US765336A - Artist's palette and attachments. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JULY 19, 1904.

T. S. FOX. ARTISTS PALETTE AND ATTACHMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented July 19, 1901.

PATENT OEEIcE.

ARTISTS PALETTE AND ATTACHMENTS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,336, dated July 19, 1904.

Application filed May 23,1903. Serial No. 158,401- (No model.)

T0 all whom, it nway concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. Fox, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artists Palettes and Attach- .ments Therefor, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in I artists palettes and attachments therefor, and

particularly to a means whereby certain quickdrying materials may be prevented from hardening upon the palette andmay be'kept in a moist and workable condition until they are finally used.

Certain materials, including various colors-blacks, whites, &c.-such as are put up in color-tubes for artists use, harden very quickly and once dried are practically insoluble in water at atmospheric temperatures. For instance, shellac is not soluble in water ordinarily, but in certain proportions boiled with borax in water the whole mass remains in a fluid or semifluid conditionuntil the water evaporates. hen the mixture of the above is ground with a pigment to form a paint and spread for use upon a palette of ordinary construction, a film or scum will quickly form upon the exposed surface, which is practically insoluble in water at ordinary temperatures and which will not only interfere greatly with the free use of the brush, but will also result in a great waste of material. This very feature of insolubility in water of such color mixture is, however, exceedingly valuable in certain methods of painting, and the main object of this present invention is to provide a palette which will prevent a rapid drying and waste of material and be simple and compact in form and adapted for use for the various different forms of artists colors put up in tubes.

To these ends my invention consists, first, in the employment of a reservoir upon the upper side of a palette, such reservoir having an inlet-opening adapted to receive the threaded end of an artists color-tube and adischargeopening provided with a movable cut-off, in

the provision of a plurality of such devices and a separate cap or cover for each, in the provision of a hinged portion or extension to the palette proper for supporting the reservoirs and color-tubes whereby the same may be closed up for economy of space, in the provision of an absorbent surface in combination with a rigid backing for the palette proper, in the provision of a pad of absorbent material between the absorbent surface and the rigid backing, in a shallow tray adapted to retain fluid in or the palette as a whole may be arranged so that leakage of moisture away from the pad or absorbent surface may be prevented, and in certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will hereinafter appear.

which the absorbent material 3 I will now proceed to describe my invenervoirs connected to a hinged portion or extension of the palette proper. Fig. 2 is a view in central transverse section therethrough, with the hinged top or cover shown in side elevation. Fig. 3 shows a transverse sectional view through the same with the hinged portion of the palette closed down and the top orcover of the tray also in closed position.

Fig. 4 is a detail front view of one of the reservoirs with a color-tube connected thereto, showing also a portion of the palette in transverse section. Fig. 5 is a view in vertical transverse section of the reservoir. taken at right angles to Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail view in perspective of a tray supporting a pad and absorbent facing, the tray itself forming the rigid palette-backing. Fig. 7 shows a detail View in section of a form of pad employed having a wire-mesh support.

In caring for the class of material proposed to be used upon my improved palette I aim, first, to prevent undue exposure of more material than is absolutely necessary, and particularly to avoid the drying out of the matcrial in the neck of the tube, and, second, to maintain the material upon the palette proper in a moist condition until it is finally used. To attain the former, I provide a reservoir upon the upper side of the palette, which is adapted to receive the threaded end of the color-tube and which is provided with a discharge-opening having a movable cut-off, so that after a certain quantity has been discharged through the opening the cut-off may close same and prevent evaporation of the moisture from any portion of the material not discharged. To attain the latter, I provide an absorbent surface to the palette and maintain the same in a moist condition.

In the present embodiment of my invention I have provided a palette comprising a portion a, which I term the palette proper, and a portion Z), which is an extension thereof and hinged to the main portion by means of hinges c. The portion 6 carries a plurality of color-reservoirs (Z and serves as a means for attaching them to the palette proper. Said reservoirs are each provided with a dischargeopening 0 and a receiving-opening f, internally screw-threaded to receive the externallyscrew-threaded neck of a color-tube g, such as is ordinarily employed by artists at the present day. A movable cut-ofi' Z2, is provided for the discharge-opening, such being shown in the present instance in the form of a pivoted gate, but which may be of any convenient form and construction. j

When a color-tube is fitted to the receiving-opening of the color-reservoir and the cut-oil h is open, material may be forced from the said tube out through the dischargeopening 0 onto the palette, and when a sufiicient quantity is so forced out the cut-off may be closed over the discharge-opening, so that only the material actually on the palette will be exposed to the air and liable to evaporation.

Each individual color-reservoir is provided with an individual cap or cover '11, adapted to entirely inclose the reservoir and color-tube, so that when an individual color is not em ployed its tube and reservoir may have the additional protection of the cap to prevent access of air thereto. The ends of the caps or covers 2' may conveniently be received in grooves q in the portion Z), arranged to receive them. The extended portion Z) of the palette being hinged to the main portion may be swung around so as to close the parts up into compact form, as shown in Fig. 3.

I provide an absorbent facing for the color when spread upon the palette, which for purposes of cleaning and other convenience I removably attach to a rigid backing. The absorbent facing may conveniently be comprised in a sheet of chamois-skin which may be maintained in position upon the rigid backing Zr) by means of clasps p or in any other suitable manner, as may be desired. A single sheet of chamois-skin may not always be sufiicient to retain enough moisture, and hence I may provide several sheets therefor, or I may provide a separate pad under the Chamois-skin facing and the rigid backing, composed of asbestos or other suitable material, as shown at Z in the drawings, and in order to prevent this asbestos pad from becoming disturbed or dis- ,arranged I may employ a wire-mesh screen on, within which it may be inclosed.

The whole palette may conveniently be received within a shallow tray n, so that surplus moisture from the absorbent material j or the pad Z will not run away nor will the device wet or soil the support upon which it is temporarily placed. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 I have shown the tray as provided with a hinged top 0, so that the whole device may be closed up into an exceedingly compact form.

If desired, the rigid backing of the palette proper may itself be constructed in the form of a shallow tray, as is illustrated in detail in Fig. 6, the bottom of the tray constituting the rigid backing for the absorbent material I placed thereabove. In such case the sides may be sufficient to retain the absorbent material in place without recourse to mechanical appliances, such as the clasps It will be obvious that the foregoing is but one embodiment of my invention and that the same is capable of many and varied modifications within the spirit and scope of my invention, and, further, that certain parts may be employed in connection with other parts of difi'erent construction. Hence I do not desire to be limited only to the precise details of construction 'and combination of parts herein.

WV hat I claim is- 1. A palette comprising a main portion and an extension hinged thereto, the said extension provided with means for receiving the threaded end of a color-tube.

2. A palette comprising a main portion and an'extension hinged thereto, the said extension provided with a color-reservoir havinga discharge-opening and an opening for receiving a color-tube.

3. A palette comprising a main portion and an extension hinged thereto, the said extension provided with a color-reservoir having a discharge-opening in its side wall and a screwthreaded opening in its upper end for receiving a color-tube.

4:. In a palette attachment the combination with a color-reservoir having means for attachment to a palette and having an opening above its base and above the point of attachment to the palette for receiving a color-tube,

and having also a discharge-opening, of a movable cut-off for closing the said dischargeopening.

5. In a palette attachment, the combination with a color-reservoir having means for attachment to a palette and having a dischargeopening in its side Wall, and an opening in its upper end for receiving a color-tube, of means carried by the reservoir for closing the said discharge-opening.

6. In a palette attachment, the combination with a color-reservoir having means for attachment to a palette and having a dischargeopening in its side wall, and a screw-threaded opening in its upper end for receiving a colortube, of a movable cut-off for closing the said discharge-opening.

7 The combination with apalette, ofa colorreservoir thereon, having a discharge-opening in its side wall, and a receiving-opening in its upper end; and a movable cut-off for said discharge-opening.

8. The combination with a palette, of a colorreservoir thereon, having a discharge-opening in its side wall, and a screw-threaded opening in its upper end to receive the screwthreaded head of a color-tube; and a movable cut-off for said discharge-opening.

9. In a palette attachment the combination with a color-reservoir having an opening for receiving a color-tube and having a dischargeopening, of a cap or cover arranged to completely inclose the said reservoir and the colortube, when secured in position therewith.

10; The combination with a palette of a colorreservoir thereon having an opening for receiving a color-tube and a discharge-opening,

of a cap or cover fitted thereto and arranged to completely inclose the said reservoir and the color-tube, when secured in position therewith.

11. The combination with a palette of a plurality of color-reservoirs, each having a discharge-opening and a screw-threaded opening for receiving a color-tube, and each provided with a movable cut-off, of a plurality of individual caps or covers each arranged to completely inclose a single reservoir and its respective color-tube.

12. An artists palette comprising a rigid backing, of substantially non-absorbent material, and a facing of chamois-skin removably secured thereto.

13. In an artists palette, the combination with a rigid and substantially non-absorbent backing, of a facing composed of chamois-skin, and means removably retaining said facing in position upon said backing.

14. In an artists palette, the combination with a rigid and substantially non-absorbent backing, of 21 facing composed of absorbent material and an asbestos pad arranged between said absorbent facing and said rigid backing, said pad and facing removably supported in position upon said backing.

15. In an artists palette, the combination with a rigid and substantially non-absorbent backing, of a facing composed of chamois-skin and an asbestos pad betweeen said facing and said backing, said facing and said pad removably supported upon said backing.

16. In an artists palette, the combination with a rigid and substantially non-absorbent backing, of a facing composed of absorbent material, an asbestos pad between said facing and said backing, anda perforated metallic screen inclosing said asbestos pad.

17.- The combination with a tray adapted to hold liquid, of a palette-facing composed of chamois-skin removably supported within said tray. 7

18. The combination with a tray adapted to hold liquid, of a palette-facing composed of chamois-skin, and an absorbent pad between said chamois-skinand said tray, said chamoisskin and said in said tray. 7

19. The combination with a tray adapted to hold liquid, of a palette-facing composed of chamois-skin and an asbestos pad between said Chamois-skin and said tray, said chamois-skin and said pad removably supported within said tray.

20. The combination with a tray adapted to hold liquid, of a rigid and substantially nonabsorbent palette-backing remo vabl y supported therein, and a palette-facing composed of absorbent material removably supported upon said rigid backing.

THOMAS S. FOX. Witnesses:

C. F. GARRINGTON, A. J. MoL'rnR.

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