Multi color wells process
OwnerEbbert Franklin Kurnerinventor
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Abstract
A device for applying multi-color designs to wall surfaces or other areas is disclosed. A hand-held paint applying device is utilized in rolling contact with the area to be decorated. The applying device includes a design carrying roller in peripheral contact with an inking roller. The inking roller surface is divided into discrete areas each containing a different color ink (or paint). The application of ink to the various discrete areas on the inking roller is accomplished by means of a color pad (or tray) having its interior divided into corresponding discrete areas to enable the ink roller to be rolled thereover, whereby each different area on the ink roller will consistantly be inked with a predetermined color ink (or paint) contained in the corresponding discrete area in the ink pad.
Claims1
A multi color printing apparatus including in combination:
- a. a multi color ink tray having parallel end and side walls defining a rectangularly shaped closed area, a floor extending normal to said end and side walls, and a plurality of partitions extending normal to said floor and extending longitudinally and transversly within said closed area, said partitions, floor, end and side walls defining closed sub areas, said sub areas comprising printing ink compartments which contain printing ink, the ink in some of said compartments being of different color than the ink in other said compartments;
- b. a cylindrical color pad roller having a surface layer composed of a foam-like ink retentive and ink absorbant material and having the periphery thereof divided by slots therein into a plurality of discrete areas, such that when said surface layer is developed onto a plane, said discrete areas correspond in size, shape and relative location with said sub-areas of said ink tray;
- c. a cylindrical design roller having a design pattern upon the cylindrical surface thereof and having the same diameter and length as the color pad roller;
- d. means for removably positioning said design roller and said color pad roller in side by side relationship with their longitudinal axes parallel to each other and with their outer surfaces in ink-transfering and rotation-transmitting contact with each other, said positioning means supporting each of said rollers for rotation about their longitudinal axes;
- e. each of said design and color pad rollers being provided with notch marks on one end face thereof so that by alignment of said notch marks prior to rotation of the respective rollers, each spot on the periphery of said design roller will, upon rotation of said rollers, contact a predetermined spot on said color pad roller to ensure that the different color inks absorbed in said discrete areas of said color pad roller are constantly transferred to the same design areas;
- f. whereby upon rotation of said color pad roller over, and in contact with said compartments, said ink tray compartments are operative to cooperate with said color pad slots and discrete areas respectively, to consistantly transfer a predetermined color ink contained in said compartments to said discrete areas;
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- g. whereby upon rotation of said design roller periphery in contact with a workpiece the color pad roller will rotate in contact with said design roller and transfer ink to said design roller which will inturn transfer said ink to said workpiece.
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