A New or Improved Blotting Case or Pad.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1896
COME LEIE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Blotting Case or Pad.
I, EDWARD NASH of 12, Listowel Street, Brixton, London, S. W. Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention an 1 in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My invention relates to a new or improved blotting case or pad, the object being
to provide a device by means of which letters, tickets or the like, may be quickly
and conveniently blotted, said device being particularly applicable for use in the
offices of pawnbrokers and others where a large number of tickets have to be
quickly dried, but this invention is equally serviceable in ordinary offices for use in
connection with letter writing and drying, and possesses advantages inasmuch that
the case or blotter can be closed at any time so as to cover the letter, ticket or the
like if necessary, while the blotting pads can be readily renewed as required.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I provide a suitable base of wood
or other material sufficiently heavy for the purpose in view and upon which I
arrange a pad of blotting paper retained in position by means of small clips or in
any other convenient manner. To the rear part of the aforesaid base a top or cover
is hinged the said top or cover being likewise furnished with a pad of blotting
paper and fitted with springs which normally keep it open and back at about an
angle of say 60 degrees, while a suitable stop or stops are provided to prevent the
top or cover from going too far in the backward direction.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an end view of my improved blotting pad or case and Fig. 2 a front
view of same, both with the top or cover raised.
Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1 with the top or cover closed.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section of cover or case with the cover closed, &
Fig. 5 is a plan of the case with the top or cover closed.
My improved blotting pad or case consists of a basis b sufficiently heavy to afford
a firm support for the top or covert which is secured by means of hinges h, ', to a
rod or bar r carried at each end by a plate a, said plates being furnished with
curved rearward extensions a' designed to support the bar s which form a stop or
support for the top or covert when the latter is open.
The basis b and top or cover t are each furnished with a pad of blotting paper p, pl
which may be held or retained in position by small clips c or the edges of the
blotting pad may be cemented or suitably secured together and the paper fixed
in position by means of paste, gum or the like so as to allow of the top sheet of the
blotting paper being removed for the purpose of exposing a fresh sheet when
necessary, while the whole pad can be easily replaced when required. In order to
automatically raise the lid and retain it in that position I employ one, two or more
springs such as d, d', which are arranged around the rod r between suitable
flanges f, f.
In order to blot a ticket letter or the like, it is only necessary to place same upon
the pad p and close the top or cover, which may be retained in the closed position,
if required, by any suitable catch or fastening such as 9, or the said top or cover
may be merely lightly and quickly pressed down so as to blot the ticket, letter or the
like and allowed to rise again directly.
The case may be covered with leather, cloth or other suitable material C as shown

page_text: at Fig. 4 in which case the covering material would be arranged loosely over the
back or hinged portion of same so as to readily allow the top or cover t to rise and
fall.
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. The new or improved blotting case comprising a basis b a hinged spring top
or covert and a supporting or stop rod s, substantially as herein described and
shown and for the purposes specified.
2. The new or improved blotting case consisting of the basis b, top or cover t in
combination with pads p, p', catches c springs d, d', rods rands and the
supporting plates a with their curved extensions a', substantially as herein described
and shown and for the purposes specified.
3. The improvements in or connected with blotting cases or pads substantially as
herein described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Deted this 13th dox of February 1896.
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.