US1704675A - Printer's color-card system - Google Patents

Description

Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

liiTFiD VTILLIAM EBARTA, E ROSLINDALE, I'vTASSAGHfiSETTS, ASE-IGNQR TO BABTA-GRIFFIN COMPANY, OF "WGRCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 01 MASSACHUSETTS.

PRINTERS COLOR-CABD SYSTEM.

Application filed August 2, 1924. Serial l lo. 729,714.

placing the entire set and the holder there- 7 for.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings of one illustrative embodiment thereof, while its scope will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a color card system exemplifying the invention, the same being shown as it appears when unfolded for inspection Fig. 2 is a plan on an enlarged scale showing the card system as it appears when the.

holder is folded; and

Fig. 3 is a detail elevation on the same scale as Fig. 2, illustrating one set of cards of one color, but of different shades. Referring to the drawings, and to the embodiment of the invention which is selected for exemplification, there is shown a card system comprising a holder 4 having a plurality of sections 5 hinged together, the holder being thereby foldable to protect the cards from the action of light, and fromaccumulations of foreign matter, which might otherwise impair the value of the cards as standards of comparison. The holder when folded appears as shown in Fig. 2, the sections being so folded that one of them occupies a position between the other two. In this way, the cards are well protected, although when the holder is unfolded,

all of. the cards are presented to view at one time for comparison.

The holder presents a large number of pockets 6, which overlap one another, and are arranged in horizontal and vertical rows, the vertical rows of each section being separated from each other by vertical strips 7, which project somewhat from the faces of the pockets. Interference of the parts of one sectionv with those carried by another may be prevented by the provision of other vertical strips 8, having a thickness greater than that of the strips 7, thereby to project a considerable distance beyond the faces of the cards, and to limit the movement of the sections toward one another when folded, 1 as will be evident from an inspectionxof Fig. 2. The holder may be conveniently made of cardboard, with a paper or. cloth covering, and the pockets may be made of cloth for the sake of durability.

Each pocket contains oneor more, her in a plurality of cards 9, presenting color standards printed thereon, as'by a printed area on each card, exposed on its projecting portion for comparison with the other printed areas of different colors and shades ing each other, in accordance withthe chart in the Rules of Practice of the United States Patent Office. blue, brown, orange,'black and green, are similarly represented in accordance with said chart. Various shades of each color are dis tinguished from one another in the drawing by various spacings of the lines representing such color, wide spacing being em ployed for the lighter shades, and narrower spacing for the darker shades, as will be evident from an examination of Fig. 3, which illustrates. primrose, "lemon and chrome yellow.

For purposes of ready comparison, the various shadesof each color are grouped, as for example, in horizontal rows (see Fig. 1), since by this means, one is better enabled to judge the color and shade more accurately. As before mentioned, each pocket preferably contains more than one card of a given color, and shade, so that if the color value of one card should become impaired,another one can be placed at the front. All of the cards are removable from Other colors, such as red,

their pockets, thereby to permit replacement of those Whose color values have become impaired, thus avoiding the necessity of replacing the entire set and the holder therefor.

It should be evident from the foregoing that I have provided a simple, convenient,

and reliable card system of color standards for use by the printing trade and that the accuracy of the system may be maintained Without undue trouble and expense.

Having thus describedone embodiment of the invention but without limiting myself thereto, What I claim and desire by Letters vPatent to secure is:

1. A printers color card holder, comprising, in con'ibination aplurali-ty oi? sections adapted to fold one upon another, each of said sections comprising a plurality of pockets in horizontal and vertical rows, each of said pockets being adapted to contain a plurality of color cards, vertical separating strips between and separating said vertical rows of pockets, and relatively thick vertical spacing strips at the sides of said sections and projecting therefrom further than said separating strips.

2. In a print-ers' foldable color card holder, in COiIllJiDfllliGli, a plurality of mutually hinged sections, each comprising a plu ra ty of overlaoping horizontally aligned pockets of flexible material, vertical retain- WILLIAM BARTA.

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