Year: 1894

page_text: ⚫ Date of Application, 12th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1895-4ccepted, 18th May, 1895
I, WILLIAM IRELAND, of Buckhaven, in the County of Fife, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide a letter copying press which shall
occupy, a minimum of space when the pressure has been relieved and thus be more
readily portable than such presses as hitherto constructed.
The improved copying press composed of the usual bottom board and upper
movable board or platen between which the letter book is carried. The boards may
be made of any light and strong material but when made of wood as is preferred
their ends are bound with metal. At each end of the bottom board an upwardly
projecting snug or guide piece is formed or fitted, and on the upper board a
downwardly projecting cam piece is similarly provided at each end, each cam piece
being formed with a guide way on its inner side passing over the snug or guide on
the bottom board. In each cam piece is fitted a cam lever through which a screwed
pin or stud passes and is secured in the snug in the bottom board the pin being
eccentric to the head of the cam lever. When the press is out of use and the
pressure relieved the cam levers lie horizontally alongside the ends of the boards
and the press thus occupies little space and is extremely portable. When pressure
is to be applied the cam levers are raised or turned upon their centre pins and their
eccentric ends are brought to bear on the cam pieces on the ends of the upper
board or platen whereby the latter is depressed, the cam levers being turned if
necessary until they assume a horizontal position on the opposite side of the
centre pins.
Dated this 11th day of June 1894.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
I, WILLIAM IRELAND, of Buckhaven, in the County of Fife, Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention has for its object to provide a letter copying press which shall
occupy a minimum of space when the pressure has been relieved and thus be more
readily portable than such presses as hitherto constructed.
As illustrated in end elevation at Figure 1 shewing the press in copying position,
in part vertical section at Figure 2, in plan at Figure 3, and in end elevation
shewing the press raised for the extraction of the letter book at Fig. 4, the improved
copying press is composed of the usual bottom board A and upper movable board
or platen B between which the letter book is carried. The boards A, B, may be
made of any light and strong material but when made of wood as is preferred their
ends are bound with metal as shown at b. At each end of the bottom board an

page_text: upwardly projecting snug or guide piece C is formed or fitted, and on the upper
board a downwardly projecting cam piece D is similarly provided at each end,
each cam piece being formed with a guide way d on its inner side passing over the
snug or guide on the bottom board A. In each cam piece D is fitted a cam lever E
through which a screwed pin or atud e passes and is secured in the snug C in the
bottom board A the pin being eccentric to the head of the cam lever E. When the
press is out of use and the pressure relieved the cam levers lie horizontally alongside
the ends of the boards and the press thus occupies little space and is extremely
portable. When pressure is to be applied the cam levers E are turned upon their
centre pins e aud their eccentric ends are brought to bear on the cam pieces Dan the
ends of the upper board. or platen B-whereby the latter is depressed, the cam levers 'E
being turned if necessary until they assume a horizontal position on the opposite side
of the centre pins.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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A letter copring press composed of two boards the pressure between which is
applied by means of cam levers connected and arranged to operate substantially.as
described with reference to the annexed drawings.
Dated this 11th day of March 1895
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agent,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.