Improvements in the Ornamentation of Waterproof Fabrics.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Ornamentation of Waterproof Fabrics.
I, LOUIS MISTOVSKI, of Broadfield Rubber Works, Heywood, in the County of
Lancaster, India Rubber and Waterproof Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce a shot silk or luminous effect upon
the surface of rubber proofed fabrics.
For this purpose I print upon or apply to the said proofed surface of the fabric
(with different colours or with a darker or lighter shade) a small speckled pattern
or other design using sufficient pressure to indent or impress the said pattern
or design into the proofed surface leaving the original surface or ground slightly
projecting.
I then cover or fix the said surface treated or prepared as above described with
a coating of pure transparent rubber, and then I curo the same by any of the
well-known processes, and finish if necessary either with the use of colored powders
or otherwise.
By thus treating the rubber proofed-surface of the fabric I obtain a shot silk
or luminous effect not hitherto produced on such fabrics.
Instead of indenting the patterns or design upon the surface as above de-
scribed a similar effect may be produced by printing or applying the said pattern
or design on the proofed surface with a light pressure, using a thick coloring
matter so that the design stands slightly above the ground but I prefor the first
described method.
Improvements in the Ornamentation of Waterproof Fabrics.
I, LOUIS MISTOVSKI, of Broadfield Rubber Works, Heywood, in the County of
Lancaster, India Rubber and Waterproof Manufacturer, do hereby declare tho
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 produce a shot silk or luminous effect upon
the surface of rubber proofed fabrics.
For this purpose I print upon or otherwise apply to the said proofed surface
of the frabric (with colors or shades differing from or darker or lighter than the
said proofed surface) a small speckled pattern 'or patterns or other design or
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page_text: designs using sufficient pressure to indent or impress the said pattern or design
into the proofed surface leaving the original surface or ground slightly projecting.
This done I may print with ordinary color or bronzes a pattern or design so
as to imitate a cloth effect or otherwise, and then if desired print over a beige
or other design to throw a shot of another color.
The colors used may be ordinary pigments or any of the metallic or 'bronze'
or such powders known in the printing trade as "Patent bronzes" dyed or not or
mixed with pigments and bronzes, or other suitable known material for the
purpose.
I then spread over the said surface treated or prepared as above described with
a coating of pure, transparent rubber so as to fix it; I cure the same by any of
the well-known processes, and I finish if necessary eithor with the use of colored
powders such for example as (farina) “bronze" "powders and the like or other-
wise.
By thus treating the rubber proofed-surface of the fabric I obtain a shot silk
or luminous effect not hitherto produced on such fabrics.
Instead of indenting the patterns or design upon the surface as above de-
scribed a similar effect may be produced by printing or applying the said pattern
or design on the proofed surfaco (having a suitable ground previously applied
thereto) with a light pressure in the ordinary manner using a thick coloring
mattor so that the design stands slightly above the ground.
In combination with the above improvements I may use the improvements for
which Letters Patents, Nos. 1,297 of 1895, and 21,511 of 1895, were granted to
me.
Ifaving now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
The production of a shot effect upon rubber proofed fabrics by indenting or
embossing the same with a small speckled pattern or patterns or equivalent design
or designs with a shade or color different from or lighter or darker than the
said proofed surface, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 8th day of December 1897.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.