Improvements in Appliances for Damping Envelopes, Stamps, Copying Paper, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for Damping Envelopes, Stamps,
Copying Paper, and the like.
I, SAMUEL STEINITZ of Grimer-Weg 62, Berlin, Germany, do hereby declare-
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in appliances for damping envelopes,
stamps, copying paper and the like, the object being to provide an appliance which
can be conveniently handled, and which does not need to be moistened each time.
it is used.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a plan of one form of appliance according to this invention.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section.
Fig. 3 is an inverted plan; and
Fig. 4 a side elevation of the same.
The appliance consists of a tube a which is flattened towards the front and is or
may be provided with a bent portion c as shewn. A strip of felt d is held in the
flattened part of the tube, the felt projecting somewhat beyond the end of the
tube. The tube which is filled with water and closed by means of a suitable
stopper, forms the handle of the appliance.
When using the apparatus the felt strip, which will always be moist, is passed
over the surface to be damped, and if it be desired to smooth the paper for example.
or close an envelope the bent portion is passed over it.
Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively an inverted plan and an end view of a modified
form of appliance according to this invention in which the tube a is provided at one
side with an extension within which the felt d is ictained.
The appliance may be of any suitable shape and material.
DL: 14th 1 M. 1900
S. STEINITZ,
By L. W., per F. B.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for Damping Envelopes, Stamps,
Copying Paper, and the like.
I, SAMUEL STEINITZ, of Grimer-Weg 62, Berlin, Germany, Merchant, 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:-
This invention has reference to improvements in appliances for damping
envelopes, stamps, copying paper and the like, the object being to provide an
appliance which can be conveniently handled, and which does not need to be
moistened each time it is used.
In the drawings left with my Provisional Specification,

page_text: tube. The tube which is filled with water and closed by means of a suitable
stopper, forms the handle of the appliance.
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When using the appliance the felt strip, which will keep moist as long as there
is water in the tube is passed over the surface to be damped, and if it be desired
to smooth the paper for example or close an envelope the bent portion is passed
over it.
Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively an inverted plan and an end view of a modified
form of appliance according to this invention in which the tube a is provided at
one side with a hollow, extension within which the felt d is retained in, such a
manner that one end thereof dips into the liquid in the tube and the other end
projects beyond the outer extremity of the extension b.
The appliance may be of any suitable shape and material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
Appliances for damping envelopes stamps copying paper and the like substantially
as described with reference to and shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4; or Figs. 5 and 6
of the drawings.
S. STEINITZ,
By L. W., per F. B.