IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AND COPYING PERFORATED WRITING
Year: 1884

page_text: AUTOTated 5
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AND COPYING PERFORATED WRITING" which inven-
tion has been communicated to me from abroad by Ignacio, Marquis of Camarasa
of Madrid in the Kingdom of Spain to be as follows:-
Needle pens for forming letters by producing in a sheet of paper or equivalent
material a multitude of minute and closely arranged perforations representing the
shape of the letter or sign to be produced have been in existence for some time and
the perforated sheets thus produced are used as stencil plates for the purpose of
reproducing any desired number of copies in ink. These needle pens are provided
with a reciprocating needle or pricker operated by an electrical or mechanical
motor.
According to this Invention the individual letters, signs and the like are formed
not by a series of successive pricks or punctures as heretofore but are formed at
one stroke by means of punches or prickers provided with a number of suitably
arranged points or cutting edges which perforate or cut the paper and produce
therein either in the form of cuts or punctures the required representations of
letters signs or the like.
Thes punches or prickers are arranged in analogous manner to the letters in a
type writer so that when operated they strike the sheet of paper at a given point
as it is drawn through the apparatus.
An apparatus constructed according to this invention is provided with a series
of punches or prickers carried in suitable guides and so arranged that all their
extremities, which are provided with suitable needles or cutting edges forming
letters, signs, figures or the like, converge towards a central point where they strike
and perforate the paper. Springs are employed to bring back the punches to their
original position after each letter or sign. The punches are depressed by the direct
action of the hand of the operator upon their upper extremities or otherwise and
cach punch or pricker is connected to a lever and ratchet arrangement which.

page_text: automatically feeds forward the paper in order that the punches or prickers may
not strike the paper at the same spot. The forming of the spaces between the
words, the commencement of a fresh line, and other like operations, are performed
in the same manner as in a type writer by means of blank punches or keys which
only operate the mechanism for shifting the paper.
The apparatus may be connected by a hinge or otherwise to the table on which
it is carried so as admit of being moved out of the way in order to facilitate the
introduction or removal of the frame or board carrying the sheet of paper-The
punching or writing apparatus may be arranged on one side of the top of a table
and the printing apparatus on the other, the top of the table being so arranged as
to admit of being turned over and used either for writing upon or printing from
the sheet as required.
Improvements in Apparatus for Producing and Copying
Perforated Writing.
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I JOHN HENRY JOHNSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN 2
APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AND COPYING PERFORATED WRITING" which Invention
has been communicated to me from abroad by Ignacio Marquis of Camarasa of
Madrid in the Kingdom of Spain, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
Needle pens for forming letters by rapidly producing in a sheet of paper or
equivalent material a multitude of minute and closely arranged perforations
representing the letter or sign to be produced have been in existence for some
time. These pens or perforating instruments are used for writing in the same
manner as ordinary pens and the characteristics of the handwriting of the user
are preserved. The perforated sheet is afterwards placed in a press for the purpose
of reproducing any desired number of copies with ink which passes through the
perforations and is deposited on a blank sheet placed underneath These needle
pens require an electrical or mechanical motor to operate the needle or pricker
according to the construction of the instrument.
The present Invention likewise enables an unlimited number of copies to be
obtained and the original produced also consists of a perforated sheet of paper in-
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page_text: which the letters signs and the like are formed by means of a series of minute
perforations and which is afterwards printed from in a press. According to this
Invention however the letters, signs and the like are formed not by a series of
successively formed pricks or punctures as heretofore but are produced at one
stroke by means of perforating instruments provided with points or cutting edges
which perforate or cut the paper and produce therein in the form of either cuts or
punctures the required representations of letters signs or the like These punching
or pricking instruments are arranged in an analogous manner to the types in a
Remington type-writer, so that when operated they converge to a central point
where they strike the paper as it is drawn through the apparatus-In a type-
writer the writing and the printing are produced simultaneously and only one
copy is obtained whereas in the apparatus constructed according to this Invention
these two operations are performed separately and moreover the perforated sheet
produced may be used for the production of an unlimited number of copies.
The improved apparatus acts as a needle pen as regards the formation of the
perforated original and resembles a type-writer with respect to the grouping and
action of the punches or prickers but differs from the former inasmuch as it forms
complete characters at one stroke and without the intervention of a motor and
from the latter inasmuch as it does not produce a printed sheet but produces
a perforated original by means of which an unlimited number of copies can be
obtained.
This, independently of the perforating instruments provided with needles or
cutting edges according as the letters signs or the like are to be produced by lines
or dots as hereinbefore described; constitutes a novel combination of parts and
of means for the rapid and economical production of perforated writing which
may be used for obtaining copies.
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And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to
the several figures on the annexed sheet of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a vertical section and
Figure 2 a Plan of an easily worked and convenient form of apparatus constructed
according to this Invention for producing perforated writing.
This apparatus is provided with a series of punches or prickers A sliding in
circular guides B and C and so arranged that all their lower extremities provided
at a with suitable needles or cutting edges forming letters signs figures or the like
converge towards a central point at where they strike and perforate a sheet of
paper placed on a board or table F. Springs bring back the punches or per-
forating instruments A to their original position after each letter or sign has been
produced. The punches are depressed by the direct action of the hand of the
operator upon their upper extremities or otherwise or by means of keys or levers,
pushes or other suitable devices.
The punches or prickers when thus operated strike the paper which is placed
upon the travelling board or table F and produce therein the letters figures or the
like in the shape of perforations or cuts as herein before described-Each punch or
pricker A is connected to a lever D operating a ratchet arrangement D¹ which
automatically feeds forward the board F carrying the paper in order that the
punches or prickers may not strike the paper twice at the same spot. The forming
of the spaces between the words, the commencement of a fresh line and other like
operations are performed in the same manner as in a type writer by means of
blank punches or keys which only operate the mechanism for shifting the paper.
The apparatus may be connected by a hinge or otherwise to the table on which
it is carried so as to admit of being moved out of the way in order to facilitate the
introduction or removal of the frame or board F carrying the sheet of paper.―
Any desired number of copies of the perforated sheets obtained by means of this
apparatus can be printed in the usual manner that is to say by the employment of
a press in which the perforated sheet is used as a stencil plate which press may

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if desired be advantageously combined with the writing apparatus as indicated in
Figures 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings. According to this arrangement
the punching or writing apparatus is arranged on the upper side of the top of the
table and the printing apparatus on the other or under side and the top of
the table is so arranged as to be capable of being easily turned over so as to be
used either for writing in the position indicated in Figure 3 or for printing from
the perforated sheet by reversing the table top as indicated in Figures 4 and 5.
The arrangements of the apparatus illustrated in the drawings are merely given
by way of example, as it is evident that the arrangements and details of construc-
tion may be modified according to circumstances without departing from the
principle or essential features of the Invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the improved
apparatus for producing perforated writing by means of instruments capable of
forming complete letters at one stroke substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Second. The combination of an apparatus for producing writing by means of
perforating instruments as hereinbefore described and claimed and a reversible
table for use in printing copies by means of the perforated sheet obtained by the
action of the said perforating instruments substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in Figures 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
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