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P at ented lune l3, I899. L. c. CROWELL.

FOLDING AND WRAPPING MACHINE.

(Application filed May 11, 1897.)

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FOLDING AND WRAPPING MACHINE.

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FOLDING AND WRAPPING MACHINE.

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L6. CBUWELL. FOLDING AN D WRAPPING. MACHINE.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUTHER o. OROWELL, on NEW YoRK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT HOE,

THEODORE H. MEAD, AND CHARLES \V. CARPENTER, OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDING AND WRAPPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,674, dated June 13, 1899. Application filed May 11, 1897. Serial No. 636,048. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUTHER C. CROWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, (Brooklyn) county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding and Vrapping Machines, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings,forming a part of the IO same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved machine of that class used for folding and wrapping newspapers and other periodicals for mailing or other purposes, and

especially to provide a compact and at the same time simple and efficient machine of that class.

The invention relates to means for wrapping the papers, to means for folding the papers, and to the organization of a complete machine for folding and wrapping.

The machine is of that class in which the paper is advanced with one, end of the wrapper projecting behind the paper sufficiently to overlap upon a layer of wrapper on the paper and the paper then delivered between pressing-surfaces, by which the loose end of the wrapper is pressed down on the layer of wrapper on the paper and secured by 0 paste previously applied; and the invention includes a novel construction of this class by which the carrier moves the end of the paper past an abutment by which the flap of the wrapper is turned about the end ofthe paper and delivers the end of the paper, with the wrapper overlapped thereon, to the pressing devices, the especial object being to provide a carrier which shall readily receive the paper, compress the paper while the flap of the wrapper is being folded about its end, and then advance it pqsitivelyinto the grasp of the pressing devices. Trapping mechanism constructed in accordance with this part of the invention may be fed by hand, or any 5 suitable devices may be provided for automatically feeding the papers and Wrappers at proper intervals, and it may be designed to wrap papers which have been folded to the desired size for wrapping, or the papers may be folded by any suitable mechanism cmbodied in and forming a part of the machine, or the wrapping mechanism may be combined with the folding and delivery mechanism of a printing-press, as is customary with other forms of wrapping mechanism now in use. The present invention, however, includes an improved folding mechanism by which a complete folding and wrapping machine is produced, and this folding mechanismincludes a carrier which receives the paper from feeding devices and folds the paper on the desired fold-line by moving pasta suitable abutment and delivers the folded edge of the paper between pressing devices, this part of the invention relating especially to the manner of mounting and operating the carrier so that the receiving end of the carrier is first caused to move past the abutment and then advanced longitudinally to carry the folded edge of the paper into the grasp of the pressing devices.

Paste for securing the flap of the wrapper may be applied to. the layer of'wrapper on the paper or to the flap of the wrapper by any suitable pasting devices. I prefer, however, to have the paste applied to the flap of the wrapper just before it is turned about the end of the paper, and I employ for this purpose an improved pasting mechanism, fully described hereinafter, which forms a feature of the present invention and which may be used inmachines of other classes.

As a full understanding of the several features of the invention can best be given by a detailed description of a complete folding and wrapping machine embodying the various features of the invention in a preferred form, such a description will now be given'in connection with the accompanying drawings, illustrating such a machine, and the features forming the invention will be afterward specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the gear side of the machine. Fig. 2 is aside view of the other side of the machine. Fig-.3 5 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line a of Fig. 3, showing in full lines the parts in their position when the first carrier is about to be actuated for folding the paper and in dot-ted lines the other extreme position :00

and path of the carriers. Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 6 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, the various parts of the machine are supported by side frames A and B and are so arranged that the papers being fed in at the rear end of the machine are associated with wrappers and advanced downwardly through the folding mechanism to the wrapping mechanism located in the lower forward end of the machine.

The machine as shown is intended to be supplied with newspapers partially folded, as by the delivery mechanism of a printing-press or other folding-machine for delivery to carriers or for street or counter sale or with other periodicals or books or pamphlets and is designed to fold such papers or other periodicals twice and to associate the wrappers with and fold them about the papers or other articles.

The machine will be described by following the course of the paper through the machine, describing the various parts generally in the order in which they act on the paper.

The papers 00 are fed into the machine by feeding- tapes 10 and 11, turning on rolls 12 and 13. The papers are advanced beyond the rolls 12 and 13 by feeding-tapes 14, passing around rolls 12 and around other rolls 15, and by a sectional roll 16, plates 17 being preferably provided to support the papers between the rolls 13 and 16. As the paper advances beyond the rolls 15 and 16 its forward end is received between the side plates a and b of a carrier 20. This carrier is pivotally mounted in arocking support formed by arms 21, carried by a rock-shaft 22. The rear end of the carrier beyond the point of connection with the arms 21 is guided'and supported by a slotted bar 23, pivoted at the ends, so as to form roekingguides for the carrier and so positioned wit-h relation to the rock-shaft 22 that when the arms 21 are rocked from the position shown in Fig. 4 in the direction of the arrow the front or receiving end of the carrier will be first moved transversely to the direction in which the papers are fed into the carrier, as shown in dotted lines extending from the end of the side plates a b of the carrier in Fig. 4, the guides rockin g as the carrier moves, and this transverse movement of the end of the carrier will, as the arms 21 approach the position shown in dotted lines in said figure, be changed to a bodily movement of the carrier forward in the direction of its length, so as to move it into the position shown in dotted lines in said figure. The power for rocking the support for the carrier, whereby the carrier is caused to move as above described, may be applied in any suitable manner and on any suitable part of the construction. In the construction shown the power is applied through the shaft 22. For the purpose of folding the paper against the edge of the plate a of the carrier as the front end of the carrier is moved transversely a suitable abutment is provided. In

the construction shown the sectional roll 16 acts as such an abutment. By the movement above described the carrier will be moved past the abutment, so as to feed the paper against the abutment and the carrier then advanced longitudinally to carry the folded edge of the paper between the pressing and feeding devices, which are formed, preferably, by a roll 30 and by tapes 31 passing around the roll 16 on the side toward the carrier and around the opposite side of the roll 30.

The shaft 22 is rocked for the advance movement of the carrier by means of a cam 24 on the main driving-shaft 100, said cam engaging an antifriction-roll on an arm 26, carried by the shaft 22. The cam 24 is formed to rock the shaft 22 for the advance movement of the carrier once for each revolution of the main drivingshaft and to hold the carrier in its delivery position while the paper is being drawn out of the carrier. A spring-rod 27, connected to an arm 23 on the shaft 22, holds the shaft 22 under spring tension to cause the roll 25 to follow the edge of the cam and rocks the shaft to return the carrier to its receiving position.

In the machine shown the wrappers y are associated with the papers before the papers receive their first fold, as above described. The wrapper-web is fed into the machine between feeding-rolls 34 and 35 and advanced between perforating- rolls 36 and 37, which are timed to perforate the wrapper-web in the desired wrapper lengths. The perforated web then passes between a second pair of feedingrolls 3S and 39, from which it is advanced between tapes '40 and 41, which tapes pass around the 'rolls 38 and 39 and around other rolls 42 and 43, respectively, guides 44 and 45 also being preferably used between rolls 38 and 39 and rolls 42 and 43. From the tapes 40 and 41 the wrappers are advanced over the roll 16 and associated with the papers as they pass between the tapes 14 and the roll 16, the parts preferably being timed so that the forward end of the wrapper shall meet the forward end of the paper, as shown, and the perforated wrapper being broken by the tapes 31, which run at a higher speed than tapes 4O 41. The wrapper is then fed forward with the paper into the carrier, and being on the lower side of the paper when the paper has received its first fold, as above described, the wrapper will be folded about the paper. The tapes 31 after passing about half-way around the roll 30 leave said roll and then turn in the opposite direction about the front of a sectional roll 32,'pass from said roll back over rolls 46 and 47, and then turn about a tensionroll 48 and up to the roll 16. e

The folded edge of the paper having been entered between the tapes 31 and roll 30 in the manner above described, the paper is drawn out of the carrier, turned about the roll 30, and as it is advanced from between the roll 30 and the tapes 31 is received between the side plates a b of a second carrier 50.

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This carrier is mounted and operated in a similar manner to carrier 20, being pivotally supported by arms 51, carried by a rock-shaft 52, and having its rear end sliding in a slotted bar 53, pivoted at its ends, so as to form rocking guides for the carrier, whereby when the shaft 52 is rocked the forward end of the carrier is first moved transversely, the guides rocking as the carrier moves, and then the carrier is moved forward longitudinally in the guides, as described in connection with carrier 20 and as shown in full lines in Fig. 4.

The shaft 52 is rocked to actuate the carrier 50 by means similar to those by which the shaft 22 is rocked to actuate the carrier 20. The shaft 52 has an arm 56, provided with an an tifriction-roll 55,which runs on the edge of a cam-disk 54 on the main drivingshaft 100, this cam being formed to rock the shaft 52 for the advance of the carrier once for each revolution of the driving-shaft and to hold the carrier in its delivery position while the paper is being drawn out of the carrier, and the shaft 52 is under tension to move the carrier back to its receiving position by means of a spring-rod 57, connected to an arm 58 on the shaft 52. I

The once-folded paper is advanced into the carrier 50 until the line of the desired fold is brought opposite the forward edge of the plate a of the carrier. The arms 51 being then moved in the direction opposite to that indicated by the double-headed arrow in Fig. 4, the carrier will be moved from the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4 to that shown in full lines, the'forward edges of the side plate a of the carrier following the path indicated by the arrow, thereby causing the part of the paper outside the carrier to be bent back about the edge of the plate CL of the carrier by contact with the roll 32, acting as an abutment for this purpose. Then by the further movement of the arms 51 the carrier will be advanced longitudinally and the folded edge of the paper entered between pressing and feeding devices formed by the roll 32 and a roll 59. The paper will then be advanced between the rolls 32 and 59 twice folded and with one end of the wrapper extending rearwardly from the paper to form a flap to be turned about the rearward end of the paper in the further operation of wrapping. From the rolls 32 and 59 the paper is advanced directly into a carrier 60, by the operation of which this folding of the rearwardly-extending flap of the wrapper is. accomplished.

The carrier 60 is formed of two sides 0-61. The side 0 is carried by arms 61, carried by a rock-shaft 62, and is preferably formed by a plate which is rigidly secured to a rod 63, extending between the arms 61. The carrier is provided with a stop or bottom 6, mounted to move with the side 6 and preferably made adjustable by being secured to the side plate by'a screw-and-slotconnection, as shown. The other side cl of the carrier is formedof a plate carried by a rock-shaft under yielding tension by means of a coiled spring 66 to move the side d toward the side 0. The side cl is limited in its movement toward the side 0 when the carrier is in its receiving position by suitable means, as by the stop 6 in the machine shown. The operation of this carrier will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings, the carrier being shown in full lines in its receiving position and the paper having just been fed into the carrier from the rolls 32 and 59. The shaft 62 is then rocked and the arms 61 thrown upward in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 4, thereby moving the side 0 of the carrier and the stop or bottom 6 about the shaft 62 as a center to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, the flap of the wrapper being by this operation turned about the rear end of the paper by an abutment suitably placed for this purpose, the feeding-roll 32 serving in the machine shown as such an abutment. Then as the carrier advances to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 the rear end of the paper, with the Wrapper folded about it, will be entered between the tapes 31 and the roll 46 and drawn out of the carrier and fed forward between the tapes 31 and tapes 68, passing around the rolls 46 and 47, and delivered after passing the roll 47 to any suitable receptacle or conveying devices, as may be desired. It will be seen that the carrier in transferring the paper to the rolls 32 46 moves in a path substantially longitudinal of the car'- rier and paper therein, so that by a simple and single movement of the carrier the folding operation is performed and the paper advanced longitudinally and carried into the grasp of the rolls 32 46.

The shaft 62 is rocked to actuate the side 0 of the carrier 60 by means of a cam 69, engaging an antifriction-roll '70 on an arm 7], carried by the shaft 62, and a spring-rod 72, connected to an arm 73 on the, shaft 62 and acting in opposition to the cam 69.

For the purpose of guiding and supporting TIO the papers as they are fed into the carriers 20 and 50 the side plates 1) of the carriers are preferably extended forward beyond the front or folding edge of the sides a of the carriers, the rolls 16, 30, 32, and 59 being grooved or formed in sections and the front edges of the sides 12' of the carriers being cut away to form fingers, which move between the sections of the rolls.

The side plate 0 of the carrier 60 is preferably cut away at its forward edge, so as to enter between the sections of the roll 59, thus enabling the carrier 60 to be mounted closer to the roll 59 without "danger of the papers being engaged and obstructed by the edge of the plate 6 as they are advanced into the carrier. The side d of the carrier 60 is also cut away to form fingers,which may enterbetween the sections of the roll 46. v

Any suitable pasting mechanism may be employed for applying paste to secure the rearwardly-extending flap of the. wrapper to the layer of wrapper on the paper. I prefer to employ, however, an improved pasting mechanism, which in itself forms apart of the present invention,and a construction embodying the same in the preferred form will now be described.

The feeding and pressing roll 59 is formed with a groove 80, extending longitudinally of the roll and having parallel sides, which act as guides for a paste block or bar 81, arranged so that it may be moved invsaid groove radially-that is, transversely to the surface of the roll 59. In the normal position of this pasteof the roll 59; but at the time it is desired to apply paste to the wrapper the block is moved outward, so that its face will contact with the flap of the wrapper as it passes between the rolls 32 and 59. The paste-block is then withdrawn within the periphery of the roll 59, so that by the rotation of the roll 59 when there is no wrapper-flap in position to be past ed the face of the paste-block will not contact with and apply paste to the surface of the roll 32 and will leave the normal space between the peripheries of the rolls 59 and 32. Then when the next paper has been fed between the rolls 32 and 59 into the carrier 60 the pasteblock 81 will be again advanced to apply paste to the flap of the wrapper and after doing its work will be again withdrawn. Paste is supplied to the paste-block 81 by a paste-roll 82, mounted to rotate in a paste-reservoir 83, the paste-block being advanced to receive the paste from the roll 82, preferably once for each advance of the block, for appl yin g'paste to the wrapper.

For the purpose of advancing the pasteblock for pasting the wrapper and for receiving paste from the roll 82 cam-disks 84 are provided at either end of the roll 59, having in their inner faces cam-grooves 85, in which travel extended ends 86 of the paste-block 81, said cam-disks 84 being preferably mounted free to rotate on the shaft of the roll 59.

The cam-grooves are of such a form that if the cams were stationary the paste-bloc-k would be held in its normal retracted position during the greater part of the rotation of the roll 59 and would be advanced once for each rotation of the roll 59 and be held in its advanced position during asmall portion of such rotation. Instead, however, of the'cam-disks 84 being stationary they are caused to rotate in the same direction as, but at a different speed from, the ro1l59. In the machine shown the roll 59 is rotated five times for each rotation of the main driving-shaft -thatis',five times for each paper passing between the rolls 59 and 32and the cam-disks 84 are. caused to rotate at such a relative speed as to advance the paste-block 81 once in every five revolutions of the roll 59 in position to apply paste to a wrapper-flap passing between the rolls 59 and 32 and once in every five revolutions of the roll 59 in position to receive paste from the paste-roll 82-that is, during each on its shaft meshing with the gear 101.

e of the roll 32.

five revolutions of the roll 59 the cam-disks 84 1 are revolved three times.

i revolution to each paper passing between the rolls a smaller roll making a greater number of revolutions than there are papers passing between the rolls, since as the paste-block is advanced for pasting only when a wrapperflap is passing between the rolls no paste will .at other revolutions of the roll be applied to the other roll of the pair or to papers passing ;between the rolls.

block 81i1s outer face lies inside the periphery Forthe purpose of insuring the proper tiniing of the papers as they are advanced to the 1 carrier 20 there are provided stops 90, carried by a rock shaft 91, mounted below the tapes 10 11 and actuated by a cam-plate 92 on the cam-disk 54, which engages an antifrictionroll 93 on the end of a spring-rod 94, the other end of which is connected to an arm 95 on the rock-shaft 91, so as to throw the stops 90 up into the path of the papers as they are advanced by the tapes 10 and 11and hold it until the proper time, when the cam allows the shaft 91 to be rocked by the spring-rod 94 to carry the stops 90 out of the path of the paper.

The various moving parts of the machine are driven from a main driving-shaft 100, which carries the cam- disks 24 and 54, by which the carriers 20 and 50 and the stops 90 are actuated, and which also carries a large gear 101, through which the other parts of the machine are driven, as follows: The roll 15 is driven by means of a gear 102 on its shaft, 1 meshing with the gear 101, and from this roll 15 the roll 12 is driven through the tapes 14.

The shaft of the roll 12 carries a gear 103,

which, meshing with a gear 104 on the shaft of the roll 13, drives said roll 13.

The shaft of the roll 16 carries a gear 105 and is driven through an intermediate 106, meshing with the'gear 105 and the gear 101. The shaft of 1 the roll 30 carries a gear 107, meshing with the gear 101. The roll 32 is driven from the gear 101 through an intermediate 108, meshing with the gear 101 and with a gear 109 on the shaft of the roll 32, and from this gear 109 the roll 46 isdriven through intermediates 110 and 111, meshing, respectively, with the gear 109 and with a gear 112 on the shaft of the roll 46. The roll 59 is driven by means of a gear 113 cam-disks 84 are each provided with a gear 114 and are driven by gears 115 on the shaft The shaft of the paste-roll 82 carries a gear 116, which is driven from the gear 101 through an intermediate 117. The cam 69, by which the shaft 62 is rocked, is driven from the shaft of the roll 32 bymeans of a gear 118 on said shaft meshing with a gear 119 carried by said cam.

The wrapper-feeding rolls 38 and 39 carry intermeshing gears 120 and 121 and are driven from the gear 112 onthe shaft of the roll 46 through a train of gears 122, 123, 124, and 125,

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the gear 125 meshing with a gear 126 on the shaft of the roll 39. The feeding-rolls 34 and 35 carry iniermeshing gears 128 and 129 and are driven from the gear 126 through an intermediate 130, mounted free to turn on the shaft ofthe roll 37 and meshing with the gear 126 and with a gear 131 on the shaft of the roll 35. The severing- rolls 36 and 37 also 'carry intermeshing gears 132 and 133 and are driven by a small gear 134, carried, by the gear 125 and meshing with a large gear 135 on the shaft of the roll 37.

The gearing is properly timed so that the papers will be fed into the carriers and the carriers actuated at the proper times for folding and wrappin g the papers, as hereinbefore described.

The operation of the machine as a whole will be readily understood from the foregoing description and need not be further set forth.

It will be understood that the features of the invention as hereinafter set forth in the claims may be embodied in machines differing widely from that shown and described for the purpose of illustrating the invention as embodied in a complete folding and wrapping machine and that the construction of the various features of the invention claimed may be varied without departing from the invention. It will also be understood that the devices described herein as employed for folding over the flap of the wrapper may be used also for folding a paper or other article not associated with a wrapper, and such use is within the invention.

While the invention has been described as especially applicable to wrapping newspapers and other publications,it will be understood that machines embodying the invention may be used for wrapping or folding or folding and wrapping other articles to which it may be found applicable and that such uses are within the claims, the term paper being used in the claims to include all articles and materials on which the machine is adapted to operate.

What I claim is 1. The combination with feeding devices and pressing devices, of a carrier receiving the paper from the feeding devices, a rocking support in which the carrier is pivotally mounted, and means for moving said support toward the pressing devices to carry the paper from the feeding to the pressing devices, the axis of the support being so positioned relatively to the carrier-pivot and feeding and pressing devices that the front end of the carrier is first moved transversely to the paper and the carrier is then advanced longitudinally to carry the paper into the grasp of the pressing devices, substantially as described.

2. The combination wit-h feeding devices including a feed-roll forming an abutment, and with pressingdevices, of acarrier receiving the paper from the feeding devices, a rocking support in which the carrier is pivotally mounted,- and means for moving said support toward the pressing devices to carry the paper from the feeding to the pressing devices, the axis of the support being so positioned relatively to the carrier-pivot and feeding and pressing devices that the front end of the carrier is first moved transversely past the abutment-roll and the carrier is then advanced longitudinally to carry the paper into the grasp of the pressing devices, substantially as described.

3. The combination with three rolls forming sets of feeding and pressing rolls, one of the rolls forming an abutment, of a carrier receiving the paper from the feeding-rolls, a rocking support in which the carrier is pivotally mounted, and'means for moving said support toward the pressing-rolls to carry the paper from the feeding to the pressing rolls, the axis of the support being so positioned relatively to the carrier-pivot and feeding and pressing rolls that the front end of the carrier is first moved transversely past the abutment-roll and the carrier is then advanced transversely to carry the paper into the grasp of the pressing-rolls, substantially as described.

4. The combination with feeding devices and pressing devices, of a carrier pivotally mounted in a rocking support, and a guide for the carrier behind the point of connection with said support, substantially as described.

5. The combination with feeding devices and pressing devices,'of a carrier pivotally mounted in a rocking support, and a rocking guide for the carrier behind the point of connection with said support, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a carrier, rock-arms 21 in which the carrier is pivotally mounted, a guide for the rear end of the carrier, and means for rocking the arms 21 to move the front end of the carrier transversely and then to move the carrier longitudinally forward, substantially as described.

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7. The combination of a carrier, arms 21 carried by a rock-shaft 22 and in which the carrier is pivotally mounted, rocking guides 23 for the rear end of the carrier, and means for rocking the shaft 22 to move the front end of the carrier transversely and then to move the carrier longitudinally forward, substantially as described. v

8. The combination with feeding devices including a sectional roll 16, and with pressing devices, of a carrier formed of side plates a, b, the side I) being extended beyond the front or folding edge of the side a ofthe carrier and cut away to form fingers to enter between the sections of the roll 16, a rocking support in which the carrier is pivotally mounted, and means for rocking the support and controlling the carrier to move the front edge of the carrier-plate a past theroll16 and then advance the carrier longitudinally to carry the folded edge of the paper-into the grasp of the pressing devices, substantially as described.

9. The combination with rolls 16 and 30, and tapes 31 passing part way around the. roll 16 and then in a reverse direction about the roll 30, of a carrier receiving the papers as they are advanced by the roll 16, and means for actuating the carrier to move it past the roll 16 and carry the folded edge of the paper between the roll 30 and the tapes 31, substantially as described.

10. The combination with rolls 16 and 30, and tapes 31 passing part way around the roll 16 and then in a reverse direction about the roll 30, of a carrier receiving the papers as they are advanced by the roll 16, and means for actuating the carrier to move the front end of the carrier transversely past the roll 16 and then advance the carrier longitudinally to carry the folded edge of the paper between the roll 30 and the tapes 31, substantially as described.

11. The combination with a series of rolls, as 16, 30 and 32, of tapes 31 passing around the front of roll 16, rear of roll 30 and front of roll 32, a carrier, and means for actuatingsaid carrier to move it past the roll 16 and then to advance it to carry the folded edge of the paper between the roll 30 and the tapes 31, a carrier receiving the once-folded paper as it is advanced from between the tapes 31 and the roll 32 and means for actuating said carrier to move it past the roll 32 and then to advance the folded edge of the paper between the ro1l32 and a member coacting with said roll 32 to form pressing devices, substantially as described.

12. The combination with rolls 16, 30, 32 and 59, of tapes 31, carriers 20, 50, rocking supports for said carriers, rocking guides 23, 53, carrier 60, and feeding devices coacting with tapes 31 in receiving and delivering a paper, all arranged and operating substantially as shown and described.

13. The combination with rolls 16, 30, 32 and 59, of tapes 31, carriers 20, 50, rocking supports for said carriers, and rocking guides 23, 53, all arranged and operating substantially as shown and described.

14:. The combination with rolls 16, 30, 32,

- and a feeding device coacting with roll 32, of

tapes 31, carriers 20, 50, rocking supports for said carriers, and rocking guides 23, 53, all arranged and operating substantially as shown and described.

15. The combination ofa carrier pivotally mounted in a rockingsupport, and a guide for the carrier behind the point of connection with said support, said guide and point of connection being in a line parallel with the direction of movement of the paper into the carrier, substantially as described.

16. The combination of a carrier pivotally mounted in a rocking support, and a rocking guide for the carrier behind the point of connection with said support, substantially as described.

17. The combination with a roll, of a pasteblook mounted in an openingin the roll to move transversely to the surface of the roll, means for rotating the roll, and means for advancing the paste-block for pasting'less frequently than the roll rotates, substantially as described.

18. The combination with a roll, of a pasteblock mounted in an opening in the roll to move transversely to the surface of the roll, means for rotating the roll, and means for advancin g the paste-block for pasting at intervals not agreeing with successive rotations of the roll, substantially as described.

19. The combination with a feeding-roll, of a paste-block mounted in an opening in the roll to move transversely to the surface of the roll, means cooperating with the roll to feed a comparatively thick body, and means for advancing the paste-block for pasting a comparatively thin body or sheet passing between said roll and said codperati 11g means, substantially as described.

20. The combination with a roll, of a pasteblock mounted in said roll to move transversely to the surface of said roll and having its ends extended beyond the roll, cam-disks mounted to rotate concentrically with the roll and controlling the movement of the pasteblock, and means for rotating the cam-disks in the same direction as but at a different rate of speed from the roll, substantially as described.

21. The combination of feeding devices for advancing a paper with a wrapper overlapping the leading end of the paper and projecting behind the paper so fiticiently to overlap on the layer of wrapper on the paper, and with pressing devices, of a'carrier receiving the paper from the feeding devices, and means for advancing the carrier from the feeding to the pressing devices, in a direction approximately longitudinal of the paper in the carrier during its entire movement from the feeding to the pressing devices to transfer the rear end of the paper to the pressing devices and simultaneously fold the wrapper over the end of the paper, substantially as described.

22. The combination of feeding devices for advancing the paper with a wrapper overlapping the leading end of the paper sufficiently to overlap on the layer of wrapper on the paper and with pressing devices, of a carrier receiving the paper from the feeding devices, and means for advancing the carrier from the feeding to the pressing devices in a circular path approximately longitudinal of the paper in the carrier during its entire movement from the feeding to the pressing devices to transfer the rear end of the paper to the pressin g devices and simultaneously fold the wrapper over the end of the paper, substantially as described.

23. The combination with feeding devices for advancing a paper with a wrapper overlapping the leading end of the paper and projecting behind the paper sufficiently to overlap on the layer of wrapper on the paper, and with pressing devices, of a carrier receiving IIO the paper from the feeding devices, and means for moving one side of said carrier in a direction approximately longitudinal of the paper in the carrier to transfer the rear end of the paper to the pressing devices and simultaneously fold the wrapper over the end of the paper, the other side of the carrier being supported independently of the first said side and under yielding tension to move toward said side, substantially as described.

2a. The combination with feeding devices for advancing a paper with a wrapper overlapping the leading end of the paper and projecting behind the paper sufficiently to overlap on the layer of wrapper on the paper, and with pressing devices, of a carrier receiving the paper from the feeding devices, means for moving one side of said carrier in a direction approximately longitudinal of the paper in the carrier to transfer the rear end of the paper to the pressing devices and simultaneously fold the wrapper over the end of the paper, the other side of the carrier being sup ported independently of the first said side and under yielding tension to move toward said side, and a stop limiting the movement of the second said side toward the first said side when the carrier is in receiving position, substantially as described.

25. The combination with feeding devices andpressing devices, of a folding carrier mounted to move from the feeding to the pressing devices in a circular path approximately longitudinal-of the carrier, substantially as described.

26. The combination with feeding devices and pressing devices, of a folding-carrier consisting of two sides, one of which sides is mounted to move from the feeding to the pressing devices in a circular path approximately longitudinal of the carrier, and the other side being under yielding tension to move toward the first said side, substantially as described.

27. The combination with feeding devices and pressing devices, of afolding-carrier consisting of two sides, one of which is mounted to move from the feeding to the pressing devices in a circular path approximately longitudinal of the carrier, and the other side being supported independently of the first said side and under yielding tension to move toward said side, substantially as described.

28. The combination with feeding devices and pressing devices, of a folding-carrierconsisting of two sides, one of which is mounted to move from the feeding to the. pressing devices in a circular path approximately longitudinal of the carrier, and the other side being supported independently of the first said side and under yielding tension to move toward said side, and a stop limiting the movement of the second said side toward the first said side when the carrier is in receiving position, substantially as described- 29. A carrier having a side 0 carried .by pivoted arms 61, and a side (1 supported independently of the side 0 and under yielding tension to move toward the side 0, substantially as described.

30. A carrier having a side 0 carried by pivoted arms 61, and a side d supported independently of the side 0 and under yielding tension to move toward the side 0, and a stop e carried by the side a, substantially as described.

31. A carrier having a side 0 carried by pivoted arms 61, and a side (I carried by a rock-shaft '65 under yielding tension to move the side d toward the side 0, substantially as described.

32. The combination with feeding devices and pressing devices, of a folding-carrier having a side 0 carried by pivoted arms61, and a side 01 carried by a rock-shaft under yielding tension to move the side d toward the side 0, and a stop limiting the movement of the side 01 toward the side 0 when the carrier is in' receiving position, substantially as described.

33. The combination of the carrier 20,rocking guide-bar 23, rock-arms 21, anda receiving device to which the paper is advanced by the carrier, substantially as described.

34. The combination of the sectional roll 16, carrier 20 having the side 6 extended beyond the side a and cut away to form fingers to extend between the sections of the roll 16, rocking guide-bar 23, and rock-arms 21, substantially as described.

35. The combination of the rolls 16, 30 and 32, tapes 31, and carriers moving past the rolls 16 and 32, substantially as described.

36. The combination of the rolls 16, 30 and 32, tapes 31, tension-roll 48 for said tapes, and carriers moving past the rolls 16 and 32, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LUTHER G. OROWVELL.

Witnesses:

C. J. SAWYER, A. L. KENT.

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