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(N0 Model.) H. WOODABD,

MACHINE FOR SEALING NEWSPAPERS. No. 285,337. Patented Sept. 18, 1883.

IIT T UNITED STATES PATENT Qrricn.

JAMES H. WOODARD, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR or ONE- HALF TO JOSEPH w. snnnwoon, or SAME rLAcE.

-'- MACHIN E FO R SEALING NEWSPAPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,337, dated September 18, 1883.

' Application filed June 11,1883.' No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. \VooDAnD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented an Improved Machine for Sealing Newspapers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for sealing the free edges of a newspaper or other folded publication.

The object of my invention is to rapidly cut, fold, and paste over the free edges of folded newspapers short narrow strips of paper for the purpose of indicating to the publisher whether papers returned to him by his agents as unsold have been unfolded.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a partial plan, and Fig. 3 is a partial elevation.

Like figures indicate the sameparts in all the views.

a is a long narrow strip of paper coiled on a reel, 1).

c is a dish for containing paste.

dis a grooved roll mounted in suitable bearings in frame 6, so as to revolve and to dip into the paste in dish 0. Roll (1 corresponds in length to the width of strip a, and the groove y therein is for the purpose of applying the paste along the edges of a and leaving the center unpasted.

f is a feed-roll for drawing strip a from the reel.

. his an idler-roll, shorter than groove 9 in in roll d, and resting against feed-rollf, which is secured to a shaft, j is a ratchet-wheel, also secured to the same shaft.

7c is an arm turning loosely on shaft 2', and having a pawl, Z, pivoted thereto and adapted to engage ratchet-wheel j.

m is a folded newspaper, which is pushed forward over the table a by a friction-wheel, 0, whichis mounted on a shaft, 1), having bearings in main frame A. The periphery of wheel 0 is cut away from 1 to 2 sufficiently to'clear paper an. qis aface-plate, also secured to shaft 11. It is provided with a wrist-pin, 1', which is connected with arm is by connecting-rod s.

w forward and the strip is cut in two.

1!, t are rollers extending from side to side of frame A, and driven by a belt, a, from a pulley secured to shaftp, and shown in dotted lines beyond wheel 0.

o is a sliding knife-bar carrying a cuttingedge at 'w. Said knife-bar. is forced forward by a tappet, 00, secured to shaft 1), and is re. tracted by a spring, y. 3 is aflat spring resting 011 strip a, and acting as a brake to keep said strip taut.

The operation of my machine is as follows:-

Strip a is drawn over roll (1, receiving therefrom paste along its edges, and then drawn downward between rolls f and h till the end reaches below knife w. Power is applied in any suitable manner to turn shaftp and wheel 0 inthe direction indicated by the arrow. \Vhile the smaller diameter of wheel 0 is opposite table n a newspaper, folded in the man ner usual when sent to news agents, is laid upon the table, with the free or outer edges under the center of wheel 0. \Vhen the larger diameter of the wheel comes opposite the table, the paper is caught and slid forward on the table. At the same time, feed-roll f is partially revolved by means of face-plate q, eonnecting-rod 8, arm 70, pawl Z, and ratchet-wheel j, thus drawing strip a downward till the lower end is about two and onehalf inches below the knife. As soon as the downward movement of the strip is complete tappet a: forces knife At the same instant, the edges of the paper or come in contact with the portion cut off at about the center of its length and thrust it forward between rollers tf, which ,grip the paper and draw it through between them, doubling the strip over the edges of and pressing it down upon the paper, where it adheres.- Paper m cannot now be unfolded without tearing the strip at the fold.

It is desirable in some cases to print upon the sealing-strip the name of the paper or some other distinguishing mark. For this purpose feed-roll f has type out in its periphery, as seen in Fig. 2, and an ink-fountain, B, and distributing-rolls z z are provided.

I claim as my invention- A machine for sealing the free edges of folded papers, consisting of the following elements:

' a main frame, a table mounted on said frame,

means for sliding a folded newspaper horizontally 011 said table, means for feeding at regular intervals a narrow strip of paper from a continuous roll in front of the advancing edge of said newspaper, means for applying paste to one side of said strip of paper, means for cutting successive portions from said strip, and

means for folding said out portion over the IO edges of and pressing it upon the said newspaper, all constructed and combined substantially as shown and described. 1

JAMES H. XVOODARD.

lVitn esses DANIEL IHACAULEY, H. P. I-Ioon.

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