A COMBINED PRINTING OR ENDORSING STAMP AND INKING PAD AND PENCIL, PENHOLDER, PENKNIFE OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Kissam Cooke at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th November 1882.
GEORGE KISSAM COOKE, of N° 21, rue Turbigo, Paris, in the republic of France
"A COMBINED PRINTING OR ENDORSING STAMP AND INKING PAD AND PENCIL,
PENHOLDER, PENKNIFE OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLE
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The object of the present invention is to provide a self-inking endorsing stamp
to be used in combination with a pencil, penholder, pen-knife or other like article
in such a manner as to form when closed a straight case or holder and which will
have only those projections which are absolutely necessary when it is opened and
ready to be used.
This small apparatus will not therefore be inconvenient in the pocket nor present
any difficulties in use. For this purpose the pad and the stamp are superposed in
such a manner that they together form a handle or holder in continuation of the
pencil without extending much beyond it which is effected by dividing the handle
or holder into two parts in the direction of its length, one part containing the
inking pad and the other the stamp. The two parts are united either at the top or
bottom by means of a pin on which they can pivot or turn. The apparatus may
be arranged to open either automatically or by hand.
In the automatic arrangement the inking pad is placed as herein before described
in one division of the handle and the stamp in the other the two parts being
connected together by means of a pin in an oblong slot a moveable ferrule being
provided to hold the two parts together when closed. When the apparatus is
closed the stamp rests on the pad with which it is in constant contact; around the
pin is a spiral spring one end of which is fixed to the said pin the other end being
connected with the piece which carries the stamp. This spring which is stretched
when the apparatus is closed constantly tends to separate the pin from the pad.
At the top is placed the moveable ferrule which can be pushed on the side of the
pencil until it comes against a flange. When the ferrule reaches this position the
spring operates the stamp which after having described an arc of a circle of about
270° around the pin is stopped by a flange. The apparatus being now open is
ready to be used as an ordinary endorsing stamp. To close the apparatus the
stamp is returned to its normal position and the ferrule replaced.

page_text: In the arrangement of apparatus to be opened by hand an arm turns on a pivot
and contains the stamp the inking pad remains in the interior of the handle. The
stamp is pivotted on the arm so as to allow of it being unfolded therefrom and
when in the proper position for use the stamp is placed under the end of the handle
against which it bears as well as on the pivot by which it is connected to the arm,
or the arm may be placed so that it shall bear entirely on the bottom of the handle.
The opening and closing of the apparatus is effected with facility by means of a
projection on the arm carrying the stamp a small oblong slot allows of pressing the
stamp against the pad in a uniform manner.