EP1403087A1 - Tragbarer Satz mit einem Behälter und einem Kissen zur Übertragung von Mustern auf einen Träger - Google Patents

Tragbarer Satz mit einem Behälter und einem Kissen zur Übertragung von Mustern auf einen Träger Download PDF

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EP1403087A1
EP1403087A1 EP03292336A EP03292336A EP1403087A1 EP 1403087 A1 EP1403087 A1 EP 1403087A1 EP 03292336 A EP03292336 A EP 03292336A EP 03292336 A EP03292336 A EP 03292336A EP 1403087 A1 EP1403087 A1 EP 1403087A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44D—PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES
    • B44D3/00—Accessories or implements for use in connection with painting or artistic drawing, not otherwise provided for; Methods or devices for colour determination, selection, or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K1/00—Portable hand-operated devices without means for supporting or locating the articles to be stamped, i.e. hand stamps; Inking devices or other accessories therefor
    • B41K1/26—Portable hand-operated devices without means for supporting or locating the articles to be stamped, i.e. hand stamps; Inking devices or other accessories therefor with stamping surfaces adapted for application to non-flat surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
    • B44C1/00—Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing decorative surface effects
    • B44C1/24—Pressing or stamping ornamental designs on surfaces

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  • the present invention relates to portable equipment which is well suited to the practice of stamp decoration not only by professionals but also by unqualified persons.
  • the subject of the invention is a portable assembly for transferring a substantially liquid product in successive small areas on supports such as walls, partitions and decorative panels, possibly provided with an absorbent coating, characterized in that that it comprises two distinct objects but coordinated in shape and dimensions, one consisting of a tray formed by a bottom which is surrounded by an upper peripheral rim and which is covered with a spongy element which must contain a reserve of the product, and the other being constituted by a tampon of the same contour as that of the tank and of lower surface, so that the tampon can be placed in the tank preferably nestable, a grip handle being disposed outside the bottom of the tank.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic view showing an assembly according to the invention, formed of a tray and a buffer.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic view of an assembly according to the invention, the tray is provided with a handle.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic elevational view with partial section of the tray of Figure 1, provided with a removable grip handle.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the underside of the container of FIG. 3.
  • Figure 5 is a schematic plan view of a tampon according to the invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic view in elevation of the pad of FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the underside of the pad of FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII of FIG. 7.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic view with partial section of the pad of FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a removable plate to be secured to the pad of FIG. 9, and made along the line X - X of FIG. 11.
  • Figure 11 is a schematic plan view showing the underside of the removable plate of Figure 10 and carrying an applicator element.
  • Figure 12 is a schematic view showing a particular embodiment of a removable plate according to which this plate has retainers for one or more application elements.
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic profile view of the pad of FIG. 9.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagrammatic view in cross section of the removable plate of FIG. 11 and made along the line XIV - XIV of FIG. 11.
  • Figure 15 is a schematic plan view of a removable strip to be secured to the buffer to form a positioning mark.
  • Figure 16 is a schematic plan view of a tampon according to the invention provided with a removable strip.
  • an assembly in accordance with the invention comprises two separate but coordinated objects, one of which is a container 100 and the other a buffer 200.
  • the tank 100 is formed by a bottom 101 which is surrounded by an upper peripheral rim 102 and which is covered with an absorbent, spongy element 103 which must be copiously impregnated with a product intended to be applied using the stamp 200 on a support: paint, patina, ink and the like.
  • the tray 100 is provided with feet 100a allowing the passage of the fingers under the bottom 101 to grip the tray 100 directly when the latter is placed on a plane P1, for its manipulation.
  • the tank 100 also has a lower peripheral rim 105 which surrounds the outside of the bottom 101.
  • the gripping handle 104 of the container 100 is removable relative to a retaining member 106 secured to the outside of the bottom 101 and making a prominence relative to it at most equal to the height h of the rim lower device 105.
  • This arrangement is advantageous in that the container 100 proper and the handle 104 can be separated from one another for their packaging for sale, which reduces the bulk, in particular by placing the handle 104 at the inside the tank 100, and allows simple packaging.
  • the handle 104 extends substantially along a diagonal of the bottom 101 of the container 100.
  • the handle 104 can be given a maximum length which makes its handling convenient, without exceeding the outline of the container 100.
  • the retaining member 106 forms a weak prominence, and does not exceed the contour of the lower rim 105. This member 106 is therefore entirely housed inside the volume determined by the bottom 101 and the rim lower 105.
  • the container 100 When the handle 104 is disassembled, the container 100 can therefore be placed stably, the retaining member 106 causing no discomfort.
  • the handle 104 is integral with a sole 107 of length close to that of the handle 104 proper and which protrudes therefrom quite clearly towards the front by forming a tab 107 a which must be engaged between the bottom 101 and the retaining member 106, constituted here by a simple stirrup.
  • the latter may be more or less elastic, in order to keep in place the sole 107 properly applied along its entire surface against the external face of the bottom 101, as can be seen in FIG. 3.
  • the pad 200 has the same outline as that of the tray 100 and a slightly lower surface, so that the pad 200 can be placed in the tray 100.
  • the tampon 200 has a body 201 having a solid upper face 202, a peripheral rim 203 and means for fixing 204 of a removable lower plate 205 constituting the active part of the tampon 200.
  • the upper face 202 of the body 201 is provided with a handle 206 which extends radially beyond the external contour of the body 201 of the pad 200, and at a height H greater than that H1 which separates the top of the spongy element 103 and the edge 108 of the upper peripheral rim 102, so that a user can grasp the handle 206 of the pad 200 without noticeable discomfort. above said peripheral edge 102, when the buffer 200 is placed in the tank 100.
  • the ribs 207 are perpendicular to the ribs 208 ( Figures 7 and 8).
  • the ribs 207 and 208 are all delimited by a common virtual plane P2, parallel to the upper face 202 (FIG. 8).
  • This partitioning makes it possible to stiffen the body 201 but also to constitute an effective support for the removable plate 205, which is why the latter can be rigid or flexible, depending on the element or elements of application which it carries, and according to the effects sought when applying the pad to a support.
  • a reason which must be precise, such as a number, a letter, a musical note, etc. is best reproduced with a rigid, non-deformable plate 205, whereas fuzzy patterns obtained for example by means of soft application elements such as sponge surface, textile piece, chamois, etc. accept a flexible, deformable plate 205.
  • the body of the pad 200 being quadrangular, at least two opposite sides of the peripheral flange 205 are inclined and each traversed by at least one slot 204, the removable lower plate 205 having tabs intended to each enter a slot 204 and be blocked therein elastically removably.
  • the partitioning of the interior volume of the body 201 gives the latter great rigidity and the presence in a single plane P2 of the edges of all the ribs 207 and 208 gives the removable plate 205 a well distributed support over its entire surface.
  • the plate 205 is provided with as many legs 210 as there are slots 204. These legs are molded in one piece with the plate 205 and rise above the face 205 a which is located at the inside the body 201, against the plane P2 of the ribs 207 and 208, when the plate 205 is put in place.
  • the legs 210 are opposite the slots 204 but they have a spout which gives them a harpoon-shaped profile and which obliges each leg 210 to bend elastically transversely to itself so that the spout can pass through the slot 204, after which the the elasticity of the tab 210 elastically returns to its original shape and the spout hangs above the slot 204, which thus ensures the maintenance of the plate 205 under the body 201.
  • the legs 210 should be very long since they would have to extend from the face 205a to above the face 202. In in addition, they would form reliefs above this face 202, which would be both unsightly and inconvenient.
  • the inclination of the two opposite sides of the flange 203 where the slots 204 are located makes it possible to bring the slots 204 closer to the level of the face 205a and therefore, to shorten the tabs 210.
  • the removal of the plate 205 is facilitated because the user can easily access the part of the legs 210 located above the slots 204 to elastically push the spouts of these legs 210 and allow them to pass through the slots 204 to release the plate 205 and remove it, possibly in view of its replacement by another.
  • the peripheral flange 203 has three inclined sides, but from a strict functional point of view, it suffices that the two sides crossed by slots 204 are inclined, for the reason explained above. It could therefore have four inclined sides for aesthetic reasons, in which case the body 201 would have the shape of a trunk of a pyramid.
  • the height of the legs 210 determines the degree of tightening of the plate 205 against the ribs 207 and 208, by playing on the greater or lesser flexibility of this plate 205 and also that of the body 201.
  • the height of the legs 210 is precisely determined so that the beaks get stuck beyond the slots 204 when the face 205a is clearly applied against the P2 plane.
  • the body 201 of the pad 200 and the removable plate 205 when they are joined together, leave in them a space (not visible in the drawing) in which can be trapped a removable application element such as a flexible piece, possibly with open cells (not shown).
  • the face 205 b opposite the face 205 a of the plate 205, remains outside and constitutes the active part of the tampon which must carry the application element which must first be pressed against the spongy element 103 of the tray 100 to load with liquid and then strongly applied to the support.
  • the removable plate 205 has one or more patterns, in relief or in hollow.
  • the pattern or patterns are attached to the removable plate 205 proper.
  • the application element which has a pattern to be transferred is constituted by an elastomer part 211 attached by gluing to the face 205 b and engraved in the form of “7” in the opposite direction, so that 'it is transferred to the support in the direct direction.
  • This pattern is therefore in relief, but one could also provide that one or more patterns are recessed, in order to obtain a “negative” decor, the pattern appearing as a part of the support itself, on a different background.
  • a relief pattern can also be rigid and used to partially stamp the support, when the latter is deformable, such as for example an expanded polystyrene plate.
  • the removable plate 205 has retaining members for one or more removable application elements such as flexible parts, possibly with open cells.
  • FIG. 12 shows an exemplary embodiment of this characteristic, in the form of a plurality of holding members 212, consisting of discs made of a fine and flexible material cut out with radial lines 213 determining as many tongues 214 liable to bend elastically when pressure is applied to the center of the disc.
  • a holding member of this type is well known per se, in particular as a tea towel holder.
  • the function of the tongues 214 can only be obtained if no part hinders their deformation movements and occupies the place of the flexible element, which is why the body 201 must be hollow and must be partitioned so that the ribs 207 and 208 are placed between the holding members 212.
  • the tongues 214 deform much more easily than the plate 205 proper, which can be obtained by molding in a single piece the plate 205 and the holding members 212, giving the plate a thickness significantly larger than that of the tabs 214, the discs consisting essentially of a membrane.
  • the user has the choice of placing one or more flexible elements, depending on the decorative effects he seeks to obtain on the support.
  • the support does not have reference signs (lines, dots, drawings, etc.) with respect to which the user can position the stamp.
  • the assembly further comprises at least one removable strip to be partially engaged in a lateral notch formed at the base of the peripheral rim 203 of the body 201 of the pad 200 so as to exceed the external contour of said body 201, in view of constituting a marker for positioning the tampon on a support, for example a remarkable element of said support.
  • Figure 15 shows such a strip and Figure 16 illustrates the mounting of this strip on a pad.
  • the strip 215 has a tip 216 in the shape of a spatula and a flat rod 217 narrower than the end 216 because the latter must have a width I large enough to have a stable angular support relative to a wall M (figure 16), while the flat rod must have a minimum size for its attachment to the buffer 200.
  • a support always has at least one edge, which is the case of a wall panel, for example, which is necessarily limited either by another perpendicular wall, or by an amount of door or window, and a strip according to the invention makes it possible to form a stop which determines the exact location of the buffer relative to the edge of the support.
  • the assembly includes at least two strips of different lengths.
  • the user can selectively use one of the different strips available to place the patterns on the support as he wishes, at a greater or less distance from the edge of the support, according to the length of the strip he has chosen.
  • the assembly comprises at least one strip made of brittle material and marked with lines of weakness.
  • the strip 215 has a very long spatula 216, marked with transverse weakening lines 218 along any one of which the user can break the spatula to reduce its length, that is to say say the total length L of the strip 215.
  • the flat rod 217 always has the same length in order to preserve its characteristics whatever the length of the spatula 216, so as to be able in all cases to cooperate with the members of the buffer provided for its maintenance.
  • a lateral notch 219 is formed at the base of the peripheral rim 203, a notch which has, apart from play, the same section as the flat rod 217, the latter being engaged in the notch 219 after the removable plate 205 has been put in place, so that the rod 217 is located above this plate 205.
  • the legs 210 can be given a length such that this face 205 a is not in contact with the ribs, leaving a space at least equal to the thickness of the flat rod 217, or else provide a channel (not shown) in the thickness of the plate 205, having a depth equal to the thickness of the flat rod 217 and a width equal to that of said flat rod 217.
  • the plate 205 remains at a short distance from the ribs 207 - 208, and has two parallel ribs and of low height 220, spaced from one another by a distance equal to the play close to the width of the flat rod 217 and aligned with the lateral edges of the notch 219 ( Figures 11 and 13).
  • the flat rod 217 is correctly guided and maintained in a fixed orientation.
  • the withdrawal of the strip can be done by exerting a traction strong enough to eliminate the friction of jamming.
  • the application elements can be of all kinds of materials: fabric, sponge, foam, natural or synthetic chamois, plastic, rubber, etc.
  • the set is advantageously associated with application elements having patterns coordinated between them: letters of the alphabet, numbers from 0 to 9, musical notes (white, round, black, eighth note, etc.) or constituting a pattern repetitive alone such as a flower petal.
  • This coating can no longer be a paper but a spreadable product, in particular an absorbent background paint.

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US3158096A (en) * 1961-09-14 1964-11-24 Parker Brothers Inc Stamp assembly
US4058085A (en) * 1975-11-19 1977-11-15 Yang Teh Tsao Stamp pad
FR2563159A1 (fr) * 1984-04-18 1985-10-25 Dayana Gift Sas Di Aloi Anna C Timbre a tampon incorpore
US6167807B1 (en) * 1998-11-25 2001-01-02 Michael Maggio Hand shaped fluid medium containing article for use in transferring images

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US3158096A (en) * 1961-09-14 1964-11-24 Parker Brothers Inc Stamp assembly
US4058085A (en) * 1975-11-19 1977-11-15 Yang Teh Tsao Stamp pad
FR2563159A1 (fr) * 1984-04-18 1985-10-25 Dayana Gift Sas Di Aloi Anna C Timbre a tampon incorpore
US6167807B1 (en) * 1998-11-25 2001-01-02 Michael Maggio Hand shaped fluid medium containing article for use in transferring images

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WO2008030596A2 (en) * 2006-09-08 2008-03-13 Ray Allen Jack Epps Structural surface design device
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