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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
CLAUDE VAN NUYS HOLLAND, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
MACHINE FOR SEALING NEWSPAPERS, &c.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,471, dated March 13, 1900.
Application filed June 30, 1898. Serial No. 684,827. (No model.)To all whom it 777may concern:
Be it known that I, CLAUDE VAN NUYS H OL-
LAND, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Machine for- Sealing Newspapers, &c., of
which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in
.machines for sealing newspapers and other
to periodicals, such as books and the like, to
prepare them for safe transmission in the
mails; and the primary object of the inven-
tion is'to construct a machine with means by
which a'strip of paper may be automatically
15 fed a proper distance, gummed, cut off at
a suitable point, folded, and pressed around
the paper or periodical, and receive a stamp
or impression from a suitable die, all of the
operating devices being driven from a single
20 shaft under the control of the attendant.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a machine which is simple and dur-
able in construction, efficient and easily con-
trolled in operation, and which is adapted for
25 use on publications of different thicknesses.
With these ends in view the invention con-
sists in the novel combination of elements and
in the construction and arrangement of parts,
which will be hereinafter fully described and
30 claimed.
To enable others to understand the inven-
tion, I have illustrated the preferred embodi-
ment thereof in the accompanying drawings,
forming a part of this specification, and in
35 which-
Figurel1 is a plan view of a machine for seal-
ing newspapers constructed in accordance
with my invention. Fig. 2 is a front eleva-
tion thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged ele-
40 vations of opposite sides of the upper part of
the machine, illustrating the operating mech-
anisms within the frame or housing. Fig. 5
is a vertical sectional elevation on the plane
indicated by the dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig.
45 6 is am enlarged detail view illustrating a part
of the column, the head, and fragments of the
housings. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view
of the cam which reciprocates the slidable
feed-plate. Fig. S is a detail perspective view
5o illustrating in perspective a seal affixed to one
edge of a newspaper, a fragment of the latter
being shown.1Like numerals of reference denote like and
corresponding parts in each of the several fig
ures of the drawings.
In carrying my invention into practice I em:
ploy a vertical column 1 to sustain the table
and operating parts of the machine at an ele-
vation suited to the convenience of the oper-
ator. This column is enlarged or widened at
its foot to provide the enlarged base 2, by
which the machine may be firmly fastened to
a floor, and to the upper end of this column
is rigidly bolted a head 3, which sustains the
frame that carries the working elements of
the machine. This head 3 is of inverted-T
shape, and it consists of a vertical web 5 and
horizontal flanges 4, and the head is assembled
in relation to the column to have the flanges
rest firmly upon the column substantially
flush therewith. The head 3 is secured in po-
sition on the column by a bolt or bolts 6, and
the spaces between the flanges 4 and the cen-
tral web 5 form seats and for the reception of
the lower edges of the housings Sand 9. These
housings constitute the framework that sup-
ports the several shafts of the operating parts,
and the housings are fitted snugly to the seats
of the head to abut against the web 5 thereof,
a number of bolts 10 being employed to sol-
idly fasten the housings to the head. The
housings lie parallel to each other.on opposite
sides of the vertical axis of the column, and
they are constructed to provide a number of
shaft-bearings, arms for the support of the
supply-spool, and guides for the plunger and
die, all as will be hereinafter more fully de-
scribed. These housings are, furthermore,
constructed with slots or recesses which are
coincident with each other and arranged in a
horizontal plane of the table, and these coin-
cident horizontal slots or recesses open
through the front edge of the housings and
form a throat 11, which is adapted to fold the
gummed strip of paper around the edge of the
newspaper or other periodical.
A table 12 is secured in any suitable way to
the carrying-head 3, and this table serves to
support a reciprocating feed-plate, presently
referred to.
In suitable bearings 14 of the parallel hous-
ings is journaled a horizontal driving-shaft
13, and to one end of this shaft is fitted a driv-
ing-pulley 15, which is equipped with an or-55
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Holland, Claude Van Nuys. Machine For Sealing Newspapers, &c., patent, March 13, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513062/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.