US1357779A

US1357779A - Doll-head

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Publication number: US1357779A
Application number: US331566A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louise R Kampes
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-10-18
Filing date: 1919-10-18
Publication date: 1920-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 1937-11-02

Description

L. R. KAMPES.

DOLL HEAD.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18. 1919.

1,357,779. Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

WITNESSES INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUISE 3e. anrns, or ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.

DOLL-HEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed October 18, 1919. Serial No. 331,566.

struction, and more particularly to the method of making doll faces, and to the completed article itself.

A purpose of this invention is to provide ways and means for manufacturing doll,

heads, and more particularly for manufac tur ng the faces thereof. An Ob]8(3l3 1s to provide a doll face which either has a hard unyielding surface, or which has a yieldable,

soft, skin-like and pliant surface according to the desires of the trade and the manufacturers. y

I have in view as a further purpose, to provide a doll head, and ways and means for the construction of same, which will enable the manufacturer to produce doll faces having variable features, that is to say the doll faces constructed in accordance with the plans ofthis invention may be varied in facial form and expressional features to render more pleasing and profitable the general line of dolls offered for sale to the;'

public. Y

With the above several objects and others prising the doll face applied to the die where the material is in a near stage of completion to form a doll face.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view presented to illustrate the manner of inserting the doll face within a retaining die to approximately I maintain the facial expression of the doll completed facestructure of thedollh This.

face while a reinforcement backing is built into the back of the face material to form an unyieldable and substantially strong doll head or face.

Fig. 3 illustrates in cross section a vulcanizer of any suitable design for curing the view being partly broken away at the top. I

to disclose the material structure of the doll face. v

Doll heads or faces constructed in accordance with the plans of my invention make use of one or more dies for aiding in the shaping of the faces, and employ a heating or curing furnace for vulcanizing the completed faces to preserve the head: and

face structure for substantial and long time wear. A plaster Paris backing may be employed to render the doll face stronger and unyieldable or the backing may be omitted to leave a doll face having soft yieldable characteristics more similar to the human faceof which the doll face is constructed to imitate. y

In presenting a more detailed discussion of my invention together with the ways and means of practising same, I point out a die 6 having an exterior shape to conform approximately to the face of the doll to be manufactured. A portion of plastic ma terial is applied to the configurated die and spread over the die to formthe layer of ma terial 7. Raw or unvulcanized rubber may be employed for this purpose or even less expensive material such as artificial. rubber composition or in fact any suitable elastic compositionmaterial may be used; The unvulcanized compositionis applied in one or more layers, as for example it may produce a better and more substantial doll face to apply several thin layers of raw or unvulcanized rubber whereupon each layer will adhere to the adjacent one.

A suitable fabric covering 8 is next applied to the plastic layer 7 and carefully worked into the plastic material until the weave of the fabric has become thoroughly embedded within the plastic material causing the plastic material and fabric to assume a composite and homogeneous structure. Any appropriate fabric such as silk, cotton, or linen may be well used for this purpose.

After the plastic composition and cloth application have been completed, the facial V doll figure is removed from the die 6 and placed in an oven or vulcanizing kiln 10 to cure and vulcanize the doll facial structure.

This operation may be performed. by any suitable apparatus, and I have shown one simple form of vulcanizer which may be used for this purpose and doll faces are shown within the vulcanizer. After the doll faces are thoroughly cured they are removed and the resulting article comprises a doll face which will wear a long time, and is substantially strong in construction. This doll face is pliant and flexible and resembles quite well the pliant softness and yieldable characteristics of the human face.

In some cases it is desirable to produce doll faces not having the soft and pliant characteristics of the one just described.

In this case the facial figure comprisin the I material 7 and 8 is removedfrom the die 6 and placed in another die 9. The die 9 has 1 an internal configuration conforming in outin a layer of suitable thickness.

' face.

'7' and 8 as brought out in Fig. 2. The

plastic-material 11 is applied to the material tic material 7 and the backing reinforcement '11 adhere to form a substantially strong and composite face structure.

After the doll face has been completed as above described by applying the backing reinforcement therein, it is placed in the V111- canizer and treated until the raw rubber or composition is thoroughly cured. This drys out the entire structurean'd forms a doll head of pronounced strength and Wearing ability. The backing reinforcement resists the bending and mashing of the doll This form of doll face may be manufactured Where it is a more practical; and desirable product than the first form described. Y r

One of the important features ofmy' in- V vention is the particular method employed for varying the characteristic, facial expressi onsof dolls manufactured in accordance Wvltll this invention; This particular feature and method sets my invention forward as a marked improvement over any existing manufactured articles coming under this class. When the plastic layer of material 7 and fabric covering 8 is applied to the die 6, the features of the doll may be brought out to any desired tendency. For example the manufacturing artist will usually knead and work the plastic mater-ial'into the con- "figurated die '6' by-the dexterous and skilful manipulation of his fingers, and in the execution'of this step in the, manufacturing process thegar tist is able to shape the nose,

mouth, chin and checks of the doll to any desired form. The doll manufacturing artist may therefore change the expression of each ucceeding doll. Likewise he may employ a shaping tool such as a stylus 12 for facilitating the careful work entailed in properly rounding out the eyes, nose, and lip features of the face. When the material 7 is plastic it is quite subject to change and a skilful artist may very ably change expressions of each succeeding doll which he makes.

The fabric covering 8 serves to hold the plastic material in shape so that a working tool 12 or the artists fingers will not seriously displace the plastic material 7 due to the fabric covering 8. This modeling process or method of artistlcally constructmg and varying the facial expressions on each doll is carried out prior to the vulcanizing and curing process.- After the curative process is complete,-the resulting dollface is a work of'art, and manufacture in which ingenuity and skill are combined to build dolls at a comparatively rapid rate yet consistently different in the facial expression of each to give the dealer a line of dolls not displayingv the same monotony in facial expression but varying in appearance to the extent of interesting and impressing the trade.- 7

Having thus described my inventiom'what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: l. The hereindescribed method of constructing a dolls face consisting in applying rubber to a die, shaping said material to form a dolls face, applying a fabric covering to the shaped material, removing the fabric covered shaped material, placing the same in an interior configurated dieto retain the shape brought out from] the first named die, applying "a reinforcement'to the interior of the material to stiffen and strengthen the same, and vulcanizing the article thus produced.

2. That improvement in the art of manufacturing doll faces which comprises, applyin g rubber to a die to shape the same to form a doll face, applying'a fabric covering to the shaped rubber, removing the shaped rubber and placing the same in an interior configurated die to retain the shape brought out from the first named die, applying a; reinforcement to the doll face to stiffen and strengthen same, and finally the vulcanization of the article for preservation] Y 3. That improvement in the art of manufacturing dollfaces which comprises, applying UII-VHlCZtHlZG'Cl plastic rubber composition to a facial configurated die, applying a fabric covering to the shaped nil-vulcanized plastic rubber compositionQfollowed by a process of artfully and skilfully shaping the material to bringou't the desired iInpres sion and facial character of the doll face,

and finally vulcanizing the article for preserving the same.

a. That improvement in the art of manufacturing dolls which comprises, applying un-vulcanized plastic rubber composition. to a facial configurated die to approximately shape the composition. to conform to the facial contour of the die, applying a fabric covering to the shaped composition, skilfully manipulating and Working the shaped material to bring out the desired doll features and to vary said features from that of previously manufactured dolls, the removal of the doll face from the die and inserting it in another die having an internal configuration to retain the facial shape of the doll, applying a backing reinforcement to the shaped doll face, and finally vulcanizing the article for preserving the same.

LOUISE R. KAMPES. Witness:

F. A. JoNns.