IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CUTTING THE EDGES AND APPLYING PASTE TO THE BACK OF PAPER FOR WALL HANGINGS AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1876

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry George Youard at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th June 1876.
HENRY GEORGE YOUARD, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Clerk in
Holy Orders. "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CUTTING THE EDGES AND APPLYING
PASTE TO THE BACK OF PAPER FOR WALL HANGINGS AND OTHER PURPOSES."
My Invention has reference to improvements in apparatus for cutting the edges
and applying paste to the back of paper for wall hangings and other purposes.
It consists of improved methods of constructing and arranging such apparatus so
that great saving of time is effected, and the work is done in a more clean, simple,
and cheap way than has heretofore been the case.
I take a framework of wood, metal, or other suitable material arranged in any
convenient position, but preferably horizontal. At one end of this frame I arrange
bearings which carry a roll of the paper to be treated. At a convenient distance
from these bearings I arrange bearings which carry two parallel revolving bars
upon which circular cutting blades are fixed which can be adjusted at any required
distance apart. These revolving bars are coupled by toothed wheels or other
method, and are made to revolve by hand or other convenient power. The end of
the roll of paper being passed between them has its edges cut off so that it is left
of an uniform width. Near the bearings which carry the revolving bars I arrange
other bearings which carry two parallel rollers, the lower one of which is coated
with flannel or other soft material and dips into a vessel containing paste or other
glutinous material. The upper roller is pressed against the lower one by its own
weight or by separate weights or springs. The lower roller is connected to one of
the revolving cutter bars by pulleys and an endless band. Near the bearings last
described I arrange bearings carrying a roller which revolves freely and may be
driven by an endless band. The paper after leaving the revolving cutters passes
over the soft roller by which its lower side or back is coated with paste. It is then
led over the loose roller last described, from which it hangs until a sufficient length
has been pasted. I then prefer to attach its end to a spring or other clip which
works in adjustable vertical uprights and is suspended by a cord passing over
suitable pulleys and having a balance weight at its other end. A loose cylindrical
bar or roller is placed in the bight or loop of the paper and keeps it stretched whilst
a fresh length is cut and pasted. The paper is then cut off and the operation
repeated as often as desired. I sometimes provide the clip described with one or
more wheels which run down an inclined or slanting board (which may be made to
[Price 2d1

page_text: fold up when not in use). The paper passes down this inclined board instead of
being carried up between the vertical uprights first described. I sometimes place
a loose bar or roller above the roll of paper, the weight of which prevents the latter
from being delivered too quickly. The framework for carrying the cutting apparatus
may be made separate from that which carries the pasting apparatus.