Metallic Boxes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Metallic Boxes.
WILLIAM HIGHFIELD JONES and BENJAMIN JONES, trading as Jones Brothers
& Co, Manufacturers, Ablow Street, Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-.
This Invention consists of an Improvement in the decoration of Steel and other
Metallic Boxes so that they may have the appearance of Boxes made of Crocodile
Hide. To produce this the Metallic Boxes are carefully cleansed by scouring or
other similar process. They are then coated with ochre carefully ground with
White Lead and Oil deluted with Turpentine or other similar Ingredients. They
are then stoved or dried in an oven. This is repeated as many times as necessary,
varying according to the fineness of the work. When properly hardened the,
Metallic Boxes are coated with a dark colour in distemper, it is then batted with a
coarse brush and while the colour is in a wet state, the Metallic Box is passed.
under a revolving Cylinder, upon this revolving Cylinder the pattern is cut or
indented to imitate Crocodile Hide. The revolutions of the Cylinder remove all
superfluous colour from the Metallic Boxes, leaving them a close imitation of
Crocodile Hide. The Metallic Box is then coated with a transparent varnish and
dried in a stove or oven.

page_text: We WILLIAM HIGHFIELD JONES and BENJAMIN JONES trading as Jones Brothers
and Company, Manufacturers, Ablow Street, Wolverhampton in the County of
Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENT IN THE
DECORATION OF STEEL AND OTHER METALLIC BOXES, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
This Invention consists of an Improvement in the Decoration of Steel and other
Metallic Boxes so that they may have the appearance of boxes made of crocodile
hide. To produce this the Metallic Boxes are carefully cleansed by scouring or
other similar process. They are then coated with ochre carefully ground with
white lead and oil diluted with turpentine or other similar ingredients. After
this process they are stoved or dried in an oven; this is repeated as many times as
necessary varying according to the fineness of the work. When properly hardened
the Metallic Boxes are coated with a dark color diluted with turpentine and oil or
other similar ingredients. While the color is in a wet state the Metallic Box is
passed under a revolving cylinder; upon this revolving cylinder the pattern is cut
or indented and raised to imitate crocodile hide. The revolutions of the cylinder
remove all superfluous color from the Metallic Boxes leaving them a close imitation
of crocodile hide as shewn on the accompanying drawing marked "A." The
Metallic Boxes are then coated with a transparent varnish and dried in a stove
or oven.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is:-
The process heretofore described namely:
First. The coating of the Metallic Boxes with a dark colour mixed with
Turpentine and oil or other similar ingredients.
Secondly. While the colour is in a wet state the Metallic Box passing under a
revolving cylinder and upon this revolving cylinder the pattern being cut or
indented and raised to imitate crocodile hide.
Thirdly. The revolution of the cylinder removing all superfluous colour from the
Metallic Boxes leaving them a close imitation of crocodile hide as shewn on the
accompanying drawing marked "A."
Dated this 22nd day of September 1886.