US1831156A - Printing machine - Google Patents

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Nov. 10, 1.931. J, BOYCE PRINTING MACHINE Filed Oct. 16. 1928 6 e -sheet 1 F s c /4 ko'cm Nov. 10, 1931. J. A. BOYCE PRINTING MACHINE Filed Oct. 16, 1928 6 Sheets-Sheets 2 NOV. 10,1931. J -A. ,BQYCE 1,831,156

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PRINTING MACHINE Filed Oct 16, 1928 6 Shets-Shet 4 Nov. 10, 1931. J. A. BOYCE PRINTING MACHINE 6 sheets-sheet 5 Filed Oct. 16, 1928 Nov; 10, 1931. J. A. BOYCE 1,831,156

PI iINIING moans Filed Oct. 16. 1928 6 Sheets-Stieet 6 z Patented Nov. 10, .1931

Joan A. Boston, or cnrcneo, rumors PRINTING MACHINE A immmv fil ed October 1c, 1928. Serial No. 812,891.

Generically this invention relates to printing presses, but it is more especially directed to the type employed for printing newspapers, and comprehends substantially im- 5 provements over my prior Patent No. 1,149,-

620, and is adapted for use on small, medium. sized, or metropolitan neWspapers' An important object of this invention is theprovision of improved means for associatf ing the main full speed webs and inserting the half speed, Q-page supplement sheets between any of the -pag'e sheets either in book form or in sections.

A furtherimportant object is the provision 5 of means for assembling 2, 3, or 4 sections from a sin le set of plates, and for eliminating tapes yv so locating the rotary folders as to deliver the papers to the assembling and half-page folder devices, with the 2-page, half-speed supplement sheets inserted hetween any of the i-page sheets as shove referred to.

Another important object otthis invention is the elimination of duplicate plates with columns around by the use of plates with columns across, whereby the webs never travel more thanBt to 36 inches to print and fold a complete newspaper, thereby effecting a gain in speed over the columns around meth- 0d of over per cent and rendering" it possible to print three sections of a newspaper and requiring less margin on each end of the page, thus eiiecting the saving of the paper. i

Another object of this invention is the pro vision of means for printing end folding a complete newspaper either in book form or sections without the use out any angle bars on any oi? inein webs,

A further oh iect of this invention is the provision of perfecting" units so constructed and arranged as render it possible to in crease the plate area hy 3s when t perfecting unit is full speed to produce a tpage paper from t original plat-es and when running; hair" speed, a per from duplicate such con truction rendering it possible to print 1 a news paper by increasing the product by e up to the full cepecity of printing reechin- W V i A further important object of this invention is the PIOVISiOII of means for folding together as one product two or three sections of a newspaper from a single set of lates,

each section having-thesam'e number 0 pages or certain of the sections a difi'erent number of pages, and no idle perfecting units on any combination, either in book form or sections up to-the full capacity of the printing machine. 0

A still further importantobject of this invention is the provision of means for printing the outside pages of a multiplicit of sectiprz: in one or twocolors from a sing e set of p a S. v

Another object of this invention is the provision of means for selectively associating a multiplicity of web members from a single former or a plurality of formers on a single width rotary folder, -selectively associating m certaln of the webs on one or more additional rotary folders, and assembling and deliw ering the sections from two or more rotary folders to a second folder or the sections from 7 two or more additional folders to another second folder, or the entire product to one second folder as desired. With these and other objects in View, which will become apparent as the description proseeds, the invention resides in the construe tion, combination and arrengeinent of parts,

hereinafter more fully described end cleiined,v and illustrated in the. accompanying drewings, in which like characters ofreferenee indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of which:

Fig. l is a front view diagrammatically shown of my improved printing machine, showing two formers end relative location its co-acting components with web inii W width and one pegs wide supplement per testing units dia rammaticelly illustrated;

Fig. 2 is e si c View diagrammatically shown of the perfecting" units one or? the formers, showing the oi? delivering theperfccted wehs to the formers one of the supplement angle hers illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side Viewdiegrsmmaticaily shown of a modified form oi mechine'end i Fig. 3, the travel of the webs being at right angles to the travel of the webs as shown 1n Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a side view diagrammatically shown of a smaller type of press, showin the perfecting units, supplement cutter and rotary folders, in parallelism and situated in substantially the same longitudinal plane;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary top plan'view showing the driving mechanism of the machine illustrated in F igs.-3 and 4;

Fig. 7 illustrates the gearing assembly for operating the machine illustrated, in Fig. 3;

Fig. 8 is a detail assembly diagrammatically' showing mechanisms for effecting double cutting and folding of the web per each revolution of the rotary folder;

Fig. 9 is a detailed view of the second folder blade and actuating mechanism;

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view of main web broken away showing manner of changing direction of travel of the supplement we? by means of quarter turn angle bar; an

Fig. 11 is a detail sectional view of the forwarding rollers showing the eccentric bushing, and

Fig. 12 is a detail view of the retractile pin and auxiliary stripper structure of one of the rotary folders.

The general type of presses at present employed for printing medium sized and metropolitan newspapers, known as the preferred form, employ semi-cylindrical plates with columns circumferential to the plate cylinders, and embrace two methods of printing, namely, the transfer method and collect run, and in the transfer method 1, 2 or 3 or 4 formers are used. Under this method twice as many printing plates on the cylinders must be used as there are pages in the newspaper, if the whole product is folded on one former, the first fold is made on the former which will be a book form paper. Under, this method of operation it is only possible to get half as many pages as there are printing plates on the cylinder.-

' In producing two sections two formers are required, and there will have to be duplicate printing plates used on the cylinders as above described. In folding 3 sections 3 formers, and 4 sections 4 formers, are required.

From the above, it is apparent that under this method it will take an extremely large press to print enough pages for a newspaper, as half the plates on the press are duplicate plates, and therefore all the duplicating printing surface is going to waste.

Under the collect run method of operation one or two formers are used, and original plates are employed. If one former is in use the two sections are collected below the former, if 2 formers are used 4 sections are collected below the formers to print and fold a complete newspaper. Under this method the perfected webs have to travel a distance of from 45 to 47 inches.

By this method it is impossible to print and fold 3 sections, 2 or 4 sections must be produced. It will thus be seen that the first method has. a great disadvantage by using ,duplicate plates, and the second method is' very slow as the webs travel such a long distance to effect a complete newspaper.

It was to overcome the above and other deficiencies by providing a printing press having the columns across the plate cylinders whereby the webs need not'travel more than 34 to 36 inches in printing and folding a complete newspaper, thereby eflecting a gain in speed of approximately 30 per cent, and effecting a saving in paper by having less margin at each end of the page; providing a more practical way of cutting the webs designed to print a- 4-page sheet or a 2-page sheet on a 4-page perfecting unit; and approved method of associating the main full speed webs and inserting the half speed 2- page supplement sheets between any of the 4-page main sheets, either in book form or in sections; so designed as to print in one or two colors the outside pages of each section from a single set of plates; effecting the elimination of all tapes; by the improved location of the folding rollers with respect to the rotary folders; rendering it possible to print and fold 3 sections from a single set of plates; embodying an improved method of assembling sections from. a single set of plates; so designed that it will not be necessary to use more than one 2-page sheet in serted between the 4-page main sheets to produce a complete newspaper, either in book form or sections; the elimination of all angle bars on the full speed main webs in folding a complete newspaper either in book form or sections; so designed that there will be no idle perfecting units on any combination, either in book form or sections, up to the full capacity of the printing machine; capable of folding together as one product 2 or 3 sections of a newspaper from a single set of plates. each section having the same number of pages or certain of the sections a different number; so designed that the size of the machine may be increased by the addition of S-page and 4-page perfecting units on the same machine, thus enabling the size of the machine to be increased by 4 pages or by 8 pages; an improved way of associating a plurality of full speed webs from one folder or from 2 or more folders and collecting the sections from two or more rotary folders and delivering such product to a second folder, and

si ned the device forming the subject matter 0 this invention.

To facilitate the discussion of this inven- 4 tion, it will hereinafter be considered insofar as practical under the following headings: Printing and perfecting units, Associating, Cutting and folding mechanisms, Assembling, and Conclusion.

The apparatus hereinafter to be described comprises printing mechanisms, slitters, formers, web associating means, supplement cutter and carrier mechanisms, main cutters, carriers/and rotary folders, secondary folder mechanisms and assembling and delivery devices cop'eratively associated, as will hereinafter more fully appear. I In the illustrated embodiment characterizing this invention there is shown a plurality of continuously moving main web members 1, and supplement Web members 2 adapted to be printed by the main perfecting units A and supplement perfectin units B, which will be fully described ml or the following heading:

Printing and perfecting units Depending upon the particular type of press in connection with which they may be employed, the main perfecting units A are preferably equal in length to the length of four pages plus margins, as diagrammatically shown in Fig. 1, or they may be of lesser width depending upon the particular requirements. The supplement perfecting units B equal inlength to the length of one page plus margins,-are also diagrammatically shown in Fig. 1.

Each of the perfecting units A are composed of impression cylinders 3 and plate cylinders a generally comprising two plate cylinders and two impression cylinders, each plate cylinder and its respective impression cylinder being designated as a printing couple. Each plate cylinder is adapted to have suitably mounted thereon a type plate covering approximately half of its clrcumference with type columns extending length wise of the cylinder, generally designated as columns across, in contradistinction to such plates having columns circumferential of the cylinder, as is now prevalent. The other half of the circumference having suitably mounted thereon a similar-type plate for printing a different page. It will thus seen that with each revolution of the plate cylinder two complete pages will be printed from original plates and therefore for each added page length of the cylinder the printingcapacity will be increased by two pages per revolution of the cylinder up to the full capacity of the press. As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 the main web perfecting units A are of a length equal to four pages plus margins, adapted to perfect webs of one to four page widths. The supplement perfecting units B are composed of impression cylinder 5 and-plate cylinder 6, similar to the main perfecting units, with the exception that they are one page wide.

N 0 further discussion is deemed necessary in connection with the arrangement of the printing plate structures with columns extending lengthwise of the cylinders in the description of this invention, as the advantages of such an arrangement are fully set forth in my Patent No. 1,149,620.

Usually the plate cylinders are mounted above the impression cylinders and outwardly of the impression cylinders, not only to permit travel of the web over guide rollers 7 but for the purpose of permittin expeditious application and removal of t e printing plates. While in some types of machines it may be expedient to mount the printing plates below the impression cylinders, yet the same relative positions are maintained so that the printing plates may be mounted with the same expedition. The main erfecting units A run at'full speed in per ecting the main web 1, and the supplement.

perfecting units B normally. run at half speed in perfecting the supplement web 2, 1

but in some instances it may be desirable to operatethesupplement unit either at half speed or full speed, as will hereinafter more fully appear, also in some instances it may be necessary to perfect both sides of a one page wideweb by theperfecting unit emracing only one impression cylinder and ciated ink drum 10 and form rollers 11 are suitably mounted. adjacent one of the impression cylinders 3 of the upper main perfecting unit A as shown in Flg. 2, adapted to effect the printing of the outside pages of a multiplicity of sections in one or two colors as will be clear without further description.

it is apparent that the respective main webs travel over suitable guide rollers 7 and over drag roller 12 suitably posithe upper edge of formers 13, where the 1 Us are slit by cutters 14, suitably. mo on shaft 15 adjacent said roller, or they r be mounted on the drag roller, if 1 and from which point the webs are "'i ted M) associating or forwarding rollers 16 in un d at the lower end of formers 13 I er dire *tly to a cutter-and carrier mechanism,

rected over suitably located guide rollers and in some instances over .angle bars 17, suitably mounted spaced below the formers and in alignment with the supplement perfecting unit B or direct to the forwarding or associated rollers as will hereafter more fully appear.

Associating The variouswebs have now reached a point where they are to be associated and directed to thevarious cutter and folding mechanisms hereinafter more fully described. At the lower ends of the formers there are suitably mounted a pair of forwarding or associating rollers 16, and which extend at right angles to drag roller 12, one of these rollers is suitably mounted on an eccentric bushing 18,

. passing therebetween.

so that the roller may be moved forward or awayfrom its complemental roller to compensate for different thicknesses of webs In this connection, it will be noted that all pairs of rollers hereinafter referred to through which one or more webs or folded sections may pass are similarly constructed.

In addition to the rollers 16 above described the associating devices comprise a pair of forwarding rollers 19, one of which is mounted on an eccentric bushing 18, mounted adjacentand in parallelism with main rotary cutter 20 and its cooperatingrotary folder 21, and a similar set of rollers 19 is positioned adjacent each of the rotary folder units, and

a. pair of similar rollers 22 are mounted adjacent toand in parallelism with supplement cutter 23 and carrier cylinder 24, whereby the insert sheet is directed from said" unit through suitably positioned guides 25 to the respec tive sets of rollers 19 located intermediate the supplement cutter unit and main cutter 20 and rotary folder 21, where it will be. inserted and associated with main full speed webs by said rollers 19, and from which point the associated webs are directed to the said cutter and rotary folder 21, as will hereinafter appear. I

' It will thus be seen that the webs may be directed over guide rollers 7 to the desired set of rollers 19 from the rollers 16 or directly from the perfecting units, depend ng upon their location as hereinafter appearing,which method of associating permits one or a plu-' rality of webs to be directed to a single rotary folder or certain of the webs to various other rotary folders as desired. and as hereinafter explained. In this connection it is apparent that certain of the webs .may be. directed on one side of a particular supplement cutter unit and another web or webs on the opposite webs prior to their reaching the rotary folders.

Uniting and folding mechanisms The perfected main webs and supplement webs having been inserted are now ready to be acted upon by the cutting and folding mechanisms, which will now be described. The supplement cutter 23 and rotary carrier cylinder 24 are positioned substantially an insert page distance from the forwarding or associating rollers 19. The. cutter 23 is provided with cutting blade 26 which cooperates with the cutting blocks 27 to cut the supplement web, the pins 23 of the cylinder 24 carrying the leading end of the supplement on the supplement carrier cylinder 24 until it is stripped therefrom by the stripper points 4: formed on the upper end of one of the guide members 25, said points adapted to travel in grooves 28 of said cylinder, the insert sheet passing through guides 25 to be engaged by the main webs 1, traveling between the rollers 19 on-either side of said insert sheet.

Suitably mounted in parallelism with the forwarding or associating rollers 19 as above described approximately an insert page distant from the supplement cutter and carrier unit, is located the main cutter cylinder 20 having the usual cutting blade 29 adapted to cooperate with the cutting blocks 30 of rotaryfolder cylinder 21 every second rev- IUU olution of said cylinder 20, and the retractile in the said blocks, are mounted on the extremity of arms 33 pivotally connected to arm 34 carrying roller 35 adapted to travel over cam 36. Said pins 32 are adapted to engage the leading end of the web as it is acted on by cutter blade 29 and carry said end or ends to the point a, at which point the pins are retracted by the action of cam 36 on roller 35 concomitantly with the engagement of the leading end of the web by the pins 37. adapted to extend in openings adjacent said pins 32. Said pins 37 are secured in auxiliary carrier 38 mounted on shaft 39 suitably positioned in parallelism with cylinder 21, the leading end of the web being carried under guide 40, suitably mounted on shaft 41 known manner is coming into action to fold acetate and deliver the sheets, now just released as above described, to folding rollers 45 for assembly and delivery to a second folder as are adapted to be employed, the number and location depending upon the type and capacity of the particular machine, but in all instances, these various folder units are one page wide and are in a straight line, that is, they. are all in relative parallelism and in vertical or longitudinal alignment depending upon whether they are positioned at the same level or at different levels. By locating the folders in this manner irrespective of the position of the perfecting units, that is to say,

Whether they are positioned in parallelism with the folder or whether at right angles thereto and irrespective of the number of decks employed and whether double or single formers are used, the webs may be delivered to a single cutter 20 and cooperating rotary folder 21, or certain of the webs from one former 13 may be directed to a second rotary folder, certain of the webs to a third, and so forth, or webs from each former 13 maybe delivered to one, two or more rotary folders 21 for, delivery of the entire product to a second folder or-t he product from each folder to different second folders, as will be more fully hereinafter explained.

Assembling As above described the sheets have received their first fold and the folded edges have been engaged by folding rollers 45. Suitably mounted guides 46 having their-upper ends adjacent rollers are adapted to receive the folded sheets asthey leave the rollers 45 and as they are generally located below-said rollers the sheets are adapted to drop down to be engaged by a pair of assembling rollers 47, at the lower ends of said guides and in some instances a second rotary folder may be mounted. at a slightly higher level, and there fore the guide members 46 leading down from their respective cooperating rollers 45 may be slightly longer than the first mentioned guides with whichthey may converge before reaching rollers 47, as shown in Fig. 1, or they may extend downwardly'and communicate with main delivery guide 48 at a separate point, as shown in Figs. 3, 7 and 8.

The guide members 48 spaced similar to guides 46'to allow the passage of the folded sheets therebetween extend substantially' in a horizontal plane and terminate at each'side of themachine in suitably mounted stops 49-11 and 49-L,' respectively. Said rollers 47 are adapted to assemble-the sections from each of the rotary folders and deliver same to a" second folder 50, suitably mounted adjacent each of the stops 49- R-and 49-L,.and

as these folders are similar only one 'isillu'strated. In order that the product from the left hand rotary folder assembled by rollers 47 may be directed to the left'hand second folder a roller 51 is mounted in the bottom guide 48 adapted to cooperate with one of the rollers 47 driven by belt 52 from roller 53 similarly mounted, spaced therefrom and driven from drive shaft 64 by belt 55'. The

assembling rollers 47R are similar to the rollers 47 above described and are adapted to assemble the sections from the right hand series of rotary folders 21R, except that a switch 56 is suitably mounted in guide 48 and adapted to cooperate with one or the other of said rollers to direct the product through said guide 48 to theri ht or to the left as desired. Said rollers FY-R are driven by belt 57 from the upper roller 47 drive n'by its cooperating lower roller which is in turn driven by belt 58 from drive shaft 59; Belts 155 and 58 are rovided with idler rollers 60 in order to'mamtain said belts taut. While the product from the two left hand folders 21 may be delivered to the left hand second folders 21 delivered to the stop 49 -11,, by

actuation of the switch 56 the entire product will be directed to the left hand stop 49-L and to the second folder similar to the folder described in connection with 49.-R.1 The one is shown, but in all instances the rinciple.

is identical of the converging gui es being positioned in accordance with the location of the various rotary folders with respect to n v uide 48. It will thus be seen that where two olders are used by grouping the rotary folders below the associated devices and the arrangement with its cooperating assern ling devices that a compact arrangement of cooperating parts is effected; and that the entire product may be expeditiously assembled either in book form or sections as desired, which will hereinafter be more fully shown.

,' ,While I have above described the cutter 20 and rotary folder mechanisms 21 preferably utilized in my improved arrangement, yet in some instances it may be desirable to employ a double type of rotary folder as illustrated in Fig. 8. It will'be noted that the main full speed webs are assembled in the same manner ide as previously described. In this instance are shown forwarding rollers 22', supplement cutter and carrier folder 23 and 24,respect1v ely,

a pair of forwarding rollers X mounted ad- 7 jacent guides 25 and a pair of forwarding .rollers 19 adjacent the cutter cylinder 20a and rotary folder 21a and a second rotary cutter 20a and folder 21a located adjacent and, on a slightly-higher. level than thefirst utter and folder, respectively; Each of the Gonolusz'on The perfecting units, associating devices, cutting and folding mechanisms and assembling devices and structures being similar in operation and general construction have been described under the above headings, and such components, together with their structural arrangement will now be coordinated and operatively described with reference to the different arrangements as illustrated and comprehended by this invention.

From the above structural description in connection with Figs. 1 and 2, it is apparent that the full speed perfecting units A may be built 2, 3 or 4 pages wide, and the supplement perfecting units B, 1 or 2 pages wide. \Vhen the supplement perfecting unit is built one page wide, there are two plate and two impression cylinders to perfect .web 2, and when the said unit is 2 pages wide thereis only one plate cylinder and one impression cylinder used to perfect the web. In Fig. 1 the webs 1 are led from the perfecting units A around guide roller 7 to drag roller 12, where they are slit by cutters 14 and delivered to forwarding or assembly rollers 16.

The angle bar 17 is suitably positioned below rollers 16, and the supplement web 2 as it passes thereover is given a quarter turn and passes over guide roller 17 and is brought into alignment with the main webs, one of which is directed outwardly and downwardly around said supplement carrier 24 and between rollers 19. One or more of the full speed webs 1 are brought to the opposite side downwardly near cutter 23 over guide roller 7 and between rollers 19. The half speed supplement web 2 after passing over angle bar 17 and roller 17 passes between forwarding rollers 22 and "cutting cylinder 23 and carrier cylinder 24 where the web is cut into two page supplement sheets. The leading end of the supplement web will be carried by pins 23 on supplement carrier cylinder 24 and stripped therefrom by the stripper points 24' on the upper end of suitably positionedguides 25 and then passes downward between said guides to forwarding rollers 19 where it will start to run at full speed between the main web members 1 as above described. As previously stated some of the main web members can be led on either side of the supplement cutter unit, the number on one or the other side depending upon between which sheets it is desired to insert the sup lement sheets, and certain of the web memers may be run to the rotary folder 21 positionedto one side inwardly from the supplement cutter and at a higher level than the rotary cutter 21 positioned below said supplement cutter.

It is obvious that by virtue of this im proved arrangement of parts it is possible to' print, associate and insert sheets, either in book form or sections having the outside pages printed in one. or more colors as heretofore described. By locating one of the rotary folders 21 below the supplement cutter 23 and another adjacent but in a higher plane, sufficient room is provided between the angle bar 17 and the lower rotary folder 21 for the supplement cutter and carrier unit to be positioned. The operation with respect to the first folded sheets is as follows \Vhen folding a book form paper with supplements. the web members will all be led to the lower left hand cutting cylinder 20 and rotary folder 21, the leading ends of the main webs will be. carried by pins 32 of rotary folder 21 around to point (I. picked up by pins 37 and carried under guide 40. where they will be stripped from said roller by strippers 12 before the tail end of the sheet is cut by cutter :25). At this point the folder blade -14 comes into action to fold the sheet centrally between folding rollers 45, the first folded edges of the sheets passing down between guides 46, as

sembling rollers 47, between guides 48. and over to stop 49R.:where the paper will be given a halfpage told by av second folder blade 50.

\Vhere the paper is folded in two sections the operation is as follows: Some of the web members 1 pass between the lower cutter 20 and rotary folder 21, where the leading ends of the web members will be carried around and stripped off by'strippers 42. the folder blade 44 folding the sheets centrally between folding cylinder-s45. the folded section passingdownwardly between assembling rollers 47, as heretofore described, where this section will be assembled with the other sections and the remainder of the run'haviug been described in connection withthe book form paper the operation from this point is in like manner. Since the operation of right hand folders 21--Rare identical to the operation with respect to the left hand folders 21-L, a

further description is thought unnecessary.

\Vhere it is desired to assemble three sections together running over three rotary folders the switch 56 will be thrown, so that the. section from one of the folders 21R will be directed to the left and carried between guides 46. where it will meet the other two sections, and where four sections are required four rotary folders will be used. the operation being similar to that already described. It will be further noted that I have described the webs running from one former to one cutter and to run the main Webs 4 pages wide,two

full width formers will be in use and all three slitters 14 will be in operation.

I have described the half-speed supplement cutting device on one side of the machine and where another one is used on the opposite side, its location and operation will be identical withthe one heretofore described.

It is to be understood where mechanisms or parts of mechanisms are not shown but are described, that such mechanisms may be of any usual or approved construction suitable for the purpose set forth and as the rotative components such as plate and impression cylinders, cutter and carrier cylinders, web propelling rollers, rotary folders, and so forth,-

certain of the components being operated at full speed or at half speed by suitable gears Well known in the art, it is not deemed necessary to describe such chains of gearing other than in general terms, since it is obvious that such slightmodifications as are necessary in connection with the diflerenttypes may be effected without departing from the general principle employ ed.

The various rotative folder and cutting units, assembly devices and second folder as illustrated in F ing. 1 are driven from main drive shaft 61 through gear train 62, and folder blade is raised and lowered at proper time intervals to effect a second fold of the product as it is delivered thereto, as will be well understood without further description. The perfecting units illustrated in Fig. 2 for perfecting the full speed main webs and half speed supplement webs prior to their deliv-' cry to the mechanisms illustrated in F i 1 are likewise driven by main shaft 61, the full.

speed units being driven by a bevel gear 64:, suitably mounted on the lower end of vertical shaft 65 for actuating the upper perfecting unit A, andthe color plate cylinder 9 may be driven from impression cylinder 3 as'is well understood. Similar gears 63 and 64 are adapted to drive vertical shaft 66 for operating the sup lement perfecting unit B. and a' slip gear 6 mounted on the upper end of shaft 66 may be shifted in any well known manner to drive said perfecting unit at full speed as desired.

The machine illustrated in Figs. 3 and a is identicalin operation to the machine above described and illustrated in Figs; 1 and 2, eX-' cept it is primarily adapted forpublication of a medium sized newspaper and adapted tov have its output increased by the addition of additional perfecting and rotary folder units,

as will hereinafter a pear. The perfecting units illustrated in ig. 4' are positioned at right angles to the'perfe'cting units shown in Fig. 3. The perfecting units shown in Fig. i

are driven by main shaft 611), similar to the perfecting'units' as illustrated Fig.2,

to shaftfilb and .shaft 69 to gear train 62?), as

will be apparent without further-description.

There are no angle bars employed on this "re machine, either on the supplement webs or on the main webs and there are no idle perfecting units on any combination, either in book form or sections up to the full capacity of the printing machine, and it is also adapted to print a multiple of 2 pages up to the full capacityofthe machine. The main full speed perfecting unit A is one page wide and the perfected full speed web 1 is led around guide roller Z, directed to rollers 19b and rotary folder 211;. The sup-- plement perfecting unit B is adapted to mm at full speed or half speed and will be led around suitably positioned guide rollers 71) to supplement rollers 22?) and through supplement cutting cylinders 23b and 24b and delivered between the single width web 1 from perfecting unit A and full speed web 1 from rollers 16?), as will bewell understood. It will be observed that the single width supplement perfecting unit B and the single width 1- age wide main full speed perfect: ing unit are parallel to the supplement cutting cylinders 23?) and 24b and single width main rotary folder-21b, and are positioned close to floor line. 1 A particular advantage of this type of machine is that a 4-page perfect ing unit can be added to increase the capacity of the machine. V

Having described in detail the single width -1page wide perfecting units, the 2- page wide full speed perfecting units positioned at right angles to the l-page wide units and rotary folders as illustrated in Fig. 4 will now beexplained. .All of the main full speed 16% webs 1 from the perfecting units A, Fig. l, are led around suitable guide roller 7?) and to drag roller 12?) where they are slit by slitter 14:?) passing down over former l3?) and between assembling rollers 16?). In this connection it will be noted that in all of the forms of my invention the folded sections, etc. run downwardly,-.which not only assures correct transit through the machine but obviates complicated forwarding elements and efiects compact location of parts with a consequent increase in speed ofthe product during its course of travel. 1 f j. If it is desiredto run all the product in book'form, alljthe full speed'webs will run 1. down to forwarding rollers 19b, below the supplement cutter cylinders andthelower rotary folder 216, where the main sheets will be folded centrally with the main 2 -page in sert sheet folded between the main pages, the "III folded sheets being carried by rollers are,

through guide 48?) to stop 49b and be acted the web members running over the former will run to a second rotary-folder 21b positioned adjacent tobut above the lower folder 217) to be similiarly folded, said latter section will meet the section coming from the first rotary folder, the two sections being carried over to sto 49?), where they will be given the half page fold, as above described. It will be noted that the second rotary folder adjacent m to and slightly above the lower folder 216 is suitably positioned for assembling the two sections coining together. It is important in printing machines to increase the number of sections folded as one product and the advantage of locating rotary folders as above described renders it possible to initially have but one rotary folder, a second rotary folder being added, and still an other as desired, as shown in Fig. 3. The rotary folders 21b and main cutters 20?) are so positioned as to cooperate with the one page wide web members running down over the former. If the top web is printed in colors, there can be a plurality of sections printed, 25 the outside pages of each section being in color.

It will also be noted that in this type of ma chine the plate cylinders 4b are on a higher level than the impression cylinders 31) and by constructing the perfecting units in this manner, it is possible to use sliding boXes for adjusting the impression cylinders, thus saving time and effort in adjusting form rollers.

Fig. 5 illustrates a smaller type of press,

35 normally 12 pages, adapted to be expeditiously increased to.a 24-page paper capacity if desired and embracing two sets of perfecting units two pages wide. The said units are driven by main drive shaft 610 and geared similar to shafts 65 and 66 to shafts 7 0 and 71 and similarly geared to the respective perfecting units except that shafts 70 and 71 are recessed at their upper ends as at 7 2, so as toreceive a complemental end of an addi- 45. tional section of shaft for similarly operating additional perfecting units mounted above the perfecting units shown in said Fig. 5 without material structural changes where it is desired to increase the capacity of the paper as above stated. In this type of machine the perfecting units are two pages wide whereas the supplement cutters 23c and 240 and the rotary cutters and folders 20c and 210 are one page wide, the perfecting units, cutters and folders being in parallellism. The main full speed perfecting unit A perfects full speed web 1, said web then passing between roller 7 and slitter 73. from which point half of the. web will pass downward and around roller- 7 where it will be given two quarter turns over suitably positioned angle bars 74 and 75 to align the web member 10 with the single width rotary folder 210, the web passing around roller 70 and between rollers 190 to 5 rotary folder 210 as heretofore described.

The other half passing around roller 7 and rollers 70 to forwarding rollers 190'and to rotary folder 210 as heretofore described. It will be observed that the supplement one page wide web 20 is perfected by one plate 50 and one impression cylinder 60, one side of the web passing through said perfecting unit, the web being perfected on one end of said plate cylinder 50 passing over guide roller 7 c, then it is given two quarter turns by angle bars 8 and 8, thence over guide rollers 7 0, and again to perfecting unit B, where the other side is perfected by the opposite end of the printing plate cylinder, the web then passing over 72', 7d, and 76, between the upper and lower half page wide sections of web 1, and to supplement cutters 23a and 240 to be inserted between the said main web sections as heretofore described.

In this connection it will be observed that a second rotary folder 210 may be positioned adjacent the first folder at a slightly higher level and that theupper web or webs may be led as shown in dotted outline to said second rotary folder, and the folded sections from the two folders assembled by rollers 470, carried through guide 480 to second folder 500, adjacent stop 5190, as previously described, said folder blade 500 being driven by gear train 620 from one of the rotary folders 210 in the general manner heretofore described, the product after receiving a half page fold being deposited by delivery mechanism D as in the previous instances.

It will thus be seen that the supplement perfecting unit B will run at full speed or half speed and comprises only one impression and one plate cylinder to perfect both sides of a one page web. The web 2?) will be printed on one side by two plates (not shown) lying around the circumference of the plate cylinder with columns lengthwise thereof. The printed web will then be given two quarter turns on angle bars 8 and 8 so as to position the web to have its reverse side perfected by two additional plates lying around the circumference of the plate cylinder at its other end, as above described.

If desired at any time to increase the number of pages on this machine it is practical to place a 4-page perfecting unit on a higher level than perfecting unit B. To increase the number of pages by 8 a perfecting unit can be placed above perfecting unit A. This is a very practical way to increase the size of the machine either 4, 8 or 12 pages, and by building three decks of perfecting units there could bean added increase of 4, 8 or 12 pages. The above machine has no idle perfecting units in any combination and it will also print and fold a multiple of two pages up to the full capacity of the machine.-

It is obvious that where moregprefecting units add more pages to the pa p ei' there can be another single width rotary folder 210 and a e great.-cost, and inconvenience as is prevalentv V with-the types of presses heretofore in use.

' of a plurality of full speed perfecting units v m a v that I have designed a printing press adapted main cutter o added as desired, the assembling of the sections being similar'to the forms heretofore described.

Fig. 7 shows a modification of a gear train 62d, which may be employed in'connection with a modified form of machine shown in Fig. 3 for driving the rotary folder and half speed perfecting unit B through saidrotary folder 21d.

From the above description it is apparent to employ printing plates with columns lengthwise of the cylinders with all cutter and rotary folder units in one page wide alignment, so that the general position of'said parts need not be changed irrespective of form which direction a series of perfecting units may extend andthe forwarding, cutting and folding, and assembling devices,

are so located with respect to each other that no tapes-are required and the webs travel a v minimum of distance in the printing of'the newspaper. Likewise my invention is'adapted to be utilized 'inconnection with printing of different sizedne'wspaper's, so that the capacity of the various types of presses-may be .increased by the addition of perfecting and foldingunits at'a minimum of labor and expense and without the necessity of discarding one type of. machine for a different type at Although in practice I have .found that the in of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings and referred to in the above'descriptiomas the preferred embodiment',;is the most eflicient and practical; yet

realizing the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my invention will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize that various minorchanges in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts, ;may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departingfrom or sacrificing anylof the principles of this invention.

aving thus described my invention, what I desire protected by Letters Patent is as set forth in the following claims:

1. A printing machine comprising four full speed first rotary folders in parallel alignment, four full speed main cutters, each adapted to cooperate with its respective ro- -tai-y folder, a plurality of halfspeed supplement cutting devices cooperating with said rotary folders, assembling means associated .with. the rotary folders, and two second folder devices oppositely positioned and at right.v

angleswith respect to the rotary folders with which they are adapted t6 cooperate. 2-. A printing machine, the combination 7 having columns lying across the plate cylinders, a supplement perfecting unit adapted run at full speed or half speed and having columns across the plate cylinders, a former coperating with said perfecting units,

slitting means associated with said former, a supplement angle bar adjacent said former, a plurality of rotary folders and corres o-nding number of main cutters mounted ow said former, a half speed supplement cutting device cooperating with'one of said rotary folders, an assembling device cooperating with both roary folders, and a second folder device associated with said assembling de-' vice and positioned at right angles thereto, substantially as described. I

3. A printing-machine in combination comprising a pair of two-page wide formers, a plurality of slitting means associated with said formers,.a supplement angle bar cooperating with each of said formers, a half speed supplement cutting device operatively associatedwith each angle bar, four single width full speed rotary folders cooperating with ,four main cutters, an assembling device adjacent to said rotary folders and second folder devices at rightangles to said rotary fold-- ers and vice.

4. A printing machine comprising in com-.

associating with said assembling de bination atwo-page wide, former, means associated with said former for. slitting a plurality of webs, a single width full speed first rotary folder and associated" main cutter cooperating with "said former, a-ihalf speed single width suppleinentcutti'ng device above said main cutter and rotary folder, a supplement angle bar above said supplement cutter, means for running certain ofsaid web members on opposite sides of thehalf speed sup:

bination a two-page wide former and anglebar below said former, a supplement cutting device below said angle bar, a main full speed first rotary folder and main cutter below said supplement cutting device, and a second folder at right angles tosaid, first rotary plement cutter, means. for associating and' folder and means interconnecting said folders for conveying and directing the sheets from said rotaryfolder to said second folder.

6. Aprinting machine comprising in combination a two-page Wide former, web slitting means cooperating with .said former, an angle bar below said former, a half speed supplement cutting device below said angle bar, two singlewidth. full speed first" rotary folders and complemental main cutting devices cooperating with said former, a half speed supplement cutting device cooperatmg with one of said rotary folders, an assembling device operatively associated with both rotary folders, a second folder device at right angles to said assembling device, and ide means interconnecting said rotary and second folders.

7. A printing machine comprising four full speed first rotary folders in parallel alignment, four full speed main cutters, each adapted to cooperate with its respective rotary folder, a half speed cutting and inserting means cooperating with one of the said rotary folders and cutters, another half speed cutting and inserting means cooperating with another rotary folder and cutting means, two assembling devices cooperating with said rotary folders, two opposite second folder devices at right angles to and associated with said assembling devices, sheet forwarding devices cooperating with said assembling devices, aswitch associated with the forwarding devices, said switch being adjustable to forward two first folded sections to one second folder device and the other two first folder sections to the opposite second folder device, said switch also being adjustable to forward three, and also four first folded sections to one second folder device.

8. A printing machine adapted to perfect one two-page wide full speed web having columns across said web, means for slitting said web into two single webs, a former cooperating with the single width webs, a main cutter and rotary folder below said former, an angle-bar, half speed cutting and inserting devices located between the said former and said rotary folder for cutting and inserting half speed sheets between the said two single width webs below said former, means for forwarding the said two single width main webs on opposite sides of said anglebar and half speed cutting and inserting devices, means for forwarding the two single width webs to the main cutter and rotary folder, means for perfecting said single width half speed web with columns across said web, means for forwarding said web to the angle-bar, said angle-bar adapted to align the said half speed web with the half speed cutter, and a second folder operatively associated with the maincutter and folder for folding the sheets with one half speed sheet in each paper.

9. A rinting machine comprising means for perfidcting a plurality of full speed webs havm columns across said webs, a former and slltting means cooperating with the perfected webs, a full speed cutter and first rotary folder cooperating with the said former, means for associating the erfected webs below the former in single ai ment and forwarding same to the full spee cutter and the first rotary folder, means for perfectmg a single width full speed web having co umns across said web, means for aligning said web with the associated webs below the former, means for forwarding-the web to the full speed cutter and first rotary folder, half speed cutting and inserting means operating above the said full speed cutter and first rotary folder and below the former for cutting and inserting half speed sheets be-- tween the single width main webs, means for perfecting ahalf speed single width supplement webhaving columns across said web,

means for aligning said web with the half speed cutter and forwarding it thereto, a second folder cooperating with the fir-strotary folder, whereby the full speed sheets are folded with a half speed sheet in each paper.

10. A printing machine comprising means --for perfecting aplurality of full speed webs having columns across said webs, a former and slitting means cooperating with the perfected webs, two full speed cutters, and two first rotary folders, each adapted to cooperate with its respective rotary folder, a half speed cutter operating above one of the full speed cutters and one of the said rotary folders, and below the former, means for associating the single width webs below the said former, means for forwardin some of the single width webs to the one full speed cutter, and the other single width webs to the other full speed cutter, means for perfecting a single width. half speed web having columns across said web, means for aligning said half speed web with said half speed cutter, means for perfecting a single width full speed web with columns across, means for aligning said web with the single width webs running to one of the full speed cutters, an assembling device cooperating with said rotary folders, and a second folder device cooperating with said assembling device.

11. A printing machine comprising means for perfecting a full speed web a plurality of pages in width having columns across said web, means for slitting the web into single width web members to run face to face, a full speed cutter and first rotary folder in operative relation to the aligned web mem-v bore, a half speed cutter, and inserting devices located between the aligned web members traveling to the full speed cutter, means for perfecting a single width web having columns across said web, said perfecting means having a printing plate area of only four plates, said perfecting means adapted to run at full speed or half speed, means for forwarding and aligning the said web be tween said aligned web members in position to lead to the half speed cutter and full speed cutter, a second folder in operative relation to said first rotary folder and in substantial longitudinal alignment therewith.

12. In a printing machine comprising full speed perfecting units having columns across the plate cylinders, supplement perfecting units adapted-torun'at full speed or half speed with columns across the plate cylinders,

a former and slitting means cooperating with the sald units, a-main cutter and rotary folder below said former, half speed cutting sociated with said folder.

13. A printing machine in combination comprising a .pair of Q-page wide formers,

a plurality of slitting means associated with said formers, four full speed cutters, below said formers, four first rotary folders, each cooperating with its respective full speed cuts ter, an angle bar,-and half'speedcutting and inserting devices located betweenione of the full speed cutters and one of the said formers,

, a second angle bar, and half speed cutting and inserting devices located between the other former and one of the said full speed cutters,- a plurality of assembling means cooperating with said rotary folders, two opposite second folder dcvicesa't right angles to and cooperating with said assembling means, and an adjustable switch in operative relation with respect to said assembling means, whereby the product is directed from the rotary folder to the second folders in substantially a horizontal plane. I

14. A printing machine in combination comprising a pair of two page wide formers, a plurality of slitting means associated with saidformers, two inside and two outside full speed cutters below said formers, four full speed first rotary folders, each cooperating with its respective full speed cutter, an an 1e bar, and half speed cutting and inserting evices cooperating with one of said outside full 7 speed cutters below said former, a second angle bar, and a'half speed cutting and inserting devices cooperating with the other outside full speed cutter below the other former, a plurality of assembling means cooperating with said first rotary folders, two opposite second folder-devices cooperating with and at right angles to said assembling means,- means for perfecting a plurality of webs, an auxiliary means for perfecting a web incolors, means for associating the webs in single alignment below said formers, an

adjustable switch cooperatingvwith-theassembling means, saidcfiull. speed cutters and rqtary folders adapts Ltmt and fold four sections with the'outside sheetsof each section in colors-means for assembling two of the sections and forwarding them to a secv 0nd folder device, meansior assembling the other two sections and forwarding them to the other opposite second folder device, said second folder devices adapted to fold the respective assembled sections across the creases of their first folds.

- 15. A' printing machine in combination comprising a plurality of full speed Webperfecting units, one of said units adapted to perfect its respective webin colors, a pair of 2-page wide formers, a plurality of means associated with the formers for slitting said webs into a plurality'of onepage wide webs,

means for associating the perfected webs below the formers in single width superposed relation, two full speed cutters and associated rotary folders below each former, an angle bar and half speed cuttingv and inserting device located between each of said formers, and a respective rotary folder,'oppositely positioned second folders below said supplement cutters and full speed rotary folders, an assembling means interconnecting said-second folders and cooperating with each of the respective first rota-ryfl folders, the two rotary folders cooperating with the respective formers adapted to fold two sections with the out-.'

side pages of each section in colors, means for directing two of said first folded sections to onesecond folder and means for directing J the other two sections to the other second folder, said second folders adapted to fold the respective assembled sections across the crease of the first fold.

16.-A printing machine comprising main full speed perfecting means aplurality of pages in width having columns across, a 4- page perfecting means having a printing plate area of only 4 plates for perfecting a single widthweb adapted to run at full speed or half speed having columns across the web, the main perfecting means and said -pageperfecting means located in tandem relation close to the floor line, a full speedcutter and first rotary folder in operative relation to said perfecting means, a half speed cutter and inserting devices cooperating with the full speed cutter, means for slitting the main web into single width Web members, means for aligning the Web members, means for selectively forwarding certain of said webvmem= here on opposite sides of the half speed cutter and inserting devices to said full speed cutter, means for forwarding and aligning the single width web between certain of the aligned Web members in position for forwarding said web vto the half speed cutter and full speed cutter, and a second folder device cooperating with said first rotary folder.

17. A printing machine in combination. comprising means for perfecting a plurality of fullspeed webs having columns across'said webs, a means for perfecting a l-page wide half speed supplement web having columns I ed to one second folder from one former, and

with said formers for cutting the webs into one page wide webs, means for associating the webs in single alignment below said formers, a supplement angle bar below each of said formers, a half speed supplement cutting device operatively associated with each angle bar, two single width full speed rotary folders and complemental main cutters below each former, means fordirecting certain of the webs from each former in embracin relation with respect to its respective ang e bar and supplement cutting and inserting de vices, means for forwarding the embracing webs with a supplement sheet in each section to one of said rotary folders, means for for warding certain of the full speed webs from each former to the remaining first folders and cutters, an assembling device cooperating with said rotary folders, second folder devices at right angles to said rotary folders and associated with said assembling device, whereby two first folded sections with a supplement sheet in one of said sections is directtwo sections with an insert sheet in one of A said sections is directed from the other former to the opposite second folder, said switch being selectively operable to direct four sections with a supplement sheet in two of the sections to one second folder.

18. A printing machine comprising means for perfecting a plurality of main full speed webs a plurality of pages in width, means for perfecting two one-page wide half speed supplement webs, two Q-page wide formers associated with said main webs, slitting means for cutting said webs into single width webs,

means below the former for associating said webs in single width alignment, two single width rotary folders and associated cutters below each of said formers, an angle bar and half speed cutting and insertin device intermediate each former and one 0 its associated rotary folders, means for directing certain of the webs from each former around its respective angle bar and supplement cutting device in embracing relation with respect thereto, means for directing the embracing webs with a supplement sheet in each section to one of said rotary folders from each of said formers, means for directing the remaining webs from each of the formers to its respective remaining rotary folder, said means being selective to direct all of such remaining webs to one of said rotary folders, an assembling means associated with said rotary folders adjacent the floor line, oppositely positioned second folder devices at right angles to said rotary folders associated with said assernmeans for directing the entire product to one second folder.

19. A printing machine comprising means for perfecting a plurality of main full speed webs, a plurality of pages in width, means for perfecting a one-page 'wide half speed supplement web, two 2-page wide formers associated with said main web, slitting means for cutting said web into single width webs,

means below the former for associating said vice, means associated with said assembling device for assembling the product from two of said rotary folders and directing it in a 1 substantially longitudinal plane to one second folder, and the product frem the other two rotary folders similarly to the. other second folder. c I

20. A printing machine comprising means for perfecting a plurality of full speed webs a plurality of pages in width, two spaced apart four page perfecting devices provided each with a printing area of four plates and adapted to perfect two single width webs, and geared to operate at full speed or half speed, means for slitting the plural page wide webs into a plurality of single width webs, a plurality of first rotary folders, a plurality of full speed cutting devices, each cooperating with its respective rotary folder, means for aligning the plurality ofsin le width webs in use and forwarding to sai cutters, and means for aligning one of the single width full speed webs if in use with said plurality of single width webs and forwarding to one of said cutters, a half speed cutting means cooperating with one of said full speed cutters, means for aligning and forwarding the half speed single width web to said half speed cutting means when in use independently of full speed webs, inserting means between one of said full speed cutting devices and said half speed cutting means, an assembling means cooperating with said first rotary folders and a second folder means adapted to old a plurality of first folded gecltiions together across the crease of the first 21. A printing 'machine comprising full speed perfecting devices adapted to rint black and color, web slitting means, an full speed web. turning devices cooperating with said web perfecting devices, full speedcutting means in operative relation to said turning devices, said cutting means being adapt- -coniprising full speed main perfectingde-i V "vices,,a" form'er cooperating therewith, a full speed cutting means and rotary folder. below ed to cut longsheets, a first rotary folder cooperating with said cutting means, a second folder in operative relation to .saidrotary folder, means for aligning a plurality of single width webs running from said turn- -m'eans and full speed cutting means, said half speed cutting means being adapted to cut short sheets, means for perfecting a half speed single width web and forwarding to said angle bar and half speed cutting means, means .for inserting short sheets between said Webs, means for carrying long and short sheets, said folders being adapted for folding said sheets with one short sheet folded between long sheets in each paper.

22. The combination of the class described said-former, a half speed cutting means operating-above said full speed cutting means,

- 'in'sertin'g' means between said half speed and said full-speed cutting'means, a supplement angle bar and web guiding means operating above said half speed cutting means and outside of said former, a supplement perfecting. means having a printing area of four plates adapted to perfect a single widthweb at full speed or half speed, web guiding means parallel to said supplement perfecting means adapted to guide said web to said angle bar and web guiding means outside of said former when operating said web at half speed and also effective to guide-said web inside of main webs running to said former when said web is operating at full speed...

23. The combination of the class described comprising full speed main perfecting devices, a former cooperating therewith, a full speed cutting cylinder and rotary folder below said former, a half speed cutting cylinder operating above said full speed cutting cylinder, said cutting cylinders being equicircumferential, inserting means between said cutting cylinders, supplement web turning means and web guiding means operating above said half speed cutting cylinder and outside of said former, a perfecting means geared to operate at full speed or half speed,

web guiding meanspar'allel to said perfecting means adapted to guide a half speed single width web to said supplement web turning means and web guiding means outside of said former when operating at half speed audalso effective to .-guide the web from said perfecting, means tosaid former when-opcrating at full speed. i

24. The'combination ofthe class described comprising web slitting means and former, a full speed cutting means below said former, means for forwarding a plurality-of 'full speed single width web members from said former to said cutting means, means for aligning a full speedslngle width web with said cutting means and forwarding. thereto independently of said former, half speed cutting means located between said web members and said single width web, means for aligning a half speed single width web with said half speed cutting means andforwarding thereto independently of said former, inserting means between said full speed cuttingjmeans and said half speed cutting means, folder devicescooperating with sai cutting means.

- 25. The combination of the class described comprising a plurality of web slitting means and a' plurality of full speed web turning-devices adapted to carry a plurality of single width web members and in addition thereto, a single width web, full speed cutting means in operative relation to said turning devices,

folder 1 devices cooperating: with said 'full.

speed cutting means, said cutting means being adapted to out long sheets, half speed cutting means and a supplement angle bar opcrating above said full speed cutting-means,

with one web printed in color, a perfecting 'means geared tooperate at'full speed or half speed, a former cooperatin with full speed webs, a full speed cutter an rotary folder below said former, a half speed cutter and angle bar operating above said full speed-cutter, insertin means between saidhalf' speed cutter and ull speed cutter, a second full speed cutter and rotary folder parallel to said first named cutter and rotary folder and geared to turn in the-same direction, an assembly means cooperating with said rotary folders, said second folder means cooperating. with said assembling means, means for slitting said-full s eed webs into single width webs and forwarding and associating them below-said former with the two outside single width webs printed in color, means for forwarding one of the outside and inside webs from said former to one'of said full speed cutters and means for forwarding the other ou'lside and inside webs from said form at I gle half speed cutter if in use being adapted to cut short sheets, said full speed cutters bein adapted to out long sheets, said rotary fo ders being adapted to make the first fold of said sheets, means for assemblin the first folded sections, said second fol er being adapted to fold together the assembled sections the outside sheet of the outside section and the inside sheet of the'other section being printed in color.

27. A printing machine of the class described comprising a plurality of full speed perfecting devices, a perfecting device adapted to operate at full speed or half speed, web slitting means and a former cooperating with full speed perfecting devices, a plurality of angle bars cooperating with a full speed perfecting device and a half speed perfecting device, said angle bars being adapted to give two webs one quarter turn independently of said former, a plurality of guide rollers outside of said former, a full speed cutting meansbelow said former, said cut ting means being adapted to cut long sheets, folding devices cooperating with said full speed cutting means, a half speed cutting means adapted to cut short sheets, inserting means between said half speed cuttin means and said full speed cutting means, an means for inserting one short sheet between long sheets for each paper folded by said folding devices.

28. A printing machine comprising full speed perfecting means a plurality of pages in width, adapted to perfect athree page width web, a plurality of web slitting devices and a plurality of full speed web turning devices cooperating with said web, a fu speed cutting means cooperating with said turning devices, folder devices cooperating with said full speed'cutting means, said cutting means being adapted to cut long sheets, means for slitting said web-into three single width Web members, and means for aligning said web members to run face to face, and means for forwarding to said cutting means, a half speed cutter and anglebar located between said web members, 1nserting' means between said half speed cutter and said full speed cutting means, means for perfecting a half speed single width web, and means for forwarding same to said angle bar and half speed cutter, independently of said full-speed web turning devices,

said half speed cutter. being adapted to cut short sheets, means for inserting said sheets between said web members and means for cutting long sheets, means for carrying said long sheets and said short sheets to said folder devices which are adapted to fold together a plurality of long sheets with interposed short sheet in each paper.

, 29. A printing machine ,comprising web slitting means and a former, a full speed cutter and folder devices below said former,

a half speed cutter and angle bar operating above-sald full speed cutter, full speed dc rollers spaced apart below the former a apted to provide ample space between the sin le width webs running from said former or said half speed cutter and angle bar, said guide rollers being adapted to guide said web to said full speed cutter, said angle bar being adapted to align the half speed web with said half speed cutter independently of said former, said full speed cutter being adapted to out long sheets, said half speed cutter'being adapted to cut short sheets, in-

30. The combination of the class described comprising web slitting means and former,

full speedcutting means below said former, means for forwarding full speed single width webs from said former to said cutting means, means for aligning a full speed single width web with said cutting means and forwarding thereto, a half speed cutting means and angle bar located between said first named webs and last named web; and folder devices in operativerelation to said cutting means.

31. In a printing machine comprising full speed perfecting devices, web slitting means and a plurality of full speed web turning devices cooperating with said perfecting devices, full speed cutting means cooperating with said web turning devices adapted to cut long sheets, a plurality of folder devices cooperating with said cutting means, first folder devices being parallel to said cutting Q means, means for aligning a plurality of full speed single width webs running from said turners, means for forwarding said single width webs to'said full speed cutting means,

half speed cutting means and angle bar 10- cated between said single width webs, said half speed cutting means being adapted to i cut short shoots, inserting means between full speed cutting means and half speed cutting means, means for perfecting a single width web and forwarding same to eaid angle but and said half speed cutting means, means for inserting short sheets between said single width webs, said folder devices being adapt ed for folding said sheets with oneshort sheet folded between long sheets in .each

paper.

JOHN A. BOYCE.

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