US1010677A - Sales-book making and printing machine. - Google Patents

Description

A. 0. NORTH.

SALES BOOK MAKING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1909.

1,010,677, Patented De0..5,1911.

2 SEEETSSHBET 1.

" w w acuuy A. 0. NORTH; SALES BOOKMAKING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 111 1111909.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

19% human T e a *AI-FRED 0. NORTH, OF asmine, INDIANA.

- sams-sdokm ma AND rRINTING MA'cHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, Aware C. NORTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Sales-Book Making and Printing Machines, of which the folan improvement m a machine for printing.

lowing is a specification. I This invention relates to improvements in printing machines and more particularly to sales books, the object of the invention being to provide a device of this character in which one or more printing presses work in I Ioratmg machinery and a cutt1ng 1nechaconjunction with numbering machines, pernism and feedingand roll unwindii. mechanisms whereby paper from one, or more rolls of thesame or different paper and of the same or different colors may be printed. Further objects and advantages of the inyention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows:

i In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the entire machine with the exception of the folding'device.

, F 2 is a plan View of the machine, Fig. 3

is a rear end elevation of a portion of said machine illustrating an adjust-able take-up, guide, and helper, -and pull-back rollers, Fig. 4 is a plan view of means for accelerating. or retarding the unwinding of the paper. Fig. 5 is a side viewof the perforat-or, Fig. 6 is a plan view of the perforator.

A folding device may be added to the machine-after the knife, but this folding (leviceiforms no part of the present invention and it is accordingly not claimed.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the bed of tliemiachine comprises an elevated portion 5 and a depressed portion 6, said frame being supported upon legs 7 which are braced and tied together by suit- ,able cross bars8. Motion is imparted to the entire structure by belt 9 which passes 'aroundpullcy, 10, said pulleybeing fixed to shaft 11 which is the main shaft of the entire mechanism. The gear wheels hereinafter described are ordinary spur gear gvheels andtheir positions have merely been indicated to aid in preserving the clcarness I of the drawing. Indicated gear wheel 12 is fixedly mounted upon shaft 11 and engages Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dem 1'911 Applicationfiled April 2,

1909. Serial No. 487,483.

tion 5 of the frame. The indicated gearv 14 which also meshes with gear 12 operates the mechanism mounted upon the depressed portion 6 of the machine," the last named gear.

being journaled to frame 15 by a pin 16. 17 designates a second threaded openingfor pin 16 whereby the gear 14 may be mounted in another adjustment. 18 designates.- a third threaded opening for a similar pin 18. carrying an indicated extra gear 19 for reversing the movementof the entire mechanism mounted upon the depressed portion 6 of the machine frame. This extra gear 19 is removedwhen gear 14 is mounted in the. uppermost position indicated in Fig. 1.

When the mechanisms upon the depressed part ofthe frame are rotating in one direc tion the drive is from the gear12 directly through gear 14 to gear 22, gear 14 atthistime being mounted upon the pin 16,'hut when thesemechanisms are to run in the opposite direction, the idle gear 19 is interposed by mounting it upon the pin 18', this idle gear at that time meshing with the gear 12 and with the gear 14, it being understood that at this time the gear 14 is lowered by inserting its pivotal mounting in the opening 17, though the gear 14 still remains in mesh with the gear 22.

The reason for sometimes reversing the movement of the mechanismmounted upon the depressed portion -of the machine. frame, as well as the reason for having the, web

alternately tight and loose and having itsometimes retarded and sometimes accelerated, will be clearer if it is remembered that there are two great classes of salesbooks at present in use, both of which may be made by this machine. These classes are grocers books and drygocds books, the drygoods books being made from a single web, while the grocers books comprise two webs. In dry-goods books the margins are very wide, while in grocers books, the margins are very narrow. lVhen printing drygoods books, the segments hereinafter described are rotated in such direction with relation to the web that they become helpers to help the web along to take care of the wide margins of this class of books. When grocers books are being made, the segments rotate in the opposite direction and become retarders to hold back the web on account of the narrow margins of this class of books.

indicated gear 13, Fig. 1, which operates the 1 2O designates an anti-friction roller, the

I mechanism mounted upon the elevated por- I purpose of which will be hereinafter dee scr bed.

The printing press indicated in a general way at 21 and located upon the de ressed 5 portion 6 of the frame of the mac ine is exactly like correspondin printing presses on the upper portion 5 0 the frame of the machine, and an explanation of one of these machines will serve as an explanation of 1 both. The printin presses together-with the numbering mac ines serve as auxiliary unison and so that an indicated sprocket,

:.wheel 28 mounted upon shaft v25, will also rotate in unison with the printing press and the numbering machine. A

Means for accelerating or retarding the unwindin of the paper Webs upon which the sales iooks, invoices, and the like are printed, are shown at the right hand portion of Fig. 1 and in vFig. 4. 1 By referring to these figures, it-will be seen that bearing standards 29, the'legs of which are tied together by cross bars 30, support spindles 31 upon. which the paper rolls 32 and 33 are 35 mounted.- Upwardly inclined arms 34' of the bearing standard support swinging arms 35, said swinging arms being pivotally connected to the upwardly extending arms by shafts 36 and 37. At'the outer ends of the 40 swinging arms arelocated shafts 38 and 39.

Cone pulleys 40 and 41 are-mounted upon the shafts 36 and 37 and cone pulleys 42 and 43 are mounted upon the shafts 38 and 39. Indicated belts 44 and 45 are adapted to be 45 shifted laterally by means of a belt shifter 46 into which. a transverse screw, 47 is threaded. A rod 48 passes through this belt shifter and serves to guide it. A hand wheel 49 serves to impart rotation to the 50 screw 47- to move the belt shifter transversely between the arms 35 and since the cone pulleys 38 and 39 are driven by'means of the belts 44 and 45 from the cone pulleys 40 and '41, it is apparent that the rate at which the paper rolls are unwound may thereby be varied. this unwinding being'accomplished by friction rolls 50 and 51 ha ving rubber bands 52 mounted upon their peripheries in contact with the peripheries ofJfthe paper rolls. Counterweights'53 adjustable by means of set screws 54 are mounted upon rearward extensions 55 of arms 35 and control the frictional contact of the frictional rolls with the paper rolls. Sprocket wheels 56 are mounted upon the shafts 36 and 37 and indicated sprocketchains 57 and 58 drive-these sprocket wheels,

motion being imparted to said sprocket chains from a portion of the machine hereinafter described.

A indicates the paper web from roll 32,

on to a perforating mechanism lnareinzifter described. 13 designates another slack paper 'web delivered from roll 33 and passing under the machine around bar 67, over roller 68 and under pull-back 69, then under brake 70, through the numbering machine under bar 71, over bar 72 and through the printing press 21, then under bar 73, and over shaft 11, under the transverse bar 74, up to and over a transverse bar75 and beneath the brake66, after which it follows the path of the Web A. C is a thirdweb usually of tissue paper and drawn from a roll 76 journaled .-in brackets 77. 4 This web enters the machine under brake 66 and it will be noticed that it enters between the webs A and B. The brake or tension fingers 62, 64. 65, 66, 70, etc., prevent over-running of the slack portions of the webs when these slack portions are increased, owing to the acce1er ation of the webs by the action of the helper segments such as 94, or the action upon the web of the printing or numbering machines. In addition to this,'the guide collars 202.- hereinafter described, during this acceleration of the web, prevent side movement of the Web and preserve its transverse alinement.

The structure shown in Fig 3 is an adjustable upright take-up frame, consisting of side bars 78 which are pivotally mounted upon the transverse rod 67, the inclination of the structure as a whole being controlled 5 by screw rods 79 which are threaded in nuts 80 of the frame of the numbering nnichine and which turn loosely in HWHQl blocks 81 carried by the side bars 78, said screw rodscarrying fixed collars 82'located upon each side of said swivel block. Hand pin 83 provides means for turning the screw rods to thereby vary the inclination of the adjust- .able upright take-up frame as a whole.

Varying the inclination of the take-up frame, renders it possible to morecompletcly control that portion of the web leading from the top of the take-up frame to the mechanisms which act upon said web. It will be seen that this is an important feature when it is considered that sheets of 'arying I tween these members.

5 rod 109, this bar'being'u sed occasionally in tria ing' l n Sm -i' c. i I An indicated sprockeflchain 84 passes 'over sproektwheel28 and over'a sprocket wheel 85' .whichjis fast upon the shaft of "roller 68. A, Second sprocket wheel 86 is -a1saisc'ured to this shaft and rotates there- ;with. Alink belt 87 is engaged bythis last named sprocket wheel and hasmotion 'im parted thereto from said sprocket wheel. This link belt passes over an idler sprocket 88 and over an indicated sprocket wheel 88 -which. is 'fast upon a shaft 89. This shaft carries a helper or retardcr segmentQO, said 5 retarder segment'being adjustable upon said shaft by means of a set screw 92. This segment is provided with a leather or other i soft face 01. At its upper end, the link belt passes over an indicated sprocket wheel 92' 29 which is mounted upon a shaft 93, said shaft carrying a helper or retarder segment 94 which is alsop'rm ided' with a leather or othersoftfae'e'95. The link belt also passes over an indicated sprocket wheel 96 mounted upon a shaft 97, it being understood that the helper or retarder segments are bodily ",,rotate d and that their'sot't faces impinge upon the peripheries of tlierollers 08 and I 08, or rather upon the web s which"pass lie The guides" 60 are laterally adjustable, upon fi xed woodenrollers 99 and 100. To

accomplish this end, set screws l0 l.are provided, said set screws 'passinglthrongh the 5 guides and entering said wooden rollers.

102 and l03 are anti tfriction' rollers that extend laterally between the side bars of thc-upright take-up fra n iev'f- 1 A brake finger l04 -i;s,-pi\-'otally mounted 40 upon a shaft l05 and it'sfree end bears upon the. web at' the pointfwhere said web passes over thelanthfricti'on roller 01, v

The-arms 107 of'a" take-upba-r 198 are fastened to the side frames by a threaded securing registry between the pressand the perforator. An indicated gear wheel 200 communicates motion from the last'press to indicated gear 201 operatingtaperforator.

Full details of these partsjare accurately shown in Figs, 5 a'nd'ti, and it is to be' understood that-in Fig. "1, certain ofthe parts are omitted, said figure serving merely to indicate theflotfation' of the'ra'rious mecha- 5 nisms with'jielation to each other. Adjust- 'ablepaper', guide collars 202 (see Fig; 2) are placed on suitable cross rods throughout themachine and are used incconjunction' with brake or tension fingers 'such as are shown at 60, the general principle being, that wherever a' periodic slack" occurs in' the paper, guide collars are needed immediately before or after and a tension finger immediof the maehfiire, f These collars inain't'ai;n the registry of the 'paperiwhilc the tension [fingers preserve the "longitudinal register.="- 'The gear 201' having forty-nine teeth; and loose on shaft 202', jouinaled in bearing'siof 7 side frames 203, operates ape'rforating in'chanism, (see Figs. 5 and 6). The gearf201fis adj ustably fastened to the shaft 202;by 'afs lotted segment 204. 'A gear205 is tothe other end of shaft 202' and actuates it gear 206 loose on shaft 207. Gear 207 adjustably fastened to said shaft by a slottdfsbginent 208. Fixedto shaft 202 is an iroiPiin vpression cylinder 209 covered with a hard *p'aper or soft metal tympan in'the usual way. Another iron cylinder 210'is fixed tdshaft207 and on said cylinder is adjustably scrwed or otherwise fastened one or more peifor'a'tor holders 2ll'serewed to cylinder'in any place desired by a choice of any of a 'nuinberfof threaded openings 212. These'holders carry astrip of steel perforating rule 2llsecuifed in place by. screws 213, outer-maestro these perforating bars may be lmoiinted 'on cylinder-210 at the properplaces to secure registry, whieh, when secured, is usuallythe same for all classes-of work of two lines of u perforations or more. For one line' (if-p er foration per revolution, any po sitioii' will' do,

[as the general 'registry is obtained by; :iinscrewing cap screw 2l5in slotted segiiient 204-. after which both cylinders "may' f beturned 'to' any desired point, the-gear 20 j remaining stationary and. preseiwing' the [general registry. WVhena given place iiiithe tympan is worn out by the cbnstant'itnpact of the perfo'rating blade and a freshstrik ing place is desired, then both of the cap screws. 215 and 216 are loosened in their perspective slotted segments, after whi'ch impressioncylinder 209 may be slightly turned while cylinder 210 and gear 201 remain sta tionary, whereby the general registry of the machine and perforator blade 214 jren'1'iin unchanged. A cross plate 217 seryesto s'iipport the paper and in some cases to detach it from the perforator or tympan'. A'roller 218 is 'journaled in side' frames 203, the

.pil1') l' passing under said roller on its way to tensionfinger 219. Intermediate gears 220, 221 and 222 are pinned to the brackets 223 and 224 of frame 5, and conrey motion from g ar 20 1 to forty-nine tooth gear 225. {This gear 225 is keyed to shaft. 220 j ournaledkeyed to the opposite end thereof."

On a rod 229, mounted i'nframes 227, yertieally "swings two arms 230,- cai rying'"a their outer ends a fixed drum or-papersinr 1 port-231 and finger-21!) abovementioned'jA 125 threaded rod 232 passes "thrmigh "swivel blocks-1232, mounted upon arm's 230$A' hand in side, frames 227 and having a gear 228 ately after said slack portion,'otherwise the, 65 paper would notcontinue seeking the center 17in 232 serves to turn this threaded rod said rod being provided with fixed support;

ing collars 233 and-screwing at its lower end 3" into threaded nut 234 to thereby raise and lower the paper web and act as a take-up between the perforator and the knife.

Inside of gear 228 and loosely fitting around the outside of the box-in which shaft. 226 is journaled, fits one end ofa. bellcrank lever 235, the outer end of which carries a fixed stud 236 on which a loose gear 237 is mounted, said gear meshing with and being moved by the gear 228. Also loose on stud 236 and fixed to gear 237 by a stud pin 238, is another gear 239, both of saidggears being held on the stud by a nut 240.- Atthelower end of lever'235 is a slotted opening 241 inwhich fits a cap screw 242, said cap screw screwing into frame 227. This structure permits adjustments of lever 235. The gear 239 meshes with and drives a gear 243 which is fastenedto shaft 244 by set screw 245 or otherwise. Gears 228 and 237 may be of any size and interchangeable. Also gears 239 and 243 may be of any size and interchangeable, and since sets of gears of different sizes may be employed, it is apparent that' shaft 244'may-be made to revolve at many different speeds, a .slowspeed causing a short sheet of paper to be cutoff and the greater the speed,'the longer the sheet.

The middleportion of shaft 244 is enlarged at 244, see Fig. 5, the paper web passing .ov'ersaid enlarged portion which is in the form of a roller, said roller serving to pull the 'paperon its under surface. The shaft 244 is journaled in side frames 227 and at its opposite end 'carries a fixed gear 246 engaging a gear 247 which is fixed to a shaft 248. This shaft is journaled in throwoif arms 249 having fixed to their outer ends a slightly grooved cross plate 250 which is raised in Figs. 5 and 6 and lowered, and engages the paper in Figs. 1 and 2.

Adjustably fixed by set-screws or otherwise, to shaft 248 is a set of feed wheels251 another similar gear 257, both engaging two similar forty nme tooth gears 258 keyed to short shafts 259, journaled in vertical supports 260. These shafts'have keyed to their innerv ends, arms 261 having keyed in their outer ends, knife holder pins 262 to which is bolted or otherwise fastened a V cutting knife 263. This knife has a shear cut beginningv at each' outer end and severing the paper at the center. Since, while being cut,

the-paper'is temporarily obstructed by the knife, as the feed is in continuous motion pushing the paper forward, it is obvious that suchnbstruction should be of as short duration as possible. By cutting from outside to center, the angle or shear may be doublethat of cutting clear across. and the y pap r obstructed no longer. Thus, by this means I secure a self-sharpening clean out p kmfe'and double the cutting angle. Fastened to frame 227 is the lowerstraightflexible blade 264. The outer cutting corners ofknife 263 are slightly dressed off at 265 to prevent riding on said knife. Since long sheets are obstructed proportionally greater than short ones, grooved cross. plate 250 when down is sufficiently above cross plate 252: and rib253 for the paper to move freely while rib 253 slightly kinks or bends the paper upward. Thus, while the knife is ob- .structingthe paper and. the feed is forcing it forward it simply kinks or bends farther upward into the hollow of plate 250 only to spring forward and regain its normal positionagain when said knife passes by. Bolted to lower forward end of side frame 227 is an arm '266-pivoted to outer end of which is an oscillating upright bar-267, carrying loosely 'on its upper enda connecting rod about knife-holder pins 262. Inward pro- 'ectious'270' andI27l,-a part of boxes 269,

have bolted to their undersides a cross bar 272 with depressor fingers 2 73 fastenedto their under sides. \Vhile gears 258 through arms 261 revolve knife 263 as a single piece, fingers 272 have a circular motion up and down, following the knife and restrained from turning around by the arm 268, the knife holder pins 262 turning in the box 269. Thus fingers 273 become a fly to depress the severed sheets which fall upon a table 274 fastened to frames 227 and provided atits outer end with a fastened back stop27 5. To

set the knifefto cut the web at the proper place, intermediate gear 252 -may e detached by removing the pin, after which, the

'268 with 'ts outer end forming a box' 269 knife may be turned to any point and again gear 252 being fixed, the. paper is cut in 311-.

other place without the general reglsterbeing changed. For slight changes inciltting, drum 231 may be raised or lowered'by screw rods 232, while the machine'is in motion and the same is true of other Ztake-up bars through the machine. The various braking or tension finger-s 'strain the paper from continuing-1t dons ward movement by inertia or thepullzl'of static electricity after the printing pares-m lease the paper. In most rotarypiresses', .the plates are continued around the cylinders but in this machine they occupy only a small segment of the faceof the cylinderand while these plates are actually engaged with the paper web, they shove the web forward much faster than the feed rollers take it up and it is the'function of the tension fingers to stop the forward movement of the web as i the printed parts, they will not pull the tion.

soon as it is released by the printing plates. Since the feed rollers 251 are only three narrow rollers runnmg'on the margins between paper through the machine withouttearing it. If for instance, the sheets or leaves of a bookare to be six inches long and the feed rollers feed the web that distance during a completerevolution,.it is apparent that the press printing with a six inch plate, which only takes up one-fourth of the surface of oing too far by the tension fingers. The

same-thing is true of theperforating and numbering mechanisms. That is, these mechanisms act as auxiliaryfecds in the mannerabove set forth.

As .to the mode of operation, it may be first said that the machine may be run without number attachments, or without perforators or even without resscs as is com-.

mon in making blank pads. The demand for the various. products widely exists wherever there are merchants or business men.

ll'hile I am aware that other machines mostly with reciprocating parts, irregular movements, and bed and platen presses have been constructed for similar purposes, and also rapid machines making only a single size nook have been made, yet, this machine is rotary throughout. simple, and very rapid. This machine is easily adjusted to make any length and width of leaf and actually can make nearly all of the non-duplicating, duplicating and tr plicating blanks so common and useful in the mercantile trades. The only time that this machine could run with a tight web from the roll is when the length of sheet is practically the same as thedist-ancc around the printing cylinders. It is then a one size sheet machine and in that case,when using a tight web, no paper unwinding device is needed. But since it is frequently desired to vary the size of the.

sheets, it will be seen that the various takeup and hold-back devices for the slack web are of the utmost importance.

The machine is shown threaded in Fig. 1 with three webs traced to the point (36 to where they come together and travel as one web between perforating cylinders and to the knife mechanism. This illustrates readily to one versed in the art, the mode of opera; tion in one class of. triplicate work. If duplicate work is desired, then paper roll 76 is not used. If it is desired to print and number on both sides of a single web, common to what are called dry goods backs, then web A or B may be used, but it enters the machine over-rod 74; (when tension linger 276 is used) under rod 72, over rod7l under rod 70, around 103 and 102, after which, it follows the course of web A: before shown; but inthis case, the lower portion of the machine is reversed as before explained by the use of idlegear 19.

Since anyone skilled in the art can easily see the various ways of threading and means of manipulating by the explanation above given to secure the various results desired, entering into the subject further would seem unnecessary.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple and efficient.- means are herein provided for accomplishing the objects of the invention. but while the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended, it is to be understood that the invention is-not limited to the precise construction set forth, but includes within its purview such changes as may be made within-the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a salesbook printing machine, the combination with a pair of printing ma .chines,'of means for driving one of said machines either in the same direction or in the opposite direction to the other of said machines, means for feeding an alternately tight and loose web through said machines. a rotative segment means for driving said segmentfrom one of said printing machines. said segment acting when said last named printing machine is driven in one direction.

to accelerate said web, and acting when said printing machine is driven in the opposite direction, to retard said web.

2. In a salesbookprinting machine, the combination with a pairof printing machines, of m ans for driving one of said runchines either, in the same direction or in the opposite direction to the other of said machines, means for feeding an alternately tight and loose web through said machines. a. rotatiye segment means for driving said segment from'one of said printing machines. said segment acting.;when said last named printing machine is driven in one direction. to accelerate said web. and actingwhen said printing machine is driven .in the opposite direction. to retard said web, a manually operable swinging frame in which said segment is mounted, and a feed roller in said frame over which the web is threaded and with which said segment co-acts.

3. In a salesbook printing machine, the combination with a pair of printing machines, of means for driving one of said machines either in the same direction or in the opposite direction to the other of said machines, means for feeding an alternately tight and loose web through said machines,

a rot-atire segment. nieans'for driving said segment from one of said printing machines, said segment acting when said last named printing machine is driven in one direction,

- means tor conducting and supporting an alternately tight and loose web to said printing elements, Said printing elements acting upon said web during a portion of their rotation only, and during the time that they act. upon said web, serving to accelerate the same, bars disposed both in advance and in rear of said printing elements, and brake tingers eo-acting with said bars to prevent overthrow of the web when said web is accclerated.

in a salesbool: inalv'ing and printing,

machine, the. combination with a. plurality ot rotative printing elements, of feeding means for conducting and supporting an alternately tight and loose web to said printmg elements, said printing elements acting upon said web during a portion of their rotation only and during the time that they act upon said'web serving to accelerate the same, bars disposed both in advance and inrear of said printing elements, brake fingers co'acting with 'said bars to prevent overthrow of the web when said web is accelerated, and guide collars carried by said bars to maintain the transverse alinement of the web.

6. in a salesbook making and printing machine, the combination with a plnralitr ot' rotative printing elements, of feeding means for conducting and supporting an alt'ernately tightand loose web to said printing elements, said printing elements acting upon said web during a portion of their rotation only and during the time that they act upon said web, serving to acceler:-te the same, bars disposed both in advance and in rear of said printing elements, brake fingers eoacting with said bars to prevent overthrow of the web when said web i's accelen atcd, guidr collars carried by said bars to maintain the transverse alinement of the web, feed rollers over which the web passes, a rotative member acting in conjunction therewith, and means for driving said mum her in either direction, whereby it n'niy'be caused to accelerate or retard the weltrat will.

in testimony whereof atlix my signature in presence. of two witnesses.

ALFRED f. Ntilt'lll.

\Vitnesseu BESSIE Monm' Joy,

ll. Nou'rn.

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