US1403449A - Process of lettering - Google Patents

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A. N. SANDT.

PROCESS OF LETTERING. I APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, 1921.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

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ARLINGTON N. SANDT, OEItED WING, MINNESOTA.

PROCESS LETTERING.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ARLINGTON N. SANDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Red Wing, in the county of Goodhue and 'State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Process of Lettering, of which the following is a full, clear, .and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in process of lettering, an object of the invention being to so letter a curved or receding surface that the word or words formed by the letters will have the same appearance as if the surface were a fiat one.

A further object is to provide an improved process of lettering which has particularly to do with the labeling of cans, bottles, or other containers having cylindrical, angular, or other recedin surfaces whereby the printing on the labe s can be readand displayed with the same clearnes s and effect as if the surface were flat.

Cans, bottles, containers etc., have heretofore been provided with labels printed with letters of the same size or uniform size, so that the letters on the receding portions of the surface appear smaller and are diflicult to read, and it is the purpose of my invention to so proportion the letters that they will appear of a uniform size when the article is in elevation, so that the labels can be prominently displayed.

With these and other objects in view the invention consistsin certain novel arrangement of of letters and process of forming the same, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is aview in elevation illustrat in a fragment of the can containing a label or ettering in accordance with my improved process. y

Figure 2 is a view in section through the can showing by dot and dash lines the position and proportions of the letters on the can shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the labelused on the can shown in Figures 1 and 2.

1 represents an' ordinary cylindrical can and 2 a-label pasted thereon containing letters arranged in accordance with my improved process. It will be noted particularly by reference to Fi re 3 that the end letters 3 are preferably wider than the intermediate letters, all the letters having the same height,

ing consisting in proportionin so that when the label is secured to the curved surface of the can and the can placed upon the shelf so that it is viewed'in elevation, all of the letters will appear of the same generalvwidth as shown in Figure 1, so that the appearance of the lettering is as if the word were upon a flat surface and not upon'a curved or receding surface.

The relative proportions of the widths of theseletters are to be varied in accordance with the diameter of the can or rather the receding surfaces on which the letters are to be located, and it is obvious that the invention applies not only to a cylindrical con: tainer of curved cross-section, but to any form of container either of glass, metal, or other.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 10, 1922, Application filed April 30, 1921. Serial No. 465,721.

material, either curved or angular in crosssectionwhere there are receding surfaces upon which letters are to be formed to indicate the contents, or other printed matter desired on the container, and it is also to be understood that I may form the letters directly on the can either by hand painting or by any other means and dispense with an attached Label, and, in fact, my invention is broadly to the idea of a process of lettering whereby a word or words are printed upon a surface in which a portion thereof is receding so that the word can be read as if printed upon a flat surface, and to accomplish this I proportion the letters on the receding surface insuch a way as to render such a result possible, and I desire to cover broadly this idea rather than any particular means for carrying it out.

Various sli ht changes might be made in the general orm and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the s irit and scope of the appended claims.

I c aimz' i 1. The hereindescribed process of letterthe width of letters whereb the letters w en on a receding surface Wlll have the appearance ofuniform width.

2. The hereindescribed process of letter- 1% ing consisting in forming letters on a recedmg surface, the letters farthest removed from the forward lane of the surface being appreciably wi er than the other letters, whereby the letters taken together have the appearance of" being printed upon a flat 4. The hereindescribed process of labelsurface. Y ing cans consisting in providing letters on 10 3. The hereindescribed process of labelthe can, the intermediate letters being aping containers having receding surfaces, preciably narrower than the end letters, 5 comprising a series of letters in horizontal whereby the letters in assemblage appear as alignment, the end letters being-0f apprebeing printed upon a fiat surface.

ciably greater width than the intermediate letters. I ARLINGTON N. SANDT.

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