Improvements in Machinery for Wrapping Up Newspapers, Pamphlets, and other Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1894-Accepted, 5th May, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by ROBERT HOE, Printing Press Manufacturer, of
504, Grand Street, in the City of New York, United States of America.]
Improvements in Machinery for Wrapping Up Newspapers,
Pamphlets, and other Articles.
I HENRY EDWARD NEWTON of The Office for Patents, 6 Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane in the County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of the present invention is to provide an improved wrapping machine,
and especially to provide a simple and rapid machine of that class used in wrapping
newspapers and other publications for mailing, and generally known as newspaper
wrapping machines.
This object is attained, in accordance with the present invention, by first
advancing the paper or other article to be wrapped, to the required point, with the
wrapper overlapping its leading end, and with the flap of the wrapper projecting
behind the paper sufficiently to overlap upon the layer of wrapper on the paper for
pasting, and then reversing the direction of movement of the paper, and turning
over and pressing down the flap of the wrapper, so as to secure the overlapping and
pasting of the flap upon the layer of wrapper on the paper as the reversed paper is
advanced.
In order to secure the highest capacity of the machine, it is preferable that the
plane of movement of the reversed paper should be changed on or after reversal, so
as to carry it out of the path by which the paper was advanced to the wrapping
mechanism, thus permitting another paper to be fed in while the wrapper is being
secured upon the preceding paper, and the latter delivered, and there is preferably
employed a flap turner, past which the reversed paper is fed, and upon opposite
sides of which, the paper passes during its movements in opposite directions, so
that the paper is first advanced past the flap turner upon one side, and then
reversed, and advanced past the flap turner on the opposite side of the latter, the
flap thus being turned over as the end of the paper passes from one side of the flap
turner to the other, on the reversal of the paper.
It is obvious that many different constructions may be devised embodying the
invention; that the flap turner and parts cooperating therewith may be of widely
different forms; and that different means may be used to secure their proper action.
It is preferable, however, to use, as the means for advancing and reversing the
paper, feeding devices actuated alternately in opposite directions, and these feeding
devices, in their preferred form, consist of a pair of reversible feeding rolls. The
flap turner combined with the feeding devices may consist of a simple rod or bar,
or of a series of guides suitable for the purpose, but there is preferably used a roll
which co-acts with one of the feeding rolls to form a feeding device for the
reversed paper, so that a feed of the paper independent of the grip between the
feeding rolls is secured almost immediately upon the reversal of the paper, and this
roll, forming the flap turner, may be arranged to coact also with the other feed roll,
and aid in advancing the paper as it is received by the wrapping mechanism. The
reversible feeding rolls may be actuated by any suitable means, but a sliding rack
operated by a cam or other suitable means, and geared with one or both of the
feeding rolls, is preferably used, so that as this rack is reciprocated, the rolls are
positively driven in opposite directions. The roll forming the flap turner may be

page_text: positively driven, but a roll frictionally driven from the feed roll with which it
coacts, forms an efficient construction, and is preferable in some respects to a
positively driven roll, as it produces a slight drag upon the flap of the wrapper,
which draws the wrapper tight upon the paper, and ensures a closely wrapped
product. When the roll co-acts with both feeding rolls, so as to advance the
paper in both directions, however, a positively driven roll is preferable.
The flap turner may be of any suitable size and form, and may be stationary, but
it is preferable to use a small roll or bar, and shift, its position for the passage of
the paper on opposite sides of the same, in order that the flap turner may be placed
closer to the feeding rolls, and thus secure a more compact construction and better
feed of the paper; and, when a feeding roll is used as the flap turner, secure a feed
of the reversed paper thereby at a point closer to the feeding rolls. When a roll
co-acting with both the feeding rolls is used, however, a larger stationary roll is
preferable.
It is preferable, although not essential in all constructions, that guides should be
used for guiding the end of the reversed paper to the opposite side of the flap
turner. These guides may be of any suitable form, and any suitable means be used
for withdrawing them from the path of the paper as it is advanced to the feeding
devices, but it is preferred to use a series of fingers so constructed as to form spring
fingers exerting a yielding pressure upon the paper only sufficient to secure the
movement of the reversed paper in the proper path, and withdrawn positively from
the path of the next advancing paper.
The wrapped paper may be delivered directly from the reversible feeding devices
and flap turner forming the wrapping mechanism, especially when a roll is used as
the flap turner, the flap turner and feeding roll with which it co-acts then
operating to positively advance the paper and press down and secure the wrapper
after the paper has passed out of the control of the reversible feeding devices, but it
is preferred to combine with this wrapping mechanism, pressing and delivery
devices of any suitable construction, such as feeding rolls or tapes, by which the
paper is received from the wrapping mechanism, and the wrapper held pressed
down for some time before final delivery, so as to allow time for the paste to set,-
the securing of the wrapper thus being assured with machines operating at very
high rates of speed. In cases in which the flap turner consists of a bar or plate
past which the reversed paper is forced by the reversible feeding devices, these
pressing and delivery devices are important, and will probably be found practically
essential, as otherwise the proper pressure upon the wrapper to secure it cannot be
obtained with certainty in the movement of the paper, especially at high rates of
speed.
The papers and wrappers, or either of them, may be fed to the wrapping
mechanism by hand, or any suitable feeding devices for automatically advancing
the papers and wrappers to the feeding mechanism in proper time, together or
separately, may be combined therewith, and the papers may be previously folded to
the size desired, or folded, either partially or wholly, by mechanism embodied in
and forming a part of the machine. The wrapping mechanism may be combined
with any of the ordinary forms of folding and delivery mechanisms now in use in
folding machines, or combined printing and folding machines, so that the papers
may be printed, folded, wrapped, and delivered by a single machine,-the wrapping
mechanism herein shewn being of sufficient capacity to be applicable to web printing
machines.
The delivery of the papers and wrappers to the wrapping mechanism in proper
position, may be secured in any suitable manner, but it is preferred to feed the
wrapper downward in the line of movement of, and in front of, the papers as they
are advanced to the wrapping mechanism, so that each advancing paper will engage
the wrapper upon the desired line, and carry it with it to the wrapping mechanism.
The wrapper may previously be cut to the desired size, and fed to the wrapping
mechanism as sheets, but it is preferable to feed the wrappers from the web, and
sever them in the machine.

page_text: Figure 3 is a plan view.
Figure 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 of Figure 5.
Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 5 of Figures 3 and 4.
Figs. 6 and 7 are partial views similar to Figure 5, but on a enlarged scale,
shewing the wrapping mechanism in different positions during the operation of
wrapping.
Figures 8 to 16 are views illustrating modifications which will be hereinafter
referred to.
At
Referring now particularly to Figures 1 to 7, the frame of the machine may be
of any suitable construction for supporting the operating parts. As shewn, it
consists simply of two side frames A, B, in which all the parts are mounted.
the rear or delivery end of the machine, are mounted the reversible feeding rolls C, D,
which, so far as their action on the paper is concerned, may have continuous
surfaces, but are shown as cut away to accommodate other parts of the wrapping
mechanism. These rolls are preferably rubber faced, milled, or otherwise roughened,
so as to give a good grip upon the paper. The shafts of these rolls C, D, carry
inside the frame A, gears 10, 11, and are rotated in opposite directions by rack
bar E, provided with racks at opposite sides engaging said gears, said rack bar
sliding at one end in suitable guides 12 in the frame of the machine, and at its
opposite end being provided with a slot threaded on shaft 13, and two bowls 14, 15,
running in a cam groove a in the face of a cam disc F on shaft 13, so that, by
rotation of the cam disc F, the rack E is reciprocated in the guides 12.
In front of the rolls C, D, and on the side at which the paper is fed to the rolls,
the flap turner is placed, this flap turner consisting, in the form shown, of a roll
mounted to rotate in arms 16 on a rock shaft 17, spring-pressed in one direction by
means of a crank arm 18, and spring-pressed rod 19, mounted on the outside of the
frame B, and actuated in the opposite direction against the spring pressure by crank
arm 20, carrying a bowl which runs upon a cam V carried by the shaft 13. The
flap turner is thus held normally by the spring in the position shewn in Figure 7,
so as to allow the paper to pass above it to the rolls CD, and as to the paper is
reversed on the reversal of the rolls C D, it is raised by the action of the cam into
the position shewn in Figures 5 and 6, in which the end of the paper passes below
it. By this construction, also, the flap turner engages the paper under spring
pressure, so as to yield to irregularities in the paper, and accommodate papers of
different thicknesses, which is desirable, although not essential. This result may
be secured in the case of a stationary flap turner, as is evident by the use of spring
bearings.
It will be seen that this flap turner b, in the position shewn in Figure 6, coacts
with the roll D as a frictionally-driven feeding roll, and thus not only aids the

page_text: rolls C, D, in advancing the reversed paper, but will operate to advance and deliver
the paper after it has left the grip of said rolls, and that the roll & presses down the
flap of the wrapper with sufficient pressure to secure the wrapper by pasting. The
reversible feeding rolls C, D, and the flap turning roll b, therefore form a complete
wrapping mechanism, and the wrapper paper may be finally delivered directly
therefrom. In a machine of high capacity, however, it is evident that the pasted
portion of the wrapper is pressed between the rolls b, D, but a short time, and it is
preferable that means should be provided by which the wrapper shall be held
pressed down a longer time, so as to ensure the setting of the paste to properly
secure the wrapper. It is preferable, therefore, to combine with this wrapping
mechanism, pressing and delivery devices, to which the paper passes from the
rolls D, and by which the wrapper is held pressed down until the paste has set,
and the paper then finally delivered.
These pressing and pasting devices may be of any suitable construction, and the
roll D may be used as part of said pressing and delivery devices, but in the
construction now being described, devices separate, from and independent of,
the roll D are used, and feeding rolls or tapes are preferably used, by which the
flap of the wrapper is held pressed down for some time, so as to secure the setting
of the paste before final delivery in a machine operating at a high rate of speed.
In the construction shewn, the following means are used :-
A series of belts c are led about belt rolls or pulleys 21, mounted below the flap
turner b, and carried by adjustable arms 22, so as to be adjustable to vary the
position of the belts, and secure the proper grip upon papers of different thicknesses.
The belts c are led from belt rolls or pulleys 21 around roll 23, by which they are
driven, thence about roll 24, and returned to the belt rolls or pulleys 21, over
adjustable tension pulleys 25. The series of belts d are led about belt rolls or
pulleys 26, opposite pulleys 21, and mounted in the same manner; then downward
with the belts c around belt roller 23; then around roll 27 opposite to, and driven
from, roll 24,-returning around adjustable tension pulleys 28. The feeding belts c, d,
as shewn, are arranged so as to deliver the wrapped papers at the end of the
machine, although it will be understood that they may be arranged so as to deliver
directly downward from the wrapping mechanism, or at any other desired point.
Preferably, however, the paper is carried for some time by the belts, to give the
paste time to set.
As above stated, the paste is preferably applied upon the layer of wrapper upon
the paper.
For this purpose, a paster e is used, this paster being cut away to
accommodate the discs of the feeding roll C, and being carried by a rod 29 mounted
in arms 30 on a rock shaft 31, the rod 29 being mounted to rotate in the arms 30,
and being provided with an arm 32 pivotally connected to an arm 33 swinging on
a fixed pivot in the frame. At the rear end of the machine is mounted a paste
fountain 34, and paste roll 35, and the rock shaft 31 is actuated to carry the paster
between the roll 35 and the paper, by means of a crank arm on the shaft carrying
a segmental gear 36 which is actuated from gear 10 on the shaft of feeding roll
through an intermediate 37. It will be seen that the rod 29 is rocked by the
connection formed by the arms 32, 33, during the movement of the shaft 31, so
that the pasting surface of the paster é is raised directly from the surface of the
wrapper, after applying paste, and reversed so as to engage the paste roll 35 in its
extreme rear position, and then brought downward again to engage the layer of
wrapper upon the paper in its forward extreme position, as shown in Figs. 5 to 7,
so that the dragging of the paste upon the wrapper is prevented.
It will be found that the construction thus far described is efficient, and that the
papers will generally be carried backward properly under the flap turner b,
especially if the papers be of such thickness as to bend readily, and the flap turner
lies close to the roll C in its upper position. In order to assure absolute certainty
of action, however, there is preferably used, especially with thick rigid papers, c
series of guides which operate to positively guide the rear end of the reversed
paper downward and below the flap turner 6. These guides may be constructed in

page_text: any suitable manner, but, as shown, consist of a series of spring fingers f, which are
carried by a rock shaft 39, actuated to raise the guides out of the path of the
paper, as it passes to the rolls C, D, by a crank arm 40 carried by the shaft outside
frame B, and spring-pressed by a spring 41 on rod 42 mounted on the frame,―-the
shaft being rocked in the opposite direction to press the guides downward at the
proper time to act on the leading end of the reversed paper by a crank arm 43 on
the shaft 39 carrying a bowl which runs on a cam w carried by the shaft 13 outside
frame B. The guides fact also to prevent the end of the wrapper coming into
engagement with the roll C.
As above stated, the paper and wrapper may be fed to this wrapping mechanism
by hand, or may be advanced thereto by any suitable means, and the proper
relative positions of the paper and wrapper secured in any manner desired. In the
machine shown, however, which is especially adapted for wrapping papers
previously folded to wrapping size, or magazines, the papers or magazines are piled
within a holder G mounted on the front end of the machine, and the bottom paper
advanced from the holder to feeding belts g, h, by which they are carried to the
wrapping mechanism. The upper series of belts g are led from driven belt roll 45
forward about belt roll 46, just in the rear of the feeding rolls C, D, returning
directly to roll 45, and the lower series of belts h are led from driven belt roll 47
forward around belt roll 48, and returned directly to roll 47, the roll or pulley 48,
however, being carried by arms 49 adjustable so as to vary the distance and
pressure between the two series of belts.
Any suitable feeding devices may be used for advancing the bottom paper
from the holder to the rolls 45, 47, and belts 9, h. As shewn, a series of
pivotted fingers 2 are used, these feeding fingers being carried by a slide 50
moving on rods 51 mounted in the frame of the machine, and being pressed
upwards so as to engage the bottom paper when withdrawn, by means of springs
mounted on the slide under the fingers. This slide 50 is reciprocated upon the
rods 51, to advance the papers in proper time by means of slotted levers 52
carried by rock shaft 53, mounted in the side frames A, B, and operated from
shaft 54 by an excentric 55 on said shaft, and a pitman 56 connecting the said
excentric with one of the arms 52. The holder G is shewn as adjustable, so as
to hold and feed papers of different thicknesses, the rear plate 57 of the box
being made adjustable, so as to act as a stop to all the papers except the lowest,
and permit the passage of papers of different thicknesses, the holder being open
at the bottom, and papers fed out by the fingers 2 over guides 58 extending
from the box to the rolls 45, 47.
The wrappers are cut, pasted, and advanced to the wrapping mechanism, by the
following means:-
At the top of the machine are mounted two cutting and feeding rolls H, to
which the wrapper web y is advanced from the web roll, and by which it is partially
severed on the proper line to form a single wrapper. From the cutting and
feeding rolls H, the partially severed web is fed downwards between guides 59
by feeding belts i k, extending downward nearly to the wrapping mechanism, these
belts being carried and driven by rolls 60 at their upper ends, and carried by
rolls 3 at their lower ends,-one of the rolls 3 being mounted on arms 4 adjustable
so as to secure the requisite pressure between the two series of belts.
For the purpose of entirely severing the wrapper at the proper time, a breaking
segment I is used, coacting with a roll 61 on the opposite side of the guides 59,-
the segment I being carried by shaft 13, and operating to permit the wrapper to be
fed downward to the wrapping mechanism, and then to positively grip the wrapper
and wholly sever it, the segment I rotating at a higher rate of speed than that
at which the wrapper is moving, as usual in such constructions.
The operating parts of the machine are driven from the main driving shaft S
by the following means:-
The shaft S carries a large gear 62, which drives the shaft 54 through a
gear 63 thereon. The belts c are driven from the gear 62 through a series of

page_text: intermediates 64 and gear 65 on the shaft of roll 23, and the other series of
helts are driven by gearing together the shafts of belt rolls 24, 27 by
gears 66.
The gear 62 on shaft S drives the upper belt roll 45 through gear 67 on the
shaft of said roll meshing with gear 62, and the two rolls 45, 47 are geared
together by gears 68.
The shaft 13 carries a large gear 69 meshing with gear 67, and the feeding and
cutting rolls H are driven from the shaft 13 by gear 70 on said shaft through a
series of intermediates 71 and gears 72 on the shafts of the rolls, the tapes i, k,
being driven from one of said gears 72 through intermediates 73 and gears 74 on
the shafts of the belt rolls.
The paste roll 35 is rotated intermittently, so as to properly supply paste to the
paster e, by a ratchet wheel 75, carried by the shaft of the roll, and actuated by a
pawl 3 carried by a swinging arm 4, on the shaft of the roll 35, connected by a
pitman 5 to a crank 6 on shaft 31, so that as the shaft 31 is rocked by the
segment 36 and gear 37, the roll 35 is intermittently rotated.
The parts are so timed, as will be seen from an inspection of the drawings, that
the rolls C, D, and the belts c, d, are run at a higher rate of speed than the
paper and wrapper feeding mechanisms, so as to secure the rapid wrapping of
the paper, and its removal from the path of the next paper and wrapper, as the
latter advance.
The operation of the machine is as follows:-
With the parts in the position shown in Figures 1 to 5, the rack E has been
carried into its lowest position by the operation of the cam groove a upon the
bowls 14, 15, and the feeding rolls C, D have been rotated to carry the paper and
wrapper into their extreme rearward positions. The paster e is just depositing
paste upon the layer of wrapper upon the paper; the roll has just been raised
by the action of cam V; and the guides thrown down to press against the rear
end of the paper by the cam w; and the parts are in position for the commence-
ment of the reverse or rearward movement of the paper,-the flap of the wrapper
to be overlapped and pressed down for pasting, lying upon the top of the roll b, so
that as the parts are reversed and the rear end of the paper becomes the leading
end and returns below the roll b, the flap of the wrapper will be turned down
upon the paper, and pressed down upon the layer of wrapper thereon, first by the
pressure between the rolls b, D, as the paper is fed onward thereby, and then by
the belt pulleys 21, 26, and belts c, d, as the wrapped paper is advanced and
delivered.
As the shaft 13 continues its rotation, then the cam a acts upon the bowls 14, 15,
so as to draw the rack bar E upward, thus reversing the rotation of the rolls C, D,
so as to carry the paper toward the front of the machine, and the paper passes
below the roll 6 and into the grasp of belt rolls 21, 26, and belts c, d, as shown in
Figure 6, the guides being held pressed down by the raised portion of the
cam W long enough to ensure the passage of the end of the paper below the roll b,
and then being released by the cam and returned by spring 41, and the roll b
being held down by the longer raised portion of the cam V, until the rear end of
the paper
has passed beyond it.
In the position shown in Figure 6, the paper has been received by the belts c, d,
and is being advanced for delivery, the rear end of the paper being still opposite
and in contact with roll b, and the flap of the wrapper having been turned
over and pressed down for pasting, and the paster has been carried upward and
backward from the pasting position, in its travel toward the fountain roll 35.
Another paper has meanwhile been delivered from the holder G, and is being
advanced by the belts g, h, to the wrapping mechanism, while a wrapper y has
been fed downward, and its leading end is now about opposite the roll b.
As the operation of the machine continues, the wrapped paper is rapidly carried
away by the belts c, d, which preferably are run at a higher speed than the
wrapper feeding mechanism, so as to carry the paper out of the path of the

page_text: wrapper in time for the advance of the latter, and the rack bar E having been
carried into its upper position, is returned by cam a, so as to again reverse the
movement of the rolls C, D, and rotate them in the proper direction to advance
a paper and wrapper to the paster, and the roll b is again lowered by the spring 18
on its release by the raised portion of cam V, and brought into position for the
advance of the paper over it to the rolls C, D.
The wrapper meanwhile has been fed downward between the belts c, d, below
the path of the paper x, so that the paper will strike the wrapper upon the proper
line to secure the proper overlapping of the wrapper upon the leading and rear ends
of the paper for pasting.
In the position shown in Figure 7, the paper with the wrapper overlapping the
end thereof, has been fed forward by the belts g, h, over the roll b, and is just
about to be seized by the feed rolls C, D, which are rotating so as to advance the
paper towards the rear of the machine, the rack bar E moving upward under the
action of cam a upon bowls 14, 15.
As the paper is advanced from this position by the rolls C, D, it is carried into
the position shown in Figure 5, paste supplied by paster e, the roll b being raised,
and the fingers flowered, and thus the operation continues.
In the construction above described, the roll forming the flap turner b co-acts
with the roll D to feed the reversed paper and press down the wrapper, only as it
is driven by friction from the roll D, but it is evident that this roll may be positively
driven, if desired, as stated above.
It is preferable to shift the flap turner to opposite sides of the path of the paper
in machines in which the paper is advanced to the wrapping mechanism in the plane
of the feeding action of the rolls C, D, as the wrapping mechanism is thus made
more compact, and the feed of the rolls b, D brought closer to the rolls C, D, but
this is not essential, and the flap turner may be stationary, and placed farther away
from the line of action between the rolls C, D, so as to permit the paper to pass
above it from the rolls 46, 48, to the rolls C, D, although a roll co-acting with the
roll D on the reversal of the paper, be used.
It is not essential, moreover, that the paper should be advanced to the wrapping
mechanism as shown, that is, in the plane of feeding action of the rolls C, D, but
the paper may be fed to the wrapping mechanism in any way, so as to secure its
proper reception by the rolls C, D.
By placing the roll 6 in such a position as to co-act with both the rolls C, D in
advancing the paper, and feeding in the paper from above at the suitable angle, a
very simple and efficient construction may be provided, by which the three
rolls b, C, D, form all the feeding devices necessary for wrapping and delivering
the paper, and in which the paper is positively fed by two sets of feeding devices
during the entire operation of wrapping, except just at the point of reversal, when
the end of the paper is passing roll b.
In such a construction, it is preferable to make the roll 6 much larger than in the
construction previously described, and while this roll may be driven by friction from
the rolls C, D, as before, it is preferably driven positively.
By making the roll of a considerable size, not only is a better feeding action
secured, but the path of the wrapped paper, in delivering, is brought inside the path
of the wrapper, so that the wrapper is free to be fed downward to the desired
point at any time after the flap of the preceding wrapper has been drawn in by
the wrapping mechanism, thus enabling a machine of high capacity to be made
without excessive speed of any of the parts.
In Figures 8 and 9 a machine of this construction is shewn in two of the positions
taken during the operation of wrapping; the arrangement of the rolls C, D, and
fingers, and the parts for operating them, are the same as previously described,
except that the shaft 13, and cams carried thereby, are transferred to the opposite
side of the wrapping mechanism, so as to allow the paper to be fed in at the
proper angle.
The roll b forming the flap turner, instead of being mounted in the swinging

page_text: arms 16, as in the construction previously described, is mounted in the frame in a
fixed position, and preferably is larger, as shown.
The position of the belts g, h, and rolls 46, 48, by which the paper is fed to
the wrapping mechanism, is changed, so that the paper is fed downward thereby
past the wrapper guides 59, and between guides 100, to the rolls b, C, these belts g, h,
receiving the paper from a box, as in the construction previously described, or from
other devices, or being fed by hand, as desired.
Below the path of the paper, are preferably arranged wrapper guides 101, between
which the wrapper is fed downward, thus avoiding any possible contact of the
wrapper with other parts.
The paste may be applied to the layer of wrapper on the paper in this construction,
as in that previously described, but a construction is shewn in which the paste is
applied to the flap of the wrapper at the lower end of the guides 101 by a rotating
paster e, which engages the paste roll 35 rotating in the fountain 34, as in the
construction previously described.
The feeding and flap turning roll is shown as positively driven by a large
gear 102 on the main shaft S engaging a gear 102 on the shaft of roll b, and the
paster e as driven from the main shaft S by gears 103 on the main shaft and paster
shaft respectively.
The operation of this construction is generally the same as that of the construction
previously described, and will be understood from a brief description in connection
with the drawings.
As shown in Figure 8, the paper, with the wrapper overlapping its leading end
and the flap projecting behind its rear end, is being advanced by the rolls b, C
between the guides 100, and has just been gripped by the rolls C, D.
It will be seen that, as the paper is fed onward by the rolls b, C, the roll D,
which is then rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 8, tends to
bend the leading end of the paper upward, and carry the paper between the rolls C, D,
and this will usually be found sufficient to ensure the proper feeding of the paper,
although guides similar to the fingers may be used on the lower side of the paper
for this purpose, if desired.
During this operation of the mechanism, the guiding fingers fare in the position
shown in Figure 8, within the circumference of the roli C, so as to be out of the
path of the paper, but when the rear end of the paper has passed roll b, and the
paper is about to be reversed by the reversal of the rack E and rolls C, D,
the fingers are thrown down, as in the construction previously described.
In Figure 9, the parts are shown after the paper has been reversed and is being
advanced by the rolls C, D, and the rolls b, D, the flap of the wrapper having been
turned over by the roll, and the rolls, D coacting to press down the flap of the
wrapper, and secure it, and advance the wrapped paper for delivery.
In this construction, the guides 100 over the roll give sufficient drag upon th
wrapper to secure its being drawn taut, although the roll 6 tends to advance it.
No feeding mechanism has been shown for receiving the paper from the rolls b, D,
and this is not necessary, as the paper may be delivered directly from the rolls b, D,
but it will be understood that suitable feeding devices may be employed for this
purpose, there being sufficient space below the roll b, and between the guides 101 and
the roll D, for this purpose.
It is obvious that other means may be used for operating the feeding rolls C, D,
in either of these constructions, and for shifting the flap turner b in the construction
first described.
Thus, in Figures 10 and 11, is shown a construction in which the feeding
rolls C, D, are geared together by means of gears 76, and the lower feed roll D
carries a segmental gear 77, which is engaged by a segmental gear 78 carried by
swinging arm 79, oscillated by an eccentric 80 carried by shaft 81, and connected
to the arm 79 by a pitman 82.
The flap turner b, in this construction, consists of a series of guiding fingers
carried by bars 83 at opposite sides of the machine, sliding in fixed guides 84, and

page_text: carrying bowls running in cam grooves 1. formed in cam discs L carried by shaft 85,
so that the flap turner 6 is raised and lowered, as in the construction previously
described, except that it moves in straight lines instead of curved.
The paper is advanced by the feeding rolls C, D, between fixed fingers 86,
forming a positive stop for the paper.
The guides forming the flap turner 6 are shewn as so constructed and positioned
in their upper position, that the passage of the reversed paper below the same
is assured without the fingers f, but it will be understood that these may be used if
desired.
In this construction, the paste may be applied as in the construction shown in
Figures 1 to 7, but it is shown applied to the surface of the upper feed roll C,
which in turn applies the paste to the layer of wrapper upon the paper, the paste
being applied upon the surface of roll C during its movement to carry the paper
rearward, and applied to the wrapper upon the paper during the movement of the
roll in the opposite direction, and just before the rear end of the paper passes out
of the control of rolls C, D,--the wrapper being of about three times the length of
the paper.
An ordinary rotating paster e is shown, carried by a shaft 87, so that the paster
is brought into contact with the fountain roll 35 in fountain 34 in the rearward
position of the paster.
The same feeding devices for advancing the paper to the wrapping mechanism
and pressing and delivery devices as previously described, may be used in this
construction, but, as shown, a pair of large feeding rolls M, N are employed, which
are positively driven, and act to advance the paper to the wrapping mechanism in
the same plane as the feed belts g, h of the construction shown in Figures 1 to 7,
and the lower roll N coacts with the roll D to form the pressing and delivery
devices to which the paper is delivered as it is returned below the flap turner b.
The rolls D, N are set at a cousiderable distance apart, so that the wrapper may
be fed downward between them, and a series of guides 90 are preferably used next
the roll N, which consists of a series of discs projecting between the guides so as to
coact with the roll D.
The operation of this construction is as follows:-
In Figure 10, the parts are shown in a position corresponding to that of Figure 5,
the reverse movement of the feed rolls C, D, and of the paper, being just about to
commence, and the paster e having just applied paste to the surface of the
roll C.
As the operation continues, the paper is reversed by the rolls C, D, the
seginent 78 being swung to the left from the position shown in Figure 10, and the
paper is returned by the rolls C, D below the flap turner b, and, by the latter,
directed into the grip of feed rolls N, D, by which the paper is fed downward and
delivered.
In Figure 11, the parts are shown in the position they occupy with the reversed
paper just entering the grip of feed rolls N, D,-the roll C having just applied paste
to the wrapper.
As the paper is delivered, the cam / returns the flap turner 6 from its upper
position, as shown in the figures, to its lower position, in which the paper passes
above it to the segments, and the segment 78 is again reversed, and moves to the
right, for advancing another paper into the position shown in Figure 10.
In the constructions thus far described, the paper is advanced and retracted by
the same feeding rolls rotated alternately in opposite directions.
In the place of such feeding devices, however, there may be used two sets
of feeding devices acting upon the sheet alternately, and moving in opposite
directions, so as to advance and retract the paper, such feeding devices being of any
suitable construction.
In Figures 12 to 16, there is shown a simple construction of this general
character, in which there are used, in place of the feeding rolls C, D, and means
for rotating them alternately in opposite directions, two pairs of feeding
B

page_text: segments (CC³ and D' D²), mounted upon a single pair of shafts, and rotating
constantly in opposite directions, these feeding segments being so arranged that the
paper is first advanced by one pair of segments to the proper point, as in the
constructions previously described, then these feeding segments pass out of
engagement with the paper, and the other pair of feeding segments seize the paper,
and return it in the same manner as the rolls C, D, when their movement is
reversed.
The feeding segments C1, C2, and D1, D2, are carried by shafts 10, 11,-the
central pair of segments C₁, C' being fixed on these shafts, and the other pair of
segments D', D2, which preferably are made in two parts, placed at opposite ends
of the central segments C³, C³, are carried by sleeves 112 loose on the shafts, so
that the two pairs of segments may be rotated in opposite directions.
The shafts 10, 11 are geared together at one end by gears 114, and driven from
main driving shaft S by gear 115 thereon, and intermediates 116, and the
sleeves 112 at each end of the shafts, carrying the end segments D', D², are
geared together by gears 117 and driven from the shaft S, at one end, as shown in
Figure 16, by gear 113 and intermediates 118, and at the opposite end by gear 115
and intermediate 118.
The two pairs of segments C1, C2, and D1, D2, are thus rotated in opposite
directions at the same rate of speed.
The flap turner of these figures is substantially the same in construction and
operation as that of Figures 1 to 7, and coacts with the end feeding segments D²,
and thus aids the segments D', D2 in advancing the reversed paper, and will
operate to advance the paper after it has left the grip of said segments, while
the roll b presses down the flap of the wrapper against segments D², to secure the
wrapper.
The devices for delivering the wrapped paper from the machine, after it has left
the roll b, are substantially the same as those heretofore described in connection
with the Figures 1 to 7, and therefore need no description here, other than to say,
that the pressing roll 23 in the present case is mounted directly upon the driving
shaft S, the belts c being driven directly thereby, and the belts & through
gearing 66, as before.
Paste is applied to the wrapper as before, but in the present case, the pasting,
instead of being operated through gearing from shaft 10, is operated by a cam 119,
carried by shaft 11 engaging the bowl of a pitman 120, which is connected by
a crank arm 121 to rock shaft 31.
The construction otherwise of this pasting mechanism is the same as before
described; the paster e being raised and lowered vertically from and to the
wrapper by cam groove 119, so that dragging of the paste along the wrapper is
avoided.
The paster e is cut away, as before, to accommodate the feeding segment D¹ and
guides, consisting, as before, of spring fingers carried by rock shaft 39, for
bending the rear end of the paper down between the flap turner and the feeding
segment Dr.
The shaft 39 is actuated to lower the fingers against the leading end of the
paper, when the latter is reversed, by mechanism substantially the same as that
heretofore described, consisting of crank arm 43 on shaft 39, carrying a bowl
which is engaged by a cam w carried by shaft 13, similar to cam w of the preceding
figures, except that that portion of the cam which throws the bowl down, is
somewhat longer in the present case, to provide for a longer dwell of the guides fin
contact with the rear of the paper.
The gear 63 on shaft 54 drives the lower feeding roll 47 through intermediate 63ª
and gear 67 on the shaft of the feeding roll, and the two rolls 45, 47 are geared
together by gears 68.
The operation of the machine is as follows:--
With the parts in the position shown in Figures 11, 12, and 13, the wrapper has
been fed down into the path of the paper, and the paper advanced so as to engage

page_text: the wrapper upon the proper line, so that the latter is just reaching the position to
be seized by the segments C2, C3,-the flap turner b being in its lowest position, and
the paper and wrapper passing over it to the feeding segments.
In the position shown in Figure 14, the feeding segments C1, C2 have been
rotated to carry the paper and wrapper into their extreme rearward position; the
paster e is just depositing paste upon the layer of wrapper upon the paper, the
paster being shown constructed to deposit paste over practically the whole width of
the wrapper, the pressing and delivery devices securing the pressing down of that
part of the wrapper not in line with the lower segments D²; the roll & has just
been raised by the action of the cam V, and the guides f thrown down to press
against the rear end of the paper by the cam W, and the parts are in the position
for the commencement of the reverse movement of the paper, the flap of the
wrapper to be overlapped and pressed down for pasting, lying upon the top of the
roll b.
The segments C', C³ now pass out of engagement with the paper, and the
segments D', D2, rotating in the opposite direction, engage the paper, and the rear
end of the paper becomes the leading end, and returns below the roll b, so that the
flap of the wrapper is turned down upon the paper, and pressed down upon the layer
of wrapper thereon, first by pressure between the roll b and the lower segments D³,
as the paper is fed onward thereby, and then by the belt pulleys 21, 26, and
belts c, d, as the wrapped paper is advanced and delivered.
It will be understood that various other modifications may be made in the
construction shown, without departing from the invention, and the invention,
considered broadly, is not to be limited to the particular form or arrangement of
any of the devices.
The invention has been described as applied in wrapping newspaper and other
publications, for which the machine shown is especially adapted, but the invention
is not thus limited, as the machine shown may be applied in wrapping other
articles, and the invention may be embodied in machines especially adapted for
such other uses.
"paper
It will be understood, therefore, that the term
has been used to
designate the article to be wrapped only for convenience, and that the claims are
intended to cover the constructions as applied in wrapping other publications, or
articles of any character in connection with which the invention may be applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
from abroad, I declare that what I claim is :--
1. The combination with means for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a flap turner, substantially as described.
2. The combination with means for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a roll forming a flap turner, substantially as described.
3. The combination with means for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a roll co-acting therewith to feed the reversed paper, and forming a
flap turner, substantially as described.
4. The combination with means for advancing a paper and wrapper, of a
frictionally driven roll coacting therewith to feed the reversed paper, and forming
a flap turner, substantially as described.
5. The combination with means for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a flap turner, and means for moving said flap turner to opposite sides
of the path of the advanced and reversed paper, substantially as described.
6. The combination with means for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a flap turner and guides coacting with the flap turner to control the
reversed paper, substantially as described.
7. The combination with means for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a flap turner, and pressing and delivery devices, substantially as
described.

page_text: 8. The combination with means for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a flap turner, guides coacting with the flap turner to control the
reversed paper, and pressing and delivery devices, substantially as described.
9. The combination with means for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a flap turner, pressing and delivery devices, and means for moving the
flap turner to opposite sides of the path of the advanced and reversed paper,
substantially as described.
10. The combination with means for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a flap turner, guides coacting with the flap turner to control the
reversed paper, and means for moving the flap turner to opposite sides of the path
of the advanced and reversed paper, substantially as described.
11. The combination with means for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a flap turner, guides coacting with the flap turner to control the
reversed paper, and meaus for moving said guides into and out of position to engage
the paper, substantially as described.
12. The combination of feeding rolls, means for rotating said rolls in opposite
directions, and a flap turner, substantially as described.
13. The combination of feeding rolls, means for rotating said rolls in opposite
directions, and a roll forming a flap turner, and coacting with one of the feeding
rolls, to feed the reversed paper, substantially as described.
14. The combination of feeding rolls, means for rotating said rolls in opposite
directions, and a frictionally driven roll forming a flap turner, and coacting with
one of the feeding rolls to feed the reversed paper, substantially as described.
15. The combination of feeding rolls, means for rotating said rolls in opposite
directions, a flap turner, and guides coacting with said flap turner to control the
reversed paper, substantially as described.
16. The combination of feeding rolls, means for rotating said rolls in opposite
directions, a flap turner, guides coacting with said flap turner to control the
reversed paper, and pressing and delivery devices, substantially as described.
17. The combination of feeding rolls, means for rotating said rolls in opposite
directions, a roll forming a flap turner, and coacting with one of the feeding rolls
to feed the reversed paper, means for moving said roll to opposite sides of the path
of the advanced and reversed paper, and guides coacting with said roll to control
the reversed paper, substantially as described.
18. The combination with oppositely rotating feeding segments for advancing
and reversing a paper and wrapper, of a flap turner, substantially as described.
19. The combination with oppositely rotating feeding segments for advancing
and reversing a paper and wrapper, of a roll forming a flap turner, substantially as
described.
20. The combination with oppositely rotating feeding segments, for advancing
and reversing a paper and wrapper, of a roll coacting therewith to feed the reversed
paper, and forming a flap turner, substantially as described.
21. The combination with oppositely rotating feeding segments for advancing
and reversing a paper and wrapper, of a frictionally driven roll coacting therewith
to feed the reversed paper, and forming a flap turner, substantially as described.
22. The combination with oppositely rotating feeding segments for advancing
and reversing a paper and wrapper, of a flap turner, and guides coacting with the
flap turner to control the reversed paper, substantially as described.
23. The combination with oppositely rotating feeding segments for advancing
and reversing a paper and wrapper, of a flap turner, guides coacting with the flap
turner to control the reversed paper, pressing and delivery devices, and means for
moving the flap turner to opposite sides of the path of the advanced and reversed
paper, substantially as described.
24. The combination with oppositely rotating feeding segments for advancing
and reversing a paper and wrapper, of a roll forming a flap turner and coacting
therewith to feed the reversed paper, means for moving said roll to opposite sides
of the path of the advanced and reversed paper, guides coacting with aid ap

page_text: turner to control the reversed paper, and means for moving said guides into and out
of position to engage the paper, substantially as described.
25. The combination with paper feeding mechanism, of wrapper feeding
mechanism advancing a wrapper transversely to, and into the path of movement of
the paper, wrapper pasting devices, means for advancing and reversing the paper
and wrapper received from the feeding mechanism, and a flap turner, substantially
as described.
26. The combination with paper feeding mechanism, of wrapper feeding
mechanism advancing a wrapper transversely to and into the path of movement of
the paper, wrapper pasting devices, means for advancing and reversing the paper
and wrapper received from the feeding mechanism, a flap turner, and guides
coacting with the flap turner to control the reversed paper, substantially as
described.
27. The combination with paper feeding mechanism, of wrapper feeding
mechanism advancing a wrapper transversely to and into the path of movement of
the paper, wrapper pasting devices, means for advancing and reversing the paper
and wrapper received from the feeding mechanism, a flap turner, and pressing and
delivery devices, substantially as described.
28. The combination with paper and wrapper feeding mechanism, and wrapper
pasting devices, of means for advancing and reversing the paper received from the
feeding mechanism, and a flap turner, substantially as described.
29. The combination with paper and wrapper feeding mechanism, and wrapper
pasting devices, of means for advancing and reversing the paper and wrapper
received from the feeding mechanism, a flap turner, and guides coacting with the
flap turner to control the reversed paper, substantially as described.
30. The combination with feeding rolls C, D, or segments C₁, C³, and D¹, D',
and means for rotating said rolls or segments as described, of flap turning roll b
coacting with said roll D or segments D2 and pressing and delivery belts c, d,
substantially as described.
31. The combination with feeding rolls C, D, or segments C1, C2 and D', D',
and means for rotating said rolls or segments as described, of a flap turner, guides f,
and means for moving guides into and out of position to engage the paper,
substantially as described.
32. The combination with feeding rolls C, D, or segments C1, C2, and D1, D2,
and means for rotating said rolls or segments, as described, of a flap turner, means
for moving the flap turner to opposite sides of the path of the paper, guides f, and
means for moving said guides into and out of position to engage paper,
substantially as described.
the
33. The combination with rolls C, D, or segments C, D, and D', D2, and means
for rotating said rolls or segments as described, and a flap turner, of feeding
mechanism advancing a paper and wrapper to the rolls or segments, and pasting
mechanism for the wrapper on the opposite side of the rolls or segments from the
feeding mechanism, substantially as described.
34. The combination with feeding rolls C, D, or segments C¹, C and D¹, D³,
means for rotating said rolls or segments as described, and a flap turner, of paster e
on the opposite side of the rolls or segments from the feeding mechanism, and
means for operating said paster, to lay a line of paste upon the layer of wrapper on
the paper, substantially as described."
35. The combination with the paster e and fountain roll 35, of rock arms 30, in
which the paster is pivotally mounted, crank arm 32 on the paster, and arm 33
pivoted to said crank arm, and to the frame, substantially as described.
36. The combination with rolls C, D, or segments C1, C2, and D', D², and means
for rotating said rolls or segments as desired, of flap turner 6 carried by arms 15,
cam von shaft 13, and connections for moving said flap turner, guides f, and cam w
on said shaft 13, and connections for moving said guides, substantially as
described.
37. The combination with feeding rolls for advancing and reversing a paper

page_text: and wrapper, of a roll coacting with the feeding rolls, to feed the paper both
as it is advanced and reversed, and forming a flap turner, substantially as
described.
38. The combination with feeding rolls for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a positively driven roll coacting with the feeding rolls, to feed the
paper both as it is advanced and reversed, and forming a flap turner, substantially
as described.
39. The combination with feeding rolls for advancing and reversing a paper and
wrapper, of a roll coacting with the feeding rolls to feed the paper both as it is
advanced and reversed, and forming a flap turner, and guides coacting with said
feeding and flap turning rolls, for controlling the paper, substantially as
described.
Dated this 3rd day of April 1894
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.