Portable Ribbon Dating and Marking Nippers or Apparatus for Dating and Marking Railway and other Tickets or other Articles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 14th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 10th May, 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Portable Ribbon Dating and Marking Nippers or Apparatus for
Dating and Marking Railway and other Tickets or other
Articles..
We JOHN BEEBY EDMONDSON, of Knowsley Street, Cheetham, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Railway Ticket Manufacturer, and JAMES CARSON, of Creetown,
in the County of Kirkcudbright, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of said
Invention for PORTABLE RIBBON DATING AND MARKING NIPPERS OR APPARATUS FOR
DATING AND MARKING RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS OR OTHER ARTICLES, to be as
follows:-
:-
This invention relates to the Invention for which we obtained Letters Patent
No. 1586 dated the 29th March 1883. In the Specification to the said Letters Patent
we described the application of type to a pair of the ordinary punching nippers
employed for cutting or indenting railway or other tickets, our object being to stamp
or indent the date, or some other mark or sign in place of simply punching or cutting
the ticket.
Our present Invention is a further development of this and consists chiefly in
adapting a form of the well known ribbon printing press and applying it to a pair of
nippers in such a way as to form a portable ribbon printing apparatus.
We effect this by substituting a frame for the ordinary lower jaw of the nippers
and in this frame we fit the various parts of the ribbon press. The type is placed in a
suitable recess and may be locked in position by a screw or otherwise or the type may
be set up in a separate box or holder and inserted through an opening or hole in the
side of the frame according to the Invention patented by the said John Beeby
Edmondson on the 21st May 1885 No. 6218. The ribbon when inked is wound upon
a small rod or roller free to revolve in bearings in the frame and is guided and passed
over the type in the recess or holder and the end secured to a second rod or roller also
free to revolve in bearings in the frame. On the end of the second roller is mounted
a ratchet wheel which is actuated as the nippers are closed by two spring pawls
mounted on the handles or arms of the nippers.

page_text: The ticket or other article to be dated or printed is put into the nippers on the
ribbon over the type and the nippers are closed sufficient pressure being exerted to
imprint a good impression of the type. As the nippers are being closed the pawls
acting on the ratchet wheel give the second roller a partial turn and so draw forward
and wind on a little of the ribbon just sufficient to bring a fresh portion over the type.
When all the ribbon has in this manner been wound on the second roller the ribbon
may be re-wound on the first roller by means of a small thumb piece fixed on
the same.
The ribbon may be removed for inking or inked when in position as often as
required.
Dated this 12th day of June 1886.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Portable Ribbon Dating and Marking Nippers or Apparatus for
Dating and Marking Railway and other Tickets or other
Articles.
We JOHN BEEBY EDMONDSON of Knowsley Street Cheetham Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster Railway Ticket Manufacturer and JAMES CARSON, of Creetown
in the County of Kirkcudbright Engineer do hereby declare the nature of said
Invention for PORTABLE RIBBON DATING AND MARKING NIPPERS OR APPARATUS FOR
DATING AND MARKING RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS OR OTHER ARTICLES, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to the Invention for which we obtained Letters Patent
No. 1586 dated 29th March 1883. In the Specification to the said Letters Patent
we described the application of type to a pair of the ordinary punching nippers
employed for cutting or indenting railway or other tickets our object being to stamp
or indent the date or some other mark or sign in place of simply punching or cutting
the ticket.
Our present Invention is a farther development of this and consists chiefly in
adapting a form of the well known ribbon printing press and applying it to a pair of
nippers in such a way as to form a portable ribbon printing apparatus.
We effect this by substituting a frame for the ordinary lower jaw of the nippers and
in this frame we fit the various parts of the ribbon press. The type is placed in a
suitable recess and may be locked in position by a screw or otherwise or the type may
be set up in a separate box or holder and inserted through an opening or hole in the
side of the franic according to the Invention patented by the said John Beeby
Edmondson on the 21st May 1885 No. 6218. The ribbon when inked is wound upon
a small rod or roller free to revolve in bearings in the frame and is guided and passed
over the type in the recess or holder and the end secured to a second rod or roller also
free to revolve in bearings in the frame. On the end of the second roller is mounted
a ratchet wheel which is actuated as the nippers are closed by two spring pawls
mounted on the handles or arins of the nippers.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect we will describe the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figures 1 and 2 are side views and Fig. 3 is a plan of a pair of portable ribbon
dating and marking nippers made according to our Invention and applicable for
dating railway and other tickets or other articles. Fig. 4 is a view of Fig. 2 partly
in section to show the interior of the frame or lower jaw and Fig. 5 is a view of the
type and type holder.
In Figures 1 and 4-a is the frame which is secured to the handle a¹ and
constitutes the lower jaw of the nippers and 6 designates the upper jaw and handle ;

page_text: is the ribbon wound on the small rod or roller d which is fitted and free to turn in
the frame a and to which is secured the thumb piece or milled head d'; e e¹ are small
rods or bars secured in the frame a and forming guides for the ribbon c as it passes
from the first roller d to the second roller f which is fitted and free to turn in its
bearings like the first; g is the ratchet wheel fixed on the roller f and h h¹ are the
two pivoted pawls engaging the ratchet g and at the other ends having the spring i so
arranged that when the handles a¹ and are pressed toward one another the pawl h¹
is disengaged while the pawl h turns the ratchet g in the direction indicated by the
arrow Fig. 1.
The dating type marks or dies in this case say type are secured by a screw kas
best shown in Fig. 5 in an independent frame or holder & which is fitted into the
frame a and may be readily removed for the purpose of changing the type as
required.
The ticket or other article to be dated or printed is put into the nippers on that
portion of the ribbon c which is thon over the type and the nippers are closed
sufficient pressure being exerted to imprint a good impression of the type. As the
nippers are being closed the pawls acting on the ratchet wheel g in the manner
hereinbefore described give the roller a partial turn and so draw forward and wind
thereon a little of the ribbon just sufficient to bring a freshly inked portion over the
type. When all the ribbon has in this manner been wound on the second roller f the
ribbon may be re-wound on the first roller & by means of the small milled head d¹
fixed on the same.
The ribbon c may be removed for inking or inked when in position as often as
required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is―
1. The construction combination and arrangement of parts constituting a portable
ribbon dating or marking apparatus substantially as and for the purposes heroin
described and as illustrated by the Drawings hereunto annexed.
2. In nippers or other like portable apparatus for dating printing or otherwise
marking tickets or other articles the combination with type dies or equivalents of an
inked ribbon and mechanism for feeding the said ribbon forward when the apparatus
is operated.
3. In a portable dating or marking apparatus provided with an inking ribbon the
use and application of a box frame or holder such as & for the type dies or equivalents.
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