User Guide Series: Homer and Jean Blair Collection of United States Patent Models
Coating Articles with Celluloid
21.
Coating Articles with Celluloid, etc., U. S. Patent 202,441, April 16,
1878, John W. Hyatt, Newark, New Jersey
The
invention is a process for coating articles with a plastic material,
such as Celluloid, the coated article itself, and a die for use in such
coating.
The model is 5" x 4" x 2" and made of dark wood with metal and
plastic parts. Although damaged, two original Patent Office tags remain.
John W. Hyatt is the inventor of Celluloid, the first synthetic
plastic that became a very important industrial product.
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