US1774779A - Paper lead for the upper decks of printing presses - Google Patents

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Sept. 2, 1930. H. A. W. WOOD PAPER LEAD Pox THE UPPER DECKS 0F PRINTING PRE'SSES Fild Dec. 20, .1926

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P APER LEAD FOR THE UPPER DECKS OF PRINTING- PRESSES Filed Dec. 20, 1926 h :Z Sheets-Sheet 2 v Patented Sept. l 193( of the invention will appear hereinafter.

had tothe accompanying 'that the webs, as delivered, 'willrunparallel with-each other and' one1over"the'other, in registratiomitothe folder; This would neces-v I theplacing of v another reel'beyond-the endreelR. Toover- 5 come this difiiculty; shorten the" web path, anclzse t re the'f advantagesincident to the the press showing also thepath ofthe web from" the supply roll to the upperideck. 3G Y sible, on the floor level, :one beside another 7 a deck located abovethem,

HENRY A. wIsE woon, or

- I v in H ew. YORK, n. 5., AssIenort-rowoon nnwsrerim Ms CHINERY CORPORATION, or NEW YORK; 1\T. 2;,njdo3ro1earion or vmemm PAPER LEADFORHTHE UPPER ecks or amma 333553 Application filed December 20, 1926." Serial Il'e. 155,949." '1 p ,Q v v This invent-ion relates to that class of prlnt-r ing presses in which, on account of the lack of floor space or for other reasons, the press is placed ontop of one of the usual units, forming an-upper deck. v

Theprincipal object of the inventionisto provide means for feeding thefwebto the upper deck and from that to'thej -fold1ng mechanism, without encountering the difii: culties that have structions. Thes'edifiiculties were due to the fact that the web had to be carried to the upper deck from a lev'el below the lower decks,

and from the furthermost point 01": the units placed on the floor. I provide a more direct pathfor the web from the supply roll to the upper deck;

Reference is to be drawings in which 7 r v I 7 I Fig. 1 is a side viewof a printing presshav ing a plurality with a preferred embodiment of this invention applied there- Fig.- 2 is a plan of the same; and Fig. 1s-a fragmentary end' viewtot Printing'pressunlts are arranged, fposj with a paper supply directly; underneath v them on a lower level, ordinarily called the reelroom; When an additional unit is re- 1 ,web is printed it will go quired and there is'po morecfloor, room for it,;it is common 'tofplace it upon one. of the existingv units. 1 This, however, involves the problem of feeding the paper to is necessary tobring the paper to' the upper the furth'erinostpointinthe'series of units on the floor.

more directly into the folder. The advantageofthisisfpartly overcome the fact t'h'at the web rollio'r arranged. at the Op-g series of, units and" the upper deck had to be pposite enjdgoii the whole a unit of a eral inits;

beenround-in previous conf pos tions.

the upper j will 'nisnrF. Other objects and advantages 1 I the pressare all-placed with the axes of the H of units at the fioorlevel andf nst s- 11 1 3 rolls l arranged 'longitudinaljwith{respect'to thelength of the press, or at right angles to.

he' us'i a'l construction This enables me; to put this'reel, or whatever supportis used, 'atthe sideaoff'one of'the reels R as shown v a f moreclearly in Fig. 2. The web "is then run j] j V 85 v overagnideroll10 aI dov-er turning run over'the other a webs and in registration therewith to the i' unit I]; This web, is thenoperated upon;- 905- livered at the top and down into thefolderif I in registration with the other three webs, in"-" l 4 this particular machine. i i a J. I

v i: This shortens the web path from the running. web roll'to the; upper deck'and that without.hindering theway in which'the web is finally delivered 'frompthat unit or deck to ,In' addition tO 'theQfactthat it; shortens the "length: of the I web path, it, 10f

7 It p asses p the upper- :deck, which involves several difficulties. It

V ldeckfroin the endofthe press, thatis,.fr0n

This deck is placed near the rold ing unit, when convenient, sojthat after the} more vpress unlts.

For the-purpose of solving these difficulties I'have provided a. novel-arrangement .for; r

feeding'an upper deck without carrying the paperall the way through or overfthe sevlnthis case, the three lower'units U are" indicated atthe floor level" arranged in lin e asusua'l. i'The ,three'reels R for-carrying the spare'r'olls and therunning rollfor supplying the web are indicated in their usual deliver directly' to ftheifolding'mecha w On the frame of the machine 1 r above one'of.therunits'isplaced the unitU of leckin the usual positionwhere 1t v "It-"will be seen' that the unitstof printing-couples parallel with eachother so under the old practice,

sitate,

I have provided a reel; Rfdi' supplyupwardly at the side; as indicated Fig.- '3'.

bars-'11 to turn-this web to:

in the usual way 'in this'upper' deck and fde the folder;

.courseynecessitates more sp acejat'the side for;

I the extra reel R. That space, however, is

paper printing press and'can be used gen-- more-apt to be available than further space at the end. 1 a

a It will be understood of course that, although I have illustrated and described only a single type ofpress, this invention. is independent of any particular type of newserally in the newspaper industry. Although I have illustrated and described only one form of the invention I am aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art Without de I parting from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims.

Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to i the details of construction herein shown and described, but what I do claim is Y 1. In a newspaper printing. machine, the combination with a lower deck consisting of plurality of units and an'upper deck having means for receiving a web, printing it, and delivering it to a folding mechanism, the printing couples of the two decks being arranged parallel of a websupply device for the upper deck delivering aweb thereto in V 'avplane, which; at the web supply, is substan- 'tially at right angles tof-the plane at which the webs aredeliveredto the units of the lower deck, and means associated with the upper deck for turning the web torun in a direction paralleltoithe path of the webs from the lower deck intothe folding mechanism. g a 2. In a newspaper printing machine, the combination with a lowerdeck and an upper deck, ofa support having a web roll for i supplying the upper deck located at the end "of oneof the press unitsqand at a levelbelow it and delivering the web ina-direction transverse to, the direction in-which the webs are delivered-tothe units'offtheclower deck, in a path locatedbeyond the end of one of the lower decks from below said lowerdeck to i l the upper deck. c p 7 the top of thatlower deck, and turning bars between the uppjer and lower decks for turning'said webinto a path parallel with and above the web paths of the lower decks into Intestimonywhereof have hereunto affixed my' signature.

HENRY A. WISE WOOD.

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