US189903A

US189903A - Improvement in the methods of mounting show-cards, maps

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Publication number: US189903A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1877-04-24
Anticipated expiration: 1894-04-24

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` W. '.T. QUARRY. METHOD oF MOUNTING. s'HoW-CARDS,'MAPS, m. No. 189,903. Paten-ted April 24, 1817.

N. PETERS, FHTO-UTMOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

have invented a certain new A maps, &c., which have UNITED STATES PATEW WILLIAM J. QUARRY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHODS OF MOUNTING SHOW-CARDS, MAPS, &c.

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 189,903, dated April 24, 1877;

September 1, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. QUARRY, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, and useful Mode Cards, Maps, Charts, Prints, and of which the following is a specificaof Mounting the like, tiOn:

My invention consists in backing cards, been stretched upon frames or stretchers, face inward, with stout straw-board or tarboard, which I cement or glue to ,the back of the stretcher and mounted article.

In the drawing, Figure lis a perspective view of a showcard mounted according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the dotted line .fr as, Fig. l.

A is the frame or stretcher, put together with mitered corners B. C is the showcard, which may be printed or otherwise portrayed upon the paper, cardboard, or other suitable material, and stretched upon the back of the stretcher, face inwardthat is, in so that said face will be surrounded by the stretcher or frame in like manner that a picture-frame sur rounds a picture. The article to be mounted may be backed with muslin before being stretched, if desired. D is the thick straw or tar board hacking, cemented or glued to the back of the stretcher or frame and mounted article. It may be cemented to the entire back of the card, map, or other article, or only to such portion thereof as projects over the stretcher or frame.

The front or Aface of the stretcher or frame may be molded, carved, or otherwise shaped, so as to produce an ornamental effect, while at the same time it serves as a fender or protection for the face ofthe article mounted upon it. But for such mounted article thestraw or tar board backing is the main protection against injury or breakage to which it is frequently liable-as in shipping, when numbers of them are packed in stacks, and rest one against another. holes are punched and cracks occur in cards, Src., mounted upon stretehers in the ordinary waythat is, upon the front thereof, and without backing, save, perhaps, one of Inuslin, the tension to which they are subjected rendering them liable to break upon receiving a slight blow.

By my method of mounting it will be seen the mounted article is fully protected, both in front and near, while having a far more attractive appearance than if mounted in the old manner.

It may sometimes be advisable to cement the article to be mounted to the straw or tar board before stretching upon the frame, as when said article is ot'a very delicate or msy nature; but I usually first stretch the cards, maps, Src., and afterward put on the backing.

Having now fully explained my invention, I claim- In combination with a card, map, chart,

print, or other like article mounted upon a stretcher, with its face inward, so as to be surrounded by the projecting frame, a sheet of stiff straw, tar, or other board glued or cemented to the back of said mounted article, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony ot' which invention I hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM J. QUARRY. Attest: I

GEO. H. KNIGHT, S. B. SPEAK.

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