IMPROVEMENTS IN BLOTTERS' FOR ABSORBING OR REMOVING THE SUPERFLUOUS INK FROM WRITING
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Richardson Ormandy, of Barrow-in-Furness, in
the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BLOTTERS'
FOR ABSORBING OR REMOVING THE SUPERFLUOUS INK FROM WRITING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION filed by the said William Richardson
Ormandy at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th January
1877.
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WILLIAM RICHARDSON ORMANDY, of Barrow-in-Furness, in the County of
Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BLOTTERS' FOR ABSORBING OR REMOVING THE
SUPERFLUOUS INK FROM WRITING."
My Invention has for its object improvements in "blotters" for absorbing or re-
moving the superflous ink from writing. For this purpose I employ a roller or
cylinder of wood or other suitable material, and I wind around the same either one
or more lengths of blotting paper and cement the end or ends of the said blotting
paper. The cylinder or roller thus covered is mounted with capability of rotating
in a frame which is provided with a handle by which it may be rolled over the
writing, By these means I obtain a roller or cylindrical pad of blotting paper
which may be rolled over writing for the purpose of absorbing or removing the
superfluous ink therefrom, and from which the outer coating can be torn off when
necessary and a fresh surface of good blotting paper obtained, whilst when entirely
used up a new coating of blotting paper may be readily applied to the cylinder of
wood or other material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Richardson Ormandy in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th July 1877.
WILLIAM RICHARDSON ORMANDY, of Barrow-in-Furness, in the County of
Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BLOTTERS' FOR ABSORBING OR REMOVING THE
SUPERFLUOUS INK FROM WRITING."

page_text: My Invention has for its object improvements in blotters for absorbing or
removing the superflous ink from writing. For this purpose I employ a roller or
cylinder of wood or other suitable material, and I wind around the same either one
or more lengths of blotting paper and cement the end or ends of the blotting
paper. The cylinder or roller thus covered is mounted with capability of rotating
in a frame which is provided with a handle by which it may be rolled over the
writing.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed, aided by the accompanying Drawings, more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
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Figure 1 is an exterior view, and Figure 2 is a sectional view of a "blotter
constructed according to my Invention; a is a roller, preferably of wood, on to
which is passed a roll or cylinder b of blotting paper, which may be formed by
winding the paper upon the roller a or upon another of similar diameter.
The blotting paper forming the roll is preferably in one continuous length, but if
desired it may be formed of more than one length. The ends of this roll or cylinder
of blotting paper are cemented to retain it in the form of a roller cylinder. The
roll a in the arrangement shown in the Drawings has a hole or recess a¹ formed
therein at one end to receive a block c having a stud c¹ at one end, and being formed
with a reduced part c² at the other end, around which is passed a coiled spring d.
The roller a is provided at the other end with a stud or pin a
The studs c¹, a²,
are passed into holes or bearings formed in a forked frame e provided with a handle e¹,
by means of which the rotary blotter can be passed over writing to remove the
superflous ink therefrom.
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It will be readily understood that the mode of mounting the rotary blotting
cylinder in its frame and the construction of such frame may be modified without
departing from the peculiar character of my Invention.
I prefer to perforate the blotting paper from one end of the cylinder to the other
to facilitate the removal of the outside or discolored paper. By these means I
obtain a roller or cylindrical pad of blotting paper which may be rolled over
writing for the purpose of absorbing or removing the superflous ink therefrom, and
from which the outer coating can be torn off when necessary and a fresh surface of
good blotting paper obtained, whilst when entirely used up a new coating of blotting
paper may be readily applied to the cylinder of wood or other material.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the mode in which I
prefer to carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim
is the construction of rotary blotters, in manner substantially as herein shown and
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Richardson Ormandy, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
W. R. ORMANDY. (L.S.)