Year: 1884

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ALFRED SQUIRE of 6 Wrotham Road Camden Road in the County of Middlesex
douth seek leave to amend the specification of Letters Patent, No. 3887 of 1884,
as shown in, red ink in the copy of the original specification hereunto annexed:-
And the words that are wished to be disclaimed together with letter (H) in
Fig. 1-2 and 3 are as follows-And at the bottom of this hole I place a small
friction button H, or two when fork is used-These buttons are made of India
rubber or other fit material and act as a guide to sticker and obiviates friction
allowing the sticker to move freely backwards and forwards-Claim 2 I also claim
the friction button or buttons in sticker thus obviating friction of the arm D. in
guiding the sticker.
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My reasons for making this amendment are as follows:-That the friction
button H is allidge by Messrs Green & Savoge to be an infringment of their patent
N° 860-1884.
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In the Matter of the Application made by Alfred Squire for leave to amend the
Specification filed in pursuance of the application for Letters Patent No. 3887
of 1884:
J. CLARK HALL,
Deputy Comptroller-General.

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Improvements in Pianoforte Actions.
I ALFRED SQUIRE of 6 Wrotham Rd Camden Rd in the County of Middlesex
Pianoforte Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PIANOFORTE ACTIONS to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to obtain an easy escapement a rapid repeat like-
wise a certain check and to obviate friction and noise, In the first place I have
the usual Sticker from cloth on finger key to notch in Butt-This sticker has two
levers one on each end-the bottom one has two centres the top one has only one,
the other end of top lever passes each side like a fork or into and through an
oblong hole in sticker lined with a soft substance and at the bottom of this hole
which
I place a small friction button made of India-rubber or other fit material.
acts as a guide to sticker and obviates friction allowing the sticker to move freely
backwards and forwards.
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This lever is centred on the hammer-rail-attached to this top lever is an arm
which hangs down towards the bottom lever-this being so-as the top lever
moves upwards with the sticker the arm comes forward and on the bottom of the
arm is a small bevel opposite to which is a regulating button and screw pin tapped
into and passing through the sticker, When the arm presses this button it forces
the sticker out of the notch in butt called escapement and drives the hammer and
sticker into check which is adjusted by the screw pin and button herein before
mentioned and the sticker is returned into the notch by the usual method of spring
when released by finger on key.
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page_text: трогощение Шлацотото декоць.
I ALFRED SQUIRE of 6 Wrotham Road Camden Road in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Piano forte Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN PIANO FORTE ACTIONS, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The object of my Invention is to obtain an easy escapement-a rapid repeat
likewise a certain check and to obviate friction and noise. In the first place
I have the usual Sticker A from cloth on finger key B to notch in butt C.
This Sticker A has two levers D and E-one on each end-the bottom one E has
two centres the top one D only one-the other end of top lever passes each side
like a fork Figure 2. D. or into and through an oblong hole L. in in Sticker
Figure 3. D-also shewn in Figure 1. D.-lined with a soft substance and-at-the
bottom of this-hole I-place-a-small friction button H.-or-two-when-fork-is-used —
These buttons-are-made-of-India-rubber-or-other-fit-material-and-act-as-a-guide-to
sticker and obviates friction allowing the sticker to move freely backwards-and
forwards.
This Lever is centred on the Hammer rail I and attached to this top lever is an
arm F which hangs down towards the bottom lever-this being so as the top
lever moves upwards with the sticker the arm F comes forward-On the bottom
of the arm is a small bevel opposite to which is a regulating button and screw
pin G tapped into and passing through the sticker-When the arm presses this
button it forces the sticker out of the notch in butt called escapement and drives
the Hammer and sticker into check which is adjusted by the screw pin and button
herein before mentioned and the sticker is returned into the notch by the usual
method of spring when released by the finger on key.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The manner in which the sticker is guided by moveable rack or lever
2. I-also-claim the friction button or buttons in sticker thus obviating friction
of the arm-D in guiding the sticker together with the manner of set off or
escapement.

page_text: I ALFRED SQUIRE of 6 Wrotham Rd Camden Rd in the County of Middlesex
Pianoforte Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PIANOFORTE ACTIONS to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to obtain an easy escapement a rapid repeat like-
wise a certain check and to obviate friction and noise, In the first place I have
the usual Sticker from cloth on finger key to notch in Butt-This sticker has two
levers one on each end-the botton one has two centres the top one has only one,
the other end of top lever passes each side like a fork or into and through an
oblong hole in sticker lined with a soft substance and at the bottom of this hole
I place a small friction button made of India-rubber or other fit material which
acts as a guide to sticker and obviates friction allowing the sticker to move freely
backwards and forwards.
This lever is centred on the hammer-rail-attached to this top lever is an arm
which hangs down towards the bottom lever-this being so-as the top lever
moves upwards with the sticker the arm comes forward and on the bottom of the
arm is a small bevel opposite to. which is a regulating button and screw pin tapped
into and passing through the sticker, When the arm presses this button it forces
the sticker out of the notch in butt called escapement and drives the hammer and
sticker into check which is adjusted' by the screw pin and button herein before
mentioned and the sticker is returned into the notch by the usual method of spring
when released by finger on key.
Dated this twenty-fifth day of February 1884.

page_text: I ALFRED SQUIRE of 6 Wrotham Road Camden Road in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Piano forte Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN PIANO FORTE ACTIONS, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be. particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
The object of my Invention is to obtain an easy escapement-a rapid repeat
In the first place
likewise a certain check and to obviate friction and noise.
I have the usual Sticker A, from cloth on finger key B to notch in butt C.
This Sticker A lias two levers D and E-one on each end-the bottom one E has
two centres the top one D only one-the other end of top lever passes each side
like a fork Figure 2. D. or into and through an oblong hole L. in in Sticker
Figure 3. D-also shewn in Figure 1. D.-lined with a soft substance and at the
bottom of this hole I place a small friction button H.-or two when fork is used-
These buttons are made of India rubber or other fit material and act as a guide to
sticker and obviates friction allowing the sticker to move freely backwards and
⚫forwards.
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This Lever is centred on the Hammer rail I and attached to this top lever is än
arm F which hangs down towards the bottom lever this being so as the top
lever moves upwards with the sticker the arm F comes forward-On the bottom
of the arm is a small bevel opposite to which is a regulating button and screw
pin G tapped into and passing through the sticker-When the arm presses this
button it forces the sticker out of the notch in butt called escapement and drives
the Hammer and sticker into check which is adjusted by the screw pin and button
herein before mentioned and the sticker is returned into the, notch by the usual
method of spring when released by the finger on key.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
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1. The manner in which the sticker is guided by moveable rack or lever.
2. I also claim the friction button or. buttons.in sticker thus obviating friction
of the arm D in guiding the sticker together with the manner of set off or
escapement:
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