On this day in 1902 Frank H. Cottrill was granted the patent application for Machine for Printing and Embossing Checks. U.S. Patent No. 703,335.
This invention has for its object to provide a machine which is capable of printing and embossing the desired amount upon a blank check or draft with a greater speed than can be obtained by the methods now in use, said amount being printed in characters simultaneously with the amount in figures at a predetermined position, together with the date and also the name of payer, if so desired; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be fully set forth hereinafter with references to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.
