US1113634A - Hand-mimeograph. - Google Patents

Description

J. 0. HOPWOOD.

HAND MIMEOGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED 11111. 21, 1914.

1, 1 1 3,634. Patented 001. 13, 1914.

exact description of' 'ject in view is to 'clent device of thls nature, simple in con JAMES OSBORNE HOPWOOD, OF PRIMOS, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Application filed January 27, 1914. Serial No. 814,840.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JAMES OSBORNE Horwoon, a citizen of the ing at Primos, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented and useful Improvements in Hand-Mimeographs; and. I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to anake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.- This inventionrelates to new and useful improvements'in mimeographs and the obproduce asimple andeflistruction and so arranged that the same may be used by hand and adapted for use as a stamp upon sheets of paper, cards, fixed surfaces of bound books, solid objects, etc.

The present invention comprises various details of construction 'and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate. my invention in the accompanying drawings, in Which:

Figure 1 is 'aperspective view of the de ,vice. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sec- 'tional view, and Figs. 3 and 4: are detail news of parts of the device.

Reference nowbeing had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a block of any suitable material, such as wood, and having a convexed surface B and a knob A, wherebyv the device may be conveniently handled. The upper surface of the block, ,which is preferably flat, is recessed asat F near the ends and clamping members H are hinged one to each inner marginal edge of a recess and the ends of said clamping members are free. The clamping members H are of such a size as to substantially fill the recesses in which they are adapted to seat and, when in..such position, their upper surfaces are flush with the upper flat surface of the block.

pan, designated by letter K, and designed to contain ink is curved to conform to the convexed surfaceof the block against which it is held. Said receptacle has a closure, designated by letter N and. which is United States, residually through without permitting the'ink to flow laterrial but afterward the solid objects,

perforated over its entire surface and fastening pins 0 are passed through registering apertures in the marginal flange K about the marglnal edge of the per forated closure O.'

A sheet of bristly plush or other analogous material and designated by letter C is positioned within the receptacle and such sheet of material is the depth of the, receptacle in order to .afford a bearing for the bristles upon the perforated closure or lid 0 when the parts are adjusted together in readiness for use. Said sheet of bristly material is adapted to hold and feed theink automatically and grad- 'the perforated closure N ally.

A sheet of cloth of suitable material and about the re'ceptacle K and a slight flangepreferably thicker than designated by letter D is held in close contact with the perforated surface of the closure N and a perforated stencil R is clamped at one end of the block with an end of said sheet of cloth D underneath one of said clamping'members H and the other ends of the sheet D and stencil are adapted to be held in clamping relation with the block and its opposite end by the other of the clamping members H and in the manner shown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In the application of my invention, ink is first applied by spreading upon'the surface of the plush' or other analogous mateink may be applied by a brush through the apertures of the closure N without the necessity of removing the closure as in the first instance.

When the parts are adjusted in place as shown and described, the device maybe used as a hand stamp upon sheets of paper, cards and also upon fixedsurfaces, bound books,

etc., making 13 possible to make a'large number of clear and distinct copies of prints from one inking of the device.

at I claim to be new is: I

1. A hand mimeograph comprising a block with a suitable handle and recessed upon one face, clamping members hingedto the marginal edges of the recesses, a receptacle upon the opposite face of the forated closure for said receptacle, a sheet of ink carrying material within the receptacle, a sheet of fabric in contact with the perforated closure,

against the outer face of said sheet of fabblock, a perand a stencil held ric, and means cooperating with said clamping members for holding and fastening said receptacle, stencil and sheet of fabric in place upon said block, as set forth.

2. A hand mimeograph comprising ablock With a suitable handle and recessed upon one face, clamping members hinged to the marginal edges of the recesses, the under surface of the block being convexed, a curved receptacle engaging said convexed surface, a sheet of ink carrying fabric Within said receptacle, a perforated closure to the latter, a sheet of cloth engaging the outer face of said closure, and a stencil in engagement with said sheet of cloth, the ends of the latter and stencil being held by said clamping members in the recesses in the block and holding the receptacle against the block, as set forth.

3. A hand mimeograph comprising ablock With its upper face recessed near its ends, clamping members hinged to the adjacent edges of said recesses and their outer ends free and near the ends of the block, the under surface of the block being convexed, a handle upon the latter, a curved receptacle conforming to the conveXed surface of the block and in contact therewith, a sheet of bristly material Within said receptacle, a perforated closure for the latter, the ends of the closure and receptacle having registering apertures, fasteners passing through said apertures, a sheet of fabrlc in contact- With said perforated closure, and a stencil engaging the outer face of said sheet of fabric, the ends of the latter and said stencil being held by said clamping members over the ends of the block and in said recesses and retaining the receptacle in place, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES OSBORNE HOPWOOD.

Vitnesses:

BARRY H. I'IEPBURN, DANIEL R. ROTI-IERMEL.

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