Improvements in Inking-pads.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in Inking-pads.
I, AUGUSTUS CHRISTIAN KLEY, of 118, Dale Street, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Rubber Stamp Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to inking-pads, such as are used for applying
ink to the surface of type stamps, etcetera, used in hand operating or marking
apparatus, and pressed on to the inking pad by the hand, and then applied to
the surface to be marked or printed; and the object and effect of the present
invention is, amongst other things, to provide an inking apparatus of this
kind, which will be more durable and cleanly, and will last longer, and also
capable of being: cleaned or renewed, and is generally more effective and
efficient.
In an inking pad according to this invention, the base may consist of a
board having upon it at one side a raised frame, within which the felt or other
material to be saturated or charged with the inking material is placed; and
then over this there is employed a strip of textile fabric, such as canvas, linen,
or its equivalent, and this is fastened at one end as by a bar threaded through
a loop on the end of the strip; while at the other, it is adapted to be wound
onto a winding bar or roller, so as to stretch it and make it tight over the
surface of the pad and frame. This roller or bar is; in one form, provided
with a pawl and ratchet to hold it, after it has been wound up, which may be
done with a key or handle.
The frame in which the pad is held, is curved at its edges outwards towards
the surface of the base of the apparatus, and the pad within it should stand
some distance above it. In this way the inking of the printing apparatus can
be effected without damaging it, easily and smootlily, and it forms a generally
convenient and efficient contrivance.
By these improvements, it will be seen the inking pads can be renewed, and
the ink on the actual surface from which it is taken by the printing apparatus.
comes from below. Also, the ink carrier proper is protected from the dust and
dirt, and the pad can be re-charged or renewed, while the upper sheet or fabric
can also be cleaned readily and renewed. Consequently, the apparatus remains
in a good and serviceable state for a great length of time comparatively, and
when its action does become at all inefficient, it can be very readily put right.
Datad this 1st day of July 1899.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
Applicant's Patent Agents, 15, Water Street, Liverpool:

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I, AUGUSTUS CHRISTIAN KLEY, of 1:18, Dale Street, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, England, Rubber Stamp Maker, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement : -
This invention has reference to inking-pads, such as are used for supplying
ink to the surface of type stamps, etcetera, used in hand operating or marking
apparatus, and pressed on to the inking pad by the hand, and then applied to
the surface to be marked or printed; and the object and effect of the present
invention is, amongst other things, to provide an inking apparatus of this
kind, which will be more durable and cleanly, and will last longer, and also
capable of being cleaned or renewed, and is generally more effective and
efficient.
The invention is illustrated in Figure 1 in plan, and in side elevation in
Figure 2, which is partly in section.
According to this invention the base of the marker consists of a board a,
having upon one side a raised frame b, curved on the outside as shewn. Within
this frame the felt or other material e to be supplied or charged with the
inking material is placed. At the two ends of the board a, there are metal
brackets & and e respectively, one of which carries a simple pin or long bolt f;
and the other has a roller with a ratchet wheel at either end outside the
bracket e; and a pawl hinged at either side of the board works in con-
nection with, and normally engages a tooth of these ratchet wheels. Between
the pin and the roller h, and passing over the pads e, is a canvas or other
textile strip . Que end may be a loop through which the pin f. passes, and
the other is simply rolled up on the roller h, the rolling up being effected by
a spanner or handle adapted to fit over the square projecting ends of the
roller h. By turning up the roller in one direction, and tightening up this
sheet over the pad e, the sheet will be held under stretch thereon firmly;
and the marking fluid will rise up through the fabric, so that the marker or
printing device used in connection with it would press on to the top and will
take up the ink. Of course when the sheet is stretched; the pawls, engaging
with the ratchet wheels i, hold it under tension.
By these improvements, it will be seen the inking pad c can be renewed,
and the ink on the actual surface, from which it is taken by the printing
apparatus, comes from below. Also, the ink carrier proper is protected from the
dust and dirt, and the pad can be recharged or renewed; while the upper sheet
or fabric can also be cleaned readily and renewed. Consequently the apparatus
remains in a good and serviceable state for a great length of time comparatively,
and when its action does become at all inefficient, it can be very readily put
right.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. An inking-pad for the purposes described comprising a carrier supporting
the pad, and having a fabric held on and over the surface of the said pad,
through which the ink or marking substance therefrom: passes to the
upper
surface; substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

page_text: 2. An inking-pad comprising a carrier or frame a carrying the raised pad c;
and a textile sheet & supported from the opposite ends, and stretched over the
pads; substantially as set forth.
3. The inking-pad apparatus consisting of the carrier base «; frame b;
pade; pin f, and roller h, with locking ratchet wheels and pawls j; and
textile sheet & stretched between the pin and roller h; particularly as shewn
and set forth.
Dated this 15th day of August 1899
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
Applicant's Patent Agents, 15, Water Street, Liverpool.