US1826546A - Blotting pad - Google Patents

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B. HOWARD BLOTTING PAD Oct. 6, 1931.

Filed Oct. 9/ 1929 I n venior fyfl ozaard A iiomey 1'5 straight and the side marginal portions of' Fatented 6 1931 res BRYAN HOWARD, orgfaus'rrmrsxnsg BLO'ITING mp E Application filed October 9,1 29. Serial a... 388,398.

y This invention relates to blotting pads and more particularly to devices of this character I which are adapted to be mounted for use on the'wrist of an'operator in such a manner that ii) the same may be convenientlybrought into provide, in a manneras hereinafter set forth,

"base in such-a manner that the same may be j expeditiously detached therefrom for the engagement with the work tobe blotted.

An important objectof the inventlon 1s to a blotting pad of the. aforementioned character wherein a sheet of blotting paper is securely held in positioncon asupportlng purpose of mountinga new sheet thereon.

Another object of the invention is to pro v "vide a blotting pad of the character set forth ,wherein the base or support is adapted to fit the wrist of the operator and is furtherprovided with adjustable means for securing the same thereto. I'Other objects of'the invention are to pro-v vide ablotting pad which will be simple in 1 construction, strong, durable, efficient in its I use and which may be manufactured at low cost.

Otherobjects andadvantages of the inventionwill become apparent from a study of the ;.following description, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, wherein responding parts throughout the several 7 i supporting base.

like characters of reference designate corviews, and wherein p Figure 1 is a perspective view of the blotting pad attached tothe wrist ofan operator. '1 Figure 2 is a front, elevation thereof. r ,-Figure' 3 is a vertical CIOSS-SGC'DIOII taken approximately on thewline 3- '37of Figure 2. Figure 4 is a top plan View, partly broken 1 6 'away in horizontal sectiomof ablotting pad I. Figure 5 is a viewof the sheet of blotting 1 paper to be mounted on'thesuppo'rting base.

7 ing the spring clamp 7 tin f lgeferring to thed'rawings in detail, the

Figure 6 is a detail view in top plan showhich secures the blotpaper on the supportingbase.

reference character 1 designates a flat support of substantially{rectangular configura-v jtio'n, the front and rear ends of which are walls of the recesses 3 which merge with the groove 2 are rounded as at 4:.

ShGBtOfblOttlIlg paper 5 of a shape conformingsubstantiallycto the supportl is mounted on :the lower flat surface of said support and is provided with marginal ex-,

tensions ,or. flaps 6 which are bent upwardly and extend over the adjacent :portion ofthe groove2 on the front and rear edges of the support. 1., A substantially U-shaped resils ientclamp? is-thenlmounted in the groove 2 over the flaps or extensions 6 and said flaps ilfethus pressed firmly. into, and retained in said 'groove',; as seen iIrjFigure 3. The free ends of the clamp 7 are provided with inturned rounded hookportions 8 for insertion in the recesses 3 at the ends of the groove 2 and said hook. portions conform substantially to therounded walls 4 of the recesses.

The rounded walls 4 of the recesses 3 c0- "operate with the rounded hook portions 8 to draw and seat the clamp 7 in the groove 2 by reason of the resiliency of the clamp.

Theupper-face of the support 1 is prom vided with a concavity 9 extending from the front to the rear thereof for the reception of the operators wrist. spaced inwardly from the marginal sides of a This concavity 9 is the support 1 and staples 10 are anchored in the upper face of said support between said concavity and the marginal side edges. A

wrist strap 11 is secured to one of the staples 10 through the medium of the loop and snap fastener 12 and the opposite end of said strap is adj ustabl y secured to the other staple through the medium of the loop and buckle 13. The device is thus rendered adjustable for fitting wrists of diflerent sizes. For this I purpose the staples 10 may be mounted at any desired point on the support. 1

.It' 's to be understood, of course, that the support 1 may be formed of any desired material such as vulcanite, celluloid or wood,

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