A NEW AND IMPROVED PORTABLE COPYING PRESS OR MACHINE
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Henry Honegger, of Tipping Street,
Ardwick, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Civil Engineer,
for the Invention of "A NEW AND IMPROVED PORTABLE COPYING PRESS
OR MACHINE."
Sealed the 27th August 1869, and dated the 1st March 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Henry Honegger
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 1st March 1869.
I, ALFRED HENRY HONEGGER, of Tipping Street, Ardwick, Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW AND IMPROVED PORTABLE
COPYING PRESS OR MACHINE," to be as follows:-
In a suitable square or oblong box or case of wood, metal, or other
material I insert the actuating machinery, which consists of a wheel and
ratchet motion (or a screw or slide motion) on each side of the interior
of the case. On the tops of the two ratchets or uprights and outside the

page_text: top of the case I securely fix a flat board or metallic plate, which is
caused to rise and lower by the direct or inverse motion of the actuating
machinery. Inside and across the case I fit a shaft which carries two
pinions, one at each end, by which motion is given to toothed or
eccentric wheels, and which raise and lower the two standards or
uprights, one on each side of the case with the board or plate attached
thereto. The object of this up-and-down motion is that when the said
board or plate is elevated I insert between it and the top of the case the
books, letters, invoices, or other documents to be copied, and then by
a contrary motion of the machinery lower the moveable board and
sufficiently press the documents therewith as to produce the requisite
copy or copies thereof.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Henry Honegger in the Great' Scal Patent
Office on the 1st September 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
HENRY HONEGGER, of Tipping Street, Ardwick,, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Civil Engineer, send grecting.
WHEREAS. Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Alfred Henry Honegger, Her
special licence that I, the said Alfred. Henry Honegger, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as. I, the said Alfred
Henry Honegger, 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 Inven-
tion for "A NEW OR IMPROVED PORTABLE COPYING PRESS. OR MACHINE," upon
the condition (amongst others), that I, the said, Alfred Henry Honegger;
my executors or administrators, by an, instrument in writing under my
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and

page_text: ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, 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 Alfred Henry Honegger, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
I use a suitable box or case of wood, metal, or other material, and I
put the actuating machinery on each side of the box or case. The
necessary pressure is applied by a flat board or metallic plate which is
caused to rise and lower by the motion of the actuating machinery.
The mechanism for giving motion to the board or plate consists of a rack
and pinion motion or a screw motion actuated by a worm and worm
wheel, or other suitable and well-known mechanism, as will be more
fully understood by the annexed Drawings, which illustrate various modi-
fications of my Invention, and which I will now proceed to describe.
In Drawing No. 1 the pressure is applied by means of the rack and
pinion motion. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation; Fig. 2 is a cross section ;.
Fig. 3 is a sectional plan; Fig. 4 is an end view, the gearing being,
shewn in dotted lines.
A, A, shews the outside box or shell, which is made of hard wood
sufficiently thick to prevent it warping. The mechanism is driven by
the handle P and the worm O working into the worm wheel G on the
same axis as the spur wheel H and communicates the motion by means
of the pinion I through the shaft F to the rack on the other side of the
box. B shews the moving table fastened by screws to the rack D. Tho
rack slides up and down on a rib cast to the frames J, to which is
screwed a guide block E to keep the rack in its place. Along the top
part of the box A, A, is fastened a brass cushion N to make the box
sufficiently strong to resist the pressure of the top B. L, L, and M, M,
are pieces of wood for the same purpose placed at each angle of the box
on which rests the loose table C where the book is placed in order to
obtain a copy of the letter required. S shews the position of the top
when the box is closed, which then looks like an ordinary cabinet chest ;
T shews the position of the rack when the box is closed; R is a case to
hold stationery or documents.

page_text: In Drawing No. 2, Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 is an end
view in which the gearing is shewn in dotted lines of an application to
the same box of the worm and screw motion. A, A, is the box, on the
inside of which are fastened two frames D, D, on the right-hand side of
which is the driving handle L which works right and left handed
worms K, K, fast to the shaft H. Working in the frames D, D, are worm
wheels J, J, which act as nuts for the screws G, G, (which are also right
and left handed) and are held in their places by loose caps I, I. The worms
and screws being right and left handed the strain is thrown towards the
middle of the shaft H. Both the worms and screws may be of the same
hand, right or left. E is a loose picce on which the book is placed, and
rests on the cushion F and the stiffening pieces M, M; B is the moving
plate; C shews the case or drawer for stationery. Fig. 3 is a sectional
elevation, and Fig. 5 is a cross section of an application shewing the
eccentric motion with stop gear. Fig. 4 is an end view of the stop gear.
A, A, is the box as before, but in this case the top is stationary. The
motion is derived from the handle F working a shaft on which are
formed three eccentrics E, E, E, which bear on the brackets D, D, D,
which are fastened to the moving piece B by screws.
plate B the book K is placed. The top picce A is held fast by the two
brackets C. The handle F fits on the square I at the end of the shaft E
and moves round an arc H pierced with a number of holes, into which
the trigger G fits so as to hold it steady at any desired point. This is
done for the purpose of holding the press in any desired position in order
to suit the different thicknesses of copying books.
On the top of the
In Drawing No. 3, Fig. 1 is a sectional clevation, and Fig. 2 is an end
view of the stopping gear; Fig. 3 is a cross section, and Fig. 4 is a
sectional plan of an application of the inclined plane and lever motion.
A, A, is a box, to which are fastened the frames F; it is driven by the
handle d which turns the shaft H which carries the pinions I working
the racks E. In the racks grooves are cut which slide along ribs on the
frames F, and thus by means of a roller pressing on the under side of the
inclined plane cause the lever G to be depressed so as to raise the
table B, to which it is connected by means of the links M and the
brackets D which slide up and down, being guided by the holding down
brackets C which are fastened to the frames by the set screws L. The
rack is kept in its place by the plate N fixed to the frame brackets by the

page_text: studs K. The frames are fastened to the box A by the screws J, Fig. 4.
Fig. 2 is the stopping gear, which is the same in principle as that shewn
in a more detailed manner in Figs. 3 and 4, Drawing No. 2. Fig. 9 is
a plan of the lever G; Fig. 5 is a cross section; Fig. 7 is a part
elevation shewn in section, and Fig. 8 is a sectional plan of an applica-
tion of the double inclined plane motion. A, A, is the box or press as
before with the fast top, B being the moveable table on which the book
is placed at K. The motion is derived from a handle (see Drawing No. 2,
Figs. 3 and 4) turning the shaft H upon which are fixed two pinions J
working a rack D whose top surface is an inclined plane sliding on another
inclined plane C which is guided vertically by the block E which is
screwed to the frame F. The inclined plane C is screwed to the table B.
Fastened to the frame F by means of the set screws k is another
bracket G which holds the top picce down to the box. Only onc
side is shewn in the Drawing, both sides being similar with the
exception of one end of the shaft having a square on to receive the
handle.
In Drawing No. 4, Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section, Fig. 2 is a
cross section; Fig. 3 is part of a sectional plan (the machinery on the
other side of the box being the same) of an application of the rack-and-
pinion motion. The box A is the same as in Drawing No. 1, Fig. 1,
but the top plate is moved by an internal rack driven by pinion H.
The rack C is held to the frame by the guide blocks E, E; Fig. 6 is an
elevation partly in section; Fig. 7 is a cross section, and Fig. 8 is part
of a sectional plan of another application of the rack motion. This
arrangement is simply made for gaining power, which is done by means
of a small pinion J gearing into a larger wheel K which is fixed upon
the same axis as the smaller wheel L working into the rack C which
is guided by the blocks E; it is driven in the same way as that just
described. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation, and Fig. 5 is a cross section
of an application of the screw motion. The mechanism is carried by
the two frames B. The motion is given from the bevil wheel F to the
wheel D. Through the wheel D the motion is communicated to
the bevil wheel F', and through the shaft C to similar gearing
fastened to the other frame. The wheels D, D, serve as nuts for the
screws A, A, to work in, and they are kept in their places by caps E.
Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation of similar mechanism, the only difference

page_text: being that it has a large driving wheel G gearing into the nut D for
the sake of gaining greater speed. In Figs. 4 and 9 both screws are
shewn with right-hand threads. This is however a mistake, one should
have a right-hand thread and the other a left-hand thread.
In witness whercof, I, the said Alfred Henry Honegger, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
ALFRED HENRY HONEGGER, C.E. (L.s.)