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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OGDEN H. TAPPAN, OF POTSDAM, NEW YORK.

HAND-STAMP.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 247,710, dated September 27, 1881.

Application filed February 25, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that l, OGDEN H. TAPPAN, of Potsdam, in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hand-Stamp, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a cheap and effectivestamp-canceling and postmarkin g device for use in post-offices, and one which can be used rapidly and on all kinds ofmail-matter.

The invention consists of two rollers, one for stamping or printing and the other for canceling, journaled in a frame, the surfaces of which rollers are supplied with ink from a superimposed ink-reservoir, the rollers being adapted to be rolled or passed over and upon the letters and stamps to mark and cancel the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figural represents a vertical sectional view of my invention; and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 represent like views of modifications thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

The frame A is of tin or other suitable sheet metal, and formed with an enlarged portion, which is of such size and shape as to permit the marking and canceling wheels B- B to be journaled in it in such manner that a portion of both wheels will besufficiently exposed below the frame for applying the ink for marking and canceling. The handle 0 of the frame is hollow and closed at the top with the screwcap 6, thus forming the reservoir for the ink d, which is retained in the reservoirand gradually supplied to the rollers by the sponge or other absorbent material E, held in the triangular chamber formed by the diagonal plates 6 e, secured to thetop of the frame, as shown. The plates 6 e have the slots 6 6 formed in them, through which a portion of both wheels pass, and thus move in contact with the absorbent material E to be supplied with ink.

The marking and canceling wheels, of suitable diameter and length, are formed of metal, rubber, celluloid, or other suitable material, and-may be solid or formed with a core of different material. The marking or printing cylinder or wheel B has raised letters formed on terial E for supplying the ink to the surfaces of the wheels, a third wheel, I), bearing upon the rollers B B and revolving directly in contact with the ink, as shown in Fig. 2, might be used, and the reservoir containing the ink may be divided by the diaphragm f, containing the valve f, operated by the rod 9, which passes through the screw-cap c, as shown in Fig. 3, by which means the ink contained in the space above the diaphragm may be admitted to the absorbent material as the ink in the same becomes exhausted; or, instead of the diaphragm, the piston J, having the rod 1 and forced down by the spring k, as shown in Fig. 4, might be used, which will keep the sponge or other absorbent material saturated, and by this means ink of as heavy body as printers ink may be used.

Though I have shown and described my invention as applied for postmarking and stampcanceling, it is obvious that it may also be used for dating and receipting, and for many other purposes, in which case only the printing-roller would be required.

A package of letters'is held in one hand like I OGDEN HEWITT TAPPAN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES O. TAPPAN, SARAH A. TAPPAN.

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