An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Printing upon Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Printing upon Textile
Fabrics.
We ALEXANDER STEVENSON YOUNG and WILLIAM RUMNEY & COMPANY
LIMITED, both of Stubbins, Ramsbottom in the County of Lancaster, Calico
Printers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The principal object of our invention is to print on textile fabrics, metallic or
other dry powders, continuously in an ordinary calico printing machine either
alone or in combination with ordinary colours.
To carry out our invention we take a copper roller engraved in the usual
manner to the design required, and we mount it in an ordinary calico printing
machine, and print therefrom on to the fabric a suitable medium for carrying the
metallic or other powder.
Following this roller we mount a second roller on which a fac-simile of the
design engraved on the first roller has been cut in relief. This roller may be of
wood, vulcanite or any suitable material, or an ordinary copper or other metal
roller covered with any of these substances may be used.
The relief roller is supplied by a suitable "furnisher" with the dry. metallic or
other powder from an ordinary colour box, and is adjusted so that the design' falls
exactly on the top of the impression previously formed by the corresponding
engraved roller above named.
The fabric having received its impression from the first roller passes to the
second or relief roller and receives therefrom a coating of the metallic powder
exactly where required, and nowhere else, so that the usual objectionable process
of removing the superfluous powder is dispensed with, and the printing process is
continuous, and the effect produced is much more brilliant than usual.
Deted this 6th day of March 1896
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.
An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Printing upon Textile
Fabrics.
We ALEXANDER STEVENSON YOUNG, and WILLIAM RUMNEY & COMPANY
LIMITED, both of Stubbins, Ramsbottom, in the County of Lancaster, Calico
Printers, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to print on textile fabrics, metallic or other dry
powders, continuously in an ordinary calico printing machine either singly or in
combination with other colours.

page_text: To carry out this invention we take a copper roller engraved in the usual
manner to the design required, and mount it in an ordinary calico printing machine,
and print therefrom upon the fabric a suitable medium for carrying the metallic or
other powders.
Following this roller we mount a second roller on which a fac-simile of the
design engraved on the first roller has been cut in relief. This roller may be of
wood, vulcanite or any suitable material, or an ordinary copper or other metal
roller covered with any of these substances may be used.
The surface roller is or may be supplied by a suitable "furnisher" with the dry
metallic or other powder from an ordinary colour box, and is adjusted so that the
design falls exactly on the top of the impression previously formed by the corre-
sponding engraved roller above named.
The fabric having received its impression from the first roller passes to the
second or surface roller and receives therefrom a supply of the metallic powder
exactly where required, so that the objectionable process of removing the super-
fluous powder from the unprinted parts is dispensed with.
Again by using two or more surface rollers it will be seen that on the fabric we
can print several different coloured metallic or other dry powders at one operation,
whilst at the same time it is not necessary to have more than one ordinary
engraved roller for printing-on the carrying medium or paste.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
First. The method of printing metallic or other dry powders on textile fabrics
in an ordinary calico printing machine by the use of one or more rollers whereon
are cut in relief the portions of the pattern or design which it is desired to cover
with the metallic or other powders in conjunction with ordinary engraved rollers
for applying the adhesive medium as hereinbefore described.
Secondly. The combination in a printing machine of an engraved roller for
printing the design in the adhesive medium with one or more surface rollers
correspondingly cut for applying thereto the metallic or other dry powders as
hereinbefore described.
Dated this 5th day of November 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.