US2050795A - Decalcomania paper and transfer - Google Patents

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ug. 11, 1936. F w. HUMPHNER 2,050,795

DECALCOMANIA PAPER AND TRANSFER Filed May 4, 1955 2 sheets-sheet 1 3 g NJ Lacuer Aug. 11, 1936.

F. w. HuMPl- INER DECALCOMANIA PAPER AND TRANSFER 2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed May 4, 1935 I l I I I ...J

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Patented ug. l1, 1936 2,050,795 DECALCOMANIA PAPER AND TRANSFER Ferdinand W. Humphner, Oak Park, to Mid-States Gummed Paper Ill., assigner Co., Chicago,

Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application May 4, 1935, Serial No. 19,875

8 Claims.

This invention relates to decalcomania paper and transfers and more particularly to a decalcomania product having a continuous film body adapted to be broken up into segments upon the moistening of the paper base.

An object of the invention is to provide a decalcomania paper or transfer which is so constructed as to permit ready separation of a main or continuous body into individual transfers when the paper .base is moistened. A further object is to provide a decalcomania transfer having a lacquer body thereon, means being provided for breaking up the lacquer body into separate preformed segments when the lacquer body is freed from the base. A further object is to provide a lacquer body which may be equipped with prints or designs, said lacquer body being provided with weakened lines along which the body breaks when the lacquer is freed from the paper base. Other specific' objects and advantages will appear as the specification proceeds.

'Ihe invention is illustrated, in preferred ernbodlments, by the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a broken plan View of a decalcomania product embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a broken sectional view, the section being taken as indicated in line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a broken sectional'view illustrating a modified form of the invention; Fig. 4, a perspective-view of a tablet or book containing a decalcomania product illustrating another form of my invention; Fig. 5, a broken sectional view, the section being taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6, a plan view of a modified form of the invention.

Referring to the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I prefer to employ a large paper sheet of suitable composition which may, if desired, be coated with a starch layer. Upon the paper or starch may be placed a suitable gum or. watersoluble adhesive. The gum is preferably fractured to prevent non-curling. Upon the gum layer is placed a body or layer of lacquer which extends completely-over the strip to provide a surface upon which prints may be placed.

I have found that the continuous lacquer body, as described above, can be employed while at the same time, providing segmental areas upon which special designs, such as stamp designs, may be placed, the areas supporting'the designs being readily detachable, by forming across the top of the lacquer body a series of intersecting lines produced by the application of suitable solvents. The line areas may be formed by applying the solvents to metal edges and the metal edges then Dibutyl phthalate 15 Monoethyl ether of ethylene glycol 60 To the above, I add nondrying oils of suitable viscosity to form a printing base as required to meet the particular mechanical equipment employed. Various vegetable oils, such as castor oil,

may be employed. The above solution has been found satisfactory as a solvent solution when used with a lacquer formed in accordance with theformula set out in my Patent 1,965,289, which issued July 3, 1934. It will be understood that for different types of lacquers, different types of solvents will be found suitable and such solvents will readily occur to anyone skilled in this art.

In the operation or use of the decalcomania product shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the paper base is` moistened together with the gum layer and the lacquer body, which will, of course, be provided with suitable prints or designs, is then by means of the weakened lines produced by solvents. Ordinarily, the user will slip oi the small segments near one end of the paper and then proceed to slip off additional squares or segments as they are neededjleaving the remainder of the segments intact upon the paper base.

While I have shown in the foregoing paragraphs a preferred method or means for forming weakened line areas in the lacquer body, it will be understood that many other methods may be employed.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, I take a sheet of paper having starch, if desired, and gum thereon, and then emboss or press the gumequipped paper into the shape shown in Fig. 3, the face of the paper being thus provided with a series of pockets or depressions which may be round, rectangular, square, `or of any other desired shape. Next I flow a body of lacquer over broken into separate small bodies lof regular shape the embossed paper to form a top even surface upon which prints may be placed. It will be observed that the lacquer in one of the pockets forms a substantial body adapted to carry a print while the lacquer extending over the raised wall between the depressions is very thin. Thus the p thin sections of lacquer provide weakened lines along which the lacquer body will break. If desired, the thin areas of lacquer may be narrowed to form a narrow dividing line between the lacquer pockets or blocks.

In the operation or use of the product shown in Fig. 3, when the paper and gum is moistened, the' embossed vcharacter ,of the paper tends to disappear to a substantial extent and the lacquer bodies may be readily removed from the base, the lacquer bodies breaking away`from each other along the weakened lacquer lines.

In Figs. 4 and 5, I have shown another form of decalcomania product in whieh.the lacquerbodyis weakened along intersectinglines by cutting through the lacquer-body and also partly through the paper at spaced intervals. Sheets of suchdecalcomania paper are illustrated in Fig. 4 as being secured together in tablet or book form.

Cutting disks, presses vor other suitable mechanical means may be employed to cut through the lacquer body to form the intersecting lines illustrated in Fig. 4.

dicated by the numeral i0. Below the cuts i0, I form at spaced intervals deeper cuts il which extend through the. gum and starch layers and partially into the paper-body.

With the construction shown in Fig. 5, the individual squares or rectangles formedA by the lines I may be removed .lpon the weakening of the gum layer by moistening.` However, if desired. the user may tear oil a portion of the paper itself containing the superposed gum and .lacquer layers, the cuts Il in the paper base permitting the paper to be torn evenly along the .cut lines Il. vThe small paper strip may .then

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, a large' vsheet is constructed as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, except that the weakened areas delineate a figure in the shape of a horseshoe rather than y intersecting lines which formed squares for revenue stamps and otherl designs. The horseshoe construction shown in Fig.- 6 is illustrative of other designs which may be formed by the weakened areas. When the transfer is separated from the base, it may be attached as a body to a surface and then the portion of the transfer about These intersecting lines' which extend through the lacquer body are inand inside the horseshoe may be peeled away to leave only the horseshoe attached to the surface. In other words, the uselof weakened lines permits any type of tlgure to be attached to a surface and portions of the body then removed to leave the iigure in sharp outline on the surface.

While I have described a specific form of paper and lacquer combination, it will be understood thatv any suitable base and any suitable printcarrying body secured to saidbase by a releasable bond may be employed.

The foregoing detailed description has been.,y

given for clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible, in view oi! the prior art.

I claim: V

1. Decalcomania paper comprising: a pape base, a: water-soluble .adhesive thereon, a lacquer ybody over said adhesive, a solvent for said lacquer body contacting certain spaced areas of said body to form weakened areas therein.

2. Decalcomania paper comprising: a paper base, a water-soluble adhesive' thereon, a lacquer layer over said adhesive, and a solvent and plasticizer contacting said body along certain areas to form separable areas of predetermined shape.

3; Decalcomania paper comprising: a. paper base, a. water-soluble adhesive thereon, a lacquer bcdy over said adhesive, and solvents for said lacquer printed upon the lacquer body to form "weakened lines therein.

4. Decalcomania paper comprising: a paper base, a gum layer thereon, a continuous lacquer body on said gum layer, said lacquer body having weakened areas extending part` Way through the depth of the lacquer body whereby upon the freeing of said lacquer body from said paper base, said lacquer body may be broken into segments of predetermined shape.

5. A decalcomania comprising: a. paper base, a

-gum layer thereon, said base and gum having depressed areas therein, a lacquer body extending over said depressed areas, and prints on the surface of said lacquer over said depressed areas.-

6. Decalcomania paper comprising: a paper base having depressions formed therein, gum over said base, and a lacquer body flowedover the body of said gum and providing a level surface adapted to receive imprints, said lacquer body being relatively thick above said depressions and being relatively thin in the areas between said depressions.

7. Decalcomania paper comprising: a paper base, a. water-soluble adhesive thereon, a lacquer body over said adhesive, and a material contact- 'ing certain spaced areas of said lacquer body to maintain the lacquer in said areas in soft4 and weakened condition. y

8. Decalcomania paper comprising: a base, a water-soluble adhesive, a, continuous lacquer body extending over said adhesive, said body having weakened line areas extending part-way therethrough whereby said body may be broken into segments of predetermined shape upon the softening of said adhesive layer.

FERDINAND W. HUMPHNER.

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