June 23, 1925.

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F. I: ZACHER
FOLDING MACHINE

Filed June 28, 1924

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' Patented June 23, 1925.

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PATENT OFFICE.
FRED T. ZACHER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
FOLDING MACHINE.
Application ?led June 28, 1924. Serial No. 722,975.
To all whom it may concern:

advance and insure their individual feeding.

Be it known that I, FRED T. ZACHER. a Both of the rollers 72 and b are operated in '

citizen of the United States, residing at St.

a counterclockwise directlon as seen 1n Fm.

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Louis. Missouri, have invented a new and 2. [The rolls a? are actuated by the belt (if
useful Folding Machine, of which the follow to move the sheets individually toward the

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ing is a speci?cation.

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folding mechanism. From the rolls d the

This invention relates to improvements in sheets pass between the buckling rolls 6 and
folding machines.
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f and thence to the folding mechanism in
The invention comprises mechanism for cluding a roll 9 cooperating with the roll 7.
use in a sheet feeding and folding machine As is well known machines of the type illus

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whereby, when a sheet ,is folded to form trated are operable to fold a sheet longitudi

page leaves. the leaves are secured together nally and transversely to provide a plurality
along the fold lines as an incident .to the of page leaves. Certain of the page leaves
are united at their folded ends which makes 7O
Another object of the invention is to pro it necessary to cut said'folded ends to per

operation of the folding mechanism. 1 15

vide mechanism of the characterand for the mit opening or separation of the leaves.
purpose stated in the preceding paragraph,
My invention comprises mechanism em
in combination with mechanism for cutting bodied in a folding machine for adhesively
the leaves at their end foldsto permit sepa-v uniting the page leaves of pamphlets along
ration of the leaves while said leaves remain their median fold lines and for cutting the
adhesively united along their median folded folded ends of the page leaves to'permit

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separation thereof. As shown a shaft 1 is

Another object of the invention is' to pr0~ ., supported in advance of the folding mecha

line.

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vide mechanism for discharging from the

machine the strips cut from the folded sheet
so that said. strips will not become mixed
.with the ?nished product.
Other objects will appear from the fol

nism in bearings 2 and is rotated by a belt

3 engaging a pulley 4 on the shaft 5 of the'

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roller 6 and a pulley 6 on the shaft 1. _ A

disc 7 is attached to the shaft 1 and contacts

"with the sheets as they are fed to the folding
lowing description, reference being made to mechanism by the rolls 0?. The speed of ro
the drawing in whichtation of the disc 7 is the same as the speed
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a part of a well of movement of the sheets, so that the disc

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known sheet feeding and folding machine 7 neither retards nor accelerates the move
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which I have selected for the purpose of ment of the sheets passing to the folding
illustrating the embodiment of the present mechanism of the machine. Preferably a
invention.
, number of notches 8 are formed in the pe
Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 riphery. of the disc 7 to receive and apply to
of Fig. 1.
the sheet passing under the disc 9. su?icient
The sheet

feeding and folding machine in

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quantity of paste to secure the sheet together

' which the present invention is shown is along the fold line of the leaves forming the 96

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known as the Cleveland folder, the sheet. pamphlet. A_ paste receptacle 9 has'arms 10
feeding mechanism of which is in substantial engaging the shaft 1 and is supported in

conformity with the disclosure of Trautman proper relationship to' the disc 7 by a con
Patent No. 1,413,245, dated April 18. 1922, nection 11 extending to- some stationary part

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and the folding mechanism of which is sub

stantially disclosed in Olson Patent No.v
1,390,213, dated September 6, 1921. As dis
closed in said patents the feeding rollers b

of the machine. A slotted discharge chute

12 extends from the bottom of the receptacle
9 toward the disc 7 and receives the disc 7
in the slot in the end of said. chute. As the

and 7) move the sheets from the supporting disc 7 rotates a part of the paste in the re
table 0 to the delivery table comprising ceptacle 9 adheres to the periphery of said . 105

angularly positioned horizontal rolls 0?. The disc and enters the notches 8 and as the disc
feeding rollers b and I) operate upon the rotates the paste is deposited in a straight
sheets in the well known manner; the upper line upon the sheet passing to the folding
and larger roller 6 engaging and individu
mechanism.

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ally advancing the topmost sheet to the rolls

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The roll 6 is formed with a number of

d. while the lower roller 6 acts upon the spaced circumferential grooves 13 which per

edges of the adjacent sheets to retard their mit the Sheets to pass said roll without the

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line of paste making contact with the roll. a shaft, a disc adjustable on said shaft in
The disc 7 may be placed in any one of vari

line with any selected one of said grooves,

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ous selected adjustments on the shaft 1 as means for applying adhesive material to the

required by the. width of the sheets being periphery of said disc, means for rotating
folded. In any of its adjusted positions the said shaft and said disc, and means for feed
disc 7 is in line with one of the grooves 13. ing sheets of paper toward said rolls and
I am aware that the invention may be into contact with said disc whereby a line of 85

varied and that it may be applied to dif

ferent types of folding machines.

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adhesive material is applied to each sheet of

paper in line with the groove with which

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I do not restrict myself unessentially in said disc alines.
3. In a machine of the character de
these or otherparticulars, but what I claim
and desire to secure by Letters Patent is t scribed, the combination of a lower and an
1. In a machine of the character de upper buckling roll. the latter of which has

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scribed, the combination with a, lower and a number of circumferential grooves, a shaft
an upper buckling roll, the latter of which supported parallel with said rolls, a disc
has a circumferential groove, and devices adjustable on said shaft in line with any
for feeding sheets between said rolls, of a one of said grooves, a receptacle pivotally 45
disc supported above said devices in line supported by said shaft, means for conduct
with said groove, a receptacle, means for ing adhesive material from said shaft to the

conducting adhesive material from said periphery of said disc, devices for feeding
receptacle to the periphery of said disc, and sheets of paper between said rolls, and 50'
means for rotating said disc and thereby means for rotating said disc into contact
applying a line of said adhesive material to with the paper passing to said rolls and
thereby applying a line of adhesive material
the sheets in line with said groove.
2. In a machine of the character de to the paper in line with the groove with
scribed, the combination with a lower and which said disc alines.
an upper buckling roll, the latter of which
FRED T. ZAGHER.
has a number of circumferential grooves, of ~