Improved Erasing, Penwiping, and Advertising Appliance.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Apr., 1896-Accepted, 23rd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Erasing, Penwiping, and Advertising Appliance.
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I JOHN THOMAS DAWES of Cefn Mawr near Mold in the County of Flint,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object is to provide an improved appliance for erasing pencil and ink
marks; for wiping pens; and for use as an advertising medium.
An appliance under my invention consists essentially of an india rubber or
composition, or india rubber and composition block to which is secured in the form
of a tablet or pad, leaves for use in wiping pens and for receiving advertisements.
The leaves are made of impervious or porous material or of both impervious and
porous material and are either plain or corrugated.
Dated the 1st day of Jul 1895
J. JOHNSON,
Agent.
Improved Erasing, Penwiping, and Advertising Appliance.
I, JOHN THOMAS DAWES of Cefn Mawr, near Mold in the County of Flint,
Civil Engineer, 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 :-
The object is to provide an improved appliance for erasing pencil and ink
marks; for wiping pens; and for use as an advertising medium.
An appliance under my invention consists essentially of an india rubber or
composition or india rubber and composition block, to which is secured in the form
of a tablet or pad, leaves for use in wiping pens, and for receiving advertisements.
The leaves are made of impervious or porous material, or impervious and porous
material and are either or both plain or corrugated.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an appliance constructed in accordance with my
invention.
aal is a block of india rubber or composition capable of erasing pencil or ink
marks, or one part a might be of india rubber and another part a¹ of composition
as shown by the dotted line such parts being cemented or secured together in any
convenient way. b, is a tablet or pad of leaves, some of which are turned up to
show the construction, the cover leaves, b, are preferably of some stiff material
whilst the other leaves b and so on may all be of textile material, blotting
paper, or other suitable material, or say might be of blotting paper, 2 of
ordinary paper, of textile material and so on, or of any other desired alternating
arrangement of two or more materials. Advertisements are printed or impressed
OD all or any of the leaves whether inside or outside. c is a clip for holding the
parts together, such clip is conveniently stamped out of one piece of metal as
shown at Fig. 2, where the pieces c¹ are cut along the full lines and turned in one
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page_text: direction along the dotted lines at right angles to the body c² of the clip, whilst
the remaining portion is turned in the opposite direction at right angles to the
said main body c. are pins or indentations for holding the parts together.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modification in which a cylindrical holder c
for the rubber is used. The said holder or clip c is preferably made at its upper
end with an internal thread as shown by the dotted lines, and is split or slotted at
the lower end to receive the pad b. d pin or eyelet for securing the parts
together.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modification in which the parts a and b are
held together by two strips of metal e and eyelets d so that the leaves may be
turned sideways around the eyelet.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modification in which a flat piece of rubber is
recessed on each side as shown in Fig. 7. The leaves have projections which
fit in the recesses and the whole is bound together by a clip e made with an eyelet
which passes both through the rubber and the leaves shown more particularly in
Fig. 6. Instead of making recesses on each side of the rubber, and the leaves
with projections to fit in the recesses, the leaves may be secured to the clip c by an
eyelet whilst the rubber is secured in position by spurs c' on the clips as shown in
Fig. 8.
Fig. 9 is a view showing the rubber a and leaves held together by two discs
and an eyelet c.
It will be obvious that the leaves and rubber may be of any desired shape and
that the construction of the clips and fastenings may be varied without departing
from 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 :-
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The combination of the rubber or erasing block a with leaves b, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
Dated the 1st day of April 1896.