US1373215A - Printing and folding machine - Google Patents

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US1373215A
US1373215A US192273A US19227317A US1373215A US 1373215 A US1373215 A US 1373215A US 192273 A US192273 A US 192273A US 19227317 A US19227317 A US 19227317A US 1373215 A US1373215 A US 1373215A
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  • rlhc invention relates to' printing prennes and to folding inecliaterrorism s therefor, and to such machines vvlierein printed products of various lriiide, and. of various nie, may be printed and foldpd in .different ways and in different sites of signatures, that is signatures of different dimensions and of differA ent numbers of pages, and in all or mostcases folding the signatures so as to provide three open or free edges on all the signatures, and with the fold either at the top, bottom or bacli of the printed pages.
  • FIGS l, 1h and 1 taken together and in the order given, are a front elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention.
  • Fi 2 is a view substantially on the line n A- of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and being a transverse elevation of a portion of the'foldin mechanism;
  • Fig. 3 is an, end view ooking at Fig, 1c from the right;
  • Fig. 4 is ah enlarged view ofthe central portion of Fig.2;
  • Fig. 5 is an end view ofone ofthe impression cylinders of the half-tone press
  • Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a. formcylinder.
  • Figs. 7 to 18 are diagrammatic developinents of the form cylinders, showing with four, live and eight plates, respectively, around the cylinder, and their respective proddicts with different Width Webs and as coming from the different collecting and folding cylinders; f Ulf-these: l' to ll ldrow developments of the forni cylindersJ with eight pilates around the forin cylinders; l
  • l'i' and l@ show the vsaine but with 4live plates around the forni cylinders.
  • printing means and mechanisms ofdiiferent kinds adapted to print iii different ways, and to print pages of different sizes, to 'out 'sheets of different sizes, folding the sheets in different ways and therebyv making the fold in different relation or position with respect to the pages, that is, having the fold either at the top, bottom or back of the pages, and alsotherewith' to produce signatures having different numbers of sheets therein.
  • a rovided in ta lio or rotogravure println couples a apted to print on both sides o the web, and in conjunction or coperation therewith printing mechanisms for printing in' one or more colors upon the same web, and more particularly, as embodied, relief or half tone printing mechanisms for printing in two colors upon both sides of the web; the plate or form cylinders being adaptedV totake plates with V,the page length extending either along the formI cylinders or circumferentially thereabout.
  • the plate l cylinders are four plates Wide, for a given size, and are ei ht plates'arourid whenl the page length is isposed along the cylinders, an five plates around when the page length is disposed circumferentially about.
  • t at the invention is not limited in the num ber or Vdimensions of the y plates upon the 4form cylinder.
  • a folding mechanism which will fold the perfected sheets cut from the' web, whether printed with the larger size or smaller size pages, or with diiierent numbers of plates arranged about the form cylinder, including numbers of plates which are not multiples of each other,' and will fold the signatures either at the sides of the pages, or at the tops or bottoms of the pages, as may be desired, and in each manner of folding will turn out the signatures with the other three edges thereof free or open, and with signatures varying widely in the number of pages as well as in page size.
  • a source of paper supply such as a web roll 1 is provided the web m therefrom running over rollers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, between the first printing couple.
  • this printing couple operates on the rotary intaglio or rotogravure principle.
  • the intagliated or engraved cylinder 7 has its shaft 8 supported in demountable bearings 9, of suitable and approved design, said bearings being mounted upon the machine frame.
  • the cylinder 7 rotates in a suitable ink or color fountain 10, the doctor -blade or wiper 11 removing the surplus ink from the surface of the cylinder at a point between the color fountain 'and the impression or printing line.
  • a suitable regulating or adjusting mechanism 12 is provided for the doctor blade 11.
  • An impression cylinder V13 coperates with the c linder 7 to print upon the web
  • the cylinder 13 is provided with means for supporting or suspending it and for moving it away during the removal or renewal of the cylinder 7, and for regulating the impression.
  • the shaft ⁇ 14 of the cylinder is carried in journal blocks 15, which blocks are slidably mounted in the press frame 16.
  • the journal blocks 15 are connected to threaded rods'17, which rods engage threaded holes in the frame 16.- Splined to the respective rods 17 are worm wheels or gear wheels 18,
  • the cylinder 13 may be moved, positioned and regulated as required with respect to the cylinder 7.
  • the web after beingprinted upon by the cylinders 7 and 13 passes around a suitable drying cylinder 21.
  • the web ai then passes about the ⁇ rollers 22, 23 and 24 and is led between the second intaglio printing couple which may be generally simiiar to that just described.
  • an intagliated or engraved cylinder 30 has its shaft 31 supported in the demountable bearings 32, of suitable design, carried upon the inachine frame, as shown in F ig. 1.
  • a doctor or wiping blade 33 cooperates with the cylinder 30 to remove the surplus color from the surface thereof in a well-known manner, the blade 33 being provided with suitable regulating and adjusting mechanism 34.
  • ⁇ Coperating with the cylinder 30 is an impression cylinder 35, having its shaft ends 36 mounted in journal blocks 37, which blocks are reciprocable in guides 33 formed on the machine frame.
  • the blocks 3G are supported by threaded rods 39, which rods are threaded in the machine frame'and provided, respectively, at their upper ends with gear or worm wheels 39% Meshing with the wheels 39 are gear teeth or worm threads on the shaft 40, which shaft is mounted on the machine frame and is provided with :i hand wheel 41.
  • libe web a runs from the cylinders 30 and 35 over ⁇ rollers 42 and 43, about a suitable drying cylinder 44, and thence about rollers 45, 46 and 47 on to the succeeding mechanisms, as will be later described.
  • Two sets of bevel gears 48 receive their drive from cooperating bevel gears 49, upon a driven shaft (not shown). Gears 50, 51 and 52 are driven therefrom. Gears 53 on the shafts 8 and 31, respectively, of cylinders 7 and 30 drive their respective cylinders. .fr suitable vibrating or reciprocating mechanism for the doctor or wiper blades 11 and respectively, are provided, and are indicated generally by reference numeral 454.
  • the web passes around rcllersG and GG to the printing mechanisms shown in Fig. 1", the web passing thence nzit' an inipression cylinder 67.
  • Coperating with' the impression cylinder 67 is a form or plate cylinder 68, provided with. suitable inlring mechanism, which is partially shown and is indicated by reference numeral 69.
  • Coperating also with the impression cylinder 67 is a form or plate cylinder 70, the form cylinder having a suitable inlzingmechanism which is partially shown, and indicated by 71.
  • the web may thus be printed in two colors upon one side by the mecha-A nism just described.
  • the web :v passes thence to an impression cylinder 72, with which coperates a plate or form cylinder 73, the form cylinder having a suitable inlring mechanism partially shown, and indicated by reference numeral 74.
  • Cylinder 7 5 is provided with a suitu able. inlring mechanism, which is partially shown, and indicated by reference numeral rlhe web e is thus printed upon the vcylinders 7%, 73 and 75 inet described.
  • Suitable odset devices are pro-vided, if de sired, lor the impression cylinder 7 d and, es shown, en oliset web y is riin about the impression cylinder, the web running trom its supply roll 77, client roller lll, through the impression in contact with the previously ilreshly printed eide ci the web c, enc. ler 701. rlhe rewindinpj web npon rellers dit, er il deeired both beiny 'riven to rewind the web at a en erm cr lineer Speed. dnitable slitting are previded, and in .the embodied ifornc.
  • rotary ,cutters 95 and 96 provided with two coperating pairs of cutting blades, one air being desigxated by 97, 98 and the ot er pair by -99 an 100.
  • the sheets cut by the mechanism just de-A scribed are delivered A to two coperating or alternately operating cylinders.
  • the cylinder 101 is a collecting and foldingcy11nder, and is provided with grippers 102 for taklng the lead of -the-sheets delivered thereto fromv the rotarycutters 95 and v96.
  • Cylinder 101 is also provided with a plurality of folding blades 103.
  • Coperatin with cylinder 101 is a cylinder 104, rwhic ⁇ cylinder is provided with a plurality of folding jaws 105, which coperate with the respective folding blades 103 to impart an intermediate transverse fold -to the sheet or group of sheets;
  • the sheets are delivered or transferred from the cylinder 101 tothe folding-jaws on cylinder 104.
  • the molded sheets are delivered from the folding jaws ⁇ 105 and are run off between a series of rollers 106 and delivered l "either selectively or alternately to the packer.
  • a slitter 110 may be employed to sever the two signatures one from [foldin lill from cylinder-'104 to cy nder 145 and he folded by folders 153 as later more 4:hilly e described.
  • tloperating' with the collectingr cylinder' 101 is a transfer cylinder edepted to taire either the lead of the wehe just ae they are cut, or to taire regroupe el sheets 'treni the collecting cylinder, and to perticipe'te in the folding thereof, the icldcd eheets bem ing delivered at the other eide ci the ine chine from there piet deccribed.
  • lindied, cylinder M0 is provided with.
  • Said devices comprise rotary cutters 137 and 138, whichfre provided with two pairs of co ⁇ v operating cutters, one pair being indicated by numerals 139 and 1.40 and the other pair by numbers 141 and Y142.
  • the sheets cut off by the rotary cutters are taken by a collecting cylinder 143, which cylinder is, rovided w1th-a series of grippers '144. he sheets so collected are delivered to a transferring cylinder 145 provided with a series of grippe 146.
  • the collected sheets are delivered into a pathway, whichV athway comprisesl tapes 147 yand 148 running over series o'f rollers 149, 150, 151 and 152.
  • the group vof collected sheets are thereby brought to position to be folded by a suitable folding 'mechanism, which as embodied, comprises the pages are arranged longitudinally of the sheets, being printed by the plates arranged with their length circumferentially about the form cylinders, at the right hand in Fig. 1, and in Fig. 3, are shown turning bars 167 and 168 for associating the two parts of the web and directing them to sheet cutting and folding mechanisms.
  • the associated parts of the web pass between rollers 169 and 170 to rotary cutters 171 and 172, which are provided with pairs of coperating cutters, one pair being designated by 173 and 174, and the other by 175 and 176.
  • the cut sheets are fed optionally through rollers 177 and 178 to a lcollecting cylinder 179, which is provided with suitable grippers 180 for taking and collecting the sheets. From the cylinder 179 the collected sheets are delivered to a transferring cylinder 181, and therefrom by suitable conveying means, such as a series of rollers 182, to a suitable folding mechanism.
  • suitable conveying means such as a series of rollers 182
  • the embodied form of folding mechanism comprises a blade 183,
  • the sheets are delivered to a packer box r other receptacle 186.
  • a transfer cylinder 196 In position to take the sheets delivered from the rotary cutters 171 and 172 is a transfer cylinder 196 provided with grippers 197.
  • the transfer cylinder 196 takes sheets from the rotayry cutters and conveys them along a suitab e pathway, comprising rollers y 197, and 198, and directs the sheets. to a suitable folding mechanism.
  • the folding mechanism comprises a reciprocating blade 199 cooperating with folding rollers 200- and 201.
  • the folded sheets are delivered to a packer box 202, or other suitable rece tacle.
  • e manner of operation of the hereinbefore described mechanism is substantially as follows
  • the machine as already briefly stated, is adapted to produce various sized signatures, both as to the page size and the number of pages, and "will fold the signatures, with three edges open, and with the fold either at the back of the pages, or if desired at the top or bottom of the pages (the latter fold being desirable for certain kinds of work such as heavy catalogue work, where a great number of signatures are bound together by a glued lflat back).
  • Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 ofl the drawings is shown the folding mechalnism which is used when the plates are put on with -their length disposed longitudinally of the form cylinder, and in the present eX- emplification Athere are eight plates about the cylinder. In this case the ages are arranged across the web and t e sheets. It will be understood, of course, that the dimensions or the number of plates are in nowise restrictive of the invention.
  • the collecting cylinder is shown as a three way cylinder (that is, having three sets of grippers) and is adapted to collect either two or four sheets together at each set of grippers preparatory to folding. The sheets may be forwarded without collecting, when desired.
  • the single sheets or the groups of collected sheets are delivered alternatively at either side of the folding mechanism, and the sheet or groups of sheets when delivered to the left (in Fig. 2) from cylinder 101 are transversely folded 'by one of the folding .blades 108, and the corresponding or coperating folding jaws 105 on cylinder 104.
  • the folding is effected the group of sheets is released b the grippers 102 and is delivered to cylindler 104; in the bite of the folding -jaws 105.
  • the folded signatures are Cut apart by slitters 110, and are delivered to rollers 106 and therefrom, selectively or alternately, to packer boxes 107 and 108. Whenthe mechanism is so operating grippers 109 are silenced.
  • the mechanism just described is employed in the present embodiment with eight plates around and four plates along the cylinder.
  • Various roducts may be secured by running a full width web, or a three quarter width web, and slitting and associating the parts previous to cutting, or by running a half width web, and collecting four on or less.
  • the collecting grippers may also be timed to collect to the full capacity of the form cylinders, or to deliver more than one for each revolutionof the form cylinders.
  • invasie boxes 126 and 127 In this case, with eight f plates around and four plates along the cylinder, there ma be produced by running either a full wi th, three Quarter width, or half width web, either two eight page signatures, two four page signatures or one twelve page signature, all folded at the baclr and with three edges orsides open.
  • Means are provided in coperation with the foregoing mechanism for folding the sheets, either singly or collected, at either the top or the bottom of the pages instead of at the baclr edge, said means being adapted also to operate upon sheets of different sizes.
  • the sheet or group of collected sheets upon the c linder 101 is delivered unfolded to the cy inder 1011, the sheets being taken from the grippers 102 by the grippers109.
  • the folding blade 109 and folding jaws 105 are silenced when the Inachine is so used.
  • the sheet or sheets are transferred from the cylinder 104 to the cylinder 145, the grippers 109 delivering theV sheet or groupof sheets to the grippers 146.
  • the sheets are then run to the transverse folder 153, which folds them across the top of the pages, the signatures being delivered therefrom, either selectively or alternately, to the packer boxes 156 and 157.
  • This mechanism vwith the arrangementof plates already assumed, will produce either one thirty-two page signature, or two sixteen, or two eight pa7 e signatures, each folded at the end, that is either at the top or bottom.
  • the pages are the width of two plates with eight plates around the cylinder, and a slitter ⁇ 112 (Fig. 2) could be employed to separate the two signatures as they pass through the folding rollers 154 and 155.
  • Double width lates could also be used upon the form cylin ers, or two narrow plates could be used to print upon awide age havin a corresponding rotogravure imyession t ereon.
  • the web or webs and the sheet or sheets are directed lfor a portion of their course through'another art ofthe mechanism.
  • the we a or the Webs a. and h are run through,'and if desired associated at, the rollers 206, and are directed therefrom to the rotary cutters 137 and 188. .l ⁇ he cut sheets are then talren, and if desired collected, on
  • the collecting cylinderl 1113. discloses this cylinder the group of sheets is transferred to the cylinder 14:5, theA grippers 1111- transferring the sheets to ⁇ the grippers ⁇ 146.
  • the sheets are then directed to the :folder 153, these narrower-sheets lilrewise receiving the field at the top of the sheets and are delivered from the folder, either selectively or alternatively, to the packer bis 15e and v
  • the packer bis 15e and v By the mechanism just described, there may be produced two thirty-two page or ⁇ four 'sixteen kpage 'signatures with the full width web, or four eight page signatures with a half width web, all folded'at the end (top or bottom) and with the other three edges open.
  • the web is directed to the folding ⁇ mechanism shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.
  • the slit parts c and al of the web are associated or superimposed by the rollers 189 and 17 0, and are cut into sheets by the rotary cutters 171 and 172,'and the sheets are talren by the collecting cylinder 179.
  • the form cylinder may be regarded as having five plates thereabout, and the ⁇ co1- lecting cylindei ⁇ 179 having four sets of grippers 180 and thus it will collect the sheets in four groups of five sheets each from a single web, or of ten sheets from a half-width superposed web.
  • the groups of collected sheets are delivered successively to transfer cylinder 181, and from thence are forwarded to the folder 183, which folds the sheets and delivers them to the packer box or receptacle 186. This provides for a forty page signature folded at the bach, and with three edges thereof open.
  • cylinder 196 will take vtwo sheets, and deliver them to the folder 199, to be folded at the hack thereby, and delivered to the receptacle 202. In such case the remaining eight sheets will go from collecting cylinder 179 to transfer cylinder 181 and from thence to the folding mechanism ⁇ 183, and be delivered thence to the receptacle 186. In such case there will be an eight page signature delivered to the receptacle 202, an a thirty-two page signature delivered to receptacle 186.
  • the grippers 180 are arranged to transfer the first two sheets to grippers 182 upon cylinder 198, and to de-I liver the last eight sheets to the grippers 207 With the lastthe plates-arranged either around or along the impression cylinder.
  • the cylinder is shown with its cylindrical surface divided longitudinally into a plurality of sections, and in the longitudinally disposed necesses between the sections are loca-ted the devices for holdingthe stretched packing, blanket, or other covering for the surface of the impression cylinder. ln the various recesses are shown, more or less diagrammatically, the reels ⁇ 210, upon which the packing sheets, blankets or the like are wo-und.
  • the illustrated form of fastening device for the other end of the impression cylinder covering comprises pins 211'set in the face of detachable and interchangeable blocks or bars 212 constituting part of the surface of the imv pression cylinder. )Clamps 213 are mounted upon shafts 214i, and press the cover sheets down over the pins 211 in a well known manner.
  • the blocks or bars 212 are seated in longitudinally disposed recesses 215 formed in the impression cylinder, the bars 212 being held in position by suitable means such as countersunk screws 216.
  • the bars 212 are of such width that a gap is left between the bar and the opposite side of the recess in the impression cylinder, as is shown at a, b and d in Fig. 5. Through this gap the covering sheets for the segments of the impression cylinder pass from the fastening means to the reeling and stretching means in the next recess in the impression cylinder.
  • Interchangeable with theblooks or bars 212 are similar blocks or bars 217, the blocks or bars 217 however, being of sufficient width to entirely close the longitudinally disposed recesses in the impression cylinder.
  • the size 'and arrangement of the continuous surface sectors or sections of the impression cylinder may be changed, to correspond with changes in the size and position of the plates on the form cylinder.'
  • the packing or blankets of the impression cylinder which extend from a to b, from b to c, from c to 0l and from d to a, making four equal sections in the surface of the impression cylinder, each such section adapted to coperate with one or two printing plates upon the forni cylinder, and actually coperating with two plates when there are eight plates around the forni cylinder.
  • Fig. 6 of' the drawings is shown a forni cylinder adapted to take plates of diliiei'ei'it sizes.
  • the surface of the form cylinder is provided with helicoidal undercut grooves 218, in which ⁇ grooves run the plate clamps 219, in a well known manner.
  • the plates may be arranged in the various ways required or indicated here-in.
  • Figs. 7 to 13 show diagrams or developments of the two cooperating perfectingform cylinders of the relief plate or halttone press shown in Fig. l", using eight plates about or around the cylinders. These diagrams are applicable to either of cylinders 68 and 70 and of cylinders 73 and 75, the two sets of cylinders, as already stated. providing for printing in two colors, or for overlapping half-tone or other illustratie and letter press matter.
  • the nui Lbers on the developments of the plate cylinders indicate the respective plates and pages oithe signature, the niiinheisioii the diagram standing in the same direction as the pages or plates on the form cylinder.
  • the plates are arranged eight around die plate cylinders 68 or 70, and 'i'l or 75, or 68 and 73 and 70 and 75 and occupy the entire circumference thereof, the plates being in two duplicate sets along ⁇ the cylinders.
  • the perfected web is slit hy slitter 88. turned over bars 93 and 94- and associated at rollers 205. lThe sheets are cut by cutters on cylinders 95 and 96 as indicated in Fig. 7. The cut sheets are collected on cylinder 104, tour sheets superposed, and then receive a jaw fold and are thereby delivered to cylinder 10e, the fold beingat the side of the pages, and are delivered into the packer box 107.
  • the folded signature may e centrally slit or cut by the rotary slittei1 while on cylinder 104e. rl ⁇ his produces two 32 page -prodiicts or signatures, @(1 inches by 11S- inches, for one standard size or press. These are delivered two products to each signature without slitter 110 or one product to each oi double the number of' signatures, if slitter 1.10 is used.
  • the reference to dimensions of signatures is in no wise restrictive oi the invention, but is made to furnish a basis of comparison between the different numbers and dimensions of plates employed in the illustrated embodiment.
  • the plates are arranged eight plates around the form cylinders in two successive sets or series of four plates each, and
  • the plates are arranged eight plates around the form cylinders in two suc cessive sets or series of four plates each, and with two duplicate sets of plates along the forin cylinders.
  • the web is slit by slitter 83, associated by rollers 205 and cut into sheets at 95, 96.
  • the sheets are collected in. groups of two sheets on cylinder 101, and the groups of sheets so collected are folded alternately into the 'jaws 109 on cylinder 104 and, by incans of cylinder 120, into the jaws 124 on cylinder 123, and the products are delivered alternately into the boxes ⁇ 107, 108, 126 and 'l2/l". This gives eightA eight pageproducts, 8% inches by 11@ inches, two products to each signature, or, if the slitters 110 and 111 are used, it will give one product to the signature.
  • Tn Fig. 10 a half width web is used, with y eight plates around the form cylinders, in
  • the plates are arranged eight plates around the forni cylinders in four su ⁇ c ⁇ 4 cessivesets or series of two plates each, and with only one set or roup of plates along the form cylinders.
  • the .web is slit at 83, turned at 9d, 94 and the parts associated at rollers 20d
  • the web is cut into sheets at every page length by 137 and 138, andthe sheets are collected two sheets on cylinder 143.
  • These groups of two sheets each are Atransferred to cylinder 145 and from thence to folder 159, 154, 155 where they are folded at the end of the page as already described in connection with Fig. 11. They are delivered alternately into the two bones beneath the folder. This 'gives four sixteen page products inches by 11S- inches.
  • Fig. 1d the plates are arrangedeight plates about the forni cylinders in four successive sets or series of two plates each, with only two plates along the cylinder in the set.
  • the web is cut at each page length by cutters 137, 138 and the sheets are col ected two on soV or piled on cylinder 143.
  • the collected sheets are transferred to cylinder and receive a fold at the end of the pages, as described in connection with Fig'll, by folder 153, 154, and the successive products are delivered alternately into the two Aboxes 'beneath the folder This gives four eight page Iproducts 8% inches by 41115L inches.
  • Fig.- 14 the plates are arranged four. platesabout the form cylinder in one set or series, and with four plates in one set or series along the form cylinder.
  • the sheets are cut on'each pageV length by cutters 95 and 96 and arecollected, four sheets on or superposed, oncylinder'll.
  • the groups of col lected sheets are transferred unfolded to cyl; ⁇
  • Fig. 16 there are four plates arranged ⁇ around the forni cylinders in two series of ⁇ two plates each, and in a series of two plates along the form cylinders.
  • the web is cut on every page length at 95, 96, and the sheets are collected two on or superposed on cylinder 101.
  • the groups of two sheets are transferred unfolded to cylinder 104 and thence to cylinder 145, and are folded at the sides ofthe pages at folder 153, 154, 155 and are delivered into two boxes beneath the folder. rThis produces two eight age signatures or products 11ginches by 171 inches.
  • Fig.l 17 there are five plates arranged in a single series around the form cylinders and four plates in a' single series along the forni cylinders.
  • the web is slit by slitter 83, turned on bars 167, 168, and the parts are associated at rollers 169, 170.
  • the sheets are cut at every page length by cutters 17' 1, 172, and are collected :tive sheets superposed on cylinder 179.
  • the groups of live sheets are transferredto cylinder 181, and are forwarded to and folded along the sides of the pages by folder blade 183 and its coperating rollers 184, 185 and delivered into box 186. This produces one 40 page signature, 9g inches by 133%, inches.
  • the sheets two' devices, one adapted to fold the group of sheets at the end of the pages liti and the other adapted to fold the group of f sheets at the side of the pages, a delivery mechanism therebetween for delivering the folded sheets, the sheets passing the delivery mechanism only when they are unfolded and are to be folded by the second folding device each of said devices leaving three edges of all the sheets in the'group open.
  • the combination With a press adapted to print pages of different sizes upon a Web, of a folder, a cutting device cutting sheets of one size, a cutting device cutting sheets of another size, means for directing the Web from the press to either cutting device and means for directing the sheets from either cutting device to the folder, and another folding device located betweenpa cutting device and, said folder and having devices for 'either folding sheets or passing them unfolded to the other folding device.
  • the combination With a press adapted to print pagesof different sizes upon a web, of a folder, a cutting device cutting sheets of one size, a cutting device cutting sheets of another size, means lfor directing the web from the press to either cutting device and means for directing the sheets from either cutting device to the folder and a common transfer device receiying all of said sheets and supplying them to the folder.
  • a printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted t'o take plates of different dimensions around the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders.
  • a printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to take plates of different dimen sions around the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectivelyl receiving the web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders, one of said folders making the fold at the ends of the pages, the other folder making the fold at the side of the pages.
  • a printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to take plates of different dimensions along one direction of the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders.
  • a printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to take plates of different dimensions along one direction of the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders, one of said folders making the fold at the ends of the pages, the other folder making the fold at the side of the pages.
  • a printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to take plates of different dimensions around the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and a delivery device between the folders delivering folded sheets and passing unfolded sheets to another folder.
  • a printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to take plates of different ldimen sions around the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the Web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and a delivery device between the folders delivering folded sheets and passing unfolded sheets to aninvasie other folder and a slitter for slitting the ⁇ folded product 30.
  • fr printing and folding machine including in cornhination a form cylinder adapted to tare plates of diiferent dirnen sions around ie cylinder, a plurality of cutting' inechainsiA selectively receiving the uch and cutting it intosheets of different i' sites, a plurality of folders, and means for it selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to oneV or another of the folders, one of said folders matting the fold at the ends of the pages, the other foldermaking the fold at the side of the pages and producing signatures with all out edges except at the hald.v y
  • El. l printing and folding machine including in combination ay form cylinder adapted to talre plates of different dimensions along one direction of the cylinder, a plurality of cuttingniechanisms selectively receiving the Welo and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders, one of said folders making thefold at the ends of the pages, the other folder inalrine; the fold at the side of the pages and with all cut edges en titi producing' sign cept at the foldu 32, it printing and folding machine inu cluding1 in combination a form cylinder to taire plates of diiderent dimensions around the cylinder, a plurality of cutn tais-ngF mechanisms selectively receivin the 'vr/eh and cutting1 it into sheets of di 'erent sites, and a plurality of folders and a plu' rality of for selectively racen'n inn; the folded signatures.
  • a printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to taire plates of different dimensions around. the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the Web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, one a transverse folder and another a longitudinal folder and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders.
  • a printinap and foldinu machine Vin eluding in com mation a form cylinder adapted to taire plates of different dimensinne along one direction of the cylinder, a pluralityof cutting mechanisms selectively recel ing the rveh and cutting1 it into sheets of different nie, a 'transverse folder from one of the cutting' mechanisms and longitudinal folder roceivin i of cutt' lll cluding in combination rin cylinder adapted to taire plat erent dinucnsions along one direc l i of cylinder, a plurality of cutting' in anisnis selectively receiving the weh "no cut ine" it into sheets of different folders, one a r a longitudinal etively directing folder, and in lo sheets from c rnitters to one or ann l lill@ I Y n n in the weh, a selectively' vvch and. cutw l l (l 'llli

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J. L WALSER.
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@riginal application. fled duly tl., itil?, Serial No. 179,836. Iiivided and this appl Specication of Letters Patent. l limppigipiptmjl lidiar. 29, 1921.
i. filed September ltd, i917. fierial No.. 1953,273.
To @ZZ fui/ione may concern:
lie it linovvn that l, deserti d. Wensen, a citizen of the United Fitates, residingr` in Uhr cago, in the county of @colt and tritate of lllinois, have invented certain new and ful improvements in ljlriiitiug and Folding li/lachinee, of 'which the following speer iication.
rlhc invention relates to' printing prennes and to folding ineclianiei s therefor, and to such machines vvlierein printed products of various lriiide, and. of various einen, may be printed and foldpd in .different ways and in different sites of signatures, that is signatures of different dimensions and of differA ent numbers of pages, and in all or mostcases folding the signatures so as to provide three open or free edges on all the signatures, and with the fold either at the top, bottom or bacli of the printed pages.
@ther objects ofthe invention will be set Y forth hereinafter in part, or will be obviousillustrate one embodiment of the invention, K and together with the description serve to explain the principles thereof.
Of the drawings: j
Figures l, 1h and 1, taken together and in the order given, are a front elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention;
Fi 2 is a view substantially on the line n A- of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and being a transverse elevation of a portion of the'foldin mechanism;
Fig. 3 is an, end view ooking at Fig, 1c from the right;
Fig. 4 is ah enlarged view ofthe central portion of Fig.2;
Fig. 5 is an end view ofone ofthe impression cylinders of the half-tone press; 4
Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a. formcylinder.
Figs. 7 to 18 are diagrammatic developinents of the form cylinders, showing with four, live and eight plates, respectively, around the cylinder, and their respective proddicts with different Width Webs and as coming from the different collecting and folding cylinders; f Ulf-these: l' to ll ldrow developments of the forni cylindersJ with eight pilates around the forin cylinders; l
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lt will be understood that the drawings are more or less diagrammatic iii character, details of construction being omitted from. the various views for the saire of clearness.
Referring by Way of example to the illustrated embodiment, there are provided printing means and mechanisms ofdiiferent kinds adapted to print iii different ways, and to print pages of different sizes, to 'out 'sheets of different sizes, folding the sheets in different ways and therebyv making the fold in different relation or position with respect to the pages, that is, having the fold either at the top, bottom or back of the pages, and alsotherewith' to produce signatures having different numbers of sheets therein. y
More particularly, there areA rovided in ta lio or rotogravure println couples a apted to print on both sides o the web, and in conjunction or coperation therewith printing mechanisms for printing in' one or more colors upon the same web, and more particularly, as embodied, relief or half tone printing mechanisms for printing in two colors upon both sides of the web; the plate or form cylinders being adaptedV totake plates with V,the page length extending either along the formI cylinders or circumferentially thereabout.
In the exemplified form, further, the plate l cylinders are four plates Wide, for a given size, and are ei ht plates'arourid whenl the page length is isposed along the cylinders, an five plates around when the page length is disposed circumferentially about. the
c linders. It will be understood however, t at the invention is not limited in the num ber or Vdimensions of the y plates upon the 4form cylinder.
Further, in particular, in connection with the printing mechanism, a folding mechanism is provided which will fold the perfected sheets cut from the' web, whether printed with the larger size or smaller size pages, or with diiierent numbers of plates arranged about the form cylinder, including numbers of plates which are not multiples of each other,' and will fold the signatures either at the sides of the pages, or at the tops or bottoms of the pages, as may be desired, and in each manner of folding will turn out the signatures with the other three edges thereof free or open, and with signatures varying widely in the number of pages as well as in page size.
Referring more particularly to F ig. 1a of the drawings,a source of paper supply such as a web roll 1 is provided the web m therefrom running over rollers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, between the first printing couple.
In accordance with one feature of the invention, this printing couple operates on the rotary intaglio or rotogravure principle. The intagliated or engraved cylinder 7 has its shaft 8 supported in demountable bearings 9, of suitable and approved design, said bearings being mounted upon the machine frame. The cylinder 7 rotates in a suitable ink or color fountain 10, the doctor -blade or wiper 11 removing the surplus ink from the surface of the cylinder at a point between the color fountain 'and the impression or printing line. A suitable regulating or adjusting mechanism 12 is provided for the doctor blade 11.
An impression cylinder V13 coperates with the c linder 7 to print upon the web The cylinder 13is provided with means for supporting or suspending it and for moving it away during the removal or renewal of the cylinder 7, and for regulating the impression. In the embodied form of such means the shaft `14 of the cylinder is carried in journal blocks 15, which blocks are slidably mounted in the press frame 16. The journal blocks 15 are connected to threaded rods'17, which rods engage threaded holes in the frame 16.- Splined to the respective rods 17 are worm wheels or gear wheels 18,
`which mesh with a thread or worm upon a shaft 19, said shaft being mounted in the press frame, and provided with a hand wheel 20. By turning the hand wheel 20, the cylinder 13 may be moved, positioned and regulated as required with respect to the cylinder 7.
- The web after beingprinted upon by the cylinders 7 and 13 passes around a suitable drying cylinder 21. The web ai then passes about the` rollers 22, 23 and 24 and is led between the second intaglio printing couple which may be generally simiiar to that just described.
In the second printing couple, an intagliated or engraved cylinder 30 has its shaft 31 supported in the demountable bearings 32, of suitable design, carried upon the inachine frame, as shown in F ig. 1. A doctor or wiping blade 33 cooperates with the cylinder 30 to remove the surplus color from the surface thereof in a well-known manner, the blade 33 being provided with suitable regulating and adjusting mechanism 34.
`Coperating with the cylinder 30 is an impression cylinder 35, having its shaft ends 36 mounted in journal blocks 37, which blocks are reciprocable in guides 33 formed on the machine frame. The blocks 3G are supported by threaded rods 39, which rods are threaded in the machine frame'and provided, respectively, at their upper ends with gear or worm wheels 39% Meshing with the wheels 39 are gear teeth or worm threads on the shaft 40, which shaft is mounted on the machine frame and is provided with :i hand wheel 41. By turning the hand wheel 41 cylinder 35 is moved upwardly and downwardly as desired to permit ready removaland insertion of the c linder 30, and to regulate the impression. libe web a: runs from the cylinders 30 and 35 over` rollers 42 and 43, about a suitable drying cylinder 44, and thence about rollers 45, 46 and 47 on to the succeeding mechanisms, as will be later described.
Suitable means for driving the mechanism just described are provided, and such means are partially indicated in the drawings.-I
Two sets of bevel gears 48 receive their drive from cooperating bevel gears 49, upon a driven shaft (not shown). Gears 50, 51 and 52 are driven therefrom. Gears 53 on the shafts 8 and 31, respectively, of cylinders 7 and 30 drive their respective cylinders. .fr suitable vibrating or reciprocating mechanism for the doctor or wiper blades 11 and respectively, are provided, and are indicated generally by reference numeral 454.
The web passes around rcllersG and GG to the printing mechanisms shown in Fig. 1", the web passing thence nzit' an inipression cylinder 67. Coperating with' the impression cylinder 67 is a form or plate cylinder 68, provided with. suitable inlring mechanism, which is partially shown and is indicated by reference numeral 69. Coperating also with the impression cylinder 67 is a form or plate cylinder 70, the form cylinder having a suitable inlzingmechanism which is partially shown, and indicated by 71. rThe web may thus be printed in two colors upon one side by the mecha-A nism just described.
The web :v passes thence to an impression cylinder 72, with which coperates a plate or form cylinder 73, the form cylinder having a suitable inlring mechanism partially shown, and indicated by reference numeral 74. A second plate or form cylinder other or opposite eide in two colors by the ritrtttllr lilrewise cciiperetes with impression cylinder 7 2. Cylinder 7 5 is provided with a suitu able. inlring mechanism, which is partially shown, and indicated by reference numeral rlhe web e is thus printed upon the vcylinders 7%, 73 and 75 inet described.
Suitable odset devices are pro-vided, if de sired, lor the impression cylinder 7 d and, es shown, en oliset web y is riin about the impression cylinder, the web running trom its supply roll 77, client roller lll, through the impression in contact with the previously ilreshly printed eide ci the web c, enc. ler 701. rlhe rewindinpj web npon rellers dit, er il deeired both beiny 'riven to rewind the web at a en erm cr lineer Speed. dnitable slitting are previded, and in .the embodied ifornc. one or incre rotery elitters @il elite the web preparatory to ite being directed to the 'leiding mechaniein. ldlelerring to the web esscciatingmheet cut-iroll d0' cil 'the ill rind il. he r ting and leiding mechanism, and more per 'ticulerly 'tothe devices shown in il and llig. 4l and in the left hand part of ldi y. lc, turning bars 03 and 04 are provide'. lor
'directing the parts of the slit web to the cutting end folding devices, in this case theweh beingr slit once centrally and longitudlnally. ln the embodied form of such devices, there are provided rotary , cutters 95 and 96, provided with two coperating pairs of cutting blades, one air being desigxated by 97, 98 and the ot er pair by -99 an 100.
The sheets cut by the mechanism just de-A scribed are delivered A to two coperating or alternately operating cylinders. The cylinder 101 is a collecting and foldingcy11nder, and is provided with grippers 102 for taklng the lead of -the-sheets delivered thereto fromv the rotarycutters 95 and v96. As
embodied, there are three sets of the 'p7 pers'102, adapted to coperate with pates i u on the form cylinder in groups or multi,-
' p es of four, tocollect the successive sheets ra signature ina well-knownmanner. Cylinder 101 is also provided with a plurality of folding blades 103. Coperatin with cylinder 101 is a cylinder 104, rwhic `cylinder is provided with a plurality of folding jaws 105, which coperate with the respective folding blades 103 to impart an intermediate transverse fold -to the sheet or group of sheets; During the folding ,the sheets are delivered or transferred from the cylinder 101 tothe folding-jaws on cylinder 104. The molded sheets are delivered from the folding jaws `105 and are run off between a series of rollers 106 and delivered l "either selectively or alternately to the packer.
boxes 107 and 108. A slitter 110 may be employed to sever the two signatures one from [foldin lill from cylinder-'104 to cy nder 145 and he folded by folders 153 as later more 4:hilly e described.
tloperating' with the collectingr cylinder' 101 is a transfer cylinder edepted to taire either the lead of the wehe just ae they are cut, or to taire regroupe el sheets 'treni the collecting cylinder, and to perticipe'te in the folding thereof, the icldcd eheets bem ing delivered at the other eide ci the ine chine from there piet deccribed. lindied, cylinder M0 is provided with. a series el grippers lill 'lor telrinle,n the leed of the sheet, or Lejrcnp oli' eheets, eind provided lilrevviee with a ioldinpg hlade'l/ld. ldoperating with cylinder lllll a cylinder 123, which cylinder is provided with e lll'lp rality of folding jaws 124, which leidingl Y jaws coperate with the loldinp' blade 'trilt on cylinder 1%0, to impart an :intermediate transverse told to the clients, the group el sheets in the melting; el the :told hein@I delivered from the cylinder 15250 inte the jaws 1%4 of cylinder 12rd. .lll slitter 111 may he employed to sever the signaleren previene to The folded sheets are then delivereY and transmitted by a series of rollers 125, and are delivered selectively or alternately to. the packer boxes 120 and 127.
Referrmg more particularly to the del lvices for folding the narrow sheets at the top or bottom of the pagels, there is shown at the left in Fig. 2 and g. 4 of the drawings, devices .coperating with certain of the mechanisms already described. Said devices comprise rotary cutters 137 and 138, whichfre provided with two pairs of co`v operating cutters, one pair being indicated by numerals 139 and 1.40 and the other pair by numbers 141 and Y142. The sheets cut off by the rotary cutters are taken by a collecting cylinder 143, which cylinder is, rovided w1th-a series of grippers '144. he sheets so collected are delivered to a transferring cylinder 145 provided with a series of grippe 146. From the transferring cylinder A145, the collected sheets are delivered into a pathway, whichV athway comprisesl tapes 147 yand 148 running over series o'f rollers 149, 150, 151 and 152. The group vof collected sheets are thereby brought to position to be folded by a suitable folding 'mechanism, which as embodied, comprises the pages are arranged longitudinally of the sheets, being printed by the plates arranged with their length circumferentially about the form cylinders, at the right hand in Fig. 1, and in Fig. 3, are shown turning bars 167 and 168 for associating the two parts of the web and directing them to sheet cutting and folding mechanisms. The associated parts of the web pass between rollers 169 and 170 to rotary cutters 171 and 172, which are provided with pairs of coperating cutters, one pair being designated by 173 and 174, and the other by 175 and 176.
4The cut sheets are fed optionally through rollers 177 and 178 to a lcollecting cylinder 179, which is provided with suitable grippers 180 for taking and collecting the sheets. From the cylinder 179 the collected sheets are delivered to a transferring cylinder 181, and therefrom by suitable conveying means, such as a series of rollers 182, to a suitable folding mechanism. The embodied form of folding mechanism comprises a blade 183,
cooperating with folding rollers 184 and.
185, and therefr m the sheets are delivered to a packer box r other receptacle 186.
In position to take the sheets delivered from the rotary cutters 171 and 172 is a transfer cylinder 196 provided with grippers 197. The transfer cylinder 196 takes sheets from the rotayry cutters and conveys them along a suitab e pathway, comprising rollers y 197, and 198, and directs the sheets. to a suitable folding mechanism. AsA embodied the folding mechanism comprises a reciprocating blade 199 cooperating with folding rollers 200- and 201. The folded sheets are delivered to a packer box 202, or other suitable rece tacle.
e manner of operation of the hereinbefore described mechanism is substantially as follows The machine, as already briefly stated, is adapted to produce various sized signatures, both as to the page size and the number of pages, and "will fold the signatures, with three edges open, and with the fold either at the back of the pages, or if desired at the top or bottom of the pages (the latter fold being desirable for certain kinds of work such as heavy catalogue work, where a great number of signatures are bound together by a glued lflat back). In Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 ofl the drawings is shown the folding mechalnism which is used when the plates are put on with -their length disposed longitudinally of the form cylinder, and in the present eX- emplification Athere are eight plates about the cylinder. In this case the ages are arranged across the web and t e sheets. It will be understood, of course, that the dimensions or the number of plates are in nowise restrictive of the invention.
Describing first the mechanism which produces the signatures with the fold at the cessive sheets is taken by the various sets of grippers 102 upon the collecting cylinders 101, and the sheets are there collected, by the usual gripper action, to the desired number. The collecting cylinder is shown as a three way cylinder (that is, having three sets of grippers) and is adapted to collect either two or four sheets together at each set of grippers preparatory to folding. The sheets may be forwarded without collecting, when desired.
The single sheets or the groups of collected sheets are delivered alternatively at either side of the folding mechanism, and the sheet or groups of sheets when delivered to the left (in Fig. 2) from cylinder 101 are transversely folded 'by one of the folding .blades 108, and the corresponding or coperating folding jaws 105 on cylinder 104. When the folding is effected the group of sheets is released b the grippers 102 and is delivered to cylindler 104; in the bite of the folding -jaws 105. The folded signatures are Cut apart by slitters 110, and are delivered to rollers 106 and therefrom, selectively or alternately, to packer boxes 107 and 108. Whenthe mechanism is so operating grippers 109 are silenced.
The mechanism just described is employed in the present embodiment with eight plates around and four plates along the cylinder. Various roducts may be secured by running a full width web, or a three quarter width web, and slitting and associating the parts previous to cutting, or by running a half width web, and collecting four on or less. The collecting grippers may also be timed to collect to the full capacity of the form cylinders, or to deliver more than one for each revolutionof the form cylinders. There can be secured by the various arrangements, two thirty-two page signatures folded at the back and open on all the three other edges. or two signatures with a submultiple number of pages, such as two sixteen page, or two eight page, or two four page signatures; or one twelve page signature of like kind may be produced.
When the sheet or group of sheets is delivered to the right (in Fig. 2) the two sheets which are simultaneously cut off from the associated webs a and b are delivered together to the rippers 121 upon transfer cylinder 120. he mechanism could be arranged so that the collecting cylinder could deliver a group of sheets to the transfer l. tl
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invasie boxes 126 and 127. In this case, with eight f plates around and four plates along the cylinder, there ma be produced by running either a full wi th, three Quarter width, or half width web, either two eight page signatures, two four page signatures or one twelve page signature, all folded at the baclr and with three edges orsides open.
g Means are provided in coperation with the foregoing mechanism for folding the sheets, either singly or collected, at either the top or the bottom of the pages instead of at the baclr edge, said means being adapted also to operate upon sheets of different sizes.
When the sheets of the same size as those which are folded at the back (by the rnechanism already described) are to be folded at the top, the sheet or group of collected sheets upon the c linder 101 is delivered unfolded to the cy inder 1011, the sheets being taken from the grippers 102 by the grippers109. The folding blade 109 and folding jaws 105 are silenced when the Inachine is so used. The sheet or sheets are transferred from the cylinder 104 to the cylinder 145, the grippers 109 delivering theV sheet or groupof sheets to the grippers 146. The sheets are then run to the transverse folder 153, which folds them across the top of the pages, the signatures being delivered therefrom, either selectively or alternately, to the packer boxes 156 and 157. This mechanism vwith the arrangementof plates already assumed, will produce either one thirty-two page signature, or two sixteen, or two eight pa7 e signatures, each folded at the end, that is either at the top or bottom.
In this case the pagesare the width of two plates with eight plates around the cylinder, and a slitter `112 (Fig. 2) could be employed to separate the two signatures as they pass through the folding rollers 154 and 155. Double width lates could also be used upon the form cylin ers, or two narrow plates could be used to print upon awide age havin a corresponding rotogravure imyession t ereon.
hen it is desired to fold the narrower size sheets atV the topor bottom of the page,
. the web or webs and the sheet or sheets are directed lfor a portion of their course through'another art ofthe mechanism. In such case, the we a or the Webs a. and h are run through,'and if desired associated at, the rollers 206, and are directed therefrom to the rotary cutters 137 and 188. .l`he cut sheets are then talren, and if desired collected, on
the collecting cylinderl 1113. livrons this cylinder the group of sheets is transferred to the cylinder 14:5, theA grippers 1111- transferring the sheets to` the grippers `146. The sheets are then directed to the :folder 153, these narrower-sheets lilrewise receiving the field at the top of the sheets and are delivered from the folder, either selectively or alternatively, to the packer boites 15e and v By the mechanism just described, there may be produced two thirty-two page or` four 'sixteen kpage 'signatures with the full width web, or four eight page signatures with a half width web, all folded'at the end (top or bottom) and with the other three edges open.
hen the plates are arranged upon the form cylinder with 'the length of the' plates extending circumferentially thereabout, the web is directed to the folding `mechanism shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The slit parts c and al of the web are associated or superimposed by the rollers 189 and 17 0, and are cut into sheets by the rotary cutters 171 and 172,'and the sheets are talren by the collecting cylinder 179.
The form cylinder may be regarded as having five plates thereabout, and the` co1- lecting cylindei` 179 having four sets of grippers 180 and thus it will collect the sheets in four groups of five sheets each from a single web, or of ten sheets from a half-width superposed web. The groups of collected sheets are delivered successively to transfer cylinder 181, and from thence are forwarded to the folder 183, which folds the sheets and delivers them to the packer box or receptacle 186. This provides for a forty page signature folded at the bach, and with three edges thereof open.
If desired, cylinder 196 will take vtwo sheets, and deliver them to the folder 199, to be folded at the hack thereby, and delivered to the receptacle 202. In such case the remaining eight sheets will go from collecting cylinder 179 to transfer cylinder 181 and from thence to the folding mechanism `183, and be delivered thence to the receptacle 186. In such case there will be an eight page signature delivered to the receptacle 202, an a thirty-two page signature delivered to receptacle 186. described arrangement, the grippers 180 are arranged to transfer the first two sheets to grippers 182 upon cylinder 198, and to de-I liver the last eight sheets to the grippers 207 With the lastthe plates-arranged either around or along the impression cylinder. The cylinder is shown with its cylindrical surface divided longitudinally into a plurality of sections, and in the longitudinally disposed necesses between the sections are loca-ted the devices for holdingthe stretched packing, blanket, or other covering for the surface of the impression cylinder. ln the various recesses are shown, more or less diagrammatically, the reels`210, upon which the packing sheets, blankets or the like are wo-und. The illustrated form of fastening device for the other end of the impression cylinder covering comprises pins 211'set in the face of detachable and interchangeable blocks or bars 212 constituting part of the surface of the imv pression cylinder. )Clamps 213 are mounted upon shafts 214i, and press the cover sheets down over the pins 211 in a well known manner.
vThe blocks or bars 212 are seated in longitudinally disposed recesses 215 formed in the impression cylinder, the bars 212 being held in position by suitable means such as countersunk screws 216. The bars 212 are of such width that a gap is left between the bar and the opposite side of the recess in the impression cylinder, as is shown at a, b and d in Fig. 5. Through this gap the covering sheets for the segments of the impression cylinder pass from the fastening means to the reeling and stretching means in the next recess in the impression cylinder.
Interchangeable with theblooks or bars 212 are similar blocks or bars 217, the blocks or bars 217 however, being of sufficient width to entirely close the longitudinally disposed recesses in the impression cylinder. By interchanging the bars 212 and 217 the size 'and arrangement of the continuous surface sectors or sections of the impression cylinder may be changed, to correspond with changes in the size and position of the plates on the form cylinder.' Thus, in the arrangement of the blocks or bars 212 or 217, the packing or blankets of the impression cylinder which extend from a to b, from b to c, from c to 0l and from d to a, making four equal sections in the surface of the impression cylinder, each such section adapted to coperate with one or two printing plates upon the forni cylinder, and actually coperating with two plates when there are eight plates around the forni cylinder. By interchanging the block 217 at f with the block 212 at a, and interchanging block 217 at e with block 212 at d, we would then have three sectors or sections in the surface of the impression cylinder, one extending from section e to section f, another such sector or section extending from f to c, and the other Jfrom c to e. thus two of the sections would be'twice as large as the remaining one. The two larger sections would be adapted to'cooperate with two plates upon the forni cyliiider and the smaller section with one such plate, that is, there would be live plates laround the form cylinder.y
ln Fig. 6 of' the drawings is shown a forni cylinder adapted to take plates of diliiei'ei'it sizes. The surface of the form cylinder is provided with helicoidal undercut grooves 218, in which` grooves run the plate clamps 219, in a well known manner. Thus the plates may be arranged in the various ways required or indicated here-in.
Figs. 7 to 13 show diagrams or developments of the two cooperating perfectingform cylinders of the relief plate or halttone press shown in Fig. l", using eight plates about or around the cylinders. These diagrams are applicable to either of cylinders 68 and 70 and of cylinders 73 and 75, the two sets of cylinders, as already stated. providing for printing in two colors, or for overlapping half-tone or other illustratie and letter press matter.
ln Figs. 7 to 18, the developed oi` diagrained form cylinders are shown four plates wide, but with eight, ve or. four plates about or around the cylinders, iii the diiiierent figures. rlihe direction of rotation is indicated by the arrows alongside the vurious diagrams.
The nui Lbers on the developments of the plate cylinders indicate the respective plates and pages oithe signature, the niiinheisioii the diagram standing in the same direction as the pages or plates on the form cylinder.
in Fi 7 the plates are arranged eight around die plate cylinders 68 or 70, and 'i'l or 75, or 68 and 73 and 70 and 75 and occupy the entire circumference thereof, the plates being in two duplicate sets along` the cylinders. The perfected web is slit hy slitter 88. turned over bars 93 and 94- and associated at rollers 205. lThe sheets are cut by cutters on cylinders 95 and 96 as indicated in Fig. 7. The cut sheets are collected on cylinder 104, tour sheets superposed, and then receive a jaw fold and are thereby delivered to cylinder 10e, the fold beingat the side of the pages, and are delivered into the packer box 107. The folded signature may e centrally slit or cut by the rotary slittei1 while on cylinder 104e. rl`his produces two 32 page -prodiicts or signatures, @(1 inches by 11S- inches, for one standard size or press. These are delivered two products to each signature without slitter 110 or one product to each oi double the number of' signatures, if slitter 1.10 is used. The reference to dimensions of signatures is in no wise restrictive oi the invention, but is made to furnish a basis of comparison between the different numbers and dimensions of plates employed in the illustrated embodiment.
s to the suceeding figures of the drawleraars inaining dgures without repetition.
lin ltig. 8, the plates are arranged eight plates around the form cylinders in two successive sets or series of four plates each, and
with two duplicate sets of plates along the forni cylinders. ln this case the web is slit by slitter d3, is then associated by Yrollers 205, cut by 95, 96 and the sheets are collected in sets or groups of two successive sheets each on cylinder 101, are then transversely folded and delivered into the jaws 109 on cylinder 104. These so collected and folded sets are delivered alternately, into the boxes 107 and 108.J This gives four sixteen page products 8ginches by 11% inches, which niay be delivered two products (i c'. two duplicate sets of sheets or pages) to each signature, there being thus twosignatures, or by using slitter 110, four signatures are secured, each consisting of one product.
lill ll lin llig. 9, the plates are arranged eight plates around the form cylinders in two suc cessive sets or series of four plates each, and with two duplicate sets of plates along the forin cylinders. The web is slit by slitter 83, associated by rollers 205 and cut into sheets at 95, 96. The sheets are collected in. groups of two sheets on cylinder 101, and the groups of sheets so collected are folded alternately into the 'jaws 109 on cylinder 104 and, by incans of cylinder 120, into the jaws 124 on cylinder 123, and the products are delivered alternately into the boxes `107, 108, 126 and 'l2/l". This gives eightA eight pageproducts, 8% inches by 11@ inches, two products to each signature, or, if the slitters 110 and 111 are used, it will give one product to the signature.
Tn Fig. 10, a half width web is used, with y eight plates around the form cylinders, in
two successive sets or series of `four plates each, and with two duplicate sets of plates along the form cylinders. into sheets by 95, 96 and are gripped alternately by cylinders 101 ahd 120. These.
sheets, respectively, are folded into the jaws .109 on cylinder 104 or, passing from cylinder 120, into jaws 124 on cylinder 123, and are delivered alternately into boxes 107, 108, 126 and'127. This gives eight four page roduets Se inches by 11g inches, delivers two products to each signature, or by using the slitters 110 and 111, deliveringthe signatures separately, that is cut apar ln Figs. 11, 12 and 13, the plates 'are arranged around the form cylinders and inconjunction therewith the sheets orsi natures are folded at the top or bottom o the pages. Thus the backs ofthe collected sig'- natures-consist of the cut edges of the sheets,
instead of the folded edges. This is advantageous for certain methods of binding andV with certain kindsof binding machines.
The web 1s outV In Fig. 11, the plates are arranged eight plates around the forrn cylinders in two successive sets or series of four plates each; but
there is onl r one set or series of alates alone the forni cylinders. The web is slit by slitter 83 andturned on bars 93 and 94 and the parts are associated by rollers e.v The sheets are cut on each page length by 137 and 198, and the sheets are collected four sheets on or superposed on cylinder 143. The collected roducts are transferred to cylinder 145 and receive a lrnife or guillotine fold by knife 153 into rollers 154, 155, the fold being, as stated, at the end of the pages and not at the side thereof. The products `are then delivered. This gives two thirtyytwo page products, Bft inchesby 11t- `inches, y i
folded in the inanner already described.
In Fig. 12, the plates are arranged eight plates around the forni cylinders in four su`c`4 cessivesets or series of two plates each, and with only one set or roup of plates along the form cylinders. The .web is slit at 83, turned at 9d, 94 and the parts associated at rollers 20d The web is cut into sheets at every page length by 137 and 138, andthe sheets are collected two sheets on cylinder 143. These groups of two sheets each are Atransferred to cylinder 145 and from thence to folder 159, 154, 155 where they are folded at the end of the page as already described in connection with Fig. 11. They are delivered alternately into the two bones beneath the folder. This 'gives four sixteen page products inches by 11S- inches.
In Fig. 1d the plates are arrangedeight plates about the forni cylinders in four successive sets or series of two plates each, with only two plates along the cylinder in the set. The web is cut at each page length by cutters 137, 138 and the sheets are col ected two on soV or piled on cylinder 143. The collected sheets are transferred to cylinder and receive a fold at the end of the pages, as described in connection with Fig'll, by folder 153, 154, and the successive products are delivered alternately into the two Aboxes 'beneath the folder This gives four eight page Iproducts 8% inches by 41115L inches.
The preceding from Fig. 7 to Fig. 13 relates to eight plates around the form cylinders, the collecting and folding being varied as described to secure the different deslred products. A
In Fig.- 14 the plates are arranged four. platesabout the form cylinder in one set or series, and with four plates in one set or series along the form cylinder. The web 1s slit by slitter 83, turned on bars 93 and 94,
and associated at 'rolls 205. The sheets are cut on'each pageV length by cutters 95 and 96 and arecollected, four sheets on or superposed, oncylinder'll. The groups of col lected sheets are transferred unfolded to cyl;`
lvinder 104, and from thence to cylinder 145.
' bars 93 and 94, and is associated at rollers :205. The sheets are cut at each page length by cutters 95, 96 and are collected two on or superposed on cylinder 104. The groups of two sheets eachare' transferred unfolded to cylinder 104, from thence to cylinder 145, and are Afolded along the edge of the page by folder 153, 154,155 and are delivered into two boxes beneath the folder. This produces two products or signatures of 16 pages each, 11g inches by 174 inches.
In Fig. 16, there are four plates arranged `around the forni cylinders in two series of `two plates each, and in a series of two plates along the form cylinders. The web is cut on every page length at 95, 96, and the sheets are collected two on or superposed on cylinder 101. The groups of two sheets are transferred unfolded to cylinder 104 and thence to cylinder 145, and are folded at the sides ofthe pages at folder 153, 154, 155 and are delivered into two boxes beneath the folder. rThis produces two eight age signatures or products 11ginches by 171 inches.
In Fig.l 17 there are five plates arranged in a single series around the form cylinders and four plates in a' single series along the forni cylinders. The web is slit by slitter 83, turned on bars 167, 168, and the parts are associated at rollers 169, 170. The sheets are cut at every page length by cutters 17' 1, 172, and are collected :tive sheets superposed on cylinder 179. The groups of live sheets are transferredto cylinder 181, and are forwarded to and folded along the sides of the pages by folder blade 183 and its coperating rollers 184, 185 and delivered into box 186. This produces one 40 page signature, 9g inches by 133%, inches.
ln F ig. 18 there is one series of four plates extending four-fifths ofV the way around the form cylinders and with four lates extendin along the forni cylinders.
here is an additional series of a single row of four plates extending along theV form 4 p cylinders. The web is slit -by slitt-er 83,
turned over bars 167, 168 and the parts associated at rollers 169, 170. The sheets are cut at every page length by cutters 171, 172. The first grou of eight sheets are collected on cylinder 1 9, are `thc-mee transferred to cylinder 181, and are forwarded to and folded by folder 183, 184, 185, and are then idelivered into box 186. The other group of two sheets is taken by cylinder 196, and are thence forwarded to and are folded by knife folder 199, 200, 201, and are delivered into box 202. This produces one signature of 32 pages and one signature of eight pages, both 9g inches by 135% inches in size.
The dimensions of plates and the numbers of plates, while taken from an actual commercial machine, are merely exemplary and illustrative and are in nowise restrictive of the invention.
ln connection with the different sizes of signatures and arrangements of plates, it will be recalled that practically unlimited numbers, sizes, and arrangements of designs, illustrations, tints, backgrounds and the like can be printed on the web in practically any desired relation to the pages or groups of various numbers of pages of half-tones, letter press and the like printed from the form cylinders. There is thus provided in the one machine the capacity to print at high speed from a web roll books and catalogues of a very wide variety of sizes both as to page size, number of pages, and variety of folds, for binding in different ways, with any desired arran 'ement of half-tone or line illustration with etter press, and an almost infinitely various capacity for independent design, with a tintedv or tone background, having a desired or selected unit relation to pages, desired roups of pages, folds or signatures as may e deemed best for catalogues and other work where artistic and unusual arrangements are not only desirable but often of great pecuniary value in attracting attention to goods and thus increasing sales, and for other purposes as well.
. lt will be understood that changes may be made from the precise construction and arrangements of mechanism shown and described, without departing from the principlesv of the invention and without sacrificing its chief advantagesA This application is a division of my application, Serial No. 179,830, filed July 11, 1917. i
What l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The mbination with a printing press printing pages upon a web, of means for cutting the web into sheets, of means for folding the sheets into 'signatures with the fold either at the side or at the end of' the pages as desired.
2. The combination with a printing press printing pa es upon a web, of means for cutting the weg into sheets, of means for folding the sheets into signatures with the fold either at the side or at the end of the pages as desired and with all the other edges of the signature open.
3. The combination with a printing press printing pages upon a web, of means for cutting the web into. sheets, means for colllli Leraars l eitherat the side or at the end ofthe pages as desired.
4. The combination with a printing press printing pages upon a web, of means for cutting the web into sheets after printing, means for collecting the sheets, a device for folding the collected sheets in one direction, a device for foldin the sheets in the opposite direction, said rst device being adapted to fold the sheets' or to pass them unfolded to said second device to be folded thereby so as to make the fold either at the side or end of the pages as desired.
5.` The combination with aprinting press printing pages upon a web, of means for slitting and superposing the slit web, means for cutting the su erposed web into -sheets, and means for fol ing the superposed sheets either at theend or at the side of the pages as desired.-
6.' The combination with a printing press printing pages upon a web, of means for slitting and superposing the slit web, means for cutting the superposed web into sheets, means for collecting into groups the superposed sheets, and means for folding the collected group of sheets into a signature with the fold either at, the side or at the end of the pages as desired.
7 The combination with a printing press printing pages upon a web, of means for cutting the printed web into sheets, two devices, one adapted tofold a sheet at the end of the pages and the other adapted toA fold the sheet at the side` of the pages, a
' deliver, mechanism between said devices for delivering foided sheets, the sheets lassing the delivery mechanism only when t ey are unfolded and are to be folded by the second folding device.
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h. IThe combination witha printing press printing pages upon a web, of means for cutting the printed web into sheets, two devices, one adapted to fold a sheet at the end of the pages and the other adapted to fold the sheet at the side of the pages` a de! livery mechanism between said devices for delivering folded sheets, the sheets passing the mechanism only when they are unfolded and are to be lfolded by the second folding device, both said devices leaving three edges of the sheet o en.
9. rlhe com ination with a printing press printing pa es upon a web, of means for cntV ting the we into sheets, means for collecting'the sheets, two devices, one adapted to fold lthe group of sheets at the end of the.
pages and the other adapted to fold the group of sheets at the side of the pages, a delivery mechanism therebetween for delivn ering the folded sheets, `the sheets passing the delivery mechanism only when they are ma u www; na
.the sheets, two' devices, one adapted to fold the group of sheets at the end of the pages liti and the other adapted to fold the group of f sheets at the side of the pages, a delivery mechanism therebetween for delivering the folded sheets, the sheets passing the delivery mechanism only when they are unfolded and are to be folded by the second folding device each of said devices leaving three edges of all the sheets in the'group open.
11. The combination with a printing press printing pages upon a web, o folding cylmder, means therebetween for cutting the web into sheets and supplying them to the folding cylinder, of a folding blade and rollers beyond the folding cylin'- der anda delivery therebetween taking all the folded `sheets and passing all unfolded sheets to the folding blade and rollers. v
12. The combination with a rinting press printing' pages upona web, o a transverse folding cylinder having folding jaws and sheet conveying grippers which are alternatively operable, means therebetween for cutting the web into sheets andl supplying them to the folding cylinder, of a folding `blade and rollers beyond the folding cylinF der and a delivery therebetween taking all the folded sheets and passing all unfolded sheets to the folding blade and rollers.
13. The combination with a press adapted to print pages of different sizes disposed in the same direction upon a web, of means for cutting the web into sheets of different sises to corres ond to the pages, and means for folding t e different sized sheets either at the top or side of the pages.
The combination with a press adapted 'li/l. to print pages of different sizes disposed in the same direction upon a weh, of means for cutting the web into sheets of different since to 'correspond to the pages, and means for .80 f a transverse llfl folding the different siaedsheets either at the 'top or side of the pages, and with the` other three edges of the sheet open.
l5. rlhe combination with a adapted to vprint pages of different eines disposed in 'the same .direction upon a web, of means for folding the different vsized sheets either ,lona
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. to ,print pages of different sizes upon a web,
of a folder, a cutting device cutting Sheets of one size, a cutting device cutting sheets of another size, means for directing the web from the press to either cutting device and means for directing the sheets unfolded from either cutting device to the folder.
l 19. The combination with a press adapted to print pages of different sizes disposed in the same direction upon a web, of means for cutting the Web into sheets of different sizes to lcorrespond to the pages, means for slitting and superposing the Web, and means for folding the different sized sheets either at the top or side of the pages.
20. The combination With a press adapted to print pages of different sizes disposed in the same direction upon a Web, of means for cutting the Web into sheets of different sizes to correspond to the pages, collecting devices for the different sized sheets, and means for folding the different sized sheets either at the top or side of the pages.
21. The combination With a press adapted to print pages of different sizes upon a Web, of a folder, a cutting device cutting sheets of one size, a cutting device cutting sheets of another size, means for directing the Web from the press to either cutting device and means for directing the sheets from either cutting device to the folder, and another folding device located betweenpa cutting device and, said folder and having devices for 'either folding sheets or passing them unfolded to the other folding device.
22. The combination With a press adapted to print pagesof different sizes upon a web, of a folder, a cutting device cutting sheets of one size, a cutting device cutting sheets of another size, means lfor directing the web from the press to either cutting device and means for directing the sheets from either cutting device to the folder and a common transfer device receiying all of said sheets and supplying them to the folder.
23. The combination With a press adapted to print pages of different sizes disposed in the same direction upon a Web, of a folder, a cutting device cutting sheets of one size, a cutting device cutting sheets of another size, means for directing the web from the press to either cutting device and means for directing the sheets from either cutting device to the folder, said folder folding sheets of one size at the end of the pages and those of another size at the side of the pages.
24:. A printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted t'o take plates of different dimensions around the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders.
25. A printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to take plates of different dimen sions around the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectivelyl receiving the web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders, one of said folders making the fold at the ends of the pages, the other folder making the fold at the side of the pages.
26. A printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to take plates of different dimensions along one direction of the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders.
27. A printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to take plates of different dimensions along one direction of the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders, one of said folders making the fold at the ends of the pages, the other folder making the fold at the side of the pages.
28. A printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to take plates of different dimensions around the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and a delivery device between the folders delivering folded sheets and passing unfolded sheets to another folder.
29. A printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to take plates of different ldimen sions around the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the Web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and a delivery device between the folders delivering folded sheets and passing unfolded sheets to aninvasie other folder and a slitter for slitting the `folded product 30. fr printing and folding machine including in cornhination a form cylinder adapted to tare plates of diiferent dirnen sions around ie cylinder, a plurality of cutting' inechainsiA selectively receiving the uch and cutting it intosheets of different i' sites, a plurality of folders, and means for it selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to oneV or another of the folders, one of said folders matting the fold at the ends of the pages, the other foldermaking the fold at the side of the pages and producing signatures with all out edges except at the hald.v y
El. l printing and folding machine including in combination ay form cylinder adapted to talre plates of different dimensions along one direction of the cylinder, a plurality of cuttingniechanisms selectively receiving the Welo and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders, one of said folders making thefold at the ends of the pages, the other folder inalrine; the fold at the side of the pages and with all cut edges en titi producing' sign cept at the foldu 32, it printing and folding machine inu cluding1 in combination a form cylinder to taire plates of diiderent dimensions around the cylinder, a plurality of cutn tais-ngF mechanisms selectively receivin the 'vr/eh and cutting1 it into sheets of di 'erent sites, and a plurality of folders and a plu' rality of for selectively racen'n inn; the folded signatures.
3d. p. ine; and folding :machine in cludiug in coinhina'tion form cylinder adapted to taire plates of different dimen-l sions around the cylinder, a plurality of out. inechani"nl` selectively receivin" the Lg into sheets of different p Qty of folders, and means for ely directing' s from one of on nother of the folders and icceptacles for selectively re-f d signatures.. I u ting and foldin machinev in c .nihination a form cylinder plates of different dienen C cyluider, n plur ity of o it" lectively receivin the nto sheets of different d one the.
longitudinal She other of lill forni cylinder e Apates ot. different dinien the ca lmder,i a plurality of inconnu-isms selectively' receiving' the bilit;
t transverse folder. nd
machine in y i weh and cutting it into sheets of ,different eines, a transverse folder from one of the cutting mechanisms and a longitudinal folder receiving. sheets from either of said cutting mechanisms.
3G. A printing and folding machine including in combination a form cylinder adapted to taire plates of different dimensions around. the cylinder, a plurality of cutting mechanisms selectively receiving the Web and cutting it into sheets of different sizes, a plurality of folders, one a transverse folder and another a longitudinal folder and means for selectively directing sheets from one of said cutters to one or another of the folders.
37. A printing and folding machine in cluding in combination a form cylinder .lcluding in coinhination .a form cylinder adapted to tahe plates of different di ienn sions along one direction of the cylinder, a y plurality of cutting mechanisms select. rely receivingthe wel and cutting it into sheets of different sites, a transverse folder from one of the cutting' mechanisms and a longi tudinal folder receiving sheets from the other of said cutting; mechanisms.
39 A printinap and foldinu machine Vin eluding in com mation a form cylinder adapted to taire plates of different dimensinne along one direction of the cylinder, a pluralityof cutting mechanisms selectively recel ing the rveh and cutting1 it into sheets of different einen, a 'transverse folder from one of the cutting' mechanisms and longitudinal folder roceivin i of cutt' lll cluding in combination rin cylinder adapted to taire plat erent dinucnsions along one direc l i of cylinder, a plurality of cutting' in anisnis selectively receiving the weh "no cut ine" it into sheets of different folders, one a r a longitudinal etively directing folder, and in lo sheets from c rnitters to one or ann l lill@ I Y n n in the weh, a selectively' vvch and. cutw l l (l 'llli lllf)
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