A NEW MODE OF LAYING METAL LEAVES ON PRINTED SURFACES, AND THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Simon, of Hutchinson Street, Wilford
Road, in the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, for
the Invention of "A NEW MODE OF LAYING METAL LEAVES ON PRINTED
SURFACES, AND THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH."-A communi-
cation from abroad by Albert Emile Reinhardt, of Paris, No. 22,
Rue Beautreille.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Simon at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th January 1868.
I, LOUIS SIMON, of Hutchinson Street, Wilford Road, in the Town
and County of the Town of Nottingham, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "A NEW MODE OF LAYING METAL LEAVES ON PRINTED
SURFACES, AND THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," (a communication)
to be as follows:-

page_text: 2ndly. For a machine to place or lay the gold, silver, or metal leaves
on to paper or any other surface prepared with varnish or any other
substance, which machine consists of a table with a frame or stand
attached thereto; in the latter is fixed a roller containing the metal
leaves, beneath which is the tympan or lever, which presses the leaf
metal on to the paper laying on the table under the same, to which it
adheres, the paper having been previously prepared with varnish or any
other suitable substance, as before referred to.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Louis Simon in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th July 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
SIMON, of Hutchinson Street, Wilford Road, in the Town and County
of the Town of Nottingham, send greeting.
WHEREAS
Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-first
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Louis Simon, Her special licence that I, the
said Louis Simon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Louis Simon, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter 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 "A NEW MODE OF LAYING METAL LEAVES ON PRINTED
SURFACES, AND THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," a communication to
me from abroad by Albert Emile Reinhardt, of Paris, No. 22, Rue
Beautreille, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Louis
Simon, my executors or administrators, by an instrument 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Louis Simon, 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, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say:-
The apparatus of this Invention represented in the accompanying
Drawings is intended to facilitate the use of the rolls in which are
contained the sheets of leaf metal, and especially the imitation gold and
silver foils employed in the manufacture of gilt and silver paper.
According to this Invention the foils are first placed in juxtaposition,
taking care that they shall lap sufficiently the one over the other, after
which the paper on which they are applied is rolled up and delivered to
the consumer in this form. It will be understood that by adopting this
mode it suffices to apply in a suitable manner the roll containing the
metal sheets or foils on the paper to be gilded (which paper is previously
partly or wholly covered with a coat of a suitable size) to effect the
gilding or silvering of the whole or a portion of the paper wherever the
size has been applied.
:
The apparatus for effecting the object above mentioned is represented
in the accompanying Drawings, of which Figure 1 shews a sectional
elevation, and Figure 2 a plan.
A, lower shaft, carrying the roller G of the paper roll h; B, cylinder,
serving to unroll the paper carrying the metal foil; C, cylinder bearing
against cylinder B; D, roller for pressing the leaves of metal on to the
paper to be gilt when very thick size is used; E; upper. shaft carrying the
roller F; F, hollow roller for, receiving the paper after the metal has
been uncoiled; G, hollow roller, keyed to the shaft A and carrying the
roll of paper and metal foil; H, handle fixed to the band wheel I; I,
driving pulley; J, roller carrying the endless cloth or apron; K, pulley
communicating motion to the roller J; L, gut cord connecting the
pullies I and K; M, endless apron; N, handle for operating the upper
shaft E; O, roller for receiving the pressure of roller D; P, set screw for
adjusting the position of the cylinder B; Q, cylinder placed beneath
cylinder B and endless cloth M; h, roll of paper with metal leaf; G,
hollow roller serving as an axis for the roll.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-On the axis A is placed
the roll H containing the metal foil, and provided with its roller G, care

page_text: being taken to place it, as seen in the Drawings annexed, so that the
paper will be unrolled in the direction indicated by the arrows.
The
apparatus being thus arranged the free end of the paper is passed
between the cylinder B and the pressure roller C, after which it is passed
between the cylinder B and the endless apron M, which is supported at
this point by the cylinder Q; it is then directed by hand between the
cylinder D and the endless cloth, which is further supported by the
roller O, after which it is wound on the roller F placed on the upper
axis E of the machine; then by means of the handle H fixed to the
pulley I, which is keyed to the axis B, a rotary movement is imparted to
the latter, which in drawing on the paper by means of the pressure
cylinder C unrols it together with the metal foil with which it is
provided. This movement is communicated to the cylinder J operating
the endless cloth M by means of the pulley K and the cross band or gut
cord L, receiving its motion from the pulley I keyed to the axis of
cylinder B. By means of this arrangement the endless cloth is moved in
the direction indicated by the arrows, whilst the cylinder B (the move-
ment of which corresponds exactly with that of the endless cloth) unrolls
the
paper together with the metal, and deposits the latter on the surface,
passing under the cylinder B, that is to say, on the paper to be gilded,
which has been previously coated with an adhesive substance and placed
on the endless cloth in front of the cylinder B. Thus by means of the
simultaneous movement of the cylinder B, and the endless cloth M carrying
the paper to be gilded, the latter in passing the cylinder D receives on its
adhesive surface the metal from the roll G. The paper from this roll
after delivering the metal foil on the paper to be gilded is rolled up by
means of the handle N on the roller on the upper shaft. The paper thus
gilded on continuing its motion with the endless cloth passes under the
pressing cylinder D, which presses the metal on the adhesive substance
in order that it may adhere thoroughly at all parts. In order to support
the paper to be gilded and the endless cloth by which it is carried at the
point where it receives the pressure of the roller D, another roller O
is placed immediately below the said roller D, which also serves to
support the cloth when the roller D is not used, which occurs in certain
cases herein-after described. When the adhesive substance is used in a
liquid condition, as, for example, when manufacturing gilt papers, the
cylinder D is dispensed with, as the pressure will be objectionable, and it
is moreover unnecessary in any case as the liquid adhesive matter
sufficiently insures the contact of the metal foil, which is of a porous

page_text: nature. As in certain cases it is of advantage to obtain a pressure at the
moment the foil is delivered from the roll the cylinder B is mounted in
adjustable bearings, its whole weight resting on the endless cloth. The
pressure of said cylinder; B may be readily taken off by raising it, together
with its adjustable bearings, by means of screw 1. It is unnecessary to
remark that this apparatus is simply intended to apply the inetal foil on
paper fabrics or other material to be gilt, and to produce its adhesion
thereon, and that the preceding and following operations are all inde-
pendent of that of the gilding machine of this Invention, by the
employment of which great economy in the gilding process is obtained
both in labour and material.
When employing metal foil in books or packets known under the
name of "Brettformen "it is always diflicult to obtain metal sheets of
the required size for covering the whole of a sheet of paper without
causing a waste of metal by cutting it in strips and increasing the labour,
whereas by the adoption of these improvements it is simply necessary to
make the rolls of a corresponding width to the paper or material to be
gilt. The width of the foil is immaterial, as supposing it to be more
than sufficient to cover a sheet the remainder may be applied on the
commencement of the next sheet, and thus prevent any waste of material.
Having described the nature of this Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the
combination and arrangement of parts constituting an improved
apparatus for applying leaf metal on paper and other surfaces as to
facilitate the economical application of the metal in rolls, all as herein-
before described, and as represented in the Drawing annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Simon, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
LOUIS SIMON. (L.S.)