IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES FOR COPYING. STAMPING AND EMBOSSING
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Adolphe Joseph Filliette, of 42, Rue Amelot, Paris,
in the Empire of France, Mechanical Engineer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES FOR COPYING. STAMPING AND EMBOSSING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Adolphe Joseph Filliette
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th December 1860.
I, ADOLPHE JOSEPH FILLIETTE, of 42, Rue Amelot, Paris, in the Empire of
France, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES FOR COPYING, STAMPING, AND EMBOSSING," to
be as follows:-
My improvements consist in so arranging copying, stamping, and embossing
presses that the pressure on the plate carrying the copying-book, the stamp, or
the die, shall be produced by one or more wedges or inclined planes sliding on
another set of wedges or inclined planes which are fixed on the said carrying
plate. The inclined planes or wedges first mentioned are moveable, or slide
in a horizontal direction; and by being moved in that direction impart a vertical-
motion to the second set of inclined planes from below upwards, or vice versa,
according as the inclined planes are applied below or above the said carrying
plate or die. Thus it will be perceived any desired amount of pressure is.
readily obtained. Motion may be given to the movable inclined planes by
means of a screw, or by a rack and pinion, both being worked by a winch
handle or detachable screw key; or said motion may also be obtained by any
other suitable mechanical device.

page_text: Instead of the system of inclined planes herein-before described I also
sometimes use a rotary disc provided with a set of inclined planes, and turning
about a fixed centre. This disc is turned by means of a lever forming one
piece with it, or which may be made in a detachable form, so as to fit into the
said disc in the same manner as a screw key. By the above arrangements all 5
the pressing motions being contained in the press, and to be worked only by a
detachable lever, key, or other appropriate locking device, the press is
completely locked when said lever or key is withdrawn, and thus great safety⚫
from undue interference is obtained.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Adolphe Joseph Filliette in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th June 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS. SHALL COME, I, ADOLPHE
JOSEPH FILLIETTE, of 42, Rue Amelot, Paris, in the Empire of France,
Mechanical Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Adolphe Joseph Filliette, Her special licence that I, the said Adolphe
Joseph Filliette, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Adolphe Joseph Filliette, 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 Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES FOR COPYING, STAMPING, AND EMBOSSING," upon.
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Adolphe Joseph Filliette, 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 Adolphe Joseph Filliette, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
On the annexed Sheet of Drawings Fig. 1 is a cross section of a copying.
press constructed on the principles set forth in my Provisional Specification.
This Figure shews the internal parts of the press, the under wedge or inclined
plane being at the end of its forward travel, and the book wedged in. Fig. 2
is a side view of the same press, the under. wedge being shewn in dotted lines
at the end of its backward travel, and the book ready for removing; Fig..3 is
a front elevation, shewing a hinged door in red lines, by means of which the
book can be locked up.
Fig. 4 shews another arrangement of a copying press constructed on the
same principle.
Fig. 5 is an elevation of my improved stamping and embossing press;
Fig. 6, a longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 7, a plan of the wedge that
imparts vertical motion to the stamp.
The following is a description of the copying press:-A, cast-iron or other
box, which is made to open on one of its sides by means of a door A', which
can be locked up with a key. Said door may also be dispensed with, as will
be seen in the sequel. The box A contains a plate B carrying four wedges
C, C, C, C, which fit on four other wedges D, D', D3, D³, which are
attached to or cast on another plate E, on which the copying-book is placed.
Between the two under wedges C¹ and C there are two lugs, which are made
to receive an iron or steel nut G. A screw H works in said nut, and is held
in its place by means of a socket J. This socket, and also the end of the
screw H has an aperture of any convenient form, into which fits a key of
corresponding shape, to be worked by means of a handle (Fig. 1), or by a
crank (Fig. 2). From the foregoing it will easily be understood how the
book is wedged in between the two plates A, E, by means of the screw H, in
such manner that it cannot be taken out by anybody but the person who has
the key of the door. A', and also the key fitting into the socket J and the end
of the screw H. This arrangement, in addition to its being protective against
undue interference, also acts as a safe in case of fire: The box having no part
of its mechanism outside, may also be used as, a pedestal for ornamental and
other articles. I also sometimes modify this arrangement by reversing the
whole, i.e., by working the pressure plate E from above, placing the screw
and wedges where the book is in the press shewn on the Drawing, and
vice versa.
Another arrangement of a copying press constructed on the same principle
is shewn at Fig. 4. A is a' frame in which two plates B, B, are placed, that

page_text: arė. moveable about a hinge; C. Sufficient play is left in the hinge-joint to
allow the plates moving to and from each other. C, C, are wedges or inclined.
planes fixed on the plates, B, B; Dis.a.sliding piece or shoe, having inclined
planes inside to act on those C, C; F is a rod or bar connecting the shoe D
and frame A, to which it is centered, at the point G. By raising the plates
B, B, the rod F is made to act on the shoe D and the planes C so as to bring
the plates B, B, forcibly together, and press on the book L. One or the.
other, of the inclined. planes C and its corresponding plane on the piece D may
also be dispensed with. When the book has been tightened up in the manner
described the press may be locked in any convenient manner by a key, spring
catch, or any other equivalent device. The press may be ornamented in any
style desired, and the frame A fastened or hung against the wall in a vertical
position.
I sometimes use a cam lever instead of the straight inclined planes herein-
before described for producing either a. vertical or a horizontal pressing
motion. This cam lever is. shewn in perspective view Fig. 8, and in plan
Fig. 9. A, A, are inclined planes on the disc B, which is capable of circular
motion about the centre D by means of the lever C. Said lever may be
made of the same piece as the disc, or it may be made to fit into holes of
some suitable shape on the periphery of the disc, so as to retain the pro-
perties of a key as above described for locking up the copying book or
embossing press after use. For producing the necessary pressure, the plate
under which. the book is placed in this arrangement has inclined.planes cor-
responding with those on the disc, and situated in the opposite direction,
whereby the press is made to act.
. Figs. 10, 11, and 12 relate to a copying (or, as the case may be, stamping
and embossing) press, in which the circular wedge motion is vertical instead of
being horizontal, as in the preceding arrangement. The other novel features.
in this arrangement are a device for making the press fit to copy, stamp, and
emboss articles of varying thickness, and also a means for raising the pres-
sure-plate after the operation has been completed. Fig. 12 is a general
side elevation of the press; Fig. 11 a cross section of the same; Fig. 10, a
plan of the circular wedge or inclined plane. A, B, frame, having in its
centre an open space C, D, E, F, into which a circular wedge G is fitted.
This circular wedge is formed of two cheeks 9, 9', that are connected by a
suitable number of cylindrical cross pieces I, I, I". J is a lever which fits
between the cheeks g³, g'; H, stud or pivot; K is a tooth or projection on
the lever J, and is made to enter either between the cross pieces I, I'¹, or
those, 1, 1, according to the thickness of the article to be acted on. Fig. 12

page_text: shews in black lines the lever inserted between I' and I" at the beginning of
the stroke; the position of the lever and wedge at the end of the stroke is
shewn in red lines. The circular wedge acts on a suitable projecting plane L
fixed or cast on the pressure-plate M. Said plate M has two lugs N, N',
which fit into slides 0, 0¹, on each side of the circular wedge between the
ribs P, 9, and P¹, 9, the ribs P, P', fitting into grooves or slides R, R', in
the frame, whereby the pressure plate is made to lift up by turning the
lever J from right to left, and the book or other article can easily be removed.
S, S¹, are recesses in the frame for receiving the projections N, N', when the
plate M is lifted up.
The following is a description of a stamping and embossing press shewn
at Fig. 5, 6, and 7, which is constructed similar to the copying press shewn at
Figs. 1 and 2. A, box containing the stamp B, with an opening in front for
receiving the article to be stamped; the die is placed at C. For printing
purposes the lower part of the box A may be provided with a drawer con-
taining both the block C in front and the inking cushion at the back. The
top part of the stamp is provided with two lugs forming inclined planes, ou
which the wedges D, D¹, are made to bear. The stamp is guided in its
vertical travel by suitable grooves provided for that purpose in the box A.
E is a rack cast or fixed on the wedge piece D, D₁, into which a pinion F is
made to gear; said pinion is made to turn, and the press operated by means
of a key similar to that described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 in such
manner that no undue access can be had to the press, and it cannot be
operated except by means of said key. G is a spring for raising the stamp
when released from pressure.
I claim the particular arrangements of presses for copying, stamping, and
embossing substantially as herein-before described and shewn on the annexed
Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day
Witness,
F. TOLHAUSEN.
A. J. FILLIETTE. (L.S.)