Method of and Apparatus for Producing Imitation Typewritten Work.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept.. 1895
Complete Specification Left 24th June 1896-Accented. 8th Aug.. 1896
Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1993
Complete Specification Left 24th June 1896-Accented 8th Aug. 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Method of and Apparatus for Producing Imitation Typewritten
Work.
I, ALBERT HALLETT, Printer, of 185 Franklin Street, Boston, in the County
of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in a method and apparatus for printing
and copying imitation and typewritten matter, and it consists in attaching an inking
or dampening ribbon to an ordinary job printing press so that the ribbon will rest
over the type while the impression is being taken.
I attain the desired result by attaching a sheet of woven fabric to the grippers
in such position that, when the press is closed, the fabric will cover the form.
By inking the form, the ink will be absorbed by the fabric, and will be taken
from the fabric by the paper. This will show the type clearly and at the same
time, the cloth will give the printed sheet the appearance of having been written on
a typewriter.
Another method of producing the same result is by attaching two or more rollers
in suitable hangers or bearings to the gripper bar of the press, so that an inking
ribbon or dampening cloth will wind up and unwind around and between the said
rollers by the action of the opening and closing of the press, the ribbon thereby
covering the type form by being unwound when the impression is taken, and
winding up and re-inking itself as the press opens up after each impression.
The accompanying drawings illustrate the means employed for producing the
desired result.
Fig. 1. is a front elevation of a part of a job press, showing the cloth in front of
the form attached to the grippers.
Fig. 2. is an enlarged rear elevation of the clip for attaching the cloth to the
grippers.
Fig. 3. is a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 4. is a side elevation of a part of a job press, showing the rollers around and
between which an inked ribbon is wound at each impression; the view showing the
press nearly closed and the ribbon in position for printing and
Fig. 5. is a side elevation of the platen gripper bar, grippers, rollers, and ribbon,
the latter being unwound for printing.
Fig. 6. is a perspective view of the rollers, showing method of attaching them to
the gripper-bar: the ribbon being shown as wound up for re-inking.
Fig. 7. is a view, partly in section, of one end of the winding roller.
Fig. 8. is a perspective view of one end of the pressure roller.
Fig. 9. is a perspective view showing the manner of attaching the ribbon tapes
to the ink roller arms.
In these several figures, like numerals refer to like parts.
Referring to the drawing, 1 is a portion of the frame of a printing press; 2 the
chase for holding the form; 3 the grippers interposed between the form and the
tympan-plate; 4, clamps or sleeves that are fitted and adjustably held on the grippers,
there being two clamps for each gripper. The clamps are disposed near the upper
and lower ends of the grippers, and they are made to surround the grippers that
are free to slide and be moved thereon for proper adjustment. Each clamp is

page_text: provided on one of its faces with a' cut-away portion, 5, and in these portions are
fitted the ends of transverse bars, 6, that support the fabric or cloth 7, through
which the impression from the type in the form is made on the paper.
The transverse bars 6, extend from one gripper to the other, and one bar is
provided for two of the clamps, the ends of said bars fitting into the recessed
portions 5, of the clamps. The recessed portions of the clamps are provided so
that the ends of the transverse bars can bear against one of the faces of the
gripper. The bars, together with the clamps and yielding fabric are held in any
desired adjustment on the grippers by means of flat springs 8. Oue end of each
spring is rigidly attached to the clamp which it is designed to support, and the free
end of this spring bears' on one end of the transverse rod with sufficient force to
press the rod against the gripper and firmly hold the rod to the latter by frictional
contact between the opposing surfaces.
The clamps and rods can be easily adjusted on the gripping arms to vary the
tension of the yielding transferring fabric or substance, and the clamps and bars
can be readily removed from the gripping arms for the purpose of renewing or
replacing the yielding fabric, or the fabric can be detached from the arms or bars
without disturbing the latter or the clamps... The rods or bars, together with the
Fielding fabric, can also be removed from the clamps without disturbing the latter,
by simply disengaging the ends of the bars from the springs, which will then bear
upon the grippers to hold the clamps in place thereon.
A sheet of rubber or other yielding or elastic substance is laid upon the platea
of the press, under the tympan-sheet, and on this the paper to be printed is laid, so
that when the type press upon the paper, they will encounter a yielding surface,
and be prevented from injury. With this apparatus, the form is prepared and put
on the press in the usual manner, and the transferring fabric adjusted on the
grippers as has been described. During the first few revolutions of the press, the
rollers carry the ink from the distributing disc to the face of the form and
the transferring fabric is brought into contact with the inked form until it is
saturated to a sufficient degree to allow the form to print through, the fabric and
to obtain a fair readable impression. No paper is fed to receive the impression
until the fabric has been uniformly and properly saturated, and after this condition
of the fabric is attained, the process of printing the circulars or the like is commenced
and continued until the proper supply has been furnished, the ink being fed from
the distributing disc to the form and thence to the transferring fabric. The form
thus prints or gives the impression on the paper through a yielding inked fabric,
which gives the copy the slightly blurred appearance that is made by a typewriter.
All job presses have a slotted bar 9, to which the grippers are adjustably
attached. In this slotted bar I attach two roller hangers 10, 10: the said bar
being so attached to the press as to cause the hangers 10, 10 and the grippers 3, 3
to stand in a vertical position.
Each hanger 10 is given a quarter-twist so that their lower slotted ends will
stand with their flat sides to the ends of the rollers. Each hanger bar is provided
with a slot 11, and a set screw 12, as shown in Figures 5 and 6. The banger bars
are adjusted in the bar 9, so that the rollers will work properly between them, and
the journal ends of the said, rollers will rest in the slots 11. The upper roller 13,
is an ordinary round wooden roller with an iron journal or stud 14, in each end.
The said roller is covered with a soft material 15, such as felt or cloth suitable to
hold ink or water, as hereafter set forth. A coiled spring 16, is inserted in each
slot to cause the two rollers to bear evenly upon each other.
The lower roller consists of a wooden core 17 having a cloth or ribbon 18 wound
around it. This core is provided with a journal bearing at one end like that shown
in Fig. 8, and at the other end the core is bored out and a square ended journal 19,
and a spiral spring 20 is inserted, as shown in Fig. 7. One end of the spring 20 is
fastened to the wood core and the other end is fastened near the end of the roller
to the journal 19, by being inserted in a hole in said journal, as shown at 21. On
each end of the roller is secured a metal cap 27, so as to keep the ribbon from

page_text: working off the end of the roller. The journal projects far enough from the end of
the roller to rest in the slot 11, of one of the hangers. This journal cannot turn in
this slot, on account of its squared end, but the roller can turn independently of
the journal by pulling on the tapes 22, 22 attached to the ribbon 18. This roller
is constructed similar to an ordinary shade roller, as the pulling or unwinding of
the ribbon will coil up the spring so that it will rewind the ribbon as soon as the
tension on the tapes is released.
The rollers are placed in the hangers as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the set
screws 12 are used to press the rollers together to give the ribbon 18 the proper
amount of squeeze" as it is run back and forth between the rollers.
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In using this device for printing, the ribbon is of a very fine texture, and is
provided with a bar 23 at its free end to which are attached the tapes 22, 22.
These tapes are provided at their free ends with hooks 24, which hook over the
bar 25, which bar is inserted in place of the ink rollers. On this bar are rollers 26,
to bear on the ink disc, and to prevent the rod striking the form.
The operation of this device is as follows :-
The rollers are suitably inked and secured in the hangers in their proper positions,
the tapes 22 are attached to the rod 25. The form is placed in the chase so that
when the ribbon is pulled up it will cover the form completely. When the roller
arms are down, the ribbon is all wound on the lower roller. When the press
starts to close up, the arms move upward, carrying with them the rod 25, thereby
pulling on the tapes 22, and the ribbon 18, until the ribbon is drawn up covering
the form as shown in Fig. 5. This brings the inked ribbon between the sheet
to be printed and the type, which gives the printing the appearance of having
been written on a typewriter.
In producing the "copied " effect on the letters after they have been printed,
I take off the form and substitute therefor a block covered with hard felt or
similar material; take the two rollers out of the hangers putting a clean set iu
their places. After they are thoroughly saturated with water, the letters are
fed through the press again, which produces a slightly blurred appearance, and
produces a beautiful copied effect.
I do not confine myself to the exact arrangement of the rollers as herein shown,
as the rollers can be arranged to work on the press arms instead of in the
hangers by fastening the tape, to the gripper bar 9. This merely reverses the
arrangement of the ribbon and rollers, and does not depart from the principle
my invention.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Method of and Apparatus for Producing Imitation Typewritten
Work.
I, ALBERT HALLETT, Printer, of 185 Franklin Street, Boston, in the County
of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in a method of and apparatus for printing
and copying imitation typewritten matter, and it consists in attaching an inking or
dampening ribbon to an ordinary job printing press so that the ribbon will rest over
the type while the impression is being taken.

page_text: I attain the desired result by attaching a sheet of woven fabric to the grippers
in such position that, when the press is closed, the fabric will cover the form. By
inking the form, the ink will be absorbed by the fabric, and will be taken from the
fabric by the paper. This will show the type clearly and at the same time, the
cloth will give the printed sheet the appearance of having been written on a
typewriter.
Another method of producing the same result is by attaching two or more
rollers in suitable hangers or bearings to the gripper bar of the press, so that an
inking ribbon or dampening cloth will wind up and unwind around and between
the said rollers by the action of the opening and closing of the press, the ribbon
thereby covering the type by being unwound when the impression is taken,
and winding up and re-inking itself as the press opens up after each impression.
The drawings filed with the Provisional Specification illustrate the means
employed for producing the desired result,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a part of a job press, showing the cloth in front of
the form and attached to the grippers.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of the clip for attaching the cloth to the
grippers.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a part of a job press, showing the rollers around and
between which an inked ribbon is wound at each impression; the view showing
the press nearly closed and the ribbon in position for printing, and
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the platen gripper bar, grippers, rollers, and ribbon,
the latter being unwound for printing.
Fig. 6 is a perspective of the rollers, showing the method of attaching them to
the gripper-bar the ribbon being shown as wound up for re-inking.
Fig. 7 is a view, partly in section, of one end of the winding roller.
Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one end of the pressure roller.
Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing the manner of attaching the ribbon tapes to
the ink roller arms.
In these several figures like numerals refer to like parts.
Referring to the drawings, 1 is a portion of the frame of a printing press; 2 the
chase for holding the form; 3 the grippers interposed between the form and
the tympan-plate; 4, clamps or sleeves that are fitted and adjustably held on the
grippers, there being two clamps for each gripper. The clamps are disposed near
the upper and lower ends of the grippers and they are made to surround the
grippers that are free to slide and be moved thereon for proper adjustment. Each
clamp is provided on one of its faces with a cut-away portion 5, and in these
portions are fitted the ends of transverse bars 6, that support the fabric or
cloth 7, through which the impression from the type in the form is made on the
paper.
The transverse bars 6, extend from one gripper to the other, and one bar is
provided for two of the clamps, the ends of said bars fitting into the recessed
portions 5, of the clamps. The recessed portions of the clamps are provided so
that the ends of the transverse bars can bear against one of the faces of the
gripper. The bars, together with the clamps and yielding fabric are held in any
desired adjustment on the grippers by means of flat springs 8. One end of each
spring is rigidly attached to the clamp which it is designed to support, and
the free end of this spring bears on one end of the transverse rod with
sufficient orce to press the rod to the latter by frictional contact between the
opposing surfaces.
The clamps and rods can be easily adjusted on the gripping arms to vary the
tension of the yielding transferring fabric or substance, and the clamps and bars
can be readily removed from the gripping arms for the purpose of renewing or
replacing the yielding fabric, or the fabric can be detached from the arms or bars
without disturbing the latter or the clamps. The rods or bars, together with the
yielding fabric, can also be removed from the clamps without disturbing the latter,

page_text: by simply disengaging the ends of the bars from the springs which will then bear
upon the grippers to hold the clamps in place thereon.
A sheet of rubber or other yielding or elastic substance is laid upon the platen of
the press, under the tympan-sheet, and on this the paper to be printed is laid, so
that when the type press upon the paper, they will encounter a yielding surface,
and be prevented from injury. With this apparatus, the form is prepared and put
on the press in the usual manner, and the transferring fabric adjusted on the
grippers as has been described. During the first few revolutions of the press,
the rollers carry the ink from the distributing disc to the face of the form and the
transferring fabric is brought into contact with the inked form until it is saturated
to a sufficient degree to allow the form to print through the fabric and to obtain a
fair readable impression. No paper is fed to receive the impression until the fabric
has been uniformly and properly saturated, and after this condition of the fabric is
attained, the process of printing the circulars or the like is commenced and
continued until the proper supply has been furnished, the ink being fed from the
distributing disc to the form and thence to the transferring fabric. The form thus
prints or gives the impression on the paper through a yielding inked fabric,
which gives the copy the slightly blurred appearance that is made by a
typewriter.
All the presses have a slotted bar 9, to which the grippers are adjustably
attached. In this slotted bar I attach two roller hangers 10, 10; the said bar
being so attached to the press as to cause the hangers 10, 10, and the grippers 3, 3,
to stand in a vertical position.
Each hanger 10 is given a quarter-twist so that their lower slotted ends will
stand with their flat sides to the ends of the rollers. Each hanger bar is provided
with a slot 11, and a set screw 12, as shown in Figures 5 and 6. The hanger bars
are adjusted in the bar 9, so that the rollers will work properly between them and
the journal ends of the said rollers will rest in the slots 11. The upper roller 13, is
an ordinary round wooden roller with an iron journal or stud 14, in each end. The
said roller is covered with a soft material 15, such as felt or cloth suitable to hold
ink or water, as hereafter set forth. A coiled spring 16, is inserted in each slot to
cause the two rollers to bear evenly upon each other.
The lower roller consists of a wooden core 17, having a cloth or ribbon 18 wound
around it. This core is provided with a journal bearing at one end like that shown
in Fig. 8, and at the other end the core is bored out and a square ended journal 19,
and a spiral spring 20 is inserted, as shown in Fig. 7. One end of the spring 20 is
fastened to the wood core and the other end is fastened near the end of the roller
to the journal 19, by being inserted in a hole in said journal, as shown at 21. On
each end of the roller is secured a metal cap 22, so as to keep the ribbon from
working off the end of the roller. The journal projects far enough from the end of
the roller to rest in the slot 11, of one of the hangers. This journal cannot turn in
this slot, on account of its squared end, but the roller can turn independently of the
journal by pulling on the capes 22, 22 attached to the ribbon 18. This roller is
constructed similar to an ordinary shade roller, as the pulling or unwinding of the
ribbon will coil up the spring so that it will rewind the ribbon as soon as the tension
on the tapes is released."
The rollers are placed in the hangers as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the set
screws 12 are used to press the rollers together to give the ribbon 18 the proper
amount of "squeeze" as it is run back and forth between the rollers.
In using this device for printing, the ribbon is of a very fine texture, and is
provided with a bar 23 at its free end to which are attached the tapes 22, 22.
These tapes are provided at their free ends with hooks 24, which hook over the
bar 25, which bar is inserted in place of the ink rollers. On this bar, are
rollers 26, to bear on the ink disc, and to prevent the rod striking the form.
The operation of this device is as follows:-
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The rollers are suitably inked and secured to the hangers in their proper
positions, the tapes 22 are attached to the rod 25. The form is placed in the

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chase so that when the ribbon is pulled up it will cover the form completely.
When the roller arms are down, the ribbon is all wound on the lower roller.
When the press starts to close up, the arms move upward, carrying with them the
rod, 25, thereby pulling on the tapes: 22, and the-ribbon 18, until the ribbon is
drawn up covering the form as shown in Fig. 5. This brings the inked ribbon
between the sheet to be printed and the type, which gives the printing the
appearance of having been written on a typewriter.
'
In producing the "copied " effect on the letters after they have been printed,
I take off the form and substitute therefore a block covered with hard felt or
similar material; take the two rollers out of the hangers putting a clean set in
their places. After they are thoroughly saturated with water, the letters are fed
through the press again, which produces a slightly. blurred appearance, and
produces a beautiful copied effect.
I do not confine myself to the exact arrangement of rollers as herein shown, as
the rollers can be arranged to work on the press arms instead of in the hangers by
fastening the tape to the gripper bar 9. This merely reverses the arrangement of
the ribbon and rollers, and does not depart from the principle of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of any said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The art of printing which consists in inking the form and making the
impression through a fabric which is interposed between the inked form and the
surface upon which the impression is to be produced.
2. The method or process of printing circulars or the like from a form of type
or other relief printing-surface in imitation of typewriter work which consists in
first inking the form; second, interposing a sheet of woven fabric between the
form and the paper to be printed upon; third, inking the fabric by contact with
the inked form; and, fourth, subjecting the paper to pressure against the form and
fabric, whereby the type or other printing-surface will make the required
impression upon the paper through the inked fabric, substantially as described.
3. In an apparatus for producing imitation typewriter letters, the combination,
with a printing press of the class described, of an inked ribbon; means for
inserting said ribbon between the face of the type and the sheet to be printed
before each impression; means for withdrawing said ribbon after each impression,
and means for inking said ribbon after each impression, substantially as shown and
described.
4. In an apparatus for producing imitation typewriter letters, the combination,
with a printing press of the class described, of a ribbon saturated with water;
means for inserting said wet ribbon between the type and a printed sheet before
each closing up of the press; means for withdrawing said ribbon as the press opens,
and means for wetting said ribbon between each opening and closing of the press,
substantially as shown and described.
5. In an apparatus for producing imitation typewriter letters, the combination,
with a printing press of the class described, of two roller hangers adjustably and
removably attached to the gripper bar 9 of said press; rollers adjustably and
movably carried by said hangers; means for pressing said rollers together; means
for winding a ribbon around one of said rollers, the other roller being provided
with means for saturating said ribbon as it comes in contact with said roller; means
for unwinding and inserting said ribbon between the face of the type and the
platen, substantially as shown and described.
6. The combination, with a printing press of the class described, of the gripper
bar 9; the roller hangers 10, 10, adjustably and removably attached to said
gripper bar; rollers adjustably and removably carried by said hangers; a ribbon 18
around one of said rollers; a spring 21 contained in the roller around which said
ribbon is wound for winding up said ribbon; a bar 23 passing through a loop in
said ribbon; tapes 22, 22, attached at one end to said bar and provided at the

page_text: other end with hooks 24, adapted to hook over the shaft 25, substantially as shown
and described.
7. In an apparatus of the class described, a ribbon adapted to be inserted.
between the face of the type and the platen before each impression and withdrawn
therefrom after each impression, substantially as shown and for the purpose
specified.
8. The herein described process of producing imitation typewriter letters having
the appearance of having been copied, which consists, first; in setting up the form
in type made to imitate that used in typewriters and placing the same on the press
in the usual manner, second interposing a suitably inked ribbon between the type
and the platen carrying the sheet to be printed, third: taking the impression
through said ribbon; fourth: removing said ribbon and substituting therefor
a suitable ribbon saturated with water, fifth interposing said wet ribbon between
the type and the platen manner, second: interposing a suitably inked ribbon
between the type and the platen carrying the sheet to be printed, third taking
the impression through said ribbon; fourth: removing said ribbon and substituting
therefor a suitable ribbon saturated with water, fifth interposing said wet ribbon
between the type and platen carrying the printed sheet, sixth: taking an
impression, whereby the ink on said sheet is so moistened as to produce the effect
of having been copied in a letter press.
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9. The herein described process of producing imitation typewriter letters, which
consists, first in setting up the form in type made to imitate that used in type-
writers and placing the same on the press in the usual manner, second interposing
a suitably inked ribbon between the type and the platen carrying the sheet to be
printed, third taking the impression through said ribbon.
Dated this 24th day of June 1896.
Dated this 24th day of June 1896.
For the Applicant,
J. G. LORRAIN, M.I.E.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.