Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 5th July, 1887.
I, JOHN PHILLIP SCOTT of 376 West 32nd Street, New York, in the United States
of America, Engraver, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
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The object of my invention is to provide a reliable, quick and cheap method of sign
making enabling any one unskilled in the art to make the aforesaid.
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To carry my invention into effect I produce letters, ornaments and characters on
fabric, flexible textile or other analogous material in strips as suited prepared with
sizing and framed or otherwise, having lines thereon placed, the lines I denominate
register lines" and the fabric "outliner"; I coat back of outliner with dry ink and
trace with stylus point and provide gauge for spacing, or I may perforate the afore-
said outliner and use the ink powdered and successfully treat face side, forcing color
through, and produce transfer. I size fabric and then place characters on fabric, each
one separate and apart from the other, with the register lines parallel to bottom and
end, see Fig. 5 on Fig. 1, and attain by register lines finish and speed.
To prepare dry ink or color, take about the following proportions, dense and fatty
oil preferably refuse of coal oil 24 parts, metallic mercury 1, muriatic acid 1, Venice
turpentine 1, carbon 6 and heating oil to 200 Fahrenheit, add mercury in small
quantities, keeping solution agitated, then add acid one drop speed with dropping
bottle continuing adding parts as above named; compounding must be conducted in
earthern vessel over water bath, after, flow into moulds to form segments for use as
required.
Reference to drawing Fig. 1 drawing board M. F. F. points-squares denote
characters B. B. B. working lines.-H, H, J, and K, parts of gauge. X. X. screws,
holding plate H', to body V. Fig. 5 outliner A. A. N L gauge lines. C. C. hands
holding and tracing outline. H. H. bar of gauge, adjustable box K thereon. J. rule
sliding in said box. Hold bolt G for gauge. See Fig. 4. H¹ and H* jaws to gauge.
I. I. nut. U. washer. V. body.
Fig. 2 outliner back view. T. fabric. .S. prepared surface. Ink P, in hand R.
Fig. 3 outliner cut in half. Fig. 4 side view gauge. Fig. 5 outliner being worked.
Fig. 6 on a reduced scale iron wire frame to outliner. Fig. 7 stylus no handle.

page_text: A, B, C, D, adjustable combination ferrule, or finger tool for tracing, marking or
writing. Fig. 7 (detached), E pencil, F brush, G, H, I pens.
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 :-
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1. A new article of manufacture with process and machine in combination of
outliner, fabric, flexible, textile or other analogous material having thereon placed
letters, ornaments or characters.
2. A new article of manufacture and having register marks parallel with bottom
of sheet or frame.
3. A new article of manufacture having cross or side register marks parallel to
ends of outliner or the use of the aforesaid register marks however differently arranged
when applied to end as aforesaid.
4. A new article of manufacture with dry ink or color or substitute for aforesaid.
5. A new article of manufacture coating back or face of outliner or by any other
mode applied to obtain off set or outline by tracing or otherwise as hereinbefore
described.
6. A new article of manufacture with gauge as described.
7. A new article of manufacture with gauge and with combination ferrule or
adjustable finger tool, open or closed and perforated or plain having socket thereon
formed or attached and without handle, said handle being supplied by a finger of the
hand, being placed in said ferrule and so manipulated or worked.
8. Framing of the aforesaid fabric or enclosing in the aforesaid fabric of a frame or
support as aforesaid.
All substantially as and for the purposes set forth.