Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 13th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 15th Nov., 1887
I JOSIAH WRIGHT of No. 27 Victoria Road, Broomhall Park, Sheffield, Cashier,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention more particularly relates to an improved and simple method of
bringing the paper down perfectly horizontally and evenly upon the face of the type.
In carrying out my invention I employ a cabinet or receptacle of any suitable form
to hold the type when set up.
A lid is attached to this cabinet by a hinge of peculiar construction to be hereafter
described, and a pair of springs are also so placed that when the lid is partly closed it
comes down upon them & compresses them.
The hinge is of a form similar to those in common use, but the hole through one-
half of same is made oval instead of round. By this means the pin which passes
through the hinge is allowed a certain amount of play.
The paper to be printed upon is held in position by elastic stretched across the lid.
The action of the machine is as follows:
The paper having been placed in position upon the hinged lid, and the type having
been inked the lid is partly closed. When, however, it comes in contact with the
before mentioned springs the edge to which the hinge is attached is lifted a distance
equal to the amount of play allowed in the oval hole of the hinge before referred to.
This causes the lid to assume a perfectly horizontal position resting upon the springs.
It is only then necessary to press down upon a suitable handle attached to the top of
the lid, the motion being from this point perpendicular.
Instead of printing from moveable type, my patent Interchangeable plates (described
in specification, 1884 No. 15606) may be used.

page_text: I, JOSIAH WRIGHT, of No. 27 Victoria Road, Broomhall Park, Sheffield, in the
County of York, Cashier, 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 more particularly relates to an improved and simple method of
bringing the paper down perfectly horizontally and evenly upon the face of the type.
In carrying out my invention I employ a cabinet or receptacle of any suitable form
to hold the type when set up.
A lid is attached to this cabinet by a hinge of peculiar construction to be hereafter
described, and a pair of springs are also so placed that when the lid is partly closed it
comes down upon them and compresses them.
The hinge is of a form similar to those in common use, but the hole through one
half of same is made oval instead of round. By this means the pin which passes
through the hinge is allowed a certain amount of play.
The paper to be printed upon is held in position by elastic stretched across the lid.
The action of the machine is as follows:-
The paper having been placed in position upon the hinged lid, and the type having
been inked, the lid is partly closed. When however it comes in contact with the
before mentioned springs, the edge to which the hinge is attached is lifted a distance
equal to the amount of play allowed in the oval hole of the hinge before referred to.
This causes the lid to assume a perfectly horizontal position resting upon the springs.
It is only then necessary to press down upon a suitable handle attached to the top of
the lid, the motion being from this point perpendicular.
But to make my invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section
and Figure 2 an end-view of a hand-printing press constructed according to my
invention.
Similar letters in all the figures represent similar or corresponding parts.
A is a Cabinet or Box of suitable shape containing a Drawer B to hold Ink, Pad,
and other requisites, and a space of suitable dimensions to hold the type when set up,
or a Block D upon which latter may be placed one of my Patent Interchangeable
Plates described in Specification No. 15606 of 1884, and shown at T in Figs. 1 and 2.
The Cabinet is also provided with a Lid L. attached to it by a Hinge H which has
an oval or elongated Hole O in same, through which hole passes the pin attached
to the lid. The lid has a Pad F fixed thereto, and a piece of Elastic E stretched across
this lid presses upon the surface of the pad F.
SS are Springs fixed to the top edge of the Cabinet, and G is a stop to keep the
lid from falling back.

page_text: Ine action is as follows:-
The paper to be printed upon is placed in position upon the pad F and held in
position by the elastic E which presses upon it. The type is then inked, and the lid L
closed. When however it is closed a certain distance it comes in contact with one end
of the springs S S which act as a fulcrum and lift the hinge-pin to the top of the oval
hole O, and the lid assumes a horizontal position resting upon the top of the
Springs S S.
Upon further pressure being exerted upon the handle I the lid from
this point descends perpendicularly upon the type T and so produces an even pressure
and perfect impression.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that I do
not confine myself to the precise details herein laid down and shown in the drawings,
as the same may be varied without departing from the peculiar character of my
invention; but what I do claim is:
Firstly The construction and employment of a Hand-printing press in which the
lid forms the carrier for the material to be printed and is attached to the press by a
hinge constructed so as to allow a certain amount of vertical or other necessary play,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated.
Secondly The employment or use of a spring for the purpose of lifting up one end
of the lid and causing the same to descend perpendicularly instead of angularly,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated.
Thirdly The combination of the hinge and spring hereinbefore described and
illustrated.
Doted this Tanth dex of October 1887