Improvements in Apparatus for Stamping, Endorsing, or Marking Paper or other Material.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 16th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 20th Jan., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Stamping, Endorsing, or Marking
Paper or other Material.
HENRY CHARLES GOVER, Becchwood, Claremont Road, Highgate in the County
of Middlesex, Secretary to a public Company do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in the arrangement of a circular reel or cylinder, on which is
formed or affixed the die for producing the impression or endorsement, in contact
with an inking roller or pad which may either receive the necessary supply of ink
direct, or from another receiving roller or pad. This arrangement may be set either
in a hand frame or in a press operated by a lever. When being used, the apparatus
is brought upon the material to be stamped or endorsed, and moved either forward
or backward according to the manner in which the reel or cylinder and inking roller
or pad are set in the frame or press. For a certain distance the reel or cylinder is
uncovered by any die and noves round on the paper without making any impression,
such distance being at least equal to that between the contact point of the reel or
cylinder and the ink roller or pad, and the point where the die first touches the
paper, or material to be stamped. The continuance of the movement produces the
complete impression from the die. The reel or cylinder is brought back to its normal
position by a spring. The sides of the frame touch the paper and act as a guage for
preventing any undue or uneven pressure being given to the die.
It may be convenient for some purposes to have a die for continuous marking
uncontrolled by any spring to bring it back to a set position.
Dated this Wightmanth dow of 1007

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Stamping, Endorsing, or Marking
Paper or other Material.
I HENRY CHARLES GOVER of Ivydene Tierney Road Streatham Hill in the
County of Surrey Gentleman late of Beechwood Claremont Road Highgate in the
County of Middlesex 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 consists in the arrangement of a circular reel or cylinder, on which
is formed or affixed an india rubber, metal, or other die, for producing an impression
or endorsement, in contact with an inking roller or pad, which may either receive the
necessary supply of ink direct, or from another receiving roller or pad, the arrange-
ment may be set either in a hand frame, or in a press operated by a lover, or other
mechanical device. When being used the apparatus is brought upon the material to
be stamped or endorsed, and moved either forward or backward according to the
manner in which the reel or cylinder and inking roller or pad are set in the frame
or press.
For a certain distance, excepting in the instance of a continuous stamp, the reel
or cylinder is uncovered by any part of the die, and moves round on the paper
without making any impression, such distance being arranged as at least equal to that
between the point of contact of the reel or cylinder & inking roller or pad and the
point where the die first touches the paper or material to be stamped. Fig. 2
represents a reversed view of the apparatus lifted up from the material upon which it
slides when in action. C shows the edges of the frame which move on the paper
acting as a guide to prevent too much pressure being given to the die P. The move-
ment of the reel or cylinder N until the die P. comes in contact with the paper is
obtained by the milled discs D. and D 1 the circumference of which is equal with
the surface of the die P. and which together with the die P. project slightly beyond
the frame C. as shown in fig. 3 at Q so as to obtain a grip on the paper when
commencing action. The reel or cylinder N is brought back to its normal position
when lifted from the material after completion of the revolution necessary to complete
the impression by means of a coil spring K. fixed to the milled wheel D 1. and
attached to the frame C around the centre pin G. O shows the inking roller or pad
which is fixed to or revolves on a centre pin F which centre pin works in a slot as
shown at 1 in fig. 3 and is brought into contact with the die P by means of the
spring F and F 1 operating from the two centre pins G and H.
Fig. 3 is a side view of the frame C showing the end of the reel or cylinder centre
pin G. and the inking roller or pad centre pin H with the spring F for obtaining
contact. The continuance of the movement and consequent revolution of the reel or
cylinder carrying the die produces the complete impression from the die upon the
material operated upon.

page_text: The reel or cylinder when lifted from the material is brought back to its normal
position in the frame or apparatus by means of a coil or other spring.
The sides of the frame touch the paper and act as a gauge for preventing any
undue or uneven pressure being given to the die.
It might be convenient for some purposes to have a die for continuous marking
uncontrolled by any spring to bring it back to a set position. In order that my
invention may be thoroughly understood I now proceed to describe the same and for
that purpose shall refer to the several figures on the accompanying sheet of drawings,
the same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1 represents the apparatus looking down upon it as it is placed on the paper
in action. C representing the frame. A the handle fitted into the shank B. G the
centre pin on which the reel or cylinder revolves. H the centre pin on which the
inking roller or pad revolves or moves and F the spring which brings in contact
the inking roller or pad with the die on the reel, the slot in which the centre pin H
moves is shown at I. It also shows at the slightly projecting part of the millod
dise D set on the reel or cylinder N, for obtaining a grip of the material to be
stamped.
Fig. 4 is a section of one end of the reel or cylinder N and the disc D 1 which
takes the coil spring K. in the recess J one end of the spring being fixed at a point L
the other end being held to the frame C by means of a set pin.
Fig. 5 is a front view of fig. 4.
Beside the arrangement above described the inking roller may be so set as to act
with the die on the reel or cylinder without the use of any spring. And the reel or
cylinder may be operated by some other than a coil spring. The die on the reel
or cylinder may also be continuous for the whole of the circumference of the reel or
cylinder and may have free motion on its axis without being brought back to any
fixed position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same may be performed I declare that what I
claim is
First. The combination of a reel or cylinder upon which a dic is formed or fixed
in combination with an inking roller or pad substantially as hereinbefore described.
Secondly. The combination of a reel or cylinder upon which a die is formed or
fixed controlled by a spring in contact with an inking roller or pad substantially as
described.
Thirdly. The combination or the milled dises with the reel or cylinder on which is
formed or fixed the die.
Fourthly. The general construction arrangement and combination of parts
substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 16th day of December 1887.