A NEW OR IMPROVED. STAMPING APPARATUS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Albert, of Paris, in the Département of Seine;
in the Empire of France, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED.
STAMPING APPARATUS."
Sealed the 2nd June 1865, and dated the 7th December 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Albert at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
December 1864.
I, ALFRED ALBERT, of Paris, in the Département of Seine, in the Empire
of France, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED STAMPING APPARATUS," to be as follows:-
The stamping apparatus which I have invented is intended especially for
the use of bankers and commercial firms using several stamps, and is very
simple.
It is composed of two vertical uprights, with slides A, B, C, D, (see
Drawing hereunto annexed, forming part of this my Provisional Speci-
fication,) along which may move the two vertical pieces E, F, G, H, tied by
the cross piece K, L, carrying a handle M, which is guided in working by a
rod fixed on the cross piece N, O, and shewn in dotted lines, Figures 1 and 2.
On the upright A, B, and in its plane is fixed a flat box P, Q, R, the

page_text: bottom of which has a groove a, b, c, d, e, f, and two pins or studs p and q
projecting exteriorly about half an inch. A metallic plate S, T, U, of the
shape shewn, Figure 2, may move around its axle X, and have always a
tendency to be brought back to its normal position by the spring to which it
is fixed at m. On the other face of this plate (see Figure 3) are two pins or
studs of about half an inch long, and one of which, g, is fixed, and the other,
h, moveable by a slide piece k, l, Figure 2, the movement of which is
regulated by a key Z, and during the rotary movement given to this key its
shoulder penetrates into the notch n of the piece k, l, and thus imprints to
this latter, guided by the two screws v¹, vl, a rectilineal movement; a spring r
keeps the piece k, l, in the position given to it. The box P, Q, R, is covered
with a plate, which carries on its inner face a spring, serving to keep the
arrangement S, T, U, in the position to which it is brought as required around
its axle X. The two uprights E, F, and G, H, are each pierced at their
lower part by a bearing hole, into which enters the axle of a piece A¹, B¹,
which carries the ciphers, letters, or signs which it is desired to print. This
piece A, B, has here four faces, but it will be understood that it may be
made with as many faces as desired, in which case the numbers of the pins or
studs of the plate S, T, U, must also be increased, or their respective positions
changed, and an equal increase take place in the number of teeth of the
piece t, which in the present case has but four teeth. (The number of teeth
of the piece t will always be equal to the number of faces on the piece A¹, B¹.)
Two springs R', R", are placed on the inner face of the upright C, D, to
guide the working of the piece A', B¹. Lastly, a spiral spring envelopes the
rod T which is fixed on the cross piece N, O, and which causes the piece A', B',
to rise again directly the handle M is no longer pressed upon. An opening v
permits ink to be poured in, so that the cushion against which the stamp
comes remains always moist.
The action of the apparatus will be readily understood. The piece A¹, B¹
in its descending movement meets the pins p and q, the effect of which is to
place underneath ready to be applied the stamp which was in contact with the
inking cushion; the two other pins, which may be placed isolated or together
in the path of the piece t, serve to cause the printing of that one of the four
stamps which is required.
All the parts of my stamp of which mention has not been made are the
same as in all the ordinary stamping apparatus.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Albert in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th June 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
ALBERT, of Paris, in the Departement of Seine, in the Empire of France, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of December, 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 Alfred Albert, Her special licence that I, the said Alfred
Albert, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Alfred Albert, 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 "A NEW
OR IMPROVED STAMPING APPARATUS," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Alfred Albert, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Albert, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawing
forming part of this my Specification, and to the figures and letters of
reference marked thereon:-
The stamping apparatus which I have invented is intended especially for
the use of banks and commercial firms using several stamps, and is very
simple.
It is composed of two vertical uprights, with slide A, B, C, D, (Figure 1,)
along which may move the two vertical pieces E, F, G, H, tied by the cross
piece K, L, carrying a handle M, which is guided in working by a rod fixed
on the cross piece N, O, and shewn in dotted lines, Figures 1 and 2. On the
upright A, B, and in its plane is fixed a flat box P, Q, R, (see Figure 2,) the

page_text: bottom of which has a groove a, b, c, d, e, f, (see Figure 3,) and two pins
or studs p and q projecting exteriorly about an inch. A metallic plate
S, T, U, of the shape shewn, Figure 2, may move around its axle X, and has
always a tendency to be brought back to its normal position by the spring to
which it is fixed at m. On the other face of this plate (see Figure 3) are
two pins or studs of about half an inch long, one of which, g, is fixed, and the
other, h, moveable by a slide piece k, l, (Figure 2,) the movement of which
is regulated by a key Z, and during the rotary movement given to this key its
shoulder penetrates into the notch n of the piece k, l, and thus imprints to
this latter, guided by the two screws v¹, v", a rectilineal movement; a spring r
keeps the piece k, l, in its given position. The box P, Q, R, is covered with
a plate, which carries on its inner face a spring, serving to keep the arrange-
ment S, T, U, in the positions to which it is brought as required around its
axle X. The two uprights E, F, and G, H, (Figure 1,) are each pierced at
their lower part by a bearing hole, into which enters the axle of a piece A', B¹,
which carries the ciphers, letters, or signs which it is desired to print. This
piece A, B, has here four faces, but it will be understood that it may be
made with as many faces as desired, in which case the number of the pins or
studs of the plate S, T, U, must also be increased, or their respective position
changed, and an equal increase take place in the number of teeth of the
piece t, which in the present case has but four teeth. (The number of teeth
of the piece t will always be equal to the number of faces on the piece A¹, B¹.)
Two springs R, R", (Figure 4,) are placed on the inner face of the upright
C, D, (Figure 1,) to guide the working of the piece A', B¹.
Lastly, a special
cross piece N, O,
spring envelopes the rod 7' (Figure 1) which is fixed on the
and which causes the piece A¹, B', to rise again directly the handle M is no
longer pressed upon. An opening v permits ink to be poured in, so that the
cushion against which the stamp comes remains always moist.
The action of the apparatus will be readily understood. The piece A¹, B¹,
in its descending movement meets the pins p and q, the effect of which is to
place underneath ready for application the stamp which was in contact with
the inking cushion; the other two pins, which may be placed isolated or
together in the path of the piece t, serve to cause the printing of that one of
the four stamps which is required, and that without the necesssity of any
lost strokes.
All the parts of my stamper of which mention has not here been made are
the same as in all the ordinary stamping apparatus.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the means by
which I carry it into practical effect, I would have it distinctly understood

page_text: that I do not limit myself to any precise dimensions, material, or shape of the
different parts forming my apparatus, as such may be varied to suit the
circumstances of particular cases without departing from my Invention, and
that I claim, the exclusive use of the combination and arrangement of
apparatus above described and illustrated on the annexed Sheet of Drawing,
permitting the working of a stamper carrying several stamps with the same
facility as if it carried but one.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Albert, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord Oue
thousand eight.hundred and sixty-five.
A. ALBERT. (L.S.)