US1032769A

US1032769A - Dating-stamp.

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Publication number: US1032769A
Application number: US66457011A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thomas Russell Post
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-12-08
Filing date: 1911-12-08
Publication date: 1912-07-16
Anticipated expiration: 1929-07-16

Description

T. R. lDOST,

DATING STMP.

APPLIGATION FILED 1120.8, 1911.,

1,032,769: y PatenteaJuly 16,1912.

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DATING STAMP. APPLXOATIQN ULEB 1320,8 1911* Patente@ my 16, '1912.

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NATiONAL. A1@ L N E WTNESSES @inw wir THOMAS RUSSELL FOS'I, F VILMNG'EQN, CARLINA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Appiication filed December.ilA Serial Nm'SGL'O.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that i'. Tnonan R. Pos1'. a Citizen of the United States. anfi residing at Niimirgtoin in the eonnty of New ii'anover and titate of North Caroiina, have invented certain new and useful n'iprovemcnts in Dating-Stamps. of which the toiiowing` a specification, such viii enable those Siiiied in the artv to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention reiates to dating stampo of the dass described anei'ciainiei in ii. S. Letters Patent granted to ine Mai-eh i2, i, No. 369,661; and 'the invention eonsists in an improvement in stampS of this eiass whereby the construction thereof is rendered more sinipie and dnrahie and iess liable to get ont ot order and whereby the operation thereof is rendered more Siinpie and etiieetnai; and with these and other ohjetzts in View, the invention eonsifetiw1 in a stamp of the dass specified, constructed anti operating as hereinafter described anni ciainied.

Vthe invention is4 uiiy iiseiosed in the foiiowing Specification, of `which the aeeonn panying drawing ornis a part. in which the Separate part:I of miv improvement are ic;-: ignateii hf. snitahie reference ."naraetcr;-'y in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a side View of my improved dating' Stamp with parti of the emiStrnc-ion broken away: F 2 a Side view showing the part in their norinai position; Fig. 3 a tranaveihe veitieai setzt-ion on the iine 3-#3 of Fig. l; Fig. Ai a pian view of the printing wheels detached. together with the means h v which they are rotated, and showing other parts of the construction: Fig'. 5 a seetionai pian view with part et the construction hrohen away; Fig. G a partiai tranm'erae seetion on the iine (SM-(3 of Fig. 1 g Fig. T a` pian view ot a iietaii ot the construction shown in Fig'. (Stand also Shown in Figs. i anti '2; Fig'. a trannverae section ot' the inking` roiis anti the reservoir in which they are mounted anti a Seetionai pian vienY oi which is given in Fig. 5, and Fig. t) a pian view of a sheet oi: paper Showing' an in'ipression ot niy iinproveci dating stan'ip.

In the practice ont in v irnfention i provide a. has@ ineniher (L in the rear top portion of which is pivoted an arm in the 'forni ot' eonstrnetion qhown. the hase inen'iher a is nino proviiieti at its ear enti with an upright .t 1 i support nav a torti-Shaped head in which the a in 7, pivotoii h v moans of a ti'aiikiverse iin r passiert therethronglh anti through the heart fff. andthe arin if in aiso piovirieci at its rear enti with an openingl h2. and wonzni on the pin /I' within the openingr fig a strong'r spring f? one eiifi (Iii ot which hearsl on the bottoni ot the arm i; anni the other enti d'3 oi" which heara on the inner siiie of the npr' it supporti nf.

The frontend ot the hase if is provifeii with a raised ineinher at inning' :i heati n on which piaceri a piate or piaten o" on which the paper to he inptwi is. in praetif'e, piaee i. anti the troni enti oi" ti i ari'a Z is proviiieii with a heaiii if the top troni` portion o* of whit-h i: torni-:ai eep;11'atei v and hinged to tinx bottoni portion at "f' ami. they party in prov'nici 'with a raiseii nppienientai heaii o h v ineanei ot' which 'the he; i of the arm is (iepsbeewfi in operating' the stamp as hereinafter ticscrihezi. 'Ehe iiivi vfivn iine or piane hetween the heaii ineinhers aint f is a @entrai iiorizonfai piane or iine if. and formed partir in the bottoni oi the hcafi ineniher L* and partij'v in the head o3 is a eireniar chamber 7) which opens down artiiy through the bottoni of the henri ineiniier if" as cieariy Shown in Fig'. .tt and pa ing' rentrait)y through the ehainher 7F; transvernc'iy thereof is a spintiie e ha ving hearings iormeifi partir in the head nieinhei' if" aint partir in the heini nxeniher lo. anti reinorahic when the head inemi'ier 7l* is raiseii or tnrncii haeiuvardiy on 'the hinge at o5. i

ieveti to the inner emi of the spiiniie within the chainhel" (f is a monta wheei on which the nainel of the months are piaceri in any snitahie type. anti ii'eveti to the outer emi ot' the spintiie n is an oper ating' dish f2 hy which sani .spiniiie 'ami the month wheel j nia'y' he turned., anti haiti month wheel is provided on its inner siiie with a ratchet pol tionf having' spaccii receases f, the position oi which eorresqioiniaA with the position ot tir:y separate month; on the wheci j, anti lsaiii operatingY iiisii `ha 1 printeii thereon in an),Y way, the namenl ot the nioniw :so .spaeefi as; to c:fi11e 1p ii1i with the nainers oit the inontiif: the wheei f.

Mounted on the Spiniiie c in a v ieeve f/ te the inner en i oi which is secnreii a iiav wheei anti to the outer enti ot which iw: secure-:i an operating iiisic g3. The wheei ,ff provided with type ninnoerft reprint-ming years, and said wheel is provided with 'a be placed any information such as paid,

, -b is a' recess-b which communicateswwith 4vchamber bf are longitudine one of which is placed n. re

vthe days oi a. month and the operating vided with a disk 4 which is secured therespring fingers 7'2 which operate* in connec- -point inthe rotation thereof when said :wheels are 3 and f2. f Il In the bottom surface of"the` .headmen ber 'b3 of the arm jb at eachfside fifth' disk g3 is provided with corresponding. numbers positioned in the same manner, and the wheel g2 is provided with a ratchet g4 having spaced recesses g5 the position of which corresponds with the position of the days of the month on said Wheel.

Mounted on the sleeve g is a sleevev 7a tothe inner en'd of which is secured a year Wheel ht having type representing the ratchet 'LB having recesses it* spaced Ato correspond with the position of the yea-rs on said Wheel, 'and the'onter end of the sleeve h is provided with a disk h5 which is keyed thereto and provided with numerals representing the years, positioned in the same manner as the type on the Wheel h. i

Mounted on the sleeve h is va sleeve@ to the inner end of which is secured a utility wheel 2 on which, in practice, may

represented on the type wheel. by the ty' e letters Pd; or account, represented y t e letter's Act. or '0. K. as clearly. in icated, or this Wheel ma be provided with type giving in anyot er form, ,any information desired, Vand said'wheel is proA- vided with a ratchet having spaced recesses and vthe outer end ofthe sleeve z' isproto and on' which is placed' letters corresponding withv the type on the Wheel i2.'

It will be observed that all the months, days and years are not placed on the Wheels f, 9 2, h2 in the drawing ,andY the disks 4, it, gs'and f2 are also not provided with all the requisite .letters Aor words, only enough being given Ain each case to indicate the construction and use of these parts. 4

In the top 'partb4 of the head of the arm the chamber b and in the bottom of which is secured a'l transvese plate y' having tion' withaor bear on the ratchets of the wheels' f; '172, h and z' andthe ends of whichare adapted to enter v,the recesses in said ratchets so as to regulate'the movement- 'of said Wheels and stop them at the desired,v

manipulated by the disks fi.,h,

name die k2 and in thet of'ivhichplaced a removable, signature dief Ic?, andl these dies are heldin lace by ravty-` or other catches k" and w en said ies 'are in position, the bottom surface thereof is flush with the curresponding surface of the Arranged centrally of thetop portion of with `an anti-friction roller 'atada ted to Aplaced a strong spiral'v sprlng n?.

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the basca is a cam block m t-he top surface-U'- of which is downwardly inclined a's-sh'owj at m2 andthis cam block is adapted to enter,

a V-shaped recess m3 in the bottom portion of the atm b. Y Y

The bottom central portion of the arm b is cut out on the opposite sides thereof, inl` the form of construction shown, to form bearion the inclined surface -fig/ oft e camblock m, and said han er block n? yis pro-V vided With a backwar lydrected pin n whichpasses through a keeper n, secured to the bottom back part of thearm b, end be tween which and the 4hanger block ,n3 `.is

, :Eorvvsudlyf directed Ayoke o between theseparate'iside' arms 0'2 of which lthe camblock m is located, and the side -arms o? :of said.; yoke` paas. through keepers 0..secul"edto the bot-tom of g the front end portion of thearmvb, andan.:

"':The block 'n3 is providedfvvith a inking reservoir p' is connected with lthe frontf ends of the' arms-'02 in any desiredmann' longitudinal recesses m4 and the central .i 75

and provided vwithinking rollers ,p.- ,The i n'kng reservoir p -is 'providedivvth'a cover through Which-fthe rollers pro]ect ,andf l in -the .form Vof constructions oWEl, the'-res 65 ervcir p is provided with;transversejpartt tions p* whereby saidfreservoir isf divided into se arate compartments adapted to contain inks-of diztferentcolors,4 and the rollers p2 'are correspondinglydivided, whereby printin in different-"ieders .may

the exactfconstructiongof.-theireservoir pand' b ,a rollersp ,and fanysuitable'deyices.ofthni class may h'pi'ovided...

,y The parts b' andbof b are iprovided withy securing ldevices r by r --which they are connected'and held in opera-'1 tive position, andit will be understood that any suitable, device of this classmay be em-V catch r and turn the head mnemberfb back- Wardly,'aft'er which all the parts sh0 wn Fig; 4 excepting the plate j and springv f ,12mg r are liftedout, as' will be readilyunderstood,

and said plate j may also be detached iff-def* i i sired.

From the foregoing description itvvill'jbe i seen that my improved dating stat'np lss i the head the arm 2.1715. 'I

in order to-take out, repair'gorv 1.20 volcan-the working parts ,'vvithi'n the head 'l 5L-'b4 all that is-necessary' 1sA to. .release the.,

Seiinkei. anni ih@ opm'ziiion wiii he readily ilnfiersoori from `ho `oregming iiesciipiion when iziiion in connection with ih@ accompanying; dimiii'ig and ho following stato nient ihoioo.

When ih@ slamp iS noi'` in use, init i'omiy for use, ho :iiin L normally hoid in ih@ misco position Shown in Fig. hy ih@ sp1-ing; l und Whoo ii is desired o stnmi :i :shczfi of minor) ihc mid, shooi, on@ of which Shown in Fig. .i zu' and also in. Figs. 9) und is inserted Mvwon tho hood 53-71." nini die pizion fr Winn in Fig. l. The. :iini is hon donn d hy sii'iking; tho raised panni. b of tho heno. ineinhef" 5*. This opomtion 'forcing4 rho honi of the nvm .7) (iozvnvfoiciiy into i'ho position Shown in Fig. l und the xfegiiiied (i of oihei inoininiii'n i; primed on tho shoel n as shown in Fig. Q.

Si h@ beginning of ihe downward mmf@- inenii oi? ho arm die iniiing; (im/ine oi' i'osl erwin" j? i5 moved oacinvaidiy hv the hanger.

hiook operating on the inclined Sinnn m2 the com biosk m und against in@ cfion off ih@ Spying n.7 ino the posiiion shown in Fig. i. and in thin operation i'he whoeia1 f, (f2, i12 and E oi ih@ type thereon is inioffi Wiii ho iozu'iil'xf understood, and when iho foi-cf: applied to the hood of the iim 71 removed, he Said arm is immediateiy thrown into the poSiion shown in 2 hv 'the spring Z the iniing reservoir 7) i@ thrown into position for use, :is Shown in wid figure, by the spring ln?. W7 ith the Construction shown, the words ationsii air iin@ are prima@ on the poner s'hjy' die business nom@ (iin Z. whiie ih@ wou i John @00 :im printmi thereon hy ih@ Sinnziiui@ (iin ih@ iniein'imiinio inaiiw -including 'ho nioisih and (inv i ihoinonh iii@ ya ami the ioii'ors G. ii. boing ninioii by h@ whoois If. 72. and "Z2 omi. i'hi inut'ci' nizw nii he piini'oi'i in himi oi? any oi'hoi soiiii ooioi. oi' hy dividing ihe iniiing iiSQi Voir anni zoiiois :is f'losf-rihofi the motivi may he? minimi ihre@ separa@ colors.

it n'iii be nnfiorsioofi rh-ai. fha nnwnwi inovoinont of ih@ arm is iimiiwi hy the ih@ pivoi'oo 2nd of snifi man. ami oy monnioeis j. (/2. 31.2 :ind 22 in rho nmnnoi wm n providing i'ho kio'avhohh? signa inw fii "1 und business nom@ mos Zr :1mi 1?. i piovido a minnie nii efficient oongtww'imi wh ion i ho ianipnhiifm and operation 'thereof io on @Nient not heicoi'foi'if known in (,iiioi dci'icos of ihn; (lirios.

Aithough have shown und iifesciii'wii the pi'ooiied form oi! my improvement.oi' the preferred moans foil czir'rfing nw invention ino ofniet, itvxiii he understood that i'ho 'Quid invention is nos iiiniofi to the dein" of mnstiuction hoiein shown und do'criiiod. sind in'teadV of i huso f1 honig mail upon, :i suit ahi@ casing may ho einpihyod to inchino ih@ coin. hiocic m if dsiroii, Logoiiei' wii'h purinconnecfeci wiii if e infin Whoo :'ioniosiii icoions ihoi'oof may he mario. i ihn scope oi the s-.Ypef i ciziixns without dop'fiiting from Spirit of my inven'iion or sacricing iis advantages.

Having uiiy docii'oeii my invoniion. what I daim ns new and. desiio iio 1 our@ hi" Lotions Patent, A

dating np comption proviiicd zo; ono ond wim an afm pivood it ihm oppoiie en. said arm boing piwwiried it i f 9nd. with ahead divided hoi'izonniy ino two nari-s. one of which is hinged to iio ohoi, ihoiomis of Said hoed "Qing proviiioii wi'iiii a ohnmber, roianhie piining wheois monnd in Said Chamber ami, removable ihoiei'rom, and an inking device Suppoii'eegi beneath said arm and movahio iongiiudinaiiy iheieoi and op- @rated by Uno dopiossion thereof.

Q. A. stamp of the dass dooaribcd piovidod with a. pivoted arm having n head diviiied into top and boi'om portions. ih@ top poi'- tion being hingoai o the haci pai't of the ooitom poiiion. and Said head being* prf vided Wiil chamber which opens downwardly izheiohiough. a spindle havirw bean ings in the segaiae parti; of Suid hond find emmfabio hor ifozn :imi pi'oii'ziingg dierofi'oni. apini'ai v of priming; whoeis inonned on said spin. f 'Within said chmnhoi and one owhioh is secured io the inner oni-,i of Said spindle i tho others io. convenido siooves mounofi thereon and proierriing' from Said head, She outer ond o1"- Said sninie mici the outer ens 'of said Sleeves being Riso pfovicied with disks o v which i'hey may he rotated.

3. Szimp o'f with :L pivo'tori min inio iop and no-#ton Yoo A l non honig hinge" i. .i L oik ino bottom po'fion .id

the outer ends of said sleeves being also prO'-,

vided with disks by which they 'may be rotated, and said head being also piov'id'ed in` by which 'if is forcee vforvmdif l:team block. mounted on tf1 VI )aokvv'ardly.

and a hangen member movable longitu said arm and operating connection with Il.

I e base to move it In testimony that I olaiii'the foregoing as my invention I have si 4th day of December 1911.

THOMAS RUSSELL POST. Witnesses:

E. T. HUGGINS, A. L. FREEMAN.

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d my name in 2Q presence of the `subsoribmg witnesses this