IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF PRINTING FORMS OR MODELS OR COPIES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS
PATENT to Auguste Godchaux, Editor, of Paris, (Empire of
France,) and of No. 45, Essex Street, Strand, London, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF PRINTING FORMS OR MODELS OR COPIES OF
Sealed the 15th May 1860, and dated the 19th November 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Auguste Godchaux, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
November 1859.
I, AUGUSTE GODCHAUX, Editor, of Paris, (Empire of France,) and of 45,
Essex Street, Strand, London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF PRINTING FORMS OR MODELS OR COPIES
OF PENMANSHIP AND DESIGNS ON PAPER AND OTHER FABRICS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the application of cylinders engraved with forms of
writing or otherwise, and in printing with the said cylinders. By means of
these engraved cylinders I can print these forms on one or both sides of the
sheet of paper at the same time. I can also dispose these cylinders for ruling
paper, printing drawings of one or several colours, on one or both sides, simul-
taneously, upon paper fabrics or any other material.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Auguste Godchaux in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
17th May 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AUGUSTE
GODCHAUX, Editor, of Paris, Empire of France, and of No. 45, Essex Street,
Strand, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Auguste Godchaux, Her special licence that I, the said Auguste
Godchaux, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Auguste Godchaux, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter, during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE.
KENTS IN THE MODE OF PRINTING FORMS OF MODELS OR COPIES OF PENMANSHIP AND
DESIGNS ON PAPER AND OTHER FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Auguste Godchaux, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE that I, the said Auguste Godchaux,. do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in the application of cylinders engraved with forms of
writing or otherwise, and in printing with the said cylinders. By means of
these engraved cylinders I can print these forms on one or both sides of the
sheet of paper at the same time. I can also dispose these cylinders for ruling
paper, printing drawings of one or several colours, on one or both sides, simul-
taneously, upon paper fabrics or any other material.
By the ordinary system of teaching writing, the models or copies which

page_text: the pupils imitate or trace are printed by lithographic or typographic presses,
or from engraved copper plates. Printing by lithography and copper plates is
expensive, owing to the slowness of the process, and by the typographic process
the impression is wanting in the required clearness. By means of my improved
apparatus I have succeeded in overcoming these defects and obtaining a good
result.
And in order that my Invention may be better understood, I will now
proceed to describe the same in reference to the annexed Drawing.
a, b, are two cylinders, the external circumference of which is engraved with
the models or copies of writing and with lines or rulings, and whatever is
necessary for the study of penmanship; g, g, are two woollen cloths forming
endless bands, passing over the cylinders c, d, e, f. The cylinders c, d, have
their axes passed through connecting rods jointed to each extremity of the
levers, by means of which the cylinders c and d may be raised, when the
screws c¹, d¹, are unscrewed; f¹, e¹, screws serving to tighten the endless
bands g, g. The axes of the cylinders a and b are held in bearings moving
vertically, and are supported at each end by two levers, similar to the levers
h and k, the exterior extremities of which are united by adjustable tie rods i,
to the pressure levers j, which are more or less weighted according to the
upward pressure required between the cylinders a and c, and the cylinders
b and d. Underneath the cylinders a and b are fixed two receivers m, m,
containing black ink or colour, in which dip two cylinders or rollers n, n, which
carry the ink or colour into the engraved parts of the cylinders a and b, and
two scrapers o, serve to clear off the excess from the surface.
The paper to be printed is rolled over a cylinder p¹, the axis of which is
carried by the arm p. This paper which is represented by dotted lines,
descends from the cylinder p' between the cylinders b and d, where it is printed
on one side; it then passes over the roller q, as is shewn in the Drawing, and
descends between the cylinders a and c, where it receives an impression on the
opposite side; finally, the paper is taken out completely printed at the lower
part of the machine, whence it can be conducted to another apartment to be
cut into sheets and bound into copy books.
It will be understood that the length and diameter of the cylinders, and the
materials of which they are made, may be varied according to the nature or
dimensions of the printing required.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, what I claim as my Invention and intend to be
protected by the herein in part recited Letters Patent is, the application of

page_text: engraved cylinders for printing simultaneously and on both sides, models or
copies of penmanship, and designs of all kinds, of one or several colours, on
paper and other fabrics, as herein-before described and represented in the
annexed Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Auguste Godchaux, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty.
AUG. GODCHAUX., (L.S.)