US1259287A - Door-panel and the like. - Google Patents

Description

J. H'EGENSTEIN.

noon PANEL AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION HLED IULY 23,1911- Patented Mar. 12, 1918..

35l bei-ng made of genuine leather.

UNITED sTArns PAENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH nEGENsrnin,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. f

DOOR-PANEL AND THE LIKE.

To all-whom 'it may concern.'

Bc it known that I, JOSEPH REGENSTEIN, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State SpecicatipngL-Letters Patent. implication led July 23, 1917. Serial No. 182,299.

- of the pasteboard or other backing, so that the edge of the panel is protected by the cloth itself. This, however, is a tedious and expensive process and it involves the wastof Illinois, have invented certain new andas-tage of a considerable percentage of the cloth useful Improvements in Door-Panels and the like, of which the following is a specieation.

The present invention has to do with certain Improvements-.in the construction of door panels and the like, and has' particularv reference to the construction of door panels -for ysin automobile construction. It Will presBnHy appear that the features of the inventi en are not by any means limited to ,this rticular class of service.

In the construction of doors for automobile bodies, it is very customary to provide a. finishing panelfor the interior face ofthe door, which panel is secured to the body portion of the door in anyk suitable manner, as, for example, by the use of bradsor nails. The appearance and finish ofthe door; panels should harmonizenwith theinterior'finhas come into very extensive favor, and has found very Wide application. Nevertheless the use of real leather for this purpose is in most cases out of the question-*on account of its prohibitive cost. have, therefore, been adopted for Vconstructing the panels from some material other lthan leather, and providing them with the necessary finish togivethe appearance of For this purpose, the use of cloth has found consid erable favor, and the cloth or canvas is generally' mounted on a suitable hacking to which it -is attached, and by which it issupported and given additional-strength and firmness, In the ordinary operation of the car, the rainand elements naturally reach the door panels to a greater or less extent. Furthermore, during the washing or clean- .ing ofthe `intel-ions' of the car bodies, the water, of necessity, strikes the panels and flushes them. For these and other reasons it is quite. necessary to so construct the door panels that the water will be prevented from entering their edge portions, because such Water will soalcinto the edge portions of y the"pan`els and loosen up the cloth surfacing from its hacking. ln order to provide against this possibility, it has been a cornl.mon expedient in the' past to l'olil the edge portion ol' the cloth surfacing-over the edge ish of the car; Theuse of leather inishings' Other expedients or canvas material. One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a door panel of such construction as to overcome the foregoing objection' to these imitation panels.

In order to give the panels a more nished and natural appearance, it v`has been quite customary in the past tov emboss the clothor canvas finishing before thesame is applied to the paste-board or card-board hacking. As 'a result of this fact, it has Patented Mar.12,1918.

been found that the moisture of the paste or glue has, to a large extent, destroyed the embossed finish, or at any rate has so softened the cloth or canvas that -upon the application of the roller or Aother` tool for pressing the cloth or canvas against the paste-board.fsbaclring the embossed finish has been destroyed along definite lines or 'si rips. I1`urthermore, the connection between the clothorcanvas and the4 paste-board hacking has been nccessarilymore or less imperfect, because of the rough nature of the cloth surface as compared to the smooth nature ofl the cardboard or paste-board backing.

Another object of the invention is to overcome the foregoing objections by so constructing the door panel that the embossing will extend clear through the cai-(L hoardor paste-hoard `backin as We'as the cloth or canvas finishing. 'Ihis is one by pia-forming thc embossing operation after the canvas orchith covering has been applied. i A

In the nulnufacture of the door panels, material and labor can be saved by apply ing the cloth h'nish to a comparatively large surface oi' hacking platcrial, and thereafter culling-this large surface or body intoa number of blanks ol the exactsize and' shape ol' the door panels. This procedure, however. necessarily results in the produclion of door panclshaving raw or exposed edges, so that if they were to be left in this comlilion the water -and elements .would readily lind and work their way in between thev clolh and the hacking.

.Another object ol' this invention is to provide :l panel ol" such construction that'the edge thereof shall he an'iply and adequately so l `to Figs. 3 and 4r.

protected against the possible entrance ofwater between the cloth vand the backing. This protection is, in most cases, secured by a system of sewing vor stitching around the of the panels, and in other cases by the application of a strip or binder of cloth or the like folded around the entire ed e of the panel.

ther objects and uses of the invention i VWill appear from a detailed description ot the same which consists in the features ot construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described'and claimed.

Referring to the drawing: f

Figure 1 shows a face view of a door having applied thereto a panel embodying the features of the present invention, the wall surrounding the door bcingbroken away in fragmentary manner.

Fig. 2 shows on greatly enlarged scale, in fragmentary form, an edge portion of a door having applied thereto a panel embodying the features ot the present invention.

Fig. 3 shovvs a fragmentary edge view .of the panel embodying the features the present invention, the saine being an edge View of a ianel in which the edge protection is alforded by a system ofsewing or stitchig. 4 is a front tace view corresponding to Fig. '3.

Fig. 5' is a back face View corresponding Fig. 6 lis a front faceview of a fragment of a door panelembodying,r the features of the present invention, and 1n which the protection to the edge of the panel is attorded by Way of a strip of binder or the like sur-Y roundlng the same; and 1 Fig. 7 is al section through the construe tion shown in Fig. 6.

As previously mentioned, the door panel to which the present invention relates is conveniently built or made up by 'the application of a strip or sheet of canvas or the like t'o one face ,of a card-board or paste-board backing. This is ordinarily done while both the canvas or cloth and backingl material are in'their raw condition'. The large sheet is then embossed so 'that the roughening or corrugating extends clear through both' the cloth andthepa'ste board backing.v Therethe panel is attached to thebaclnng 9 by the after, the cloth or canvas is coated with a water-proof and coloring material to render the same water-proof, and at the same time give it the blackened or brownish finish' desired. This large sheet is then cut un' into blanks of the size and shape of the door panels, thereby exposing the raw edge pre The blanks thus formed viously mentioned. .then have their edge portions protected by a lineV of sewing or stitching, or in some cases by the application of the strip of binder.

Referring new to the several figures, the

door body is represented by the dish-shaped panel 8 which vmay be of metal or other suitable material. A Wooden spacing block 9 is generally provided Within the trarne panel 8, said block serving to space the door panel 1.0 from the case 8, and serving also as a baseer foundation upon which to apply the door panel.

The. door panel 10 comprises the sheet of backing material 1l and the cloth or canvas covering 12. The general shape of the panel is revealed inFig. l, although, of course, the particular shape in each case may be dief tated by the job in hand.

The cloth or canvas coverin '12 is pasted or gluedlto the backing 11., Tie material is then embossed or corrugated, so that the ein bossing or roughening` extends clear through both thicknesses of material. This fact is well illustrated and revealed in Figs. 2 and 7. It is also apparent from examination of Figs. 4 and 5, because these figures illustrate the reverse `tacos of the panel.

After the. clbth or canvas facing l2 has been applied and the embossing performed, the cloth or canvas is protected by coating thesame W-ith water-proofing and coloring material. The panel is then eut up into the desired shape, and thereafter a line of stitching or the like' 13 is applied to the entire periphery of the panel. This stitching maybe ot any suitable form and may be performed' thing is that the edge portion of the panel shall be bound or stitched together so as t0 eliectively prevent the entrance of water or moisture between the cloth and the backing. ln the stitchinfmir shown, the edge portion of the panel is fully protected as shown by Fig.` 3, from which it appears that the stitching e. tends across the edge of the panel and just out'sideot' the edge. Other portions of the stitching' extend through the material of the panel, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Aliter the. stitching has been completed,

In the modified arrangement shown iny Figs. 6 and 7 a binding strip 17 is s ubsti,u tuted for the stitching illustratedV in the pref cedingr figures. The edge' portion of this binding strip may be held in place by e line of stitching 18 extending clear through the panel .and through the binding strip.

While I have herein shown and described only certain embodiments of the features of my invention, still it Will be understood that I do not limit myself to the said embodiments, except l may do so in the claims,

I claim:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a door panel or the like comprising a backing of pasteboard or the like having pasted or glued to its exposed surface a facing of texric, vthere being eorrugations or roughening extending entirely through both the backing and facing, and Ineens for protecting the edge of the panel against the entrance of Water into said edge, substantially as described. l

3. As a new article of manufacture, a door panel or the like comprising e backing of suitable fibrous material having applied to its exposed surface a facing of textile fabric, there being corrugations or roughening extending-through both the backing and the facing of. the panel, and means for protectl ing the edge of the panel against the entrance of Water between the` backing and facinfr thereof, substantially as described;

4. s e new article of manufacture, a door panel or the like comprising a backing of fibrous material having pasted or glued to one f ils faces a facinor of textile fabric, and

having applied to Said` textile fabric a suitable waterproofing mate-rial, there being corrugations or roughening extending through hotli the backing and the facing of the panel, and means for protecting the edge of the panel against the entrance of Water therea into, sul'istantially as described.

JOSEPH REGENSTEIN. l

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