AN IMPROVED. INKING AND STAMPING MACHINE
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Juste Herrero, of 53, Rue Vivienne, Paris, in the.
Empire of France, Gentleman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED.
INKING AND STAMPING MACHINE."
Sealed the 20th October 1857, and dated the 5th May 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Juste Herrero at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th May 1857.
I, JUSTE HERRERO, of 53, Rue Vivienne, Paris, in the Empire of France,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED INKING AND STAMPING MACHINE," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to offer a mechanical arrangement by which
the inking of a die and the impression of the same is obtained in one operation,
by the motion of a lever arm turning in a suitable frame, and provided with
proper rollers for distributing the ink or other suitable coloring matter over an
inking table, and from thence to the surface of the die from which the
impression is to be obtained, in such manner, that on lifting the lever arm the
inking of the die takes place, and on lowering the said lever arm the die' is
brought to bear on a sheet of paper or other material on which the impression
of the die is required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Juste Herrero in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd November 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JUSTE
HERRERO, of 53, Rue Vivienne, Paris, in the Empire of France, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing, date. the Fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Juste Herrero, Her special licence that I, the said Juste Herrero,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Juste Herrero, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 "AN IN-
PROVED INKING AND STAMPING MACHINE," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Juste Herrero, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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 imme-
diately after, the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said. Juste Herrero, 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:-.
This inking and stamping machine is represented in the annexed Drawings.
in which Fig. 1 shows an elevation, and Fig 2 a top view of the apparatus ;
and Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinal section of the same over the line m, n, of
Fig. 2; corresponding parts being indicated by the same letters of reference in
the three Figures. The machine consists of a cast-iron or other solid frame,
formed of a base.a fixed to a foot or bed a', and a bracket a². This bracket a³
has a longitudinal slit, in which works a lever arm b, turning on a fulcrum
6'; one end of this lever arm has a handle c, whereas the other end is pro-
vided with a counterweight c³, for causing the handle to ascend spontaneously,
after the same becomes liberated from the hand of the operator, opposite the

page_text: fulcrum 6'. The lever arm b'is provided with a projecting part d, serving as a
guide for a small chariot, composed of two small ink-distributing rollers f,f,
each of them turning round a spindle fixed to each end of a small cross bar d',
which latter balances on a spindle in the forked end of a nut or socket g, the
upper end of which latter forms a small tube gliding loosely over the end of
the projecting part d, a helical spring h pushing the socket constantly towards
an inking table e, so as to cause the inking rollers coming in contact with
this latter, in order to distribute over its surface the ink which the said rollers f
take from another clastic roller or pad k, revolving on a spindle in a cup or
cavity i in the hind part of the inking table e, which cup i is constantly kept
provided with ink to be taken up by the roller.k, from where the same is taken
off by the rollers f, and by them distributed over the surface of the inking
table e, from which latter the same is taken off by a third inking roller j,
revolving on a spindle fixed in the forked end of an elastic rod 2, the other end
of which is fixed to the socket g. The rollers k, f, and j are provided with
cloth or any other suitable material for taking up and giving off the ink. The
lever arm b is provided with a groove p, in which is introduced a pin q, fixed
in a slit r of the vertical stamp s, which latter glides loosely in the tubular
end t of the bracket a² to the lower end of the stamp s; the die or type from
which the impression or mark is to be taken is fixed in any suitable manner.
The mode of acting of this machine is exceedingly simple and effectual, and.
offers the advantage that by one single pressing down of the handle the
inking of the die or type, and the impression or mark of the sanie on the
paper, letter, or other material put under the stamp, is given, whereas till now
this always required two distinct motions. By lowering the handle b, the
stamp will bo lowered also, and consequently the die brought to bear on the
material laid under this latter on the table on which the machine is situated.
In the beginning of the downward motion of the handle c, the projecting
part d and the rollers f. f, and j are caused to recede, the rollers f. f, rubbing
over the inking table e and distributing the ink on the same, whereas the
inking roller j on rubbing against the die gives off the ink to this latter; on
continuing to depress the handle c till the die comes to rest on the paper or
other material that is to receive the impression, the roller j is caused to recedo
and rub over the inking table, and thus takes up a sufficient quantity of ink
therefrom, the ink-distributing rollers f, f, come to rub over the surface of the
roller k, from the surface of which they distribute. the ink on their own surface.
The impression being now made, the operator releases the handle c, which
rises by the effect of the counterweight c', thereby raising the stamp, whereas
the ink-distributing rollers f, f, and the inking roller jare carried forward,

page_text: assuming the position shown in the Figs. 1 and 3, and another letter, sheet of
paper, or other material to be impressed upon; being placed under the die,' the
apparatus is ready for performing again the same operation.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I would observe that I do not limit myself to
the precise details herein-before described, as they may be modified without
departing from the principle of the Invention; but I claim the general
arrangement of the inking and stamping machine here above described, in
which by one single depressing motion of a handle the inking of the die or
type and the impression of the same are obtained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Juste Herrero, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Witness,
Devos.
HERRERO. (L.S.)