A NEW CUTTING AND STAMPING PRESS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jozé Luis, Patent Agent, of No. 1B, Welbeck St.
Cavendish Square, London, in the County of Middlesex, for the Inven-
Sealed the 5th April, 1859, and dated the 8th October 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jozé Luis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th October
1858.
I, JOZE LUIs, of No. 1B, Welbeck St., Cavendish Square, London, in the
Cóunty of Middlesex,.Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A NEW CUTTING AND STAMPING PRESS," (a communication to me
from a foreigner now residing abroad,) to be as follows:-
This new system of press with inner screw and piston has neither braces,
sliding bars, tie pieces, springs, or guiding rods, thus materially reducing the
height and weight of the press, simplifying the construction, and giving more
force and pressure to the force of the piston.
The principles on which my Invention rests are, 1st, on the screw and
inside screw being placed in the interior of the piston or sliding box; 2nd, by
the piston being guided internally and externally by the eye of the press
and
inside screw; 3rd, on the inside screw depending of the eye of the press or
fixed in the eye; 4th, the suppression of all the pieces such as braces, sliding
bars, tie pieces & guide bars, &c., placed on the frame to guide the piston.

page_text: The dimensions of the press may vary according to the requirements, the
principle of course remaining the same.
The press is composed as follows:-The body or framework on which the
whole works; then a screw of one or more worms, this is placed in the piston,
the screw carries a shoulder on which a cap rests, which is fixed to it in such a
manner as to prevent any jolting, at the same time permitting the screw to
turn freely on itself.
The piston is the principal part of my Invention, it can be made of either
cast iron, copper, steel, or other metal; it has two sort of ears acting as re-
bounders, and through these a screw passes, the ears serve also as guide to
prevent the piston from turning; a rundle or plate of steel is placed on this part
to prevent its wearing or breaking. The piston has according to the work
required to be done either a slide or a socket, or a screw clasp to fix the
necessary pieces. The piston bas also in the lower part a groove or receiver
in which oil is put to run upon the different parts of the surface of the piston
exposed to friction; a cap fits over all to prevent dust, &c. from coming on
the parts of the piston and the eye of the press. A swing lever, either bent or
straight, is fixed on the top communicating with the piston; it can be replaced
by a fly-wheel, if desired. A rundle is fixed under the lever, it is moulded to
permit the cap above mentioned being withdrawn if required, and lastly a nut
screw of either cast iron, copper, bronze, tin, or composition attached to the
eye either in the casting or fixed. Should it be fixed, it must be grooved,
entering in as many grooves as has the eye of the press; as soon as the nut
screw has entered in the grooves and turned, it is fixed either on one or both
sides by several small screws.
.
From what has been said it will be seen that the screw and the piston go
together without the help of springs or guiding rods, and that the piston is
guided in the eye of the press by the eye itself and the nut screw; con-
sequently there is no requirement for braces, sliding bars, and tie pieces, &c.,
for guiding the piston. Thus, by the arrangement above described, and
which I claim as my Invention, both the height and the weight of the presses
are much reduced, the adjustment is more simple, and at the same time the
precision, force, solidity, and durableness are much increased.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jozé Luis in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th.
April 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOZE.
LUIS, of No. 1B, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters.
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Jozé Luis, Her special licence that I, the said Jozé Luis, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jozé
Luis, 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 CUTTING-
AND STAMPING PRESS," (a communication,) upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Jozé Luis, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jozé Luis, 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 and accompanying Drawings (that is to say):-
The principles on which this Invention rests are, 1st, on the screw and nut
being placed inside the piston or running box; 2nd, on the piston being
guided internally & externally by the eye of the frame or cage, and by the
nut; 3rd, on the nut depending on the eye or fixed in the eye; 4th, on the
suppression of all the tie pieces, braces, &c., fixed on the frame for the purpose-
of guiding the piston.
The presses, punches, &c., vary in size and form, according to the use to
which they are to be applied; therefore it is not necessary to give the dimen-
sions in each case, but simply describe the principle of the Invention. The
eye, whatever be the size, strength, or use the press is intended for, is com-

page_text: posed of but one frame, either of cast iron or other metal, and adapted to this
are, 1st, the nut either formed with the eye or adapted to it; 2nd, the piston;
3rd, the screw; 4th, the cap, rundle, stop bar, or springs for raising the
piston.
This will be better seen by referring to the Drawings, one representing a
dry stamp press, & the other a punching machine (the same letters indicat-
ing the same piece in each of the Figures). O, O, the frame or cage of the
press; V, V, screw having one or more threads tempered at the end. P, P,
piston of cast iron, steel or other metal; this is the principle part of the
Invention; the piston has two wings forming a case, and in this the nut
passes; the wings of the piston serve at the same time as guides and keys
preventing the piston from turning. The form of the ears of the piston which
we prefer, is that represented in the Drawings from the facility of its adjuste-
ment, and the little space it occupies, although presenting a large surface to
the different parts subject to friction, thus preventing or at least reducing the
wear in working. The form of the ears can of course be modified either as
indicated by Fig. 8, or otherwise; but it must not be forgotten, that according
to the strength of the ears depend the solidity and force of the press; conse-
quently the pistons are of a single piece in all the presses where great power
is required either in pressing or in shock. At the bottom of the piston
beneath the screw a plate A of tempered steel is placed to prevent the wearing
or breaking of the piston at this part. The piston has, at the lower part, a
groove or reservoir B, in which the oil or other grease runs after coating the
different parts subject to friction placed in the eye; this reservoir prevents
the different parts placed beneath the press from becoming oiled. At the
bottom part of the piston is fixed, by means of a slot, socket, screw, key, or
other arrangement, the tool or die used for the work required. X, rundle or
cap preventing the dust entering the eye of the press; this also serves as
T, swing lever or balance, either straight or bent, with or
without spherical ends and handle; E, nut of cast iron or other metal attached
to the eye.
an ornament.
The Figures 1, 2, 3, represent a press for dry stamping, the piston being
raised by the springs C, C, the nut being attached by a sort of mortise;
D, D, rods screwed in the piston, having a pin or shoulder for the rundle F.
F, F, rundles pressing on the spring C when the piston descends. The
springs C, C, could replace in the ears of the piston the rods D, D, and the
rundles F, F, would then be suppressed and replaced by a shoulder or pin
fixed in the eye; G, G, openings by which the ears H, H, of the nut pass
when the piston and nut enter the eye. The piston and the nut having reached

page_text: the necessary depth they are made to describe a quarter of a circle; this places
the nut in the inside cylindrical groove of the eye, putting it in the position
represented in the Drawings. A pin or little screw passes through the eye &
the nut, and prevents the latter turning; this done, the whole is firmly mounted.
This mode of mortising, from its simplicity & solidity, forms an important
part in our Invention.
Fig. 4 represents the eye of a dry stamping press in section; the nut is
fixed or adapted and the piston remounted by the rundle L, L. In this case
the screw V has a shoulder K on which the cap or rundle L, L, rests, and the
shoulder I is moveable in order to enter the rundle L, L, if in a single piece;
M, M, small screws for fixing the cap L, L, on the piston P, and at the same
time pressing it on the shoulder K, thus lessening the shaking of the screw in
the piston in a vertical sense, although permitting the screw to turn freely on
itself. To raise the screw a spiral spring is placed between the rundle L, L, &
the cap X; the spring is fixed at one end to the rundle, and at the other to
the screw.
Figs. 5, 6, 7, represent a punching machine, the nut being fixed by a key
mortise, and the piston raised by the lower part of the screw V. The screw is
grooved, and in the groove a ring in two pieces N, N, and on this is placed
the rundle S, S, adjusted according to the inner form of the piston, and is
pierced by a hole of the same diameter as the screw. The rundle S, S, is
held to the piston either by two or more rods screw-cut in the piston,
and passing freely through the nut or by screws sunk in the lower part of the
piston, the head being beneath; instead of the groove, the screw V could have
a projecting part, the shoulder I must then be moveable, & the rundle S, S,
could be suppressed; the ring N, N, must then be held by the rods a, a, or by
the screws. V, V, bars or screws, either round, oval, or rectangular, of iron
or steel tempered fitted in the frame and the nut, and held to the nut by
screws b, b; this arrangement is another of the important parts in the
Invention; D, clasp or bar passing through the frame into a slide; D', clasp
fastening the arms of the frame.
It will be easily seen from the above description, due reference being made
to the accompanying Drawings, that by means of our new arrangement in the
eye of presses, &c., the braces, tie pieces, &c., can be suppressed, the height &
weight of the presses considerably reduced, the construction simplified, and
greater precision & force given to the piston. What the Inventor claims as
the bases of his Invention are,-
1st, the guiding and placing in the eye of the press the screws, piston,
nut, &c.

page_text: 2nd, the piston, by its form, holding the nut.
3rd, the nut guiding the piston & preventing it from turning.
4th, the absence of any piece outside the eye of the press to guide the
piston.
5th, the adapting or fastening the nut in the eye by a mortise or otherwise.
6th, the means above described of raising the piston by the screw or by
springs.
7th, the arrangement of the clasps leaving the table free & not piercing
the frame.
8th, the height & weight of the presses diminished, and their force and
precision increased.
9th, the suppression of the braces, tie pieces, &c., employed hitherto in
guiding and holding the piston.
10th, the right of applying to the Invention any sort of clasp, slide, socket,
rod arm, and form of frame necessitated by the work to which the instrument
is to be applied.
11th, the right of applying this system to any form of press, punch, &c.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jozé Luis, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
JOZÉ LUIS. (L.S.)