CONSISTING OF SPECIAL TOOLS FOR IMITATING THE POROSITY OF WOOD IN DECORATIVE PAINTING
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Fournier, of Tournai, in the Kingdom of
Belgium, Merchant of Paper Hangings, for the Invention of
* CONSISTING OF SPECIAL TOOLS FOR IMITATING THE POROSITY OF WOOD IN
DECORATIVE PAINTING."
Sealed the 21st August 1875, and dated the 29th April 1875.
PROVISIONAL' SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Fournier at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 29th April 1875.
I, CHARLES FOURNIER, of Tournai, in the Kingdom of Belgium,
Merchant of Paper Hangings, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention, "CONSISTING OF SPECIAL TOOLS FOR IMITATING THE POROSITY OF WOOD
IN DECORATIVE PAINTING," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improved tools for graining or imitating the
grain of wood.
The tools consist of a handle of wood, to which is attached a spindle
upon which discs are mounted. To the upper part of the handle and
running therethrough I fix a tube of zinc or other metal which extends

page_text: to the edges of the discs, upon which edges the patterns are produced.
The discs are sometimes used singly or coupled together, with a slight
distance between them so as to form the smaller or larger grains. The
coloring matter is introduced into the tube by means of a sponge
saturated with the color that is to be imparted, and the discs in rotating
take the color from the tube in the proportion in which it is to be
deposited on the surface that is being decorated, and a presser is intro-
duced into the tube, which is fitted with a rack and catch for regulating
said presser, which is retained in the tube by means of a spring on the
handle, and two pins are provided which are passed through the tube
and the sponge, so that the pressure given shall not retard the motion of
the discs.
I employ discs or cylinders of different thickness made of boxwood
to imitate mixed grain, and other discs or cylinders covered with felt to
carry certain tints and produce natural appearances.
In another arrangement I employ two discs of thin load, iron, or zinc,
between which I enclose a piece of leather, the whole being rivetted
together, and is employed to remove color that may be required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Fournier in the Great Seal Patent Office 2
on the 29th October 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
FOURNIER, of Tournai, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Merchant of Paper
Hangings, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her:
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of April, in the
' year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Charles Fournier, Her special
licence, that I, the said Charles Fournier, my executors, adminis- a
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Fournier;
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter

page_text: during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "CONSISTING OF SPECIAL TOOLS FOR IMITATING THE POROSITY OF WOOD IN
DECORATIVE PAINTING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Charles Fournier, 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 In-
vention, 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 Charles Fournier, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon (that is to
say):
This Invention relates to improved tools for graining or imitating the
grain of wood.
The tools consist of a handle carrying a spindle, upon which discs are
mounted. To the upper part of the handle or running therethrough is
fixed a tube of zinc or other metal, which extends to the edges of the
discs, upon which edges the patterns or grains to be produced are cut
or formed. The discs are sometimes used singly or coupled together,
with a slight distance between them so as to form smaller or larger grains..
The coloring matter is introduced into the tube by means of a sponge
saturated with the color that is to be imparted. The discs in rotating
take the color from the tube in the proportion in which it is to be
deposited on the surface that is being decorated, and a presser" is intro-
duced into the tube and fitted with a rack and catch for regulating said '
presser," which is retained in the tube by means of a spring on the
handle, and two pins are provided, which are passed through the tube
and the sponge, so that the pressure given shall not retard the motion of
the discs.
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I employ discs or cylinders of different thickness made of boxwood
to imitate mixed grain, and also other discs or cylinders covered with
felt to carry certain tints and produce natural appearances.

page_text: In another arrangement I employ two discs of thin lead, iron, or zinc,
between which I enclose a piece of leather, the whole being rivetted
together and employed to remove superfluous color or produce light
grains, and for these purposes are constructed without the color tube
and "
presser."
Figs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 are side views, and Figs. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,
and 12 are end views respectively shewing modifications of the discs and
tools.
A is the handle with spindle B carrying disc C; D is the tube for
carrying the sponge and color, which tube may occupy a position above
the handle, and at an angle theretò, or may lic along the handle, as
shewn in Fig. 3, or may pass therethrough, 'as illustrated in Fig. 11;
E is a "
presser," which is introduced into the tube D, and fitted with
rack and catch for regulating said " presser," which is acted upon and
held in position by a spring F; G are pins passing through the tube D
and the sponge contained therein to further regulate the action of the
"presser."
In Figs. 7 and 8 H represents a covering of felt on the disc C, and
in Figs. 11 and 12 I are lead or other metal plates enclosing the disc of
leather K.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my Invention I
claim, the color tube D with presser E, pins G, and spring F, combined
and operating substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Fournier, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this 9th day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.