US2766984A - Method of making manifold forms - Google Patents

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Oct. 16, 1956 w. H. FRANZMANN METHOD OF MAKING MANIFOLD FORMS 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 11, 1950 INVENTOR. WILLIAM H FRANZMANN Oct. 1 1956 w. H. FRANZMANN METHOD OF MAKING MANIFOLD FORMS 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 11, 1950 FIG. 9

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Oct- 16, 1956 w. H. FRANZMANN METHOD OF MAKING MANIFOLD FORMS 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed July ll, 1950 INVENTOR. WILLIAM H. FRANZMANN United States Patent 9 METHOD OF MAKING MANEFOLD FORMS William H. Franzmann, Hamilton, Ohio, assignor to The Hamilton Tool Company, Hamilton, (Phil), a corporation of Ohio Application July 11, 1950, Serial No. 173,139

8 Claims. (Cl. fill-52) This invention relates to a'method of and machine for selectively gathering, collating, or folding in zig=zag fashion a plurality of superposed, registered strips of indefinite length.

An object of the invention is to provide a supporting and feeding device for rolls of strip material which device comprises a plurality of similar bracket members each of which includes means for supporting one or more rolls of long continuous strips of material.

Another object of the invention is to. provide a roll supporting device the overall length of'which is determined by and'a function of the number of individual roll supporting bracket members of which it is collectively comprised, and wherein the number of such brackets, and therefore the overall length and capacity of the device, may be increased or decreased by merely adding or removing said bracket members, thereby enhancing the utility of the device and materially reducing its cost;

Still another object. of the invention is to-provide a roll. supporting device having associated therewith a feeding table over which lengths of material from rolls mounted on said roll supports may be selectively conveyed in either of two directions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device for stacking in registry a plurality of lengths of long continuous strip material on a feeding table having a combination gathering and collating mechanism at one end thereof and a zig-zag folder at the other end'tliereof.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a combination gathering and collatingmechanism, the operating cycle of which may be simply and easily varied with respect to a delivery conveyor on which the collated or gathered sheets are deposited, thereby adaptingthe device for gathering as well as collating. Heretofore two separate, entirely independent devices were required, one for gathering, another for collating.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device having the hereinabove described characteristics and which includes simple, yet highly effective meansfor imparting an intermittent motion to the lineal. travel of long continuous aligned strips of material incidentto being presented to the action ofa strip. cutter assembly while maintaining a continuous feeding of'the. sheets to said cutter assembly.

Another object of. the invention isto provide. acut-ofi element which is constructed and arranged in such a manner as to provide many years of trouble-freeservice, and. which is spring-loaded in such a manner as to. automatically compensate. for wear.

Afurther object of the invention is to. teach a method of gathering in consecutive order a plurality of individual sheets which have been. printed. on several longcontinuous. strips in a more than one. around? method, as the term is used in the printing. art.

Still another object of the invention. is to provide a method of and machine for adhesively securing continuouslengths of record and transfer. sheets together at a ice 2. location above and prior to being deposited upon the feed table ofmy device and of then joining successive record sheets together on the feed table.

These and other objects are attained by the means de. scribed herein and as disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying the teachings of the present invention.

Fig. 2isa top elevation of the device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating a series of alternate record and transfer sheets in collated form, such as may be formed-by thedevice of Figs. 1 and 2..

Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a seriesof alternate-rec- 0rd" and transfer sheets which have been foldedinzig-zag form by the zig-zag" folding mechanism disposed attlie right end of the machine of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is affront plan view of a roll-supportingbracket which comprisesaldetail' of thepresent invention.

Fig. 6 is a side plan view of the bracket of Fig; 5.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 7-7 of'Fig. 51

Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view of the device of Fig. 5.

Fig; 9 is a sectional=viewtaken on line 99 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 1.0.isv aschematicviw of' the feeding tableconveyor and cut-oil mechanism of the. combination collating and gathering portion of the device.

Fig. 11. is a left end view ofthe cut-01f elementiactuat ing-mechanism of Fig; 10.

Fig. 12' is a verticalisectional'view takenthrough the reversing mechanism of the fedingtable'conveyor.

Fig. 13 is a schematic view of the intermittent drive mechanism for the delivery conveyor of the combination gathering and collator mechanism which comprises. adetail of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is afrontplanview of a cut-.ofi 'knife assembly comprising a detail of the present invention.

Fig. 1-5 is an end'view taken from the right'side of Fig. 14 showing the knife assembly in a fully raised, inoperative position.

Fig, 16 is-a viewsimilar-to Fig. 15 disclosingthe knife assembly in a lowered, operative position.

Fig. 17 is a schematic side view illustrating a typical set-up of the manner in which the devicemay be'usedfor gathering in. consecutive order. of page numbers astack of sheets wherein printing. of the. long continuous'strips has beendon'e by a more than one around method.

Fig. 18. is. a side schematic view of the left end of the device of Fig. 1 when used-as a gathering machine.

Fig. 19 is. a side schematic view of a gathering operation illustrating the. relationship of the aligned sheets. im: mediately, preceding the cut-off knife at the moment of severance. of a previous. group. of sheets therefrom.

With particular reference now to: Figs. 1 and. 2, the numerals 20 denote generally a pluralityofsimilar'bracket member. adjacent ones: ofwhich are securely through re leasably interconnected for providing ,a device having'the desired roll supporting capacity.

In the preferred embodiment ofthe invention a. roll of. transfer material-22 and a roll of. record: material 24 are rotatably supported uponv spindles 26 and 28, respectively, which are secured. to and carried by bracket 20.

A feed table, or. so-called-strip support 30. is provided onto. which stripsof record material 24 may be suitably depositedfor engagement with a conveyor. 32 (Fig, 10) providedwith a plurality of laterally spaced projections 34 that extend. therefrom and that are. adapted to engage similarly spaced openings 36 (Fig. 3) provided along an edge of therecord strips 24; thereby simultaneously maintaining eachof. said record strips in absolute: registry and imparting a lineal motion for advancingthem over saidfeed table, or support 30..

In those instances inwhich it is desired. to provide strips of transfer material 22 in interleaved relationship with various of the record strips, such transfer strips may be loosely associated with or between adjacent record strips, 'or it may be fastened to andf along an glued to an edge or band 40 forming part of record V strip 24.from which it is severable'alonga-predetermined tearline 42. 7

If desired, the strips of record matefial may be fed under spindle .46 whereby .th i't ml ir' edge of the outer face of said strips will be engaged by;-glue wheels:48;

which apply a glue line 44, Fig. 3 ,withavhich the inner edge of an associated transfer strip will'adhere thereby securing theltransfer' strips to bands 140;" Those. portions of glue line 44 beyond the inner edge of the transfer strips will adhere to the rear face of a superposed record'strip thereby providing 'a' unitary group of alternate strips of record and transfer material. l

In those instances wherein openings '36 are hot 'desired in the finished productthat portion of bands40 in which the openings are located'may be severed,.as at 48 by means of slitter knives 50, seeFigs. 1, 2 and 10. With further reference to Figs. land 2, itwill be noted that the feed table or strip support extends between a zig-zag folder denoted generally by the numeral 52, and a combination collator and. gathering device 54. The present invention is neither concerned with nor directed to the structural details of the folding device which may, solely by way of example and not of restriction, be similar to the Folding Machine disclosed in U. S. Patent No. 1,938,536, dated December 5, 1933, of -C. W. Brenn. Fig. 4 discloses a typical example of interleaved record sheets folded in zig-zag fashion. I

One of the outstanding features of my device resides in the fact that I have utilized a single roll supporting and strip feeding device for delivering aligned, superposed strips of material to devices which will perform any one ofthree entirely different operations thereon, viz., folding, collating or gathering. Heretofore a separate machine was required for each of these operations which resulted in .a considerable amount of money being tied up in several difierent, independent machines. In Figs. and 12, the means utilized to reverse the direction of travel of conveyor 32 for selectively delivering superposed strips to either end of the feed'table have been illustrated. The numeral 60 denotes a gear secured in driving relationship with clutch shaft 62, and in driven relationship with intermediate gear 64 which engages drive gear 66 of main drive shaft 68 which is rotated at a substantially constant speed by suitable means, not illustrated. A conveyor chain drive sprocket 70 is secured to and carried by gear 72' which is loosely or rotatably mounted on antifriction sleeve 74 secured, as by pin 76, to the clutch shaft; A second sprocket through shifter gear 88, teeth 92 of which will engage teeth 93 of gear 72 to which the sprocket wheel is fixedly secured. When the shifter shaft, yoke and gear have been moved to the right for disposing ball 98 in annular groove 100 teeth 90 of the shifter gear will engage teeth 91 of gear 82, thereby rotating said gear and sprocket wheel 80 in an opposite direction to the direction of rotation of drive gear 60. The rotary motion of sprocket wheel 80 is transmitted to sprocket wheel 70 via a sprocket chain, not illustrated, sprocket wheel 78 and gear 72 thereby providing simple yet effective means for reversing the direction of travel of conveyor 32; i 1: f-

In Figs. 10 and 12 the numeral 104 denotes a sprocket 7 wheel for driving slitter knives 50 via sprocket'cliain 106,

and sprocket wheel 108, it being noted that these knives may be geared whereby to rotate in unison. The peripheral speed of knives 50 will be considerably greater than the linear rate of travel of the conveyor by reason of the difference in diameter of sprocket Wheels 104 and 108..

In the preferred embodiment of the invention a rotatable member in the form of brush 110 transversely spans strip support 30 for engaging strips advanced over said support in such a manner as to yieldably maintain said strips in contact with the support while simultaneously drawing or advancing said strips along said support;

As best disclosed in Fig. 10 conveyor 32 terminates short of-the slitter knives 50. A leaf plate 112, inclined as illustrated, is provided for automatically lifting the leading portions of the strips of record material for dis engaging or withdrawing projections 34 from the spaced openings 36(Fig. 3). without disturbing the alignment or registry of'thesuperposed record strips 24 which are thereby transferred onto a higher elevation 31 of the feed table 'or strip support 30. i

In order to insure positive tensions on the composite web of superposed strips after leaving the conveyor, a 7

, chain 120, whereas the cylinder may'befdriven through.

wheel 78 is secured to and carried by gear 72 and con- 7 nected, by means of a chain not. illustrated, to sprocket wheel 80 fixedly secured to a spur gear 82 which is loosely or rotatably mounted to idler shaft 84 by means of an antifriction member 86.

A clutch gear. 88 having a set of teeth 90 and a second set 92 is keyed to clutch shaft 62 for axial =movernent therewith in response to axial movement of shifter shaft 94 which is transmitted thereto by shifter yoke 96. Shaft 94 will normally be retained at one end or the other of its operative stroke such as by means of a spring loaded ball 98 which when seated in either of the laterally spaced grooves 100 or 102 will effectively preclude accidental or unintentional movement of the shifter shaft. 7 It will be observed that when the shifter shaft, yoke and gear 88 have been disposed to the left ball 98 will be seated in annular groove 102 and sprocket wheel 70 will be rotated in the same direction as drive gear sprocket wheels 122, 124 andv chain 126, as. illustrated. Areciprocable knife assembly is provided atfithe leftIdischarge end of support 30 forfsevering into individual sheet size the continuous'lengths of strip material fed thereto. The knife assembly comprisesa shear plate 128," disposed transversely of support 30, having a cutting edge 130, Figs 14; 15 and 16. A knife element '132'having an inclined cutting edge 134, the lower end of which terminates'in a downwardly projecting portion 136, ism'ountedl for re: ciprocating motion between guide elements 138, Fig. 10, in response to movementfof'actuator rod 14Gjsuitably securedtoa knife actuator member 14210, which that end of 'the'knife remote from cutting edge 134Vis pivotally mounted, as, at 144. Suitable means, such as, byway of example, a spring 148, interposed between that portion 146 of the knife beyond its pivotal axis and an ab utment plate'lSil secured to and carried by member 142, may be employed for normally and yieldinglyurging the lower portions of the knifein contacting 'or abutting relationship with cutting edge 'of the shear plate, there by insuring an optimum operating relationship between knife assemblyincident to andduringthose periods of time when the knife is in the lowered,loperative stripsevering positionof Fig. 16, a holding blade 152 is provided fo r. contacting and engaging thestrip material j'mmediately preceding the knife... If desired, blade 152mm,: be mounted between adjacent faces of knife 132 and actu ator member 142 for sliding movement relative tov each. A spring 154 may be interposed between theupper face. of

theblade and the'upper horizontal leg 156 of member 142 for normally and yieldably urging the lower edge 1580f the blade below cutting edge 1340f knife 132 when it is area-98a in the raised, inoperative position illustratediin.Figs-. 14.

and 15'. The maximum relative movement: between the holding blade and member L32 is a function of. and determined by the relationship of slots 160m said member and interfering elements 162 secured-to. the blade. and dimensioned to slidably engage said slots.

As knife element 132 is lowered on a cutting cycle the,

lower edge 158 of the holding blade will clampingly engage the strip'material and stop its-forward motionbefore the cutting edge of the knife engages the material. As the knife is raised after a cutting operation the holding blade will be elevated thereby freeing or releasing the strip material to be advanced beneath'theknife.

Since the strip material is continuously fed or advanced over support 3% and thence under continuously rotating members 110, lowering of the holding blade into contacting relationship with web or strips of material 164- will result in the formation of a loop 156, Fig. 19. To insure uniformity of cut-off lengths, I provide means closely adjacent the knife assembly for accelerating the looped portions 166 of the web or strips forwardly over shear plate 128 immediately upon release of the holding. blade, thereby removing the loop. I have obtained uniformly excellent results in those instances wherein a second high speed rotatable member 168 is mounted transversely of support 31") at a location closely adjacent the knife assembly, such as at the leading edge of shear plate 128, see Fi s. 2, l0, l8 and 19. This member may be driven by rotatable element 110 by means of a chain drive 17% With particular referenceto Figs. 10 and 19, it will be. observed that the igh speed rotatable member 168 is mounted above or in spaced relationship with the mean plane of the discharge end of the strip support by a dimension in excess or" the overall thickness of the web or superposed layers of strip material 164 so as to be out of contact therewith during those periods of time when the material is normally and continuously being advanced over its support. However, when the normal forward movement of the material is interrupted incident to actuation of the knife assembly the rotatable members lit) and 16$ will define the opposite ends of the resultant loop 166 formed in the material.

Rotatable member 118 will continuously and automatically maintain the desired tension in those portions of the strips or web located between it and the discharge end of conveyor 32, whereas member 168, the outer perimeter of which is substantially smooth, will slippingly engage the forward portion of'the web loop, Fig. 19. The moment holding blade 152' isreleased'from contact with the web the rotary motion of member 168' wiil become effective to impart an accelerating force to the forward end of the loop 166 thereby projecting the material comprising the loop forwardly'of andbeyond the cutting edge of the shear plate therebypermitting the Web or strips to be once again fed forwardly over the shear plate at the uniform linear rate of conveyor 32.

From the foregoing it will be observed that'I have thus provided simple yet hi hly efiective meansv for providing an intermittent movement to the forward portion of a continuous web which is moved at a uniformlycontinuous rate to the knife assembly.

The web or strips 1.64 are discharged'onto a delivery conveyor, denoted generally by the numeral 189} Figs. 1, 2, l3 and 18. In those instances wherein the device is used as a collator for making record forms which comprise record sheets interleaved with transfer sheets, as illustrated in the left side of Fig. 3, the delivery conveyor may be continuously operated whereby'to remove each set of forms as they are severed from the composite, multisheet web advanced across support 36;

in those instances wherein it is desired to gather inpredetermined consecutive sequences a-pluralityof sheets wherein said sheets have been printed in more than one '6 around fashion: by a rotary press on, long'continuousstrips of material, it is only necessary to provide means for intermittently advancing the delivery conveyor and'of correlating its feed cycle with the operating characteristics of the knife assembly in terms of the number of different sheets per roll.

With reference to Figs. 10 and 11, it will be noted that the lower end of theknife actuator rod is journaled as at 184 to shaft 182 secured to and carried by crank arms 186- suspended from intermediate shaft 188- the ends of which are provided with followers 193 dimensioned to engage track 392 of a corresponding cam 194 secured to earn shaft 195; Intermediate shaft 188 is secured to and carried by crank arms 11% suspended from shaft 198 journaled to suitable support brackets 2459.

A rotary motion may be imparted to cam shaft 195* from drive shaft eii through gear 262 of shaft68, idler gear 2% rotatably mounted to bracket 2% and. crank shaft gear 2% whereby knife 1-32 will be actuated each time a predetermined length of strip material, advanced.

by. conveyor 32 also driven by shaft 68, has been fedacross shear plate 128. By changing the gear ratios the cyclic rate of the'knife may be varied as desired. When a crank shaft gear zlil'having twice the number of teeth is substituted for gear 203 the cyclic rate of operation of the knife will be doubled in the sense that it will be actuated but half as often as when using gear 268; By selecting suitable gear ratios the cut-off lengths may bevaried as desired.

Inv those instances in which the sheets to be gathered have been printed two around the feed mechanism illustrated in Fig. 13'may be utilized to actuate the de livery conveyor. Spur gear 212 having half the number of teeth of gear zl iis secured to and driven by cam shaft 195. A pusher rod 216 having one end journaled to gear 214 as at 218 has-itsother end journaled at 222 to cranr..arrn-2t3ii journaled to shaft 224 to which conveyor drum 226 is secured. A pawl 228 pivotally secured to arm 22%? enga es the teeth of ratchet wheel 23% secured in driving relationship with drum 22-25 whereby the delivery conveyor ltit"? will be advanced one step every secondcutof knife 132.

With reference. now to Figsfl7 and 18 the letters Q, R,.Sv and T denote four. rolls of strip material on each of which two. sheets or pages of the set to be gathered are alternately printed. If, by way of example, it be desired to gather a pack of eight sheets, roll Q will have sheets 5' and 1 alternately printed throughout its entire length; rollR will have sheets 6 and 2; roll S, sheets 7 and 3; and roll T, sheets 8 and 4. in other words, the total num: ber of sheets per group have been divided into two sets wherein one sheet of each set is disposed in alternate end-to-end relationship with a corresponding sheet ofanother or second set. The sheets of one set in the 8 page example, will be pages 5-8 inclusive, and the secondiset pages 1-4 inclusive, wherein sheets 5 and 1, 6 and 2, 7 and 3, 8 and 4 are corresponding sheets, one from each set, which are alternately printed on rolls Q, R, S and T, respectively.

Strips from rolls Q, R, S and T are deposited upon and conveyed over support 30 in. superposed relationship and with the individual consecutive sheets which comprise each set disposed in alignment. That is, sheets 5, 6, 7 and 8, which comprise one set, and sheets 1, 2, 3 and 4, which. comprise the other set, are in vertical alignment. After the sheets'of the first set (5 through 8) have been conveyed over shear plate 123, the knife is actuated for severing these sheets which are deposited on the discharge conveyor 134?. The next set of sheets (1 through 4) are then deposited on and in vertical alignment with. the firstset'of sheets after which they are severed from their. respective strips, thereby completing a pack or group of sheets arranged in consecutive order. The conveyorwill thereupon be advanced so that the first set ofsheets of the nextgroup'will be spaced in echelon relationship with the first group, it being understood that the conveyor will '7 be advanced in a step-by-step manner each time the second set of a group has been severed.

'While I have discussed and illustrated the mannerof gathering sheets printed in two around relationship, it must be clearly understood that three around or even four around strips may be gathered by properly adjusting the knife cycle and correlating the delivery conveyor drive mechanism to operate once every third or fourth stroke of the knife.

With reference now to Figs. 1, 2, and -8, it will be noted that each of bracket members comprises a central column 249, the lower end of which terminates in a foot portion 242 and the upper end in an inclined arm 244 in which suitable spindle mounting bosses 246 and 248 are provided in which spindles 2S and 26, respectively, are receivable.

A lateral panel 259 is provided in the upper portion of column 249, said panel having a pair of laterally spaced side walls 252 and 254, each having an axially aligned bolt receptive aperture 256 therethrough. An

' offset 258 may be provided in the front face of the central column for facilitating mounting of feed table or strip support 34). Preferably a pair of laterally spaced reinforcing webs 258 are provided for enhancing the rigidity of the structure.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the roll capacity of a device is determined by the number of bracket members used thereby eliminating the need for and expense of a special casting for devices having different roll capacities. In Figs. 1 and 2 I have illustrated a device comprising four bracket members adjacent ones of which are securely though releasably secured together by bolts, not illustrated, passing through aligned apertures 256, Fig. 9.

Panel comprises a mounting support for spindle 46, glueing wheel 48, web feed mechanism 49, and the like, whereby each of these various items will be conveniently locatedrin corresponding positions on each of the various panels 250.

With particular reference now to Fig. 1, it will be observed that the roll supporting and feeding mechanism has been constructed and arranged in such a manner as to deposit interleaved webs upon strip support for delivery to either end of the table, thereby clearly distinguishing from prior art devices in which interleaved strips can be fed in but one direction of travel.

The strips of record material 24, as hereinabove stated, are fed downwardly under spindle 45 whereby glue roller 43 will apply a continuous strip of adhesive to the inside, that is,that edge of the strip adjacent inclined arm 244. As the strip of record material reaches point J, it will be engaged by a strip of transfer material 22 which will be laid thereon in such a manner as to effect a joining of the sheet of transfer material to the sheet of record material, along one edge thereof, thereby securing the sheet of transfer material to its associated sheet of record material.

From the point indicated by the letter J to the point indicated by the letter K, the sheets of joined transfer and "record material are fed downwardly, through a suitable feeding mechanism indicated generally by the numeral 49, whereby the composite web indicated generally by the numeral 51 will be laid upon said table 30, with the edge apertures 36 of the record sheet portion of composite web 51 engaging projections 34 of table conveyor 32.

As illustrated in Fig. 3, the adhesive strip 44 is of a width whereby to extend beyond the upper edge :of transfer strip 22 whereby the same adhesive stripwill effectively secure .the record sheet portion of the next lower composite web 51 at location K. In other words, each sheet of record material is secured to a sheet of transfer material at a location above and prior to being deposited on the feed table, and the successive strips ofrecord material are then interconnected on the feed table. This manner of construction permits the rolls of recordand transfer material to be mounted in an easily accessible, easily observable location above the feed table, a

continuous lengths of transfer and record material, comprising applying a continuous strip of adhesive along one edge of the outer face of the outermost convolution of the roll of record material, feeding strips of transfer material directly onto the outer periphery of corresponding rolls of record material with one edge of 'the strips of transfer material engaging and overlying a portion of.

overall width of the adhesive strip on its respective strip of record material for thereby connecting said transfer strips to and in interleaved relationship with the outermost convolutions of the strips of record material whereby each record strip will have a strip of transfer material 7 vfixedly secured thereto prior to the time when the record strips leave their respective rolls for association with the record sheets of other similar webs, and then bringing the adhesively stripped edges of the various lengths of record material into superposed contacting relationship with the adhesive free face of each lower web for connecting the record sheet portions of adjacent webs at a location remote from the place of interleaving of transfer strips with their respective record strips.

2. The method of manifolding a plurality of similar composite webs of continuous strip material from rolls of lengths of transfer and record material and wherein each web includes a strip of transfer material and a strip of record material, comprising adhesively securing each strip of transfer materialrto a strip of record material along an edge thereof and while the strip of record material is supported on its roll, and thereafter disposing said composite webs in superposed registry andadhesively securing the record sheets of adjacent webs with portions of the same adhesive means by which the transfer material was secured to the record material for completing the assembly. a V

3. The method of manifolding a plurality of composite webs of continuous strip material from rolls of continuous lengths of transfer and record material, comprising feeding strips of transfer material onto the outer periphery of corresponding rolls of record material and there adhesively connecting said transfer strips to and in interleaved relationship with said strips of record material for providing a plurality of composite, interleaved webs, and then adhesively connecting the record sheet portions of adjacent webs at a location remote from the place. of interleaving of the transfer strips with their respective record strips by means of portions of the same adhesive means by which the transfer strips were secured to their respective record strips.

4. The method of forming a composite web of con tinuous strip material from rolls of continuous lengths of transfer and record material, comprising feeding a strip of transfer material directly from its roll onto a portion of the outer face of the outer comvolution of a roll of record material and there adhesively connecting said transfer strip to and in superposed relationship with said strip of record material.

5. The method of forming a composite web of 'continuous strip material from rolls of continuous lengths of transfer and record material, comprising feeding record material from a roll through an adhesive applying device to apply a continuous strip of adhesive along one edge of the unprinted underside of the record material and then feeding the record material from the adhesive applying device back onto a portion of the outer periphery of the record material roll With the underside of the record material facing outwardly, and feeding a strip of transfer material directly onto a portion of the outer periphery of the roll of record material with one edge of the strip of transfer material engaging and overlying a portion of the adhesive strip on the strip of record material for thereby positively connecting the transfer strip to and in interleaved relationship with and While the strip of record material is carried by said roll.

'6. The method of manifolding a plurality of similar composite webs of continuous strip material wherein each web includes a strip of transfer material and a strip of record material, comprising applying a strip of adhesive along one edge 'of the outer periphery of the record material, feeding each strip of transfer material onto the outer periphery of corresponding rolls of record material with an edge thereof contacting a portion of the adhesive strip on its respective strip of record material leaving the remaining portion of said strip of adhesive exposed, and thereafter disposing said composite webs in superposed registry and securing the record strips of adjacent Webs one to another by the exposed portions of the adhesive strips on the underside of the record strips to complete the assembly.

7. The method of forming a composite web of continuous strip material from rolls of lengths of transfer and record material, comprising applying a continuous strip of adhesive along one edge of the outer face of the outermost convolution of the roll of record material while rotating the roll, of applying a length of transfer material directly onto the periphery of the record roll and in contacting relationship with the adhesive strip on the record material for thereby connecting the transfer strip directly to the outermost convolution of the record strip, and of then continuously advancing the interconnected strips for unwinding the record and transfer material from their respective rolls.

8. The method of manifolding a plurality of similar composite webs of continuous strip material wherein each web includes a strip of transfer and a strip of record material comprising adhesively securing the edge of each strip of transfer material to an edge of the outer face of the outermost convolutions of the rolls of record material, and of then disposing said composite webs in superposed registry and with the edges of adjacent strips of record material in contacting relationship with portions of the same adhesive means by which the transfer strips were secured to their respective record strips for interconnecting the edges of the record strips beyond the edges of their respective transfer strips.

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