Improvements in Preserving Embossed or Raised Designs, Patterns, or Projections upon Paper or like Material, and in the Making of Wrappers, Padding, Packing, Linings, Coverings and such like from such Paper or like Material.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 9th Dec.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Preserving Embossed or Raised Designs, Patterns,
or Projections upon Paper or like Material, and in the Making of
Wrappers, Padding, Packing, Linings, Coverings and such like
from such Paper or like Material.
I, GEORGE BATHGATE, of St. Martin's Lodge, Wardie Crescent, Edinburgh,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to the preserving of embossed or raised designs, patterns
or projections upon paper or like material and to the making of wrappers, pad-
ding, packing, linings, coverings and such like from such paper or like material
with embossed or raised designs, patterns or projections.
In carrying out my invention I first emboss or stamp the paper or such like
with the designs, patterns or projections, or I take paper already embossed or
stamped and I fill the cavities in the paper with ground cork or a similar or
equivalent material.
The cork or its equivalent may be held in place in the cavities simply by means
of an adhesive substance or by means of a backing sheet of similar material to
the front sheet or by means of a plain paper, cloth or other sheet. The pattern
sheet and its backing sheet may be secured together by means of any suitable
adhesive or in any other well known manner.
In the case of a wrapper, envelope or packing for bottles two or more of the
sheets may be secured together and the projections or patterns may be varied
in size to suit the shape of the bottle.
The wrapper or packing especially when used for bottles may be made of
blotting paper or other similar material of an absorbent nature.
In some cases it may be desirable to make the paper with a level surface and
in such cases a levelling layer of paper may be placed on top of the pattern
sheet.
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Dated this 10th day of December 1898
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Preserving Embossed or Raised Designs, Patterns,
or Projections upon Paper or like Material, and in the Making of
Wrappers, Padding, Packing, Lining, Coverings and such like
from such Paper or like Material.
I, GEORGE BATHGATE, of St. Martin's Lodge, Wardie Crescent, Edinburgh,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
Price S71

page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and aspertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the preserving of embossed or raised designs, patterns,
or projections upon paper, cloth, or cloth and paper combined, or a like material
to such materials and to the making of wrappers padding, packing, linings, 5
coverings, framings, mouldings, and such like from such paper, cloth, or cloth
and paper combined, or a like material to these materials with embossed or raised
designs, patterns or projections.
In carrying out my invention I emboss or stamp in any well known manner
the paper or such like with hollow cells or cavities, or the like, which may take 1
the form of designs, patterns, or projections, (or I take paper already embossed
or stamped in this manner) and I fill the cells or cavities in the paper with ground
cork or a similar or equivalent material. The cork may, as desired, be ground
either fine or coarse as may best suit the requirements of the case.
The cork or its equivalent may be held in place in the cavities simply by means
of an adhesive substance such, for instance, as gum, glue, or other well known
and suitable adhesive, or by means of a backing sheet prepared in a similar
manner to the front or pattern sheet, or by means of a backing strip formed of
plain paper, cloth, or such like. When the filling is held in place by a backing
sheet it (the filling) may be mixed with a suitable adhesive to make it cohere
together and to the front and back sheets; or these sheets may be secured
together round the edges and (or) other parts by means of a suitable adhesive or
in other well known and suitable manner.
To enable the invention to be clearly understood by those skilled in the art to
which it relates I will describe, by way of example, how I propose to make thin
wrappers for bottles. I take two lengths of paper and feed them, with the ground
cork between, to two rollers one of which is a suitably made or cut or engraved
pattern roller whilst the other may be a plain roller (or, if the designs are to
appear on both sides of the wrapper, both rollers may be pattern rollers). The
rollers are made to revolve by hand or power and are at the same time caused to
squeeze the paper sheets, with the cork between, with sufficient force to make the
desired pattern on the paper and, at the same time, to fill the hollows of the
pattern with the ground cork.
In this manner long lengths of combined paper and cork wrappers can be
made and can subsequently be cut up to suit requirements.
The lengths of paper may be treated with a suitable adhesive (such as gum)
on their adjacent sides so as to cause the cork filling to adhere to them and to
facilitate this the cork may be damped as it is fed in between the lengths of paper;
or, the ground cork may be mixed with or treated with a suitable adhesive before
being fed between the lengths of paper. In the latter case the cork filling would
require to be fed in between the paper lengths before the adhesive had time to
set.
In some cases it may be more convenient to first stamp a flat sheet of paper
with the cells or cavities by means of a suitable die or stamp and then fill the cork
filling into the cavities by means of a travelling roller or by hand. The roller,
if used, may be caused to travel over the pattern sheet by hand or by machinery.
In some cases a soft and pliable filling may be desired, whilst, in others, a
hard or comparatively hard filling may be deemed more suitable. In the former
case I prefer to mix the cork, in a fine-granular condition, with molten glue and
to add glycerine until the whole forms a plastic mass of the desired pliability,
.softness, and adhesiveness. In the latter case I may simply combine the ground
cork with glue or Plaster of Paris or other well known substance capable of
giving the required strength and hardness.
The sheets of the wrapper or packing, especially when used for bottles, may if
desired be made of blotting paper or other similar material of an absorbent nature.
In some cases it may be desirable to make the finished material with a level
surface and in such cases a levelling layer of paper may be placed on top of the
embossed surface.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. Preserving embossed or raised designs, patterns, or projections upon paper
or like material by filling the recesses or cavities of the designs, patterns, or
projections, with ground cork or a similar or equivalent material, substantially
as set forth.
2. The making of wrappers, padding, packing, linings, coverings, and such like,
from paper impressed with cells or cavities which preferably take the form of
designs, patterns, or projections said cells or cavities being filled with ground
cork or a similar or equivalent material, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 8th day of Sentember 1899
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.