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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
DAVID GREENLEAF BEAUMIONT, OF LAREDO, TEXAS.
STAMP AND ENVELOPE MOISTENER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,107- dated August 5, 1884.
Application filed April 21, 1884. (No model.)Tob all whom it nmay concern&:
Be it known that I, DAVID G. BEAUMONT,
of Laredo, in the county of Webb and State
of Texas, have invented a new and Improved
Stamp and Envelope Moistener, of which the
following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-
tion.
The object of my invention is to provide
apparatus for moistening stamps and adhesive
envelopes; and it consists in certain improve-
ments in: that class of stamp-moisteners in
which a roller carrying an endless belt of cloth
is journaled on a box or cup containing water,
into which the endless band projects, as will
be hereinafter fully described and claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming a part of this specification,
in which similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in both the figures.
Figure 1 is a side sectional elevation of my
improved stamp-moistener, and Fig. 2 is a
sectional end view.
The box A, of any desirable material and of
any convenient form or size,may itself be adapt-.
ed to contain water; or it may be provided with
a removable water-reservoir, B. A cover, C,
fitted to the box A, is provided with an oblong
aperture, D, for receiving the wheel E, whosejournals F revolve in bearings G on the cover
C, and whose periphery is provided with a 30
covering, H, of cloth, felt, or other bibulous
material, which dips in the water contained
by the reservoir B. The wheel E is cylindri-
cal in form, and of sufficient width to moisten
any stamp or the adhesive surface of any en- 35
velope. After revolving the wheel E, so as
to saturate the covering H with water, the
stamps are moistened by pressing them lightly
against the covering H of the wheel E. This
method of moistening stamps and adhesive 40
surfaces avoids the inconvenience of doing it
with the tongue, and removes very little of the
gum from the adhesive surface.
Having thus described my invention,I claim
as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 45
As an improved article of manufacture, a
stamp-moistener consisting of the box A, re-
movable reservoir B, longitudinally- slotted
cover C, and wheel E, covered with cloth or
analogous material, and journaled in bear- 50
ings on the cover, and projecting through the
slot, substantially as set forth.
DAY)ID GREENLEAF BEAUIONT.
Witnesses:
THos. RYAN,
J. S. DIcKINSON.
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Beaumont, David Greenleaf. Stamp and Envelope Moistener., patent, August 5, 1884; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170804/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.