IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES FOR PUNCHING OR PERFORATING CHEQUES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles George Beddoe at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st March 1881.
CHARLES GEORGE BEDDOE, of Lambeth Road, in the County of Surrey.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES FOR PUNCHING OR PERFORATING
CHEQUES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS."
The object of this Invention is to provide a simple and at the same time a very
portable appliance or apparatus capable of being carried in the waistcoat or other
pocket, for punching or perforating on cheques or other documents any desired
numbers, marks, or devices, as may be desired.
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According to my Invention I provide two face plates or surfaces, preferably
circular, on the surfaces of which and near the outer circumference thereof I form
perforations, what I call female dies, each of which represents a numeral figure or
any other required device. The two plates are separated from one another by any
suitable mechanical means, such as by a boss on one plate or by an india-rubber or
other suitable spring, and the two plates are kept in position by pins or other
suitable means; it is between these two plates that the material to be punched or
perforated is inserted, as hereafter more fully explained.
The punches, which may be of various lengths, that is, the pins comprising the
dies may be of varying lengths to facilitate the perforation, correspond with the
female dies and are fitted or formed on or in sector like plates or surfaces, which
radiate from a centre common to the perforated plates and to the plate carrying
the punches, or abut upon the circumference of the collar on the top plate. There
are a corresponding number of radiating plates with the perforations in the face
plates. The radiating plates need not extend up to the central point, but may
terminate at a convenient distance therefrom, where they may be hinged or may
abut against a surface or surfaces provided for the purpose in such manner that the
punches may at certain times be moved about the said hinges, or raised and
lowered; a nut or cap, or nuts and caps, retain the punches and perforated plates
together. There is a metal ring surrounding the circumferential edges of the
punches and abutting against the edge of the inside face plate; this ring is
provided with clips for rotating same, as well as with an indicator for showing
when the radial piece or punch and ring are properly adjusted for working; there

page_text: is cut out in this ring, and on the inner edge thereof a section corresponding with
the width of one of the radial pieces or punches, so that it is only when this ring
is brought round so that the section therein corresponds with the radial plate or
punch to be used, that the punch can operate, and no other punch can operate at
that time. The paper to be perforated is inserted between the two face plates.
There are springs for keeping back the punches from the perforated face plate, so
that the paper or other material to be perforated may be freely inserted.
To mark with this apparatus, the figure 5, for example, bring the section ring
opposite to or corresponding with the perforated representation of the figure 5 on
the face plates, and this is accomplished by bringing round the ring until the
section portion therein is made to correspond with the radial plate or punch
bearing the figure 5; then insert the material to be stamped between the-face
plates, and with the thumb and finger press down the punch, release the thumb,
the spring brings back the punch; and the paper marked with the figure 5 is
withdrawn. Knobs may be made on the plates for facilitating the depression of
the dies with the thumb or finger, and the numbers may be stamped or engraved
thereon for indicating the number to be used.
The whole of the parts composing the apparatus can be taken to pieces by
removing the central nut or cap.
In using the apparatus for filling up the money amounts in cheques, bills, and
the like, lines to indicate the position of the several figures should be printed or
engraved on such cheque or other document.