Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1893
I, WILLIAM ANDERSON, of 364, Hamilton Place, Partick, in the County of the
City of Glasgow, North Britain, Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows; -
This invention has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient machine
to vignette photographs.
In carrying out my invention, I provide a spindle of any convenient length,
which rests on a suitable standard and fixed to the end of the spindle there is a
box for holding the printing frame. This box is provided with a cap on which
tissue paper, cheese cloth, or fine muslin is stretched to give diffusion of light to
make soft vignettes. The machine is placed opposite a gas burner or other light
and by turning a handle, or pulley, or cord on a drum, connected to the spindle,
or by operating a treadle, it causes the box containing the negative to turn round
backward and forward as may be desired, and it being always parallel to the
source of light when exposing, all prints are made alike, which according to the
existing system of vignetting is almost impossible.
The machine can be made of wood, iron, or other material.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE.
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.
I, WILLIAM ANDERSON, of 364, Hamilton Place, Partick, in the County of the
City of Glasgow, North Britain, Photographer, 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:-
My invention has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient machine
to vignette photographs.
In carrying out my invention, I provide a spindle of any. convenient length,
which rests on a suitable standard and fixed to the end of the spindle there is a
box for holding the printing frame. This 'box is provided with a cap on which
tissue paper, cheese cloth, or fine muslin is stretched to give diffusion of light to
make soft vignettes.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into

page_text: effect, I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawing shewing a side view of one
form of the machine constructed according to my improvements, but of course it
is to be understood that I might otherwise construct the apparatus without deviat
ing from.my invention.
:
A is the spindle, which rests on the standard B. At one end of the spindle the
box for holding the printing frame is fixed, while at the other end there is a
little handle D for operating the spindle A. The box is provided with a moveable
cap or cover E on which is stretched tissue paper, cheese cloth, or fine muslin, or
a combination of tissue paper and cheese cloth or fine muslin to give the diffusion
of light, or as shewn in the drawings, in place of the loose cap or cover I may have
the box C constructed in one piece and with the tissue paper and muslin stretched
across the front end of it and an opening F at side of the box to admit of the
frame containing the negative being inserted. By using the tissue paper com-
'bined with the cheese cloth or fine muslin it gives stability and strength and
thereby saves the operator from having occasion to fix on fresh tissue so frequently,
as in working it usually gets torn and burst. A suitable clip 'H is provided to
prevent the negative falling out when the machine is being operated.
The machine is placed opposite a gas burner or other light and by turning the
handle D, or pulley, or cord on a drum, connected to the spindle A, or by operating
a treadle, it causes the box C containing the negative to turn round backward and
forward as may be desired, and it being always parallel to the source of light
when exposing, all prints are made alike, which according to the existing system
of vignetting is almost impossible.
The machine can be made of wood, iron, or other material, and for transit
purposes it may be so constructed that the legs of the standard will collapse so as
to take up little room.
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:-
1. A vignetting machine to vignette photographs constructed substantially as
and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. In a vignetting machine the box containing the printing frame which is kept
revolving while printing, substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
3. In a vignetting machine the combination of tissue paper and cheese cloth or
fine muslin for the cover of box for holding the printing frame, substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
Dated this 5th day of November 1898.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE.
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.