AN IMPROVED POCKET APPARATUS FOR MARKING, EMBOSSING, OR SEALING
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Josiah Lawrence and Samuel Lawrence, both of
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, for the Invention of
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Sealed the 2nd March 1875, and dated the 9th September 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Josiah Lawrence
and Samuel Lawrence at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 9th September 1874.
We, JOSIAH LAWRENCE and SAMUEL LAWRENCE; both of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED POCKET APPARATUS FOR MARKING, EMBOSSING, OR
SEALING," to be as follows, that is to say :-
We fix within a tube or case of metal, glass, ivory, wood, or other
suitable material a disc or plate having an angular perforation througli
its thickness, and at the back of a die, stamp, perforator, or seal is
formed a rod or bar corresponding in section with the perforation in the

page_text: disc. The die or seal is then placed in one end of the tube or case with
the bar at the back thereof, passing through the disc. A spiral or other
suitable spring is then placed in the other end of the case or tubo
bearing upon the back of the disc or plate. To the end of the bar is
screwed or fixed a cap, upon the under side of which the other end of
the spring will have a bearing. This cap may be made to slide either
within the tube or upon the outside thereof.
The action of the stamp or seal is obtained by pressing the finger
upon the cap at the one end of the tube, and thus propelling the bar
through the disc and bringing the dic or seal to the face of the other
end of the tube, and enabling it to make the required impression upon
whatever it is brought in contact with.
For purposes of marking with ink or colour we place upon the
reverse end of the tube to the pressure cap another cap containing a pad
with the ink or colour thereon, so that the stamp may be fed before
using by applying the pressure before removing this cap for use.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Josiah Lawrence and Samuel Lawrence in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th March 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOSIAH
LAWRENCE and SAMUEL LAWRENCE, both of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc*
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Josiah Lawrence and Samuel
Lawrence, Her special license that we, the said Josiah Lawrence
and Samuel Lawrence, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such,others as we, the said Josiah Lawrence and Samuel Lawrence,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and all times thereafter
.

page_text: during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED POCKET APPARATUS FOR MARKING, EMBOSSING, OR SEALING," upon
the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Josiah Lawrence and
Samuel Lawrence, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Josiah Lawrence and Samuel
Lawrence, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to
say:-
We fix within a tube or case of metal, glass, ivory, wood, or other
suitable material a disc or plate having an angular perforation through
its thickness, and at the back of a die, stamp, perforator, or seal is formed
a rod or bar corresponding in section with the perforation in the disc.
The die or seal is then placed in one end of the tube or case, with the
bar at the back thereof passing through the disc. A spiral or other
suitable spring is then placed in the other end of the case or tube
bearing upon the back of the disc or plate. To the end of the bar is
screwed or fixed a cap, upon the under side of which the other end of the
spring will have a bearing. This cap may be made to slide either
within the tube or upon the outside thereof.
The action of the stamp or seal is obtained by pressing the finger upon
the cap at the one end of the tube, and thus propelling the bar through
the disc and bringing the dié or seal to the face of the other end of the
tube, and enabling it to make the required impresssion upon whatever it
is brought in contact with.
For purposes of marking with ink or colour we place upon the reverse
end of the tube to the pressure cap another cap containing a pad with
the ink or colour thereon, so that the stamp may be fed before using by
applying the pressure before removing this cap for use.

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We will now proceed to describe our Invention more fully in detail
by the aid of the Drawings hereunto annexed and the letters and figures
marked thereon.
:
Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a vertical section of our improved
pocket apparatus for marking, embossing, perforating, or scaling
purposes.
We take a tube or case (a), round, square, oval, or other convenient
shape, and formed of metal, glass, ivory, wood, or other suitable.
material; within this tube or case (a) is fixed a disc or plate (b), Fig. 2,
having an angular perforation through its thickness, and at the back of
the die, stamp, perforator, or seal (c) is formed a rod or bar (d) corre-
sponding in section with the perforation in the disc (6). The die or
stamp (c) and the rod (d) may be cast or otherwise made in one piece,
as in Fig. 2, or they may be made in separate parts, as for instance in
the vertical section, Fig. 6. The die or stamp (c) may be attached to:
the bar or rod (f) by a suitable rivet pin or screw, so that the die works
loosely upon the end of the bar or rod (f), or again as shewn in Fig. 7.
The die or stamp (9), (9'), may be attached to the rods or bars (h), (¹),
by an universal ball.socket or similar connection.
:
Fig. 8 shews another arrangement for attaching the rod or bar (i) to
the die or stamp (k), so as to form a loose joint. The rod or bar (i).
in this case may be three sided as shewn, with its end (i) formed to fit
into a socket (¹) in the die or stamp (k), which has also a counter-
sinking or undercut (2) for receiving a cap (*) fitting loosely upon the
rod or bar (i), the connection of such rod or bar with the die or scal (k) :
being formed by means of a stamp or press springing the cap (22) into
the countersinking or under cut (²) of the die (k).
In some cases it may be found preferable, as shewn in the section,
Fig. 9, to work the die (1) detached from the rod (m), being suitably
held within the tube (n), and being kept up in place therein when not
at work by suitable springs (o). The die or stamp (c), Figs. 2 and 3, is
placed in the bottom end of the tube (a), with the bar (d) passing.
through the disc (6). A spiral or other suitable spring (p) is then
placed in the top end of the case or tube (a), and bearing upon the back
of the disc or plate (6); to the end of the rod or bar (d) is screwed or
fixed a cap or top part (r), upon the under side of which the other end.
of the spring (p) will have a bearing. The cap or top part (r) to which

page_text: the rod or bar (d) is fixed or screwed may be made to slide either upon
the outside of the tube (a), as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2, or within the
tube (a), as in Figs. 5 and 6.
The action of the die or stamp (c) is obtained by suitable pressure
upon the cap (r), propelling the rod or bar (d) through the disc (6)
and bringing the die or seal (c) to the face of the bottom end of the
tube, enabling it to make the required impression upon whatever it is
brought into contact with.
For the purposes of marking with ink or color we place upon the
bottom end of the tube a cap (s), shewn detached in section Fig. 4, and
containing a pad (t) with the ink or color thereon, so that the stamp
may be fed by applying the pressure before removing the cap (8) for
use.
Fig. 10 is an elevation and Fig. 11 a part section of a pencil case fitted
with our improved stamp or seal at one end, which is operated in a
similar manner to that already described and shewn in Fig. 2.
Having thus described the object and nature of our said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, we claim,
without limiting ourselves to these precise details, the several improve-
ments in apparatus for marking, embossing, scaling, or perforating,
substantially in manner as herein more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, we, the said Josiah Lawrence and Samuel
Lawrence, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Fourth
day of March, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
TANT