CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING AND NUMBERING PAPER OR OTHER SUBSTANCES TO BE EMPLOYED AS 'TICKETS' OR WHERE OTHER COUNTER REGIS- TRATION' IS REQUIRED
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Henry Latham, of Bolton, in the, County of
Lancaster, Foreman, and Frederick Cartwright Ward Latham, of the
same Place, Printer, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING AND NUMBERING PAPER OR OTHER
SUBSTANCES TO BE EMPLOYED AS 'TICKETS' OR WHERE OTHER COUNTER REGIS-
TRATION' IS REQUIRED
"
Sealed the 23rd May 1862, and dated the 12th March 1862..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Henry Latham
and Frederick Cartwright Ward Latham at the Office of the Commis-
: sioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 12th March 1862.
We, WILLIAM HENRY LATHAM, of Bolton, in the County of Lancaster,
Foreman, and FREDERICK CARTWRIGHT: WARD LATHAM, of the same Place,
Printer, do hereby declare the nature of the said: Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN. MACHINERY. OR, APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING AND. NUMBERING;
PAPER OR OTHER SUBSTANCES TO BE: EMPLOYED. AS TICKETS," OR WHERE OTHER:
COUNTER REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED," to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to the perforation and numbering of paper, paste-
board, or other substance for the production of "tickets," cheques, or other
similar articles, and particularly, where duplicate or "counter registrations
are required. In the production; of such articles, the improvement consists.
"

page_text: in the combination of two machines, one for perforating the blank sheet to sub-
divide it into the forms required, and the second for numbering the subdivisions,
the passage of the sheets being either continuous or separate. The apparatus
for perforating consists of any number of discs arranged in pairs and sliding
upon rotating triangular bars, the upper discs being provided with pins, and
the lower discs having corresponding orifices in their peripheries, so that as
the paper or other material passes between them the perforations are effected,
the orifices receiving the pieces as they become punched out. It will be
evident that this arrangement of machinery may also be employed for per-
forating in instanees when numbering is not required.
The apparatus for numbering being a second part of the Invention, consists
in the employment of a series of "change rings," having the numerals pro-
jecting from the surface and arranged as required, the units ring. being
from 1 to 10; the rings having registering holes fitting on to the pins
on the shaft, upon which they are arranged to insure precision, or it may
be so arranged as to use flat bars of numerals placed side by side. The rollers
for supplying ink to the said rings are moved by a cam and lever, so as to
come into contact with the main ink roller and transfer the ink to the pro-
jecting figures, the paper or material to be printed passing between them and
a bed roller beneath.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Henry Latham and Frederick Cartwright Ward
Latham in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th September 1862.
TO. ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we,, WILLIAM
HENRY LATHAM, of Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Foreman, and
FREDERICK CARTWRIGHT WARD LATHAM, of the same Place, Printer, send
greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by >Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord.
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of 'Her
reign, did, för Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto - us,
the said William Henry Latham and Frederick Cartwright Ward Latham,
Her special license that we, the 'said William Henry Latham and Frederick
Cartwright Ward Latham, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said William Henry Latham and Frederick Cartwright Ward'
Latham, our executors, 'administrators, and assigns, should 'at any time agree

page_text: 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING AND NUMBERING PAPER OR OTHER
SUBSTANCES TO BE EMPLOYED AS TICKETS, OR WHERE COUNTER REGISTRATION' IS
REQUIRED," upon the condition, amongst others, that we, the said William
Henry Latham and Frederick Cartwright Ward Latham, by an instrument in
writing under our hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain 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 we, the said William Henry Latham and Frederick
Cartwright Ward Latham, do hereby declare the nature of the said 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 Draw-
ings (that is to say) :-
Our Invention relates to the perforation and numbering of paper, paste;
board, or other substance for the production of "tickets," cheques, or other
similar articles, and particularly where duplicate or "counter registration" are
required. In the production of such articles, the improvement consists in the
combination of two machines, one for perforating the "blank sheet" to sub
divide it into the forms required, and the second part for numbering the
passage of the sheets, being either continuous or separate. The apparatus for
perforating consists of any number of discs arranged in pairs and sliding upon
rotating triangular bars, the upper discs being provided with pins, and the
lower discs having corresponding orifices in their peripheries, so that as the
paper or other material passes between them, the perforations are effected,
the orifices receiving the pieces as they become punched out. It will be
evident that this arrangement of machinery may also be employed for perfo-
rating in instances when numbering is not required.
The apparatus for numbering, being a second part of the Invention, consists
in the employment of a series of "change rings," having the numerals pro-
jecting from the surface, and arranged as required, the unit ring being from 1:
to 10, the rings having registering holes fitting on to pins on the shaft upon.
which they are arranged to insure precision, or it may be so arranged as to
use flat bars of numerals placed side by side. The rollers for supplying ink to:
the said rings are moved by a cam and lever, so as to come into contact with

page_text: the main ink roller, and transfer the ink to the projecting figures, the paper or
material to be printed passing between them and a bed roller beneath.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail, we have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings, made upon a scale of
about two inches to the foot, and having similar letters of reference marked
upon corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Fig. 1 is an end view of the machine for subdividing the paper or paste-
board with perforations; Fig. 2 is a front view of the same; Figs. 3 and 4
are enlarged views of the rings containing the pins and orifices for the purpose
of perforation; Fig. 5 is an end view of the machine employed for numbering
the tickets, either before or after perforation; Fig. 6 is a front view of the
same; and Figs. 7 and 8 are enlarged views of the rings containing the
numerals for numbering.
In Fig. 1, a, a, is the framing of the machine, in which are supported the
V bars b, carrying the perforating rings c, c, which are caused to rotate by
means of the cranks and handle d, d; the paper or board to be perforated is
feed or passed, between the rings by means of the endless band e distended
between the rollers f.f. The pressure required for perforation is obtained
from the connecting link or bar h, and the distance of the ring apart is regu-
lated by the nuts and screws i, i, by means of which the upper set of rings is
raised or lowered. In Fig. 5, a', a', is the framing of the machine supporting
the bed roller k and the shaft l, containing the rings of numerals formed as shewn
in Fig. 7. The paper to be numbered is passed between the endless band
distended between the lower holders n, n, and the band o, distended between
the rollers p, p, and the moveable roller p', which is worked by the cam q, and
so arranged that when the paper is passed on to the lower band, the roller p¹
falls upon it, and the two bands then hold it firmly whilst it passes beneath
the numbering rings, and they deliver it at the opposite end of the machine on
to the table r. The rollers s, which supplies the numbering type with ink, is
fed from the ink trough and rollert by means of the roller ", which is brought
continually into alternate contact with them for the transfer of the ink. The
handle giving motion to the gearing w, effects the required movement of
the various parts described.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical effect, we wish it to be distinctly
understood that we claim perforating and numbering paper or cardboard to be
employed for tickets or cheques by means of the machinery described, which
may either be arranged in one machine or distinct, as shewn.
And, secondly, we claim the general arrangement and construction of the

page_text: mechanism for effecting the desired object, as herein-before described, set forth,
and fully illustrated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Henry Latham and Frederick
Cartwright Ward Latham have hereunto set our hands and seals,
this Tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two.
WILLIAM HENRY LATHAM.
(L.S.)
FREDERICK CARTWRIGHT WARD LATHAM. (L.B.)