AN IMPROVED MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR. APPLYING COLOUR TO BLOCKS FOR STAMPING. TRADE MARKS ON WOVEN FABRICS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sam Mendel, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MODE OF
AND APPARATUS FOR. APPLYING COLOUR TO BLOCKS FOR STAMPING. TRADE
MARKS ON WOVEN FABRICS."
Sealed the 9th April 1872, and dated the 6th February 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Sam Mendel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th February 1872.
'I, SAM MENDEL, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Mer-
5 chant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING COLOUR TO BLOCKS FOR
STAMPING TRADE MARKS ON WOVEN FABRICS," to be as follows:-
In stamping trade marks on woven fabrics, it has heretofore been
customary to press the block. on to the colour which is spread upon a

page_text: pad of flannel, and then to press the block on the fabric to be stamped.
By this mode of operating the trade mark produced is of one colour
only.
Now my Invention consists in so constructing the colour troughs
and supplying the colours to them, that trade marks of two or more 5
colours can be stamped at one operation, thereby producing trade
marks that are more ornamental and more easily recognized than those
produced of one colour in the ordinary manner.
In performing my Invention I divide the colour trough into two or
more compartments, each of which is supplied with a different colour, 1
and the whole trough is covered with flannel or other porous material
through which the different colours exude. The block on which the
trade mark is engraved is pressed upon the flannel or other porous
material, and the different colours adhere to different portions of the
block, which is then pressed on the fabric, thereby producing trade 1
marks of the desired pattern and of two or more colours.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Fatent,
filed by the said Sam Mendel in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th July 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, 8AM 2
MENDEL, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the 2
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs, and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Sam Mendel, Her special
licence that I, the said Sam Mendel, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Sam Mendel, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no 3
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
.

page_text: and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING COLOUR TO BLOCKS FOR STAMPING TRADE
MARKS ON WOVEN FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Sam Mendel, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Sam Mendel, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say) :-
1
In stamping trade marks on woven fabrics, it has heretofore been
customary to press the block on to the colour which is spread upon a
pad of flannel, and then to press the block on the fabric to be stamped.
By this mode of operating the trade mark produced is of one colour
only.
Now my Invention consists in so constructing the-colour troughs
and supplying the colours to them, that trade marks of two or more
colours can be stamped at one operation, thereby producing trade
marks that are more ornamental and more easily recognized than those
produced of one colour in the ordinary manner. ..
In performing my Invention I divide the colour troughs into two or
more compartments, each of which is supplied with a different colour,
and the chambers supplied by the troughs are covered with flannel or
other porous material through which the colours exude. The block on
which the trade mark is engraved is pressed upon the flannel or other
porous material, and the different colours adhere to different portions
of the block, which is then pressed on the fabric, thereby producing
trade marks of the desired pattern and of two or more colours.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily
carried into operation, I will proceed to describe the accompanying
Sheets of Drawings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked
thereon.
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page_text: Fig. 1 represents a sectional elevation of my improved apparatus for
stamping trade marks on woven fabrics; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same
with parts removed to shew the internal construction; and Fig. 3
represents a trade mark produced according to my Invention.
a, a, are colour troughs divided into any convenient number of
compartments, each of which is provided with one or more tubes 6 to
convey the colours from the troughs a to the chambers
which are
made in the upper surface of the foundation plate d; there is a tap
in each tube 6 to regulate the supply of colour to each chamber c, and
there are one or more openings from the tubes 6 to the chambers c, to
distribute the colours in the said chambers. The blocks e, f, g, and h,
on which the trade mark or other designs or figures are engraved are
fixed to a cross bar i which swivels in the radial arms j projecting
from the cross shaft k, the ends of which are supported in brackets
fixed to the foundation plate d. The chambers c are covered with
flannel or other porous fabric stretched on frames m and secured to
the foundation plate by swivel buttons n, or otherwise.
The whole apparatus is secured to a stand or bench which is wide
enough to support the goods to be stamped, and the mode of operation
is as follows:-The troughs a having been supplied with the various
colours, and the taps in [the tubes 6 having been opened to allow the
colours to flow into the chambers c, the operator lowers the bar i until
the blocks e, f, g, and h, press upon the flannel coverings of the
chambers c, through which coverings the colours exude, and the
different colours adhere to different portions of the blocks, the operator
then lifts the blocks by means of a handle fitted to the bar i, and the
radial arms j. in performing half a circle round their axis bring the
engraved blocks on to the piece of goods to be stamped, as shewn by
the dotted lines in Fig. 1.
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In order to facilitate the operation of lifting the blocks, the bar i is
connected to the ceiling of the room in which the stamping is per-
formed by means of the india-rubber springs o, or other equivalent,
and the bar i or the radial arms j, when lowered to bring the blocks
down to take a fresh supply of colour, come in contact with india-
rubber or other cushions, as shewn at p, p, to prevent noise and reduce

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In the diagram shewn only two different colours are used, but trade
marks with any variety of colours can be produced in the same manner.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention and described a
convenient mode of performing the same, I wish it to be understood
that I do not limit myself to the details given, as they may be con-
siderably varied or modified, but what I claim is, the mode of stamping
trade marks composed of two or more colours at one operation, and the
apparatus described for stamping trade marks.
In witness whereof, I, the said Sam Mendel, have hereto set my