Improvements in Rubber Stamps.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Rubber Stamps.
I, HARRY HAVELOCK WOOLTORTON, of 266, Ramsay Road, Forest Gate, in the
County of Essex, Stamp Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in rubber stamps and has for its object
to facilitate the stamping of curved surfaces and is especially applicable for
stamping eggs as it will not be liable to break them.
According to this invention I form the stamp of thin sheet rubber having the
desired matter formed thereon, and I mount such stamp on a hollowed out surface.
According to one way of carrying out this invention I make a handle of wood
or other suitable material and that portion on which the stamp fits, I make hollow,
similar to a box without a cover, the stamp forming the cover by binding or
otherwise.
It will easily be understood that by making the stamp as above it will adapt
itself to any curved surface and not being fitted on a solid back will not be liable
to break an egg during the process of stamping.
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant, 9, Warwick Court, London, W.C.
I, HARRY HAVELOCK WOOLTORTON, of 266, Ramsay Road, Forest Gate, in the
County of Essex, Stamp Maker, 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 relates to improvements in rubber stamps and has for its object
to facilitate the stamping of curved surfaces and is especially applicable for
stamping eggs as it will not be liable to break them.
According to this invention I form the stamp of thin sheet rubber having the
desired matter formed thereon, and I mount such stamp on a hollowed out surface.
According to one way of carrying out this invention I make a handle of wood
or other suitable material and that portion on which the stamp fits, I make hollow,
similar to a box without a cover, and I fasten the rubber forming the stamp, over
this hollowed out portion, by binding or otherwise.
It will easily be understood that by making the stamp as above it will adapt

page_text: itself to any curved surface and not being fitted on a solid back it will not be liable
to break an egg during the process of stamping.
And in order that my said invention may be better understood I will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the drawing accompanying this specification
in which Fig. 1 shews sectional elevation of the stamp complete Fig. 2 shews
a plan.
The same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts in both the
views.
a shews handle of stamp, made of wood or other suitable material, this is formed
in one with the hollowed out portion b. c is the rubber forming the stamp, this
is made in the form of a cap and is placed over the hollowed out portion b. The
stamp c is held in position by means of a metal band or flat ring d, this I prefer to
have made of brass.
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 :-
Rubber stamps constructed substantially as herein described, for the purpose
set forth.