US1447576A - Ink blotter - Google Patents

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H. STRAUSS.

Man- 6, 1923;l

INK BLOTTER.

FILED MAR.9.1922.

FIIIIIIIL Patented lidar. 6, 1923.

' HENRY suresnes, or CHEMNITZ, GERMANY. l

INK BLOTTER.

Application led March 9, 1922. Serial No. 542,522.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY STRAUss, al

citizen oi' the German Republic, residing at Chemnitz, Germany, have invented certain new and `useful Improvements in Ink Blotters (for which I have tiled applications in Germany March 26, 1921, and May 2l, 192i), oi which the following is a specification.

In the usual screwless blotters thesblock of sheets of blotting paper is secured in its position upon the blotter simplyy by clamping in. rlfhe part which carries the block of sheets of blotting paper must either be l5 composed of two parts which may be hingedly connected the one with the other or, if the support is made in one part only, strong layers of sheets ot' blotting paper cannot be securely fixed Vand the attachment must be regulated in any case it the'pile of sheets of blotting paper gets thinner. ln most cases only a small number of sheets of blotting 'paper can be mounted upon a plate and clamped in by thebentl or rolled ends of the plate.

According to this invention the block of sheets ot blotting paper is fixed upon a support, preferably made of card-board and sold in this state. The blotter, upon which the block of sheets of blotting paper is lined, serves merely 'for holding the said support. The support Jfor the block of sheets of blotting paper has slotted ends which are inserted between the upper and lower part of the blotter proper and transversed by large flaps of the upper part.

The block of sheets of blotting paper can be of any convenient thickness as not the blotting paper itself but merely its support is clamped 1n.

In order that the `invention may be clearly understood, I shall proceed to describe the same with reference to the form of construction shown, by way of example, on the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. l shows the improved blotter in front elevation, partly in cross section.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 illustrates the bloc-k of sheets of blotting paper. p

The blotter is made of sheet metal and composed of an upper part a of the usual curved shape and of a lower part oZ. A Hap b, c respectively, is cut out at each end of the upper part a and bent inwardly. The lower part eZ which is curved in opposite direction as the upper part has its ends e, m bent upwardly so that they adapt themselves to the curvature of the upper part 0;, slits f, g'being provided in these ends m, e which serve Jfor the reception of the iaps b and c of the upper part.

The flaps Z), c are securely. held in the slits of the lower part by the elasticity of the upper part a. so that a strong pull is necessary to separate the upper part from the lower part. The block Z of sheets of blotting paper is attached to a strip ZL of card board the ends 7c, Z of which are bent upward and have Vslits which correspond with the slits in the ends or' the lower part Zi Thecard board support Zz, of the block or sheets of blotting paper i is placed upon the outer surface of the lower part CZ so that vthe ends Zt', Z of the card board support eX tend over the upwardly bent ends e, m o' the lower part of the blotter, whereupon first one of the iaps I5, c of the upper part a is pushed through the corresponding registering slits of the card board support and of the upwardly turned end Ve or lm, of the lower part, the other flap of the upper part being then pushed through the slits of the other upwardly extending ends of the lower part d and of the card board support ZL, whereby a secure and very simple connection is obtained. v

This blotter is very easyv to manufacture as the upper part as well as the lower part consists each only of one stamped and curved piece of sheet metal. Upon the upper surface of the card board support h advertisements are printed and the lower part d of the blotter has a window n through which the advertisement 0 can be seen as shown on Figure 3.

An improved ink blotter comprising in combination an upper curved part of sheet metal, inwardly bent flaps cut out of the ends of said upper part, a lower part of sheet metal curved in opposite direction as said upper part having a large opening (window), upwardly bent ends of said lower part having slits designed to receive the flaps of the upper part, a block of sheets of blotting paper, a card board support upon which said block of sheets of blotting paper is ixed having advertisements upon lower part and to receive the flaps of the support, substantially as described and shown and for the 'purpose -set forth.

In testimony whereof I aHX :my signature 1n presence of two lWitnesses.`

HENRY sTRAUss.

i Witnesses:

EMIL WEINERT, W. V. SMITH.

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