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David Payne is acknowledged as the inventor of the Wharfedale stop-cylinder. He suggested to William Dawson, the advantages of having the cylinder placed in fixed bearings and the type bed moveable while foreman at Dawson's factory. Their first press, built about 1858 and named Our Own Kind (a 'top feed' - unlike the above 'bottom feed') was successful and Payne was taken into partnership, the new firm being known as Dawson, Payne & Co. The partnership was dissolved in 1866 and Payne set up and went into business as Payne and Sons. Many improvements were made by him in the following period, particularly the cylinder 'push home' mechanism. This mechanism allowed the grippers, while still closed, to pass under the feed-board, thus allowing the feeder more time to place the following sheet into the register guides. The grippers then opened and the cylinder was pushed back to a stop position and locked, the feed-board was lifted to align with the sheet and the grippers closed, thus securing perfect registration. Other manufacturers, Elliott, Harrild, Miller and Richard, Furnival, Hoe and others made similar presses when the original patents expired. Reliance, Caradoc, Defiance, Bremner, Franco-Bremner, Graphic, Quadrant, Anglo-American were just some of the names of these stop-cylinders.
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