AN IMPROVED APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR I MARKING LINEN, AND FOR OTHER PRINTING AND STAMPING PURPOSES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Griffith Jarrett, of No. 37, Poultry, in the City of
London, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR
I MARKING LINEN, AND FOR OTHER PRINTING AND STAMPING PURPOSES."
Sealed the 12th April 1861, and dated the 9th February 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Griffith Jarrett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th February 1861.
I, GRIFFITH JARRETT, of No. 37, Poultry, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS
APPLICABLE FOR MARKING LINEN, AND FOR OTHER PRINTING AND STAMPING PURPOSES,"
to be as follows:-
This apparatus is designed principally for marking or stamping linen or
other articles or fabrics with marking ink, but it is also applicable for other
printing, endorsing, or stamping purposes, for which such or similar apparatus
is ordinarily employed. The die or type box is fixed to the lower end of a
plunger, which works vertically in a standard supported on a suitable base.
The plunger is pressed down to give the impression by means of a hand lever,
and is raised again by an indian-rubber or other spring. To the reverse end of
the lever a cord or gut is attached passing under a pulley and connected to a
parallel frame, which is capable of sliding horizontally, and which carries the
inking roller at its forward end. Upon depressing the lever the cord or gut
first draws the inking roller over the surface of the die or type (the roller and
die or type being kept in contact by means of two spiral springs attached to

page_text: sockets of the frame), and the lever then comes into contact with and
depresses the plunger, thus giving the impression. Upon releasing the lever
the plunger rises, and the inking roller after passing over an inking table or
pad is returned to its original position, again rolling over the surface of the dio
or type, which is thus inked twice between each impression. This return of
the inking roller is effected by means of two indian-rubber or other springs
attached to the parallel frame above mentioned, which springs also (by means
of the cord or gut) serve to raise the handle or lever to its original position.
When the stamp is not in use the inking roller may be removed (by with-
drawing a pin) and placed in a cylindrical glass or other case, which will
prevent the ink from evaporating and the roller becoming dry. The inking
table or pad above named is also moveable.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Griffith Jarrett in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th August 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GRIFFITH
JARRETT, of No. 37, Poultry, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Griffith Jarrett, Hor special licence that I, the said Griffith Jarrett, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such other as I, the said Griffith
Jarrett, 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 Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS
APPLICABLE FOR MARKING LINEN, AND FOR OTHER PRINTING AND STAMPING
PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Griffith
Jarrett, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Griffith Jarrett, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, and on reference to the accompanying Drawing, that is
to say:-
This apparatus is designed principally for marking or stamping linen or
other articles or fabrics with indelible marking ink, but it is also applicable for
other printing, endorsing, or stamping purposes for which such or similar
apparatus is ordinarily employed. The die or type box is fixed to the lower
end of a plunger, which works vertically in a standard supported on a suitable
base. The plunger is pressed down to give the impression by means of a hand
lever, and is raised again by an indian-rubber or other spring. To the reverse
end of the lever a cord or gut is attached, passing under a pulley, and con-
nected to a parallel frame, which is capable of sliding horizontally, and which
carries the inking roller at its forward end. Upon depressing the lever the
cord or gut first draws the inking roller over the surface of the die or type
(the roller and die or type being kept in contact by means of a spiral or other
spring attached to sockets of the frame), and the lever then comes into contact
with and depresses the plunger, thus giving the impression. Upon releasing
the lever the plunger rises, and the inking roller after passing over an inking
table or pad is returned to its original position, again rolling over the surface
of the die or type, which is thus inked twice between each impression. This
return of the inking roller is effected by means of two indian-rubber or other
springs attached to the parallel frame above mentioned, which springs also (by
means of the cord or gut) serve to raise the handle or lever to its original
position. When the stamp is not in use the inking roller may be removed (by
withdrawing a pin) and placed in a cylindrical glass, or other case, which will
prevent the ink from evaporating and the roller becoming dry. The inking
table or pad above named is also moveable.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "An Improved
Apparatus applicable for Marking Linen, and for other Printing and Stamping
Purposes," I will now proceed to describe the manner in which the same is to
be or may be performed or carried into practical effect. And in order that
the same may be distinctly understood, I have annexed hereunto a Drawing
illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with letters of reference
corresponding with those in the following explanation thereof, that is
to say:
The annexed Drawing represents a perspective view of a marking or
stamping press made according to the principles of my said Invention.

page_text: a, a, is the base, and b, b, the standard, which carries a plunger c, c,
capable of sliding vertically therein, and provided at its lower end with a die
or type box d, d. The plunger c, c, is depressed to give the impression by
means of a hand lever e, e, and is raised again to its original position after the
impression by means of the indian-rubber spring f, f. 9, 9, is the impression
pad, and h, h, is the inking pad or table, which may be removed and replaced
at pleasure. The reverse end of the lever e, e, is connected by a cord or
guti, i, passing under a pulley k, k, to a parallel frame 1, 1, which carries the
inking roller m, m, at its forward end. This roller is mounted on a screw
pin n, n, so that when the press is not in use it can be easily removed and
placed in an air-tight case to prevent the evaporation of the ink, and con-
sequent drying and hardening of the roller. o, o, are springs (one on each
side of the apparatus), which throw the frame 1, 1, and roller m,'m, forwards
after each impression; and p, p, are springs (also one on each side), to keep
the roller up against the die or type and inking pad. It will be evident that
by attaching the spring o to a point about q, the spring p might be dispensed
with.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for "An
Improved Apparatus applicable for Marking Linen, and for other Printing
and Stamping Purposes," together with the manner in which the same is to
be or may be performed or carried into practical effect, I would remark in
conclusion, that I do not wish or intend to confine myself to the precise details
as shown in the Drawing annexed, as the same are capable of considerable
variation, without departing from the essential features of the Invention; but
what I claim as my Invention is, the general construction and arrangement of
the apparatus as herein set forth, or any mere modification of the same,
operating in substantially the same manner.
In witness whereof I, the said Griffith Jarrett, have hereunto set my
band and scal, this Eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
GEORGE DAVIES,
Patent Agent,
GRIFFITH JARRETT. (L.s.)
1, Serle St., Lincoln's Inn.