US1330541A - Blotter - Google Patents

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J. KOMOROUS.

BLOTTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1919.

' 1,330,541 Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH KOIVIOEOUS, OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNGR T0 LPARISIAN ND'VELIY COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATIGN OF ILLINOIS.

BLOTTER.

Application filed May 22, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn KoMoRoUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverside, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Blotters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, more particularly,

to blotters of the variety employing a backing for the strips of blotting material which are held thereon in a manner to permit them to be readily removed therefrom and replaced by others, as desired; and my object, generally stated, is to provide for the production of a relatively inexpensive and desirable construction of blotter structure.

Figure 1 is. a perspective view of a structure embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the pad of blotter strips for cooperation with the backing shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken at the line 3-3 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 4, a broken section taken at the line 44 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrows.

In the construction shown a backing for the blotter structure is represented at 11 this backing, by preference, being constructed of celluloid and formed with inwardly extending flanges 12 on its opposite edges and preferably continuous throughout the length of the backing 11 to afford channels for receiving a portion of a blotter pad such as that represented in Fig. 2. The blotter pad referred to is formed of a strip 13, preferably of relatively stiff material, such as cardboard, of such dimensions that it will enter the channels in the backing 11, provided by the flanges 12, and telescope therewith as shOWn in Fig. 1. The strip 13 carries a plurality of strips 14 of blotting material, secured thereto intermediate the lateral edges of strips 13 and 14 as by staples represented at 15, which serve to hold together the strips above referred to, and at the same time permit of the telescoping of the pad structure with the backing 11 as stated, whereby a new blotter pad may be substituted at will for one that has been used up.

If desired, the strip of material 13 may have any desired ornamental or legendary matter to be exposed to view through the blotter-backing 11 when the latter is transparent, which is an advantage especially Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Serial No. 258,839.

for advertising purposes, the structure as shown permitting the same backing to be used with different blotter pads, the strips 13 of which bear different or the same legendary matter.

Certain of the requisites of a blotter-backing to render it commercially valuable, are economy of structure, lightness, elasticity and adaptability for ornamentation and for the bearing of legendary matter. The use of celluloid as the backing 11 serves to cause the blotter to present these characteristics to a highly desired degree, and it is therefore preferred that celluloid be used as the backing. Furthermore, by making the backing of celluloid it is not only very light in weight, but by reason of its springiness it will return to normal, flat condition even when accidentally bent out of shape, which is very desirable as the blotter should lie in flat condition when in use to insure uniform blotting of the surface to which the blotter is applied.

It will be noted that the strips of blotting paper, in accordance with my improved structure, are of such width that they overlap external surfaces of the flanges 12 0f the backing, this feature being of importance in a structure of this character not only because it permits of the utilization of a blotter surface of relatively large area compared with the backing, but also because it covers over the flanges of the backing, preferably entirely covering these parts, which is particularly desirable where the backing is made of celluloid as the strips of blotting material not only, by reason of the overlapped relation between them and the flanges, tend to prevent the flanges from distorting, but also because they more or less cover up these flanges and hide them, thus making a neater construction. Furthermore, by extending the strips of blotting material over the flanges, as stated, the one using the blotter is apt to more readily center it on the writing to be blotted, especially where the area covered by the writing is as large or larger than the area of the blotting surface.

Various alterations and modifications may be made in the structure shown without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. A blotter structure comprising a back having inwardly extending flanges at opposite edges thereof opening through an end of the backing and forming channels, and a blotter pad formed of a strip of material adapted to telescope with said backing and extend into said channels, and strips of blotter material secured to said first named strip between those edges of the latter which enter said channels and overlapping the surfaces of said flanges exterior of said channels.

2. A blotter structure comprising a back having inwardly-extending flanges at opposite edges thereof opening through an end of the backing and forming channels and a blotter-pad formed of a strip of relatively stifi material adapted to telescope With said backing and extend into said channels, and strips of blotter material secured to said first-named strip between those edges of the latter which enter said channels and overlapping the surfaces of said flanges exterior of said channels.

JOSEPH KOMOROUS.

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