IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PRINTING-INK
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Talmage Bastand, of Albany Road, Camberwell,
in the County of Surrey, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF PRINTING-INK,"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Talmage Bastand
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th May 1881.
CHARLES TALMAGE BASTAND, of Albany Road, Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PRINTING-INK."
My Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of printing-ink, and
consists chiefly in the utilization in such manufacture of the oily and greasy product
or mixture or compound extracted from engineers' cotton waste, either in the
manner and by the apparatus described in the Specification of my former Letters
Patent, dated November 13, A.D. 1880, No. 4693, or a similar product or compound
obtained by other means.
This product in most cases contains lubricating oil and grease, lamp oil, lamp
black, and various organic matters, and when extracted from the cotton waste is of
a viscous nature, and may be very advantageously employed for the purpose of my
Invention by reason of the fact that it is of a very dark or approximately black
color, thereby necessitating the admixture therewith of but very little additional
coloring matter to render it fit for use.
In carrying the said Invention into practice I take the said product, or oil
extracted from wool, and mix therewith some or all of the following ingredients,
that is to say, lamp black or ivory or other black, resin or resin oil, soap, and
indigo or other blue. The proportions of these ingredients are varied according to
the amount of coloring matter contained in the product when extracted.
addition of very small quantities of these substances will however in most cases be
found adequate for the purpose of my Invention.
The
By the above described improvements I am enabled to produce a permanent
printing-ink at a cost much less than that of the ordinary printing-ink, whilst at
the same time it has various properties which render its use preferable to such
ordinary ink.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Talmage Bastand in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th November 1881.
CHARLES TALMAGE BASTAND, of Albany Road, Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PRINTING-INK."
My Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of printing-ink, and
consists chiefly in the utilization in such manufacture of the product, mixture, or
compound hereinafter described. This compound may be extracted from engineers'
cotton waste in the manner and by the apparatus described in the Specification of
my former Letters Patent, dated the 13th day of November, A.D. 1880, No. 4693.
This product or extract is of a viscous nature, and contains lubricating oil and
grease, lamp oil, and lamp black, also a large quantity of iron in a very finely
divided condition. It is highly advantageous for the purpose of my Invention, for
the reason that the iron and lamp black contained therein impart to it a very dark
or approximately black color, thereby necessitating the admixture with the said
product of but very little additional coloring matter to render it fit for use as
printing-ink.
In carrying my Invention into practice I take any required quantity of the said
product or compound and mix therewith some or all of the following ingredients,
that is to say, lamp black or ivory or other suitable black, resin or resin oil, soap,
and indigo or other suitable blue pigment or color. Taking six pounds, for instance,
of the said viscous product or compound containing about 7 per cent. of iron, I find
that the addition thereto of the aforesaid ingredients in the following proportions
is highly advantageous for the purpose of my Invention, that is to say, 8 ounces
of lamp or other black, 6 ounces of resin, 1 ounce of yellow or other soap, and
ounces of indigo or Prussian or other blue color. The proportions of these
ingredients have to be varied according to the amount of coloring matter contained
in the viscous product as extracted from the cotton waste. The addition of very
small quantities of these substances or ingredients will however in most cases be
found adequate for the purpose of my Invention.
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By the employment of the product above described, and the addition thereto of
the aforesaid ingredients, I am enabled to produce a printing-ink at a cost much
less than that of ordinary printing ink, whilst at the same time it has various
properties which render its use preferable to that of such ordinary ink.
Although I have in the above description more particularly referred to the said
compound as a product obtained from engineers' cotton waste, I do not confine
myself to the use of such a product, as any oily or greasy compound containing
ferruginous or coloring material in a very finely divided condition, such as the
spent oil from machinery journals or bearings, and the like, may be employed
without departing from the principle of my Invention. Moreover I may in some
cases mix with a suitable oil the requisite quantity of iron, preferably in the form
of oxide, prior to the admixture with such oil of the other ingredients necessary to
fit it for use as a printing ink. I prefer however in all cases to use the product
obtained from engineers' cotton waste by reason of its comparatively slight cost,
and the presence of the above described various constituents or properties, which,
so far as I am aware, are not to be found combined in any other product or
compound.
Having thus fully described my said Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I wish it understood that I claim,—
The manufacture of printing-ink consisting of the herein described viscous.

page_text: product or compound mixed with any or all of the above named ingredients, as
above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Talmage Bastand, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
CHA. TALMAGE BASTAND. (L.S.)