Printing in Colours upon Textile Braids, and Machine to Carry Out the Method.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Printing in Colours upon Textile Braids, and Machine to Carry Out
the Method.
WILLIAM WEBB Napier House Napier Road Luton Bedfordshire Straw Plait
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
The invention is for printing various artistic designs, in one or more colours upon
textile braid, whether such has been made by mechanical means or by hand, or
composed of straw,-commonly called "straw plait," or of wood-called "chip
plait," or made of any kind of grasses, rushes, cotton, wool, or mixtures of any of
them, and whether they may have been previously bleached, dyed, stained, or
coloured in any manner, or in the raw state.
The printing is to be done by the aid of coloured inks, dyes, or paints, with
addition of the necessary solvents, mediums, spirits, gums sizes, varnishes, acids,
alkalies, or other substances as required; and also of gold, silver, bronze or other
metal, whether in leaf, powder, or liquid form, or of glistening powders such as
powdered glass, and other substances as the design or pattern to be printed would
require.
And the invention of a machine for printing the above named braid, such machine
is made partly of wood and of metal, the form of which is more particularly
described by the accompanying diagrams.
Diagram No. shews the end view of the frame of the machine with 5 feeding
reels, marked A. in open bearers, adapted for lifting out for replacement by others
when required-with driving gear. The braid to be printed is first wound on the
reels A for feeding the printing rollers.
Diagram No. 2. shews the opposite end of the machine to No. 1. B. is one of
the guide rollers which have a inch rubber face-having adjustable lever and
weight to press the braid upon roller C. C is a boxwood roller divided into
5 sections having the designs carved upon each section, over which the braid passes;
this roller is fitted with a driving pulley-the designs can be made also in metal.
D. are 3 ordinary inking rollers, but grooved in 5 sections, to carry different colours
if needed, the upper roller carrying ink on to the design, the lowest roller dips into
the ink pans which are supplied with the required colour, & has adjustable lever &
weight to press roller upwards. The centre roller D, has driving gear attached.
E, are 5 pans to contain the colouring matter.
No. 3 diagram shews a side view of the machine, with the first guide rollers B.
These also are faced with 3 inch rubber, the lower one has driving gear; the upper
one has an adjustable pressure lever.
The braid marked F. is guided into correct position between rollers B. and on to
the printing roller C. and thence carried away as required.
All the bearings of the machine are adapted so that the rollers can be lifted out
easily for cleaning or other purposes-and the machine can be worked by either
hand or other power. All the spindles used are of iron or steel.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
For having invented the process of printing, in one or more colours of various
artistic designs and patterns upon textile braids, made of either straw, wood,
grasses, rushes, cotton, wool, or mixtures of any of them; and for the invention of
a machine adapted for printing in various colours and designs upon such braid as

page_text: described in the foregoing Specification, and as set forth in the accompanying
diagrams. I claim to have the sole right to print in colours upon such described
braid, and to the use or sale of them when printed; and also to the sole right to
make, use, or sell a machine for printing the said braid in manner as aforesaid.
Dated this Sixth day of February 1893.
WILLIAM WEBB.