Improvements in Gum Moisteners.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gum Moisteners.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, W., in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com-
nunication to me from abroad by Jeremiah Vreeland, of Newark, County of..
Essex, New Jersey, U.S.A., Carpenter,) 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 this invention is to provide a simple ready and reliable gum
moistener for use on envelopes, stamps or other gummed articles, easily adjusted on
a finger of the hand, and capable of use without interfering with the use of a pen
or pencil when writing and at little cost.
The invention consists in the new and improved gum moistener and the
combination and arrangement of the various parts thereof, substantially as will
be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the
claims.
:
Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like letters of reference:
indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of my improved gum moistener (the finger being shown
in dotted lines);
Fig. 2, is a top plan view with the sponge or moistener removed ;.
Fig. 3, is a vertical section on line . Fig. 1;
Fig. 4, is a plan view of the blank from which the holder of the moistener is
formed;
Fig. 5, is a side elevation of a moistener with an elastic liquid chamber arranged
therein;
Fig. 6, is a top plan view of. Fig. 5 with the sponge removed;
Fig. 7, is a side elevation of a modified form of my improved gum moistener;
Fig. 8, is a plan view, of the blank from which the holder (shown in Fig. 7) is
formed;
Fig. 9, is a plan view showing a different shape of the blank and
Fig. 10 is a sectional view on line y Fig. 9, after being bent into shape.
In said drawings A, Fig. 4 represents a blank struck up or formed from one
piece of thin suitable metal. The blank is formed with a central portion or rest a
and when used with a liquid chamber, this central portion is perforated with holes a¹
as shown in Fig. 6: Around this central portion are arranged triangular projections
or points b adapted to be turned upward and inward to securely hold or clamp a
sponge or moistener c on the central portion or rest a as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5.
Between these clamps or points 6 are elongated strips or clasps d, adapted to be
turned downward, and inwardly curved as at e to form spring clasps for a finger f,
as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5.
.
When the gum moistener is desired for continuous use, an elastic water or liquid
chamber or receptacle g made of rubber or any suitable elastic material is inserted
under the central portion a and is held in position by the upper portion of the
clasps d acting as a holding spring. The upper surface of this receptacle
perforated as is also the central portion a to allow the passage of the liquid to the
sponge or moistener when the receptacle g is compressed by the finger.
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is
In Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive of the drawing I have shown the blank as formed with
three clamps and spring clasps but this number can be varied as desired, this
portion of my invention consisting of a single metallic piece combining a rest for
the sponge, holding clamps and finger clasp or clasps.
In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown a gum moistener having a sponge rest a, clamps bb

page_text: but with only one finger clasp d and in Figs. 9 and 10 a gum moistener struck up
or formed from one piece of metal in shape of an elongated strip a', one end of
said strip being pointed as shown at b. This pointed end 6 in connection with
the struck up triangular portion 6' form the clamps for the sponge and the portion
between 6 and 4 the rest for the same. The remaining portion of the strip a¹
forms the clasp spring d for the finger.
When desired the clamps or points 6 can be struck up from the inner end of the
spring clasps d as shown in Fig. 4, thus effecting a saving in the amount of
material.
b
The clamps may also be dispensed with, and the sponge or moistener secured to
the central portion or rest a by means of wire or cord.
I do not intend to limit myself to the exact constructions or shapes of the
various parts as shown or described as changes in form and arrangement can be
made without changing the scope of my invention.
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 what I
claim, is:
1. A gum moistener adapted to be used and adjustably secured to a finger and
removable therefrom, for the purposes set forth.
2. A gum moistener adapted for use on a finger, consisting of a holder, with
spring finger clasp or clasps, a moistener or sponge, and means for securing said
moistener to said holder, as described and set forth.
3. A gum moistener adapted for use on a finger, consisting of a holder with
spring finger clasp or clasps, a moistener or sponge, means for securing said
moistener to said holder and a liquid chamber or receptacle secured or held to said
holder by said finger clasps, substantially as described and set forth.
4. In a gum moistener the combination with a moistener or sponge, of a rest for
said moistener, clamps securing said moistener to said rest, and clasping spring or
springs adapted to hold all said parts on a finger, said rest, clamps and clasping
spring being formed of one piece of metal, as described and set forth.
5. In a gum moistener, the combination with a moistener or sponge, of an elastic
perforated liquid receptacle, a perforated rest for said moistener, clamps securing
said moistener to said rest and clasping springs adapted to hold all said parts on a
finger, said rest clamps and clasping springs being formed of one piece of metal,
as described and set forth.
Dated this 6th day of July 1892.
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.