Improvements in Combined Stamp Holder and Ink Pad.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Stamp Holder and Ink Pad.
1 JOHN HENRY KLEINE of 104 Summit Street, Dubuque, in the County of
Dubuque, and State of Iowa, one of the United States of America, Merchant,
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 and accompanying drawings
My invention relates to a combined stamp holder and ink-pad, and it consists in
a frame provided with adjustable partitions for forming a separate compartment
for each stamp, and means for securing each partition in place, combined with an
index for showing the compartment for each stamp and a removable support for
the stamps as will be more fully described hereinafter.
The objects of my invention are to make the partitions adjustable to suit the
different widths of the stamps, and to provide the partitions with means whereby
they may be secured rigidly in position after they have been adjusted to provide
a floor on which the stamps rest, and to enable each stamp to be located instantly
by means of an index placed above them.
Fig. 1, is a perspective of the holder without ink-pad connected therewith.
Fig. 2, is a perspective of the holder with two ink-pads.
Fig. 3, is a rear view of the holder without the index, having one ink-pad.
Fig. 4, is a section through line X-X of Fig. 2, looking to the right.
Fig. 5, is a modified form of one of the partitions.
Fig. 6, is a modified form of the device, having a broad ink-pad, and
Fig. 7, is a cross section through line Y-Y of Fig. 6.
Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all of the drawings.
In the drawings A, denotes the frame of the holder which is provided with a
rear strip or back B, extending up a short distance to which are secured the
partitions a, a, extending out at right angles to said strip B. These partitions a
are preferably secured to B, in an adjustable manner by a bolt or set screw d, d,
in slots c, c, in the strip B. The slots c, allow the screws d, to slide freely back
and forth therein to regulate the distance between the partitions and adjust them
to accommodate stamps of different widths. Beneath the body there may be a
floor C, on which the stamps are to rest when not in use, as shown in Fig. 1, but
I prefer that the floor be made of an ink-pad D, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 6.
The ink-pad is removably secured beneath the stamps, by cleats or straps not
shown, running along on the underside of the body, and when this construction is
adopted I prefer to place a strengthening strip e, running along the front of the
body A, to which the front end of the partitions a, may be adjustably secured in a
slot. By making the floor C an ink-pad the stamps are always ready for use and
the operator need not have a separate ink-pad to which he must apply the stamp
before using the same.
At each end of the back B, is an upright E, with a groove h, on its inner side in
which an index F, is removably secured. This index may be made of pasteboard,
celluloid or other suitable material and upon this index is printed the names of the
stamp which is to be in the space opposite. Whenever there are to be used,
stamps with different type upon them from what is upon the index, then the index
is removed and the proper names of the stamps written on a new piece and placed
in the index holder. It will be seen that this index may be placed in different

page_text: positions, as for instance it may be attached at right angles to the back B, or it
may be in front of the body or separate indexes one for each stamp may be slid
into a groove in the back B, contiguous to the partitions in which is held the stamp
having the same type thereon as upon that individual index.
Whenever it is desired to have an extra ink-pad separate from pad D, there may
be arranged below the upper pad D, or below the floor C, cleats on which a pad G,
may be placed, adapted to be operated like a drawer. This might be very
convenient especially where a single stamp is to be used a large number of times in
rapid succession and the stamping could be accomplished much more rapidly by
the use of this extra pad drawn out from the holder, than where the stamp is to be
placed back into its compartment at each use thereof.
The manner of operating my device is as follows, the required number of stamps
to be used are placed on the floor of the holder and then the partitions a, are
adjusted to the width of the stamps, by loosening the set screws d, and shifting the
partitions to the desired places and then drawing up rigidly the partitions by said
screws. The contents of each stamp is written upon the index F, in the space
opposite the compartment occupied by said stamp, and this index thus written
upon, is inserted in the uprights E, E, or other convenient place connected with
the holder where it may readily be consulted.
If the stamps rest upon the ink-pad D, then any one can be used immediately
upon removal from its compartment, but if it rests upon the floor C, then the
pad G, is to be drawn out, and the stamp is first pressed upon pad G, and then
used.
It will be readily seen that any desired stamp can be immediately discovered
without turning it over and reading the type, by simply consulting the index, and
the stamp will be found in the compartment opposite to which the name appears
on the index.
It will also be observed that there will be little or no danger of misplacing a
stamp, as the stamp is returned to its proper place, and if there be not sufficient
stamps to occupy all the spaces, then only those spaces occupied by the stamps will
appear on the index, and when all compartments are in use there can be no possible
danger of misplacing a stamp when used.
It is manifest that various changes may be made in the manufacture and use of
my device without departing from the spirit of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A stamp holder consisting of a frame, one or more partitions adjustably
attached to said frame, means for adjusting and rigidly holding said partitions after
adjusted, and an index of the stamps of said holder removably secured to said
frame, substantially as described.
2. A stamp holder consisting of a frame, one or more partitions secured to said
frame, and an ink-pad forming a floor on which the said stamps rest, while in the
holder, substantially as described.
3. A holder for stamps consisting of a frame, one or more partitions secured to
said frame, means for adjusting said partitions to accommodate stamps of different
widths and an ink-pad forming a floor on which the said stamp rest, and which is
adapted to be inserted and withdrawn from said frame for the purposes shown.
4. A stamp holder consisting of a frame, one or more partitions attached to said
frame, one or more ink-pads the upper one of which forms a floor on which the
stamps rest and which pads are removably secured in said frame, and an index of
the stamps of said holder removably secured to said frame, for the purposes
shown.
5. A frame consisting of the stationary slotted back, the stationary end pieces,
the adjustable partitions, and the removable pad which is inserted in the frame

page_text: under the stamps so as to form a support therefor, combined with the grooved
uprights secured to the corners of the frame, and the removable index which is
inserted between the uprights, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 16th day of December 1895.
For the Applicant,
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
John Dalton Street, Manchester, Chartered Patent Agents..