USRE3261E - Improvement in hand-stamps - Google Patents

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t ttnitrtl @anni @Hita Letters Patent No. 59,395,'dated November 6, 1866; reissue No. 2,836, dated .Tamm/ry 14, 1868; 'reissue-No,

3,261, daad .rauw/ry 12, 1869.-

IMPROVEIET IN HAND-STAMPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pax-fof the lama.

To all whom t't 'may concera:

Be it known that I, B. B. HILL, of Chicopee, in the county of Hampden, and Commonwealth of Massachu-- setts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Stamps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in` which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, a part of which is in section, showing the details of its construction.

Figure 2 is a front elevation, showing Athe wheels or dials, upon which are aixed certain characters or iignres, representing corresponding characters or gures upon the printing-face of the type-wheels.

' The nature of my invention consists in the construc- V tion and arrangement of a-hand-stamp, whereby theI characters or figures which it is desired to stamp upon paper or other matter, may be indicated or shown with certainty at some point on the machine above the stamping-point; and also in the arrangement of the several parts of said stamp, whereby its construction and operation may be greatly facilitated` That others skilled in the art may bev able to make and usey my invention, I will proceed to describe itseonstruction and operation.

A represents the stock, which may be of any desired form, attached at itslower end to the bedfplate B, to which bed-plate B is alsoattached the pad G, upon which the material is laid to be stamped.

The upper end of the stock A terminates in the forked projections D and D', which are provided with Vertical perforations or sockets, into which passes the spindle E, fitted to operate freely, said sockets serving to keep the spindle E always in a vertical position.

Y The lower projection, D, is provided with a vertical slot, d, cut at nearly a right angle with the stock A,

said slot serving as a guide to the bracket H, which is made upon or attached to the backside of the wheelcase G, this construction and arrangement serving to keep the wheel-case G always in the same relative vertical position'with and at a light angle to the stock A.

At the upper end of the spindle Eis the head h, either made whole with said spindle, or attached to it, which head h receives the blow which forces the spindle E to actuate the stamp or stamping-Wheels.

The spring F, or its equivalent, is attached to or placed upon the spindle E, .the upper end .of which spring bears against the under side of the head h, while the other end bears against lthe projection D, or against a. protuberance upon said projection D, the said spring F operating to keep the spindle E at its highest elevation, or to cause it to bound upward after being depressed, when thel depressing-poweris removed.

If desirable, the spindle E may be made of tubing, instead of being solid, and the spring F may be arranged in the interior of the tubular spindle E, one l bined, which, together with the axis a, are made in one. piece, attaining thereby greater uniformity of construc-- tion, and greater accuracy in the operation of the stamp.V

The wheel-case G is open only upon the front side, and having a channel upon its inside front edge, into which is ttcd the cap or plate P, -which closes up the chamber of the wheel-case G, thus -protecting the stamp-Wheels I and J from injury, and preventing rapid accumulations of dust thereon.

`The bracket H, upon the back side of the wheel-case ,6, is provided with'a step, c, which enters the vertical slot `d in the projectiouD, said bracket H extending above the wheel-case G, upon the yfront `side of the spindle E, and having an'oriicc near its top, through which the screw c is turned in tothe spindle E, by

which method of construction the wheel-case G is' firmly secured to the spindle E.

The wheel-case G may be quickly and easily detached from the spindle E, if desirable, by turning out the screw c.

The stamp-wheels I and J rotate upon a common axis, a, in thc wheel-case G, said wheels I and J having characters and figures upon their peripheries, and are so arranged that one rotates entirely independent oi' the other..

. The peripheryof the wheel J is divided into twelve parts, said twelve parts having characters upon them representing the twelve months of the year, and said wheel J is fitted to the axis a closely, but turning or rotating-freely thereupon, and is provided with twelve indentations or depressions, to receive a detent or springcatch, g', or its equivalent, for holding said stamp-wheel J in any desired position.

The said wheel J is also provided with a hub, a', which is perforated to lit the axis a, and the outside of said hub a' serves as an axis upon which the Wheel I rotates.

The said hub a extends forwardthrough the cap P, and is provided at 4its front end wth'a bearing, upon which is secured, by a slot and key, the calendar-wheel R.

The periphery of thewheel I` is divided intov thirtyone parts, each part having figures or characters thereupon representing a certain day of the month. Said wheel I has also an annular projection upon one side, said projection-having thirty-one indentationsor depressions, which are to receive a detent @spring-stop wheel I lits the exterior of the hub a of the wheel J,

in-such manner as to turn freely'thereon, and the hub of the said wheel I extends through the cap or plate P, its front end being provided with a bearing,`upon which the wheel R is placed, which, like the calendarwheel R, is secured to its bearing bymeans of a slot and key'.

Any desirable number of ,these stamp-wheels may be used, one fitting the hub of they other, said hubs projecting through the cap or platel P, with a bearing upon their ends for the reception of a like number of wheels or dials. l V

The detents g g' are attached to the wheel-case G and cap or plate P, in such manner as to drop into the indentations or depressions in the wheels I and'J, and remain there by their own. elasticity or pressure, and when they are removed or withdrawn from said indentations, the wheels can be rotated to any other desired position.

AB, represents a calendar-wheel, or dial, the eye of which is provided with a protuberance or key, which is made to tit a slot cut in the hub of the stamp-Wheel J, said dial R having characters upon- .the face thereof,

representing'the twelve months of the year, and is so arranged upon the hub ofthe stamp-Wheel J, that when a certain character, representing a certain mouth, is in a position perpendicularly 4above the centre of the axis a, the corresponding characters, representing the same month upon the periphery of the wheel J, shall be in a position perpendicularly under the centre ofthe axis a.

Rf is a wheel or dial, having in 'its -eye a protuberance madeto fit a slot in the hub of the stamp-wheel I, which method of attachment retains the -wheel or dial It in the same relative position with the stampwheel I, said Wheel or dial R' beingprovided with cer- `tain characters, denotingthe thirty-one days of the month, which characters are so arranged upon the face of the dial, that when any certain character or charac-l y ters, denoting any certain day of the month, shall be sirable means.

T is a pointer or index, placed :at the top of the wheel-case G, to indicate the position of the charactersV uponthe peripheries ofthe wheels I J It is not necessary, however, to the successful operation of the stamp, that the pointer or index T be placed upon the upper part of the wheel-case, as the stamp would opcrate equally as well if the said pointer were placed at any point upon the outer edge of the face-plate P, and adjacent to the peripheries ofthe dial-wheels It R. It is obvious that instead of attaching the pointer or index T to the wheel-case G,`a mark or index might be cut or stamped upon the face of the plate P, near its outer edge, or some other particular part of the machine might be used as an index, in connection with the characters upon thedial-wheels R R', to denote or indicate the position ofthe characters or gures upon the peripheries of a the stamp-wheels I J.

The ribbon which produces the colored impression upon paper, from the pressure of the stamp upon it, is arranged and operated much in the usualmanner. L is a chase for' holding the type used for printing being provided with a' lanch, 4K,.and secured in its proper' position by means of the screw at, (designed to be a thumb-screw in practice.) The arrangement of this lilanch K and thumb-screw a greatly facilitates vthe removal and adjustment of the chase L to the wheelcase G. a

These stamps may be constructed with one,two, or' more wheels inside the wheel-case G, as may be desir'- able, Without Vdeparting from the principle of its construction, as hereinbefore described.

I will now describe the mode of its operation.

under thetype-wheels, and upon the pad, the words and Jrigures, January 1, 1866, the detent g i's pressed out of the stop in the wheel J, and said wheel J is rotated until the character representing January on the dial comes to the index T, when the Vdetent g is again allowed to enter the corresponding stop in the wheel J. f

The deteut or spring g is pressed out of its stop in the wheel I, and said wheel I is rotated until the index T points to the character' or iigur'e l uponthe dial, when the detent or spring g' is allowed to enter the 4corresponding stop in the wheel I.

The figures denoting the year, as 1866, may be properly secured in the chase L, and remain iixed during that year, it being only necessary to change the last ligure from 6 to 7 for the next year, and so on.

If, now, paper be placed under the type or stampwheels, and immediately over the pad C, and a blow be struckwith the hand upon the head h,the date, January 1, 1866, will be imprinted upon the paper.

I am aware that devices have been used for the pur'- pose of stamping numbers upon paper or other matter, as shown in Letters Patent granted to Joseph Pollak, dated July 4, 1865, and lI disclaim any and` every part of said device, irrespective of my arrangement andconstruction; but havingk clearly described my invention,

ters Patent, is

1. The series of type-wheels, having a, series of indicating-characters, for the purpose described, and the arrangement therewith of the die and the ink-ribbon, when all parts are attached to and move with the plunger, substantially as set forth.'

2. The bracket H, made onor secured to the case G, having a step, c, or its equivalent, to enter the lower end of the spindle, and orifice for the screw e, for attaching/and detaching said casete the spindle E, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The flanch K, in combination with the chase L, for the purpose of easily and quickly attaching the type-plate to or detaching it from a hand-stamp, when constructed and operating substantially as herein described. B. B. HILL.

Witnesses:

J. P. BUGKLAND, T. A. CURTIS.

other matter in connection wththe date, said chase If it should be desired to stamp upon paper placed What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-

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