AN APPARATUS POR DAMPING AND AFFIXING ADHESIVE STAMPS AND LABELS
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Chiosso, of Camden Town, in the County of
Middlesex, for the Invention of "AN APPARATUS POR DAMPING AND AFFIXING
ADHESIVE STAMPS AND LABELS."
Sealed the 3rd April 1857, and dated the 8th October 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Chiosso at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
October 1856.
I, JAMES CHIOsso, of Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of. the said Invention for "AN APPARATUS FOR
DAMPING AND AFFIXING ADHESIVE STAMPS AND LABELS," to be as follows.(that is
to say):
My Invention, which has for its object the affixing of stamps and labels by
a more perfect and expeditious method than hitherto, consists in causing a
rectangular box or chamber fitted with a metallic sliding plate and handle,
between which a reacting coil spring works, to be filled with stamps or labels,
arranged perpendicularly within the said box, with their adhesive surfaces down-
wards, in order, to be readily moistened by means of the damping apparatus,
and retained in their position by a small projecting lip or flange, so that when
moistened-and-pressed or stamped upon the paper or otherwise to which it
may be desirable to attach them, the whole may be withdrawn and deposited
singly by the simple operation of damping and stamping; employing for the
purpose of damping, an apparatus of convenient form for holding water, in the
centre of which is placed a tube, supplied with sponge, by the capillary action

page_text: of which the water is caused to ascend and saturate a layer of felt, wash-
leather, or other suitable soft material, laid or stretched over an aperture in
the cover or lid of the apparatus, and upon which the stamping apparatus
is to be pressed, for the purpose of supplying the label with moisture, as
aforesaid.
SPECIFICATION in. pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Chiosso in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th April 1857.
..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JANES
CHIOsso, of Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said James
Chiosso, Her special licence that I, the said James Chiosso, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James Chiosso, 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 "AN APPARATUS FOR DAMPING AND AFFIXING
ADHESIVE STAMPS AND LABELS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said James Chiosso; 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, 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 James Chiosso, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, and the Drawings therein referred to (that is to say) :-
My Invention, which has for its object the affixing of stamps and labels by
a more perfect and expeditious method than hitherto, consists in causing a
rectangular box or chamber, fitted with a metallic sliding plate and handle
between which a reacting coil spring works, to be filled with stamps or labels

page_text: arranged perpendicularly within the said box, with their adhesive surfaces
downwards, in order to be readily moistened by means of the damping
apparatus, and retained in their position by a small projecting lip or flange, so
that when moistened and pressed or stamped upon the paper or otherwise to
which it may be desirable to attach them, the whole may be withdrawn and
deposited singly by the simple operation of damping and stamping; employing
for the purpose of damping, an apparatus of convenient form for holding water,
in the centre of which is placed a tube, supplied with sponge, by the capillary
action of which the water is caused to ascend and saturate a layer of felt,
wash-leather, or other suitable soft material; laid or stretched over an aperture
in the cover or lid of the apparatus, and upon which the stamping apparatus
is to be pressed for the purpose of supplying the label with moisture; as
aforesaid.
But in order that this my said Invention may be more fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will now proceed to describe it by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings, reference being had to the letters and figures thereon
marked (that is to say):-
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of my stamping apparatus; Fig. 2, a
vertical section thereof; Fig. 3; the apparatus partly in section, showing the
position of the handle during the operation of stamping; Fig. 4, an underneath
view; Fig. 5, a corresponding view, showing the projecting lip or flange and
stamps removed; Fig. 6, a similar view, with the sliding plate and reacting
spring removed; Fig. 7, a top or plan view of the damping apparatus; Fig. 8,
the same, with the top or lid removed; and Fig. 9, a side elevation of the
stamping and damping apparatus, partly in section, showing the mode of
applying moisture to the labels. In each Figure the same letters of reference
denote similar corresponding parts. A, A, rectangular box or chamber for
containing the stams or labels; B, B, metallic sliding plate; C, C, stem or
handle; D, D, prongs, for communicating and equalizing downward pressure
to the plate; E, E, reacting spiral spring, for extending and giving the
requisite play to the handle; F, F, stop or bolt, secured to the lower portion
of the stem or handle, for maintaining the spring in a vertical position; G, G,
small projecting lip or flange, for retaining the stamps or labels in a suitable
position for being separately withdrawn by the operation of damping and
stamping, which is facilitated by the employment of fluted edges, as represented
at H, H; I, I, studs or set screws, for attaching or securing the said lip or
flange to the rectangular box or chamber through the medium of sliding slot
openings J, J; K, K, stamps or labels; L, L, paper or otherwise to which
the said stamps or labels are to be aflixed; M, M, box or receptacle for con-

page_text: taining water; N, N, 'lid or cover; 0, 0, guide for causing the stamp to be
placed with greater uniformity and certainty upon the damping surface; P, P,
vertical tube, supplied with sponge, by the capillary action of which the water
is caused to ascend and saturate the' damping surface Q, Q, formed of wash-
leather, felt, or other suitable soft material; R, R, moveable: frame, for
securing tlie damping surface; S, S, screw; for uniting 'the lid or cover with
the box, and regulating the supply of moisture-to the damping surface:
In conclusion to the foregoing description, I would here briefly remark, that
in order to ensure the perfect adhesion of the stamps: or labels upon the paper
or otherwise to which it may bo desirable to attach the same, it is necessary
that the stamp should remain but a short time upon the damper, and be
quickly withdrawn; and transferred from thenco to the paper or otherwise
under sufficient pressure to leave the stamp affixed thereto; the operation
being repeated till the whole of the stamps have been inade use of, when the
box may be replenished by simply removing the flange for that purpose...
Having now fully described the nature of this my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I would have it clearly. under-
stood that I do not intend to confine myself to the precise details herein-before
set forth; as the apparatus may be fitted and used in liko manner. to the
ordinary lever presses, so as to perform the operations:.of dampings and
stamping by one movement of the lever, or the same may be otherwise varied
without departing from the general principle of this my said Invention; but
that which I do claim as new and of my said Invention is, the general con-
struction and employment of the various mechanical parts of the 'apparatus, in
connection with a suitably formed box or .chamber for holding or containing
the stamps or labels with their several adhesive surfaces downwards, together
with the mode of applying moisture to the same; in the manner and for the
purposes herein-before set forth and described.
In witness wliereof, I, tlie said James Chiosso, have hereunto; set my
hand and seal; this Seventh day of April, in the year of our 'Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven:
.:
CHIOSse
Witness,
FR. DARKIN CAMPBELL,
Clerk to Mess! Weatherdon & Co,
Cu 77, Chancery Lane...
TAMET ES CHIOSSO.
CARL
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