ImprovemENTS IN Dong Fans of DICKS
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1895
ImprovemENTS IN Dong Fans of DICKS,
A communication by GEORG LOEWENSTEIN, of 29 Grenadierstrasse, Berlin, in
the Empire of Germany, Merchant.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street,
Manchester both in the County of Lancaster and 31 High Holborn in the County
of Middlesex Civil Engineer, 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 :-
This invention has for its object an improved blotting pad or block of absorbent
material, the separate sheets of which are fastened one above the other in the
manner of note blocks and are connected with one another either at the sides or
along the top and bottom edges in any suitable manner. These pads or blocks
which are made of separate sheets of blotting paper or the like are attached to a
rigid back plate and may either be used directly as a pad or may be removably
arranged on a suitable holder or bed plate.
This improved blotting pad or block is shown on the accompanying drawing, in
which,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved blotting block or pad without a
holder or bed plate, but with a handle or loop to allow of its being more
conveniently handled;
Figure 2 is also a perspective view showing the improved blotter removably
fixed on a holder bed plate; and
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of Figure 2.
A block or pad a formed of separate sheets of blotting paper or the like is glued
in the ordinary way along the edges of the sheets, or fastened together in any
other suitable manner, and is attached to a rigid back plate b, the edges of which
may preferably project a little beyond the said block or pad. This pad or block,
as shown in Figure 1, has a handle e which is attached to the said rigid back
plate to enable the pad to be used directly as a blotter. Another form of
construction retaining the same shape for the blotting pad or block as in Figure 1
is shown in Figure 2. In this case a bed plate or holder c having suitable side
bars for holding the said pad or block is fitted over the rigid back plate 6 of the
blotting pad, said bed plate c having a knob or handle & to facilitate its handling.
In this way the blotting pad or block can be used either directly as shown in
Figure 1, or in combination with a bed plate or holder, Figure 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, 1 declare that what I claim is :-
A blotting pad or block formed of sheets of blotting paper or the like, suitably
fastened together on a rigid back plate and capable of being used as a blotting pad
or blotter, either alone or in combination with a bed piate or holder having side
bars for holding the said rigid back plate substantially as herein described and
shown on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 20th day of December 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents.