This is a device for hot foil stamping on the cylindrical body of a writing pen.
US Patent 1,354,408
US Patent 1,354,408. Henry Lasko. "Stamping-Machine" Patented Sept. 28, 1920. Application serial number 316,167, August 8, 1919. This is a single-file PDF created from the images at the USPTO.
Here are photographs of a Namograph in a private collection (not mine). My thanks to the collecter for permitting me to photograph his collection.
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US Patent documents are in the public domain. The PDF version of these patent images which I've assembled and presented here here is also in the public domain.
The photographic detail of a Namograph type wheel which is used as an icon and linking image on this page is part of a photograph taken by DMM. However, since I wish to keep the linking images on this website in the public domain, I dedicate this specific image to the public domain.
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