Improvements in the Manufacture of Embossed Tablets.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Embossed Tablets.
I. ROBERT PECK, of 90 and 91, Bartholomew Close, in the City of London,
Book-binder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of embossed tablets suitable for use as
show cards or the like the object being to produce at a low cost, tablets which will
have the appearance of being made of metal, glass, leather or the like.
In carrying out my invention I take a sheet of suitable material such as straw-
board and cut the same to the size and shape of the tablet to be produced. I cover
the face of this board with what is known as metal paper of the required shade
according as to whether the embossing is to have the appearance of silver, gold,
amber, turquoise, ruby, or otherwise. The slab thus prepared is then ready to be
embossed with the required design, lettering or otherwise. This is effected by
stamping in a well known manner, but the surface of the die is covered with a
bronze or other suitable adhesive colour so that when the slab is embossed the
design or lettering will appear with a metal surface on a coloured ground. The
coloured ground thus formed is then grained or indented by means of a suitable
block, plate or die so as to give it the appearance of leather.
Tablets thus produced have a very elegant appearance and are suitable for use
where the better class of tablets have hitherto only been used.
Dated the 22nd dex of November 1893
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Embossed Tablets.
I, ROBERT PECK, of 90 and 91, Bartholomew Close, in the City of London,
Book-binder, 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:→
This invention relates to the manufacture of embossed tablets suitable for use as
show cards or the like, the object being to produce, at a low cost, tablets which
will have the appearance of being made of metal, glass, leather or the like.
The accompanying drawing shews in elevation at Figure 1 and in section at
Figure 2 a tablet manufactured according to my invention.
In carrying out my invention I take a sheet of suitable material such as
strawboard a and cut the same to the size and shape of the tablet to be produced.
I cover the face of this board with what is known as metal paper of the required
shade according as to whether the embossing is to have the appearance of silver,
gold, amber, turquoise, ruby, or otherwise. This covering of metal paper is
marked b in the drawing. The slab thus prepared is then ready to be embossed
with the required design, lettering or otherwise. This is effected by stamping in
a well known manner, but the surface of the die is covered with a bronze or other
suitable adhesive colour so that when the slab is embossed the design or lettering c
will appear with a metal surface on a coloured ground d. The coloured ground thus
formed is then advantageously grained or indented by means of a suitable block,

page_text: plate or die, so as to give it the appearance of leather such as is represented at e.
fis a paper hacking.
Tablets thus produced have a very elegant appearance and are suitable for use
where the better class of tablets have hitherto only been used.
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 :-
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1. A tablet manufactured as hereinbefore described, that is to say, by covering
a sheet of strawboard or the like with metal paper and then embossing the
same with the required design, lettering or otherwise, by means of a die or
stamp, the surface of which is covered with an adhesive colour, the coloured
ground thus produced being then grained or not as required, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved tablets hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 12th day of December 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.