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Patented Nov. 29, I898.

T. WOLFE. NEWSPAPER WRAPPER PRINTING MACHINE.

. (Application filed Aug. 10, 1897.I

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No. 614,919. Patented Nov, 29, I898. T. WOLFE.

NEWSPAPER WRAPPER PRINTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Aug. 10, 1897,)

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NEWSPAPER WRAPPER PRINTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Aug. 10. 1897.)

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N0. 6|4,9l9. Patented Nov. 29, I898. T. WOLFE.

NEWSPAPER WRAPPER PRINTING MACHINE.

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INITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. FUOSS AND IVILEY O. COX,- OF SAME PLACE.

NEWSPAPER-WRAPPER PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,919, dated November 29, 1898.

Application filed August 10, 1897.

To [tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WOLFE, of Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in N ewspaper-Wrapper-Printing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof. a

My invention relates to newspaper-wrapper-printing machines; and it consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in appended claims.

The object of the invention is to producea machine of this character which is positive and extremely rapid in operation, simple, under perfect control of'the attendant, and strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive of construction.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents in side elevation a newspaper wrapper printing machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents, on an enlarged scale, a vertical longitudinal section of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 represents, on a still greater scale, a side elevation of a part of the machine. Fig. 4 represents a plan view of such part. Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section taken on the line V V of Fig. 3, with one side of the table-top removed. Fig. 6 represents a plan view with the entire table-top,together with the printers galley, removed. Fig. '7 represents an irregular cross-section taken on the line VII VII of Fig. 4. Fig. 8 represents a vertical section taken on the line VIII VIII of Fig. 3. Fig. 9 represents, on agreater scale, a perspective of the adjustable head-block or platen and a part of the reciprocal frame in which said block is mounted. Fig. 10 is a perspective View of the fountain for applying ink to the type.

In said drawings, where similar referencenumerals designate corresponding parts, 1 designates an elongated table constructed of any suitable material and having its top slotted centrally for its full length, by preference as at 2. The table-top, near the center of the machine, is also provided with atransverse slot 3 for a purpose which will be hereinafter explained.

- 4L designates bars which are arranged parallel with each other and with the margins of the slot 2, being arranged so as to form a firm and substantial support for the inner edges of the table-top. (See Figs. 5, 6, and 8 in particular.) Arranged at suitable distances apart and journaled between and supported by said bars 4 are a series of transverse rollers 5, which serve as an antifrict-ion-support for the galleys, hereinafter referred to, traveling through the machine.

Coincident with the sides of the transverse slot 3 are arranged a pair of parallel crossbars 6, which are riveted or otherwise secured at their ends to the sides of the table (see Figs. 5 and 6 in particular) and at their middle are recessed, as at 7, to a depth suflicient to bring them at least to the plane of the upper surface of the rollers 5, so as to afford no obstruction to the free passage of the galleys. 8 designates a transverse shaft which is arranged centrally of the slot 3 and is journaled at its ends in the sides of the table and in the standards 9, secured thereto, and said shaft, at opposite sides of the slot 2, is diametrically increased in size or otherwise enlarged sufficiently, as by securing rollers 10 thereon, to project to the horizontal plane of the table, as shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 7, and at one end it is provided with a cog-wheel 11. Vertically above and parallel with said shaft 8 and journaled also at its ends in standards. 9 is a similar shaft 12, and mounted rigidly thereon is a roller 13, which is adapted, in conjunction with the double roller 10, to positively and reliably feed the paper to be afterward cut up into proper sizes for newspaperwrappers through the machine, so that the names of the subscribers will bearranged the proper distances apart upon said paper, as

will be hereinafter more particularly referred to. Acog-wheel 14-, mounted upon the shaft 12, meshes with the cog-wheel 11, whereby said rollers move at a corresponding speed. A third shaft 15, parallel with the shaftsS and 12, is j ournaled in the frame of the table,

and mounted upon the same is a mutilated gearwheel 16, said wheel being of the same diameter, preferably, as the wheels hereinbefore described. Mounted also upon the same end of the shaft or secured thereto is a cam-wheel 17, the function of which will hereinafter appear, and upon the opposite end of the shaft 15 is a belt-wheel 18, preferably a grooved wheel. An endless belt 19 connects the wheel 18 and the similar wheel 20,mounted rigidly upon the corresponding end of a shaft 21, journaled in the upper ends of a pair of standards-22, bolted or riveted to the frame of the table. A roller 23 is mounted upon said shaft for a purpose which will be hereinafter explained.

Secured at opposite sides of the table, some distance rearward of the rollers 10 and 13, are a pair of standards 24, provided with a series of circular bearing-holes 25, in one or the other of which the spindle of the paperdepression roller 26 is journaled, said roller, in conjunction with the roller 13 hereinbefore described, being adapted to hold the intermediate portion of the paper flatly upon the table. To the rear of the standards 24 and also secured to opposite sides of the table are standards 27, in which are journaled the spindles of the roll 28, upon which the paper 29 is wound in the customary manner.

In practice the end of the paper strip is passed below the depression roller 26, between the rollers 10 and 13, and thence upwardly, and is secured to the roller 23, hereinbefore described, in order that it may be automatically wound thereon after it has received the type-impressionsthat is to say, the names of the subscribers-and from which it is removed to be cut up into blanks to form wrappers of the required size, which is customarily nine inches in length, though this machine may of course be adjusted to print the names at greater or less distances apart.

Referring now to the galleys 30, it will be noticed that they are of peculiar construction, being U-shaped in cross-section and in their upper edges are provided with beveled or ratchet teeth 31, between and above which the type 3 are arranged or spaced in the customary manner. The galleys are supported upon the rollers 5, hereinbefore described. In practice there will be a number of these galleys, depending, of course, upon the number of subscribers, and they will be fed into the machine at one end by an attendantsuccessively and will be received at the discharge end by another, and in order that their travel or movement shall be continuous and uninterrupted I commonly employ two sets of dogs for engaging the ratchet-teeth of two galleys at the same time, which will insure that both shall move together and that the names of the subscribers shall be printed at regular intervals upon the paper web or strip as it runs from one roll to the other. Referring .nowin detail to the mechanism just referred tuatin g these galleys and also for reciprocating the head-block or platen and driving the mechanism generally, 33 designates a shaft journaled in standards, as shown, or in any other suitable manner in the lower part of the frame, and mounted rigidly thereon is a wheel 34, provided with a weight 35 and driven bya belt 36, connected to any suitable motive power. (Not shown.)

37 designates a pair of cranks mounted 011 opposite ends of the shaft 33, and connected pivotally at their lower ends to said cranks are link-bars 38.

39 designates a cross-head frame which is arranged above the paper just rearward of the rollers 10 and 13 and is connected pivotally at its opposite ends to the links 38, and said cross-head is provided with V-shaped guideways 40, in which the correspondinglyshaped ends of the head-block or platen 41 are adjustably mounted. To adjust said block vertically in said ways,a slotted bracket 42 is secured upon its upper end, and extending through the slots of said bracket and provided with heads at their lower ends are a pair of screw-bolts 43, and said screw-bolts extend up through the cross-head frame and are engaged above and below the top bar of the cross-head frame, respectively, by wingnuts or their equivalents 44: and nuts 44, by the proper manipulation of which the head block or platen is vertically adjusted with relation to or independently of the cross-head frame. The head-block is provided with a rubber face 45, wherebya more firm and positive pressure upon the paper below is obtained, which pressure, being yielding in its nature, accommodates irregularities in the face of the type below the paper, and thereby insures a more legible print. Said crosshead frame is provided with the verticallydepending rods 4:6,which extenddown through holes 47 in the top of the table and through guide-holes in the longer brackets 4:8, secured rigidly below the top of the table,and clamped to and connecting their lower ends is a horizontal cross-rod 49.

A short distance rearward of the brackets 48 are a pair of depending plates 50, which are secured to the longitudinal bars 4.- and form a bearing for a rock-frame, said rockframe consisting of the cylindrical rod or sleeve 51 and the vertical arms 52 and 53, projecting upwardly and depending, respectively, from said rod or sleeve, the arms 53 being provided with slots 5% in their lower ends which engage the rod 55, ad justably carried by the rock-shaft 50, journaled in the lower ends of a pair of bearing-plates 57, de pending from the sides of the table. A pair of arms 58 project forwardly from said shaft and are provided with slotted or bifurcated ends 59, which engage the cross-rod 49 here inbet'ore described. (See Figs. 2, 5, 6, and S particularly.)

A slight distance rearward of the standards 27 are a pair of plates 60, one only of which is shown and in dotted lines, (see Fig. 2,) depending from the bars 4:, like the plates 50 hereinbefore described, and journaled in the lower ends of said bars is a rock-frame 61, consisting, essentially, of a pair of upwardlyprojecting arms and a pair of depending arms. The depending arms are pivotally connected by link-rods 62 with the rod 55, carried by the rock-shaft 56, so that the operation of said shaft will cause the synchronous operation of said frames. The upwardly projecting arms of said frames are a sufficient distance apart for the galleys to pass between them and carry pivotally at their upper ends dogs 63 for engagement with the teeth of said galleys, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, where some of the type are omitted, and in Fig. 5.

To operate the cog-wheels and the rolls 10, 13, and 21, I preferably mount upon the shafts 33 and 15 sprocket- wheels 64 and 65, respectively, and connect them by a chain 66, as shown most clearly in Fig. 6. In order to check the movement of said rolls at the instant the head-block or platen strikes the paper, I employ a dog 67, which is pivoted to the frame, as at 68, and actuated by a retractile spring 69, connecting said dog and a bracket 70, secured to the frame adjacent to said wheels, said spring causing the engagement of said dog with the cog-wheel 11 at the instant that the mutilated portion of the cogwheel 16 comes opposite the cog-wheel 11. During the printing operation said mutilated gear-wheel rotates a fraction of a circle equal to the extent of its non-toothed or mutilated portion without affecting the position of the rolls above, and just before its toothed portion comes again into engagement with the cog-wheel 11 the cam-wheel 17 strikes the front edge of the dog and forces it, against the resistance of the spring 69, out of engagement with the cog-wheel 11. hen the mutilated portion of the cog wheel 16 again comes opposite the cog-wheel 11, the flat or diminished side of the cam-wheel 17 is disposed toward the dog 67 in order that the spring may pull said dog forwardly and cause it to engage, as hereinbefore referred to, the cog-wheel 11. During the cessation of movement by the rollers referred to and the paper, due to the engagement of the dog with said wheel, it is obvious that the belt 19, connecting pulleys 18 and 20, slips upon the latter and simply holds the paper strip between the rollers 23 and 10 tensioned without causing the rotation of the former, and it is to be understood that this belt 19 in practice slips constantly but imperceptibly upon the pulley 20, so as to accommodate the continuously-increasing size of the roll 23 during the operation of the machine. Said dog 67 engages and stops the rotation ,of the wheel 11 when the platen descends to within about one-half inch of the galley or type and holds said wheel firmly. Consequently the paper passing between the rolls 10 and 13 stops until the platen makes its impression on said galley or type and the interposed paper and rises about the same height, when the cam again throws said dog out of engagement with said cog-wheel 11 and the rolls again revolve until stopped by said dog, thus insuring a good impression on the type Without injury to the paper and at the same time giving such space between the names as the operator may require.

In order to overcome the momentum acquired by the paper-roll 29 during the period occupied by the printing operation, when the paper must be stationary, I preferably employ a tension or brake constructed as follows: 71 designates a disk or wheel mounted upon the shaft 28, and 72 a flexible strap which peripherally engages said disk or wheel and is secured at one end, as at 73, to the table and at its opposite end toa spring 74, said spring having its lower end attached to an eyebolt or equivalent device 75, whereby the tension of the strap may be increased or diminished.

76 designates a pair of standards which are secured to the table at opposite sides of the galley and rearward of the roll 29, and journaled in and between said standards are a pair of engaging ink-distributing rolls 77 and 78, the lower one of which is adapted to ap ply ink to each successive type as the galley passes through the machine in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 2. The passage of said galleys by the engagement of said type therefore causes an intermittent rotatable action of said rollers, so that a freshly-inked surface is presented to the name of each subscriber that all may be properly printed at the proper time. The upper roll is adapted to take ink from the reservoir 79, which is preferably of substantially V form and having one section 80 of its bottom adjustable relatively to the other, so as to increase or diminish the size of the passage. It is preferably mounted to slide between cleats 81, but may be arranged in any other suitable manner. The reservoir is also provided with spring clips or arms 82 and 83 for engage ment with the standards 76 to support it reliably in position, though it is to be understood that the fountain may be supported in any other suitable manner.

. The general operation is as follows: Supposing the paper to be arranged as illustrated most clearly in Fig. 1 and as hereinbefore explained, the operation of the beltwheel 34 in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 1, causes the rotation of the cranks 37 and the reciprocal movement of thehead-block or platen, so as to cause the latter to press firmly upon the paper as each subscribers name comes to a stop below the paper and in vertical alinementwith the platen, the re ciprocal movement of the platen, through the medium of the rock-shaft 56 and other parts described, causing the dog carrying frames to rock back and forth and advance the galleys step by step, one step with each movement of the platen. The chain 66 also imparts movement to the gearing and rollers hereinbefore described, so as to feed the paper intermittently in the direction indicated by the arrow a, Fig. 1, the paper movement taking place during the rise and fall of the platen and the movement of the galleys. The paper-controlling devices,however, are of such relation,proportions,and adjustment that the paper travels several times the distance represented by the movement of the galleys, so that the names shall be spaced at the requisite distances apart.

By diminishing the length of the mutilated portion of the gear-wheel 16 the distance between the names may be increased, and by increasing or diminishing the size of said wheel the speed of travel of the paper will be increased or diminished, and consequently the wrapper will be longer or shorter.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a newspaperwrapperprinting machine which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of invention, and it is obvious that this machine may also be employed in other kinds of work, and it is to be understood that changes of form, detail construction, arrangement, and proportion may be made and equivalents substituted without departing from the spirit and scope or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

If it is desired to print the name of the subscriber directly upon the margin of the paper, whether folded or unfolded, all that need be done is to remove the paper strip and place the papers successively under the platen, so that as it descends the name of the subscriber will be printed upon the under side of the paper. When marking papers in this Way, the paperfeeding mechanism may be thrown out of gear, as it performs no function. With this machine, therefore, it is obvious that the names of subscribers may be printed directly upon the paper much quicker than by the old method, where printed stickers are employed-the method now in common use-and it is also obvious, as hereinbefore intimated, that this machine may be employed for printing names and addresses not only upon newspapers and newspaper Wrappers, but also upon magazines and other publications,wrappers therefor, and upon packages and package-wrappers, and may be used in many other connections not necessary to enumerate in this connection.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A machine of the character described, comprising a frame or table, a type-galley mounted therein, and provided with teeth, rock-frames carrying dogs engaging said typegalley, a rock-shaft, an arm carried thereby, a rock-frame pivoted to said arm, a second rockfra1ne, and links connecting said frame with the arm of said rock-shaft, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a suitable frame or table, having a longitudinal slot, of a type-galley supported therein, a platen above said slot, galley and web of paper resting upon the table, a frame carrying said platen and mounted to reciprocate vertically, a rockshaft, an arm secured thereto, a rock-frame connected to said arm, and adapted to cause an intermittent movement of the type-galley, an arm projecting from said rock-shaft, and engaging said reciprocatory frame, and means to reciprocate said frame and thereby synchronously operate the platen and the typegalley, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a suitable frame or table, having a longitudinal slot, of a type-galley supported therein, a platen above said slot, galley and web of paper resting upon the table, 2. frame carrying said platen and mounted to reciprocate vertically, a rock-shaft, an arm secured thereto, a rock-frame connected to said arm aiid adapted to cause an intermittent movement of the type-galley, a second rockframe adapted to cause a corresponding and synchronous movement of a second type-galley,link-bars connectingthe last-named frame with the arm of said rock-shaft, an arm projecting from said rock-shaft and engaging the rcciprocatory frame, and means to reciprocate said frame, substantially as described.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a suitable frame or table, having a longitudinal slot, a horizontal series of rollers therein, and type-galleys upon said rollers and within said slots, of rollers journaled above the table, and connected by a web or strip of paper, depression-rollers holding the paper down upon the table, the foremost depression-roller being also a feedroller, and a second feed-roller below the firstnamed and bifurcated at its center so as to permit the type-galley to pass therethrough, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a suitable frame or table having a longitudinal slot, a horizontal series of rollers therein, and type-galleys upon said rollers and within said slot, of rollers journaled above the table, and connected by a web or strip of paper, depression-rollers holding the paper down upon the table the foremost depression-roller being also a feedroller, a second feed-roller below the firstnamed, and bifurcated at its center so as to permit the type-galley to pass therethrough, a reciprocatory platen above the table and rearward of said feed-rollers, means to cause said platen to reciprocate at intervals and the type-galley to travel with a step-by-step movement, and means to stop the rotation of the feed-rollers, and therefore of the paper, just before the downstroke of the platen is completed, substantially as described.

(3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a suitable frame or table having a longitudinal slot, a horizontal series of rollers therein, and type-galleys upon said rollers and Within said slots, of rollers journaled above the table, connected by aweb or strip of paper, depression-rollers holding the paper down upon the table; the foremost depression-roller being also a feed-roller, a second feed-roller below the first-named, and bifurcated at its center so as to permit the type-galley to pass therethrough, a reciprocatory platen above the table and rearward of said feed-rollers, means to cause said platen to reciprocate at intervals and the type-galley to travel with a step-by-step movement, means to stop the rotation of the rollers, and therefore of the paper, just before the downstroke of the platen is completed, and means to start the movement of said rollers and the paper immediately after the platen begins its upward stroke, substantially as described.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a suitable table, rollers journaled above the same and connected by a web of paper, feed-rollers engaging said paper at its opposite sides and geared together, a continuously-rotating shaft belted to the roller upon which the paper is to be Wound, a mutilated cog-wheel upon the opposite end of the shaft, which for a part of its revolution meshes with the gearing of said feed-rollers, and means to check the rotation of said feedrollers at the instant the mutilated gear-wheel is disengaged therefrom, substantially as de-- scribed.

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a suitable table, rollers journaled above the same and connected by a web of paper, feed-rollers engaging said paper at its opposite sides and geared together, a continuously-rotating shaft belted to the roller upon which the paper is to be wound,

a mutilated cog-wheel upon the opposite end of the shaft, which for a part of its revolution meshes With the gearing of said feedrollers, a dog to check the rotation of said feed-rollers at the instant the mutilated gearwheel is disengaged therefrom, and means to throw said dog out of gear with said feedrollers at the instant the mutilated gear- Wheel moves into gear with said rollers, sub stantially as described.

9. In a machine of the character described, a frame or table, a traveling galley thereon, rollers connected by a web of paper arranged and held adjacent to the type of the galleys, and feed-rollers engaging the paper above and below, the lower one being bifurcated to permit the galley to pass therethrough, substantially as described.

10. In a machine of the character described, a frame or table, a galley thereon, rollers connected by a web of paper held adjacent to the type of the galleys, feed-rollers engaging the paper at the opposite sides, one of them being diametrically reduced or bifurcated that the galley may pass; a reciprocatory platen above the table, means to cause the platen to reciprocate and the galley to advance step by step, and means to stop the rotation of the feed-rollers just before the downstroke of the platen is completed.

11. In a machine of the character described, a table or frame, a galley mounted thereon, a rock-frame connected to the galley to advance it with a step-by-step movement, a platen above the galley,a frame carrying said platen, a rock-shaft connected to the rock-frame and the reciprocatory frame, a driven crank-shaft connected to operate said connected parts, a pair of feed-rollers above and below the plane of the galley, intermeshing gear-wheels carried thereby, a shaft geared to the crank-shaft, a mutilated gear-wheel thereon and arranged to drive said rolls, a dog engaging one of the gear-wheels when the latter is not engaged with the mutilated gear, and a cam rotating with the latter and adapted to disengage said dog as the mutilated gear rengages the gearwheel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two. witnesses.

- THOMAS WOLFE. Witnesses:

GEO. H. ENGLISH, DANL. B. HOLMES.

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