AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SEALING WAX IMPRESSIONS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Marc Antoine François Mennons, of the British
and Foreign Patent Offices, 24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the
Empire of France, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
THE PRODUCTION OF SEALING WAX IMPRESSIONS."-A communication from
Louis Jules Bazin, residing at No. 27, Rue des Jeuneurs, Paris, France.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Marc Antoine François
Mennons at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition and Declaration, on the 15th August 1862, pursuant to the 9th
Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MARC
ANTOINE FRANÇOIS MENNONS, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices,
24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPA-
RATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SEALING WAX IMPRESSIONS," communicated to
me by Louis Jules Bazin, a person resident at No. 27, Rue des Jeuneurs,
Paris, France, and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letter Patent for the same,
and made solemn Declaration that it is a communication.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Marc Antoine François Mennons, do
hereby declare that the following Complete Specification under my hand and
seal fully describes and ascertains the nature of the-Invention, and the manner

page_text: in which the same is to be performed, reference being had to the Figures
of the accompanying Drawing, and to the letters marked thereon, that is
to say:-
This Invention consists of an improved arrangement of apparatus by aid of
which sealing wax impressions may be formed on paper or other convenient
medium, and at same time be cut out for after use to the shape of the seal
employed.
Figures 1, 2, of the Drawing represent this apparatus in its simplest form.
A is a handle in ivory, wood, or other matter, on the lower extremity of which
is mounted the die B, with the device to be reproduced; C is a sliding socket
surrounding the cylindrical space D of the die, and provided with a knife,
serrated, or other cutting edge by which the section of the wax is effected.
The wax being spread in its melted state on a paper or other suitable surface,
a clearly defined seal is formed and cut out, as in E, by the simple pressure of
the apparatus arranged as above. The seals thus produced are coated on their
under side with any suitable adhesive matter, and are applied to the sealing of
letters and other documents in the same manner as the wafer labels at present
in common use.
Figure 3 represents another form of the apparatus, in which the impressing
and cutting out process is effected by a pair of nippers provided on one
jaw with the engraved surface, and on the other with a counterpart block.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner
of carrying it into effect, I declare that I claim the improved arrangement of
apparatus represented in the Figures of the annexed Drawing, by means of
which impressions in sealing wax may by a single operation be formed on and
cut out from paper or other suitable medium, in manner and for the purpose
as herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Marc Antoine François Mennons,
have hereto set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-