Method of and Apparatus for Producing Imitation Typewritten Work.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Method of and Apparatus for Producing Imitation Typewritten
Work.
I, ALBERT HALLETT, Printer, of 185 Franklin Street, Boston, in the County
of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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This invention relates to improvements in the method of, and apparatus for
printing in imitation of typewriting, and combining indistinguishably upon the
same sheet or page, printed and typewritten matter, and giving the whole the
appearance of having been produced on a typewriting machine.
Printing of this description, more or less resembling typewriting, has been
extensively employed for various purposes, but more especially as an inexpensive
means of multiplying copies of letters and circulars to be used for advertising.
The imperfect resemblance, however, between typewritten matter and the printed
matter heretofore produced in imitation of it, as well as the inability to accurately
produce the "copied " effect, have materially diminished its advantages; and this
is more especially the case when it is desired to give a uniform appearance to a
page or sheet coutaining printed and typewritten matter, there having been hereto-
fore no practical method of combining indistinguishably the two kinds of work,
and giving it the appearance of matter that has been wholly typewritten and
copied.
The objects of the invention are to overcome the disadvantages referred to by
affording facilities for producing printed matter possessing all the characteristics of
typewritten matter; to give a homogeneous appearance to work partly printed and
partly typewritten on the same page or sheet, and to give the whole the appearance
of having been press-copied.
These objects are accomplished by the use of the devices and means illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, in which-
Fig. 1. is a perspective view of a form of type covered with a fabric of silk or
equivalent material, showing the method of attaching the fabric to the form.
Fig. 2. is a sectional elevation of the form, showing the method of pressing the
fabric upon it.
Fig. 3. is a plan view of a part of a form of type, greatly enlarged, 'showing the
outline of the type in the fabric.
Fig. 4. is an elevation of the same, showing how the fabric fits in between the
type.
Fig. 5. is a front elevation and Fig: 6. a vertical section on the line x Fig. 5: of
the moistening rolls for producing the copied effect.
In the several figures like numerals refer to like parts.
Referring to the drawings, 1. represents the chase, 2. the lives of type.
The type used should be that made to imitate typewriter type. A single type,
a form of type, or an electrotype or stereotype forin may be employed. 3. is the
furniture, locked in the chase in the usual mauner. 4. is a piece of fabric, made of
silk, linen or equivalent material, locked up with the form in such a manner as to
cover the same, the edges of the fabric being placed between the form and the
chase to hold the fabric in place.

page_text: This fabric should be closely woven, and similar to that of which the typewriter
ribbon is composed, and it should contain some sizing. It should be slightly
moistened, and then laid smoothly over the form. The chase is then placed in the
press, a sheet of thick felt placed over the platen and subjected to pressure, for
several minutes, by closing the press, or it may be pressed upon the form in such
other manner as may be desired. The felt being soft, the type becomes imbedded
in it, and the wet fabric between the felt and the type is thereby pressed down in
the depressions and irregularities of the form, leaving the faces of the type covered
with the fabric.
As soon as the fabric is dry the felt is removed, and the printing may be
proceeded with as with an ordinary form. The face of the type being covered
with the cloth, the surface is slightly uneven, and the result of the impression
therefrom, is to produce letters and characters in exact imitation of the work of
the typewriting machine, and a page partly typewritten and partly printed in this
manner, will present a uniform appearance.
6. 6. are two rollers which are mounted in a frame 8 so as to run together,
by means of the gears 10. 10. These rollers are covered with cloth or similar
material, and the lower roller runs in a trough 7 which is partially filled with
water.
The cloth on the rollers absorbs this water. 9 is a pulley for running the
rollers.
After the sheet has been printed and the part to be typewritten filled in, it is
run between these rollers, and the moisture from the rollers dissolves a part of the
ink, giving the sheet the appearance of having been copied in a copying press.
In carrying the herein described art into effect the ribbon used for the type-
written portion of the work may be prepared in the usual manner. The ink
employed for the printed part should be identical with that contained in the ribbon,
or such as will give the two kinds of work the same color and appearance.
Printers' ink, corresponding in color to that contained in the typewriter ribbon
which it is desired to imitate, can be used. If it is desired to produce the copied
effect, printers' copying ink of the required color should be used. The color
may be varied as required, by compounding aniline pigments of the required color
and in the proper proportion with the ink.
Dated this 24th day of September 1895.
J. G. LORRAIN, M.I.E.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Chartered Patent Agent.
Method of and Apparatus for Producing Imitation Typewritten
Work.
1, ALBERT HALLETT, of 185 Franklin Street, Boston, in the County of Suffolk
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America, Printer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manuer the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in the method of and apparatus for
printing in imitation of typewriting, and combining indistinguishably upon the
same sheet or page, printed and typewritten matter, and giving the whole the
appearance of having been produced on a typewriting machine.
Printing of this description, more or less resembling typewriting, has been
extensively employed for various purposes, but more especially as an inexpensive

page_text: means of multiplying copies of letters and circulars to be used for advertising.
The imperfect resemblance, however, between typewritten matter and the printed
matter heretofore produced in imitation of it, as well as the inability to accurately
produce the "copied " effect, have materially diminished its advantages; and this
is more especially the case when it is desired to give a uniform appearance to such
letters and circulars coutaining printed and typewritten matter on the same page,
there having been heretofore no practical method of assimilating the two kinds of
work, and giving it the uniform appearance of matter that has been typewritten
and copied.
The objects of the invention are to overcome the disadvantages referred to by
affording facilities for producing printed matter possessing all the characteristics
of typewritten matter, and for so assimilating the two kinds of work that a page or
sheet partly typewritten and partly printed will present the uniform appearance of
baving been wholly typewritten and copied in the usual manner.
These objects are accomplished by the use of the devices and means illustrated
in the drawings filed with the Provisional Specification, in which-
Fig. 1. is a perspective view of a form of type covered with a fabric of silk or
equivalent material, showing the method of attaching the fabric to the form.
Fig. 2. is a sectional elevation of the form, showing the method of pressing the
fabric upon it.
Fig. 3. is a plan view of a part of a form of type, greatly enlarged, showing the
outline of the type in the fabric.
Fig. 4. is an elevation of the same, showing how the fabric fits in between the
type.
Fig. 5. is a front elevation and Fig. 6. a vertical section on the line a Fig. 5. of
the moistening rolls for producing the copied effect.
In the several figures like numerals refer to like parts.
Referring to the drawings, 1. represents the chase, 2. the lines of type.
The type used should be that made to imitate typewriter type. A single type,
a form of type, or an electrotype or stereotype form may be employed. 3. is the
furniture, locked in the chase in the usual manner. 4. is a piece of fabric, made of
silk, linen or other equivalent material, locked up with the form in such a manner
as to cover the same, the edges of the fabric being placed between the form and
the chase to hold the fabric in place. This fabric should be closely woven, and
similar to that of which the typewriter ribbon is composed, and it should contain
some sizing. It should be slightly moistened, and then laid smoothly over the
form. The chase is then placed in the press, a sheet of thick felt placed over the
platen and subjected to pressure, for several minutes, by closing the press, or it may
be pressed upon the form in such other manner as may be desired. The felt being
soft, the type becomes imbedded in it, and the wet fabric between the felt and the
type is thereby pressed down in the depressions and irregularities of the form,
leaving the faces of the type covered with the fabric.
As soon as the fabric is dry the felt is removed, and the printing may be
proceeded with as with an ordinary form. The face of the type being covered
with the cloth, the surface is slightly uneven, and the result of the impression.
therefrom, is to produce letters and characters in exact imitation of the work of
the typewriting machine, and a page partly typewritten and partly printed in this
manner, will present a uniform appearance.
6. 6. are two rollers which are mounted in a frame 8 so as to run together, by
means of the gears 10. 10. These rollers are covered with cloth or similar
material, and the lower roller runs in a trough 7 which is partially filled with
water. The cloth on the rollers absorbs this water. 9 is a pulley for running the
rollers.
After the sheet has been printed and the part to be typewritten filled in, it is
run between these rollers, and the moisture from the rollers dissolves a part of
the ink, giving the sheet the appearance of having been copied in a copying press.

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In the practice of the invention, the ink used for the printed part of the work is
made to correspond in color and appearance to that contained in the typewriter
ribbon, aniline colors of various hues being employed as ingredients in such inks
for that purpose.
An ink which has been found to be well adapted for the printing is composed of
about fifty parts of green aniline, about twenty parts of black molasses, about
twenty parts of glucose, and about ten parts of glycerine, compounded in any of
the usual methods employed in the manufacture of inks. The ink thus com-
pounded will correspond in color to the green Underwood copying ribbon used on
a Remington typewriting machine. If ribbons of other colors are used, the aniline
coloring matter in the printing iuk should be varied accordingly.
By the means heretofore described, including the use of the interposed fabric,
and the suitably prepared ink, printed matter can be produced. that cannot be
distinguished from the work done on the typewriting machine, and a page or sheet
partly printed and partly typewritten may be given the uniform appearance of
having been wholly typewritten; and by moistening the work as described, present
a perfect appearance of having been copied in a copying press.
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 :-
1. The combination, with a form of type, of a sheet, layer or film of woven
fabric or equivalent material placed over the form of type and pressed into the
depressed portions of the same, substantially as set forth."
2. The combination with, a form of type of an inked ribbon or woven fabric or
equivalent material placed over the face of the type and pressed into the depressed
portions of the same and into the spaces between the letters and lines, substantially
as set forth.
3. The combination, with a form of type, of a sheet, layer or film of woven
fabric or equivalent material placed over the form and adapted to receive the. ink
from an inking-roller when the form is placed in a printing press, substantially as
set forth.
4. The combination with a form of type having a layer, sheet or film of woven
fabric or equivalent material placed over the same, of a sheet of felt or equivalent
material placed over said fabric under pressure, and adapted to have said form
embedded therein, substantially as set forth.
5. The herein described method of producing printed matter in imitation of
typewritten matter, which consists, essentially in covering the form with a suitably
moistened woven fabric, placing thereon a layer of thick, soft felt or other suitable
material, subjecting the same to the required pressure, removing said layer of felt
or other material, inking with a suitably colored ink, and taking the impression in
the usual manner, all as set forth and described.
6. The herein described method of producing printed matter in imitation of
press copied typewritten matter, which consists essentially, in covering the form
with suitably moistened woven fabric, placing thereon a layer of thick, soft felt or
other suitable material, subjecting the same to the required pressure, removing said
layer of felt or other material, inking with a suitably colored ink, taking the
impression in the usual manner, and moistening the printed matter as herein set
forth and described.
7. The herein described method of combining and assimilating printed and
typewritten work, which consists essentially in covering the form with moistened
woven fabric, placing thereon a layer of thick soft felt or other suitable material,
subjecting the same to the required pressure, removing said layer of felt or other
material, inking with a suitably colored ink, printing a portion of a page or sheet
on the form thus prepared, typewriting another portion of said page or sheet and
then moistening the whole work substantially as set forth and described.

page_text: 8. As a new article of manufacture, a letter or circular partly printed and
partly typewritten, the two kinds of work being so assimilated that it will present
the uniform appearance of having been wholly typewritten and press copied, and
containing a fac-simile of an autographic signature.
Dated this 24th day of June 1896.
the Applicant,
J. G. LORRAIN, M.I.E.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, London, W.C.,.
Chartered Patent Agent.