and for similar Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1887.
and for similar Purposes.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex 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 :-
In the operation of producing outline designs upon woven fabrics and other
surfaces for embroidery and other art-work, it is customary in many cases
to employ a perforated pattern of paper or other suitable material, which
is placed upon the surface to be marked, after which moist white lead or dry
stamping powder is rubbed over the pattern, which passes through the
perforations of the same and leaves the design in a series of dots upon the surface
beneath. When, however, white lead is employed, it fills the perforations of the
pattern, which consequently requires to be washed out after each time that it is used,
while when the dry stamping powder is employed a hot iron must be passed over the
fabric or surface on which the design is marked, to set or fix the same and prevent it
from becoming easily obliterated.
My invention has for its object to greatly facilitate this marking process and avoid
the necessity of washing out the pattern or passing a hot iron over the design when
produced upon the woven or other surface; and it consists in a compound formed of
certain ingredients, mixed together as hereinafter set forth, whereby an exceedingly
effective marking compound is produced, which is especially adapted for use in
marking designs with perforated patterns, as it will enable the work to be performed
more rapidly and perfectly than heretofore.
In carrying my invention into effect, I take a suitable vessel and place therein one
quart of benzine, naphtha, or turpentine, after which I add one ounce of a suitable
pigment of any desired color-for instance, chrome yellow or Chinese blue-one tea-
spoonful of bronze-powder, and one tea-spoonful of kerosene oil, and, if it should be

page_text: desired to impart an agreeable odor to the compound, a few drops of oil of bergamot
or other essential oil having a perfume, may be added; but this may be omitted if no
scent is required. The whole is then thoroughly stirred or shaken up to intimately
mix all of the ingredients together, when it is ready for use.
This compound can be used not only for transferring perforated embroidery
designs, &c., to the surfaces of woven fabrics, but also for transferring designs from
perforated patterns to leather, wood, glass, or any other material which is to be
decorated.
I do not wish to confine myself to the exact proportions of the ingredients above
described, as these may be varied to some extent without departing from the spirit of
my invention.
In using the above described liquid marking compound, it is rubbed through the
perforations of the pattern in any suitable manner-for instance, by means of a piece
of soft cloth saturated with the compound and disposed in any convenient shape that
may be found best adapted to the work.
The advantages of iny improved composition are, that it enables the work to be
performed much more rapidly than heretofore, as it does not clog or obstruct the
perforations of the pattern, but leaves the same entirely free and clean, thus avoiding
the frequent washing out of the same, while when the design is marked upon the
surface intended to receive it no hot iron or subsequent process is required to fix or
set the same, and consequently a considerable saving in time and labor is effected.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The herein described liquid marking compound, consisting of benzine, naphtha, or
turpentine, bronze powder, kerosene oil, and a suitable coloring substance, mixed
together in about the proportions named, substantially as set forth.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.