US601526A - Stamp and envelop moistener and sealer - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. A. PEARSON & H. P. HUST-ON. STAMP AND ENVELOP MOISTENER AND SEALER. No. 601,526.

Patented Mar. 29, 1898.

UNITED STATES -ATENT Prion.

JOHN A. PEARSON AND HERMAN F. HUSTON, OF PHILADELPHIA,

' PENNSYLVANIA.

STAMP'AND ENVELOP MOISTENER AND'SEALER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,526, dated March 29, 1898.

Application filed March 29, 1897- To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN A. PEARSON and HERMAN F. HUsToN, citizens of the United States, residing at No. 4119 Ogden street, in Philadelphia,'in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulmachine to be known as The Novelty Stamp and Envelop Moistener and Sealer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for moistening and securing envelops and for holding and moistening postage-stamps and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, improved, and compact device by the use of which letters may be rapidly moistened and sealed and stamped.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved device, an envelop being shown in position thereon for, moistening in dotted lines and in position for receiving the stamp after being sealed in solid lines. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. on the broken line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on line b b of the same figure.

The box-shaped casing A is preferably, though not necessarily, of rectangular form and on its top between its ends is slightly depressed, as indicated at B, the rear end of this depression terminating in a transverse recess 0. Within the rear end of easing A is reservoir D, provided with filling-openings E, closed by cap E, and the front wall of the reservoir, together with the rear wall of recess C, is slotted to pass wick F, the latter being held projected over said recess by rod G.

When sealing an envelop,the same is placed flatly upon the rear portion of easing A, with the sealing-flap extending down into recess C over wick F, which thoroughly moistens presses and seals the same.

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brings the envelop to the position indicated in solid lines in Fig. 1, where the stamp may be conveniently affixed, as will be presently described. Depression 13 being beneath the plane of the rear end of the casing permits an unobstructed forward movement of the envelop after the fiap has been moistened, and. the rear end of depression B serves to turn the flap under the envelop-body, so that when the envelop is moved forward onto depressed part B the flap is in proper underturned position for sealing. The pressure upon the envelop incident to moving it forward is sufficient to effect the sealing thereof,

so that the work may be done rapidly and effectually.

Within the front end of easing A is reservoir H, provided with filling-openings I, closed by cap I, and extending into the reservoir is narrow wick J, projecting through the upper surface of the casing at one end of ridge A, against which the top edge of the envelop is moved in sealing. of the casing is secured receptacle K, closed at its upper end by removable dovetailed slide L, the latter being recessed backward from its edge adjacent wick J, as indicated at L. Movable vertically in receptacle. K is follower M, having finger-hold or knob N proj ected therefromthrough slot 0, anddepending from the follower is tube P, which telescopes tube Q, secured to the bottom of the receptacle K, and confined in these tubes is expansible spring R,which holds the follower normally in raised position. Confined between follower M and slide L are a number of postage-stamps S, and in applying a stamp to a letter the upper stamp is adaptedto be engaged by the finger through recess L and be drawn outward over Wick J, which moistens the same, and onto the upper right-hand corner of the envelop, where it is affixed.

By means of the device herein shown and described letters may be very rapidly sealed and stamped, the movement which effects the sealing of the same bringing the letter to position for receiving the stamp, and as the latter is automatically fed by the spring-actuated follower the same may be most conveniently and accurately affixed.

The device is of simple construction and is In one corner of the front at all times ready for use, the only attention required being the occasional filling of the reservoirs.

Having thus fully described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved device of the character described, including a casing formed between its ends with a transverse recess, a moistening device exposed in the vertical wall of the recess, the top surface of the casing rearward from the recess serving to support the envelop while its flap depends in the recess in contact with the moistening device, and the casing top forward from the recess serving to receive the envelop as it is moved forward over the recess, thereby automatically turning backward the dampened flap and sealing the same, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved device of the character described, including a casing transversely recessed between its ends, the plane of the easing-top forward from the recess being lower than that to the rear of the recess, a moistening device exposed in the rear wall of the recess,whereby the rear top portion of the easing serves to support the envelop while its flap depends in the recess in contact with the moistening device, the lower forward top surface of the casing unobstructedly receiving the envelop as it is moved forward over the recess and serving to automatically turn backward and seal the moistened flap, substantially as shown and described.

3. An improved device of the character described, including a casing transversely recessed between its ends, a reservoir, and a wick leading therefrom and extending through one wall of the recess and overhanging the latter with a vertical open space between the Wick and the opposite wall of the recess to receive a depending envelop-flap, the casing-top rearward from the recess supporting the envelop prior to sealing, and the top portion forward therefrom receiving the envelop while being sealed, substantially as shown and described. A

4. An improved device of the character described, including a casing having vertical transverse recess 0 between its ends, a wick exposed in the recess, the top surface of the casing forward from the recess being depressed at B for the purpose described, the forward end of said depression terminating in ridge A which constitutes a stop for the forward or top edge of the envelop, a stampreceptacle, and a wick exposed through an opening adjacent the receptacle substantially as shown and described.

JOHN A. PEARSON. HERMAN F. HUSTON.

Witnesses:

Cams. 0. Cnornnna. JOHN C. IIUSTON.

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