US1884130A - Desk set - Google Patents

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S. A. NEIDICH oct. 25, 1932.

DESK SET Filed June 6, 1929 Patented Oct. 25, 1932` jf .UNITED STATES PATENT# OFFICE? l- SAMUEL L NEIDICHQ or `anenvsm'rnn PARK, vNEW JERSEY yAppncamnimei;Jantje, 1929. seria; No. 368,892.

My invention relates to Writing implements vand holders therefor, including a base member having recessesto receive such'implements, and particularly such sets wherein the basemember represents a slab of natural mineral, such as an ornamental `stone or an imitation of such stone or an imitation of an ornamental metal such as gold, silver, bronze, etc. The purpose and effect of my invention u are to ,provide a'desk set wherein the base is covered with a film'of lightand cheap material representing yheavy costly material such asabovecontemplated, and to cover the Writing implements or portions thereof with 15 `the same cheap material; so that the'base and writing' implements shall match each other.

K As hereinafter described, such a result is attained by covering both a base formed of cheap material such as wood, and the writing implements or parts thereof, with a cellulose product such as Celluloid, cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate and the like. Such cellulose product manifesting a distinctive pattern either by agregating different kinds, textures, or colors of such material or by dyeing such a cellulose product in selectedv regions to produce the desired pattern.

My invention includes the variousnovel features of procedure and structure herein- 30 after more definitely specified.

In ksaid drawing; Fig. I is a perspective view of a. desk set embodying my invention, including a base and a writing implement matching the base.

Fig. II is a vertical sectional View of the base structure shown in Fig. I.

In said figures; the base structure includes, at the bottom thereof, a block of Wood or other cheap material l, for instance, a mold- 40 ed slab of plaster-of-Paris or other composition such as an aggregate of sawdust and a binding medium. Said bottom base member l is covered with the film 2 of Celluloid or the like presenting a distinctive pattern 4;, structure at its surface, as indicated at 3 in Fig. l. For instance, such pattern may represent the markings of natural onyx, marble, or other mineral, and may be formed by aggregating cellulose products of different uw 5u kinds, textures, or colors, or by merely dyeing such a product in selected regions to produce the desired pattern. s

The upper base member 4,-formed of such cheap material, is similarly covered with the film 5 o'f the cellulose product having dis- 55 tinctive pattern markings 6 matching the i pattern marks 8 aforesaid. y Said base structure includes the writing implement holder 7, which maybe convenientlyformed of metal,including vthe recess a@ 8 adapted to detachably hold a Writing implement, such as the pen holder 9, in position to be readily accessible for removal. Said holder 7 has the covering 11 which is a film of kthe same cellulose product, presenting o;

pattern marks 12 matching themarks 3 and 6 aforesaid.

Said three members l, 4, and 7 of the base structure may be conveniently rigidlycom nected by the screw 14 which engages the 75. threaded socket l5 in said member 7 which n is prevented=-from turning upon the member 4 by the lpin 16 extending from said member 4 into the recess 17in said'member 7. Said screw may have the lock washer L18 'bearing 'la upon the plane washer 19 in the recess2() in said basemember land said recess may be covered by the film 2l yof the same material as the'other 'films aforesaid, so that the means for `connecting the several elements of the e@ base structure are covered and concealed.

Asindicated in Fig. I; the writing implement 9-has films 23 and 24 of the same pattern material covering the different portions thereof; so that said writing implement matches the base structure of the desk set. y

The films Vof cellulose'products aforesaid are` applied in a softened state and altho theyfmay be softened by vrheating them in boiling water,.l prefer to soften them by fsubj ect- 9i* ingl them to the action of a solvent. kFor instance, acetone is ordinarily employed as a solvent for Celluloid and cellulose nitrate, and ethyl acetate, or a mixture of alcohol andether, 'may ybeemployed as solvents for 95 cellulose acetate.V However, Celluloid and the like, when softened with acetone, are sticky and, therefore, I prefer to use a solvent having an adequate softening effect without rendering the surface of the cellulose product 1 sticky and, preferably a cellulose nitrate solvent of high boiling point and low volatility, for instance, derivatives of ethyleneglycol, such as ethylene-glycol-mono-ethylether or ethylene-glycol-mono-ethyl-etheracetate. Such solvents are preferable diluted with more or less of a fluid which has no such softening effect; in order to control such softening effect. Altho any light hydrocarbon such as gasoline or naptha may be used as such a diluent, they are inflammable and it is preferable to use a non-inflammable diluent such as carbon tetrachloride.

For instance, the films shown may be adequately softened in a bath containing twenty percent of acetone and eighty per cent of caron tetrachloride in which they are allowed to scali for forty-eight hours. However, they may be adequately softened in much less time by instantaneous immersion and eniersion with respect to a bath including twenty per cent of ethylene-glycol derivative and eighty per cent of carbon tetrachloride, if they are allowed to rest for, say, ten minutes thereafter for the solvent to penetrate. Thereupon, ordinary Celluloid thus softened may be stretched to four times its original dimensions and be permitted to resume its original shape by its own elasticity, without detriment.

Plane sheets of Celluloid or the like may be thus softened and stretched over the elements l and 4 aforesaid. However, I prefer to form the tubular coverings 11, 23 and 24 by rollingl several convolutions of extremely thin sheets of the cellulose product upon a mandrel while softened with a suitable solvent and then, while in a plastic state, stretching them over the holders 7 .and 9 upon which they contract as the solvent evaporates.

However, asfar as I am aware, it is broad ly new to provide a Jdesk set wherein a cellulose product of the same pattern is used as a covering for a stationary base and a writing implement which is removably supported by such base, so that the base and implement are matched in appearance. Therefore, I do not desire to limit myself'to the precise details of procedure and structure herein set forth, as it is obvious that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the essential features of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

l. In a desk set, the combination with a base, including two distinct blocks, one above the other, respectively covered with films of artificial cellulose material concealing said blocks; of a writing implement holder, including a recess for the point of the writing implement and mounted on said base; means rigidly connecting said base and holder, including a screw extending through both of said blocks and engaging a screw threaded socket in said holder, as a nut; and means distinct from said screw connection, extending between said upper block and holder and preventing rotation of the latter.

2. In a desk set, the combination with a base comprising a bottom block and an upper block, respectively covered with'films of arti- 1 ficial cellulosic material concealing said blocks; of a metallic holder for a writing implement, including a cylindrical recess for the point of the writing implement, and mounted on said base with its axis extending obliquely upward therefrom, and means rigidl connecting said base blocks and holder an including means maintaining the axis of said recess in predetermined angular relation with said base and its surface adapted for contact with the desk.

3. In a desk set, the combination with a base including two primarily separate blocks of cheap material, respectively covered with films of artificial cellulosic material concealing said block; of a holder for a writing iniplement, including a recess for the point of the writing implement, and mounted on said base; means rigidly connecting said base blocks and holder and adapted to prevent relative movement thereof; and a thin cofering of artificial cellulosic material on said base concealing said connecting means.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Burlington, New Jersey, this 31st day of May, 1929.

SAMUEL A. NEIDICH.

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