A Method of and Apparatus for Colouring and Inlaying Coloured Designs upon and through Floor and Wall Covering Materials, and Manufacturing the same.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Method of and Apparatus for Colouring and Inlaying Coloured
Designs upon and through Floor and Wall Covering Materials,
and Manufacturing the same.
I, ARTHUR FRENCH ST. GEORGE, of Redhill, in the County of Surrey, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In order to colour and inlay coloured designs upon and through floor and wall
covering materials I take the material (linoleum for instance) and paint or print
upon it colouring matter in the form of a fusible paste or
a solution capable
of sinking into or penetrating by solvent action the body of the material to be inlaid
with a coloured design.
In employing a fusible colour paste I heat the material and thus cause the colour
to sink into the material.
I prevent the colour spreading beyond the limits of the required design by
printing or painting (before applying the colours) an outline of the design with a
thick paint of infusible or insoluble material applying such a quantity preferably as
to stand in relief upon the surface and to form a check or boundary line for the
colours to be afterwards applied and permitting of a considerable quantity of
colouring matter being applied at one time and sufficient to soak into or be melted
into the body of the material.
.
In order to produce a material of extra thickness and density with coloured
designs upon and through its substance completely which by reason of its thickness
and density might resist complete penetration of the colour I assist the penetration
by pressing upon its surface a block recessed to the required design and
communicating by pipes with a reservoir of liquid or molten colouring matter.
I inject the colour under considerable pressure from the reservoir to the recesses
of the block and into the substance of the material and so cause it to penetrate and
permeate it completely.
Or I produce a thicker inlaid coloured material by colouring as described several
films of the material and superimposing them upon each other taking precautions
to cause the designs of each to lay over each other in exact correspondence and I
then press or roll the whole together so as to form one thick substance.
Dated this 19th day of Mar 1890.
A. F. ST. GEORGE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Method of and Apparatus for Colouring and Inlaying Coloured
Designs upon and through Floor and Wall Covering Materials,
and Manufacturing the same.
I, ARTHUR FRENCH ST. GEORGE, of Redhill, in the County of Surrey,
Electrician, 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 :-
In order to color and inlay colored designs upon and through floor and wall
covering materials I take the material (linoleum for instance) and paint or print
upon it colouring matter in the form of a fusible paste or a solution capable of
sinking into or penetrating by solvent action the body of the material to be inlaid
with a colored design.

page_text: In employing a fusible colour paste I heat the material and thus cause the colour
to sink into the material.
I prevent the color spreading, beyond the limits of the required design by
printing or painting (before applying the colours) an outline of the design with a
thick paint of infusible or insoluble material applying such a quantity preferably as
to stand in relief upon the surface and to form a check or boundary line for the
colors.to be afterwards applied and permitting of a considerable quantity of coloring
matter being applied at one time and sufficient to soak into or be melted into the
body of the material.
In order to produce a material of extra thickness and density with colored
designs upon and through its substance completely which by reason of its thickness
and density might resist complete penetration of the color I assist the penetration
by pressing upon its surface a block recessed to the required design and
communicating by pipes with a reservoir of liquid or molten coloring matter.
1 inject the color under considerable pressure from the reservoir to the recesses of
the block and into the substance of the material and so cause it to penetrate and
permeate it completely.
Or I produce a thicker inlaid coloured material by coloring as described several
films of the material and superimposing them upon each other taking precautions to
cause the designs of each to lay over each other in exact correspondence and I then
press or roll the whole together so as to form one thick substance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Coloring and inlaying colored designs upon and through floor and wall
covering materials by painting or printing upon the material coloring matter in the
form of a paste or solution or liquid paint capable of sinking into or penetrating the
material by solvent or other action.
2. Preventing the spreading or blurring of the colored designs by printing or
painting an outline of the design in relief with a thick paint preferably of infusible
or insoluble matter before applying the colors for the designs.
3. The combination of recessed blocks or types communicating by pipes into a
reservoir of molten or liquid coloring matter.
4. The use of recessed blocks or types provided with coloring matter substantially
as and for the purposes described.
5. Injecting the coloring matter into the material substantially as and for the
purposes described.
6. Combining two or more sheets of material inlaid with corresponding colored
designs substantially as described by pressing or rolling them together to form of
a whole one thicker sheet of material inlaid with color substantially as described.
Dated this 19th day of March 1891.
ARTHUR FRENCH ST. GEORGE.