US2110683A

US2110683A - Method and means for affixing advertising seals to newspapers and other printed matter

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Publication number: US2110683A
Application number: US118972A
Authority: US
Inventors: Scholer Wilhelm
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-01-04
Filing date: 1937-01-04
Publication date: 1938-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 1955-03-08

Description

March 8, 193% w. scHOLER p fi METHOD AND MEANS FOR AFFIXING ADVERTISING SEALS TO NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PRINTED MATTER Filed Jan. 4, 1937 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 8, 1938 METHOD AND MEANS FOR AFFIXING AD- ERTiS 'S LS- NEWSPAPERS AND HER P HNTEP' Wilhelm Schiiler, Brunn, Czechoslovakia irritates Janua 4, 1937 Serial No. 115,912

'1' Claims. (o z t- 21 rality of mutually spaced endless belts travelling parallel with each other. Onto this conveyor M R p 1 33 99 2??! -W 7 ma az e folders and otherv printed matter and more par ticularly to the sealing of such articles formailing purposes, or the like. The principal object 5 of the present invention is to devise s ar s and means for rapidl applying seal to each newspaper, magaz i e, folder, and the like in an economic mann r, hile the'article is being on veyed from the folding mechanism to a place of d l y A further object of this invention is to apply a seal which can be used at the same time for advertising purposes. Anotherobject'of my invention is to produce a seal which securely holds the pages of the print ed matter together" so that theywontbe'come torn or'otherwise mutilated. With all these and other objects in view, my invention consists in a practical method and means for accomplishing the variousobjects sirn ply and conveniently andwithoutiany'wastof the material used for'the seal/ For a fuller understan'din'g'of my vinyejnti on, I refer to the annexed drawing; in' which Thave diagrammatically illustrated the, new'method'arid the 'means for carrying itinto effect." In this drawing, Fig. 1 shows a part of ,the folding mechanism for delivering the folded newspapers, magazines, folders or the like to the hldlessfcdn veyor. Fig. 2 is a side-view of orieof th n ejss belts constituting the conveyor, of the rolls carry ing the webs or ta eswhi'ch form t see s d the moistening or glue-applying devices therefor; Fig. 3 is a detailyiew of the spring' 'eontrolled rolls for sealing the tapes'in place; Fi'gg ifa view of two sets of rplls used respectively for indenting the sealing tapes andifor severing them at given intervals; Fig. 5 shows a seal as applied to the corner of a folded newspaper.

In the appended drawing, the method and means shown thereinare supposed. to'be used for applying a seal to a folded newspaper.

At I in Fig. 1 is indicated a deli ery roll such as used in connection .with the folding mecha nism of a rotary press, which roll is equipped with forks shown at 2. These forks, a s.will' be seen, are disposed along a slant so that the ioided newspaper, shown at 3, W l be held in the pc in wn in Fi .1." i hi h r s io i ofle 91- 50 the corners of the folded paper. projectsout Wardly, as shown at 4. At..5 in 'Eiglis shown a stop to prevent the newspaper from dropping out of the delivery roll. From this delivery' floll, the newspapers reach the conveyor indicated at 5 6 in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, and composed of apluthe folded newspapers are delivered by the delivery r011 I in overlapping successive arrangement, with their corners 4 projecting from one side of the conveyor. In the same vertical plane of the projecting'newspap'er corners 4 are provided two spools shown'at I andB disposed respectively above and below the horizontal plane of the conveyor." These spools each carries a narrow web of paper or other suitable material, indicated 'at '9 and 10 respectively. At H and ll'"'and 'I Zan'd 12" respectively are indicated in opposed relationship springjcontr'olled rolls, be-

tween which pass the projectingporners 4 of the newspapersand between which are guided the two narrow webs of paper 9 and In, one above and the other below the newspaper corners to be pressed thereag'ai'nst by the said spring-controlled rolls At l3 and H, H" and I2, l2. M are indicated 'moistening means,

comprising a set of rolls"l3 I3 It and I4 I4 l4 respectively whereby a sufiicient amount of moisture is applied to the gummed sides'of the narrow webs 9 and 10. When these webs of paper are not gummed, there may be substituted for the moister'iing means a similar means whereby a'liquid adhesive is applied'to the one side of the paper webs and i0.

InFig. 4 are shown two additional sets of rolls, provided along the conveyor 6 carrying the newspapers tobe sealed. At l5'and [6 in said'figur'e are shown two superposed narrow rolls, "which along a portion of their circumference are provided with teeth, as shown at l5 and I6, which teeth, rolls cooperate to produce narrow paper web's where the corners 4 uponthe rotation of said indentations in the these project beyond of the newspaper." Further on along the conveyor 6, there are'provided' in super posed relation two rolls shown at IT and I8,

one of which rolls is provided in its cireumference with spaced apart cutters 'asindicated at n my m provided along "I 1 While the other roll (I8) is its circumference with correspondingly spaced apart recesses I8, I8 I8 18 to receive the said cutters.

" In 5 of the drawing is shown a portion of a newspaper with its eorners closed by a seal 2| produced in accordance with my invention by the method and means herein described. v

The meth d,as will appear from the drawing,

is carried into The newsp pers, as'theyco'me in g means or a" rotary press,

effect as followsi from the fold- Q are engaged by the slantingly disposed :for'ks 2 of the delivery roll so as to be positioned asshown in "Fig. 1 of the drawing-with one cornerprojecting. Being thus one by one delivered to the conveyor 6, the newspapers also project with one corner beyond the edge of the conveyor. The narrow webs of paper 9, Hi carried by the spools 1 and 8 are continuously drawn from these spools by means not shown so as to travel along the edge of the moving conveyor 6, over which the corners of the newspapers project in alinement with these cor ners and in engagement therewith, both from above and from below the same. As the projecting corners of the newspapers together with the two webs of paper pass between the springcontrolled rolls it, H and I2, i2, the webs 9 and I0 having previously been moistened if gummed,

or supplied with an adhesive by the devices shown in Fig. 2 at 13 and 14, are pressed by the said rolls into firm contact with the projecting corners of the newspapers, which corners, as shown in the drawing, are sufficiently spaced apart to permit portions of the webs on either side of the corner of the newspaper to be glued together. At these places the webs are subsequently out, which may be done either by hand or, by mechanically operated cutters,

such as shown for instance in Fig. 4.

. ranged, that they will engage the webs at the places intermediate the projecting corners to be sealed, producing indentations in said webscausing them to more firmly adhere to, each other than when merely pressed against each other by the spring-controlled rolls H, H and i2, I 2

shown in Fig. 2. a

After the projecting corners and the sealing webs of paper have passed either between the spring-controlled rolls H, H and l2, l2 or between the toothed rolls l5, l8, they are fed between cutting means, as for instance a cutter carrying roll i7 and a recessed roll l8 shown in Fig. 4. The speed of travel of the conveyor is so timed relative to the speed of rotation of the two rolls l1 and I8, that the four cutters of roll ll shown at Il ll 11 and l'l in Fig. 4 and the corresponding recesses l8 l8 I8 and 58 in roll is will cooperate with each other when the glued-together webs intermediate the corners to be sealed reach the position shown at the right in Fig. 4. At 2| in Fig. 5 is shown a finished seal.

The webs of paper, or other suitable material, used for producing the seals may carry printed matter on the outside, which may be used for advertising purposes. As the portions of the webs will adhere to the newspaper or other printed matter, even after the portions of the seal have been separated to afford full access to the reading matter, the advertising matter will remain intact.

An obvious advantage of my new method is that the newspapers or other printed-matter can be sealed while being delivered from the printing press without any interruption in the operation of the press, as the narrow webs of paper,

or *othermaterial used "for producing the seals can be fed along the conveyor 6 with the same speed with which the latter travels. The spools l and 8 are made of a size to carry webs of sufiicient length for even a very large edition, and, moreover, the spools can he made :to be quickly exchanged or replaced.

I claim:

1. A method of affixing advertising seals to newspapers and other printed matter comprising continually feeding the individual copies of the printed matter in succession with one of their corners projecting beyond the line of feed,

feeding in close alinement with said projecting corners above and below the same a web of paper, or the like, printed on one side, fastening said webs to said projecting corners from either side thereof and to each other, and severing the webs of paper intermediate the projecting corl'leIS- 2. A method of afiixing advertising seals to newspapers and other printed matter, comprising continually feeding the individual copies of the printed, matter in succession with one of their corners projecting beyond the line of feed, feeding in close alinement with said projecting corners, above and below the same, a web of paper, or the like, gummed on one of its sides and printed on its other side, moistening the gummed sides of said webs, pressing the gummed sides against the projecting corners from either side thereof and against each other, and severing the webs of paper intermediate the projecting corners.

3. A method of affixing advertising seals to newspapers and other printed matter, comprising continually feeding the individualcopies of the printed matter in succession with one of their corners projecting beyond the line of feed,

feeding in close alinement with said projecting corners, above and below the same, a web of paper, or the like, printed on one side, applying an adhesive to the other sides of said web, pressing these sides of the webs against the projecting corners from either side thereof and against each other, and severing the webs of paper intermediate the projecting corners.

4. A method of afiixing advertising seals to newspapers and other printed matter, comprising continually feeding the individual copies of the printed matter in succession with one of their corners projecting beyond the line of feed, feeding in close alinement with said projecting co ners, above and below the same, a web of paper, or the like, printed on one side, and treated with an adhesive on the other side, securing said webs with their treated sides to theprojecting corners from either side thereof, and to each other indenting the portions of the webs intermediate the corners and severing the webs across their indented portions.

5. In combination with means for positioning printed matter with'one of its corners projecting to one side, a conveyor for continuously feeding the printed matter along in succession with the projecting corner extending beyond the line of feed, means for feeding to the projecting corners in close alinement therewith, both from above and below, a printed web of paper, or the like,

means for applying to the unprinted sides of said webs of paper an adhesive, means for yieldingly pressing said webs to the projecting corners, from either side thereof, and against each other, and means for severing said webs intermediate the projecting corners.

6. In combination with means for positioning printed matter with one of its corners projecting to one side, a conveyor for continuously feeding the printed matter along in succession with the projecting corner extending beyond the line of feed, means for feeding to the projecting corners in close alinement therewith, both from above and below a web of paper, or the like, gummed on one side and printed on the opposite side, means for applying moisture to the gummed side of said webs, means for yieldingly pressing the moistened gummed sides of the webs against the projecting corners, from either side thereof, and

against each other, and means for severing the webs intermediate the projecting corners.

7. In combination with means for positioning printed matter with one of its corners projecting to one side, a conveyor for continuously feeding the printed matter along in succession with the projecting corner extending beyond the line of feed, means for feeding to the projecting corners in close alinement therewith, both from above and below, a web of paper, or the like, treated on one of its sides with an adhesive and printed on its other side, means for yieldingly pressing the treated side of the webs against the projecting corners, from either side thereof, and against each other, means for indenting the pressed together portions of the webs, and means for severing the webs along said portions intermediate the projecting corners.

WILHELM SCHC'JLER.