Improvements in Letter-press Printing Machines, also Applicable for Numbering and Perforating Tickets, Cheques, and the like.
Year: 1886

page_text: Improvements in Letter-press Printing Machines, also Applicable
for Numbering and Perforating Tickets, Cheques, and the like.
I, DAVID CARLAW, of 52 to 56 Ropework Lane, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Engineer
and Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
My said Invention has reference to a special construction of printing machine,
and to certain combinations of its parts for printing the paper (or thin millboard)
in or from the roll or web (while passing through the machine intermittently) into
short bills or circulars, or into small sheets for being made up into Drapers' or
similar counterfoil check-books, or into books or sets of pawn-tickets, or railway,'
steam-boat, tramway, or other tickets, either printed on one or both sides; and to
numbering these sheets or tickets in one or more parts with the same corresponding
number, and also in sequential numbers (for making up the book, or sets of sheets)
as from 1 to 100 or 1 to 1000; and then perforating them longitudinally in the
proper parts (for tearing them apart from each other, and making them up into
their separate sets); and then finally cutting them off trausversely into their
separate sheets and delivering and folding them all in their numerical order, and
placing them over each other, all before leaving the machine; so that they can be
carried away in sets by hand, to be stitched up into books or sets ready for use.
My improved machine will save much time and labour in the production of this
class of work as compared with the present modes and means of doing so in
separate machines; while several of the improvements or combinations of the
mechanism of this improved machine for the separate operations, are applicable to
other printing machines.
My invention and its improvements consist all as follows:-As applied to &
machine for performing the said class of work in sequential operations and in which
the printing is done on the one side of the web of paper, the side frame of the
machine consists of two main longitudinal open side frames, well bound together
by transverse frames and stays, secured to any suitable foundation below, and about
breast-high where the web of paper passes through it, for the attendant seeing that
the several operations are being performed properly; but having special parts of
these frames, or additional standards or frames, secured on these lower frames,
and carried higher up to support the numbering and the printing mechinism. The

page_text: first motion driving shaft is preferably mounted transversely in bush bearing
blocks in or secured to the lower part of the side frames towards or nearest the end
of the machine where the web of paper is fed in; and is driven by a belt passed
over fast and loose pulleys on its one end, carried in special bearing blocks outside
the framing for that purpose. This first motion shaft gives motion, through a train
of spur wheels, to the other main and counter or suplimentary driving shafts or
axial spindles, also mainly carried in bearing blocks or strong stud centres in the
lower part of the frame for steadiness. These said lower revolving shafts give and
transmit all the necessary intermittent reciprocating or rotative motions to the
.several spindles above, all in proper sequential time to suit their different operations
during the intervals of the motion of the paper forward and during its stoppages,
by or through crank or excentric pins and vertical connecting rods, on each
side of the raising and lowering printing cylinder or bowl and pitch chains and
wheels for actuating the inking rollers. Excentric pins and vertical connecting
rods are also arranged on opposite sides of the machines for raising and lowering
the frames with the number-printing machinism; while longitudinal connecting
rods, from one common eccentric crank pin on the lower axis, would give the
forward feeding motion to the drawing rollers of the paper at the entering and
delivering end of the machine. The different lengths of paper required to be fed
forward, according to the size of the sheets or tickets being printed, is regulated
by shifting the throw of the crank pin and the pins in the ratchet levers of the
feeding rollers, or by the sizes of intermediate change spur wheels fitted on suitable
setting studs on the side of the frame; corresponding change wheels being used to
give motion to the longitudinal perforating cutting upper and lower discs at the
delivery end in front of the printing mechanism. The roll of web paper is placed
in journal-bearing brackets as low down as possible at the back end of the
machine, and the end led over the ratchet feed roller, with a loose one resting on it
in open slotted bearings above. From these feed rollers the paper is led over a
cross guide roller or bar at the upper back end of the side frames, to be drawn
forward at this horizontal height, the proper distance required at each time by the
ratchet drawing rollers and piercing or cutting discs in front, as before stated. To
prevent undue strain on the paper between the front drawing rollers and the rear
ones, a deep hanging loop of the paper is left in front of the latter, with a light
round metal rod lying in it which gives proper tension to the paper passing through
the machine, and gives it off or takes it up less or more according to any little
difference in the feed. At the feeding-in rear end of the machine, room is left for
fitting a first printing bowl with its flat type recess on top and rotating inking
rollers and driving shaft below the latter and platen above it when the paper has
to be printed on the under side. But in the machine I am describing the paper is
drawn forward from the said top guide roller, first over the stationary platens of
the number-printing mechanism and its reciprocating frame above, and then over
that of the letter press printing bowl and its inking rollers, which are carried and
reciprocated over the paper and actuated by the side rods and transverse shaft
below. The paper is thence drawn forward in sequence through between the
transverse revolving piercing and cutting discs, which though they devide the
sheets transversely, traverse the paper longitudinally in front of the printing
mechanism, and some distance behind the drawing rollers, from the wheels of
which these discs are driven in the same direction and at the same speed. From
the drawing rollers the paper is passed on through a pair of small service rollers
close to the vertically reciprocating transverse paper cutting knife and its gripping
bar over the paper across the machine, from which the sheets while being cut are
received and held and then delivered individually and successively as cut, by a
pair of small delivery rollers in front of the cutter on to the platform in front,
where they are fed into the folding mechanism, all as will herinafter be described.
My improvements as applied to this printing machine for printing the numbers
sequentially and automatically as stated, say on the three different divisions
of the sheets for counterfoil check-books having two complete sheets printed in

page_text: the width, consist in erecting, some distance behind the letterpress printing
mechanism, an open rectangular vertical frame, right across the machine, to be
reciprocated some inches up and down in guide frames erected over the main side
frames, by a connecting rod on each side, as before stated. This cross frame would
be adjustable in height, and have mounted on it in adjustable bearings, (carried on
cross slides below and above), one, two, or more strong horizontal spindles across
the top and bottom of the reciprocating cross frame. These spindles would have
as many pitch chain pulleys with edge guard rims and long endless or loop jointed
pitch chains passed over or mounted on these pulleys, which are properly adjusted.
and secured on the spindles by pinching screws or otherwise in position across to
print the numbers on the paper to suit that of the three devisions on the two
sheets to be printed in the width at each movement. Each endless pitch chain
which is mounted on its corresponding lower and upper pulleys, would have as
many links as it is desired to have sets of sheets to be numbered to make up each
book, (as say 100), and the light shafts above would be geared together, and
adjusted to suit the lengths of the chains, up or down from the lower spindles on
the same frame. Each chain would have the numbers 1 to 100 formed or secured
in succession on its hundred links, and the frame with these spindles and chains
would be reciprocated up and down by connecting rods at each side of the machine,
worked by eccentric pins from discs (or cams) on a transverse shaft, rotated in
bearings in the lower part of the side frames by the regulated spur wheels below,
at the proper time to print the numbers in succession each time its frame with
printing chains decended while the paper and its drawing rollers were standing
still and the type printing mechanism was also printing another set of sheets
previously numbered and in front of those being numbered as stated.
The first down motion of the frame of numbering chains would print a row of
figuré 1, the second a row of figure 2, and so on up to 100, when a new set would
begin again and go on automatically.
Each time the frame of numbering chains rose after printing, the whole set of
chains would be turned by a ratchet wheel on their upper or lower spindle and a
pawl or lever mechanism to the extent of a single tooth and link to print the
numbers in succession as stated; and at each turn fresh ink would be served, by
automatic acting ink rollers mounted on their frame in front, on to the printing
surface of the chain of figures or numbers, and as this frame rose these inking
rollers would come up against a stationary ink-serving roller above and get fresh
ink. When the sections of the sheets, or tickets, to be printed in the width of the
web of paper, were short and too numerous to allow of the figures being printed
from one transverse row of figure printing chains mounted on one shaft, then two,
three, or more such upper and lower shafts with the chain wheels and their
numbering chains mounted on them may be used, as on the first, and ranged
behind this at a regulated distance to print and number the second and alternate
tickets on the back rows, while the chains on the front spindles would print and
number the first and every alternate ticket in its row.
When three sets of shafts
and of chains are used, each set would print every third ticket in their respective
rows, so that the whole of the tickets in every row would be correspondingly
numbered when the last set of chains had printed their numbers.
When it is found difficult to make the endless chains long enough with sufficient
links for the numbers required in a set, to take in the high series of figures required,
then each chain might be made smaller and have a lower series of figures on it, as
say each set rising by 50; the first chain printing its set of sheets or tickets from
1 up to 50, inclusive, and the second, from 51 to 100, and the third from 101
to 150, and so on to as high a series of numbers as may be desired.
The chains might have their printing figures cut in or it might be screwed or
soldered on them to print and read longitudinally or transversely on the paper or
ticket as desired; and when required they could have index letters or numerals
made to print along with the successive numbers.

page_text: From the numbering printing mechanism just described, the web of paper with
all the sheets numbered in succession, passes on to the letterpress printing
mechanism over a strong transverse platen secured in the top of the side frames
below it, and under the vertically reciprocated printing cylinder or bowl, mounted
on sliding bushes in slotted standards erected over the side frames, and actuated by
vertical connecting rods outside, attached at their upper ends to the opposite ends
of the axle of the printing bowl projecting out through their bushes for the
purpose, otherwise substantially as before stated. To adjust the length of paper
between the number printing mechanism and the letterpress printing mechanism
to suit the size of sheets and position of the letterpress on the paper in relation to
the numbers, a light spindle is mounted in bearings across the upper sides of the
framing below the paper, with two end levers inside but beyond the edges of the
web of paper, with a light cross roller in the extreme ends of these levers. This
cross roller in turning the spindle by a setting lever on it with screw outside the
side frame, brings down the roller over the top of the paper, so as to bend it down
into a loop and so take up any desired exact length of paper to adjust it to suit
where the letterpress is required to be printed. Small shifting rings of india-
rubber are mounted on the roller, so as to be set to roll in the clear spaces on the
paper between the newly printed numbers, so as not to smear the paper or the
rollers.
The improvements connected with the inking mechanism, of the type printing
cylinder or bowl which does not revolve, consists in rotating the frame carrying
the inking rollers round the bowl by two vertically actuated endless or loop pitch
chains, each passed over a chain wheel on the driving and carrying end discs of
this frame mounted on the opposite ends of the centre axis of the bowl above, and.
over an eccentric rotating chain wheel below carried on the spindle of a driving
spur wheel gearing into one of the train of spur driving wheels at the lower part
of the frames. The driving chain thus rises and falls vertically with the printing
bowl and its inking rollers which it drives; while to compensate for the slacking
of these chains, at the different positions of their eccentric action, a loose horizontal
acting chain pulley with helical or other spring attached to it is mounted, within
the loops of each chain near the middle of its length, which always takes up the
slack of the chains, thus keeping it always tight in all positions for the proper
driving of the inking rollers on both sides, so that if one chain was to give way in
the working no smash of the printing mechanism could happen by the inking
roller or its frame stopping over the type while the printing action was taking
place.
.
When transverse rows of perforations are required across or partially across the
paper or individual sheets or tickets, or these have to be cut, this would be done
after they had been numbered and printed with the letterpress, by erecting, as
before stated, between the printing mechanism and the drawing rollers, two
transverse spindles in bearing blocks attached to the side frames, over each other,
the one below and the other above the paper, with a roller and narrow groove in
the centre, or double discs on the former, having a very narrow annular sharp
groove between them at the circumference, set exactly under the web of paper
where it has to be perforated or cut longitudinally (or across the numbered and
printed sheets); and by fitting and securing thin steel discs on the shaft above,
with fine sharp edged teeth round their circumference, set to enter and revolve a
little distance into the narrow spaces between the discs below, so as to perforate
or cut the paper through according to the depth to which the cutters are set to
work into each other, while being tangentially carried forward to the cutting edges
⚫ of these discs by the drawing rollers in front of them. These cutters thus cross
cut the numbered and printed sheets to the desired length, and only perforate
them across where the parts have to be kept attached for easy separation
afterwards from each other, or folded into check books or for other purposes for
subsequent use and separation,

page_text: The cross spindles of the front drawing rollers are mounted very similar to those
of the cutting or perforating discs, some little distance in front of these, and geared
and driven at the same speed by the same train of spur wheels. The rollers would
be similarly mounted on the spindles, especially those of the top spindle, which are
made narrow and fitted to be eet and secured to work and grip the clean parts of
the paper and sheets between the fresh printed parts, so as not to smear these or
the surface of the drawing rollers. Either the under or the upper rollers might be
fitted with an india rubber or other equivalent good gripping covering. The front
drawing rollers would then feed forward the paper, so far numbered, printed, and
cut and perforated where required, to the arrangement of mechanism for cross-
cutting the whole web of paper and sheets, separating these individually as finished,
assisted by the set of small feeding rollers immediately behind and in front of the
cross-cutting knives. The improved construction and arrangement of these cross-
cutting knives and fittings, consist in fitting near the front delivery end of the
machine, right across between the main frames, close under the paper, a strong
cross bed gripping and cutting bar, with a fine' sharp double-edged tempered steel
plate, or separate plates, secured on or in its upper face, having a very narrow slit
between the sharp edges. Over this under cutting bar in shifting brackets on the
ends of the side frames, is mounted in suitable end guides, a slightly reciprocating
or raising and lowering cross bar, having fitted and secured on its front plain
vertical surface a thin steel.cutting blade, (preferably sharpened with small sharp
serrated or angled lance or shark-like teeth,) which in coming down enters the
Darrow sharp edged slit and gently cuts the lightest or thickest paper in a loose.
single thickness very smoothly without tearing or creasing the paper. On the
back face of the block or bar carrying this cutting knife blade, a narrow slightly
rising and falling spring bar is mounted, which by the pressure of its springs is
always pressed down, so that when the knife bar is brought down by its cam
action, this spring bar first comes down and grips the paper across the whole
width before the knife blade comes down to cut the paper, the spring gripping bar
holding the whole time, and the springs yielding during the cutting action. This
downward motion of the cutting bar is effected by a cross spindle above with
eccentrics or cams at each end, which on the spindle being oscillated by a lever at
one end, come down on antifriction rollers mounted in the upper ends of the bar so
as to depress it, and thus cut off each transverse row of sheets fed forward under
the cutting mechanism. This bar is depressed against the power of a strong
double-bladed or other spring, which raises it to its normal highest position when
relieved by the cams, and allows the fresh sheets of paper to pass between the
cutting knives. This eccentric oscillating or cam spindle is actuated by a con-
necting rod attached to its actuating end lever and to a disc crank pin on a
supplementary spindle carried on a stud bracket secured to the front lower end of
one side frame, and actuated by a spur wheel from one of the main transverse
shafts. The proper distance for cutting the sheets of paper by the knives is
effected by making the whole frame and end slide brackets carrying the cutters to
shift and be-secured on the top of the delivery end of the side frames to suit the
different sizes of sheets fed forward to be cut off and delivered as described. The.
small feeding forward and delivery rollers close behind and in front of the cutters
described are actuated from a double grooved pulley on the spindle of the lower
front drawing roller by light crossed cords or bands carried forward from these
grooves, and passed over small grooved rollers on the spindles of the said under
feeding and delivery rollers in such a manner each over a grooved pulley attached
to a movable helical or india rubber spring capable of regulation, so as to feed the
paper forward steadily with the slightest degree of tension to keep it tight, but so
that when that tension is exceeded the bands slip, on their driving pulley and
prevent undue tension on the paper.
When the sheets, as for long check books, have to be folded, the separate cut-off
sheets would be delivered on to the feeding table; and when there were say two
sheets in the width cut through in the centre, each would be automatically laid or

page_text: delivered, with the perforated or other part,-where it had to be folded,—over (or
under) a V-shaped groove in the table of the folding mechanism; below (or above)
this groove and the paper placed over it, a pair of rotating and drawing-in rollers
would be mounted, which rollers would grip and completely fold each sheet as it
was creased and fed into them. This feeding-in would be done (according to one
arrangement) by a thin vertical blade fitted below (or above) each groove and pair
of gripping surfaces of these rollers and secured to an oscillating or reciprocating
frame or lever, so that these blades would crease and feed in the two doubled sheets
to their creasing and folding rollers. Or otherwise this doubling and feeding in of
the sheets at the weak perforated parts into the creasing and folding rollers may be
wholly done or assisted by a slight blast of air from the tube of a small bellows or
blower for the purpose fitted below the feeding groove and folding rollers. These
rollers would thus grip and then press and fold the sheets and deliver them
individually up (or down) into an angled spout at each side (or other receptacle),
which would lay them regularly over each other in sequence as. numbered, per-
forated, and cut off and folded, all as described, ready for being lifted out the box
and bound, without requiring any collating or arranging. Motion would be given
to the reciprocating levers or frames of the creasing and feeding in blade (when
this is used) from levers and rods or cams actuated from one of the cross shafts, or
the one which actuated the knife near the delivery end of the machine, so as to act
in sequential time just after the sheets were cut off, and take the blade and its
actuating frame or lever out of the way before another set of sheets were fed
forward on to the platform of the said feeding mechanism.
As herein before referred to, when it is required to have letterpress printing
done on the back of the sheets or tickets in this machine also, then this is done
first on the under side of the web of paper just after it passes horizontally from the
first guide bar or roller, by mounting in vertical guides in the side frames, an
inverted arrangement of the reciprocating printing bowl, with its flat type case and
printing surface of the type on top, in this case reciprocated up towards the paper
and platen, which is here mounted in swivelling bearings in the side frames close
over the paper for printing; and then brought sufficiently down below the paper
to allow the inking frame of rollers to clear it and ink the type, actuated by an
improved arrangement of the pitch chains and their éccentric driving, and spring
compensating pitch chain pulleys, all from an extra transverse main shaft below
and at the back of the first motion shaft to which it is geared; and all actuated
. otherwise substantially as in the arrangement described for doing the letterpress
printing on the top surface of the paper and sheets after the numbers have been
printed thereon by the special arrangement of endless chain numbering mechanism
therefor, and hereinbefore described. In some cases instead of printing the number
by endless chains as before described, narrow faced divided and figured discs may
be used to so print the numbers on the sheets or tickets, by mounting these discs
on oscillating cross spindles, and having pinching screws in their eyes for setting
and fixing them on their spindles in proper position, as and instead of the chain'
wheels. These numbering disc wheels would be turned by a ratchet wheel on their
spindle one tooth at a time by a pawl lever arrangement to bring each number in
line to print on the paper below, and the figure, for the time printing, might do so
through a recess in a thin guard on the lower side of the disc, over the paper, by a
narrow cross padded bar platen below the paper, which would ensure the proper
printing of the number brought into position, without the adjacent figures on the
disc touching the paper.

page_text: Improvements in Letter-press Printing Machines, also Applicable
for Numbering and Perforating Tickets, Cheques, and the like.
I, DAVID CARLAW, of 52 to 56 Ropework Lane, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Engineer
and Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement in writing, reference being had to the
accompanying four Sheets of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon; that is to say :-
My said invention has reference to a special construction of printing machine,
and to certain combinations of its parts for printing the paper (or thin mill board)
in or from the roll or web while passing through the machine, intermittently into
short bills or circulars, or into small sheets for being made up into Drapers' or
similar counterfoil check-books, or into books or sets of pawn-tickets, or railway,
steam-boat, tramway, or other tickets, either printed on one or both sides; and to
numbering these sheets or tickets in one or more parts with the same corresponding
numbers (for making up the book, or sets of sheets) as from 1 to 100 or 1 to 1000,
and then perforating them longitudinally in the proper parts (for tearing them
apart from each other, and making them up into their separate sets); and then
finally cutting them off transversely into their separate sheets and deliver, and it
might be fold them all in their numerical order, and place them over each other, all
before leaving the machine; so that they can be carried away in sete by hand, to'
be stitched up into books or sets ready for use. My improved machine will save
much time and labour in the production of this class of work as compared with the
present modes and means of doing so in separate machines; while several of the
improvements, or combinations of the mechanism, of this improved machine for
the separate operations, are applicable to other printing machines.
And in order that the nature and novelty of my said invention, and the manner
of performing or carrying the same into effect or practice may be properly under-
stood, I have hereunto appended four Sheets of explanatory Drawings, in which
the same reference letters and numerals, are used to indicate corresponding parts in
all the Figures where shown.
Figure 1 on Sheet 1 is a complete side elevation, (on which the feeding.
mechanism and gearing indicated by all the italic letters g is shown fitted) of
a letter press printing machine, constructed all in accordance with one modification
or arrangement of my improvements. Figure 2, on sheet 2 is a plan of the same
machine corresponding to Figure 1; and Figure 3 on Sheet 3 is a sectional plan or
horizontal view taken near the line 1---1 in Figure 1, corresponding to Figures 1
and 2 showing the main lower and first motion transmitting shafts B, C³, C', and
gearing c, c', c³, of the machine, from which all the other motions of the machine'
are taken sequentially as will hereinafter be described. Figure 4 on Sheet 4 is a
complete transverse vertical section of the machine, as taken on the line 2 - -2 on
Figure 1, looking from the back or feeding-in end P¹ of the machine, and showing the
arrangement of figuring chain frame F, f, and the inking mechanism f³, f*, e, e¹,
..

page_text: which print the sequential numbers on the upper side of the tickets or sheets in
the web of paper P passing under them. Figure 5 on sheet 4 is a transverse
vertical section, as taken on the line 3---3 on Figure 1, of the upper part of the
machine looking from the front delivery end Q showing the arrangement of
the under and upper feeding transverse spindles H, H¹, with their feeding
rollers h³, h³, and longitudinal cutting discs h, h', in front. And Figure 6 is
a corresponding front section taken on the line 4---4 on Figure 1, showing the
transverse cutting knives L, L¹, and actuating mechanism K, M, N. Figure 7
shows a transverse section of the same, as taken on the line 6---6 in Figure 6.
Referring to these Drawings, my invention and its improvements consist all as
follows: As applied to a machine for performing the said class of work in
sequential operations and in which the printing is done principally on the upper-
side of the web of paper P indicated in dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2, the side
frame of the machine consists of two main longitudinal open side frames A. A, well
bound together by transverse frames and stays A¹ secured to any suitable founda-
tion at Z below, and about breast-high at A' where the web of paper P passes
through it, for the attendant seeing that the several operations are being performed
properly; but having special parts of these frames AA or additional standards or
frames As A secured on the top of these lower frames A, and carried higher up to
support the numbering and the printing mechanism as will hereinafter be described.
The first motion driving shaft B is preferably mounted transversely in bush bearing
blocks B in or secured to the lower part of the side frames A A towards or
nearest the end of the machine where the web of paper P is fed in; and is driven
by a belt passing over fast and loose pulleys B on its one end (shifted on these
by the belt fork and handle, B³), and carried in a special bearing block B* outside
the framing for that purpose, and also preferably fitted with a fly wheel B. This
first motion shaft B gives motion, through a train of spur wheels C, C¹, C³, to the
other main shafts C.C, (and counter or supplementary driving shafts or axiál
spindles) all mainly carried in bearing blocks C in the lower part of the frame for
steadiness. These said lower revolving shafts B and C, C, give and transmit all
the necessary intermittent rotative or reciprocating motions to the several spindles
above, all in proper sequential time to suit their different operations during the
intervals of the motion of the paper P forward and, during its stoppages. Crank
or eccentric disc pins D D and D D are fitted on the opposite ends of the shaft C',
and vertical connecting rods D¹ D₁ are fitted on each side of and connected above
to the spindle E of the raising and lowering printing cylinder or bowl E' and its
pitch chains E and wheels E" for actuating the inking rollers E³, and their
rotating frame all over the fixed platen R. These two shafts C, C, have segmental
weights C, C, mounted on them on the opposite sides to the crank pins D, D, to
balance the weight of the bowl E, E¹, and its inking mechanism, as also the weight
of the frame F, and its chain numbering and printing mechanism f. Eccentric
pins D D and vertical connecting rods D'D' are also arranged on the shaft C³
on opposite sides of the machine for raising and lowering the frame F carrying the
upper sequential numbering-printing chains f. f. f, and mechanism; while longi-
tudinal angular connecting rods g g¹ from one common eccentric or disc crank
pin G on a lower short spindle axis G¹ carried in a bracket G at the lower part
of the front side frame A in Figure 1, and actuated by spur wheels G, G³, from
.the second motion shaft C, would give the forward feeding motion, through
ratchet levers g, g, and ratchet wheel g, and transmitting gearing 9 9 and
change gearing g', to the entering and delivery drawing rollers p¹ p³ and h³ h³ of
the paper P at the entering and delivering end of the machine respectively. The
different lengths of paper P required to be fed forward, according to the size
of the sheets or tickets being printed, is regulated by shifting the throw of
the crank pin G and the pins in the slotted ratchet levers g³ ³ of the speed
change gearing 98 97, all carried on suitable fixed and shifting stud centres
on the front frame A as particularly seen in Figures 1 and 2; and by the
sizes of the intermediate change spur wheels 97 97. Corresponding change

page_text: wheels gº and g' are used to give motion to the shafts H, H³, through their
connecting wheels H, which by the transmitting wheels J, J, also give motion
to the spindles i, j, of the longitudinal perforating lower and upper discs j³, j, j³,
as also the drawing feeding rollers h³ ³, mounted on the spindles H H respec-
tively, which are carried in brackets H, near the upper delivery end of the side
frames A, A, with standards I, I, and cross rail I¹ above having pressure set
screws I, in it for regulating. the pressure on the gripping rollers h³, h³, and the
paper P passing between them all as more particularly shown in Figures 2 and 5..
The spindle P, of the roll of web paper P', is placed in journal bearing brackets
at P' at the back end of the side frames A, A, and the end or web P led forward:
over the ratchet controlled feed roller p, preferably having bands of india-rubber
on it at p and fitted with a small loose metal roller p³, resting on it in open slotted
bearing brackets p³, above. To guide the web of paper P forward evenly into the
machine from the roll P¹, an arrangement of shifting lever o is fitted and carried
in a bracket o¹, at one side of the frame A close to the spindle P³, so that one end
of the lever o, works between two collars o³, on the spindle, while its other end is.
actuated by the hand screw and wheel o³, passed through a swivelling nut in a
bracket o, secured to the side of the frame A. So that by turning the hand screw
wheel o³, the spindle P', and its roll of paper P¹ can be set and adjusted to pass
evenly through the machine, and through the adjustable guide collars q', on the
first guide spindle or bar q. From these feed rollers p, p³, the paper P is led over
a cross guide roller or bar q, at the upper back end of the side frames A A², to be
drawn forward at this horizontal height, the proper distance required at each time
by the ratchet gear and drawing rollers h³, h³, and piercing or semi-cutting
discy j³, jª, j³, in front as will hereinafter be described. To prevent undue strain
on the paper P between the front drawing rollers h³, h³, and the rear ones p' p³ a
deep hanging loop of the paper P is left in front of the latter, with a light round
metal rod lying in it at Pa which gives proper tension to the paper passing through
the machine, and gives it off or takes it up less or more according to any little
difference in the feed. At the feeding-in rear end of the machine, room is left for
fitting a first printing bowl, (similar to that shown at E E¹ above) with its flat type
recess on top and rotating inking rollers and driving shaft below the latter and
platen R¹ above it when the paper has to be printed on the under side, or when
the paper has to be numbered on the under side as well as on the top side, in that
case as shown in the Drawings, the number-printing mechanism and chains F¹ƒ¹
are arranged and actuated in a reverse manner under the paper, to that shown over
the paper as actuated by the connecting rods D³, D³, from the crank pins D D on
the ends of the shaft Cs. This shaft C also actuates this under numbering printing
mechanism Ff' by two eccentrics and eccentric rods S S, and beam levers S¹,
fulcrumed on central spindles or stud centres S³ carried on brackets S³ on the lower
part of the side frames A, the rear ends of the levers S¹ being connected by links;
at S' to the frame F1 to reciprocate it in reverse.manner to the frame F, and print
the numbers upwards, while the latter is printing them downwards on the under
and upper surfaces of the paper respectively, and while the paper is stationary,
this frame F working in slotted guide frames F³, secured on the inside of the
side frames A A. This under numbering chain printing mechanism is completely.
counterbalanced by the upper chain printing mechanism, and is actuated in an
equivalent but inverted manner upwards, to that of the upper chain printing
mechanism, on its platen R¹, as indicated in Figure 10, on sheet 1, and its inking..
serving mechanism is all substantially the same, and numbered by corresponding
letters. The paper is drawn forward by the front drawing rollers h³, h³, from the
said top guide roller or spindle Q, under the first stationary platen R¹, over and
under guide spindles q, q, to have the numbers here printed on its under side, and
then over the stationary platen R' of the number printing chain mechanism f, and its
reciprocating frame F above, and then over the platen R. of the letter-press printing
bowl E, E, and its inking rollers E³, which are both carried and reciprocated over
the paper P and actuated by the side rods D' D' and D, D¹, and. transverse

page_text: shafts C, C, respectively below. The paper P is thence drawn forward in
sequence through between the transverse revolving piercing and cutting discs j, j',
which though they divide the printed sheets transversely, traverse the web of
paper P longitudinally in front of the bowl printing mechanism E, E', and some
distance behind the drawing rollers h³, h³. The spindles j, ¹, of the piercing
discs,j, are actuated through the train of wheels J', from the wheel H, of the
lower cutting spindle H, in the same direction and at the same speed. From the
drawing rollers h³, h³, the paper P is passed on through a pair of small service
rollers i, ¹ on each side of and close to the vertically reciprocating transverse paper
cutting knife L, K, and its gripping bar L³, carried in the standards K over and
across the paper P at the front delivery end of the machine. From the front
rollers. ; of which, the sheets while being cut are received and held and then
delivered individually and successively as cut by the two sets of delivery rollers
and bands 1,, in front of the cutter on to the delivery platform Q¹ Q' in front at Q,
where they are delivered in sequence over each other as numbered ready for being
removed and bound, or folded, all as will hereinafter be described.
My improvements as applied to this printing machine for printing the numbers
sequentially and automatically, as stated, say on three different divisions of the
sheets for. counterfoil check-books having three complete sheets printed in the
width, as shown in Figure 9, consist in erecting, some distance behind the letter-
press printing mechanism, an open rectangular vertical frame F, right across the
machine, to be reciprocated some inches up and down in slotted guides above and
below in the standard frames A³ erected over the top flange A' of the main side
frames A A, by a connecting rod D on each side, as before stated. This cross
reciprocating frame F is adjustable in height, and has mounted on it in adjustable
bearing brackets F' F', two horizontal spindles F3, F4; one F' below, and the
other Fabove; but it might be other number of these spindles when desired.
These spindles F3, F4, have as many polygonal pitch chain pulleys f³, and long
endless or loop jointed pitch chains f, mounted on these, as is required for
numbering the sets of sheets or tickets T in the width of the web P, which are
three in this case, as shown in Figure 9, and the pulleys f' are properly adjusted
and secured on the spindles F3 F4, by pinching screws or other equivalent in
position across to print the numbers on the paper to suit that of the three divisions
on the three sheets to be printed in the width at each movement. Each endless
pitch chain which is mounted on its corresponding lower and upper pulleys f
and shafts FF, has as many links as it is desired to have sets of sheets to be
numbered to make up each book, (as say 100,) and the light shafts F, above would
be geared together, by, and adjusted to suit the lengths of the chains fup or down
from the lower spindles F³, on the same frame F. Each chain f would have,the
numbering type t, 1 to 100 formed or secured in succession on its hundred links,
and the frame F with these spindles F3 F4, and chains would be reciprocated up
and down by the connecting rods D' at each side of the machine, worked by
eccentric pins D from discs or cranks or other equivalent on the transverse shaft C³
rotated in bearings C in the lower part of the side frames. A by the spur
wheels C, C, below, set and regulated at the proper time to print the numbers
in succession each time its frame F, with printing chains f descended, while the
paper P and its drawing rollers p¹ p³ and h³ h³ were standing still, and the type.
printing bowl mechanism E, E', was also printing another set of sheets previously
numbered and in front of those being numbered as stated on the top side.
The first down motion of the frame of numbering chains ƒ would print across
the machine a row of figure 1, the second a row of figure 2, and so on up to a 100,
when a new set would begin again and go on automatically, as seen particularly
in Figure 9, showing a cross row of numbers 1 and 2 as printed and cut off. Each
time the frame F of numbering chains frose after printing, the whole set of chains
would be turned by a ratchet wheel fil on their lower spindle F³, and a pawl or
lever mechanism at t, fixed on the inside of the stationary frame A, to the extent
of a single tooth and type link t to print the numbers in succession as stated; and

page_text: at each turn fresh ink would be served, by automatic acting inking rollers ƒ³
mounted on their frame F in front, or entering side of the chains ƒ on to the
printing surface of the chain of figures or numbers, and as this frame F, rose these
inking rollers f3 would come up against a set of stationary revolving ink-serving
rollers above and get fresh ink. This ink serving roller f* is actuated by a
band at b, from a spindle and pulley b', actuated by a cross belt 6, from the first
motion shaft B, as shown dotted in particularly in Figure 1. This serving
roller would get its ink from a serving ink box e through the delivery roller e¹,
actuated by a ratchet pawl and lever e³, each time the frame F reciprocated. From
this roller e, a portion of ink would be served by a small carrying roller e³, carried
on a bell-crank and reciprocating spindle e, e³, to the service rollers f; this roller
and bell-crank arrangement es is actuated by a connecting rod eo, attached to the
frame F, at each reciprocation up and down respectively. When the sections of
the sheets or tickets T to be printed in the width of the web of paper P, were
short and too numerous to allow of the figures being printed from one transverse
row of figure printing chains f. f. f mounted on one set of shafts F3 F4, then two,
three, or more such sets of upper and lower shafts F3 F4, with the chain wheels f*
and their numbering chains f mounted on these may be used, as on the first set
described, and ranged behined this at a regulated distance to print and number the
second and alternate tickets T on the back rows, while the chains f on the said
front or first front spindles F F would print and number the first and every
alternate ticket in its row. When three sets of shafts F³ F and of chains fare
used, each set would print every third ticket T in their respective rows, so that
the whole of the tickets in every row would be correspondingly numbered when
the last set of chains f had printed their numbers.
When it is found difficult to make the endless chains f long enough with
sufficient links for the numbers required in a set, to take in the high series of figures
required, then each chain f might be made shorter and have a lower series of
figures on it, as say each set rising by 50; the first chain printing its set of
sheets or tickets T from one up to 50, inclusive; and the second from 51 to 100,
and the third from 101 to 150, and so on to as high a series of numbers as may be
desired.
The roller f³ for inking the numbering type on the face of the numbering
chains f, f, is shifted to and fro on end by a small spanner t¹ secured on one end
of the spindle of the roller f³, fitted with a small swivelling segment, which takes
into the thread of a short right and left hand cross cut screw barrel t* secured on
the end of the spindle F³ of the printing chain rollers F³, f, so as to cause the
inking roller f³, to traverse to and fro, and serve the ink from a different part of
the roller f on to the type t as particularly seen in Figure 2 sheet 2 and Figure 4
sheet 4.
The chains might have their printing figure type t cut on them or it might be
secured on them as shown, in Figure 10, to print and read longitudinally or
transversely; on the paper P or ticket T in the manner described; and when
required they could have index letters or numerals made to print along with the
successive numbers. The chains f with their printing letters, would print down
as described on the top of the paper preferably each over a small spring printing
bolster o, mounted on shifting brackets o¹, on the top of the platen R³, or on the
underside of the platen R' so as to be shifted on their spindles F, F, to any.
position the chains where shifted, laterally across the machine and web of paper,
as also the service inking rollers f' on their spindles; all as particularly shown on
Figure 4 sheet 4, and so as to print the corresponding numbers on the under side.
of the paper on the duplicate sheets to be folded as shown dotted-in in Figure 9.
A small enlarged detailed side and edge view of the chain f, and its spring
bolster o, is shown inverted at Figure 10, on sheet 1, for printing on the under
side of the paper P.
From the number printing mechanism, the web of paper P with all the sheets
numbered in succession, passes on to the letter-press printing mechanism over a

page_text: strong transverse platen R secured in the top of the side frames A below it, and
under the vertically reciprocated printing cylinder or bowl E, E¹, mounted on
sliding bushes 8, in the slotted standards A', erected over the upper flange A² of
the side frames A, and actuated by adjusting vertical connecting rods D¹ D' out-
side, attached at their upper ends to the opposite ends of the axle E of the printing
bowl E' projecting out through their bushes for the purpose, otherwise substantially
as before stated. To adjust the length of paper P between the under and upper
number printing mechanism and the letter-press printing mechanism, to suit the
Bize of sheets and position of the numbers and the letter-press on the paper in
relation to the numbers, a light spindle d, d, is mounted in bearings across the
upper sides of the framing above or below the paper, with two end levers d¹ inside
but beyond the edges of the web of paper, with a light cross roller or spindle d³,
in the extreme ends of these levers d¹. This cross roller d' is brought up under
the paper or down over the top of the paper, so as to bend it down into a loop and
so take up any, desired exact length of paper to adjust it to suit where the letter-
press is required to be printed, and this action of raising and lowering the rollers d³ is
effected by a lever d' on the end of each spindle d outside the frame actuated by
small screw spindles and hand wheels at d', which turns the spindles d as required.
Small shifting rings of india rubber are mounted on the roller d³, so as to be set to
roll in the clear spaces on the paper between the newly printed numbers, so as not
to smear the paper or the rollers.
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The improvements connected with the inking mechanism, of the type printing
cylinder or bowl EE¹ which does not revolve, consist in rotating the frame E
on a hollow spindle 81, carrying the inking rollers Es round the axles E of the
bowl E¹ by two vertically actuated endless or loop pitch chains E³, each passed
over a chain wheel E" on the driving spindle s¹ of the opposite end dises of this
frame E' mounted on the opposite ends of the centre axle E of the bowl E¹ above,
and over an eccentric rotating chain wheel a below, carried on a short spindle a¹ of
a driving spur wheel a³ carried in brackets a³, inside the lower part of the side
frames A, the wheels a³, being actuated by corresponding spur driving wheels a* on
the shaft Cat the lower part of the frames. Each driving chain E, thus rises and
falls vertically with the printing bowl E¹ and its inking rollers E3 which it drives
round the bowl, while the latter is in its raised position to ink the type under it
on its lower flat face over the platen R. To compensate for the slacking of these
chains E, at the different positions of their eccentric action, a loose horizontal
acting antifriction pulley c fixed on a reciprocating rod c¹ on the inside of each
frame A with helical or other spring c² attached to it, is mounted, within the loop of
each chain E' near the middle of its length, which always takes up the slack of its
chain, thus keeping it always tight in all positions for the proper driving of the
inking rollers E³ on both sides, so that if one chain E' was to give way in the
working no smash of the printing mechanism could happen by the inking roller E³
or its rotating frame E' stopping under the type while the printing action was
taking place. A stationary segmental cam E5 is secured on the sliding bush 8, of
the bowl spindle E, at each end of the machine to shift the inking rollers Es
transversely during their revolution, so that they may ink the type with a fresh
surface each time. The ink is served on to these rollers Es at each rising action of
the bowl by the connecting rod k actuating the slotted lever k¹ on the end of the
spindle carrying a service pilot inking roller k, by two levers and which obtains
the ink from the upper feed roller k' of the feed inking vessel k³, fitted on top of
the standards A* over the bowl; this feed roller k*, being turned by a ratchet wheel
and pawl lever arrangement k and connecting rod k connected to the spindle E
of the bowl E¹ on the opposite side to the connecting rod k.
When transverse rows of perforations are required across, or partially across, the
paper or individual sheets or tickets, or these have to be cut, this is done after they
have been numbered and printed with the letter-press, by erecting, as before stated
between the printing bowl E, E, and mechanism and the drawing rollers h³, h³, two
transverse spindles 1,1, in bearing brackets attached to the side frames A; A, over

page_text: each other, the one below and the other above the paper P, the lower one with a
roller preferably made of double discs j³, with a very narrow annular sharp groove
between them at the circumference, shifted and set or fixed on their shafts, under
the web of paper P exactly where this has to be perforated or partially cut longi-
tudinally (or across the numbered and printed sheets as at T Figure 9 on sheet 2);
and by fitting and securing thin steel discs in corresponding discs on the
spindle j above, with fine sharp edged teeth round their circumference, set to enter
and revolve a little distance into the narrow spaces between the discs * below, 80 as
to perforate or partially cut the paper P through according to the depth to which
the perforating cutters are set to work into each other, while it is
tangentially carried forward to the cutting edges of these discs by the drawing
rollers h³ ³ in front of them, all as particularly seen in the enlarged detached
views shown in end and side section in Figure 8 on sheet 4. These revolving
perforating cutters ja j thus partially cross cut the numbered and printed sheets T
to the desired length, only perforating them across at the parts T' where they have
to be kept attached for easy separation afterwards from each other, or where they
have to be folded into check books or for other purposes for subsequent use and
separation, as shown in the enlarged views of the finished sheets in Figure 9 on
sheet 2.
The cross spindles H H¹ of the front drawing rollers h³ ³ are mounted,―very
similar to those of the cutting perforating discs some little distance in front of
these, in bearing brackets H³, secured to the frames A A on each side, and geared
and driven at the same speed by the same train of spur wheels g³, 98, 97, and H2 on
their shafts H and H¹, all as more particularly seen in Figure 5 on sheet 4. The
drawing rollers h³, h³, are similarly mounted to shift on the spindles H H' and are
made narrow and fitted to be set and secured to work and grip the clean parts of
the paper P and sheets T between the fresh printed parts, so as not to smear these
or the surface of the drawing rollers hh, especially the upper ones. Either the
under or the upper rollers h³ h³ may when desired be fitted with an india-rubber or
other equivalent good gripping covering.
To instantly stop the front drawing rollers h³ h³ and their gearing and prevent
undue dragging on the paper P (when the other parts of the machine are being
stopped, and give exact measurement and delivery to the sheets T to be cut by the
cross cutters L L') a brake lever I³, is mounted on a bracket I*, secured to the
front cross frame A¹ of the machine, to act on the periphery of one of the drawing
rollers h³ this lever being actuated by a connecting rod and anti-friction roller on it
at 1 guided by its lower forked end on the driving shaft C, and reciprocated by a
cam I on this shaft acting on the anti-friction roller at 1°, all at the proper
moment to stop the momentum of the drawing rollers, as seen particularly in
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying Drawings. The actual cutters for cutting
the web of paper P longitudinally into the proper lengths for the different sheets T
are preferably made in the form of sharp edge discs h and h¹ mounted on the
shafts H, H', so as to be shifted and set to any desired position on these to work
with their sharp edges close up to each other, and cut the web of paper P into
sheets of the required length as stated, and as particularly seen in Figure 2 sheet 2
and Figure 5 sheet 4; the desired pressure being given on the upper drawing and
cutting shaft H' by the screw spindles and pressing bushes I as seen particularly
in the latter Figure 5. The front drawing rollers h³, h³, would then feed forward
the paper P, so far numbered, printed, and cut and perforated where required,
to the arrangement of mechanism for cross-cutting the whole web of paper P and
sheets T, separating these individually as finished, assisted by the set of small
feeding rollers i, i, immediately behind and in front of the cross-cutting knives L, L',
carried in the bearing brackets K and fixed transverse beam K¹, secured to the
delivery end of the side frames A A of the machine.
The improved construction and arrangement of these cross-cutting knives L, L¹,
and fittings, consist in fitting near the front delivery end of the machine, right
across between the main frames A. A, close under the paper P on the beam K¹,

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a strong cross gripping and cutting bar L' formed of a fine sharp double-edged
tempered steel plate, or separate plates L¹, secured on or in the upper face, of the
cross beam K' having a very narrow slit between their sharp edges. Over this
under cutting bar L in shifting brackets K secured on the ends of the side
frames A. A is mounted, in suitable slide guides, in these brackets K, a slightly
reciprocating or raising and lowering cross bar K³, having fitted and secured on its
front lower vertical surface a thin steel cutting blade L, secured by the screws and
bar L'in front. This cutting blade L is preferably sharpened with small sharp
serrated or angled lance or shark-needle like cutting teeth, which in coming down
enters the narrow sharp edged slit in the plates L' and gently cuts the lightest or
thickest paper P, right across the whole set or web of tickets (previously cut
longitudinally by the cutters h, h¹), in a loose single thickness very smoothly
without in the least drawing, tearing, or creasing the paper, more effectively than
a sharp gullatine knife, although this might be used when desired for strong and
heavy paper and tickets. On the back face of the block or bar K carrying this
cutting knife blade L, a narrow slightly rising and falling spring bar L³ is mounted,
which by the pressure of the spiral springs I mounted over it is always pressed
down, so that when the knife bar K' is brought down by a cam or other action,
this spring bar L³ first comes down and grips the paper P or sheets T across the
whole width before the serrated cutting knife blade L comes down to cut the
paper, the spring gripping bar L³ holding the paper the whole time by the elastic
action of the springs during the cutting action. This downward motion of the
cutting bar K' is effected by a cross spindle M mounted in the bearing brackets K
above, with eccentrics or cams M¹ secured or formed on it at each end, which on
the spindle M being oscillated by a lever M' at one end come down on antifriction
rollers K³ mounted in the upper ends of the bar K' so as to depress it, and thus
cut off each transverse row of sheets T fed forward under this cutting mechanism
and knife L. This bar K is depressed against the power of a strong double-
bladed or other spring N, which raises it by vertical pressers N¹, to its normal
highest position clear of the paper when relieved by the cams M¹, and allows the
fresh sheets T of paper P to pass between the cutting knives L, L'. The spring N
is secured and set to the desired pressure at the centre, by the screw stud N³, to
the under side of the cross beam K', all as seen particularly in the detailed
Figures 6, 6, and 7 on sheet 4. This eccentric osscillating or cam spindle M, is
actuated by a connecting rod O attached to its actuating slotted end lever M³,
above and at its lower end to a disc crank pin O¹ on a supplementary spindle O'
carried on the bracket 03 secured to the front lower end of one of the side
frames A and actuated by a spur wheel O' from a wheel a* on the front main
transverse shaft C. The proper distance for cutting the sheets T, of paper P, in
front of the revolving cutters h, h¹, by the knives L, L', is effected by making the
whole frame and end slide brackets K, K' carrying the cutters L, L1, to shift and
be secured on the top A* of the delievery end of the side frames A A to suit the
different sizes of sheets T, fed forward to be cut off and delivered as described.
The small feeding forward and delivery rollers i, i close behind and in front of
the cutters L L described, are actuated from a double grooved pulley i³ on the
spindle H¹ of the upper front drawing rollers or it might be the spindle H of the
lower drawing rollers by light crossed cords or bands carried forward from these
grooves, and passed over small grooved rollers on the spindles of the said under
feeding and delivery rollera i, i, in such a manner over a grooved pulley attached
to a movable helical or india-rubber spring at i, and other guide pulleys secured
to the bracket is, projecting from the lower part of the frame A of the machine
and capable of regulation, so as to feed the paper P forward steadily with the
Blightest degree of tension to keep it tight, but so that when the tension is
exceeded the bands slip on their grooved pulleys 2, 4, and prevent undue tension
on the paper. The front set of delivery rollers , deliver the cut sheets into the
receiving rollers, 1, of the delivery rollers and bands or tapes over these. The
under roller of the front delivery rolls 1, is driven by a cross band from a small

page_text: pulley ³ carried on a short spindle and bracket from the front of the frame A.
This small pulley is driven by a large pulley on the same centre by a cross
band from a pulley on the front main driving shaft C, all so as to deliver the
cut sheets T sequentially over each other as numbered, printed and cut off on to
the platform at Q', with knee stops Q for receiving them, and keeping them all
in line ready for being lifted away in sets of 100 or so for being stitched and
bound up, as shown particularly in Figures 1 and 2.
When the sheets T, as for long or duplicate sheet check-books, have to be folded,
the separate cut off sheets would be delivered on to a special feed table different
from that shown at Q Q in Figures 1 and 2; and when there were say three
sheets cut in the width of the web as shown in Figure 9 of sheet 2 of the
accompanying Drawings, each would be automatically laid or delivered, with the
perforated or other part as T1, T2, in the sheets T where it had to be folded,-over
(or under) a V-shaped groove in a special table U of the folding mechanism.
Above or below this groove V and the paper P placed over it, a pair of rotating
and drawing-in rollers would be mounted, which rollers would grip and com-
pletely fold each sheet as it was creased and fed into them.
One modification of this folding arrangement of mechanism is shown detached
in sectional side view, plan and end view in Figures 11, 12 and 13 respectively on
Sheet 3, showing one double pair of the folding and delivery rollers v and their
bands of which their would be a set erected vertically over each folding
V groove in the table U. This table U would be secured to the wing brackets Q,
carrying the delivery platform Q¹ and stops Q, in the machine, as shown in
Figures 1 and 2 on Sheets 1 and 2, and in place of this platform when the sheets T
had to be folded as delivered, and would have the sheets T delivered on them with
the perforated parts over the V-grooves in the table U, to be folded all as herein-
after described. Two sets of the delivery rollers v would be erected over each
other with their vertical bands v¹ passing over them, a little wider below than
above, right over and in line with each V-slit in the table U. The journal
spindles of these rollers v are carried in end frames 2 bolted together by stays v³,
and by strong flanges, under the platform U at the end of the slits V. The
two lower rollers v of each set have small spur pinions u on them gearing into
each other, and the lower rollers drive the upper rollers by the bands or tapes v³;
and the spindle of one of the lower rollers of each set is continued beyond
the front frame v³, and its securing flanges v, and is geared by a pair of bevel
wheels u, to a transverse spindle u³ which drives the whole three sets of
folding and delivery rollers. One set only however of these rollers vis shown
on the platform U, in the plan view Figure 12. This transverse shaft u³, is
driven by a pulley u³ at its one end through a band u' from a pulley u, on the
spindle of the pulleys at which drives the delivery rollers and bands 1, U, to
deliver the sheets T on to the platform U under the lower rollers v, and their
bands v, to be folded up by thin knife blades w mounted on a second transverse
oscillating spindle w¹, as a rocking lever frame with the knife blades w, each
projecting out under the folding slots. V in the platform U. The revolving
spindle.u, and oscillating spindle to are both carried in journal bearing brackets W
bolted to the arms Q carrying the delivery platform U, and a little in front of this;
and the spindle w¹ is oscillated by the vibrating lever arm w³ through a connecting
rod w³, from an eccentric w, on the front lower main revolving shaft C. Thus the
feeding rollers v, and their bands v¹, are continually revolving, and the eccentric w*,
and oscillating lever w³, are so set on their shafts that the knives w, come up
through their V grooves in the platform U, and fold the sheets T over these at the
perforated division T¹, T¹, just after the set of sheets T are delivered on to the
platform U, the perforated divisions T assisting the sheets to take the crease and
fold on the knives w, and be caught between the rollers v, and bands v¹, as the
knives w rise. The eccentric w', and lever w³ would take the knives w, down out
of their V grooves in time before another set of cut sheets T were fed forward
from the delivery rollers 1, 4, on to the platform U. The rollers v and their bands v¹,

page_text: .then deliver the sheets T up over the top rollers v, to one side or the other on to a
light platform as dotted in at X or it might be down over and into an angled shoot
or other convenient receptacle, (as indicated at x, on one side of the three sets of
folding and delivery rollers v, v¹, indicated in Figure 13) all regularly over each
other in sequence as numbered, perforated, cut off and folded, and thus delivered
ready for being lifted away by hand to be bound without requiring any collating
or arranging.
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By a further improvement this doubling and feeding in of the sheets T at the
weak perforated parts T, T, into the creasing and folding rollers v may be wholly
done or assisted by a slight blast of air from the tube of a small bellows or blower
for the purpose fitted below the V-knife groove and lower folding rollers v.
As herein before referred to, when it is required to have letter-press printing
done on the back or underside of the sheets or tickets T in this machine, instead of
printing numbers only with a duplicate set of the numbering chain mechanism as
herein before described; then this is done by mounting in the space where the under
chain mechanism F¹, f', has been shown and described, an inverted arrangement
of the reciprocating printing bowl E, E¹, in vertical slotted guides on the side
frames, with its flat type face and printing surface of the type on top; in this case
reciprocated up towards the paper P and platen R³, which in this case may be
mounted in swivelling bearings in the side frames close over the paper for printing.
The bowl E E¹ would then be brought sufficiently down below the paper to allow
the inking frame of rollers E, E, to clear it and ink the type on its upper flat
surface actuated by the improved arrangement of the pitch chains E3, and their
eccentric driving and spring compensating pitch chain pulleys a, c, c², c², all from
an extra transverse main shaft below and at the back of the first motion shaft B
to which it would be geared; and all actuated otherwise substantially as in the
arrangement hereinbefore described for doing the letter-press printing on the top
surface of the paper and sheets after the numbers have been printed thereon by
the special arrangement of endless chain numbering mechanism F, f, therefor, and
hereinbefore described.
In some cases instead of printing the numbers by endless chains ƒ as before
described, narrow faced divided and figured discs may be used to so print the
numbers on the sheets or tickets, by mounting these discs on oscillating cross
spindles F and having pinching screws in their eyes for setting and fixing them
on their spindles in proper position, ns and instead of the numbering chain
wheels f. These numbering disc wheels would be turned by a ratchet wheel on.
their spindle one tooth at a time by a pawl lever arrangement to bring each
number in line to print on the paper below, and the figure, for the time printing,
might do so through a recess in a thin guard on the lower side of the disc, over the
paper, by a narrow cross padded bar platen o below the paper, which would ensure
the proper printing of the number brought into position, without the adjacent
figures on the disc touching the paper. Small numbering wheels of this character
may be mounted on transverse spindles, analogous to those F³, and close to these
for printing an index number or letter in addition to the regular sequential page
number, and set and fixed by pinching screws on their spindles in any desired
position, over spring bolsters o of their own.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that what
I claim is,
First. The general construction of an intermittent web printing machine, con-
taining in combination the various mechanical motions or arrangements of
mechanism, for printing numbers and letter-press on the upper side in sequence,
or with letter-press or numerals on the under side, all in the desired corresponding
divisions, and also for afterwards perforating, and cutting these printed divisions
longitudinally, and transversely, and delivering them, in individual sheets or t
tickets, or for folding and delivering them, for the purposes described, sequentially

page_text: over each other as numbered, all substantially as herein described and distinguished,
for the various operations, in reference to and shown in the accompanying
Drawings.
Second. In an intermittent web printing machine, for printing sheets or tickets
in sequence, the arrangement of printing bowl E, E¹, for printing letter-press on
one or both sides, having driving chains E, compensating motive eccentrics a, and
spring taking up fittings c, c¹, c³, all substantially as and for the purposes and
advantages herein described, in reference to and shown in the accompanying
Drawings.
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Third. In an intermittent web printing machine, for printing sheets or tickets,
the arrangement of numerical printing chains f, f, or wheels f³, and their
shafts F, F, on reciprocating frames F, fitted either over or under the paper,
numbering said sheets or tickets in sequence at desired positions longitudinally
and transversely on the web, all substantially as and for the purposes and
advantages herein described, in reference to and shown in the accompanying
Drawings.
Fourth. In an intermittent web printing machine, for printing sheets or tickets,
the sequential arrangement and combination of perforating wheels or discs j³, jª,
and their spindles j, j¹, and cutting wheels or discs h, h¹, and their spindles H, H¹,
actuated intermittently by their gearing, to perforate and cut the sheets longi-
tudinally as they are printed, and a little in front of the printing mechanism, all
substantially as herein described, and distinguished in reference to and shown in
the accompanying Drawings.
Fifth. In an intermittent web printing machine, for printing sheets or tickets,
the arrangement and combination of reciprocating and stationary transverse cutting
kuives L, L, K, and automatic gripping spring bar mechanism L³, L', for inter-
mittently cutting off the sheets as printed, substantially as and for the advantages
herein described and distinguished, in reference to and shown in the accompanying
Drawings.
Sixth. In an intermittent web printing machine, for printing and cutting sheets
or tickets, the arrangement and combination of delivery rollers and bands Z, l¹, or
of sheet folding and delivery mechanism U, v, v', w, for creasing and delivering the
sheets sequentially over each other, substantially as, and for the advantages, herein
described, in reference to and shown in Figures 11, 12, and 13 of the accompanying
Drawings.
Seventh. In an intermittent web printing machine, for printing and cutting
sheets or tickets, the arrangement of an endless driving cord 2, and its groove
driving and guide pulleys i, i, i, with a compensating and tension regulating
spring arrangement i, i, for actuating the feed delivery rollers i, i¹, of the cross
cutting knife mechanisin L, L, K³, so that the cord i³, will slip on its driving
pulleys and grooves ³,,, before overstraining or injuring the paper, all
substantially as herein described, in reference to and shown in the accompanying
Drawings.