Comery IMPROVEMENTS IN SCAMPING APPARATUS (OR AUTOPERITYPE).
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Marie Trouble, of Paris, in the Empire of
France, and of 16, Castle Street, Holborn (City), London, for the Inven-
tion of CORMATY THAT A Al"
tion of "Comery IMPROVEMENTS IN SCAMPING APPARATUS (OR AUTOPERITYPE).
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Marie Trouble at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th April 1854.
I, LOUIS MARIE TROUBLE, of Paris, in the Empire of France, and of 16,
Castle Street, Holborn (City), London, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING APPARATUS CALLED
AUTOPERITYPE" to be as follows:-
My improvements consists of a new description of stamping apparatus for
stamping or marking paper, letters, documents, fabrics, &c., in an easier and
more efficient manner than can de donc with the apparatus now in use.
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obtain the result by engraving one or more dies on a metal cylinder of the
proper diameter. This stamping cylinder is centered in a square open frame,
the same as an inking roller, which is placed so as to revolve in contact with
the printing or stamping surface of the stamping roller. This inking roller
also rubs against a box fixed in the frame, and containing the inking stuff';
and as the inking roller is clothed with felt or other capillary material, it will
readily absorb a portion of the inking material and transfer it to the stamping
cylinder.

page_text: In order to use the apparatus, the paper, &c., to be stamped or marked is
put on a soft bed, if the paper, &c., itself does not already offer a sufficient
resiliency. The roller frame is then gently pressed on the paper, &c., in such
manner that the stamping roller only comes in contact with it, and pushed
backwards or forwards with the speed required.
The accompanying Drawing represents, Fig. 1, a plan, and Fig. 2, a vertical
cross section of an apparatus, which may serve to exemplify my improvements.
A, B, is an iron frame in two parts for the purpose of putting in the rollers,
and attached together by a screw a. C is the handle, by which the apparatus
is held. D is the stamping roller; E, the inking roller, covered with felt or
other capillary material; F, a longitudinal box, filled with the inking material
and felt or similar substance; G is a spring click, which drops into a nick on
the circumference of the stamping roller. The nick may be made either so
that it merely tells the stamp having been impressed, without preventing the
roller from continuing to turn, or else it may be made so as to prevent the
farther turning of the roller after each impression until the spring click is
lifted out of the notch. The inking roller E can be set at the proper distance
by means of a bracket H on the sides of the frame. In order to keep the
stamping roller steady & parallel whilst turning, it has a fluted fillet near the
end at f.
In case printing ink is used, the cloth roller E and the ink reservoir or
vessel are replaced by two rollers, covered with leather, caoutchouc, or
gelatinous substance. For changing letters or cyphers on the stamping roller,
the pieces are made moveable, and fixed by screws in the body of the roller
parallel to its axis; besides, the dimensions and particular form of the appa-
ratus may be varied; the principal of my improvements being to engrave a
stamp, either whole or in moveable pieces, on a cylinder, by means of
which, and inking cylinders or vessels, as described, stamps or marks may be
reproduced in a continuous manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Louis Marie Trouble in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
10th October 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
MARIE TROUBLE, of Paris, in the Empire of France, and of 16, Castle Street,
Holborn (City), London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord

page_text: One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the seventeenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Louis Marie Trouble, Her special licence that I, the said Louis Marie
Trouble, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Louis Marie Trouble, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN STAMPING APPARATUS (OR AUTOPERITYPE)," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Louis Marie Trouble, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Louis Marie Trouble, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My improvements consist of a new description of stamping apparatus for
stamping or marking paper, letters, documents, fabrics, &c., in an easier and
more efficient manner than can be done with the apparatus now in use. I
obtain this result by engraving one or more dies on a metal cylinder of the
proper diameter. This stamping cylinder is centered in a square open frame,
the same as an inking roller, which is placed so as to revolve in contact with
the printing or stamping surface of the stamping roller. This inking roller
also rubs against a box fixed in the above said frame, and containing the
inking stuff; and as the inking roller is clothed with felt or other capillary
material, it will readily absorb a portion of the inking material and transfer it to
the stamping cylinder. In order to use the apparatus, the paper, &c., &c., to be
stamped or marked is put on a soft bed, if the paper, &, itself does not already
offer a sufficient resiliency. The roller frame is then gently pressed on the
passes, &, &, in such manner that the stamping roller only comes in contact
with it, and pushed backwards or forwards with the speed required. There is
also a spring click which drops into a nick on the circumference of the
stamping roller. This nick may be made either so that it merely tells the
stamp having been impressed on the paper, &, without preventing the roller
from turning on, or else it may be made so as to prevent the farther turning of

page_text: the roller after each impression until the spring click is lifted out of the
notch. The inking roller can be set at the proper distance by means of a
bracket on the sides of the frame in which both the inking and stamping
rollers run.
For the purpose of keeping the stamping roller steady and
parallel whilst turning, it has a fluted part or fillet at one or both ends. In
case printing ink is used, the cloth roller and ink reservoir or vessel, above
alluded to, are replaced by two rollers, covered with leather, caoutchouc, or
gelatinous substance. For changing letters or cyphers on the stamping roller,
the letters, &c., &c., are made moveable, and fixed by screws in the body of the
roller parallel to its axis; besides, the dimensions and particular form of the
apparatus may be varied indefinitely; the principal feature of my improvements
being to engrave a stamp either whole or in moveable pieces on a rotating
cylinder, by means of which, and inking cylinders or vessels, as described,
stamps or marks may be reproduced in a continuous manner.
Having thus described the general nature of my Invention, I shall now
proceed to illustrate some of the ways in which the same is or may be carried
into effect. On the annexed Sheet of Drawings, Fig. 1 to 6 relate to an
autoperitype stamp with an ink reservoir and cloth roller; Figs. 8 to 15 are
intended to represent an autoperitype stamp with two inking rollers for
printing ink. Figs. 16 to 22 represent details applicable to both these modifi-
cations. The same letters of reference stand for like parts in all the Figures.
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of a reservoir stamping apparatus; Fig. 2
is an end view of the same; Fig. 3 is a section through the middle of the
handle, perpendicular to the axes of the cylinders; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal
section through the centre line of the stamping cylinder; Fig. 5 is a front
view; Fig. 6, a cross section; and Fig. 7, a plan of the ink reservoir. The
stamping apparatus consists of a frame made up of two pieces A, A, which are
screwed together by a screw a at one end of the handle tang, and at the other
end by a nut b, which serves at the same time to confine the handle B in
its place. Between the two branches of this frame is placed the stamping
cylinder C, the inking cylinder D, and the ink reservoir E. The stamping
cylinder, Figs. 1, 2, & 4, is made of brass or other suitable metal, or any other
suitable material. The gudgeons c, c, of this roller run in proper holes on the
side of the frame. On the ends of the roller are shoulders d, e; the shoulder d
has two notches, so as to let alternately drop in the projecting end of the
spring click F, the number of notches being always equal to the number of
stamps engraved or fixed on the circumference of the cylinder C, of which
there may be as many as may be desired. To avoid the necessity of having a
different cylinder for every different stamp, and for the purpose of applying my

page_text: improved stamp to be used in post and similar offices, where every day has a
particular stamp, indicating the month, day of the month, and mark of the
post office, these different indications are engraved upon separate pieces of
brass, shewn at 9, 9, 9, in Fig. 4, and in section Fig. 3. These pieces, which fit
together, are screwed tight by screws h, h; hence, in order to change the
brasses without taking to pieces the apparatus, it is only necessary to pass_a
screwdriver through the opening i which is left in one of the frame sides,
unscrew the screws h, h, withdraw the brass pieces, and put new ones in their
places. The shoulder d is partly and the shoulder e is entirely fluted or rough-
ened, for the purpose of causing the cylinder to.adhere to the paper during its
revolution and prevent it from slipping. The inking cylinder D is intended
to supply the place of common wet stamping balls, being covered with cloth
or any other suitable absorptive material. The pivots of this roller pass
through the frame sides A, A, which have long rectangular openings, into
which fit little square steps k, k, of brackets G, shewn in detail at Figs. 16
and 17. By this arrangement, the brackets G may be made to slide on the
frame sides, and the inking roller D be fixed at the proper distance from the
stamping roller C. The bracket G being in the proper place, the screw 7 is
drawn tight, so as to prevent the step bracket from shaking or sliding. In
order to cause the inking roller to ink equally on the whole of the stamping
surface, and to render the adjusting of the same easier, I mark off on each
frame side A equal divisions m, m, placed alike with respect to the axis of the
stamping roller, and the step brackets G being alike, and slided up to the
same division on each side, the inking roller will at once be parallel, and in
proper contact with the stamping roller. The ink reservoir is fixed on one of
the branches A by means of a screw n, about which it may be made to turn,
and it clasps on the other branch. This ink reservoir is seen in Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5,
and 6, and consists of a rectangular box 0, 0, 0, 0, in which I place several
layers of cloth, so as to form a kind of spongy brush; instead of cloth, any
other substance may be used, being capable of holding fluid ink. For using
this apparatus it is only necessary to put the autoperitype at any convenient
angle on the surface to be marked, and whilst holding it thus, to push it
forward; every stamp will be told by the click F, which at the same time
prevents the roller from being turned the reverse way. Two studs H, H, are
for keeping the roller out of contact when the stamp is not being used. Fig. 8
shews a front view of an autoperitype stamp, in which the spring click F is
replaced by an escape lever I, and the ink reservoir by an inking roller K.
Fig. 9 is a section through the dotted line x, y, Fig. S. Fig. 10 shews the
detail of the frame without any of the pieces fitting upon it. Fig. 11 is an end

page_text: view of the frame. Fig. 12 is a front view of the escape lever I. Fig. 13
shews an end view of the same. Figs. 14 and 15 are elevation and plan
respectively of the spring I, which serves to keep the hooked end of the lever
in the notch of the stamping cylinder C. In this form of my autoperitype
stamp the ink reservoir is replaced by the roller, so as to allow to use printing
ink; for this purpose the roller K is covered with leather, caoutchouc, or
other gelatinous material, the same as the roller D. The escape lever I may
be applied simultaneously with the spring click one being on one side and
the other on the opposite side of the stamping apparatus. After having im-
parted to the stamping cylinder the necessary rotary motion for marking off
the stamp, it is necessary to have some means of indicating the fact of an
impression having been taken. This result may be obtained, as herein-
before described, viz., by a spring click and notch, which will act very
satisfactorily for producing a series of impressions upon a given length of
paper, as the noise is sufficient to indicate each impression as it is being
taken; but when it is desired to stamp singly, or only one stamp at the time,
such as will be found necessary in government and commercial offices, I
prefer using the herein-after described means. Figs. 18 to 22 relate to this
plan for stopping the revolution of the stamping roller after each impression
or set of impressions. At one end of the stamping roller C, between the
fluted part and the pivot, is a cam or inclined plane surface M, upon which
bears a spring N, shewn in detail, Fig. 18, and suitably fixed to the frame A
of the stamping apparatus. Two lugs, projections, or stops O, O, are so fixed
on the fluted parts of the roller, that when the stamp has been given, the
lugs bearing against the paper, &c., or the tangent plane to be stamped, will
prevent the roller from turning on and making further impressions.
The cam M is angularly so placed with respect to the stamp on the roller
and the stops 0, 0, that, upon the whole apparatus being lifted off the paper,
the spring N causes the stamping roller rapidly to complete its revolution and
to assume its starting position, so as to bring the stops 0, 0, past the tangent
plane. Fig. 18 shews the autoperitype stamp having got into the stopping
position, the lugs O, O, bearing against the plane of the table or tangent
plane P, P, after the stamping roller has rolled over it in the direction of the
In this position, it will be seen that the spring N bears on the point p
of the cam M, and upon the apparatus being lifted off the table, said spring
causes the stamping roller to turn round quickly, so as to present the flat side
of the cam M to the spring, when the stops 0, 0, will be at the back of the
roller, and another impression can be taken. In order to accelerate the opera-
tion of stamping in post offices, I engrave or fix upon the stamping cylinder
arrow.

page_text: either stamps both for obliterating and indicating the departure, or stamps
both indicating the postage and arrival. Fig. 19 shews a longitudinal eleva-
tion; Fig. 20, a corresponding section; and Fig. 21, an end view of a stamping
cylinder C, with two stamps q, r; q being fast and 7 moveable, so that it may
be withdrawn at will and replaced by another, as the case may require. The
changing letters or types of the stamp r are fixed in the same way as with
common hand stamps. The stamp is then secured in the body of the roller
by a screw s; t is a wrought iron mandrel, intended to strengthen the gudgeon
of the roller. Fig. 22 shews the shape which I prefer giving to the rollers
with one stamp, with a view to lighten the apparatus.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the ways in which
the same is or may be carried into effect, I wish it to be understood that
what I claim as novel, and secured to me by the herein-before recited Letters
Patent, is,
An autoperitype" stamping apparatus, consisting of a cylinder or cylin-
drical surface, upon which are engraved, applied, or fixed one or more stamps,
from which, by the devices above described, or any other suitable means,
impressions may be obtained, by causing said cylinder or cylindrical surface
to roll continuously, or with interruptions on the surfaceto be stamped or
marked,
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Marie Trouble, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of September, in the year
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L. M. TROUBLE. (L.S.).