and Autographic Writing.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 7th Dec., 1888
Type and Autographic Writing.
I, DAVID GESTETNER of 70 and 71 Chiswell Street, in the City of London, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, partly a communication to
me from abroad by Augustus David Klaber of 10 Courtland Street, New York, in
the United States of America, and partly my own invention, to be as follows:-
I will first describe the invention as applied to type writing machines. A sheet of
very porous paper, preferably Japanese paper, is coated on one side with wax, this
sheet is laid on a piece of silk gauze, such as that employed for flour bolting machines
and a sheet of stiff backing is placed behind the same. These three sheets are placed
together in the type writer and the keys operated in the usual way with ordinary
touch. The type striking on the waxed paper breaks the surface of same and causes
some or all of the wax to adhere to the silk gauze where the paper is struck by
the type.
By this means a stencil is made which is then placed on a printing frame of
similar character to that employed in cyclostyle printing. A sheet of porous paper
waxed around the edges is placed over the stencil and a thin ink is employed which
is passed through the porous portion of the upper sheet of paper and through the
stencil on to the paper to receive the printing.
For autographic printing the process is the same with the exception that the stencil
is made by writing on the waxed paper with a common stylus.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1888.
DAVID.GESTETNER
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means Employed in Obtaining Multiple Copies of
Type and Autographic Writing.
1, DAVID GESTETNER of 70 and 71 Chiswell Street, in the City of London, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, partly a communication to
me from abroad by Augustus David Klaber of 10 Courtland Street, New York, in the
United States of America, and partly my own invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
I will first describe the invention as applied to type writing machines.
A satisfactory process for duplicating type writing has been long desired. Various
processes, more or less unsatisfactory, have from time to time been introduced, all
having objections which have prevented their general adoption. The copies obtained
have been either very poor and the numbers limited, or the process has been difficult
and complicated requiring skill and practice to produce good results.
According to the present invention these objections are removed; the copies
obtained are so close an imitation of actual type writing that they can scarcely be
distinguished therefrom, and the process is so simple and easy that it can be success-
fully worked on the first attempt, in addition to which a large number of copies can
be obtained.
According to the present invention a sheet of very porous paper, preferably
Japanese paper, is coated on one side with wax; this sheet of waxed paper is laid
with its waxed side on a piece of silk gauze, such as that employed for Hour bolting
machines, and a sheet of stiff backing, of vegetable parchment or other suitable
material, is placed behind the same. These three sheets are placed together in the
type writer and the keys operated in the usual way with ordinary touch. The type
striking on the waxed paper breaks the surface of the same and causes some or all of
the wax to adhere to the surface of the silk gauze at the parts where the paper is
struck by the type.
By this means a stencil is made of the waxed paper, which is then placed on a
printing frame of similar character to that employed in cyclostyle printing. A sheet
of porous paper, preferably Japanese paper, waxed around the edges is placed over
the stencil and the two are fixed securely on the frame as is well understood; a thin
ink is employed which is passed through the porous portion of the upper sheet
of paper and through the stencil on to the paper underneath the same to receive the
printing.
For autographic printing the method of producing the stencil is the same, with
the exception that the three sheets are mounted on a frame as for cyclostyle
writing and the stencil is made by writing on the waxed paper with a common
stylus.

page_text: 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. In means employed in obtaining multiple copies of type and autographic
writing, the production of a stencil on a sheet of very porous paper waxed on one side
and placed over a sheet of silk gauze of the character stated, behind which is a sheet
of stiff backing, and writing on such waxed paper with a type writer or stylus as
herein described.
2. In means employed in obtaining multiple copies of type and autographic writing,
the employment of a stencil of waxed paper produced by the aid of a sheet of silk
gauze in the manner described.