US1997287A - Drawing outfit - Google Patents

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F. ADLER DRAWING OUTFIT April 9, 1935.

Filed March 3, 1934 INVENTOR Hun/(Adi r' %iiNEY Patented Apr. 9,1935 2 7 V r uNi'r -srarss mm cl rics DRAWING OUTFIT Frank Adler, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application March 3, 1934, Serial No. 713,831

Claims. (01. 3e--23 The present invention relates to drawing apsuch as the feet 8 to provide atilt'to the paper 5 paratu's and particularly to an outfit, adapted upon which the drawings are to be made. So as for use by children and art students, including, to retain the cover portion fi of the case in a r in a. box or' container, the necessary pencils, substantiallyupright position means such as the 5 paints, crayons, brushes, paper, eraser, pencil braces l3 may be utilized; Y 15 sharpener and pantograph for use-in reproduce Each portion'5 and 6 of the case may serve to ing a drawing, picture or the like toan enlarged carry and support various items. In this instance scale. 7 .7 j it is preferred that the cover 6 carry a pencil While many kits or. outfits have, in the past, box H and be provided with racks l2 and I3 for been marketed for the useof children and art the respective original drawings or photos M 10 students, and while they were complete as far and the copied enlargements l5. as they went; a very important adjunct was in- The portion 5 of the case is preferably fitted" variably omitted. None of these outfits provided as shown with a tray It for colored pencils, a means whereby enlargements of a photograph or tray ll for crayons, abox of paints-i8 also housing a drawn subjectcouldbe made. brushes, a water dish l9, aneraser tray 28, e15 7 The-present invention, therefore, contemplates pencil sharpener tray 2| and such divers other the provision of a drawing outfit which includes tray'sprecesses, compartments, etc., as may be simple and inexpensive pantograph means for deemed necessary to complete, the utility of the making enlargements. outfit. r i Another important feature of the invention re- These trays, compartments, etc;,- are suitably 2O sides in the provision of a pantograph of the simarranged in the case to provide room in the ple elastic element type which may be proporcenter of one end thereof for a pantograph 22. tioned so enlargement of various degrees may be This pantographis preferably of the type which easily and quickly drawn. employes an elastic member such as the coiled A further object of the invention is the prospring 23 anchored at one end asat 24. 25 vision in an elastic element pantograph of slide, Midway of its length the member 23 is provided means to change the length of one leg of the with a tracing point 25 and at its free end with pantograph in relation to the other and'thereby means such as the socket ZBreceptive of a scriber, being enabled to attain enlargements of varying pencil, or the like 21. sizes. That leg of the member 23 between the tracing 30 Other features and objects of the invention lie point andthe socket 26 may be provided with in the particular improved construction of the one or more sockets 28,29. thereby affording pantograph; in the improved pantograph slide; means whereby enlargements'of lesser size than in the means on the non-adjustable leg of the one made with the scriber or pencil in the socket pantograph element for supporting the scriber 26 may be made.

or pencil intermediate its length; etc. In practise it is preferred that the leg between These advantageous features are accomplished 24 and 25 and the leg between 25 and 26 be by the novel and practical construction, combinasubstantially equal. This provides for a two to. tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter disone enlargement of a subject such as at 30 drawn 4O closed and illustrated in the accompanying drawon the sheet represented at 9a. ing, constituting an essential part of the dis- In order to obtain greater enlargements of closure, and in which: the subject 33 it is necessary to shorten the effec- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a kit or outfit, tive length of the leg 24-25. This may be accomopen and ready for use incorporating features of plished in several ways, one being to provide a the invention. slide 3| movable along a rail 32 so that it may 45 Fig. 2 is a plan view partly broken and to an overlie any desired point of this leg of the memenlarged scale of the pantograph features of the her 23.

invention. The slide-is preferably formed as a saddle 33, Fig. 3 is an end detail section of the pantothe lower ends of whose legs serve to retain a graph slide. spring 34 adapted to impinge against the lower 50 Fig. 4 is a side view thereof. face of the rail and which is provided with amem- Referring to the drawing in greater detail the her 35. adapted to bear'against the member 23. outfit is shown as being carried in a box or case A knob 36 is provided for manipulation and a 7 comprising the portions 5 and 6 hinged at l. pointer 31- is employed to be read in connection The portion 5 is preferably provided with means with the graduations 38. 55

In the drawing (Fig. 2) the pantograph is shown as set to make a two to one enlargement. If it is desired to make a one-and-one-half to one enlargement, the scriber is placed in the socket 29 and this'enlargement would take form on the sheet 39. With the scriber in the socket 28 an enlargement of one and a quarter to one could be made on the sheet 40.

When it is desired to make a two and a half to one, three'to one, four to one or five to one enlargement, it' is only necessary to raise the knob 36 and move theslide 3| so its pointer 31 aligns with the desired graduation38. Upon release of the knob the member 23 will be pinched by the member 35 of the slide so the proper cause pressure of said saddle carried means on effective length of the leg 24- Z5 is obtained.

When out of use the scriber or pencil 21 may be inserted in a clip such as 41 for neatness and compactness.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple device'for the purpose has been disclosed in the preferred form ofits embodiment, but it is not desired to restrict the details to the exact construction'shown it being obvious that changes, not involving the exercise of invention, may-be made without departing from the scope of 'the appended claims, 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: I

1. In a drawing outfit a pantograph comprising an elastic member anchored at one end to a support, a tracing point fixed on the elastic member intermediate the ends thereof, a pencil socket at the other end and slide clamp means associated with the elastic member and cooperating with the support to vary the effective length of the elastic member between its anchorage and the tracing point.v

2. In a drawing outfit a pantograph comprising an elastic member anchored at one end, a tracing point midway of the length of the, elastic member, a pencil socket at the other end and means to shorten the effective length of the elastic member between its anchorage and the tracing point said means comprising a rail, and a slide slidably engaged with and movable along the rail and adapted to bear against a portion of the clastic member to clamp it to the rail.

3. A slide for varying the effective length of one leg of a pantograph having an elastic member and a graduated, rail, comprising a saddle slidably mounted on the rail, means carried by the saddle adapted to bear against a selected portion -0f the elastic member, spring means to said elastic member and knob means to facilitate manipulation of the slide.

4. A slide for varying the efiective length of one leg of a pantograph having an elastic member and a graduated rail, comprising a saddle slidably mounted on the rail, means carried by the saddle adapted to bear against a selected portion of the elastic member, spring means to'cause pressure of said saddle carried means on said elastic member, knob means to facilitate manipulation of the slide, and a pointer on said slide readable in connection with the graduationson the rail.

5. Ida drawing outfit a pantograph comprising an elastic member anchoredat one end, a tracing point fixedly attached to the elastic member intermediate the ends thereof, a pencil socket at the other end and means to shorten the effective length of the elastic member between its anchorage and the tracing point, said means comprising'a rail, and an element slidable on said railadapted to clamp the elastic member to the rail at selected points.

' FRANK ADLER.

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