AN IMPROVED METHOD OF PRODUCING PATTERNS OR DESIGNS UPON GLAZED OR UNGLAZED BRICKS, TILES, OR OTHER FORMS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Noble, of Leeds, in the County of York, for the
İnvention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF PRODUCING PATTERNS OR DESIGNS
UPON GLAZED OR UNGLAZED BRICKS, TILES, OR OTHER FORMS."
Sealed the 3rd September 1878, and dated the 12th March 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Noble at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th March 1878.
HENRY NOBLE, of Leeds, in the County of York.
"AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
PRODUCING PATTERNS OR DESIGNS UPON GLAZED OR UNGLAZED BRICKS, TILES, OR
OTHER FORMS."
The Invention consists in engraving on wood, copper, or other suitable material
the required design or pattern to be produced, and afterwards casting or embossing
therefrom a mould in plaster, papier-mâché, leather, or other suitable material, from
which a cast or mould is then taken in or on a flexible composition, of which the
ingredients are as follows:-India-rubber, treacle, glue, and gutta percha, the pro-
portions of each varying in accordance with the pattern to be produced.
The aforesaid ingredients are by preference combined, but others equivalent to
these may be employed in order to form the flexible composition.
The plate or cast of the design is fitted or applied to a roller or cylindrical drumm
of suitable size, mounted in a frame and over a table.
The cylinder is mounted in bearings in the framework, and capable of being
revolved at a suitable speed.
The table may be fixed in position or arranged so that it can be moved or
adjusted to admit of various thicknesses of brick, tile, or other forms being passed
between it and the cylinder.
The design or pattern on the cylinder is caused to impinge with a suitable pres
sure upon bricks, tiles, or other forms.
Any required coloring matter may be applied to the surface of the cast or block
as it revolver

page_text: On the brick, tile, or other forms being brought in contact with the cast or block
a distinct impression of the design is made upon the surface.
After the above operations the brick, tile, or other form is submitted to heat
in an oven or kiln; by this means the design is fixed and made permanent.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Noble in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th September
1878.
HENRY NOBLE, of Leeds, in the County of York. "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
PRODUCING PATTERNS OR DESIGNS UPON GLAZED OR UNGLAZED BRICKS, TILES, OR
OTHER FORMS."
The Invention consists in engraving on wood, copper, or other suitable material
the required design or pattern to be produced, and afterwards casting or embossing
therefrom a mould in plaster, papier-maché, leather, or other suitable material, from
which a cast or mould is then taken in or on a flexible composition, of which the
ingredients are as follows:-India-rubber, treacle, glue, and gutta percha, the pro-
portion of each varying in accordance with the pattern to be produced.
The aforesaid ingredients are by preference combined, but other equivalent to
these may be employed in order to form the flexible composition.
The plate or cast of the design is fitted or applied to a roller or cylindrical drum
of suitable size, mounted in a frame and over a table.
The cylinder is mounted in bearings in the framework, and capable of being
revolved at a suitable speed.
The table may be fixed in position or arranged so that it can be moved or
adjusted to admit of various thicknesses of bricks, tiles, or other forms being passed
between it and the cylinder.
The design or pattern on the cylinder is caused to impinge with a suitable pres-
sure upon the bricks, tiles, or other forms.
Any required colouring matter or a varnish or gum may be applied to the surface
of the cast or block as it revolves.
On the brick, tile, or other form being brought in contact with the cast or block
a distinct impression of the design is made upon the surface. Colouring matter may
then be dusted thereon.
After the above operation the brick, tile, or other form is submitted to heat in an
oven or kiln, by this means the design is fixed and made permanent.
I do not confine myself to the herein-before mentioned ingredients to form the
flexible composition I employ for producing the patterns or designs upon glazed or
unglazed bricks, tiles, or other forins, as other equivalent materials may be employed
to form the pattern or design, neither do I confine myself to any particular machine
for holding or applying the herein-before mentioned patterns or designs to bricks,
tiles, or other forms for the purpose of producing on them the desired patterns or

page_text: designs, as it will be readily understood that any person with a fair amount of
skill may effect the same results by hand, or a flat or curved surface may be used
for attaching the flexible pattern to instead of the herein-before mentioned cylinder,
but what I claim and desire to be secured to me by Letters Patent is, the production
of patterns or designs upon glazed or unglazed bricks, tiles, or other forms by
engraving the said pattern or patterns on a surface, and subsequently casting or
embossing a mould therefrom, from which latter a mould in flexible composition is
taken, all substantially in manner herein-before set forth, together with any mere
modifications thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Noble, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
H NORIE (1.8)
H NORLE (LS)