Marking Paper or other Material.
Year: 1885

page_text: Marking Paper or other Material.
I HENRY CHARLES GOVER of Beechwood Claremont Road, Highgate in the
County of Middlesex, Secretary to a Public Company, do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STAMPING
ENDORSING OR MARKING PAPER OR OTHER MATERIAL to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the use of a series of stamps (of india rubber metal or
other material) in one apparatus, any one of which stamps may be brought into
action as required.
.
In carrying out my Invention a number of separate complete stamps are
arranged on or around a polygonal body which may be called the stamp-carrier,
revolving on an axis or spindle at either or both ends of which is set a thumb plate
to enable the polygonal body or carrier to be moved round so as to be capable of
bringing each stamp into operation in succesion or otherwise as may be required.
For example the polygonal body or carrier may be of a square shape having a stamp
on each of its four faces any one of which may be brought into use by turning the
polygonal body or carrier round on its axis by means of the thumb plates, or the
polygonal body or carrier may be of triangular, pentagonal or other polygonal shape
and bear three, five, or other corresponding number of stamps.
The polygonal body may be used in any of the various forms of stamping
apparatus now in use.
When it is applied to what are known as "endorsing stamps" of the type
in respect of which I obtained Letters patent dated 6th of May 1881, N° 1973
I may arrange the parts in the following manner.
The polygonal body or carrier with stamps attached thereto is fast on an axis or
spindle mounted between slotted plates or cheeks, the axis or spindle, having a
thumb plate at either or both ends, passing through the slots and held up against
a projecting ridge at the top of each plate or cheek, or against a cross head connect-
ing the two plates or cheeks by means of a spring or india rubber band or other
suitable device, the slots being of sufficient length to give the necessary amount of
play to the axis or spindle whilst adjusting or turning round the polygonal body or
carrier so as to permit the angles to clear the cross head or other parts with which
they would otherwise come in contact. The bed on which the paper or material to

page_text: be stamped is placed is raised to bring the latter into contact with the stamp by
means of a flap moving on an intermediate point or by a bed lifted up by means of
parallel levers at each side of the frame, or by the polygonal body or carrier being
brought down to the flap or by such other means as shall bring the stamp and
paper or materials to be stamped into contact This flap or bed or the levers in
connection therewith may be connected by rods and levers with an ink roller
arranged in relation to an ink bed or reservoir so that such ink roller when
the apparatus is operated and before the bed and stamp come into contact shall
pass from the ink bed or reservoir charged with ink across the stamp depositing
its charge thereon and returning again to the ink pad or reservoir as the apparatus
returns to its normal position.
When the polygonal body or carrier is to be used in combination with hand
stamping apparatus in which the stamp after receiving its charge of ink from an
ink pad makes a semi revolution in readiness for the stamping operation, I may
mount the axis or spindle of the polygonal body or carrier in slotted plates or
cheeka as before described and either cause the stamp to receive its charge of ink
and then perform its axial movement as in the ordinary manner or I may employ
an ink roller as in the case of the endorsing apparatus herein before described.
When the polygonal body or carrier is employed in apparatus of the character
of the ordinary pad stamp, it may be secured on an axis or spindle set in slotted
plates or cheeks as before described, but in this case obviously the ink roller and
its appendages will not be required.
It will be evident that the polygonal body or carrier although preferably made
with as many faces as there are stamps to be used need not necessarily be made of
a rigid form or substance as it may consist of an india rubber or other flexible
band on which the series of stamps is formed, the said band passing over or around
suitable supporting bodies, one of which is a fixed or resisting face on to which the
particular stamps required to be used is brought, when it is desired to give the
impression.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Stamping, Endorsing, or
Marking Paper or other Material.
I HENRY CHARLES GOVER, of Beechwood, Claremont Road, Highgate in the
County of Middlesex, Secretary to a Public Company, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to the use of a series of stamps (of india rubber, metal or
other suitable material) in one apparatus, any one of which stamps may be brought
into action as required.
In carrying out my Invention, a number of separate complete stamps are
disposed on or around a polygonal body, which may be designated the stamp
carrier, and which is so arranged as to be capable of rotatory motion in order to
bring each stamp into operation in succession or otherwise as may be required.
For example, the polygonal body or carrier may be of a square section, having a
stamp on each of its four faces any one of which may be brought into use by
turning the polygonal body or carrier round on its axis, or the polygonal body or
carrier may be of triangular, pentagonal or other polygonal section and bear three,
five or other corresponding number of stamps
The polygonal body may be used in any of the various forms of stamping
apparatus now in use.
And in order that the said Invention may be perfectly understood, I shall now-
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to
the several figures on the accompanying sheets of drawings, the same letters of
reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 (Sheet 1) of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of
an apparatus of the type of what are known as endorsing stamps constructed
according to one modification of my Invention, the parts being shewn in full lines.
in their normal position, and the polygonal body or stamp carrier being also
indicated by dotted lines, in the act of being adjusted so as to bring a different
stamp into action. Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the apparatus
with the stamp and bed (or the paper or material thereon) brought into contact for
the stamping operation; and Figure 3 is a plan corresponding to Figure 2.
Figures 4 and 5 are detached views representing by way of example a form of
polygonal body or carrier with stamps affixed, Figure 4 being an end elevation
and Figure 5 a side elevation of the same.
Figures 6, 7 and 8 illustrate in side elevation, longitudinal vertical section and
plan respectively another modification of endorsing stamp constructed according to
iny Invention, the parts in these views being shewn in analogous positions to those
in the similar views Figures 1, 2 and 3, with the exception that the act of adjusting
the polygonal body or carrier is not indicated.
Figures 9, 10 and 11 (Sheet 2) illustrate a further modification of endorsing
stamp constructed according to my Invention, Figure 9 being a side elevation of
the apparatus in its normal position, Figure 10 a similar view of the apparatus in
the act of stamping, and Figure 11 a plan corresponding to Figure 10.

page_text: Figures 12, 13, 14 and 15 (Sheet 1) illustrate my Invention combined with a
known form of hand stamping apparatus in which the stamp after receiving its
charge of ink makes a semi-revolution for the stamping operation, Figure 12 being
an elevation, Figures 13 and 14 vertical sections taken at right angles to Figure 12
shewing two different positions of the parts, and Figure 15 a plan corresponding
to Figure 12.
Figures 16 and 17 illustrate in side and end elevation respectively the application
of my Invention to the ordinary pad stamp; the polygonal body or carrier being of
a square section similar to that shewn in Figures 4 and 5.
Figures 18 and 19 represent an otherwise similar pad stamp with a hexagonal
body or carrier instead of one of a square section.
Figure 20 represents a side elevation of a pad stamp having applied thereto a
modified construction of polygonal body or carrier, and Figures 21 and 22 are
respectively an end elevation and transverse section of the same.
A (Figures 4 and 5) represent the polygonal body or stamp carrier, in this
example of a square section, provided on each of its four sides with a complete
stamp, the four stamps being marked respectively a, a', a³, a³, any one of which
stamps is to be brought into operation as required. It is shewn as fast on or
carrying a spindle or axis 6 having a thumb disc d at each end hereinafter
referred to. The polygonal body or carrier with its multiple stamps affixed may
be used as before mentioned in any of the various forms of stamping apparatus
now in use.
When it is applied to what are known as endorsing stamps of the type in
respect of which I obtained Letters patent dated 6th May 1881 No 1973 I may
arrange the parts in the manner illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings.
The polygonal body or carrier A with stamps attached thereto carries the axis
or spindle 6 mounted between plates or cheeks B B forming part of the frame C of
the apparatus and each having formed therein a slot c through which the axis or
spindle passes.
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The axis or spindle b, which is provided with the thumb disc d
at both ends as shewn, or at either end, is held up against ledges c¹ on the plates or
cheeks B by means of a spring or india rubber band e or other suitable device, and
the slots c are made of sufficient length to give the necessary amount of play to the
axis or spindle b whilst adjusting or turning round the stamp carrier A, 80 as
to permit the angles to clear parts with which they would otherwise come in
contact.
E is the bed proper on which the paper or material to be stamped is placed. In
the present example, the operation of stamping is effected by raising the bed E in
order to bring the paper and stamp together, by means of parallel-motion levers to
be presently described, which are connected by rods and levers with an ink roller F
alternately receiving its charge of ink from an ink bed or pad G, which extends
across the apparatus, and depositing it upon the stamp. These operations are
carried out in the following manner :-
The extension E¹ of the bed, which is made separate from the bed proper E, is
pivotted to the frame C of the apparatus at each side at f, and the outer
extremities of arms g, arranged one at each side of the apparatus projecting from
such extension E¹, are pivotted at h to lugs g¹ depending from the bottom of the
bed E. At the points are also pivotted to such pendent lugs g¹ one extremity of
two sets of levers arranged at each side of the apparatus, viz: in one direction,
levers F having their fulcra at i in the frame C of the apparatus, and in the other
direction, double armed levers G¹ having their fulcra at k in the frame C, and their
outer arm connected by rods 1, m carried by levers n, centred in the frame C at o,
and by levers 2 to a rocking shaft H, extending across the apparatus, and having
its bearings in the plates or cheeks B B. From this rocking shaft the ink roller F
is carried by spring telescopic rods I at each side, which admit of the ink roller
yielding to such extent as is required in its traverse.
The apparatus so constructed operates in the following manner:-The parts
being in the position indicated by the full lines in Figure 1, and the paper or

page_text: material to be stamped having been placed on the bed E, the bed extension E is
depressed, thus raising the bed E towards the stamp. Before, however, the bed E
reaches the stamp, the ink roller F which has been in contact with the ink bed or
pad G will have passed therefrom charged with ink across the stamp, depositing
its charge thereon, and the stamping having been effected the bed descends again
under the action of springs q to its normal position, the ink roller F at the same
time returning to the ink bed or pad G. The position of the parts when in the act
of stamping is indicated in Figures 2 and 3.
When it is required to bring another of the series of stamps with which the
stamp carrier A is provided into action, this may be effected by the act of slightly
lowering the axis or spindle b in its slots c, and then turning it round by the aid of
the thumb discs d to the required position, in which it will be maintained by the
springs e. In Figure 1 I have indicated by dotted lines the stamp carrier in the
act of being so adjusted.
Figures 6, 7 and 8 illustrate another modification of stamping apparatus of the
same type, constructed according to my Invention, in which the stamping is effected
by the polygonal body or carrier being brought down to the bed. In this case the
side plates or cheeks B, B in which the polygonal body or stamp carrier A, with
the stamps thereon, is suspended in the manner herein before described, are provided
with lateral arms B¹ B¹ which extend backwards and at their extremity form one
with a rocking sleeve B', the latter turning around a shaft B³, which extends from
side to side of the main frame C. The rocking sleeve B2, which carries a counter-
weight B, is provided with a crank arm r, which is connected by a link s with one
arm of a bell crank lever t centred in the frame C at 1, and the other arm of which
is attached by a link u to a pin 2 carried in the bed E. Another arm 71 on the
rocking sleeve B³ is connected at its hooked extremity 3 with one end of an elastic
band or spring q¹, attached at its opposite end to a fixed point in the base piece C¹.
With this arrangement of the parts, by the act of depressing the bed E having the
paper or material to be stamped thereon, the stamp is brought down on the same,
the rocking sleeve B turning around its axis B³, raising the counterweight B' and
extending the spring q', after which, on the bed E being released, the reaction of
the counterweight B* and spring q¹ restores the parts to their normal position.
In this modification, the ink roller is dispensed with, and ink pad G only being
employed, which is normally in contact with the stamp, but moves out of its path
as the same is brought down to the bed. This action is obtained by suspending
the ink pad G from two sets of parallel motion levers v, w, arranged at each side of
the apparatus and attached at their lower ends to the ink pad. Each lever of the
one set (v) is attached to the axis b of the stamp carrier, whilst the levers w, which
are bell crank levers, have their fulcra at in the arms B¹, B¹, and their further
extremity is jointed to a cross shaft D', connected to a lever x, which is centred on
the extremity of a limb I projecting from the frame C. By this arrangement of
the parts, the motion of the ink pad is properly timed in relation to that of the
stamp, so that it moves away from the stamp as the latter descends, and then
returns to the face of the stamp as the latter rises to its normal position.
In Figures 9, 10 and 11 (sheet 2) I have shewn a further modification of this
stamping apparatus fitted with the polygonal body or stamp carrier, and which
differs from the arrangement illustrated in Figures 6, 7 and 8 chiefly in the fact,.
that whereas in the latter the ink pad was caused to move to and from the stamp,
in the present example the stamp is arranged to move to and from the ink pad, in
order to receive its charge of ink and stamp therewith the paper or material to be
operated upon.
In this modification, the bed E on which the entire apparatus is supported is
mounted on a horizontal axis y in the base piece C¹, suitably shaped so that as the
front end 4 of the bed E is depressed to operate the stamp the rear end 5 is lifted.
From this rear end 5, the ink pad G is supported by curved bars 2, which carry
fulcra 6, 7 of parallel-motion levers K, L, at each side, the levers K being connected
at their outer end to the spindle or axis b of the polygonal body or carrier A, and

page_text: the levers L to studs 8 on the side plates or cheeks B, B, connected together by
cross bara 9, 9. The fulcra 6 of the levers K consist of a rocking shaft on the ends
of which those levers are secured; and on this rocking shaft are fast three wheels
or pulleys M, N, O, the function of which is as follows: To the wheels or
pulleys M, N, are attached springs q which passing over the wheels or pulleys are
secured at s¹ to the ink pad-support G¹, for restoring the parts to their normal
position after the operation of the apparatus. The wheel or pulley O has attached
to it a chain or cord 10, which passing over it and over a wheel or pulley P (on a
shaft carried by the side bars 2) is secured to the base piece C₁ and a constant
leverage is thus ensured during the operation of the apparatus.
It will be obvious from the construction of the apparatus, that on the front end 4
of the bed E (bearing the paper or material to be stamped) being depressed, and
the rear end 5 consequently raised, the action of the chain or cord 10 on the wheel
or pulley will cause the rocking shaft 6 to turn and with it the levers K, thus
bringing down the stamp (guided also by the levers L) from its seat on the ink
pad G, into contact with the paper or material to be stamped, the parts returning
to their normal position, assisted by the action of the springs q', as soon as the
pressure on the end 4 of the bed E is removed.
It will be understood that in the two modifications of stamping apparatus herein-
before described respectively with reference to Figures 6, 7 and 8 and Figures 9, 10
and 11 the polygonal body or stamp carrier A is adjusted so as to bring any one of
its series of stamps a, a, a, a³, into action in succession or otherwise as required,
in the manner first hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
The modifications of stamping apparatus of the type herein before described are
given as examples, but the polygonal body or stamp carrier is applicable to
apparatus of this character with any convenient variation in the details thereof and
whatever means may be employed to bring the stamp and the paper or material to
be stamped into contact.
When the polygonal body or carrier is to be used in combination with hand
stamping apparatus in which the stamp after receiving its charge of ink from an
ink pad makes a semi-revolution in readiness for the stamping operation, I may
mount the axis or spindle of the polygonal body or carrier in slotted plates or
cheeks as before described, and either cause the stamp to receive its charge of ink
and then perform its axial movement as in the ordinary manner, or I may employ
an ink roller as in the case of the endorsing apparatus hereinbefore described with
reference to Figures 1, 2, and 3.
Figures 12, 13, 14 and 15 represent a stamping apparatus of this description with
my invention applied thereto.
C is the frame, open at its lower end and carrying at its upper end the ink pad G.
This frame is slotted at c and through the slots passes the spindle or axis b carrying
the stamp, which spindle or axis extends across from end to end of the apparatus,
and at each extremity is held loosely by one of the bifurcated arms 12, 12 of the
bridle piece Q. A projection 13 from the top of the frame, C serves as a guide for
the bridle piece Q1, which when depressed by the aid of the operating handle R,
works over such projection 13 and forces down the spindle or axis b, and with it
the stamp carrier thereon. The stamp is suitably guided in its descent and caused
to perform a semi-revolution by means of cam surfaces 14 engaging with fixed
studs 15, the reverse action being obtained as soon as pressure is removed, by
means of a helical spring enclosed in the handle R.
The apparatus so far described is similar to that in common use. According to
my Invention, however, I employ in it in lieu of the usual single stamp a polygonal
body or stamp carrier such for example as. A provided with a series of separate
complete stamps a, a, a³, a³, any one of which stamps may be brought into action
as required, as fully hereinbefore described: This polygonal body or carrier is in
the present example mounted loose on the spindle or axis b, and maintained in any
adjusted position by means of a spring 16 carried by the cam plate 14 (or by the
piece 18 on the opposite side) the end of which spring is capable f engaging with

page_text: any one of a series of studs 17 fixed on the corresponding end of the polygonal
body or carrier A; or the details may be arranged in any other suitable manner, so
that the polygonal body or carrier may be capable of being turned round when
required for adjustment and at the saine time of being solidly connected to the
moving part of the apparatus so as to partake of its normal movements during the
operation of the stamp.
In the modification of apparatus illustrated, the stamp derives its charge of ink
from an ink pad direct, but in lieu of this arrangement an ink roller may be used
as in the case of the endorsing stamp shewn in Figures 1, 2, and 3, in which case
the semi-revolution of the stamp during the stamping operation may be dispensed
with.
When the polygonal body or carrier is employed in apparatus of the character
of the ordinary pad stamp, it may be secured on an axis or spindle set in slotted
plates or cheeks as before described, but in this case obviously the ink roller and
its appendages will not be required.
Figures 16 and 17 illustrate one form of pad stamp constructed according to my
Invention. The polygonal body or carrier A with its stamps a, a¹, a³, a³, is
secured on or carries a spindle or axis b set in slotted plates or cheeks B, B, so as
to admit of the polygonal body being turned round by the aid of thumb discs d in
order to bring any one of the series of stamps into action as required, springs e
maintaining the polygonal body in its adjusted position against the ledges c¹, all
as fully hereinbefore described The plates or cheeks B B are united by a plate 9
surmounted by a knob or handle R for the convenience of using the stamp by
pressure in the ordinary manner. Figures 18 and 19 shew a pad-stamp having a
stamp carrier A of a hexagonal section with a stamp affixed to each of its six faces
as shewn at a, a¹, a³, a³, a, a³. This form of polygonal body is applicable to any
of the various kinds of stamping apparatus.
Similarly any other required number of stamps (limited only by the size of the
apparatus) may be employed on a body or carrier having a suitable number of
sides.
It will be evident that the polygonal body or carrier, although preferably made
with as many faces as there are stamps to be used, need not necessarily be made of
a rigid form or substance, as it may consist of an india rubber or other flexible
band on which the series of stamps is formed, the said band passing over or around
suitable supporting bodies, one of which is a fixed or resisting face, on to which
the particular stamp required to be used is brought when it is desired to give the
impression.
This modification is illustrated in Figures 20, 21 and 22 as applied by way of
example to a pad stamp the carrier of which has three separate complete stamps,
although obviously any other convenient number may be used.
A is an india rubber or other flexible band on or to which the series of stamps
aa¹ a² is formed or affixed. This band passes over a roller T and over a fixed or
resisting face U. The roller T is fast on or carries a spindle or axis b, which is
fitted so as to be capable of turning in the side plates or cheeks B B, united by the
plate 9. The fixed or resisting face U is carried by the lower part of the plates or
cheeks B, B.
This apparatus may be operated by the aid of the knob or handle R in the usual
way, whilst by the act of turning the thumb discs d, the band is moved round until
the particular stamp required is brought beneath the fixed or resisting face U, the
natural resiliency of the band (in the case of one of india rubber) assisting to
maintain the stamp in its adjusted position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is
1at In apparatus for stamping, endorsing or marking paper or other material,
the employment of a series of separate complete stamps, arranged on or around a

page_text: polygonal body or carrier, in such a manner that any one of such stamps may be
brought into action as required, substantially as herein before described.
2nd The combination in what are known as endorsing stamps, of a polygonal
stamp carrier, having arranged on or around the same a series of separate complete
stamps, any one of which stamps may be brought into action as desired, with an
ink bed or pad, in conjunction or not with an ink roller, substantially as herein-
before described.
3rd The general constructions, arrangements and combinations of parts, substan-
tially as herein before described with reference respectively to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5; Figures 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8; and Figures 4, 5 9, 10 and 11 of the accom-
panying drawings.
4th The arrangement of stamping apparatus substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference to Figures 12, 13, 14 and 15, whether used with an ink
bed or pad alone, or in conjunction with an ink roller.
5th The employment of pad stamps substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference respectively to Figures 16 and 17, Figures 18 and 19 and Figures 20, 21
and 22 of the accompanying drawings.