IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTING INKSTANDS, AND IN FASTENINGS TO ELASTIC BANDS
Year: 1847

page_text: DAFT'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
BARNABAS DAFT, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the First day of
February, in the tenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Barnabas Daft, my exors,
adiiors, and assigns, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and
authority, that I, the said Thomas Barnabas Daft, my exors, admors, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas Barnabas Daft, my exors,
adiñiors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CONSTRUCTING INKSTANDS, AND IN FASTENINGS TO ELASTIC BANDS;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said Thomas Barnabas Daft,
should cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing
under my haud and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court

page_text: of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW VE that in compliance with the said proviso. I the said
Thomas Barnabas Daft, do hereby declare that the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference
being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters
Thomas Barnabas Daft, do hereby declare that the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference
being bad to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say
My Invention consists,―
First, of inkholders, made of elastic material, each having a dipping cup;
and such inkholders are combined with apparatus for collapsing them, thus
making inkstands of a very novel character. And,
Secondly, my Invention consists of improvements in fastenings for elastic
bands.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood, and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shews a plan and elevation of an inkstand constructed. according
to my Invention; Figure 2 is a section thereof; Figure 3 shows a section of
the elastic inkholder separately; Figure 4, a plan of the inkholder. Figure 5
is an under-side view of the inkholder; and Figure 6 is a plan and section of
the pressing plate. a is the inkholder, which I make of india rubber, by
cementing the parts into the form of vessels shown, having the dipping cup a¹
and the holding vessels all formed into one vessel; and vessels thus formed I
have submitted to a process for rendering the india rubber permanently elastic,
now commonly known as "vulcanizing," or "convertion," and which of itself
forms no part of my Invention. b, a vessel into which the inkholder a is
placed; c, the cover; d, the compressing plate; e, a screw; and f, a nut. By
this arrangement the inkholder being within the vessel will, if compressed,
cause the ink to ascend into the dipping cup a', and there it will remain till
used, or till the vessel a is allowed to expand by its elasticity, which it will do
if the nut be turned back. The shape of the clastic inkholder, with its
dipping cup, may be varied, and such is the case in respect to the apparatus
for receiving and compressing it. I do not therefore confine myself to the s
shapes and details of the apparatus, so long as the peculiar character of my
Invention be retained.
Figure 7 shows a plan and elevation of another arrangement of inkstand;

page_text: Figure 8, a section; Figure 9, a section of the elastic vessel a; and Figure 10
is a plan thereof. In this arrangement the compressing plate d is pressed on
by the hollow screw which surrounds the dipping cup a². The vessel a and
its dipping cup is made of india rubber, and converted or vulcanized. I do
not however confine myself to the use of india rubber in the making of
vessels a, a, in carrying out my Invention, so long as a vessel is made suffi-
ciently elastic and compressable, as herein explained.
Figure 11 shows a plap or elevation of another arrangement of inkstand
Figure 12 is a section thereof; and Figure 18 shows a plan and section of the
elastic inkholder and its dipping cups separately. This arrangement differs
only in the shape of the parts. In other respects the description above given
will apply, and the same letters of reference are used to indicate similar parts
to those in the other Figures; and I would state that the details may bo
varied according to the taste and judgement of the manufacturer.
I will now describe the second part of my Invention, which consists of
improvements in fastenings for elastic bands. It is well known that it is
difficult to attach any instruments for fastening elastic bands made of vul-
canized or converted india rubber, owing to ordinary cements not attaching
themselves to such preparations of india rubber; and this part of my Invention
has for its object improved constructions of fastenings for such purposes.
Figure 14 shows a plan, and Figure 15 a section of a fastening for such
purposes. 9, 9, are two parts of an elastic band, having attached thereto two
eyes of metal h, h. The ends of the india-rubber band 9, 9, are passed through
the eyes h, and folded down, and then the bent plates of metal r are placed in
the positions shown, and pressed so as to bind the parts; by which arrange-
ment the surfaces of india rubber will not slip, but will be held securely. jis
a hook, which is attached to one of the eyes h, and hooks into the other, as
shewn, and thus there is a secure fastening produced.
Figure 16 shews a plan, and Figure 17 an edge view of a strap, with
another arrangement of fastening. In this instance the ends of the india-
rubber band are turned over, and cemented, leaving an eye opening through.
The band is then to be vulcanized or converted, as is well understood. j is a
staple of metal, which, when put through the openings or eyes at the ends of
the band g, g, will make a secure fastening.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is performed, I would have it understood that what I claim
is,-
First, the mode of making elastic inkholders and dipping cups, and com-

page_text: Secondly, I claim the modes of making fastenings for elastic bands, as
herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Barnabas Daft, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
WALKER, Extra.
THOMAS B. (L.s.) DAFT.
year
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Thirtieth day of July, in the
of our Lord 1847, the aforesaid Thomas Barnabas Daft came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Thirty-first day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.