Improvements in Printing or Ornamenting Fabrics.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Loft 8th Aug 1808 Accented 1st Oct
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printing or Ornamenting Fabrics.
We, JOHN F. HILL AND COMPANY LIMITED, of Mosley Street, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Calico Printers, and SETH WRIGLEY, Managing
Director of the said Company, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
This invention is designed to produce special and novel effects in the orna-
mentation and printing of calicoes, and other similar goods.
It is now well known that fabrics of cotton and other vegetable fibres are
rendered glossy and lustrous by mercerizing them and then stretching, and also
that the fabric has a greater affinity for ordinary dyes.
In addition to this the inventor has found that by printing on a fabric
rendered glossy and lustrous by this process a pattern or design with a dull or
opaque pigment or colour that a very ornamental and pleasing effect is obtained.
The invention consists essentially in the production of a novel effect on cotton
or other fabrics by first treating the fabric, to render it glossy and lustrous, and
then printing thereon a dull or opaque pigment, which will cover or nullify the
lustrous appearance when the design is printed and thus heighten the lustrous or
silky effect on the other parts by contrast with the dull parts.
In carrying out the invention the fabric is first treated to render it lustrous and
glossy, and then over certain portions of it is printed a pattern or design with
an opaque medium or colour. This may be done in the 'ordinary printing
machine, or by blocks or other printing process.
For this purpose we may employ zinc-oxide, china-clay, sulphate of lead,
sulphate of baryta, cellulose, celluloid or other opaque substance, either alone
or mixed with a suitable carrying medium or fixing agent, such as albumen,
glue, starch, rubber solution, gums, oil or mixtures of the above.
The opaque materials may be mixed, coloured or dyed with any well known
pigment, dye or colouring matter.
The lustrous parts of the fabric may be dyed any desired colour, or these parts
may also be printed with an independent or corresponding design.
Dated this 5th day of November 1897.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in Printing or Ornamenting Fabrics.
We, JOHN F. HILL AND COMPANY LIMITED, of Mosley Street, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Calico Printers, and SETH WRIGLEY, Managing
Director of the said Company, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
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page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention is designed to produce special and novel effects in the orna-
mentation and printing of calicoes. and other similar goods.
It is now well known that fabrics of cotton and other vegetable fibres are
rendered glossy and lustrous by mercerizing them and then stretching, and also
that the fabric has a greater affinity for ordinary dyes.
In addition to this the inventor has found that by printing on a fabric
rendered glossy and lustrous by this process a pattern or design with a dull or
opaque substance, pigment or colour that a very ornamental and pleasing effect
is obtained.
The invention consists essentially in the production of a novel effect on cotton
or other fabrics by first treating the fabric to render it glossy and lustrous, and
then printing thereon a dull or opaque substance which will cover or nullify the
lustrous appearance where the design is printed and thus heighten the lustrous
or silky effect on the other parts by contrast with the dull parts.
In carrying out the invention the fabric is first treated by a mercerizing agent
ander tension by which a highly lustrous and glossy surface or silky appearance
is produced. Or the fabric may be woven from yarns so treated and rendered
lustrous or silky in appearance but it is preferred to treat the fabric after manu-
facture.
Over certain portions of the lustrous or glossy surface of the fabric is printed a
pattern or design with an opaque medium or substance which will cover, reduce or
destroy the glossy or silky appearance of the part or parts so printed, rendering
the pattern or design so printed dull or lustreless.
The printing is carried out on the ordinary calico printing machine with suit-
able printing rollers engraved or otherwise prepared to lay the desired substance
upon the surface of the fabric. Or the printing may be done by blocks or other
printing process.
For the purpose we employ opaque substances such as zinc-oxide, china-clay,
sulphate of lead, sulphate of baryta, suitable powdered metallic substance,
cellulose, celluloid or other opaque substance either alone or mixed with a suit-
able carrying medium or fixing agent, such as albumen, glue starch, rubber
solution, gums oil or mixtures of the above.
The opaque substance may be mixed, coloured or dyed with any well known
pigment, dye or colouring matter.
The lustrous parts of the fabric may be dyed any desired colour, or these parts
may also be printed with an independent or corresponding design.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The process of ornamenting textile fabrics consisting of first rendering the
surface highly lustrous and glossy and then printing patterns or designs thereon
with a dull or opaque substance to nullify or cover the lustrous appearance in
parts where the design is printed to heighten or enhance the lustrous appearance
of the other parts, substantially as described.
2. The method or process of ornamenting the surface of textile woven fabrics,
substantially as described.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.