US1435943A

US1435943A - Foot-impression-taking device

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Publication number: US1435943A
Application number: US216414A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gilbert G Rosino
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-02-09
Filing date: 1918-02-09
Publication date: 1922-11-21
Anticipated expiration: 1939-11-21

Description

G. G. ROSINO.

FOOT IMPRESSION TAKING DEVI'CE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, |918. RENEWED AUG. 2l. 1922.

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G. ROSINO. FOOT IMPRESSION TAKINGDEVICE. APPLICATION man FEB. 9, |918. nEN'EwED Aue. 21, 1922.

Patented Nov. 2L 1922i,

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'JTOOT-LMPBIESSGNEAKING DEVICE.

Application filed February 9, 1918, Serial No. 216,414. Renewed August 21, 192,2. Serial No. 55337427.

To cN w71 omJ/f/miy/ concern/i.' after the bottom Li might readily be dis-n Be it known that l, Giniiiin'r (i. llosiiNo, a pensed Vith it desired. in the boX 1 is a-icitizen ot the United States, residin at Sanranpjed the endless inliiinp; member 5 preterdusliy7 iii the county ot Erie and. State of ably made oi? rubber andpassing,r around the 5 Ohio` here invented certain new and useful rollers 6 and '.7. the roller 6 being disposed 60 improvements in Foot-impressioni-Taking beneath a rross piece 8 and the roller 'i' be- Deifices7 of which the lollciving is a specifineath a cross piece 9 notched at 9 as seen ration. in Figure 1. The roller-s 6 and 7 are jour- This invention embodies a novice for taknaled in side plates, a pair ci' which are l ing; foot impressions of the class presented designated, 10 and the other pair of hicli 65 in Letters Patent No, 1,225,500 granted to are designated 11, these plates being atme May 8th, 1917. rllhe essential purpose of tached to opposite edges oliV a rigid support the invention is to providea simple means lil about which the inkingmember travels. whereby impressions of toot or like part The support 12 is really aboard to the under l5 may be readilymade upon a sheet oit paper side ot which are secured lll-shaped plates .70 or similar material, the impression thus the ends oi? which constitute legs 13 resting; made affording a record ot the size and coniipon the bottom 41 ot the hoz; l and rigidly :tiguration of the 'foot or equivalent member, holdingI the support 12 in place and disposed and additionally providing a record et any Within the box. fr lll-shaped plate 'le is seabnormalities el? the part the impression ot cured tothe under side oit the support 1i? 75 which is taken. and an inking roller 15 is journaled in the ln the improvements hereof l utilize an depending ends of said plate 141 and so disendless belt type of inking member instead posed that it is adapted to operate in Contact of the Winding` and univinding type ot my with the endless inlzing member 5 to supply T patent above identiiied and l provide also inl( to the inner surface ot said member.

some other details oit ronstriicticn iv'mi rerlibe rollers and 7 have a surface adapted. `ard to the inkinej instrumentalities as Well to distribute the ink supplied to the member as a novel arrangement of the impression 5 by the iiiliiii roller 151 and said rollers arev sheet and supporting` means therefor, toso arranged that they support the member tether with means for facilitating the re- 5 spaced 'from the support 12 but adapted to 35 inoval, and replacement of the. endless inlrine be depressed bythe 'foot when placed theremember. I on and moved downwards. This action re For a full understandin@ ot the present insults from the inherent elasticity of the inhveiition, reference is to behad to the tollowing member 5 which as stated be'liore, is jing description andthe accompanying dravvmade of rubber or like substance. 90 ingr in'ivhich: As shown best in Figure 3, one of the Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device Ournals of the roller 6 is extended to form eiuibodying` the invention; a crank handle 16 by which the roller may Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional viey be turned whereby to move the endless ink- 40 approximately on the line 2-2 ot Figure 1; ing member 5 longitudinally of the sup- 95 Figure 3 is a bottom plan. vieiv ot the report 12 tor purposes ot re-inking the' movable inkinp; and paper holding' unit; and saine7 in an obvious manner. Plates ll lTigure L isY cross section on the line are formed with approximately rectangular fk-4 of .Figure 2. extensions 11a one ot which terminates ni e5 Throughout the following detail descrip an arm 11b and another in an arm 11, the 100 tiem and on the several figures of the dravvarm 11c havingan opening to receive one incY similar parts are referred to by like end of a removable pintle'l? and the arm 11h rei-terence characters. having` a notch 18 {onthe saine purpose, rl`he present invention in its preferred einrEhe4 sheet upon which impressions may be be bodiment comprises receptacle 1 o'j somemade bymeans oit the inking member is 105 what box-like tornij the same increasing` in preferably rolled and may be printed with depth so to speak :trom one end to the other. dimension figures or otherwise, not shown, rl`he receptacle comprises the sides 1@L and 1", it being common to use such printed sheets and the Aend-.s 2 and 3:, also the bottom e. in connection with 'foot impression taking For reasons Wllli will be @bili-01.1.5 "llfslk @Pee-.P-Si Theu of ih@ P23596? is dwg' u@ i Y l 1,435,943

nated at 19 and the paper as it is unrolled from .the roll passes over the support 12 as seen in Figures 2 and l of the drawiiigs and .issues from the box 1 through a long slot 2O in the side 1"'. ont at 2l to facilitate grasping of the edge of the paper sheet to pull the same across the support 12. i

As'seen in the drawings, the paper for the roll 19 when manipulated to pass over the support 12 rests upon said support and is maintained spaced from the under inked side of the inking member 5. It is therefore necessary that the portion of the inking member 5 `above the sheet upon which the impression is to be made shall be depressed to establish lContact* 'between said sheet and the inkin'g member to apply the inked impression to the sheet. I provide on the uppersurface of the supporting member acovering 12a. I have used billiard cloth as the preferable covering material.

It is notable that the inking instrumentalities and the impression sheet supply or feeding instrumentalities are assembled in one unit on and Aabout the support 12 and may be bodily removed therefrom,- these parts being illustrated as Figure 3. Shouldit be requiredto remove and replace the inkin-g member lofthe cross l piece 8 may be movedpivotally in themanner shown in FigureL 3 to 4disconnect one end thereof from the adjacent side plate 10. When so moved the member 5 is detachable by slipping the same off the support. 12 edgewiseof'the latter in an obvious manner. F or the above purpose the cross piece 8 is pivoted at 22 to an integral bent-over extension 23,011? the adjacent rectangular extension 11 of the adjacent plate 11.r A fastening member 24 is carried by the other end of thecross piece 8 and is adapted to interlockingly` engage in a notch 25 ofthe adjacent plate 10.v To 'facilitatetheremovalr of the inking and paper holding unit the end of the side l near thek crank handle 16 isnotched out at 26. i

When an impressionl has been taken in the self-evident manner of use of my invention, the portion of the roll of paper 19 beneath the inking member 5 may be readily pulled youtwards until the entire impression-holding portion of the sheet has passed through the slot 20 of the box 1. Thereafter the sheet may be pulled outwards to tear the same olf for .use and to establish the desired record.l

In renewing the roll. of paper- 19 the inling and paper holding unit will preferably be slightly raised at'the end supporting the cross piece 8. IThe pintle rod 17 is'th'en lifted at one end from the notch 18, carried laterally, and pulled endwise to disengage it from the opening of The side 1u is notchedwhen removed, inv

the arm 11C'. The' roll may then be placed upon the pintlerod and the latter replaced in its operative position.

The plates 10 and the plates 11 with the frame-like extensions 11:a form centering means within the box 1 of the removable unit-'comprising the base 12, the inking member 5 and the roll holder 17 and specific directly connected and 'associated parts. lIt is noted that the receptacle or boX 1 is broadly aholder for said unit and a feature of the invention consists in the arrangement `of the inking device 15 so that it will supply suiiicient ink to the member '5 for operative impressions, as an incident to relative -movement of the parts 15 and 5, the base 12 being always rigid and non-yielding so as to insure clearness of the impression taking-action.

Having thus 'described my invention,

, what I yclaim as new isi:

1. In afoot impression taking device, the combinationv of a'receptacle, and a removable inlring and paper holding unit `disposed therein and embodying a base, a roll paper holder mounted on said base, and'a'movable inking member extending over the base in l spaced relation thereto, the paper roll holdf ing member being arranged so that the paper may pass therefrom -between `the inking meinberand the base transversely'respecting movement of the inling member.

2. In afoot impression taking device, the combination ofv a receptacle and foot impression means disposed therein `and comprising a removable unit embodying a base, an inking member adapted. to travel over said base longitudinally of the holder, and a roll paper holder between one side of the said support and one side of the receptacle, and disposedv longitudinally fof the holder, the opposite side of the receptacle having a slot through whichl paper from said holder may pass. 1 i

3. In a foot impression'takin'g de vi'ce,the combination of a receptacle, and a removable inking and paper-holding unit disposed therein and embodying 4a base, a roll-paper'- holder'mounted on said base, an inking member extending 'over' the base in spaced relation thereto, they paper-roll-holgding member being arranged so that lthe paper ymay pass therefrom between the inln'ng piece whereby it may be moved `to acpo'si- 1'25 the inln'n'g in em-y tion facilitating removal of ber 4from 'the support.

4. In a foot impression 'taking device, the combination [of a holder, an inlring unit'disposed thegein'and comprising a base, van lee endless inking member passing around said base, an inking device on said base operating in contact with the inner surface of the inlring member and adapted to supply said surface with a suiiicient amount of ink for operative purposes as an incident to the movement of the inking member relatively to the base, and means to support said base in a rigid non-yielding 4manner relatively to the holder and spaced from the base so that the base remains stationary during the inking action of said inking device.

5. In a foot impression taking device, the combination of a holder, an inking unit disposed therein and comprising a base, an endless inlring member passing around said base and spaced therefrom, an inlring device on said base operating in Contact with the inner surface of the inking member and adapted to supply said surface with a suiiicient amount of ink for operative purposes as an incident to the movement of the inking member relatively to the base, means to support said. base in a rigid non-yielding manner relativelyto the holder and spaced from the base, so that the base remains stationary during the inking action of said inking device, the inking device consisting of an inking roller beneath the support and between said support and the inking member. 6. A foot impression device comprising a base having supporting means therefor to maintain the base in a rigid, non-yielding position, an endless inking member passing about said base, means for causing movement of said member, an inking device between the inking member and the base and adapted to supply suilicient ink to the ink ing member during its movement to establish operative impressions, the inking membei' operating in spaced relation to the base whereby a sheet of' material may be introduced between the base and the inking member and remain spaced from the latter preliminary to an impression operation.

In testimony whereof l afiix my signature.

GILBERT Gr. ROSN.