US2060641A - Method for finishing garnish moldings - Google Patents

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Nov. 10, 1936. c. P. SHAW 2,060,641

METHOD FOR FINISHING-GARNISH MOLDINGS Filed March 28, 1936 IN V ENTOR.

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Application March 28, 1936, Serial No. 71,528

9 Claims. (CL 101-35) Garnish moldings or frames such as are commonly used in automobiles are largely furnished in wood grained designs or an imitation of the wood grain and owing to the irregular shape of 5 these and the cross section, care must be exercised where the entire finish is of a wood grain design in order to avoid overlaps or in order to secure a matchingof the grain applied to different surfaces or zones of the frame by succeed:

in ing steps.

It is the main objects of this invention,

First, to provide a garnish molding or the like with an attractive finish which can be economi cally anduniformly produced.

15 Second, to provide a method of finishing garnish moldings and the like in which adjacent surfaces may be finished with different designs without blurring oroverlapping of either design and giving the appearance of two strips or pieces 9 of material brought edge to edge.

Third, to provide a method of finishing garnish moldings and likeframes which may be practiced by relatively .unskilled workmen with uniformity of results.

25 Fourth, to provide an apparatus for use in the applying of ornamental coatings to garnish moldings and the like which enables high production with desirable and very uniform results.

Objects relating to details. will appear from 30 the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

85 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a garnish mold-- ing or frame 'forthe rear window of an automobile.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view illustrating the step of applying a grained coating or grain de- 40 sign coating to the inner surface of a window frame or garnish molding.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 4 of one form or apparatus for practicing certain steps of my method.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. v I

Fig; 5 'is a sectional perspective view illustrating the molding after the wiping step. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view show- 50. ingthe molding after the finish coating'design has been applied to the wiped surface.

Fig. '7 is a plan view illustrating the steps of applying the ornamental coating to the wiped surface.

illustrating an automatic operating machine for wiping and applying the coating to the wiped surface. I

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the molding before the wiping step. 4 5

In the accompanying drawing, no attempt has been made to show the parts in their relative dimensions andcertain of the views are largely of diagrammatic character.

Referring to thedrawing, the frame or garnish 10 molding I is of channel cross section having an inner surface 2, a face surface 3 and an inner side flange 4. Commonly, the surface of the flange 4 is not exposed, so that its finish is not important.

It is now quite common practice to finish the surfaces 2 and 3 with wood grain coatings or wood grain designs and owing to the angular relation of these surfaces it is difiicult to apply the coatings so that they do not overlap, thus resulting in a smudgy appearance, or so that they meet completely-in either, case requiring hand work or retouching to secure an acceptable finish.

The grain design coating is applied by means of a transfer roller 5 formed of suitable resilient composition such as printing roll composition,. the roller having handles 6 at each end for manipulation. The design is picked up from a suitably inked printing plate, the design being indicated on the roller at I. This'grain design coating is applied to the inner surface 2 of the molding by passing the roller around the inner surface, resulting in a grain design coating 8 on the frame as indicated in Figs. 1, 5 and 6.

In applying the grain design coating to the surface 2, it is quite impossible to-maintain a straight line or edge for the coating adjacent the surface 3. Necessarily, portions of the irregular margin of the grain 'design will overlap onto surface 3 as designated by reference numeral 80 in 40 Fig. 9. Therefore, as a second step of my method, I-wipe the surface3 by pass ng thereover a resiiient cleaning roller equipped th means for keeping it clean, a resilient roller of the composition used for applying the coating being suitable for the purpose, such roller being indicated at 9 in Fig; 3. The roller 5, suitably cleaned, may be used as the wiping roller, but I have, for convenience, designated the roller by another numeral. To accomplish this step, the'work or molding I is laid upon a suitable bed or table I0 and the roller 9 translated across the same with uniform pressure, the roller with itscleaning mechanism being preferably carried in a carriage H by traveling on rails I2 at the side of the table. rigs cleans the surface I and picks up any ink that overlaps thereon, bringing the edge of the coating 0 to a straight edge It-see Figs. 5 and 6, Fig. 5 being intended to show the molding after the wiping operation. I

r I then apply to the surface 3 a coating or symmetrical pattern indicated at llin Figs. 1 and 6, this pattern being approximately symmetrical throughout. This surface 3 is coated by passing the roller across a suitably inked plate, then passing the roller across the surface 3 in Fig. 5. This may be accomplished by placing the roller in the carriage H and by holding the carriage down upon the tracks. Uniform pressure is applied to the roller so that its design is applied to the surface 3 and brought to the meeting line It with the previously applied coating 8 so that the two coatingsare brought edge to edge without substantial overlap and retouching is unnecessary or substantially eliminated with reasonable care in the following of the successive steps.

The design or pattern of the coatings ll being approximately symmetrical-that is, a two-way pattem-it may be applied by passing the transfer roller across the frame or molding as indicated in Fig. 7, the applied design being approximately symmetrical "throughout as well as beingbrought into edge to edge relation to the grain design.

This produces a very attractive finish and one having the appearance of two materials brought edge to edge, one having a grain design and the other a formal or symmetrical design. This results in a substantial reduction in the cost of applying the ornamental finish and enables the obtaining of uniform results with relatively unskilled workmen.

cle is highly attractive in appearance.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 8, the molding or work is laid upon a conveyor l5, being secured thereon by the clips or clamps l6 and is translated or carried past a pair of wiping rollers i1 equipped with cleaning mechanisms or doctors l'lll which wipe the surface 3 and brin the previously applied coating to a straight edge. It is then brought into contact with the transfer roller i8 coacting with the cylinder plate lflwhich in turn coacts with the ink transfer roller 20 to which ink is applied by the ink roller 2!. In this embodiment, the wiping and printing or coating operations for the surface 3 are entirely automatic, the work being clamped upon the conveyor i5 and thereby translated through the wiping and printing or transfer rollers.

I have illustrated certain apparatus for prac- As stated, the finished arti-.

ticingmy method partially in conventional form, but it is believed that this disclosure will enable the construction of a suitable apparatus either in automatic or hand operated machines or apparatus. I have not attempted to illustrate and describe the various modifications and adaptations which I contemplate as it is believed that this disclosure will enable those skilled in the art to practice not only the methodbut to provide suitable apparatus for the practice thereof. Having thus described my .invention, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The method .of p and the like having meeting surfaces includin ;the steps of passing over one of the surfaces a resilient-transfer roller for applying an ornamental grained coating to such surface, passing over an adjacent surface a resilient cleaning roller whereby such surface is wiped and the finishing garnish moldings previously applied grained coating is brought to a substantially straight edge, and passing a resilient transfer roller over the wiped surface for applying a symmetrical pattern coating to such wiped surface whereby the coatings on the two surfaces are brought into edge to edge straight-line relation.

2. The method of finishing garnish moldings and the like having meeting surfaces including the steps of passing over one of the surfaces a, resilient transfer roller for applying ,an ornamental irregular patterned coating to such surface, passing over an adjacent surface a resilient cleaning roller whereby such surface is wiped and the previously applied coating is brought to a substantially straight edge, and passing a resilient transfer roller over the wiped surface for applying a symmetrical patterned coating to such wiped surface whereby the coatings on the two surfaces are brought'into meeting edge to edge relation.

3. The method of finishing garnish moldings and the like having meeting surfaces including the steps of passing over one of the surfaces a resilient transfer roller for applying an ornamental coating to such surface, passing over an adjacent surface a resilient cleaning roller whereby 'such surface is wiped and the previously applied coating is brought to a substantial- 1y straight edge, and passing aresilient' transfer roller over the wiped surface for applying a coating to such wiped surface whereby the coatings on the two surfaces are brought into meeting edge to edge relation.

4. The method of finishing frames of angular cross section including the steps of applying a grained coating' to the interior surface of the frame by means of a resilient transfer roller, passing a resilient wiping roller across a side surface of the frame with substantially uniform pressure whereby the grained coating is wiped to a substantially straight edge adiacent such surface, and passing a resilient transfer roller having a symmetrical patternthereon over the wiped surface and under substantially the same pressure as that applied to the wiping roller whereby the grained coating and the symmetrical pattern coating are in edge to edge non-overlappin relation.

5. The method of coating objects with designs in parallel relation including the steps of applying a grained coating to one zone by means of a resilient transfer roller, wiping an adjacent zone by passing thereover a resilient wiping roller with substantially uniform pressure whereby the grained coating is wiped to a substantially straight edge adjacent such second zone, and applying a symmetrical pattern coating to the wiped zone by means of a resilient transfer roller under substantially the same pressure as that applied to the wiping roller whereby the grained coating and the symmetrical pattern coating are in edge to'edge non-overlapping relation.

6. The method of coating objects with designs in parallel relation including the steps of applying a coating to one'zone, wiping an adjacent zone by passing thereover a resilient wiping roller with substantially uniform pressure whereby the applied coating is wiped to a substantially straight edge adjacent such second zone, and applying a coating to the wiped zone by means of a resilient transfer roller under substantially the same pressure as that applied to the wiping roller whereby the coatings are in edge to edge non-overlapping relation.

7. The method of finishing frames of angular cross section including the steps of applyin a coating to the interior surface of the frame, wiping a side surface of the frame by passing thereover a resilient wiping roller whereby the previously applied coating is brought to a substantially straight edge adjacent such side surface, and applying a coating to such side sureingthe steps of applying a grained coating to one surface of the molding, wiping an adjacent surface of the molding by passing thereover a resilient roller whereby the grained coating is brought to a substantially straight edge adjacent said second surface, and applying a symmetrical pattern coating to said second surface by means of a resilient transfer roller whereby the grained coating and the symmetrical pattern coating are in edge to edge non-overlapping relation. I

9. The method of finishing moldings including the steps of applying a grained coating to one surface of the. molding, wiping an adjacent surface of the molding to bring the grained coating to a substantially straight edge adjacent said second surface, and applying a symmetrical pattern coating to said second surface with the two coatings in edge to edge non-overlapping relation.

CHARLES P. SHAW.

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