IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING PRESSES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN STAMPING PRESSES."-A communication from abroad by Theophile
Canier and Adolphe Kunkler, of Paris.
Sealed the 17th August 1860, and dated the 20th February 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald
Brooman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 20th February 1860.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING PRESSES," (communicated to me from abroad
by Theophile Canier and Adolphe Kunkler, of Paris,) to be as follows:-
In this Invention the pressure is obtained directly from the palm of the
hand, a spring or springs causing the stamp to rise after having been
depressed.
According to one of the arrangements of parts hereafter described, the stamp.
when not depressed is kept raised at an angle with the bed; according to the
other arrangement it rises parallel to it. Upon a stand or bed there are two
lugs, with an aperture through each to receive the axis of a stamp carrier. To
the upper and outer end of the stamp carrier a knob or button is fixed, and to

page_text: its under side the engraved or embossed stamp or die is screwed or otherwise
fixed; a corresponding engraved or embossed matrix is fixed on the stand under
the die, into which it enters on being depressed. A spring placed between
the stand and the back of the stamp carrier keeps the stamp raised and at an
angle with the bed.
In the other arrangement the stamp is kept always parallel with the
stand. Upon the stand four upright studs are fixed, which are pressed
through four holes made in the stamp carrier; a helical spring is placed
round each stud, between the top of the stand and bottom surface of the
stamp carrier. A matrix is fixed on the stand under the die, as in the former
The paper or other material to be stamped is placed between the die
and matrix, and the impression is produced by depressing the die smartly with
the hand by bearing on the knob.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Archibald Brooman in the. Great Seal Patent Office
on the 20th August 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent
Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, tho
said Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence that I, the said Richard
Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING PRESSES," (communicated to me from abroad
by Theophile Canier and Adolphe Kunkler, of Paris,) upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, 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,

page_text: and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
In this Invention the pressure is obtained directly from the palm of
the hand, a spring or springs causing the stamp to rise after having been
depressed.
According to one of the arrangements of parts hereafter described, the stamp
when not depressed is kept raised at an angle with the bed; according to the
other arrangement it rises parallel to it. Upon a stand or bed there are two
lugs, with an aperture through each to receive the axis of a stamp carrier.
To the upper and outer end of the stamp carrier a knob or button is fixed,
and to its under side the engraved or embossed stamp or die is screwed or
otherwise fixed. A corresponding engraved or embossed matrix is fixed on
the stand under the die, into which it enters on being depressed. A spring
placed between the stand and the back of the stamp carrier keeps the stamp
raised and at an angle with the bed.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a side elevation, and Figure 2 a
plan, of a stamping press constructed in this manner. a is the stand or bed;
b₁ are lugs; c is the axis of the stamp carrier d; e is the knob or button for
operating the stamp carrier; f, Figure 1, is a spring placed between the bed a
and stamp carrier d, which keeps the latter raised; g is an engraved or
embossed matrix, screwed or otherwise attached to the bed a; and g' is the
engraved or embossed stamp connected to the stamp carrier d. Paper or other
material is placed between the two plates 9 and g', and by pressure produced
by the palm of the hand on the knob or button e, the stamp carrier d, and
with it the stamp g, are brought against the matrix 9' and bed a, which
imparts to the material between the plates the impression engraved on the
stamp. On raising the hand the spring f raises the stamp carrier d, and
retains it in the position shewn at Figure 1 until it is again depressed.
In the other arrangement the stamp is kept always parallel with the stand.
Upon the stand four upright studs are fixed, which are passed through four
holes made in the stamp carrier; a helical spring is placed round each stud
between the top of the stand and bottom surface of the stamp carrier. A
matrix is fixed on the stand under the dic.

page_text: Figure 3 is a side elevation, and Figure 4 a plan, of a stamping press con-
structed according to the arrangement just described. a is the bed or stand;
i, i, i, i, are upright rods connected to the stand; d is the stamp carrier, having
holes formed in it for the passage of the rods i; jjjj, are helical springs on
each rod i, between the stamp carrier and the stand or bed. The die g and
matrix g' are connected to the stamp carrier d and stand or bed a, as in the
former case.
The paper or other material to be stamped is placed between
the die g¹ and matrix g, and the impression is produced by depressing the die
smartly with the hand by bearing on the knob e.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
First, the improvements in stamping presses, by means of which the stamp
when not depressed is kept raised at an angle with the bed, as herein-before
described and illustrated at Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawings.
Second, the improvements in stamping presses, by means of which the
stamp rises parallel to the bed, as herein-before described and illustrated at
Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of August, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty.
R. A. BROOMAN. (L.S.)