Improvements in Means to be employed in connection with the Storage and Delivery of Postage Stamps in Coin Operating or Automatic Delivery Machines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means to be employed in connection with the
Storage and Delivery of Postage Stamps in Coin Operating or
Automatic Delivery Machines.
I, CORNELIS FREDERIK ALEXANDER RÖELL of the Lyric Club Leicester
Square in the County of Middlesex a Jonkheer of the Kingdom of Holland do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in means to be employed in connection
with the storage and delivery of postage stamps in coin operating or automatic
delivery machines.
In connection with the storage and delivery of postage stamps in automatic
delivery machines the revenue is generally derived from advertisements printed in
a note book which is placed in an envelope enclosing the postage stamp which is
thus issued to the public.
Now according to my invention when it is desired to store a large number of
stamps in a machine I dispense with the note book and employ a card in lieu
thereof upon which the advertisements are printed and I attach the stamp to the
card by means of a loop or clip stamped out therefrom or by means of slits formed
therein.
Dated this 17th day of March 1892.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means to be employed in connection with the
Storage and Delivery of Postage Stamps in Coin Operating or
Automatic Delivery Machines.
I CORNELIS FREDERIK ALEXANDER RÖELL of the New Lyric Club
63 St. James's Street in the County of Middlesex a Jonkheer of the Kingdom of
Holland 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in means to be employed in connection with
the storage and delivery of postage stamps in coin operating or automatic delivery
machines.
In connection with the storage and delivery of postage stamps in automatic
delivery machines the revenue is generally derived from advertisements printed in
a note book which is placed in an envelope enclosing the postage stamp which is
thus issued to the public.
These stamp packages are piled in a column within a reservoir from which they
are delivered one at a time by means of suitable mechanism but inasmuch as each
stamp package is of considerable thickness the number so stored is necessarily
somewhat limited.
Now according to my present invention when it is desired to store a large number
of postage stamps in a machine of the character above referred to I dispense with '
the note book and employ a card in lieu thereof upon which the advertisements are
printed and I attach the stamp to the card by means of a loop or clip thereon.

page_text: 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.
Figure 1 is a face view of a card having my invention applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a rear view thereof.
Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a face view of a card illustrating a slight modification.
Figure 5 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 4.
Figure 7 is a edge view thereof showing the device buckled in readiness to receive
a stamp and
Figure 8 is an edge view representing a further slight modification.
In the several figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
Referring to Figures 1, 2, and 3, a represents the body of the card which may be
of any desired substance and dimensions and a¹ represents a central band or loop
which is stamped or pressed out from the substance of the card by means of any
suitable press or stamping machine.
A postage stamp 6 is inserted between the band or loop a' and the body a of the
card and by the natural spring of the material is securely held but with capability
of being readily detached therefrom when desired.
In lieu of placing the band or loop a' in the centre of the body a of the card it
may be located in any other convenient position.
Both sides of the body a of the card may be employed as a vehicle for
advertisements as indicated in the drawings or if desired one or both sides may be
left plain so that the device may be used as a postal card when required.
In the example given at Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7, the band or loop a' is formed in a
manner somewhat different from that herein before described: that is to say in lieu
of stamping or pressing the band or loop a' out from the body a of the card two
long slits or cuts a² are formed therein by the aid of any suitable cutting or stamping
machine the portion within such cuts or slits constituting the required band or
loop a¹.
b
The band or loop a¹ in this case normally lies within the body a of the card and
consequently in order to place the stamp 6 in position it is necessary to slightly bend
or buckle the card a when the band a may be caused to spring or buckle in the
opposite direction as indicated at Figure 7 thus leaving space for the insertion of
the stamp 6 between those parts and upon the parts being permitted to resume their
normal position as indicated at Figures 4, 5, and 6, the stamp 6 will be securely held
against accidental displacement.
This arrangement is perhaps preferable to that hereinbefore shown and described
with respect to Figures 12 and 3 inasmuch as the band a¹ lies more nearly within
the thickness of the body a of the card and therefore the device generally is of less
thickness than that herein before described.
In the example given at Figure 8 in lieu of forming the band or loop a' out of
the body a of the card such band or loop consists of a strip of thin paper or other
suitable material at its ends cemented to the face of the card but this arrangement
is perhaps inferior to those hereinbefore described inasmuch as it would be more
costly to produce.
It will be understood that in all the figures of the drawings the substance of the
card is somewhat exaggerated in order to render the illustrations clear and
intelligible.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. In connection with the storage and delivery of postage stamps a card provided

page_text: with a band or loop substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
stated.
2. In connection with the storage and delivery of postage stamps a card provided
with a band or loop formed out of the body thereof substantially as herein shown
5 and described and for the purpose stated.
Dated this 17th day of December 1892.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.