Improvements in or connected with Ink Blotters or Pads.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1892-Accepted, 11th June, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Ink Blotters or Pads.
I, CARL SCHEIDEREITER, of 44 Grosse Raben Strasse, Altona, Ottensen,
Germany, Brazier, 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 :—
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with ink blotters or pads,
wherein the blotting paper or equivalent material is carried by a frame or the like,
and according to this invention the used blotting paper thereon may be renewed or
replaced without tedious unscrewing and screwing or tearing and throwing away of
the same; the blotting paper, according to the said invention, as soon as it has
become moist, or become deteriorated by use, is shifted by mechanism hereafter
described, and may afterwards, when dry, be again used. The blotting paper in
this apparatus is stored in the form of a roll.
In the accompanying drawing an apparatus constructed according to my invention
is represented,
Fig. 1 shewing a side view of the same, Fig. 2 a front view; and Fig. 3 shews in
section a part of same.
The ink blotter apparatus consists essentially of the following parts, which can
be made of any desired metal or material. On the sides of the curved bow-shaped
band a, forming the upper frame, and inside on the concave curve thereof, slit
tubes b and c are fastened. Within the tube b, which is closed at one end and is at
the other provided with a removable cover, the blotting paper is inserted, it being
rolled in such a manner that the loose end of the same passes through the side slit e
as shewn.
In the other tube c an inner case f is inserted, the cylindrical wall of the said case
being half cut away, as shewn in cross section at Fig. 3, and in sectional elevation
at Fig. 2, where the case f is shewn partially drawn out. At both ends discs gg
with slots h, Fig. 1, are provided, and these discs form bearings for a shaft i. By
means of a folding winch crank k, one of which may be provided at each end of the
shaft, the said shaft i is made to revolve.
After the shaft i to which the blotting paper is fastened has been put into its
place in the case f, the latter is inserted into the tube c. To fix the shaft in the
casef, that is, to prevent its rotation, the winch crank k is folded together so that
its handle takes into the slot in the disc g, as at Figs. 1 and 2, and so renders
rotation of the shaft i impossible.
Both the outer tubes b and c are connected by a lower curved metal or other
band m, and over this band m, for padding, a cloth or equivalent n is placed, and
held fast by the turned over edges o and p of the band m; on the upper frame a at
the top thereof, a knob q is attached, to serve as a handle for manipulating the
apparatus.
The blotting-paper is, in the present ink blotter, as will now be understood,
inserted in the form of a roll into the tube b; from here it is carried through the
side slit e, over the bands m and n, through the slit e¹ in the tube c, and is fixed and
wound round the shaft i, and can, in case it is necessary, be rolled upon the shaft i
by means of the winch crank k.
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 :-
C, with
1. An ink blotter, distinguished by being provided with the tubes b and
the alita a and al which servo for the recention of the blotting paper, and wherein

page_text: the blotting paper can be rolled across the blotting surface from one tube to the
other as required, by means of the winch k upon the shaft i, whereby the blotting
paper, which has become damp by using may be renewed, without the necessity of
lifting the layers or otherwise, all substantially as herein described with reference
to the accompanying drawings.
2. The general construction and combination of parts composing the ink-blotter
apparatus, wherein a band of blotting paper may be traversed from one roller or
receiver to another roller or receiver across the blotting surface of a frame, all
arranged and acting substantially as and for the purposes herein described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th day of May 1892.
BREWER & SON,
Agents.

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