Improvements in Indelible and Waterproof Prints, Pictures, Designs, and similar Objects, and in the Method of Producing the same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1889-Accepted, 14th June, 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Indelible and Waterproof Prints, Pictures, Designs,
and similar Objects, and in the Method of Producing the same.
I, JOSEPH RICHARD FRANCE. of the City and State of New York, United States of
America, Manufacturer 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 :-
The object. of my invention is to produce an absolutely waterproof and indelible
design, picture, print, photograph or the like by the use of pyralin or other pyroxy-
line compound and by a novel method hereinafter described, and which picture, or
print so produced shall possess a high polish and finish and the ivory-like appearance
of polished pyralin or celluloid or similar pyroxyline compounds.
Attempts in this direction have been made by printing, engraving or lithographing
directly on celluloid, but all pictures or prints so produced can be effaced or rubbed
off and in fact rub off and therefore become useless in a more or less short period of
time; furthermore, no pictures or prints on celluloid or other pyroxyline compound
have hitherto been produced that could be polished and finished with that high
polish to which pyroxyline compounds are capable and for which they are so highly
valued.
I have, however, invented a simple and cheap method of producing a highly
finished and polished waterproof, indelible and durable picture, print or the like and
which shall possess all the delicate shades and beautiful effects of any kind of litho-
graph, photograph, engraving, etching, sun-print, print from type or electrotype, etc.
and my method is substantially as follows:
To one or both sides of my print or picture of any color and on any material,
preferably paper, linen, silk, wood or other fibrous or textile character, is united by
any of the well-known ordinary means, a sheet or sheets of pyralin, celluloid or other
compound having pyroxyline as a base, which sheets are of such a thinness as to be
transparent or semi-transparent and of any desired size, thus producing an article of
manufacture, consisting of a print or picture of any kind or color on any material
between two sheets of pyralin or other pyroxyline compound, or a print or picture
of any color on any material with a sheet of pyralin on one side only as a facing.
The sheet or sheets of pyralin are first obtained in the manner now well known and
are united to the print or picture by cementing them together by wetting the surface
of the picture or print with alcohol or other solvent of pyroxlyine and then applying
heat and pressure, or they may be otherwise cemented together or united with a
transparent size or paste gum, or without the use of a solvent by heat and pressure;
and while I do not confine myself to any particular method of uniting the pyralin
sheet or sheets to the picture or print, yet I prefer the manner first mentioned as
being the most successful. As will also be readily understood, the picture or print
may have a backing of cardboard or wood and the pyralin compound will then be
united to the face only of the print or picture in the manner above referred to.
After the picture has been securely united to or between the pyralin sheet or sheets
the said sheet or sheets are polished in any well known manner, for instance, by
pressing them against highly polished metal plates; or the pyralin sheets may be
first polished and afterwards united to the picture or print.
The method herein described may also be successfully used for decorating
furniture, producing a veneering which may be applied or secured to the tops of
tables etc

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
First. As an article of manufacture, a picture, print or the like, of any kind or
color and on any material with a transparent or semi-transparent sheet of pyralin or
other pyroxyline compound securely united to its front or face, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
Second. As an article of manufacture, a picture, print or the like, of any kind or
color and on any material securely fastened or united between two sheets of pyralin
or other pyroxyline compound, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Third. As an article of manufacture, a picture, print or the like, of any kind or
color, and on any material securely fastened or united between two sheets of pyralin
or other pyroxyline compound, said sheets being a little larger in length and width
than the picture or print to which they are to be united and having their edges joined
or united together, thereby completely enclosing the picture or print, substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
Fourth. As an article of manufacture, a picture, print or the like, of any kind or
color on paper, silk, or other fibrous or textile material securely fastened or united
between two sheets of pyralin or other pyroxyline compound, said sheets being a little
larger in length and width than the picture or print to which they are to be united
and having their edges joined or united together, thereby completely enclosing the
picture or print, and the one of said sheets on the front or face of said picture or print
being transparent and the other of any desired color, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
Fifth. As an article of manufacture, an indelible waterproof and polished picture,
print or the like, consisting of a picture, print or the like, of any kind or color, and
on any material securely fastened or united between two sheets of pyralin or other
pyroxyline compound, said sheets being polished and also a little larger in length and
width than the picture or print to which they are to be united, and having their edges
joined or united together, thereby completely enclosing the picture or print and the
one of said sheets on the front or face of said picture or print being transparent
and the other of any desired color, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Sixth. The method of manufacturing an indelible picture, print or the like, which
consists in securely uniting to the front or face of any print, picture, or the like a
sheet of pyralin or other pyroxyline compound, substantially as set forth.
Seventh. The method of manufacturing an indelible waterproof picture, print or
the like which consists in securely uniting any picture, print or the like between two
sheets of pyralin or other pyroxyline compound, substantially as set forth.
Eighth. The method of manufacturing an indelible waterproof picture, print or the
like, which consists in securely uniting any picture, print or the like between two
sheets of pyralin or other pyroxyline compound, and uniting or joining together the
edges of said sheets, so as to completely enclose the interposed picture, print or the
like, substantially as set forth.
Ninth. The method of manufacturing an indelible waterproof and polished picture,
print or the like, which consists in securely uniting any picture, print or the like
between two sheets of pyralin or other pyroxyline compound, and uniting or joining
together the edges of said sheets so as to completely enclose the interposed picture,
print or the like, and polishing said sheets of pyralin or other pyroxyline compound,
substantially as set forth.
Tenth. The method of manufacturing an indelible waterproof and polished picture,
print or the like, which consists in securely uniting any picture, print or the like
between two sheets of pyralin or other pyroxyline compound by wetting the surfaces
of the picture, print or the like, with alcohol or other solvent of pyroxyline and
applying heat and pressure to said sheets after the picture or print has been placed

page_text: between them and at the same time and by the same operation uniting or joining the
edges of said pyralin sheets together, which sheets are a little larger in length and
width than the interposed picture, print or the like so as to completely enclose the
interposed picture, and then polishing said sheets of pyralin or other pyroxyline
compound, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 31st day of December 1889
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.