AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR STAMPING AND INKING BONDS, SHARES, RITTE AND ATHED DOCK
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Gustave Bodel, Jacques Masse, and William
Webster, of Boulevard Voltaire, No. 85, at Paris, for the Invention
of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR STAMPING AND INKING BONDS, SHARES,
RITTE AND ATHED DOCK"
Sealed the 21st December 1874, and dated the 24th September 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Gustave Bodel,
Jacques Masse, and William Webster at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 24th September
1874.
We, LOUIS GUSTAVE BODEL, JACQUES MASSE, and WILLIAM WEBSTER,
of Boulevard Voltaire, No. 85, at Paris, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR STAMPING AND INKING
BONDS, SHARES, BILLS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS," to be as follows:-
:-
The apparatus which forms the object of our Invention is intended to
stamp and ink bonds, coupons, shares, cheques, and financial or other
documents generally in a special manner so as to prevent fraud and
afford almost absolute safety in negociation.

page_text: The principle of our apparatus, which also constitutes the fundamental
characteristic of our Invention, consists in first producing upon the
document a number or other inscription in relief, and in then inking the
projecting surface of the characters thus stamped. We effect this double
action by means of two oscillating levers, one of which while sliding
carries a "force" for a die stamp, whilst the other, formed of two thin
arms, supports a printing roller.
By the combination of the driving mechanism, which we will presently
describe, we give to these levers an oscillating movement with a pause
between each stroke, so that the blank stamp first impresses the number
in relief, then the printing roller comes to deposit ink upon the upper
surface of the figures thus stamped. We obtain in this manner upon
documents a double means of control, assuring greatly increased security;
it becomes indeed impossible to change the number of the document
without injuring it in a manner which cannot fail to be discovered, and
frauds are therefore rendered additionally difficult.
We proceed to describe the combination and action of our apparatus
for stamping and inking documents :-
The apparatus is mounted within a frame in wood or iron composed of
twin cheeks of metal connected by convenient cross pieces. At the
back portion of the apparatus a transverse shaft is arranged adjusted in
supports; this shaft carries on the one side the fixed and loose pullies,
a bevil pinion, and a fly wheel; and on the other side a specially formed
cam the cam acts upon a small roller carried at the end of a hori-
zontal rod, which thus receives a movement alternating with the pause
at the end of each stroke, and determined by the form given to the cam.
The shaft slides horizontally in its bearings fixed to the frame, and its
constant recall to the cam is effected by means of a strong spiral spring
compressed between the guide and a collar upon the shaft. At its other
end the rod is connected to a link, which is itself jointed to a strong
lever rigidly fixed to a transverse shaft upon which the two chief organs
of the machine are mounted, viz., the blank stamp or die and the arms
carrying the printing roller. The spindle of the blank stamp or die
slides in a socket formed in a bend made in the middle of the shaft. It
is terminated at the top by a cap, in which is mounted a roller, and is
provided with a collar, against which a spiral spring presses, resting at
its other end upon a ring held upon the socket by two small screwed
rods.

page_text: The armis which carry the printing roller are provided with slots in
which the bearings of the roller are held. Spiral springs held in the
grooves of the arms repel the roller downwards, while at the same time
allowing it a certain elasticity.
Above the shaft carrying the die and the inking roller is arranged
another shaft, in the middle of which is keyed a cam intended to act
upon the roller of the head of the die spindle and to give to the latter
the pressure necessary at the time of stamping. This upper shaft
receives its rotating movement through bevil gearing from the main
shaft at the back of the apparatus. In the lower part of its travel the
printing roller comes in contact with several small inking rollers, which
give the necessary ink for each impression. Beneath the stamping dic.
and printing or inking roller is adjusted the other part, bearing in relief
the same figures or devices engraved in the die.
The apparatus is provided with counting mechanism of the usual.
description, which causes the number to change by an unit at cach
stroke of the roller.
The actuating mechanism can be sensibly modified; thus the cam can
be reduced and combined with the transmission levers. The motive
shaft can be placed below instead of above, and we do not limit our-
selves in this respect.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Louis Gustave Bodel, Jacques Masse, and William
Webster in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th March 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, LOUIS
GUSTAVE BODEL, JACQUES MASSE, and WILLIAM WEBSTER, of Boulevard
Voltaire, No. 85, at Paris, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of September, in the year of.
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto us, the said Louis Gustave Bodel, Jacques Masse, and.

page_text: between each stroke, so that the die stamp first impresses the number in
relief and then the printing roller comes to deposit ink upon the upper
surface of the figures thus stamped. We obtain in this manner upon
documents a double means of control, assuring greatly increased security.
It becomes indeed impossible to change the number of the document
without injuring it in a manner which cannot fail to be discovered, and
frauds are therefore rendered additionally difficult.
The figures or characters stamped and inked by one machine can be
combined with framed vignettes produced either by a previous stamping
or by bordering. The upper part of the figure can also be guilloched or
striated by successive hollows and reliefs.
Our system can be applied indifferently to securities on all kinds of
paper, tinted, coloured, white, filigreed, or of any chemical composition,
and the ink upon the inking roller may be itself of any colour and of
any suitable chemical composition, preferably indelible, in order to
prevent all alteration.
We proceed to describe, with reference to the annexed Drawings, the
combination and action of our apparatus for stamping and inking docu-
ments :-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of the apparatus, and Figure 2 is
a partial sectional elevation showing the principal mechanism, and
Figure 3 a corresponding end view of the machine.
The apparatus is mounted within a frame A, A, in wood or iron com-
posed of twin cheeks of metal connected by convenient cross pieces. At
the back portion of the apparatus a transverse shaft a is arranged
adjusted in supports. This shaft a carries on the one side the fixed and
loose pulleys b, a bevil pinion, C, and a fly wheel B, and on the other side
a specially formed cam C. The cam C acts upon a small roller & carried
at the end of a horizontal rod D (provided with another guide roller s),
which thus receives a movement alternating with the pause at the end
of each stroke, and determined by the form given to the cam C, as shown
in the Drawing. The shaft D slides horizontally in its bearings f, ƒ,
fixed to the frame A, and its constant recall to the cam C is effected by
means of a strong spiral spring 9 compressed between the guide f and
a collar h upon the shaft D. The cam C can be constructed with a
groove in order to itself effect the recall of the rod D. The spiral

page_text: spring would then be dispensed with, and the length of the frame;
might be sensibly diminished. The cushion of the bearing of the articu-
lation connecting the rod D with the lever F would be provided with
two lateral blade springs in order to compensate for the wear. At its
other end the rod D is connected to a link E, which is itself jointed to b
a strong lever F rigidly fixed to a transverse shaft G, upon which the
two chief organs of the machine are mounted, that is to say, the blank
stamp or die H and the arms I, I, carrying the printing roller J. The
spindle of the blank stamp or die H slides in a socket i formed in a bend
made in the middle of the shaft G. It is terminated at the top by a cap, 1
in which is mounted a roller j, and is provided with a collar K, against
which a spiral spring presses, resting at its other end upon a ring
held upon the socket i by two little rods 1², f..
The arms I, I, which carry the printing roller J are provided with
slots, in which the bearings of the roller J are held. Spiral springs m 1
held in the slots of the arms I, I, repel the roller J downwards, while at
the same time allowing it a certain elasticity. The course of oscillation
of the levers I, I, can be also regulated. behind by means of the pro-
jecting screws u, u.
Above the shaft G is arranged another shaft K, in the middle of which 2
is keyed the cam L intended to act upon the roller j of the head of the
die spindle, and to give to the latter the pressure necessary at the time of
stamping. The shaft K receives its rotating movement through bevil
pinions c,. c, c, keyed respectively the first upon the shaft K and the
other upon the shafts n, o,
and u.
In the lower part of its travel the 2
printing roller J comes in contact with several small inking rollers p, p,
which give the necessary ink for each impression. Beneath the stamping
die and the printing or inking roller is adjusted the other part M bearing
in relief the same figures or devices as those engraved in the die. This
other part M and the die are of course provided with counting mechanism 3
which causes the number to change by an unit at each stroke of the
roller, that is to say, for each document numbered.
. In the annexed Drawings we have shown by way of example only one
of the arrangements which may be employed in order to effect the
movement of the little rollers in the die H and the corresponding 3
relief part M simultaneously as each sheet or document comes to be
numbered. This arrangement, shown in red ink in Figures 2 and 3,

page_text: consist for the die H in a system of jointed levers 1, 2, and 3, which at
each oscillation cause the the roller bearing the figures of unity of the die
to turn one tooth; and for the other or relief part by another system of
jointed levers 4, 5, and 6, actuated by a cam 7, which describes a revo-
lution at each turn of the shaft K by means of a prolongation of the
vertical shaft n and of two conical pinions c¹, c", one of which is
keyed upon the annexed shaft c which carries the cam 7.
The typographic workman takes his place in front of the machine
at x. He places each document below the spring paper clip, and between
the bench marks upon the table n above the relief part M; the die comes
down first and stamps the figures in relief; the printing roller then
comes and deposits its ink upon the upper surfaces of the figures already
stamped; the relief part M then falls in the same manner as in existing
machines, and the workman withdraws the document to replace it with
another. The cam C is arranged so as to give the workman time to
effect this.
The actuating mechanism can be sensibly modified; thus the cam C
can be reduced and combined with the transmission levers. The motive
shaft can be placed below instead of above, and we do not limit
ourselves in this respect. We can annex to the apparatus an ordinary
mechanism for the introduction and the removal of the documents to be
stamped and inked. In short, the essential characteristic of our Inven-
tion consists in an altogether novel arrangement, that is to say, in the
successive action of stamping and inking in order to prevent fraud, and
this consecutive double action is capable of variation in the details of its
execution.
And having now described the nature of our said Invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we claim,-
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First. The apparatus, substantially as above described and shown in
the accompanying Drawings, for stamping and inking bonds, shares,
bills, notes, and other documents.
And, Secondly. The employment for the purpose of stamping and inking
documents of a sliding die and a printing roller mounted upon levers
keyed upon a common axis, which causes them to oscillate in order to
lead them alternately with regard to the relief part upon which it is
necessary first to stamp and then to ink, the dic and relief part being

page_text: both provided with numerating apparatus, as herein-before described,
and as shown in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Louis Gustave Bodel, Jacques
Masse, and William Webster, have hereunto set our hands and
seals, this Tenth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five.
Witness,
CH. ARMENGAUD,
Civil Engineer,
23, Boulevard de Strasbourg,
à Paris.
L. G. BODEL.
(L.S.)
J. MASSE.
(L.S.)
W. WEBSTER.
(L.S.)