Apparatus for Moistening Sheets or Leaves of Blotting or Copying Paper, and for analogous Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 11th Aor., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Moistening Sheets or Leaves of Blotting or Copying
Paper, and for analogous Purposes.
I ALFRED HELLWIG of 18 Gartenstrasse Breslau in the Empire of Germany
Teacher of Painting 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 :-
The object of my present invention is to provide an apparatus for equally
distributing moisture to sheets or leaves of paper or other suitable material
intended for use in copying documents and is also intended to provide means for
keeping same moist for a considerable time and in a modification of said invention
for remoistening the contents of the receptacle provided by merely turning same
over.
In order to more fully explain the nature of my invention I have attached to
this Specification a sheet of drawings to which with the letters and figures thereon
I shall hereafter refer. In these drawings Figure 1. is a plan of the lid and
Figure 2. a section of my apparatus and Figures 3. 4 and 5 shew certain
modifications thereof.
In carrying out my invention I provide a box or receptacle capable of retaining
moisture and of a convenient size and shape suitable for containing any determined
number of sheets or leaves of blotting or copying paper or the like such as shewn
by a Figures 2. 3. 4. 5. and having either a hinged or free lid or cover such as b.
Figures 1. 2. 3.
At the bottom of the box or case a and on the underside of the lid or cover b.
I place or secure a pad c of felt or other absorbent material capable of receiving
and retaining moisture. On the lower pad the sheets or leaves to be moistened are
placed and piled sufficiently high to reach the upper pad on the lid or cover
(which is then placed on or over the box a) as shewn by d. The pads are now
saturated with water or the like and the blotting or copying leaves become
regularly and evenly moistened and will remain so and ready for use for a
considerable time.
The water or other liquid may be introduced into the apparatus and conveyed to
the pads c in any desirable manner in Figures 1 and 2 I have shewn a funnel or
inlet e. in the lid b provided with a cap or cover in connection with perforated
channels in the lid b. for the purpose of distributing the said liquid over the pads c
and the contents d. of the apparatus.
The modification shewn by Fig. 3. has a false perforated bottom or plate g.
allowing space i between it and the actual bottom forming a reservoir which may
be charged with liquid by means of a funnel or inlet K on the perforated plate g.
is placed the absorbent pad. If the blotting or copying leaves or sheets become
too dry it is only necessary to turn the box over or upside down for a few minutes
so that the water may percolate downwards from the overturned reservoir i. into
the pads and thence to the leaves d. and in this modification the pads c may be
dispensed with if desired and the leaves may lie directly upon the perforated
plate g.
Figures 4 and 5 shew slight modifications, m. Fig. 5 shewing a wood felt or
like filling between the percolated plate g and bottom of box.