Improvements in Apparatus for Damping, Gumming, Varnishing, and Spreading Liquid upon Paper, Textile and other like Fabric or Material.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1887
Complete Left, 26th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Damping, Gumming, Varnishing,
and Spreading Liquid upon Paper, Textile and other like Fabric
or Material.
We JOHN JAMES ALLEN of St. James's Street Halifax in the County of York
Managing Director of the Allen Machine Company Limited and THE ALLEN MACHINE
COMPANY Limited whose registered office is at 3 George Street Halifax aforesaid
Manufacturers of Allen's Patent Gumming Machines do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
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Apparatus for purpose aforesaid consists of a Reservoir for holding the Liquid to
be used and is so constructed as to form a Handle for the apparatus.
In conjunction with the said Reservoir is a Roller preferably covered with India
Rubber for purpose of durability and instantaneous distribution of the Liquid.
The periphery of the aforesaid Roller rotates in a channel formed in connection with
and is preferably constructed to project into the Reservoir the said channel is partially
or wholly filled with an absorbent; the latter is supplied with Liquid from the
Reservoir by means of apertures in connection therewith.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Damping, Gumming, Varnishing,
and Spreading Liquid upon Paper, Textile and other like Fabric
or Material.
We JOHN JAMES ALLEN of St. James's Street, Halifax Managing Director of the
Allen Machine Company Limited and THE ALLEN MACHINE COMPANY whose registered
Office is at 3 George Street, Halifax aforesaid Manufacturers of Allens Patent
Gumming Machines 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 :-
Apparatus for purpose aforesaid consists of a reservoir for holding the liquid to be
used and is so constructed as to form a handle for the apparatus.
In connection with the said reservoir is a roller preferably covered with India
Rubber for purpose of durability and instantaneous distribution of the liquid. The
periphery of the aforesaid roller rotates in a channel formed in connection with and
is preferably constructed to project into the reservoir, said channel is filled with an
absorbent and receives its supply of liquid from the reservoir for distribution on the
roller. In order that this. Invention may be clearly understood we have hereunto
annexed One Sheet of Drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of Damping
Apparatus suitable for Letter Copying Books.
Fig. 2. is an End Elevation.
Fig. 3. Longitudinal section through line A, B of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 Transverse section through line C. D. Fig. 1.
a is a reservoir with projecting partitions . e. which form a channel for the absor-
bent d and receptacles ef. to receive the liquid when in use precluding the possibility
of too much liquid getting on the roller G, the absorbent, d allows sufficient to get on
the roller G. which is by preference covered with India rubber. J is a ferrule and
plug for filling the reservoir. When using the apparatus, the roller G. is pressed
lightly on the material to be damped, and moved over it causing the roller G. to rotate,
thereby evenly spreading the liquid over the material, the roller G receiving its supply
of liquid from reservoir by means of absorbent d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim
1st. The reservoir a absorbent d and roller G. in combination as herein described
and illustrated.
2nd. The Combination of the reservoir a and absorbent das herein described and
illustrated.
3. The combination of reservoir a and roller y as and for the purpose herein
described and illustrated.
This th ... Naomba 1927
J. E. CARTER,
Craven Edge, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants.