IMPROVEMENTS IN. MANUFACTURING PICTURE FRAMES, INKSTANDS, AND OTHER ARTICLES IN DIES OR MOULDS, ALSO IN PRODUCING ORNAMENTAL SURFACES
Year: 1849

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES.
ILES, of Bordesley Works, Birmingham, Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-sixth day of
April (One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine), in the twelfth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Charles Iles, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, Her especial licence, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Charles Iles, my exors,.
admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Iles, my exors,.
adiiors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time.
to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should.
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,.
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN.
MANUFACTURING PICTURE FRAMES, INKSTANDS, AND OTHER ARTICLES IN DIES OR
MOULDS, ALSO IN PRODUCING ORNAMENTAL SURFACES;" in which said Letters
Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said Charles Iles, shall cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, to be inrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in part
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had,.
will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Charles Iles, do hereby déclare that the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists, first, of improvements in the manufacture of
picture frames, inkstands, and other articles in dies or moulds; and, secondly,
my Invention consists of improvements in producing ornamental surfaces.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood, and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued by me.
In manufacturing picture frames, inkstands, bobbins (for cotton and other
thread), stands of various kinds, knobs and other handles, buttons, and
numerous other articles, capable of being made from plastic matters in dies or
moulds, I cause any suitable plastic matter or material to be combined with
colored silk waste, or it might be with other colored fibrous matters, but I
believe silk wasto to be the best for the purposes of my Invention, or mixtures
of these matters may be used, and the colored silk waste or colored fibrous
matter employed is to be of a different color or colors to that of the plastic
matter with which the same is combined, in order that those portions of the
colored fibres which come to the surface may give to the fabricated article a
veined or marbled appearance; and it is the giving of such veined or marbled
appearance, by means of colored silk waste or other colored fibrous matter or
matters, to articles made in dics or moulds from plastic composition, which
constitutes the peculiarity of this part of my Invention. I would state, that
in carrying out this first part of my Invention, various plastic matters may be
employed, but I prefer to use the following, because the same is readily
moulded in dies or moulds, and takes and retains à good impression, and
becomes very hard when dry; but I make no claim to such plastic material,
nor do I confine myself thereto, as others may be employed, this part of my
Invention not consisting of a plastic material, but the combining of colored
silk waste or other colored fibrous matters with plastic materials, when form-
ing picture frames, inkstands, and other articles in dies or moulds. Tho
plastic material I prefer for,such purposes are as follows:-Rosin, four parts
by weight; wax, one part; glue, six parts; alum, four parts; gypsum, twelvo
parts. I melt the rosin and wax in any convenient vessel, and add thereto a
hot solution of glue, and afterwards add the alum and gypsum in the state of
powder, and stir these matters well together, coloring such composition when
desired; and I stir in a quantity of fibrous materials, such as above described,
and then cast the composition in moulds, and the result will be that the colored
fibres which come to the surface will give a veined character thereto, and such

page_text: will be the case when using other plastic matters in place of those above
mentioned.
I will now describe the second part of my. Invention, which consists of pro-
ducing ornamental surfaces on walls and places, and on various matters of a
veined or marbled character, by employing colored silk waste or other colored
fibrous matters in combination with suitable cement; the colored fibrous,
matters, so far as they come to the surface, producing the desired veined or
marbled effect. In carrying out this part of my Invention, I employ Kcenes
or other cement capable of producing a smooth hard surface, and I mix colored
silk waste or other colored fibrous matters, or more than one sort of fibre, and
of one or more colors, the color or colors used being different from that of the
cement; and I mix such fibres in a like manner to what hair is now mixed
with mortar, and I cause such cement to be spread on a wall or other surface,
and floated and laid smooth, as when using like cements without the colored
silk waste or other fibre; by this means very ornamental effects may be pro-
duced of a veined or marbled character, depending on the colors of the cements
employed, and the colors of the silk waste or other fibres used therewith.
I would remark, that the silk waste or other fibrous material used for the
purposes of my Invention are to be dyed, as such matters are usually died
when for other
purposes.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself
to the details as herein described, so long as the peculiar character of either
part of my Invention be retained; but what I claim is,―
First, the mode of manufacturing picture frames, inkstands, and other
articles in dies or moulds, by combining colored silk waste or other colored
fibrous substances with plastic matters, so as to obtain a veined or marbled
character to the surfaces of such articles.
And, secondly, I claim the producing of ornamental surfaces to walls and
other places, and on different matters, by combining colored silk waste or other
colored fibrous substances with cement, in such manner that the colored
silk waste or other colored fibrous matters used shall produce a veined or
marbled character.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Iles, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
CHARLES (L.S.) ILES.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-fourth day of October,
in the year of our Lord 1849, the aforesaid Charles Iles came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord One