platen at the desired angle.
For the purpose of ruling curved lines, the reciprocating platen B is removed
and a rotary table is substituted for it. This rotary table consists essentially of a
hase adapted to be fixed to a suitable plate M carried by the frame A. and of a
table I mounted in any suitable manner to rotate freely but evenly thereon. The
rotary table is provided with one or more cams G for the purpose of lifting
the beam C as desired. If the lines to be ruled are other than truly circular the
table Lis mounted and guided on the base L by means of a trammel as
diagrammatically shown by Figure 6 Sheet No. 2, the slots 1, 1, being in one part
of the table and the blocks P, 1, carried by the other part of the table, the position
of the said blocks with respect to the table carrying them being adjustable for the
purpose of varying the curves as desired.
By our invention the ruling of paper can be effected so that the lines--which may
be of any desired width-are of any exact length or lengths either continuous or
interrupted, and further the lines may be ruled in one or several colours at the
same time and at an angle or angles to the edge of the paper or at any curve either
circular or elliptical.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
(1.) The improvements in and relating to ruling machines substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
(2.) In a ruling machine, the combination of a reciprocating platen adapted to
carry the paper to be ruled, and of a rocking beam adapted to carry the ruling
pens, substantially as set forth.
(3.) In a ruling machine, the combination of a rotating table adapted to carry
the paper to be ruled, and of a rocking beam adapted to carry the ruling pens, as
set forth.
(4.) In a ruling machine, the combination of a table adapted to rotate about two
centres for the purpose of ruling elliptical or similar curves, and of a rocking beam
adapted to carry the ruling pens, as set forth.
(5.) The combination of parts hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings forming our improved ruling machine.
Dated this 19th day of March 1895.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.1. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patcut Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.