IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BRONZING, COLOURING OR OTHERWISE ORNAMENTING AND DUSTING PAPER OR OTHER MATERIAL
Year: 1884

page_text: I, ROBERT FLETCHER PHILIPS, of 7 Bedford St Salford Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR BRONZING, COLOURING OR OTHERWISE ORNAMENTING AND DUSTING
PAPER OR OTHER MATERIAL" to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved apparatus for bronzing colouring or
otherwise ornamenting and dusting paper or other material and has for its object,
first to improve the action of the rollers and second to provide means for the
better distributing of bronze or other powder in order to increase the efficiency of
such apparatus as regards quality and quantity of work done in a certain space
of time.
The improvements consist in the first place in the arrangement or combination,
gearing and speeding of rollers, which is as follows:-
Near the feeding end and inside of the frame of the apparatus, I mount in
suitable bearings, and above each other, a pair of feeding rollers, acting also as
retaining rollers, then a suitable distance apart and in a horizontal line to the
latter, a bronzing roller and carrier, and afterwards alternately, first a pair of
retaining and then a pair of dusting rollers, the bronzing and carrier roller and the
first pair of dusting rollers, being each situated between two pairs of retaining
rollers.
A fast and loose pulley is arranged on one end of the top roller shaft of the first
pair of dusting rollers the other end being provided with a double transmitting
wheel which gears into wheels keyed onto the ends of the bottom roller shafts of
the second and third pair of retaining rollers and bottom roller shafts of the first
pair of retaining or feeding rollers being driven by means of a carrier wheel
working on a stud fixed to the side of the frame from a wheel keyed onto the end
of the bottom roller shaft of the second pair of retaining rollers. The bronzing
roller is geared up and receives motion from a wheel fixed on the other end of the
bottom roller shaft of the second pair of retaining rollers. The peculiarity of this
manner of driving, and which forms a novel and important feature of my invention
is that only the top rollers of the bronzing and dusting rollers and the bottom
rollers of retaining and feeding rollers are geared up, the corresponding top and
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page_text: bottom rollers being driven on account of the friction caused between them and
the speeding of the retaining roller being so arranged that each pair after the first
one will run at an increased speed thus causing the dusting rollers, which run at
a still more increased speed gradually and more effectually to remove the super-
fluous bronze from off the paper or other material to be operated upon.
The second and last part of my invention consists in the employment of a
hopper shaped, bronze or other powder distributor which is suspended on pivots
and provided with a wire gauze and a second or independant loose hopper which
can be readily removed for the purpose of cleaning or refilling. A shaking motion
is imparted to the said hopper by means of a ratchet or cam wheel keyed on the
bronzing roller shafts which comes into contact with a bent lever fixed to the said
hopper. This lever has one end of a spiral spring attached thereto the other end
being fixed to a quadrant lever which works on a stud fixed to the feeding table.
This quadrant lever may be set in different positions in order to bring the bent
lever of the hopper more or less into contact with the ratchet or cam wheel which
will cause the hopper or bronze duct to be. shaken more or less and distribute
bronze or other powder accordingly.
The said bronze or other powder distributor is so situated that it will distribute
the bronze or other powder direct onto the paper or other material to be operated
upon and not onto the bronzing rollers as heretofore has been the case.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I ROBERT FLETCHER PHILIPS, of 7 Bedford St Salford Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BRONZING COLOURING OR OTHERWISE
ORNAMENTING AND DUSTING PAPER OR OTHER MATERIAL," and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention has for its object first, to improve the action of the rollers, and,
secoud to provide means for the better distributing of bronze or other powder in
order to increase the efficiency of such apparatus as regards quality and quantity
of work done in a certain space of time. The improvements consist in the first
place in the arrangement or combination gearing and speeding of rollers and in
the second place in the employment of a hopper or other shaped bronze or other
powder distributor which is suspended on pivots and provided with a second or
independent loose hopper.
An in order that my invention may be better understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
corresponding letters indicating like parts in the various figures.
Figs 1 and 2, on the said drawing represent a side view of a apparatus for
bronzing, colouring or otherwise ornamenting and dusting paper or other material
respectively.
Fig 3. is a longitudinal section of the same and Fig 4 an enlarged section of the
hopper.
Referring to the first part of my invention I mount within the frame a of the
apparatus, in suitable bearings b, and above each other, a pair of feeding rollers o
acting also as retaining rollers, and next to the latter a suitable distance apart and
in a horizontal line to the same a bronzing roller d and carrier e and afterwards
alternately; three pairs of retaining rollers c¹, c², c³ and then two pairs of dusting
rollers, ff, the last pair of retaining rollers c³ acting also as delivery rollers. The
bronzing roller d and carrier e and the dusting rollers fand f¹ being each situated
between two pairs of retaining rollers which latter are employed for the purpose of
holding or retaining the paper or other material, whilst the bronzing or dusting
rollers operate thereon giving the latter time to effectually bronze or dust the
superfluous bronze or dust from off the paper or other material under treatment
which is an important feature of this invention.
Motion is transmitted to the top dusting roller ƒ by means of a fast and loose
pulley a suitably fixed on one end of the shaft g thereof see Figs. 2 and 3. The
other end of the said shaft see Fig 1. is provided with a double spur-wheel h which
gears into two other spur-wheels and which are keyed onto the ends of the
roller shafts and k³ of the second and third pair of retaining rollers c¹ and c²
respectively. The bottom shaft k of the first pair of retaining or feeding rollers
being also provided with a spur wheel is driven by means of a carrier wheel m

page_text: working on a stud n fixed to the frame a from a spur-wheel / keyed on the
shaft in front of the wheel i.
g.
Motion is transmitted to the top roller of the second pair of dusting rollers fl
from the spur wheel ¹ by means of the wheel h¹ keyed on the shaft
The spur
wheel of the bronzing roller shaft d¹ is geared up and receives motion from a
wheel fixed on the other end of the bottom roller shaft k' of the second pair of
retaining rollers see Figs 2 and 3. The last pair of retaining or delivery
rollers creceives motion from the wheel i keyed on the bottom shaft k of the
third pair of retaining rollers by means of the carrier wheel m¹ and wheel on the
shaft k³.
It will thus be seen that by this manner of driving only the top rollers of
bronzing and dusting rollers and the bottom rollers of retaining and feeding rollers
are geared up the corresponding rollers being driven on account of the friction
between them which is an important and novel feature of my invention as the
gearing of the rollers is much simplified being done with less wheels than heretofore
has been the case. The speeding of the retaining rollers is so arranged that each
'pair after the first one will run at an increased speed thus causing the dusting
rollers which run at still higher speed gradually and more effectually remove the
superfluous bronze or other powder from off the paper or other material under
treatinent.
Referring to the last part of my invention, see Figs 2 and 3 and enlarged view
Fig. 4, o is the bronze or other powder distributor which is suspended on pivots p
in the frame a and provided with a second or independent loose hopper with a wire
gauze bottom q. The latter can be readily removed for the purpose of refilling or
cleaning. A shaking motion is imparted to the said hopper by means of a ratchet
or cam wheels keyed on the bronzing roller shaft or bottom roller shaft k of the
feeding or retaining rollers c. The said ratchet or cam wheel comes into contact
with a bent lever t fixed to the hopper o and projecting through an opening in the
.frame a.
This lever has one end of a spiral spring u attached thereto, the other
end being fixed to a quadrant lever u¹ which works on the stud w of a bracket
fixed to the feeding table x. This quadrant lever may be set in different positions
by means of the pin y and holes y¹ in order to bring the bent levert of the hopper o
more or less into contact with the ratchet or cam wheels thus causing the bronze
or other powder duct to be shaken more or less, and distribute bronze or other
powder accordingly. When the said bent lever has reached the point of a tooth of
the cam or ratchet wheels the hopper o will drop back on account of its own weight
and bring the lever t onto the periphery of the next tooth.
The said bronze or other powder distributor is so situated that it will distribute
the bronze or other powder contained therein direct onto the paper or other
material to be operated upon and not onto the bronzing roller which causes the
latter to perform its functions in a more satisfactory manner than heretofore has
been the case. The said shaking motion may be interrupted at any time for the
purpose of re-filling or cleaning the hopper without stopping the motion of the
roller, by means of the quadrant lever u¹ during which time the rollers will clean
themselves which is a very important feature of my invention.
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, in an apparatus for bronzing, colouring or otherwise ornamenting and
dusting paper or other material, the arrangement and combination of the feeding
retaining and delivery rollers c, c1, c2, c³, bronzing and carrier rollers d and e and
dusting rollers and f¹, for the purpose specified, substantially as described and
illustrated in the annexed drawing.
Second. The manner of gearing and speeding of the feeding or retaining
rollers c, c², c³, c³, bronzing and carrier rollers & and e and dusting rollers f and fl
for the purpose specified substantially as described and illustrated in the drawing.

page_text: Third. The employment of a hopper or other shaped bronze or other powder
distributor o and being suspended and having a second or independent removable
hopper p moving on pivots as set forth and illustrated in the drawing.
Fourth. The arrangement for regulating the quantity of bronze to be distributed
onto the paper or other material under treatment, consisting of the quadrant
lever u¹ and spring u in combination with the hopper o and bent levert and ratchet
or cam wheel 8.