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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM V. KAY, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
PRESS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,976, dated August 27, 1889.
Application filed July 21, 1888, Serial No, 280,610, (No model.)
To all whon it mayz concern. ing-pads are prevented from being worn at
Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. KAY, a citi- their edges, as frequently occurs where they
zen of the United States, residing at Houston, happen to be a little too large to fit the press,
in the county of Harris and State of Texas, as hitherto constructed, and large books and
5 have invented a new and useful Improvement copying-pads adapted for use upon a press of 50
in Presses, of which the following is a speci- one size may be used upon a smaller press
fication. without producing cause for objection or un-
My invention relates particularly to letter desirable consequences. Besides the opera-
or book presses; and my object is to afford a tor never requires to spend time in folding
co device of this nature which shall comprise a papers which may project beyond the edge 55
simple and comparatively inexpensive con- of a book to prevent their being torn or disar-
struction, and which shall at the same time ranged by the arms at the end of a press, nor
be effective and strong and convenient for use. is there liability to wear upon the edges of
Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a per- the binding of the book, as is the case with
15 spectiveviewof my improved device, and Fig. presses of ordinary construction, in which 6o
2 a broken sectional plan view showing a de- such edges are subjected to constant rubbing
tail of construction, against the inner surfaces of the arms.
A is the bed-plate of the device, having a What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure
broad tapering arm C projecting upward from by Letters Patent, is-
20 one lateral edge and bent over the bed-plate 1. In a book or letter press, the combina- 65
A, to cause a nut formed in the head s, pro- tion of a base A, provided with a bent arm
vided at the extremity of the arm, to hang C, having a slot formed through its upright
over the center of the bed-plate. The arm C portion and provided with a nut s, a screw
is slotted in its vertical portion in the form of E, working in the nut s, and a plate B, se-
25 a T for a purpose hereinafter described. cured to the screw, and having a lateral head- 70
B is the movable plate, secured at its cen- ed projection extending through and beyond
ter to the lower end of a screw E, which works the slot in the arm C, substantially as and for
in the nut s, and is provided at its upper end the purpose set forth.
with a handle in the form of a lever 1, or, if 2. A book or letter press comprising, in
30 preferred, a wheel o', as shown. The edge of combination, the base A, provided with a lat- 75
the plate B adjacent to the arm C is pro- eral arm C, bent over the base to bring its
vided with a horizontal T-shaped projection extremity over the center of the base, a nut
r, the head of which in adjusting the parts of s, forming the extremity of the bent arm, a
the device together enters through the corre- T-shaped slot formed through the upright
35 sponding part of the slot in the arm, and the portion of the arm C, a screw E, working 8o
shank of the projection r moves in the ver- within the nut s, a plate B, secured to the
tical portion of the slot, which thus affords a screw and having a T-shaped lateral projec-
guide. tion r extending through and beyond the
The foregoing construction affords the nec- slot in the arm C, and means for operating the
40 essary strength, and by placing the arm at screw, substantially as described.
one side of the press it leaves the opposite WILLIAM V. KAY.
side as well as the ends free from obstruction,
whereby the operator may have convenient In presence of-
access to the bed-plate for arranging upon it M. J. BOWERS,
45 the object to be pressed. By this means copy- J. W. DYRENFORTH.
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Kay, William V. Press, patent, August 27, 1889; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172139/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.