IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF TRANSFER DESIGNS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gustave Evariste Lardeur of Nos 64 and 66 Stamford
Street Blackfriars in the County of Surrey Designer for an Invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF TRANSFER DESIGNS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gustave Evariste Lardeur
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st December 1883.
GUSTAVE EVARISTE LARDEUR of Numbers 64 and 66 Stamford Street
Blackfriars in the County of Surrey Designer-IMPROVEMENTS
PRODUCTION OF TRANSFER DESIGNS
IN THE
My Invention relates to the use in the manner hereinafter described of a
specially prepared composition consisting of Rosin colouring Mixture and
Turpentine the proportions that I find may be employed with advantage are about
equal parts or proportions of Rosin and colouring mixture with sufficient spirits of
Turpentine added to make the whole mixture of the consistency of a thick cream
but these proportions may be varied according to the character of composition
desired to be employed and the method of using it. I trace draw or form the
required design by applying the above composition to ordinary tracing paper and
lay the paper with the design applied thereto upon the surface to which the design
is intended to be transferred
The side of the tracing paper on which the design is applied being placed upon
the surface to which the design is intended to be transferred then by applying
heat (usually by means of a hot-iron) to the back of the transfer paper the design
is transferred to the said surface
The composition is applied to the transfer paper so as to trace or form the design
in the following way.
Designs are pricked traced or formed by the Designer or operator on sheets of
paper by the use of an Electric or other kind of perforating Machine The
perforations represent the design or pattern the designer or operator is desirous of
producing This paper with the perforated design pricked traced or formed in the
manner above described is then placed upon ordinary tracing paper and my
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page_text: specially prepared composition of Rosin Colouring Mixture and Turpentine is
then applied with a brush or by roller or by a mechanical process upon the
perforated papers when my composition percolates or oozes through the holes in
The perforated paper and forms a distinct pattern upon the tracing papers Again
in some cases printing blocks may be used although the process of printing by
means of blocks is more costly-When however printing Blocks are used my
specially prepared composition is made of a rather thicker consistency than when
used upon the perforated papers as above described and my improved composition
is applied to the printing Blocks in the ordinary way now in use
By the use of my improved composition in the manner above described it will
be found that the design where paper is employed is quite permanently fixed on
the transferring paper and cannot be dislodged or smeared by careless treatment
even although the paper should be crumpled or creased to a considerable
extent.
Another additional advantage is that the process of transferring the design is in
the case of paper transfers so simple that the greatest novice can make use of my
system without any previous instruction. Also that any material of a special
colour or texture may be used as my specially prepared composition is made in
different colours so as to contrast better with the materials used
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Gustave Evariste Lardeur in the Patent Office on the 20th June
1884.
GUSTAVE EVARISTE LARDEUR of 64 and 66 Stamford Street Blackfriars in the
County of Surrey Designer "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF TRANSFER
DESIGNS"
My Invention relates to the use in the manner hereinafter described of specially
prepared compositions which for the purposes indicated are superior to compositions
hitherto used for a similar purpose being more suitable for being applied to form
Patterns and being less liable to be injured when the Patterns are stored or moved
or used. Transfer Patterns prepared with my improved compositions are suitable
for being used in a manner in which such Patterns have not been previously used
namely for transferring designs to substances such as Glass Iron Terra Cotta
China stone and general hardware wood leather &c as will be hereinafter more
fully explained-I form my improved compositions by combining First-about
equal proportions of rosin and coloring matter and adding the necessary quantity
of turpentine to give the required consistency to the composition, secondly, in order
to make the rosin to be used with greater advantage I add a small proportion of
Gum Damar with a suitable proportion of turpentine and the proportions of these
substances that I find may be employed with the most advantage are as follows
"12 lb of colouring matter such as Blue or Yellow Chrome
18
"
Best White refined Rosin

page_text: colours used in making the composition require different proportions of turpentine
as an example a yellow colour mixture does not require as much turpentine as blue
but a red colour mixture requires more turpentine than the Blue the proportions of
the ingredients in the composition may however be varied according to the method
in which the composition is required to be used. The method I generally adopt of
using my composition may be described as follows I trace draw or form any
required design upon paper by the use of an Electric or other perforating machine:
the perforations represent the design or pattern drawn. This Paper with the
perforated design thus formed upon it is then placed over a sheet of ordinary
tracing or tissue paper and my specially prepared composition of coloring matter
rosin white gum damar and turpentine is applied over the surface of the perforated
paper by means of a brush or a roller or by a mechanical process My specially
prepared composition then percolates or oozes through the holes in the perforated
papers and forms upon the sheet of tracing or tissue paper a distinct pattern-
Again in some cases printing blocks may be used with my specially prepared
composition although the process of printing by means of blocks is more costly
than the method above described When however printing blocks are used my
specially prepared composition must be made of a rather thicker consistency than
when used upon the perforated Papers. My specially prepared composition having
been percolated or oozed through the holes of the perforated paper and formed the
pattern or design upon the tracing or tissue paper the perforated paper is removed
and the sheet of tracing Paper with the design upon it taken away and allowed to
dry naturally and slowly The same operation is repeated with a second sheet of
tracing or tissue paper and so on until the original perforated sheet of Paper cannot
be used any further I then take the tracing or tissue paper with the design upon it
(after it is dry) and lay it flatly and evenly on the surface to which it is intended
the pattern or design should be transferred the transfer may be effected in two
ways one by applying heat (usually by means of a hot iron) to the back of the
transfer paper which causes the design to be at once transferred to the surface of
the material or substance I find however that instead of employing heat it is in
nearly all cases more advantageous to transfer the pattern or design by the use of
Turpentine or benzole or other hydrocarbon product that will dissolve rosin or
spirits of wine or amonia or other volatile solvent or rosin applied to the back of
the paper or other material on which the pattern is fixed
I have ascertained that in practically carrying out my invention volatile solvents
of rosin are more advantageous than heat for transferring the Patterns-The
Patterns when transferred by applying as above described volatile solvents of
resin become more firmly. fixed upon or embedded in the material or substance
than is the case if heat is used and the transferred pattern will not be dislodged by
ordinary accident or even by careless usage Again in many cases and on many
occasions there are angles corners and crevices where it would be impossible to
apply heat for the purpose of transferring the Pattern-No hot iron could be found
readily at hand to fit into each angle corner or crevice It is in these cases obvious
that a sponge or rag damped with volatile solvent of resin can be applied to the
transfer papers in almost any situation or under nearly all conditions
By the use of my improved composition in the manufacture of transfer pattern
papers in the manner above described it will be found that the design upon the
transfer paper is quite permanently fixed and will not be dislodged or smeared by
careless usage even although the transfer paper should be crumpled or crushed to a
considerable extent. The pattern when transferred is also permanent. Another
additional advantage is that the process of transferring the design is in this case so
simple that the greatest novice can make use of any system without any previous
instructions Again when it is wished to form patterns on materials or substances
of a special colour or texture I make my designs in different colors so that when
the pattern is transferred to the material or substance the color of the pattern or
design contrasts with that of the material or substance used

page_text: Hand painting on china glass terra cotta stone wood leather and almost all
description of substances is now very much sought after both as an occupation for
profit and as an amusement-It is usual for the operator to draw his or her own
Pattern or design upon the surface of the substance to be painted or ornamented
and then to fill in with such colors as may be wished for.
By the use of my transfer papers any number of patterns similar in every detail
of outline and particular can be obtained and when such Patterns are transferred
to the surface of the substance to be ornamented or painted (a set of terra cotta or
china plates for example) the transferred patterns on each are similar in all respects
and the general evenness and detail of outline is observed exactly-My transfer
patterns can also be used for ornamenting the walls of rooms panels of doors the
covers or interior of books and for many other purposes and things.
Having thus particularly described the nature of my "Improvement in the
production of Transfer designs" and the nature and component parts of the
composition with which the sime is made and how it is to be performed I would
have it understood that I make no claim to the process of transferring or printing
ornamental or other designs on materials fabrics or substances separately or to the
use or application of heat in transferring the designs but what I do claim is First
the manufacture use and application of my improved and specially prepared
compositions consisting of the materials hereinbefore named and producing
compounds suitable for forming and fixing any wished for design upon transfer
papers or fabrics-Secondly the method of tran-ferring Patterns or designs when
printed in or by the use of my improved compositions above mentioned by,
employing volatile solvents of resin such as are above mentioned substantially as
above described In witness whereof I the said Gustave Evariste Lardeur have
hereunto set my hand and seal this twentieth day of June in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty four
GUSTAVE EVARISTE LARDEUR (L.S.)