Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Oct.,. 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1895-Accepted,, 31st Aug., 1895
Type.
I, GEORGE WALTER WEAVER, of Rochester, in the County of Monroe, and
State of New York, United States of America, Book Publisher, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in type.
It is customary in various business occupations to send out circulars to the trade
or profession, which circulars are printed in the forms of letters or announcements
in imitation of the imprints of the type of typewriters that is to say, the style of
type is the same. The object of employing this style of type is to give the im-
pression to the receiver that the letter sent was especially written for him and was
not of the "circular" class to which little attention is paid but is usually cast aside
unread. Great difficulty is experienced in producing any similarity between the
printing and the result of the work of a typewriter, is that the impression of the
printing is direct from the face of the type, whereas that of the typewriter is
through an inked ribbon. This impression from the type of the press is clear and
well defined, without blur, whereas that from the typewriter is readily distinguished
by reason of the somewhat blurred appearance which occurs at the edges of the
impression-line or face of the type as a result of making the impression through
the ribbon, the blurred appearance being caused by the formation of the fabric
itself in a manner that is well known. Moreover, this blurred appearance exists to
a greater or less degree upon different machines wherein the type is more or less
worn. It may be varied by the peculiar touch of some particular operator; or
again, it may be varied by the amount of dirt in the type; or again it may be
varied by the state of the ribbon. Thus it will be seen how difficult and heretofore
impossible it was to simulate with any degree of certainty the printing of a type-
writing machine.
The objects of my invention are to produce a type the face of which is of such
character as to successfully imitate the stipple-like appearance of the product of a
typewriter, and so that also its appearance may be increased or decreased in
accordance with the character of work produced by the machine in connection
with which it may be desired to employ the printed matter.
With these objects in view the invention consists in a type whose printing face
and adjacent portions are provided with fine intersecting lines or grooves or both
in imitation of the fabric of which a typewriter ribbon is composed, whereby an
impression from such type will closely simulate or imitate the result of typewriter
work.
The type-body has its printing face so formed as to represent the letter,
numeral, or character desired, and the said face, together with that portion of the
type immediately adjacent thereto is provided with fine intersecting lines or
grooves, so that when an impression is taken, the impression is blurred somewhat
and closely resembles the impression of a typewriter type.
I have also devised a stereotype similarly constructed, the plate having the type
formed thereon, and said type along their impression faces and adjacent parts being
provided with fine intersecting lines resulting in the same work as described.
By my invention 1 produce work having a stippled appearance, or as night be
termed, a blurred appearance, the same resembling the work of the typewriter
machine of that class the type of which prints through an inked ribbon. The

page_text: impression of the type being regulated will serve to create more or less stipple or
blur as will also the quantity of ink somewhat influence the result, so that after
having observed the character of work produced by a certain typewriter designed
to be used in connection with the printed matter the work of said typewriter may
he closely resembled. By this means a series of circulars may be printed and the
names of the persons to whom they are addressed printed in at the top by the
typewriter, and the difference between the two will be hardly perceptible, so that
private letters are presumed to have been received, when in reality they are nothing
more than the ordinary circulars sent out to a trade or profession.
I do not limit my invention to any particular manner of producing the inter-
secting lines either on the plate or the individual type, but I mention as a most
convenient and perhaps practicable mode, the following;
The plate is made by pressing the type-form into electrotypers' wax or other
suitable material, with a fabric corresponding to the ribbon employed on type-
writing machines interposed between the type-form and the said wax material.
The electro-plate is then made in the usual way.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1894.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
Туре.
I, GEORGE WALTER WEAVER of Rochester, County of Monroe and State of
New York, Book Publisher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in type.
It is customary in various business occupations to send out circulars to the trade
or profession, which circulars are printed in the forms of letters or announcements
in imitation of the imprints of the type of typewriters that is to say, the style of
type is the same. The object of employing this style of type is to give the
impression to the receiver that the letter sent was especially written for him and
was not of the "circular" class to which little attention is paid but is usually cast
aside unread. Great difficulty is experienced in producing any similarity between
the printing and the result of the work of a typewriter, is that the impression of
the printing is direct from the face of the type, whereas, that of the typewriter is
through an inked ribbon. This impression from the type of the press is clear and
well defined, without blur, whereas that from the typewriter is readily distinguished
by reason of the somewhat blurred appearance which occurs at the edge of the
impression-line or face of the type as a result of making the impression through
the ribbon, the blurred appearance being caused by the formation of the fabric
itself in a manner that is well known. Moreover, this blurred appearance exists
to a greater or less degree upon different machines wherein the type is more or
less worn.
It may be varied by the peculiar touch of some particular operator;
or again, it may be varied by the amount of dirt in the type; or again it may be
varied by the state of the ribbon. Thus it will be seen how difficult and heretofore,
impossible it was to simulate with any degree of certainty the printing of a
typewriting machine.
The objects of my invention are to produce a type, the face of which is of such
character as to successfully imitate the stipple-like appearance of the product of a
typewriter, and so that also its appearance may be increased or decreased in
accordance with the character of work produced by the machine in connection with
which it may be desired to employ the printed matter.

page_text: With these objects in view the invention consists in a type whose printing face
and adjacent portions are provided with fine intersecting lines or grooves or both
in imitation of the fabric of which a typewriter ribbon is composed whereby an
impression from such type will closely simulate or imitate the result of typewriter
work.
Referring to the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a type embodying my invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of a stereotype plate constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all figures of the drawings.
The type-body 1 has its printing face 2 so formed as to represent the letter,
numeral, or character desired and the said face, together with that portion of the
type immediately adjacent thereto is provided with fine intersecting lines or
grooves, so that when an impression is taken, the impression is blurred somewhat
and closely resembles the impression of a typewriting type.
In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a stereotype similarly constructed, the plate 3 having
the type 4 formed thereon, and said type along their impression faces and adjacent
parts being provided with the fine intersecting lines resulting in the same work as
described.
By my invention it will be seen that I produce work having a stippled appear-
ance, or as might be termed, a blurred appearance, the same resembling the work
of the typewriter machine of that class the type of which prints through an inked
ribbon. The impression of the type being regulated will serve to create more or
less stipple or blur as will also the quantity of ink somewhat influence the result,
so that after having observed the character of work produced by a certain type-
writer designed to be used in connection with the printed matter the work of said
typewriter may be closely resembled. By this means a series of circulars may be
printed and the names of the persons to whom they are addressed printed in at the
top by the typewriter, and the difference between the two will be hardly
perceptible, so that private letters are presumed to have been received when in
reality they are nothing more than the ordinary circulars sent out to a trade or
profession.
I do not limit my invention to any particular manner of producing the inter-
secting lines either on the plate or the individual type, but I may mention as a
most convenient and perhaps practicable mode, the following; The plate is made
by pressing the type-form into electroty pers' wax or other suitable material, with a
fabric corresponding to the ribbon employed on typewriting machines, interposed
between the type-form and the said wax material. The electro-plate is then made
in the usual way.
Having described my invention, what I claim is
1. A type, the printing face of which is provided with fine intersecting lines or
grooves, or both, in imitation of the fabric of a typewriter ribbon, substantially as
specified.
2. A type, the printing face of which and the space outlines thereby are
provided with a series of fine intersecting lines or grooves or both, in imitation of
the fabric of a typewriter-ribbon, substantially as specified.
Dated this 19th dor of Lulo 1805
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.