Improvements in Impressing, Stamping, Dating, Numbering, Obliterating Apparatus, and the like.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 10th Aug., 1888
Improvements in Impressing, Stamping, Dating, Numbering,
Obliterating Apparatus, and the like.
I, EUGENE DAGUIN, Civil Engineer of 3 Deronda Road, Herne Hill, London E.C.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The process of impressing in ink by means of hand stamps as actually carried out
in the operations of obliterating postage stamps, dating railway forwarding or other
bills or notes, financial or other documents etc., is effected by means of a stamp firmly
secured to a handle and making with it a single and solid apparatus, and an inking
pad; these two apparatus are complementary to each other.
The inconvenients of such arrangements are the following:
If the stamp is not, at the moment of inking on the pad, held in a true position, a
portion of its surface only will become impregnated with the endorsing ink and the
print produced under this condition will be imperfect.
If the stamp having been properly inked is not truly applied (which is often the
case as, for instance in the obliterating of postage stamps, a work all of hurry), the
impression will equally be defective.
The inking pad is often allowed, through pressure of work, or neglect, to dry more
or less, the supply of ink not being conveniently at hand or being troublesome of
application; the result is an impression of a greyish tint instead of a perfectly
black one.
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In order to remove these defects I construct the stamp in two parts viz.: the stamp
proper and its handle; these two parts are joined together by means of a knee-cap
or universal joint the body of which is in two halves maintained apart by an
intermediate spring with this result that while the handles is free to oscillate in
every direction the pressure exerted under the action of the spring by the two half
balls against the walls of their casing is sufficient to, so to speak, brake the joint
and prevent any undue play taking place.
In this manner, the true application of the stamp on the pad or on the paper is
always secured whatever the position of the handle may be and a perfect impression
obtained.

page_text: I construct the inking pad in three parts: the top one or pad proper consists of a
block of elastic material covered with a few layers of cloth or ink absorbing
material; a larger piece of cloth covers the whole and is tied to the body of the
pad, or stand, by means of a string into a groove existing in the said stand.
new cloth is readily inserted in the room of a worn out one by cutting the string,
removing the old pad, placing a new one and tying it to the stand.
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The bottom of the pad or stand is hollow and constitute an ink reservoir to the
cover of which is attached a spoon or scoop dipping into the ink and consequently
always ready at hand for wetting the inking pad when required.

page_text: COMPLETE DIBUIFICATION.
Improvements in Impressing, Stamping, Dating,. Numbering,
Obliterating Apparatus, and the like.
I EUGÈNE DAGUIN Civil Engineer of 188 rue Lafayette Paris in the Republic of
France, 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
In the accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1. is a vertical section through a single or endorsing stamp.
Fig. 2. is a vertical section through a double or endorsing and obliterating stamp.
Fig. 3. is a section through the knee joint connecting the handle to the stamp
proper and illustrating the brake action of the apparatus.
Fig. 4. is a longitudinal section through the inking pad.
Fig. 5. is a plan of same.
The process of impressing in ink by means of hand stamps as actually carried out
in the operations of obliterating postage stamps, dating Railway forwarding or other
bills or notes, financial and other documents, etc. is effected by means of a stamp
firmly secured to a handle and making with it, a single and solid apparatus; and an
inking pad; these two apparatuses are complimentary to each other.
The inconvenients of such arrangements are as follows.
true
If the stamp is not, at the moment of inking it on the pad, held in a
position, a portion of its surface only will become impregnated with the endorsing ink
and the print produced under this condition will be imperfect.
If the stamp having been properly inked is not truly supplied (which is often the
case, as for instance, in the obliterating postage stamps, a work all of, hurry) the
impression will equally be defective.
The inking pad is often allowed, through pressure of work or neglect, to become
dry more or less the supply of ink not being conveniently at hand or being
troublesome of application, the result is an impression of a greyish tint instead of a
perfectly black one.
In order to remove these defects, I construct the stamp in two parts, viz. the
stamp proper A and its handle B these two parts are joined together by means of
a knee cap or universal joint, CC, the body of which is in two halves maintained
apart by an intermediate spiral spring D with this result that while the handle is
free to oscillate in every direction, the pressure exerted by the spring D upon the
two half balls causes the said half balls to rub against the walls of their casing E
in such a manner as, so to speak, to brake the joint and prevent any undue play
taking place.
In this manner, the true application of the- stamp upon the pad or upon the
paper is always secured whatever the position of the handle and a perfect impression
obtained.

page_text: I construct the inking pad in three parts the top one or pad proper consists of
a block of elastic material F covered with a few layers of cloth or ink absorbing
material G; a larger piece of cloth H covers the whole and is tied to the body of
the pad or stand K by means of a string secured into a groove cut into the said
stand. The bottom of the pad is hollow and constitutes an ink. reservoir to the
cover of which is attached a spoon or scoop L dipping into the ink and consequently
always ready at hand for wetting the inking pad when required.
When the cover of the pad is worn out it is easily removed by undoing or cutting
the tying string; and a fresh one can as easily be fitted in its room.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1°. The introduction, in a stamping and dating machine and the like, of an elastic
knee-cap or universal joint between the handle and the apparatus, which said knee-
cap, acts as a brake securing at the same time a perfect inking and a perfect impression
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
2º. The arrangement of inking pad with its interior ink reservoir and scoop
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
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