AN IMPROVED PASTE OR COMPOSITION TO COVER THE ROLLERS USED BY LETTER-PRESS PRINTERS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Martin Binger, of Brussels, in the Kingdom
of Belgium, Gentleman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED PASTE OR
COMPOSITION TO COVER THE ROLLERS USED BY LETTER-PRESS PRINTERS."
Sealed the 17th July 1868, and dated the 22nd January 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Martin Binger at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd January 1863.
I, JAMES MARTIN BINGER, of Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Gentle-
man, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
PASTE OR COMPOSITION TO COVER THE ROLLERS USED BY LETTER-PRESS PRINTERS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved paste or pulp to cover the rollers used
by letter-press printers to convey the ink to the type, and consists of mixing
glue, sirup of molasses, gum arabic, rectified spirits of wine, acetic acid, creosote,
powered cloves, and common salt in equal proportions. This composition is
allowed to simmer over a fire until it becomes elastic and of the suitable con-
sistence for use; it is then formed into cakes and allowed to cool, the cakes
being the article of commerce. The cakes when used must be melted and put
on the rollers in a soft state, it will then harden and last for years, the salt,
creosote, and powdered cloves prevent decay or damp, the gum arabic serves to
attach the material to the rollers, and the spirits of wine and acetic acid give
body and elasticity to the paste.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Martin Binger in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 21st July 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
MARTIN BINGER, of Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Gentleman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said James Martin Binger, Her special licence, that I, the said James
Martin Binger, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said James Martin Binger, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED PASTE OR COMPOSITION TO COVER THE ROLLERS USED BY
LETTER-PRESS PRINTERS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said James Martin Binger, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Martin Binger, 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 (that is to say):-
This Invention relates to an improved paste or pulp for covering the rollers
used by letter-press printers to convey the ink or colour to the type, blocks,
or plates, and consists in mixing together in any required proportion glue,
syrup of molasses, gum arabic, rectified spirits of wine, acetic acid, creosote,
powdered cloves, and common salt. These materials are heated by means of
a water bath or other suitable means until the composition becomes elastic and
of the proper consistence for use, when it is then formed into cakes, and allowed
to cool, the cakes being the article of commerce. When the rollers are to be
covered the cakes are melted and the composition put on the rollers in a soft

page_text: state, and when cold it is hard and elastic and will last for many years. The
salt, creosote, and powdered cloves act as antiseptics and prevent putrefaction
and moisture. The gum arabic serves to attach the composition to the
rollers, and the spirits of wine and acetic acid give body and elasticity to the
paste.
Having now described the nature and particulers of my said Invention, I
desire it to be understood that I claim the improved composition for covering
the inking and colouring rollers of printers, and also the system of forming into
cakes suitable for commerce as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Martin Binger, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Third day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
J. M. BINGER. (LS.)