IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR STAMPING OR PRESSING IN COLORS AND OTHERWISE
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hector Léon Maquet, of 2, Rue Sainte Appoline,.
Paris (Empire of France), Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR STAMPING OR PRESSING IN COLORS AND
OTHERWISE."
Sealed the 19th May 1865, and dated the 22nd November 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hector Léon Maquet at
the Office of the Cominissioners of Patents, with his l'etition, on the
22nd November 1861.
I, HECTOR LÉON MAQUET, of 2, Rue Sainte Appoline, Paris (Empire of
France), Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR STAMPING OR PRESSING IN
COLORS AND OTHERWISE," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a kind of press somewhat analogous to a stamping
(coup de poing) press; it is worked by pressure either with a dry or damp
stamp and it carries a seal for wax and a die (tampon) to act as a wet stamp.
This new press may be made with pieces of metal cut to any size from the
smallest, such as can be worn as charms or "breloques" from watch chains,
guards, or othewise up to any desired size.
The very small pressés are united by means of a chain to a small box or
casket which contains wafers in the upper part, and in the lower a piece of
linen or cloth saturated with color to be transmitted or placed on to the die
which stamps the paper; this die is mounted on trunnions or axles at the end

page_text: of the press opposite that to which the chain is attached; it is free to turn,
and it then forms a seal to be used with wax.
I manufacture these presses a little larger than the preceding for use while
travelling and other purposes, and I place them in a desk or case containing
a drawer for holding the cloth saturated with color for the damp stamp; I
also make these presses larger for different purposes where the pressure is
sufficient to obtain good impressions either as a dry or a damp press.
The two parts forming the press are united by a hinge, and a spring tends
always to keep it open in order that the press shall be constantly in a state
to act properly. When this press is used with a damp stamp, the color is
given to the die or engraving by means of an appliance which is free to slide
or is hinged; there is also a surface provided to receive the pressure.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Hector Léon Maquet in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 22nd May 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HECTOR
LEON MAQUET, of 2, Rue Sainte Appoliue, Paris (Empire of France,)
Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Hector Léon Maquet, Her special licence that I, the said Hector Léon
Maquet, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Hector Léon Maquet, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR STAMPING OR PRESSING IN COLORS AND
OTHERWISE," upon the condition(amongst others) that I, the said Hector Léon
Maquet, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that 1, the said Hector Leon Maquet, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:―
My improvements are applied to a press which has some analogy to that
known as a stamping (coup de poing) press; it is worked by pressure to
produce an impression either with a dry or damp stamp, and it carries a seal
to be used with wax and a dic to act as a wet stamp. This new press may
be made of different sizes; for example, I make it very small so as to be
Buitable as a charm orbroloque from the watch or chain, and, again somewhat
larger, for use in business, fitted in a suitable desk or case, and provided with
a drawer for containing the required color for the damp stamp of the seal, a
color which, if necessary, may also serve to give color to the stamp of the
press which may be a damp stamp.
The accompanying Drawings illustrate several examples of the manner
in which my Invention may be applied.
Figures 1 and 2 are two views of the broloque press composed of two
parts a, b, united by a hinge c, which may be of special construction; a spring
placed between these two parts a and b tends at all times to keep them open.
The piece a contains at one end, and in a kind of fork by means of two axles
a piece or seal d engraved on one side in intaglio with a crest, letters, or other
subject for stamping in wax and for use as an ordinary seal. This seal
carries on the other side an engraving in relief; by turning it on the axles it
can be charged with color by opening the casket or small box e, and by apply-
ing the side of the seal engraved in relief into the bottom of the said box e,
which is provided with a cloth saturated with color, I am enabled to make
an impression in color. The cover of the box e may sometimes contain
wafers, made by preference of gelatine to seal letters. The box or casket e
is united by a chain f to the small press by means of a ring placed at the
end opposite the seal d.
Figures 3 and 4 are two views of another press somewhat similar in con-
struction to the preceding, but a little larger; I place it in a desk or case,
shown at Figures 5 and 6, in side elevation and plan, and in horizontal
section at Figure 7. It will be seen that this case or desk will hold the press
whole, and is further provided with a small receptacle h containing a 'cloth
saturated with color to be used with the seal d of the press; this receptacle
is free to slide in a drawer in the case from which it may be withdrawn, and
into which it is pushed as required.

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Figures 8 and 9 are views of a press of much larger dimensions than the
preceding, capable of being used as a dry stamping press with the two large
parts m and n which carry the engraving, the upper n being cut in relief and
the lower in intaglio, which forms the dry stamp, but if it is desired, the
intaglio may be replaced by a smooth surface made slightly.elastic, in which
case a color carrier is provided, either attached by a hinge or slide, for giving
color to the upper surface n, and on the color carrier being withdrawn, an
impression in color may be.produced.
The presses may be made from pieces of metal cut to any size, to which is
attached at one end the double-faced seal and with axles as well as the
engraved part and its counterpart, and at the other end the hinge which
unites the pieces m and n; this junction may be effected by soldering or
riveting, and by placing a cylindrical envelope on the part m to receive a
cylinder fixed under the part n, and which takes into the envelope of the
part m. This
This envelope has an opening at top for the passage and required
play of the part which holds the said cylinder with the piece n; thus this
hinge becomes very solid and acts well. A spring tends to maintain the two
part m and n open.
Presses constructed in the manner before described may be made of
different shapes and of various sizes in any sort of metal or material suitable
for their manufacture.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the improve-
ments in instruments or apparatus for stamping or pressing in colors and
otherwise, substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Hector Léon Maquet, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
H. L. MAQUET. (S.)