ADAMS' PATENT NEWSPAPER TRIMMER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2205, 4 June 1896, Page 11

ADAMS' PATENT NEWSPAPER TRIMMER.

A very useful though simple piooa «f mechanißru has been inreuted by Mr R. IT. Adams, of tbe Ofcago Daily Times, and as some time has elapsed since the needful steps rrere taken to secure patent rights in Europe, America, Canada, and the' colonies (the patent for New Zealand having been secured), particular;) of (he invention may now safeljr be made public. Everyone has experienced the inconvenience of handling bulky papers, suoh at the Witness, with uncut leave*, and it was to prevent the anuoy*nce arising from this cause that Mr Adams net to work to contrive noms simple appliance by which the leaves could be neatly and expeaiciously cut. The result v entirely satisfactory, and the machine Bteme to bs one that will, owing to the advantages it possesses for this work over the more expensive and cumbersome guillotine, oome into general nse. As already suggested, the trimmer is comparatively by no means an expensive piece of mechanism ; ifc is safe Co usj — an accident with it is all but impossible; ifc is remarkably rapid in action, and it) neat and compact, as it occupies a floor space of only some 3ft by *ft. The " trimmer" is designed for cutting the edges of newapapnrs, periodicals and pamphlets, but it is primarily a •'newspaper trimmer," and will probably become recognised ere long as a necessary part of the plant of any large and widely-circulated weekly newspaper. The papers are "fed, "as it is technically termed, on tapes rnnniug towards a pair of rollers, on each end of which are oircular knives, so that ai the papers pass to the rear they are neatly trimmed at top and bottom, and there is no breaking, tearing, ox cutting of leaves, or loss of time and tamper on the part of the reader. If the front, edge is also to be trimmed the operation is the «ame as far as the ejection from the machine, but in addition the paper is carried by the ejerting tapes to two roller stop*, where it is instantly caught by descending rollers working on arms, and token through precisely the same sort of rollers, but these last ones ar« fitted with but one pair of knives, otherwise all the sheets would be .out apart, and there would bo a quantity of single sheets instead of a pamphlet or newspaper. The ' whole ' machine is remarkably free from the least suspicion of complication. It requires very little driving power, and, as compared with other methods of accomplishing the same work, it is more rapid and less costly. The "trimmer" does fully three times the work of the guillotine, with a saving of at least three-fourths of the labour. The patent newspap«r trimmer, it should be stated, has stood a practical test, with very gra'ifying results. One of the*e machines has been at work in the publishing room of the Timea and Witness Company einoe December last, and has accomplished . its purpose expeditioualy and well, and without any appreciable wear to the machine itself. It is managed by one lad, who "feeds" at the rate of 3500 per hour, and that is by no meant, tbe limit of its capacity. In all reipeots it has proved satisfactory, and testimonials to that effect have been given to its inventor by the managing director of the-Otago Daily Times and the editor of the Witness. There can be no reasonable doubt that tbis simple invention will prove a valuable addition to the_ many remarkable mechanical appliances used hi connection with the production of the modem newspaper.

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