US850150A - Mechanical card. - Google Patents

Description

No. 850,150. PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

L. H. GLAZIER. MECHANICAL GARD.

APPLICATION FILED 0UT.1B, 190B.

i-W Atty"k UNITED STATES P ATEN I. OFFICE.

LOUIS HIGLAZIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR TO J OTTMANN LITHO GRA PHING C O .,-OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MECHANICAL CARD-- To all Z whom it concern.- Be it known that I, LoUIs H. GLAZIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of- New York, have invented anew and useful Mechanical Card, of which the following is 'a specification, accompanied by drawings.

M invention relates to improvements in mec anical cards; and the objects of the invention are to improve ,upon the construction of such devices, whereby .the cards may be made out of one piece of cardboardor the like-and adapted to be folded without other means, a part of thecard being used as a spring to assist in the operation of the same.

To the accomplishment of these objectsand such others as may hereinafterappear, the invention. comprises the'novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

-Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a mechanical card, representing a woman washing clothes. 2 is a front view of a blank, showing 1 unfolded. Fig.3 isa front view of a mechanical card which shows two pictures, one at a time, as i the card is operated. Fig. 4 is'a blank, showing .3 unfolded." Fig. 5'is afront view of a mec anical card, representing the face of a man ,whose eyes and tongue move when the cardis' operated. Fig. 6 1s a blank, showing part ofa man s face whose eyes move as the Fig; 5. unfolded. 7 is afront view of a card is operated. Fi 8 is a blank,'showing 7 un folded; an ig. 9-15 a side-view .showingfthe operatic I of the mechanical card.'

The blankA is prefeiablyia iece of cardboard or other siinilarm teria divided'into threesections C, D, and theiniddle section D being'the' front of the card, over which the sections E andOare folded,t he same beinglocked together b meims-offthe tenon F and the slit G,'-"as .s own in Fig.1. .glhe

two sections 0 and E are suitably decorated.

have, shown a woman washingl not to limit-myself t In this case they repiresent a womanwashing clothes, the tongue be p I resent" a washboard, w e the top of t e '5 washtub is drawn about theslit e. While I clothes, do ereto, .as the Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed at... 13,1900. seen Ho. seam.

decorated to re L atente'd April 16, 1907,

cards may be decorated in any other suitable 'manner as desired. I Bdy referring to Fig. 9 the o eration of the car is sh section or front I) acts as a spring to. return the card to a fiat or normal position.

In Fig. 4 the blankH is cutsomewhat similar to the blank A, as shown in Fig 2, and is preferably divided into three sections J, K,

own, the same being eld at the top and bottom between the tips of the fin ers and thumb, and on being pressed the mi dle and L, the middle section K being-the front of the card, over which the sections J and L are folded, as heretofore; but in this case the section L is rovided with a hole q and with tenOn-fla s and N, which are adapted to be folde over the back of the section L, the same being held together by means ofthe tenon O, which fits into the slit P. The sections J and L are then folded, so that the section J is inserted in the pocketformed by the section L and the flaps M and N. The oppositeside of the section J .can bedecorated with one or more pictures, as desired,

pressed, as shown in Fig. 9, different pictures and as the top and bottom of the" card are will be shown as the pictures pass the hole'g,

as shown inFig. 3.- I y In Fig. 6 the blank Q is cut into three sections R, S, and T in the same manner as before described in reference to Fig. 2 and Fig.

4. The blank'Q in this instance when folded. I has drawn u on thesections R and T the face ofa man, w 0 moves hiseyes and tongueas the card is operated. In a cardof this kind it is found necessary toprovide extra tenons U, which fit into slits V to hold the card. together.

In F' s the blank Wis also divided. into three sections X, Y, and Z. To facilitate'the card being held operatively together, the seetion Xis provided withslits a, through which the tenons b pass, on the opposite sideof' which an eye isdrawn; so that when the card 7 is operated the eyes will move back and forth. It will be seen=from the above-constructed cards that the manner and ways of making the same can be varied greatly, although the middle section,or front of the card must be wider than either, one of-the other sections to permit the front of the card to be operated .as.

a spring, The cards, as shown, are all made from a fiat iece of cardboard and are so made that t ey can be folded and held to-' gether without the assistance of any metal or any other outside fasteners, the front in each case being the means of holding the back of the card together, and at the same' time the front is used .as a spring for operating the card The card when completed is flat and can be used for any kind of advertising matter or for comic ictures that can be sent through the mail without danger of the same coming to pieces in transit.

While my invention has been described with particular reference to details of construction, it should be understood that it is not to be limited thereto, as many and various changes, alterations, and substitutions may be made therein. and still fall within the sco e and principle; but

- at I do claim,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In'a mechanical card, a blank folded into three sections, and means for holding said sections operatively together, whereby the middle section may be used as a springto operate said card.

2. In a mechanical card, a blanlr foldedlonger than either one of the other sections to permit the middle section to be used as a v spring and means for holding operatively together.

In testimony whereof said sections I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribmg witnesses.

Louis H. GLAZIER.

Witnesses:

Leo J MATI'Y. 01in A. FOSTER.

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