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is placed immediately above one end of 
the said table at right angles, with its 
longer sides, anc parallel with the top or 
upper surface thereof, The pivots, or 
axis of the reel) or soller, are supported 
and allowed to turn into two wooden 
posts affixed to the ends of the table, for 
that purpose ; so that two workmen, one 
on each side of the said table, by laying 
hold of the corners of the sheet may 
draw it from the reel, and spread it upon 
the table preparatory to its being cut or 
subdivided into smaller ones. Near that’ 
eud of the table over which the reel, or 
rojler is suspended, and parallel with the 
reel, we place two long hardened steel 
plates, about three inches in width, and 
about one-eighth or one-tenth of an inch 
thick,and their length ought to exceed the 
width of the widest paper, to be cut about 
thirty inches. These steel plates we 
affix to two strong iron bars, by means 
of screws, or clamps, one steel plate upon 
each bar; and place them in such a posi- 
tion across the table, that the upper 
edges of the steel plates may be parallel 
with, and about one twentieth of an inch 
from each other, and in the same plane 
with the upper surface of the table upon 
which the paper is to be spread. The 
under, or lower edyes of the steel plates 
are extended to a considerable distance 
from each other, so that a vertical section 
of the plates, or a section made at right 
angles with their edges, would form two 
sides of an equilateral triangle nearly, or 
their relative position would somewhat 
resemble the outer strokes, or legs of the 
letter A. And we cause the upper edges 
of the said steel plates to be ground, so 
that the basils formed by grinding the 
edges of the said steel plates may be in 
a line with each other, or in the same 
plane with the surface of the table, or 
nearly so, and that the inside or opposed 
edges of the two plates may be sharp, 
We likewise construet one or more har- 
dened steel wheel or wheels, about three 
inches diameter, turned true, with ashar 
edge round the same, basiled away oh 
both sides, similar to the edge of a hard 
or cold chisel, commonly used for cut- 
ting iron when cold; and in each wheel 
we affix a transverse axis or arbor, upon 
which they may revolve. The edges of 
these wheels being applied between the 
opposed edges of the hardened steel 
plates, and the wheel or wheels caused to 
revolve upon them from one end to the 
other, the paper having been previously 
spread upon the table, and oyer the 
edges of the said steel plates ; and the said 
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steel wheel, or wheels, Being held down 
by a sufficient weight, the paper is cat by 
their action against the sharpened edges — 
of the steel plates, as they revolve upon 
such steel plates. And to facilitate the 
operation, and render itmore expeditious, — 
ve.cause two other hardened steel plates, 
similar to those above described, to be * 
placed across the table in a similar posi- 
tion, ‘and further from that end of the 
table over which the reel is “suspended, ' 
and exactly parallel with the former ones, 
and at such a distance from them, as ' 
corresponds to the dimensions of the 
sheets of paper to be cut, from the larger 
or longer one upon the reel jor roller; 
and by applying two of the above descri- 
bed hardened steel] wheels ata convenient 
distance from each otber, upon the edges 
of one pair of the steel plates,and by con- 
necting the said three wheels firmly to- 
gether by means of proper frame-work, 
in which the arbors or axes of the said 
wheels turn, and whereby the wheels 
themselves are held in'a proper position, 
and their edgeg falling into the space be- 
tween the edges of each pair of steel 
plates respectively, we obtain a carriage 
with three wheels, capable of supporting 
itself upon those wheels, two on one side, 
and one upon the other; and upon the 
said carriage we placea box containing a 
weight, or a number of weights, sufficient 
to produce the effect above described, 
viz. occasioning such a resistance be- 
tween the hardened steel wheels, and 
the edves of the steel plates, asto separate 
or cut the paper placed between them. 
The iron bars supporting the second pair 
of steel plates, or those furthest from the- 
reel, are so affixed to the frame of the 
table, that they may be moved nearer to, 
or further’from the other pair of steel 
plates, and againiset parallel) therewith ; 
and likewise the frame-work to which the 
steel wheels are affixed is so constructed, 
that the distance between the one wheel 
on one side, and the twoother wheels on 
the opposite side, may be made equal to 
the distance between the edges of the two 
pair of steel plates, according to the in- 
tended dimensions of the sheets of paper 
required. 
“* Having, as above, described and ascer- 
tained the application and use of the in- 
struments, as well as the instruments 
themselves, which we now use for cutting 
or subdividing the paper, so as to ren- 
der it perfectly intelligible to a mecha= 
nist, we need not here enter more parti- 
cularly into any further description in re - 
lation to the construction or conforma- 
tion 
