Color selecting apparatus

• US 4,973,253 A
• Filed: 12/20/1989
• Issued: 11/27/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles W. Pelly Designworks Inc.
• Original Assignee: SOI Charles W Perry Design Works Incorporated
• Inventors: Johnson, Andrew J., Nuovo, Frank S., Paula, Kyle S., Shook, Lynn H., Lucir, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Healey, Rachel M.
• Application Number:
  US07/453,697
• Time in Patent Office: 342 Days
• Field of Search: 434/104, 434/102, 434/101, 434/98, 434/96, 434/404, 40/495, 116/234, 116/294
• US Class Current: 434/104
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/522 circular colour charts
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0023 Colour matching, recognition, analysis, mixture or the like

Abstract

A color indicating apparatus which comprises a plurality of concentric overlappingly arranged discs which are rotatably mounted on a pivot post which is carried by a base. Each disc is basically transparent and includes a plurality of windows with each window being colored to a certain percentage of screening. Each disc is a certain primary color with there normally being utilized four in number of discs with there being four primary colors. Mounted on the base is a locking device which is to be movable to engage with the peripheral edge of the overlapped discs so as to lock the discs when located in a selected position. The visually observable color of each window within the outer disc will assume various shades as determined by the color density of the overlapped windows.

Claims

1. A color selecting apparatus comprising:

a base;

a plurality of discs, each said disc being constructed of a transparent material, said disc being mounted on said base in a concentric overlapping arrangement, each said disc having a center hold, a pivot post mounted on said base, each said center hole connecting with said pivot post, each said disc being rotatable on said pivot post;

each said disc being divided into a plurality of windows, said windows of each said disc being of a particular primary color, each said disc being of a different primary color, said windows of said disc being arranged sequentially in a series of various contrasts, locating a said window of one said disc upon a said window of another said disc produces a particular shade of color and moving said windows to different overlapping positions produces different shades of color; and

a locking means for fixing the established position of said discs on said base so said windows of said disc align in their overlapped arrangement, said locking means being mounted on said base, said locking means being movable to an unlocked position, said unlocked position permitting free rotation of said discs relative to said base, each said disc having a peripheral edge, a plurality of notches formed within each said peripheral edge said notches of each said disc being spaced apart, said locking means comprising a fixed member and a movable member, said fixed member being fixed to said base, said movable member being slideably movable on said base toward and away from said peripheral edge, said locking means being positionable in a locking position engaging with a said notch thereby fixing the established position of said disc.

2. The color selecting apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein:

said notches within each said disc being evenly spaced apart.

3. The color selecting apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein:

there being a single said notch for each said window.

4. The color selecting apparatus as defined in claim 3 wherein:

each said disc including numerical identifying indicia comprising a plurality of numbers, there being a said number for each said window of each said disc, when said movable member of said locking means engages with an aligned series of said notches of said overlapping discs the said numerical identifying indicia of said discs being arranged in juxtaposition.

5. The color selecting apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein:

said numerical identifying indicia also including a color with that color corresponding to the particular primary color of the said disc.

6. The color selecting apparatus as defined in claim 5 wherein:

each said window including a picture.

7. The color selecting apparatus as defined in claim 5 wherein:

each said window including a plurality of words, said words within each said window being of different sizes.

8. The color selecting apparatus as defined in claim 7 wherein:

said words within each said window comprising one word that is repeated.