Novel or Improved Portable Apparatus or Appliances for use in Decorating Ceramic-ware.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 26th May, 1898
Complete Snorification I aft 27th Foh 1800 Accented 8th in 1800
Date of Application, 26th May, 1898
Complete Specification Loft, 27th Feb 1800 Accepted, 8th Apr. 1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Novel or Improved Portable Apparatus or Appliances for use in
Decorating Ceramic-ware.
I, HERBERT FORESTER, "Brooklands," Blyth Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford-
shire, Earthenware Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:--
This my invention has reference to a novel or improved portable apparatus or
appliances for use in decorating earthenware, the object of my said invention
being to economise labour and time and expedite the decoration of such ware.
In carrying my said invention into practice I make a cup-shaped or pitcher
shaped vessel of any suitable size of or from sheet tin or like suitable metal by
first cutting out blanks, or stamping out blanks of suitable shape and size by any
suitable means from such sheet metal, and afterwards soldering or rivetting such
blanks together, at or near to the upper end of such vessels in any suitable posi-
tion to their outer surface I solder or rivet the largest end of a conical tube of
suitable size made of or from tin of any suitable length so that the longitudinal
centre line of such tube shall be upwardly inclined or fixed at an angle to the
vertical centre line of such vessels.
Within such conical tube I solder or otherwise secure the front portion of a
smaller brass or tin tube so that its outer or tapering end will project a short or
suitable distance beyond the outer end of the said conical tube, the other portion
or inner end of such smaller tube depending down into such vessels to within a
short distance of the upper surface of their bottom end.
To the upper surface of the tube within the said conical tube at a suitable dis-
tance from the upper end of such vessels and at a suitable angle thereto I solder
one end of a brass or other tube of suitable size the remaining or free portion of
such tube being a suitable distance above the upper end of such vessels and of
suitable length.
After the outer end of the latter or air tube has been connected by any suitable
means to an india-rubber tube, a flexible tube or a swivel jointed tube, and a
liquid ceramic colour placed in such vessels, a rotary fan, blower, bellows or
similar suitable machine or air-draught producing appliance is set in motion so
as to force air through the said air-conducting tube and metallic tube attached
to the conical and tapering tubes so as to cause colour to rise from such vessels
up through the tube depending into samic, and be carried or forced by the air
pressure out through a small hole formed in the tapering end of such colour
conducting tube in the form of spray against the ware to be decorated, the air
pressure being regulated by means of a tap or cock attached in any suitable or
convenient position to the air conducting pipe, and the direction of the colour
spray by the hand by which such vessels are held whilst in use.
JOHN NEWTON,
Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.,
Agent for Applicant,

page_text: Novel or Improved Portable Apparatus or Appliances for use in
Decorating Ceramic-ware.
I, HERBERT FORESTER, "Brooklands," Blyth Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford-
shire, Earthenware Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention has reference to a novel or improved portable apparatus or
appliances for use in decorating ceramic-ware either on or under glaze, and has
for its object the economising of labour and time, and the acceleration in use of
such appliances.
In carrying such invention into practice I make a cup-shaped or pitcher-
shaped vessel of any suitable size with an open top end and closed lower end of
or from sheet tin or like suitable metal of suitable thickness by first cutting
out blanks of suitable shape and size from such sheet metal by using shears, by
using a suitably shaped metallic die or dies attached to a suitable press, or like,
suitable means and afterwards bending such blanks into shape and rivetting or
soldering the meeting or jointing edges of such blanks so as to form the cup
or body of such appliances, at or near to the upper end of such cup or body in
any suitable position to their outer surface I solder or rivet the largest end of
a conical tube of suitable size made of or from tin or other suitable sheet metal
of suitable thickness so that the longitudinal centre line of such tube will be at
an upwardly inclined angle to the vertical centre line of the body of such
appliances. To such vessel where it passes through its side into the said conical
tube I solder, or fix a brass, a tin or like suitable metallic tube of suitable bore
so that its inner end will depend at any suitable angle down into such cup or
vessel to within a short distance of the upper surface of their bottom whilst its
other end which is made tapering will project a short distance beyond the outer
end of such conical tube so that there will be a concentric space between the two
tubes at their outer end of say from 12 of an inch in width up to 16 of an inch
or any suitable intermediate size.
To the upper surface of the said conical tube at any suitable angle thereto
and at a suitable distance from, the rim of such vessels I solder, rivet or other-
wise suitably fix or attach one end of a brass, tin or other suitable straight or
curved metallic tube of suitable bore and length so as to project a suitable
height above the top or open end of such vessels, such end of such tube may be
soldered or fixed to one side of such conical tube at any suitable angle, or two of
such tubes may be used one end of each tube being soldered or fixed at any
suitable angle to each side of such conical tube and around the outer surface of
the upper portion of the body of such appliances and be fastened or clipped
together at their opposite ends by any suitable means.
In order that my said invention may be more readily understood and explained
in detail I have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings on which letters of refer-
ence are marked.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of one shape and method of carrying such
invention into practice.
Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an end elevation of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated
by arrow A.

page_text: Figure 4 is a side elevation of a modification of Figure 1, and
Figure 5 is a plan view of Figure 4.
After connecting the outer end of the air-tube a of such appliances by any
suitable means to one end of any suitable flexible tube or of a swivel-jointed
tube or pipe of suitable size and length, and placing a liquid colour in the cup
or body b of such appliances then a rotary-fan, blower, bellows or other like
suitable machine, or air-current, or air-draught producing appliance connected
to the opposite end of the said flexible air-conveying tube may be set in motion
by manual or mechanical power or means so as to force air through the said air-
conducting tube at an angle into and through the conical tube c so as to cause
colour to rise up through the depending tube d from the container and to
issue out in the form of spray through the bore of the tapering projecting end d
of the tube d against the ware being decorated, the air-current or air-draught
issuing out through the concentric space e between the said tapering end and
the outer end of the said conical tube c, such air-pressure, air-draught or air-
current being regulated by means of a suitable tap, cock or the like suitable
appliance attached by any suitable means in a suitable position to the flexible
air-conveying tube or pipe, the issuing colour spray being directed by the hand
by which such appliances are held whilst in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The construction of portable metallic cup-shaped or pitcher-shaped appli-
ances for use in decorating ceramic-ware having an open upper-end and a closed
bottom end, a conical tube attached or fixed at its largest end to its outer surface
near to the upper end or rim of such appliances and upwardly inclined at an
angle to the vertical centre line of their body, one end of a straight or curved
tube being soldered or attached at any suitable angle to the upper surface of such
conical tube for conducting air under pressure thereto, one portion of a tube
depending into the body of such appliances and the remaining portion of its
length passing through such conical tube so as to form a concentric space between
such tube and the tapering projecting end of the colour conducting tube, and
arranged as illustrated at Figures, 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings hereto annexed.
2. The construction of portable metallic cup-shaped or pitcher-shaped appli-
ances for use in decorating ceramic-ware having an air-conducting tube passing
around and connected or soldered to the outer surface of one side of the body
of such appliances near to their rim or upper end, and its fore-end soldered or
attached, at an angle to one side of the largest end of the upwardly inclined
conical air-conducting tube of such appliances arranged as shewn in full lines
at Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings hereto annexed.
3. The construction of portable metallic cup-shaped or pitcher-shaped appli-
ances for use in decorating ceramic-ware having an air-conducting tube passing
around and soldered or connected to the outer surface of each side of the body
of such appliances near to their upper end or rim, their fore-ends being soldered
or attached at any suitable angle to opposite sides of the largest end of the up-
wardly inclined conical air-conducting tube of such appliances and soldered.
fastened or clipped together at their opposite ends and arranged as shewn in full
and dotted lines at Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 25th day of February 1800
JOHN NEWTON,
Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.,
Agent for Applicant.