Improvements in the Manufacture of Printing Blocks employed in Printing Circulars and the like, and for Printing on Fabrics.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Apr., 1894-Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Printing Blocks employed in
Printing Circulars and the like, and for Printing on Fabrics.
I, THOMAS ARMITAGE BENNETT, of the Firm of J. M. Bennett and Sons, of
Ardwick, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Timber Merchants, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to the printing blocks employed in printing borders and
ornamental designs on circulars and the like, and in hand blocks employed in
printing designs and patterns on woven, felted, and other fabrics, and the object of
my invention is to improve and cheapen the production of such blocks.
At the present time printing blocks are commonly made of wood, the design or
pattern on the block being produced by hand labour.
According to my invention dispense with skilled hand labour and employ
instead a suitable moulding machine provided with rotary cutters for producing
the design or pattern; long lengths of the material from which the blocks are
to be made are fed through the machine, the design being produced upon the
material by the rotating cutters after which the lengths of material are cut off
to form printing blocks of any convenient size.
The blocks may be made of wood or lead or of any suitable metal or material;
when metal is employed I prefer to cut the design on thin sheet metal and then
mount the sheet metal on a wood or other foundation. By cutting the designs
on an automatic machine great facility is afforded for producing a series of
blocks to print designs or patterns in several colours.
A suitable machine for the purpose is that known as "Dr. Goehring's Patent
Wood Moulding Machine" for which Letters Patent numbered and dated as
follows were granted to C. L. Goehring :-No. 18475 December 18th 1888,
No. 13420 August 26th 1890, No. 11466 July 6th 1891.
Dated this 30th day of August 1893
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Printing Blocks employed in
Printing Circulars and the like, and for Printing on Fabrics.
I, THOMAS ARMITAGE BENNETT, of the Firm of J. M. Bennett and Sons, of
Ardwick, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Timber Merchants, 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 :-
My invention relates to the printing blocks employed in printing borders and
ornamental designs on circulars and the like, and in hand blocks employed in
printing designs and patterns on woven, felted, and other fabrics, such as linoleum
and other floor cloths, and the object of my invention is to improve and cheapen
the production of such blocks.
At the present time printing blocks are commonly made of wood, the design or
pattern on the block being produced by hand labour.

page_text: According to my invention I dispense with skilled hand labour and employ instead
a suitable moulding machine provided with rotary cutters for producing the design
or pattern; long lengths of the wood or other material from which the blocks are
to be made are fed through the machine, the design being produced upon the
material by the rotating cutters after which the lengths of material are cut off to
form printing blocks of any convenient size.
By cutting the designs on an automatic machine great facility is afforded for
producing a series of blocks to print designs or patterns in several colours.
A suitable machine for the purpose is that known as "Dr. Goehring's Patent
Wood Moulding Machine" for which Letters Patent numbered and dated as
follows were granted to C. L. Goehring :-No. 18475 December 18th 1888,
No. 13420 August 26th 1890, No. 11466 July 6th 1891.
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 is : :-
As improved articles of manufacture printing blocks having designs or patterns
thereon produced by machines of the type specified instead of by hand labour as
heretofore customary.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.