US1116692A - Means for use in making display-cards and the like. - Google Patents

Description

G. W. GRAY.

MEANS FOR USE IN MAKING DISPLAY CARDS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED rm. 4,1914.

1,116,692, Patented Nov. 10,1914.

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G. W. GRAY.

MEANS FOR USE IN MAKING DISPLAY CARDS AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 4,1914,

1,1 16,692, Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

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GEORGE WILLIAM GRAY, OF VANGANUI, NEW ZEALAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE CARD COMPANY, LIMITED, OF 'WANGANUI, NEW ZEALAND. v

MEANQIEOR use. in MAKING DISPLAY-CARIDS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. February 4, 1914.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914. Serial No. 816,516.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIAM GRAY, subject of theKing of Great Britain, residing at lVanganui, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented a new and useful Improved Means for Use in ll faking Display-Cards and the like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relatesto means that have been devised to facilitate the making of display show cards for advertisements or other like purposes. The means are such as to provide for the making up of display cards to contain any desired matter suitable for any trade by the trader himself, thereby dispensing with the services of pro fessional show card or ticket writers.

The invention has been designed for use in the making of the cards and tickets by a process consisting in the employment of letters or designs cut out from cardboard or other similarly sen material and pasted on to the surface the card or base piece. Any desired matter may thus be made up and displayed in different manners and when the letters or designs are. made of a different color to that of the card, the sign produced will show up in strong relief.

The means forming the subject of this in vention are soconstructed as to provide for. the letters or designs being individually gripped and then positioned onthecard in their proper places and then released and pressed on the card so as toadhere to its surface. p

My inventionconsistsmainly in the provision of a base plate on which the card may be laid flatand having a clamp or other means for fastening the card to prevent it from moving. Extending longitudinally across the table is a slide rod the two ends of Which are carried in pillars or standards mounted in transverse guides on the respective ends of the base plate. These pillars are so constructed as to permit of the slide rod being inclined across the base plate and also to permit of them being moved across the plate to positiontheslide red at different pointsthereon. Mounted on the slide rod and capable of moving along it is a special form of gripping appliance thatis adapted to hold a letter or design on its under surfaceand then to be movedalong the rod and to release. the letter or design and press it in the desired place 011 to the card.

1n fully describing my invention, I refer snow to the accompanying drawings in which :--i

Figure 1 is a planfand Fig.2 a front elevation of the whole appliance. F 3 is a front elevation, and i a cross sectional elevation of one ofthe slide rod pillars. Fig. 5 is a sectional view illustating the manner of actuating the base board clamp. Fig. (l is a plan,Fig. 7 a side elevation, Fig.8 an underneath plan, Fig. 9 a back end elevation, and Fig. 10 a front end elevation of theletter gripping and positioning appliance. Fig. 11 is a cross sectional elevation thereof taken on the line 0e--00 of Fig. 7 and looking to the left of such line. i

The base plate A. is made of any suitable material, but prefenbly of wood, and of any desired area according to the sizes of the display cards for which the apparatus is to be used. Extending along each side edge of the base plate are the slide guides B which are arranged parallel to one another and which may be divided oil' into inches and proportions ofinches, as shown in Fig. 1. In each guide a pillaror standard is i'noui'ited. This consists of an upright pillar C having an enlarged head C at its lower end that slides in beneath inwardly overhanging members B" of the guides. The pillar is formed with a slotted aperture D formed across it which aperture is adapted to receive theslide rod E. A set screw F is screwed down through thetop end of the pillar and enters theslot so as to be adapted to engage the slide rod therein. Fitting loosely over the pillar is a collar G having a nut G screwed thereon. The collar rests on the guide beneath it and the slide rod rests on the nut so that by adjusting the height of the nut, by screwing it up or down, the height of the slide rod away from the surface of the base plate A may be adjusted.

The pillar is capable of sliding to and froin its guide and of turning around therein so that by the adjustment of the two pillars relatively to one anotherthe angle and position of the slide rod E mayberegir lated. The pillar and slide rod are then locked from movement by screwing down the set screw F until it engages the slide rod and presses it hard upon the nutG and at the same time lifts the pillar heaclC and are letters to compose the sign.

jams it tightly. beneath the guide members B.

The base plate is furnished along its top edge with the clamping plate H by means of which the display card may be held firmly on the base plate. This clamp is attached to the base plate at its respective ends by means of the bolt J extending up through them and having a wing nut J screwed on to its upper end which by engaging the clamp, forces it down on to the; base plate. A spring K (Fig. 5) is arranged around the bolt and contained within depressionsin the adjacent faces of the base plate and clamp. This spring is in compression and serves to force the clamp up when the nut J is screwed back. Other means of actuating the clamp may however be employed.

hf (Figs. 1 and 2) represents the gripping appliance for gripping and positioning the This slides to and fro along the bar E and its construction and operation are clearly shown in Figs. 6 to 11. At one end of the base plate, a recess A may be arranged to receive a block of absorbent material N which may be saturated with water to dampen the gummed surfaces of the letters, or with a gum by means of which such surfaces may be gummed.

The appliance shown in Figs. 6 to 11 comprises a rectangular frame (1) the bottom of which is composed by a number of parallel strips of metal (2) arranged to extend longitudinally across it with spaces between them. The frame is attached firmly to a top plate (3) which at its inner end is formed with the bearings (41) through which the slide rod E passes loosely. The frame is free to turn up and down and to slide to and fro upon this rod. It is adapted to be retained either in a vertical or horizontal position by means of a flat spring (5) secured to the top of the bearing plate and overlying a cam block (6) that fits, on to the rod E and lies between the bearings (4). This cam block is prevented from turning on the rod by means of a feather key (not shown) engaging the key way (7) (Figs. 7 and 9) formed in the rod. It is however capable of sliding thereon with the frame. The cam block is formed with a top surface (8) curving upward and rearward and a back surface (9) curving downward and forwardly. The spring is curved downward near its free end so thatby its pressure on the surface (8) it will force the frame into the horizontal position and harddown on to the base plate. -When turned up, the spring will slide over the top of this surface and engage the back surface (9) and thereby retain the frame in the vertical position. I

A pair of gripping jaws is carried in the frame, one of such jaws being arranged at the rear end of the frame and consisting of a plate (10) extending across the bottom of the frame and attached at its respective ends to arms (11) that pass up over the corresponding sides of the frame and which are pivoted, at 12, to such sides. The other jaw is composed by a block (13) having a mim ber of teeth (14) that extend down within the spaces between the strips (2) and are curved rearwardly toward the rear jaw. This jaw is pivoted between the sides of the frame 1 by means of pivot pins (15) extending outward on each side and bearing in slots (16) formed longitudinally in thec0r-- responding frame sides. This manner of so pivoting the jaw provides for it being moved to and fro in relation to the rear jaw and therebyto adjust the jaws to grip varying sizes of letters. This jaw is adapted to be locked at any point in the slots by means of the thumb nuts (17) screwed on to the respective pivot pins and engaging with the frame surfaces. The two jaws are kept normally turned toward each other so as to retain a letter laced between them, by the means shown in the drawings. These consist of a stirrup (18) extending across the 1 front end of the frame and alongside both sides thereof and connected at its sides to the frame by means of the links 28. This is drawn normally rearward by means of a spring (19) attached to its front end andextending along beneath, the top plate (3) i to the rear end of theframe. The upper ends of the arms,(11) of the rear jaw are pivoted to the respective side members of the stirrup so that the rearward normal pull of such stirrup will cause the plate (10) of such jaw to be pressed forward. The block (13) of the front jaw is at its upper end provided with laterally extending pins (20) that pass out through slots (21) formed in the respective side members of the stirrup. This endof the block being inclined rearwardly from the pivot pins (15) on which it is hung on the frame, will result in the rearward pull of the stirrup causing the bottoms of the slots (21) to engage beneath the pins (20) and thereby to tend to raise such end of the block and turn its bottom jaw inward. An outward pull on the stirrup will reverse these tendencies and cause the two jaws to turn outward from each other.

To actuate the stirrup a cam lever (22) is provided and pivoted in the front end of the 120. plate (3). This lever bears against the inside of the front portion of the stirrup and it is providedwith a finger lever extension (23).,which when depressed will turn the cam lever outward andthus open the jaws. WVhen the lever is released, the spring (19) will cause the parts to resume their normal positions, i

In the operation of the appliance, the card having been placed in position on the base plate and the designs or letters cut in the desired manner, the slide rod is positioned in the requisite position to lay a line of them to close and grip such letter between them as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 7 and 8. The appliance is then turned down so as to cause the letter to engage the gumming or dampening material N and is then again lifted and slid along until in its proper position above the card when it is dropped so as to cause the letter to engage the card surface. The letter is then re leased from the jaws by depressing the lever (23) and pressed hard on to the card by subjecting the frame to a downward pressure. If desired the frame may have a forwardly projecting lug (24:) Figs. 7 and 10 to facilitate its handling in this manner. In this way any desired matter may be at tached to the card in regular order.

The appliance carries a gage bar (25) that extends transversely from a downward extension. (26) of the cam block (6). On this bar, anadjustable rod (27) is mounted which rod extends forwardly and remains at a set distance above the card. The rod is adjusted to indicate the point to which the appliance is to be moved along the slide rod to position it for fixing each letter at the proper distance from that preceding it. Uniformity in the spacing of the sign may therefore be obtained.

The slide bar E instead of being straight may be curved in any desired arc to provide for the letters being set in a correspond ing are upon the card. A number of rods may thus be employed with the one appliance these being interchangeable with one another.

If desired, the base plate A may be fur nishecl with a circular rotating disk mounted on its surface as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, in order to provide for the displayed matter being arranged in a circle around a card placed on such disk. In this case, the disk would be rotated between the fining of each letter or symbol.

The adjustability in the height of the slide rod will allow for the apparatus being worked equally satisfactorily with varying thicknesses of cards, and letters, and will provide for an even fixing pressure upon the letters when putting them in their places.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Means for the purposes herein described comprising a base plate, a rod extending across above the base plate and made adjustable transversely and angularly thereon and a gripping appliance slidably mounted on the rod and adapted to grip and release letters and (or)' symbols placed within it, substantially as specified.

2. Means for the purposes herein described comprising a base plate, a rod extending across above the base plate and adjustable transversely and angularly thereon, a letter and (or) symbol gripping appliance slidably mounted on the rod and comprising a pair of jaws pivoted in a frame and normally turning toward each other upon the bottom side of the frame and means whereby such aws may be turned outward from each other, substantially as specified.

3. Means for the purposes herein described consisting of ajbase plate havin a transverse guide at each end thereof, a pillar slidably mounted in each guide and adapted to be locked in position at any point therein, a rod extending across the base plate and carried in the pillars at both ends thereof, and a gripping appliance slidably mounted on such rod and adapted to grip and to release letters and (or) symbols placed within it, substantially as specified.

a. Means for making display cards and the like by the arrangement of letters and (or) symbols upon the surface of the card, consisting of a base plate adapted to support the card, a slide rod mounted to extend across above the base plate and made adjustable transversely and angularly thereon, and means slidably mounted on such rod, by which the letters and (or) symbols are gripped one by one and positioned at their desired places on the card and then pressed down thereon so as to adhere thereto.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specificationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE WILLIAM GRAY. \Vitnesses FRANK KINcnoN TURNBULL,

JAMES RADIE.

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