An Improvement in Presses for Lettering, Embossing and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Presses for Lettering, Embossing and the like.
I, RICHARD COCKRILL MACKAY, of 7, Cotham Park, Bristol, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to presses for lettering, embossing and like operations. It
is specially designed for lettering and embossing the covers of books previously
bound.
The improvement which constitutes this invention, consists in providing at the
back of the press a pair of removable rails or bearers on to which the table
which carries the work can be slid. The rails or bearers are bolted or otherwise
removably attached to the table-carrying frame. Except for these rails or bearers
the back of the press is clear for the operative and hence the cover of a previously
bound or made up book can from the back of the press be placed on the table and be
subjected to the action of the press, that is to say, it can have lettering impressed
on it, or it can be embossed or otherwise treated in the press.
The front of the press is not altered, and, accordingly, the work usually attended
to thereat is not affected or interfered with, but the provision of the rails or bearers
at the back enables the press to fulfil the double function of dealing with ordinary
work at front and with lettering or embossing at the back as aforesaid. "
When it is required to slide the table to the back for the purpose aforesaid it
is lifted to clear the front stops of the table frame and is slid back. In replace-
ment under the platen the range of movement is controlled also by the stops.
The cover of a previously bound or made up book is laid upon the table the outer
edge of which lies in the bend or fold of the cover. The back of the book is
towards the operative, and the body of the book and the other cover depend down-
wards. The table is then slid under the platen to be pressed.
The rails are removed when it is required to deal with a book cover the depth
of which is in excess of the width between the rails or bearers.
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An Improvement in Presses for Lettering, Embossing and the like.
I, RICHARD COCKRILL MACKAY, of 7, Cotham Park, Bristol, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
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page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to presses for lettering, embossing and like operations. It
is specially designed for lettering and embossing the covers of books previously
bound.
The improvement which constitutes this invention consists in providing, at the
back of the press, a pair of removable rails or bearers on to which the carriage
which carries the work can be slid. The rails or bearers are bolted or otherwise
removably attached to the lifting frame or table below the carriage. Except for
these rails or bearers, the back of the press is clear for the operator and hence the
cover of a previously bound or made up book can, from the back of the press, be
placed on the carriage and be subjected to the action of the press, that is to say,
it can have lettering impressed on it, or it can be embossed or otherwise treated in
the press.
The front of the press is not altered, and, áccordingly, the work usually attended
to thereat is not affected or interfered with, but the provision of the rails or bearers
at the back enables the press to fulfil the double function of dealing with ordinary
work at front and with lettering or embossing at the back as aforesaid, but, of
course, not simultaneously.
When it is required to slide the carriage to the back for the purpose aforesaid,
it is lifted to clear certain stops on the lifting frame or table and is slid back.
In replacement under the platen, the range of movement is controlled also by
the stops.
The cover of a previously bound or made up book is laid upon the carriage the
outer edge of which lies, in the bend or fold of the cover. The back of the book
is towards the operator, and the body of the book and the other cover depend down-
wards. The carriage is then slid under the platen to be pressed..
The rails are removed when it is required to deal with a book cover the depth
of which is in excess of the width between the rails or bearers.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represents in side view a
lettering or embossing press having applied thereto removable rails or bearers a
in accordance with this invention. The view is seen as from inside the. near
standard of the frame, which standard is accordingly not shown in the view.
Fig. 2 is a view of the press as seen from the back. Fig. 3 represents a sectional
plan on the line x, x, Figs. 1 and 2, but without the carriage.
Except as respects the removable rails or bearers a, the press is the same as
heretofore. The rails a are removably attached to the lifting frame or table b.
In the press illustrated in the drawings the attachment of the rails a to the
table b is effected by bolts c which are passed through holes in the lugs a¹ and
screwed into the table b. Attachment may, however, obviously be otherwise made.
The lugs a are preferably cast in one piece with the respective rails.
When it is required to letter or emboss the exterior of a previously bound book
or to perform a similar operation which cannot be performed at the front of the
press owing to the obstructions thereat, the carriage d is, by means of the handles e,
drawn towards the back of the press. It is necessarily lifted so as to enable the
snugs d¹ to clear the stops b¹ which limit the range of sliding movement of the
carriage d. When lifted clear of the stops 61, the carriage d is drawn off the usual
fixed bearers 62 on to the rails a to the extent required. The outer ends of the
rails a are so shaped as to prevent the carriage d being drawn fully off them at
back. No obstruction intervenes between the rear end of the carriage d and the
operator who, in dealing with a previously bound book, is, consequently, enabled
to place one of the covers of the book on the upper face of the carriage with the
body of the book and the other cover hanging downwards from the end of
the carriage.
After adjustment of the book thereon, the carriage is slid back under the
platen f, and the lifting frame or table 6 is then raised by the usual mechanism,
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page_text: and the operation of lettering or embossing is performed on the book cover lying
on the carriage top.
When it is required to letter or emboss or otherwise bring the press to operate
upon a book cover of a greater width or depth than the space between the rails a,
the rails a are removed. The press can then take a book slightly under the width
between the inner faces of the standards of the frame.
As above set forth, the provision of the rails a fits the press for use in the two
operations of ordinary printing and like processes to be conducted at the front,
and of lettering or embossing, or the like, at the back, with the advantage that
the carriage can be drawn out at the back for the better disposition of the
work prior to pressing.
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:
In a lettering, embossing or like press, rails or bearers such as a, preferably
removable, attached at the back of the press to the press table; the arrangement
being such that the carriage can be drawn off the usual fixed bearers on to the rails
or bearers first aforesaid and be returned therefrom, at will, substantially as here-
inabove described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dalhin 28th day of Webruary 1808
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Chartered Patent Agent, Bristol.