Improved Apparatus for Frinting or Cementing Cards and the like, and Affixing Samples, Patterns, Specimens, or Pieces of Cloth, Paper, Paint and other substances thereto.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improved Apparatus for Frinting or Cementing Cards and the like,
and Affixing Samples, Patterns, Specimens, or Pieces of Cloth,
Paper, Paint and other substances thereto.
I, JAMES CHALLIS, of "Fernbank," 35, Mildenhall Road, Clapton, London, N.E.,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improved apparatus is intended to facilitate and simplify the process of
affixing small pieces of material to pattern cards and the like.
Pattern cards for paints, cloth, &c. are usually printed with spaces upon which
are afterwards cemented small pieces of the material required to be shown. Fire-
quently very large numbers are affixed to each card and at present these have to
be laid on or arranged singly by hand at great expense of time and labour.
By iny invention the whole of the patterns or pieces are affixed at once.
I make a block, which may be faced with composition, leather, or other suitable
material, with which I deposit a cement on to the surface of the card in the spaces
intended to be occupied by the patterns, by the ordinary process of printing or
otherwise.
I also make a block or box having a number of vertical channels or tubes
corresponding with the spaces on the card, a channel for each space, and of
similar size and shape. Plungers or pistons of equal length are fitted to work
in these channels from the bottom, each plunger projecting below the channel
and resting on or connected with a separate spring which in turn rests upon a
board or block, having a lever or screw attached in such a way as to raise or lower
the plungers all together. A cover is provided for the top of channel box and
held in place by suitable means.
The method of using is to cut up the pieces to be affixed, into the required sizes
and shapes, and insert same into their correct channels face downwards, a large
number of pieces in each channel, the plungers being lowered in order that the
channels may be charged.
The card, printed as before described, with cement, is laid over the channels
so that each wet cemented space falls over a channel, the cover is closed down to
keep card firmly in place, the plungers are raised, bringing the top piece con-
tained in each channel into close contact with the cemented card. The plungers
are then lowered, the cover raised and the card removed with a set of patterns.
adhering to it.
It will be seen that this method of affixing a number of small pieces to a larger
surface is not confined to pattern cards but is capable of wide application, and this
method may be employed in conjunction with and form part of a machine per-
forming the whole process of printing the cards with cement and attaching the
specimens, the cards being fed in and delivered as from an ordinary printing
press or machine.
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page_text: Improved Apparatus for Printing or Cementing Cards and the like,
and Affixing Samples, Patterns, Specimens, or Pieces of Cloth,
Paper, Paint and other substances thereto.
I, JAMES CHALLIS, of "Fernbank," 35, Mildenhall Road, Clapton, London, N.E.,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by.
the following statement:-
My improved apparatus is intended to facilitate and simplify the process of
affixing small pieces of material to pattern' cards and the like.
Pattern cards for paints, cloth &c., are usually printed with spaces. upon which
are afterwards cemented small pieces of the material required to be shown. Fre-
quently very large numbers are affixed to each card and at present these have to
be laid on or arranged singly by hand at great expense of time and labour.
My invention relates to means whereby all patterns pieces are affixed at once.
For this purpose I employ apparatus which I shall describe referring to the
accompanying drawing which is a vertical section.
I provide a block A which has passing through it a number of channels each
of the sectional shape and size of one of the patterns, and each provided with a
plunger B the stem of which passes through a hole in a plate C from which it is
urged upwards by a spring as far as permitted by a collar D. A treadle lever E
is linked to the plate C so as to raise it when the treadle is depressed. To the
block A is hinged a lid F which can be closed down on the block and held by a
suitable catch. By means of a suitable printing block I print on a pattern card or
on a number of them, not with ink but with cement all the parts where patterns
are to be fixed, and I charge all the channels of A with patterns cut to shape
piled one above the other. I then place one of the cards, printed with cement,
on the face of the block A, fold down and fix the lid, and depress the treadle, so
that all the patterns are pushed up, the uppermost in each case adhering to the
card. Thus card after card may have all the patterns attached to it at one opera-
tion. Although I have shewn a treadle lever as a convenient means of raising
the plungers, leaving the hands of the operator free to place and remove the cards,
obviously the plungers might be raised by other means such as a rack and pinion,
or a screw worked by hand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :--
Apparatus for fixing samples on pattern cards, comprising a suitable block for
printing cement in the pattern spaces of the cards and a channeled block with
plungers and lid constructed and operating substantially as described with refer-
ence to the drawings.
Dated this 9th day of Docomhar 1909
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant..