Improvements in Portable Letter Copying Presses and Books.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1898
Complete Specification Left 4th Mor 1800 Accented Ath lune 1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Portable Letter Copying Presses and Books.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM ZIMER, of 48, Finsbury Pavement, in the County of
London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows;-
This invention relates to improvements in portable letter copying presses and
has for its object to provide a very light and yet efficient and rapid copying device
with convenient receptacles for a bottle of copying ink, a sponge and other writing
or copying requisites so as to have everything needful always in readiness.
I prefer to carry out my invention as follows I make a copying book preferably
thin containing say about 100 to 150 leaves For the covers I take some flexible
material (bookbinders cloth, leather or the like) preferably in two pieces (one for
the front and one for the back) which, with the copying sheets between them, are
wire stitched together. The covers are left to overlap the edge of the book where
it is stitched; these overlapping parts are glued or otherwise attached to a tube
of say about 1 inch in diameter. When it is desired to take a copy, a leaf is
moistened and the letter inserted in the usual manner and then the copying book
is rolled round the tube with some pressure by the hands In order to avoid the
intervening space just before where the copying book commences to be rolled
round the tube, I preferably insert some material, swelling from nothing to the
thickness of the book, between the overlapping covers before gluing them together
I may also make the book detachable from the tube by providing the latter with
holes and the former with hooks to engage in the same or by other suitable means.
I provide the tube with a lid at each end so as to be able to store a bottle of
copying ink, a sponge, a pen holder &c., inside the tube. I may attach the bottom
of the bottle of ink to one of the lids which will form a stand for it
I may also modify my invention so as to merely have one cover attached to the
tube for using angle sheets of copying paper instead of a book.
When gluing or otherwise attaching the book to the tube I preferably first glue
the overlapping parts together and then attach the latter to the tube so that when
the book is full it can be easily cut off from the tube by means of a knife or a
pair of scissors
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page_text: Improvements in Portable Letter Copying Presses and Books,
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM ZIMER, of 48, Finsbury Pavement, in the County of
London, Manufacturer, 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 portable letter copying presses and
books and has for its object to provide a very light and yet efficient and rapid
copying device with convenient receptacles for a sponge, a bottle of ink (with a
novel device for preventing upsetting attached thereto) and other writing oi copy-
ing requisites, so as to have everything needful always in readiness.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will now more fully
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig 118 a plan seen from the bottom of the book and press;
Fig 2 18 a view of same in elevation,
Fig 3 is the bottle of ink in elevation with safety disk to prevent upsetting
For the purposes of my invention, I preferably construct the copying press and
book as follows:
I make a copying book B, preferably thin, containing say 100 or 150 leaves
with covers of suitable material, preferably bookbinder's cloth of fast colour. I
stiffen the said covers with paper pasted on the inside but so that they are still
flexible Before stitching the books, I insert a fly leaf of blotting paper next to
the cover and between the blotting paper and the copying leaves which may be
numbered in the usual way, I insert a Hy leaf of witing paper with the alphabet
printed on the pages facing the blotting paper so that wuting entered on the said
index will be died by the blotting paper On the inside pages of the said fly leaf
I print directions, list of prices &c
I cover a tube T made of cardboard or other suitable material and about equal in
length to the depth of the book B, with suitable material C, preferably bookbinders
cloth of fast colour leaving the two ends C1 and C3 long enough for the follow-
ing purposes. With one end I form a loop C1-C2 carrying an endless wire W
or cord or the like for holding a detachable copying book
The other end C3 to
which I glue or stitch the loop C1-C2, I continue say about 7 inches beyond
the width of the copying book but turn the end C4 back and glue the inner sides
of C3 and C4 together Thus only the finished or waterproof side of the cloth
18 exposed to moisture during the damping process and, therefore, not liable to be
injured. After damping a leaf the letter to be copied is placed under the leaf
and an oil sheet on top of it and the book is rolled tightly round the tube T by
1olling the latter forward with pressure against the table, as shown by the arrow A
in Fig 1 It should be kept rolled up for sav 10 seconds.
The one end of the tube T I utilise for storing a sponge S or other damping
device wrapped in waterproof material, with a ribbon R1 and hook H attached,
in order that it may keep in position and be easily pulled out for use. The other
end of the tube I utilise for storing an ink bottle I which I provide with a rim R
at the bottom in order that it may likewise keep in position and be easily pulled
out for use
I further provide a disk D of cardboard or other suitable material with a round
hole F cut out of the centre a little larger in diameter than the diameter of the ink
bottle I above the rim R but smaller than the diameter of the latter When the
disk is placed as shown in Fig 3, so as to rest on the rim of the bottle, the latter
with so large a base cannot be easily upset I prefer to attach the disk to the
bottle by means of a ribbon R 2 so that it may not get lost.

page_text: I may vary the manufacture of the press and book by cutting the cloth C3 off
so as to end near the loop holding the wue or the like, in which case I continue
the back cover of the book B beyond the edge of the leaves but turning it back
again in a similar manner as shown in Fig. 1 by C4.
Having now particularly descubed 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 A pressure tube with a wire or cord or the like for holding a detachable copy-
ing book.
2 A cover C3 or back cover of the book continued beyond the edge of the copy-
ing leaves and turned back so as to expose only its finished or water proof surface
to the moisture during the damping process.
3 An ink bottle with a bottom rim for keeping in position when put into the
tube
4 A letter copying press and book made substantially as described with refer-
ence to the accompanying drawings
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