US1582809A - Stenciling apparatus - Google Patents

Description

April 27 1926,

J. D. WHITE STENCILING APPARATUS Filed April '24, 1925 k ATTORNEY WITNE 1 WM Patented Apr. 27, 1926.

TEE

EA'ETENT QFFEQE,

JOHN DOUGLAS WHITE, VJICHITA FALLS, "JIEKAfi, ASSIGIIOR OF FORTY-NINE ONE- l-IUNDBEDTl-IS T0 W'ALTER THUR/MAN SADLER, OF JTICEITA FALLS, TEXAS.

STENCILING APPARATUS.

Application filed April 24, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN Dons-ms Vi-urn, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vichita Falls, in the county of lVichita and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stenciling Apparatus, of which the following is specification.

This invention relates to kits for sign and show card writers and has for its object the provision of a novel apparatus by means of which merchants and others may easily produce signs, showcards, price tickets and the like needed in the conduct of their business, the apparatus embodying a combination of elements and devices which will permit this work to be done satisfactorily and in fact artistically by unskilled persons.

An important object is the provision of an apparatus or kit of this character embodying a plurality of selected usable stencils adapted to be laid upon the pa oer, cardboard or the likeso that the letters necessary to form the desired showcard, sign or the like may be readily made.

Another object is the provision of a kit or apparatus of this character in which all the stencils carrying or formed with the cut out letters of a certain style or type are arranged in a pack, the pack being so bound as to permit any selected leaf to be swung into operative relation to the paper, cardboard or the like to be painted upon.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character in which the stencils are provided with cut out tie portions adapted to be brought over the island portions of a previously stenciled letter whereby the letter may be completed.

An additional object is the provision of an apparatus f this character which will be very simple and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to use, positive in action, efficient and durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Serial No. 25,632.

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the device in View,

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the stencil board, showing the operative position of the straight edge and holder ther on,

Figure 3 is an end elevation showing the straight edge swung into its inoperative position against an edge of the stencil boar-d,

Figure 4- is a fragmentary plan view of the stencil board and holder,

Figure 5 is an elevation, parts being broken away showing the cabinet assembled,

The figure is an elevation of one complete stencil and a portion of another flexibly connected therewith.

In carrying out the invention I provide a plurality or pack ofstencil sheets desi nated by the numeral 28, each sheet being preferably provided with a plurality of letters 29 which are cut out in the customary manner and which are necessarily left with island portions 80 as is necessary in stencil construction. Obviously, the letters, figures or any other designs may be of any desired size, shape and type depending upon the needs of the individual using the device. All of the stencil sheets 28 in a pack are bound together as for instance by means of flexible connectors, loops or the like indicated at 31 so that all the sheets of a certain type may be kepttogether and separation or loss prevented. However, it will be readily apparent that these clips, connectors, loops or whatever else they may be called will permit movement of the sheets so that any desired one may be brought into play when use is desired. It should also be specified that the stencil sheets 28 may be provided with cuts or marks indicated at 32 designed to cooperate with similar marks 33 on the bar 24 whereby to facilitate spacing the letters in a sign 'or show-card.

An important feature in the construction of the stencil plates 28 is the provision of auxiliary openings 34 so located as to be capable of being brought into registration with the island portions so thatafter a letter has been stenciled the stencil plate may be moved lengthwise to bring these auxiliary openings over the islands whereupon the islands may be painted over to effect completion of the letters.

In the use of the device, a sheet of paper, cardboard or the like to be drawn or painted on is laid upon a table or other suitable support. The desired stencil sheet 28 is then swung out of the pack and laid in position upon the sheet. hen the desired letter has been brought into the proper position the operator takes a brush, dips it into the desired pigment and paints the letter through the cut-out 29 in the stencil sheet. Subsequently to this, the stencil sheet is shifted to the left to bring the auxiliary openings 8 L into registration with the islands or previously unpainted portions so that these portions may also be painted to effect completion of the letter. After one letter has been made the next successive letters are made in exactly the same manner until the entire sign or showcard is completed.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provided a simply constructed, inexpensive and very useful device for the purpose specified which will enable even unskilled persons to make show-cards, signs and the like in a Very satisfactory and pleasing manner.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, constuction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described the invention, 1' claim:

1. A stencil pack comprising a plurality of flexibly and pivotally connected sheets, each sheet being formed with a plurality of cutout letters, the cutting to define the letters being interrupted at points to define island portions, the sheet being further provided with openings spaced from but aligning with said island portions.

2. A stencil comprising a sheet of material having a cutout portion therein delining a letter, the cutting being only partial to leave integral portions at certain points in the letter for strengthening the structure by pro 'iding island portions, the sheets having openings adapted to be brought, upon longitudinal movement of the sheet, over the point previously located beneath said island portions.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, a stencil sheet provided with openings defining a letter, the openings being spaced apart and leaving island portions, the sheets being further provided with auxiliary portions adapted to be broughtover unpainted spaces left in letters painted through said first named openings, whereby said island portions may be painted.

in testimony whereof I affix my signature.

J OHN DOUGLAS VJHITE.

Images