An Improved Press and Dies for Embossing, Letter Copying, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 21st Apr., 1898-Accepted, 11th June,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Press and Dies for Embossing, Letter Copying, and
the like.
I, HENRI PIQUET, Photographic Artist, of 14, Courtland Terrace, Station Road,
Port Talbot, in the County of Glamorgan, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
I construct a press in such a manner so as to give greater space between the
front of upper plate and base of press than at the back.
My object being to give greater working room in the front of press. To this
end I construct a single arm press (a press with an arm fixed at one side only and
extending over centre of base plate) with a slut or groove at base of arm on each
side of same, where it joins base plate of press, or it may be placed on front
portion of arm, or any other suitable position, the sluts or the like may be
attached to the base plate in any convenient position, independent of arm.
The arm of press may be cast, forged, or made by any process in one piece
with base plate, but preferably made seperate, and may be joined to base plate
by inserting the head of a T head bolt or the like into a suitable recess in the
base of arm, the lower end of bolt being passed through an hole in base plate and
fixed in position by screwing up a nut on the end of bolt, or may be fixed in any
other suitable way.
The pressure will be given by a screw passing down through the head of arm
over centre of press, the lower end working in a slut attached to the centre of
upper side of top plate, the end of the screw may be made in form of a ball,
working between the slut and top plate. At the back or sides of top plate there
will be two pins fixed, and working up and down in the aforesaid sluts or the like
at the sides of armor base plate so as to check the back portion of plate, and thus
allowing the front to ascend to a greater height, taking a sloping position from
front to back. At the top of each slut or the like I will fit an adjusting screw
to regulate length of same.
The press may be made with a double arm (an arm extending over press and
attached to both sides of base plate) with a screw passing down through the centre
as in single arm press, the sluts or grooves may be fixed one on each side of arm
at its base or on any other portion of same, or may be attached to base plate inde-
pendant of arm, to produce the same effect as single arm press.
The head of screw may be fitted with a wheel with which to turn same, or may
be fitted with a cross head forming a T; but preferably fitted with three armis
standing out at equal distances, the arms may be so made as to be folded down for
packing. The head of the screw can be so constructed with a ratchet arrangement,
rubber pads, or springs so that if too great a pressure is applied the wheel or arms
only, will revolve without turning the screw thus preventing the press being
strained.
Instead of the screw I may use a lever or the like, with which to give the

page_text: The dies for embossing are usually made of metal with various shape openings,
without any arrangement being made to prevent photographs, cards, or other
articles shifting whilst placing same in the press for embossing.
I attach to the face, end, or sides of dies flat springs, between which I insert
photographs, cards, or other articles to prevent same shifting whilst placing on
the rubber pads or the like when inserting same in press. These springs may be
slutted and attached to the dies by screws or the like to regulate same.
Dated this 9041
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An Improved Press and Dies for Embossing, Letter Copying, and
the like.
I, HENRI PIQUET, Photographic Artist, of 14, Courtland Terrace, Station Road,
Port Talbot, in the County of Glamorgan, 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:
Letter copying, embossing and the like presses, of the type usually employed
having an arm extending from side to side limits the working space of same, so
that if articles such as letter copying books or the like of a size larger than the
size of the press, have to be ocassionally used a larger size press would have to be
obtained or the book or the like would have to be inserted end ways into the press,
which damages the back binding.
My objects are to construct a press in such a form as to overcome these difficulties,
and allow books or the like of large dimensions to be pressed in the smaller size
presses.
To these ends my invention consists in the making of presses having one arm
only, thereby forming no obstructions at the sides as shown in drawing by C, in
Fig. 1.
In my improved press the top plate 1) Fig. 1 rises in a tilted position as shown
in drawing, thereby giving more room in front of press for inserting books or the
like also for embossing photographs or the like, thereby preventing rubbing the
covers of books or shifting the position of photographs on the die, when using
the press for embossing or the like.
Or the top plate D may be made to rise parallell with the base E, and to tilt
only when the shanks J Fig. 1 and 4 working in the groove I come in contact
with the adjusting screws H, H.
The slot Gas shown in Fig. 3 allows the screw B to clear itself.
is fitted with a ball end working in washer F.
The screw B
In accompanying drawing the groove I Fig. 1 and 4 is placed at base of arm;
but I do not confine myself to this position, I may fix these guide grooves, in the
bead or other part of the arm, or on the base E independently of the arm, and on
any position of E.
Again I make the same tilting arrangement on the double arm presses of
ordinary type by fixing the guide grooves either on the arms or base of press with
suitable shanks on the top plate working in the groove or the like, in every respect 4
working the same as in the single arm press.
These presses may be fitted with or without the adjusting screws H.
In place of the ordinary cross head on top of screw B, I use a three arm
handle A, A, A, Fig. 2, with a square hole K, to receive head of screw B, or I
may use any other form of handle as may be found convenient.
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page_text: I may make the handles A, A, A, Fig. 2, or the ordinary cross head handles,
with hinged joints or the like, so that they may be turned down over the press
for convenience of packing or the like.
In place of the ordinary flat dies used for embossing photographs or the like,
I make dies as shown in Fig. 5. With clips L, L, bolted to the die, and working in
groove M to adjust the length to suit different margins of photographs or the
like, under these clips I insert the end of the photographs or the like when embos-
sing. Or the clips may be bolted at the sides or end of the aforesaid die.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. An improvement in the construction of presses for the purpose of letter copy-
ing or the like embossing photographs or the like wherein greater working space
is obtained by the employment of single arm in place of double arms in the con-
struction of presses.
2. The tilting arrangement of the top plate of the single arm presses giving
more height in front when inserting articles to be pressed.
3. The tilting arrangement of the top plate of the double arm presses giving
more height in front when inserting articles to be pressed.
4. The rising of the top plate in a parellel position and tilting when coming in
contact with adjusting screws, placed in any convenient position on either the
single or double arm presses.
5. Guide grooves to receive shanks of top plate for guiding same, which I
will place at any convenient position on single or double arm presses.
G. Three arm handle in place of ordinary cross head.
7. A die made with adjustable clips fitted with bolts working in grooves, on the
face, sides, or end of same for the purpose of holding photographs or the like in
position when embossing.
8. Handles fitted with hinged joints to turn down against press for packing &c.
Dated this 20th day of April 1898