Apparatus for Supplying Bronze or other Powder to the Surface of Paper, Card, or other Material.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 12th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Supplying Bronze or other Powder to the Surface of
Paper, Card, or other Material.
1, CHARLES ALFRED RUDDOCK of No. 32 Ash Grove, Cricklewood in the
County of Middlesex, Tea Blender do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be ns follows:-
My present invention relates to an apparatus for the purpose of applying bronze
or other powder to the surface of sheets of paper, or other material, such sheets
having been previously printed or prepared, with any desired design in varnish or
other adhesive substance.
It is sometimes important that the powder should be uniformly & evenly applied
to the surface of the sheet, and should be caused to firmly adhere by rubbing it
in, and that the apparatus should be simple, cheap, not liable to get out of
order, and having all its parts readily accessible, and removeable if desired.
To obtain these results more effectually than has heretofore been the case and to
prevent injury to health is the object of my invention
1 use a pad removeable or fixed-made of wash-lenther, plush or other suitable
material, which pad is stuffed with hair, wool, wadding or feathers or other
suitable substance or material, and has a hole in or near the centre or in some
other part of it.
A tube or funnel made of tin, brass, vulcanite, ivory or any suitable material,
such matenal having by preference a polished surface, but the surface need not
necessarily be polished, passes through this hole & is either attached to or forms
part of the lower suface of a plate made of wood or metal, or any suitable
material, and this plate is pierced with holes to take screws, pins or rivets, which
screws, pins oi rivete project from the upper surface of the plate, so that the edges
of the covering of the pad may be drawn over the edges of the plate and secured to
the aforesaid screws, pins or rivets.
The upper part of the invention consists of box, the lower part of this box
being formed of a plate pierced with holes to take the pius, screws or rivets pio-
jecting from the surface of the lower plate, and the two plates are then by
preference secured together by pins, screws, nuts, thumbscrews or rivets of some
kind, but the two plates need not necessarily be detachable one from the other but
may be soldered or fixed together so as to form a whole. The box contains a
receptacle filled with bronze or other powder to which receptacle is attached an
apparatus so adjusted that it supplies and feeds the sheet of paper and the pad with
the quantity of bronze or other powder required.
This apparatus consists of a tube inch more or less in diameter and three inches
more or less in length as may be desired, made of tin, steel, brass, vulcanite,
ivory or other suitable material, this tube may be oval or otherwise shaped and is
effectually closed at both ends by means of spring lids, the springs to be either
on the outside or inside of the tube as desired.
The tube may be fixed or moveable but is by preference moveable and is kept m
position by ridges, flanges, bosses, pins or any other suitable arrangement attached
to the bottom and top ends of the tube, just below the top lid and above the
bottom lid.
At the bottom end of the tube, the spring lid is elongated so as to project beyond
the end of the tube and is fitted to receive an arm or lever, 1od or pin, which may

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be either soldered or fixed to the elongated part of the lid, or attached by means
of a screw, rivet, hinge or cup and ball socket joint so as to enable the rod or
lever to move in more than on direction; and which lover has a knob or such
like arrangement which is either adjusted and removeable or permanently fixed.
The box is made of wood or other suitable material and is made as nearly as
possible dust-proof, and is lined as desired with tin or some other suitable material.
It is by preference oval in shape but need not necessarily be so, but may be round,
or square or of any shape. It is pierced with holes at the top and the bottom,
through which the tube with 1od or lever attached pass and are kept in position as
previously stated. -
By preference the tube and rod pass through the box at an angle of about
60 degrees more or less, but they need not be so placed but may be in au upright
position.
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The holes through which the tube and rod or lever pass are if desired closed and
the box made dust-proof by means of loose washers of soft leather or membrano
attached to the inside of the box and drawn up through the apertures, and tied into
grooves cut in the circumferences of the tube and the rod.
The pad is made in more than one piece if desired.
I do not confine myself to the precise details, or to the exact shapo, proportion
and arrangement of the different parts used in the construction.
Dated this 7th day of October 1895.
Apparatus for Supplying Bronze or other Powder to the Surface of
Paper, Card, or other Material.
CHARLES ALFRED RUDDOOK of 32 Ash Grove Cricklewood in the County of
Middlesex, Tea Blender, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the saine is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My present invention relates to an apparatus for the purpose of applying bronze
or other powder to the surface of sheets of paper or other material-such sheets
having been previously printed or prepared with any desired design in varnish or
other adhesive substance.
It is sometimes important that the powder should be uniformly & evenly applied
to the surface of the sheet & should be caused to firmly adhere by rubbing it in,
and that the apparatus should be simple, cheap, not liable to get out of order, and
having all its parts readily accessible and removable if desired.
To obtain these results more effectually than has heretofore been the case, and
to prevent injury to health, is the object of my invention.
I use a pad removeable or fixed made of wash leather plush or other suitable
material which pad 18 stuffed with han, wool, wadding or feathers or other suitable
substance or material, and has a hole in or near the centre-or in some other part
of it.
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A tube or funnel made of tin, brass, vulcanite ivory, or any suitable material
such material having by preference a polished surface, passes through this hole
and 18 either attached to or forms part of the lower surface of a plate made of
wood or metal, or any suitable material, and this plate is pierced with holes to
take screws, pins, or rivets, which serews pins or rivets project from 'the upper
surface of the plate, so that the edges of the covering of the pad may be drawn
over the edges of the plate & secured to the aforesaid scrows pins or livets.

page_text: The upper part of the invention consists of a box, the lower part of this box
being formed of a plate pierced with holes to take the pins, screws, or rivets
projecting from the surface of the lower plate, and the two plates are then by
preference secured together by pins, screws, nuts, thumbscrews, or rivets of some
Lind, but the two plates need not necessarily bo detachable one from the other,
but may be soldered or fixed together so as to form a whole.
The box contains a receptacle filled with bronze or other powder to which
receptacle is attached an apparatus so adjusted that it supplies and feeds, the sheet
of paper and the pad with the quantity of bronze or other powder required.
This apparatus consists of a tube inch more or less in diameter and three
inches more or less in length as may be desired, made of tin or other suitable
material. This tube may be oval or otherwise shaped and is effectually closed at
both ends by means of spring lids the springs to be either on the outside or
inside of the tube as desired.
The tube may be fixed or moveable, but 18 by preforeuce moveable, and is kept
in position by ridges-flanges, or bosses, pins or any other suitable arrangement,
attached to the bottom & top ends of the tube, just below the top lid & above the
bottom lid.
At the bottom end of the tube the spring lid is elongated so as to project beyond
the end of the tubo and is fitted to roceive an arm or lever, rod or piu, which may
be either soldered or fixed to the elongated part of the lid, or attached by means
of a screw rivet, hinge, or cup and ball socket joint so as to enable the rod or lever
to move in more than one direction, and which lever has a screw knob, which is
either adjustable and removable or permanently fixed.
The box is made of wood or suitable material-nearly as possible dust proof.
It is lined with tin, or other suitable material. It is by preference oval in shapo,
but may be round or of any shape. It is pierced with holes at the top & bottom
through which the tube with rod oi lever attached pass, and are kept in position as
previously stated.
By preference the tube and rod pass through the box at an angle of about
60 degrees, they may however be in an upright position if desired.
The holes through which the tube and lever pass are if desired closed and
made dust proof by means of loose washers of soft leather or membrane attached
to the inside of the box and diawn up through the apertures and tied into grooves
cut in the circumferences of the tube and rod.
Figure 1 of the drawing annexed is a plan view, and Figure 2 a vertical section
of apparatus constructed according to my invention.
A is the pad having through it a hole A 1 B is a plate to the underside of
which the pad 18 secured, B' is another plate which is attached to the plate B.
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A is a cylindrical shaped lining for the upper part of the hole A'. It serves
to keep the hole open, and in proper form and also to prevent the dust rising up
and escaping from the top of the hole or lodging on the pad-C is the case for
containing the powder-D is the lower lid or valve turning on a hinge at D'
E 18
a spring for keeping the lid closed-any suitable spring may be used-F is a rod
or lever passing upwards from the lid and furnished at its upper end with a
kuob F, which screws into the rod, so that by screwing it somewhat further on to
or off the rod the amount to which the valve D can be opened each time that the
knob is pressed down may bo regulated-G is a box or cover supporting the
case C and keeping in position the rod F, it is attached to the plate B
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 of a soft pad A, having a hole A1 formed through it-
a case C for containing powder secured above the hole and having at its lower
end a lid or valve D, normally kept closed by a spring, and a cylinder A' for
keeping in position the hole in the pad A and preventing the dust from rising,

page_text: and & press button F by pressing on which the valve can momentarily be opened
snbstantially as described.
2. The combination of a soft pad Aa hole A' formed though it-its cylindrical
lming closed at the top-a case C for containing powder, having its lower end
passing down through the upper plate of the cylindrical lining and fitted below
the plate with a lid or valve D normally kept closed by a spring, and a press
button F by pressing on which the valve can momentarily be opened substantially
as described.
Dated this 12th day of November 1895.
CHARLES ALFRED RUDDOCK,
Inventor.