Improvements in or relating to the Decoration of Leather, Vellum, Wood, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th June, 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Decoration of Leather, Vellum,
Wood, and the like.
I, GEORGE THOMAS BAGGULEY, of High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, in
the County of Stafford, Stationer and Bookbinder do hereby declare the nature of
my said invention to be as follows.-
The object of my invention is to effect unprovements in or relating to the
decoration of leather, vellum, wood, and analogous materials, whereby designs,
letters and the like may be attached to or impressed on book covers, ornamental
tablets and similar articles, the designs, letters etc. being in permanent colour.
According to my invention, the design or letters is or are worked or impressed
on the leather, vellum and the like leaving the impression thereon, the design o
letters being worked "blind."
The impression is then spunkled over with powdered rosin or gold size, an evon
layer of the required colour, in dry powder, being sprinkled over the resin.
The design or letters tool or block is heated to a temperature sufficient to melt
the resin, and again worked on the impression on the leather. This action causes
the resin or gold size to melt and permanently affix the colour to the leather
A deeper colour or more even impression is readily obtained by repeating the
sprinkling of resin or gold size and colour and working again with the heated tool
or block.
1
GEO.
DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Decoration of Leather, Vellum,
Wood, and the like.
I, GEORGE THOMAS BAGGULEY, of High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, in
the County of Stafford, Stationer and Bookbinder, do hereby declare the nature
of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in or relating to the
decoration and ornamentation by hand work of leather, vellum, wood, and analogous
materials, whereby designs, letters, figures, and the like may be embossed or
impressed upon book
covers, ornamental tablets, and analogous articles, the designs,
letters &c., being in permanent colours.
According to my invention, the design, letters or figures, is or are worked or
impressed upon the leather, vellum, or other material, leaving the design &c. thereon
in the state known as blind." The impression is then sprinkled over with
powdered resin or any other suitable adhesive powder; an even layer of the
required colour in dry powder being sprinkled over the resin or other powder.
The tool or tools bearing the design, letters or figures, 18 or are then heated to a
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sufficient temperature to melt the resin or other powder, and again used in pressing
the resin and colour, whereby the resin or other powder-18 melted and the colour is
caused to adhere to the material permanently.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim 18:-
1. The improvements in or relating to the decoration or ornamentation by hand
work of leather, vellum, wood, and the like, substantially as and for the purpoз0s
described.
2. In the decoration of leather, vellum, wood, and the like, the application and
use of "blind" pressing, and powdered resin or other adhesive powder, upon which
colour in the form of dry powder 18 sprinkled and caused to permanently adhere
to the material by the application by hand of heated tools, substantially as and
for the purposes described.