US1576548A - Stenciling apparatus - Google Patents

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' March 16 1926. 1,576,548

J. J. REUSCH STENGILING APPARATUS Filed August 4, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR @0057 P9249072 TTORNEY March 16 1926.

J. J. REUSCH STENCILING APPARATUS Filed August 4, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR l H m% a n w fi MM Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

JACOB J. REUSGH, 0E ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

s'rnncrnme- APPARATUS.

v Application filed August 4, 1924. Serial N0. 729,914-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB J. REUscH, a

citizen of the United States, residing at St.

Paul,'in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stenciling Apparatus, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention rel-ates to means for printing or stenciling cards and particularly such cards as are used in advertising and known as show cards.

Heretofore the apparatus provlded for this purpose has been unnecessarily complicated, bulky and inconvenient to operate.

Thus it has been customary to provide a comparatively large table top having horizontal and vertical scales thereon to facilitate centering a card to be printed and provided with more or less complicated clamping devices. The table has been elevated (a drawer for the stencils being provided beneath the same) and this makes it necessary to handle the stencils and brushes with the operators arms in an awkward position. The equipment heretofore provided has been so bulky and heavy that it is dificult to carry about. v

It is my object to provide stenciling apparatus which can be operated more quickly and-with greater facility than has heretofore been possible and at the same time-to produce stenciled cards of. unusually neat and attractive appearance.

This invention also includes certain novel features of construction which will be more fully pointed-out in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1,

is a front elevation of my improved apparatus with the casing cover removed; F1 2 is an end view of the same with the en of the casing broken away to show the interior arrangement. with the centering bar retracted; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the apparatus in operating position; Fig. 41 IS a transverse section through the centering bar nate form of holding means.

Referring to the drawings, I have used the numeral 10 to indicate the casing of my de-.

vice which is supported upon feet 9 and has a removable cover 11 adapted to be held in place by pairs of clamps 12 on the-top and front of. the casing 10. A handle 13 secured to the top of the cover 11 is provided to facilitate carrying the casing. Extending longitudinally w1thin the casing 10 is a partition 14 separating index cards 15 from a compartment for moistener jars 16, between which are located-a mixing field 17 and paint cakes 18 (Fig. 3).

Pivotally mounted upon pins 19- on the inner surfaces of the ends of the casing 10 is a pair of arms 20 carrying a gauge bar 21. This bar is of substantial, weight and is rovided with a rubber strip 22 adapted to rictionally engage a card to be stenciled and extending substantially the length of the bar 21. The front face of the bar 21 carries. a scale 23 having a central index 24c and graduated to the left and to the right from said index, the numerals indicating'the graduations increasing" progressively toward the ends of the scale. 23 is a forwardly projecting fiange25 adapted to support an edge of a stencil plate 26' Just beneath the scale;

cardduring-thestenciling operation. This alternate form has a toothed member 29 which is fixed in the bar 21 in place of the said member, are adapted'to be impressed in. thesurface-of a card beneath the bar 21;

The teeth are positioned in a straight line so that their forward faces constitute a suitable plates.-

When the a eral stencil p ates are carried between the proper index cards 15 and the arms 20 supporting the gauge bar 21 are retracted as. shown in full lines in Fig. 2, the cover 11 being secured in place by the clamps 12. As the size of the casing is unusually small (preferably 6 inches by 8 inches by 18 inches the complete apparatus can now be carried about with the greatestv case.

When it is desired to stencil a card, the

casing 10 is placed upon a desk, table or guiding surf-ace for the stenciling paratus is not in use the sev other plain surface and the cover 11 removed. The card to be stenciled is now laid upon the surface in front of the casing and the arms 20 carrying the bar 21 are extended so that the rubber 22 of the preferred form, or the member 29 of the alternate form, securely engages the card. The Weight of the bar 21 is sufficient to hold the card during the ordinary operation of the apparatus. As will be readily understood, the card may now be centered relative to the bar 21 by merely moving'the card until its edges are in alignment with like numerals on opposite sides of the central mark 24. The angular position of the card 27 beneath the bar 21 may be gau ed by reference to the bar 21 and arms 20 orl y the use of a right. angle snare placed against the bar 21 near one of the lateral edges of the card.

The desired stencil plate is now removed from the index 15 and placed with its upper edge in contactwith the bar 21 and resting upon the flange 25, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In the alternate form the teeth constitute a suitable guide for stencil plates. With a brush 28, moistened in one of the jars 16 and applied to a paint cake 18, the letters are brushed onto the card in the usual manner by use of the stencil. When a letter has been completed the stencil may be readily moved along the bar 21 and the next letter brushed in. When a line on the card has been completed the bar 21 is raised and the card moved upward or away from the operator so that it passes beneath the casing 10 which is offset- ,from the supporting surface by the feet 9. After moving. the card the desired distance, the bar 21 is again lowered into engagement therewith and the next line of printin is brushed in as described above. Where large cards are to be stenciled the casing 10 may be placed upon the card so as to hold the same while each line of letters is stenciled.

It will thus be seen that the bar 21 affords means for readily centering, squaring and holding the card to be stenciled and also furnishes a guide for the stencil plate. The work can bedone conveniently because there is no obstructions of any kind which render the position of the operator awkward and the stencil lates, paint and brushes are always readi y accessible to the operator.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In apparatus of the class described, the combinatlon with a casing adapted tc contain stencil plates, -of a gauge bar adapted to be held in rigid spaced relation with the front of said casing to engage a to be printed, said bar having a surface adapts to constitute a guide for a-' stencil in use, and

means on said bar adapted to facilitate centering cards beneath said bar.

2. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with a casing having an index file and stencil plates therein and adapted to be supported upon a plain surface, of a gauge bar arranged to be carried in said casing and to be'extended therefrom to hold a card on said surface, said bar having a surface adapted to constitute a guide for a stencil in use, and a scale on said bar having a central index mark and graduated laterally from said mark to facilitate centering cards beneath said bar.

3. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with a narrow and relatively long casing adapted to contain stencil plates and arranged to be supported upon a plain surface, of a gauge bar pivoted in said casing and arranged to be extended therefrom, arranged to be extended in parallel relation to said casing and disposed when extended to hold a card on said surface, said bar having a straight surface adapted to constitute a guide for a stencil in use, and a scale on said bar adapted to facilitate centering cards beneathsaid bar.

4. in apparatus of the class described, the combination with a casing adapted to contain stencil plates and having an open front of extensible and contractile arms mounted in said casing, a gauge bar carried on said arms in parallel relation to the front of said casing and aranged when extended to engage a card to be printed, said barhaving a surface adapted to constitute a guide for a stencil in use, and means adapted to facilitate centeringcards beneath'said bar.

5. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with a casing adapted to contain stencil plates, of a gauge bar adapted to be placed in spaced relation to the front of said casing and a ranged when extended to be supported on a card. to be printed and a member on said bar having teeth adapted to be impressed in said to hold the same.

6. :in apparatus of the class described, the combination with c" adapted to contain stencil plates and arranged to be supported upon a.

plain. surface, said casing having an open fr at, of a gauge bar adapt to be mounted in. spaced relation with the front of said casing, a toothed abutment "'iber on said b adapted when the same i t extended to engage a card on said surface,

,a surface on said bar adapted to constitute a stencil in use, and means on ptcd t fQCllltitG centering cards bar. irony whereof, l: have hereunto name to this SlJ-Q'ZlfiOitblOIl.

JACUE J. REUSQ L.

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