IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING MACHINES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Leo Engel, of 529, New Oxford Street, in the County of
Middlesex, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING MACHINES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Leo Engel at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th April 1880.
LEO ENGEL, of 529, New Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING MACHINES."
This Invention relates to improvements in stamping machines.
According to my Invention the frame or stand of the machine is made of cast
iron or other suitable material, to which are fitted suitable arms or levers worked
from fixed centres or by wheels to form a parallel motion to which the plunger is
fitted. At the bottom of the said plunger is the type or die carrier, to which is
attached the blade or cutter, that by the movement of the plunger it is guided in
such a manner as to cause the surface of the carrier to meet the inking or coloring
pad in a perfectly parallel manner, thereby protecting the blade or cutter, and
receiving an even amount of ink or coloring matter, and then transferring it evenly
and clearly to the ticket or cardboard to be stamped or cancelled, and also at the
same time cutting a portion of the ticket or cardboard, which falls or passes through
an aperture in the bed plate of the machine into a receptacle beneath, which is so
arranged that it is beyond the control of the person in charge, and so becomes a
doublo check or guard against fraud. The machine may be so arranged that it may
be operated by the foot by means of a treadle, to leave both hands free to place
and remove the tickets or cardboards that have so been stamped and cut.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Leo Engel in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th October
1880.
LEO ENGEL, of 529, New Oxford Stroet, in the County of Middlesex.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING MACHINES."
According to my Invention the frame or stand of the machine is made of cast
_ iron or other suitable material, to which are fitted suitable arms or levers worked
from fixed centres or by wheels to form a parallel motion to which the plunger is
fitted. At the bottoin of the said plunger is the type or die carrier, to which
is attached the blade or cutter, that by the movement of the plunger it is guided in
such a manner as to cause the surface of the carrier to meet the inking or coloring
pad in a perfectly parallel manner, thereby protecting the blade or cutter, and
receiving an even amount of ink or coloring matter, and then transferring it evenly
and clearly to the ticket or cardboard to be stamped or cancelled, and also at the
same time cutting a portion of the ticket or cardboard, which falls or passes through
an aperture in the bed plate of the machine into a receptacle beneath, which is so
arranged that it is beyond the control of the person in charge, and so becomes a
double check or guard against fraud. The machine may be so arranged that it may
be operated by the foot by means of a treadle, to leave both hands free to place
and remove the tickets or cardboard that have been stamped and cut.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying Sheet of Drawings represents a side view partly in
section of a machine constructed with blado or cutter aperture in bed plate and
receptacle for receiving the counterfoils of the tickets or cardboards according to
iny said Invention. a represents the handle; b, the plunger carrying the typo or
die holder c, to which is attached the blade or cutter d; and e represents the bed
plate, shewing the aperture ƒ through which the cut part of the ticket or cardboard
passes into the receptacle g beneath.
Fig. 2 represents the handle A, with plunger B, type or die holder E, and blado
or cutter D.
In using my machine the handle A of the plunger B is grasped, or it may be so
arranged as to be worked by a treadle; it is then carried over to the inking pad in
a parallel manner, thereby protecting the blade or cutter D, and receiving an even
amount of ink or coloring matter, and then transferring it evenly and clearly to
the ticket or cardboard to be stamped or cancelled, and also at the same time cutting
a portion of the ticket or cardboard, which falls or passes through the aperture Fin
the bed plate E of the machine into the receptacle G.
Having now fully described the mature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same should be carried into effect, I would remark that I do not confiue
myself to the precise form or arrangements represented, but what I claim in
reference thereto is, in the use of stamping machines the blade or cutter, or in
combination therewith the aperture in the bed plate and receptacle beneath, for the
purposes herein before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Leo Engel, have hereunto set my hand and
seal this Sixth day of October. One thousand eight hundred and eighty.