A MACHINE FOR WRAPPING OR PACKING NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: GEORGE MAXIMILIAN BORNS, Engineer 6 Anhalt Road Albert Road, Battersea S. W.
do hereby declare the nature of iny invention for A MACHINE FOR WRAPPING OR
PACKING NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, AND THE LIKE to be as follows:-
This machine consists of two discs carried at an adjustable distance from each
other, on one shaft. Sliding parallel to the shaft, in each of the discs, are one or
more grippers, placed opposite each other and so arranged as to rotate round their
own axes by gearing or other means, while by the rotary motion of the discs, they
are carried in a circular path between the surfaces of an inner and a partial outer
cylinder. A paper or periodical placed in the grippers with its wrapper, one edge
of which latter has previously been pasted, is carried round by them and rolled
until the wrapper holds the roll firmly together. At a convenient moment the
grippers release the paper or periodical and it then falls into a collecting box. The
machine is adjustable for various size papers, and the process of wrapping is
continuous. In a modification one disc and one set of grippers can be used.

page_text: I, GEORGE MAXIMILIAN BORNS, of 6, Anhalt Road, Albert Road, Battersea, S.W.,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "A MACHINE FOR
WRAPPING OR PACKING NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, AND THE LIKE," and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
-in-and-by-the-following statement :—
The object of this invention is the production-of-a-machine capable of rolling up-
periodicals, newspapers, and the like, and, after enclosing them at the same time in
their respective wrappers, fastening the latter down, when the journals, so folded
and wrappered, are ready to be forwarded to their destination.
In order that my invention, and the means by which it may be put into successful
operation, may be thoroughly understood, I hereby-describe the same_in_detail,
referring in so doing-to-the-accompanying drawings which are to be taken as part
of this specification and read therewith. Like parts are marked, throughout-the-
figures in which they severally-occur, with the same reference letter.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a machine constructed according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional front, and side elevations,
respectively, shewing the connection of gripper, disc, and oscillating lever. Fig. 5
is a sectional front elevation, and Fig 6 is a plan.
A is the bed, conveniently made of a pair of angle bars, on which the machine
stands, and B, its first motion shaft, revolved, preferably in the direction marked,
in any convenient way, in the bearings of the standards C., C. Two discs D, D',
of equal diameters aro fixed upon the shaft, the distance between them being in
excess of the width of the journal to be operated upon. The connection between
the discs and shaft is, when preferred, of a kind allowing the discs: to be set at a
greater or less distance apart, according as it may be desired to adapt one machine
for folding journals of different sizes. Two spur wheels, E, E, are fixed concen-
trically with the shaft B, to the standards C, C³, respectively; and drive two pairs
of pinions F, F, set opposite each other and revolving on rods, g', working in
bearings formed in the discs. These rods are capable of sliding in their bearings
being guided by feathers entering grooves g³, and being bored out at their inner
ends and having slots, g, cut therein, produce two pairs of grippers, G, G¹. Each
gripper is exactly opposite its fellow in the corresponding disc, the slot in the one
being accurately in line with the slot in the other.
Either wheel, as well as the pinions and grippers actuated by it, will, of course,
participate in any adjustment given to its disc.
I do not confine myself to the number of grippers illustrated, viz: two pairs, G
and G', but I find that this is a convenient number and practically sufficient for
ordinary purposes of wrapping or packing.
The grippers in each disc are connected to the respective ends of an oscillating
lever, H, by means of collars, h, on said lever. Each lever. is centred at h², on a
fixed cam, I, which imparts the oscillating motion by means of a groove i, acting

page_text: upon pins projecting from opposite points of the lever. The eccentricity of the
groove i, is equal to the length of a slot, g³, in a gripper.
J is a light drum, or cylinder, which may be made to telescope if the machine is
to be adjustable.
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This drum is preferably loose upon the shaft, B, K is a cover producing, with the
inner drum J, the semi-annular space L in which the rolling up and wrappering are
performed as hereafter explained.
M is the laying on, or feeding table, supported conveniently on a frame M¹. The
table has two pairs of lugs n, projecting from its under face with which two
links o, o, are connected, as shown in Figure 2. Each link is centred at p. An
extension, r, of the link carries a roller, r, which is always kept bearing against
the periphery of a ring d, carried by a disc, by the spiral spring 9. When the
machine is in the position illustrated, the pull of the spring q, is on the point of
forcing the roller, into the recess 8, and the table forward towards the grippers,
the journal and wrapper having been previously laid on the table.
The machine is operated as follows.
A journal, t, with its wrapper, t', is laid down on the table opposite the mouth, l,
of the machine, the wrapper projecting for a sufficient distance behind the journal
to leave the gummed margin free. As the machine rotates the feeder feeds the
leading edge, t, of the journal, and the wrapper with it, into the slots of the, now
front, pair of grippers, which are at this moment in the position shewn in
figure 1, ie, at their point of nearest approach, while the opposite pair is in
precisely the opposite relative position, in obedience to the action of the cams I.
The revolving grippers have now hold of the journal and wrapper, and roll them
up around their axis, as they travel through the space L, the last revolution
sufficing to make the gummed margin of the wrapper adhere properly.
The machine has now made a half revolution, and the groove, i, has, accordingly,
brought the grippers, whose action has just been described, into the position shewn
in fig 2, thereby releasing the wrappered journal which falls into any suitable
receptacle.
The opposite pair of grippers has, at the same moment, reached the front of the
machine, and repeats the motions detailed above.
I may produce pauses in the rotation of the grippers, when one pair is opposite
the mouth of the machine ready for feeding, as illustrated in figure 2, by omitting
teeth from two opposite points in the periphery of each wheel E, E¹ to give time
for the proper feeding of a journal and its wrapper into the slots of the grippers.
My invention may be constructed with only one disc, and one or more grippers
with gear and other parts described above to correspond. If made with only one
gripper the groove, i, in the cam will be modified accordingly.
The width of the space, L, is, of course, proportioned to the size of roll that the
journal will produce. The ratio of gearing can also be modified as may be required.
The one illustrated is found to be suitable for the capacity of the machine, it being
obvious that a pair of grippers must be rotated round its own axis a sufficient
number of times to roll up the journal, and press the gummed margin of the
wrapper, once at least, against the drum or the cover.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is
1. The combination of two discs D, D', the spur wheels E, E¹, pinions F, Fl, and
grippers G, C1, with a central drum J and shaft B, substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of a pair of grippers aligned opposite each other, and driven
with one motion round the common axis of the machine, and another round their
own axis, by one spur wheel, with the semi-annular space L, substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 3. The combination of 'the cam I, its groove i, the pin, h³ the oscillating lever H,
having its ends, either or both, connecting with one or two grippers, substantially
as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination of one disc D, a cam I, groove i, pin h², oscillating lever H
(single or double) with one or two pinions and grippers, substantially as described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
5. The combination of one or two grippers with driving gear, consisting of
shaft B, spur wheel and pinion, as described, in combination with a semi-annular
space L, substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of May 1885.