Ornamentation of plastic articles

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR PRE-SHAPING DECORATED AND IMPREGNATED CELLULOSE SHEETS BOUND WITH A RESIN AND HAVING A THICKNESS OF 1 TO 8 MILS, TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ORNAMENTED PLASTIC BODIES, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A VERTICALLY MOVING PISTON; A SUPPORT PLATE DISPOSED AT THE UPPER END OF SAID PISTON; A CYLINDRICALLY HOLLOW VERTICAL EXTENSION ON EACH SIDE OF SAID SUPPORT PLATE; A HEATABLE FEMALE MOLD RESTING ON SAID SUPPORT PLATE; A HORIZONTAL COVER PLATE FORMING THE UPPER LIMIT OF THE DEVICE; VERTICAL CYLINDRICAL RODS SLIDING WITHIN SAID HOLLOW EXTENSIONS, EXTENDING TO AND FASTENED, AT THEIR UPPER END, TO SAID COVER PLATE; VERTICAL DIE HOLDER DISPOSED ON THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID COVER PLATE AND BEING HOLLOW AND HEATABLE; A MALE DIE DISPOSED ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID DIE HOLDER; A PLURALITY OF GUIDE BOLTS DISPOSED AT THE UPPER END OF SAID DIE HOLDER; SPRINGS SURROUNDING EACH OF SAID BOLTS; THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH COMPRISE A FRAME HELD IN PLACE BY SAID BOLTS, HAVING A RECESS RESTING ON SAID MOLD, SAID MOLD BEING PROVIDED WITH A CORRESPONDING RECESS TO RECEIVE SAID FRAME; SAID FRAME BEING ADJUSTABLE SO AS TO BE SITUATED SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN SAID DIE WHEN SAID DEVICE IS IN OPEN POSITION; SAID FRAME SECURELY HOLDING SAID CELLULOSE SHEETS FIRMLY IN PLACE BOTH PRIOR TO AND DURING SHAPING; SAID MALE DIE BEING A DIAPHRAGM TAPERING IN THICKNESS FROM THE CENTER TO THE OUTER RIM; AN INLET FOR WARM WATER DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID DIE AND THE HOLLOW OF SAID DIE HOLDER; A FIRST CONDUIT TRAVERSING THE CENTER OF SAID DIAPHRAGM FOR ADMITTING AIR AND ALLOWING SAME TO ESCAPE UPON CLOSING OF THE DEVICE; A SECOND CONDUIT FOR THE LIKE PURPOSE DISPOSED IN THE CENTER OF SAID FEMALE MOLD AND CONSTITUTING A CONTINUATION OF SAID FIRST CONDUIT; AND A PLASTIC INSERT BETWEEN SAID FEMALE MOLD AND SAID CELLULOSE SHEETS FOR THEIR SUPPORT.