US8619A - Machine for ruling paper - Google Patents

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No. 8,619. PATENTED-DEGiZS, 1851'.

J. A. & G. L. WRIGHT.

MACHINE 'FOR RULING SHEETS o-P PAP R.

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PATENTED DEC. 23'. 1851.

J. A. a; G. L. WRIGHT. MACHINE FOR RULING SHEETS OF PAPER.

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J. AMES AND G. L. WRIGHT, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR RULINGPAPER.

.. Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that we, JOHN Arms and GEORGE L. VRIGHT, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful or Improved Machine for Ruling Sheets of Paper; and we do hereby declare that the same is;

fully described and represented in the following specification and drawings, letters, figures, and references thereof.

Of the said drawings,Figure 1, denotes a u top view of our said machine.

Fig. 2, is a side elevation of it.

The machine hereinafter described is for the purpose of ruling a sheet of paper, on both of its opposite pages or sides, and down the page so as to have a heading ormargin, at the top of each side or page.

A,in the drawings represents the frame for supporting the operative parts. It may be made in any proper manner, or of any suitable material or materials.

B, and C, are the two revolvingcylinders or drums, on which the sheet of paper is supported, while the pens are in action upon it. Each of these cylinders has applied. toit a series of ruling pens, or a ruling apparatus table or board G, and a guide roller or drum H. Near to the cylinder B, is another roller or drum 1, directly under which the. said endless apron passes. In connection with the cylinder B, and C, sundry drum or re-' volving rollers I, .K, L, M, N, O, are used,

and arranged asflseen in the drawings. A

series of endless bands or guide strings R, R,

&c., are made to extend about the rollers or drums I, K, L, and to rest onthe top surface of that ,part of the endless apron F, which passes over a portion of the upper half of e the cylinder B. Another series of such endless strings P, P, &c., are carried aboutthe cylinders B, C,the endlessapron F, and the drums or rollers M, N, O. The direction. of

the movement of each of the said cylinders,

accompanying Fig. 3, is a central, vertical, and longitudinal section of it.

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strings P, will be carried forward over the cylinder B, and between the apron F 'anol the series of endless strings R, R, etc'i, and will be ruled on one side by the ruling apparatus D. Thence it will be moved still carried between them and the cylinder C, and be turned over or'reversed, so asto bring its opposite surface into contact with the ruling apparatus E, which will,while the paper is passing under it, rule such side of the paper. e

Having thus premised we now shall proceed to describe our improvements, the first of which is, to regulate the overlap of each sheet over the sheet in advance of it, so as to produce the heading. The second of the same is to change the overlap in suchma nner, as to make each sheet overlap the one in rear of it, and this after the operations of the first ruling apparatus have been performed, the said change of overlap being for the purpose of preparing the two sheets, so that they may be ruled with headings on their opposite pages. e

Near to the drum or roller 1, and just above the apron F, we place a horizontal rocker shaft S, whose journals 5, b, we support in suitable bearings c, 0. Two or any other suitable number of projections d, d, are made to extend down from t-heshaft far enough so as whenin a vertical position, to very nearlybut not quite touch a sheet of paper when placed on the apron F. In other words their lower edges should be at such distance from the top surface of the apron, as to permit the sheet of paper to be freely moved between them and the apron, while at the same time, they would not allow a second sheet, placed on thefirst one, to so pass, but would extend below its top surface sufiiciently to arrest any motion of it,'which would be likely to take place, in

consequence of the movement's of the endless apron. 4

An arm e extends from one end of the shaft S, and has a spring T, made to bear it downward, such spring being affixed to the further on the endless strings P,etc., and

main frame. There is also another arm Z, extended from the shaft, in a direction opposite to that of the extension of the first arm. This second arm is made to enter,'and operate in connection with a recess or space 9, formed within the cylinder or drum I. In Fig. 4, we have exhibited a vertical sec tion of the said two arms, the shaft S, the

roller I, and its recess. In Fig. 5, we have given a front view of the shaft S, and its projections d, d.

During the greater part of the revolution of the roller I, the part it 2' 7c, of its surface, is made to bear upon the arm f, so as to cause the projections d, d, to stand in a vertical plane, or to so stand, that their lower edges shall be in the lowest position they are to take; but as soon as the commence.

ment or side 70, of the notch g, passes by the end of the arm, the arm is set free, so as to enable it to pass into the notch, and the spring T, to throw down the arm 6, and

thereby turn the shaft S, so as to elevate the lower ends of the projections cl, cl, or move such projections, into such an inclined position as to carry their lower ends or edges a distance above the upper surface of the apron F, which shall be more than double the thickness of a sheet of paper. Such being the state of things, if we place a sheet of paper, on the endless apron, it will be caused to pass underneath the projections d, d, and between the roller 1, and the apron. Now while such sheet is so in motion, if

we lay upon it another sheet of the same Fig. 6, represents the said mode of lap- I ping the sheets of paper, sheet 2, being lapped upon sheet 1, while a next succeeding sheet 3, is similarly lapped on sheet 2. As soon as the lapped sheet has been properly seized by and between the endless apron F,

and the roller I, the projections cl, cl, should be moved down into their lowest position, so as to be ready to arrest the next suceeding sheet the length of the notch 9-, being properly regulated to produce such effect. As the sheets are laid upon the apron they are placed with one of their side edges against astraight ledge or guide is.

Before the sheets are subjected to the acwhat we claim is tion of'the second ruling apparatus, by i which they are ruled on their opposite surfaces, a change in their overlapping of one another must take place, in order to produce the headings at the tops of said opposite surfaces or pages. In other words they must be made to lap upon one another, as exhibited in Fig. 7 wherein sheet 1, is shown as resting and lapping over sheet 2,

while sheet 2 is shown as lapping over sheet 3. In order to effect such change, we make use of a horizontal shaft U, having'a series of lifters, wipers, or arms V, V, extending from it. Such shaft we place about midway between the cylinders B and C, and cause its journals to be supported in boxes W, W.

The arms of the shaft should be of such length, and the said-shaft should be put in revolution in such manner, as to cause the front or forward sheet of paper, (when its front edge is grasped between the cylinder C, and the endless bands P, etc.) to be raised or forced upward at its rear end, and while the rear end of the next sheet in rear of it, is firmly grasped between the two series of bands or strings R, and P, the degree of elevation of the front sheet being such, as to draw its rear end or parts,-out from underneath the sheet in rear and next to it. The rotation of the arms V, V, which are made to'extend between the strings P, P, causes the sheet in advance to be thus raised up, and while the arms are rising upward this takes place. As soon as they begin, and while they continue to descend, the said sheet will be lowered down upon the one I next in rear of it as seen in Fig. 7.

The roller or drum I, is supposed to be put in motion by the endless bands R, R, which receive motion by pressure against the apron F, put in motion by the cylinder B, which latter, as well as the cylinder C, recelves motion by any convenient or proper means. A spur gear 772., on the shaft of the roller I, by -means of connecting gears n, 0,

imparts motion to a gear 10, (fixed on the shaft U) and consequently to the shaft U, and its lifters.

Having thus described our improvements,

1. The shaft S, and its (operating as above set forth) or any mechanical equivalent contrivances, in combination with the carrying apparatus, or endless tapes P, P, &c., R, R, &c., on which projections d, d, j

the sheets are received, moved andv introduced to the action of the ruling apparatus,

such carrying apparatus being made, so as to operate essentially. as above described.

2. And we also claim the shaft U, and its lifters, in combination with the carrying apparatus or endless strings P, P, and the two sets of ruling apparatus, or contrivances for supporting and ruling the paper, on our signatures, this fourteenth day of July both sides as described, such shaft and Hit A. D. 1851.

ers, or the lifting apparatus, as it may be JOHN AMES. 1 termed, being for the purpose of changing GEO. L. WRIGHT. 5 the overlap of the sheets, in manner as here- Witnesses:

' inbefore explained. HENRY A. ENsIGN,

In testimony whereof We have hereto set HENRY MORRIS.

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