A New or improved Method of and Apparatus for Decorating Mouldings for Picture and other Frames.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or improved Method of and Apparatus for Decorating
Mouldings for Picture and other Frames.
I, OSCAR LIEPMANN of 28 Wallnertheater Strasse Berlin, Germany, Manu-
facturer of Gilt Mouldings, 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 :-
Heretofore when decorating mouldings intended for use in making picture,
mirror, and other frames it has been usual to transfer the plastic material, on which
the decorations and ornaments are made by pressure, by hand on to the strips or
mouldings; or, under another method, to glue decorations which have been
previously finished on to the strips or mouldings. These methods consu:ne much
time and cannot be carried on regularly and continuously.
This invention has for its object to adopt a new method and apparatus whereby
the plastic material, from which the decorations are made by pressure can be
transferred regularly and continuously.
The apparatus for carrying out the invention is illustrated on the annexed sheet
of drawings.
The apparatus, which is of a special construction, consists of a heated receptacle
containing the plastic material which is forced in continuous streams or layers
down funnels or.moulds a, b, c, directly on to the moulding d which is fed at a
uniform speed under the mouths of the moulds aforesaid as indicated by the arrow.
The moulds are of such shape, as shown, that cross sections of them are similar to
the cross sections of the general outlines of the decorations which it is desired to
produce upon the moulding. Of course, according to the kind of moulding desired
to produce, either a single mould or more than one is used. Generally more than
one mould is used and they are arranged, as shown, so as to deliver the plastic
material uniformly and in a regular thickness on to the moulding.
The moulding with its layers of plastic material is conducted or fed under
rollers, such as g, h, i, which impress on the material the desired decoration
or decorations. For each roller there is a corresponding mould and the cross
sections of the rollers correspond to the cross sections of the corresponding
moulds.
Under this novel method of decorating mouldings they can be very quickly
and cheaply made.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. The method of decorating mouldings for picture and other frames, wherein
the plastic material is delivered from funnels or moulds in layers on to the moulding
which is continuously fed forward beneath one or more impressing rollers sub-
stantially as herein before described.
2. An apparatus for carrying out the above claimed method of decorating,
consisting of a receptacle from which the plastic material is forced through moulds
or funnels, such as a, b, c, on to the moulding which is fed forward beneath
impressing rollers, such as g, h, i, substantially as herein before described with
reference to the drawings annexed.

page_text: 3. Shaping the delivering funnels or moulds so that they correspond with the
general outline of the decorations to be produced, substantially as herein before
described with reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 9th day of September 1896.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.