Improvements in Ornamenting Glass, Wood, Papier-mache, and other Solid Substances.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ornamenting Glass, Wood, Papier-mache, and other
Solid Substances.
We JAMES YOUNG and ALEXANDER STEVENSON YOUNG both of 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 produce a new ornamental material which is
applicable for windows, screens, Venetian and other blinds panels and other similar
purposes.
According to our invention we print upon one side or preferably upon both sides of
the glass, wood or other material suitable designs in one or more colors by the
following means.
For printing identical patterns upon both sides of the glass or other solid substance
we mount upon a frame suitably constructed two ordinary copper rollers (preferably
on the same plane but some distance apart) which rollers if the material is transparent
as glass for example are specially engraved for reversible printing. In contact with
these engraved rollers we mount two cylinders which are covered with a soft and
elastic substance such as india rubber, or a composition of glue and glycerine or other
similar substance.
These cylinders revolve in contact with the two engraved rollers, they work together
touching each other, or nearly so in the centre and the glass or other transparent
material or substance to be printed upon passes between them in contact with both.
The engraved copper rollers are supplied with color and cleaned in the ordinary
manner, and all the rollers are adjustable and geared together as usual in such a
manner that their surfaces run together with absolute accuracy.
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The composition or transfer cylinders running in contact with the engraved
copper rollers receive the color therefrom and this impression is transferred from their
surfaces to both sides of the glass or other material at the same time (and exactly at
the same places) as it passes between them.
If the material or substance to be printed upon is not transparent then there is no
necessity for engraving the same pattern upon both rollers but they may be of different
patterns and if the pattern be required to be printed upon one side only then only one
engraved roller will be necessary.
Suitable arrangements are made for washing and drying the composition or
transfer" rollers after they have given their impression so as to present a clean
surface to the engraved copper rollers at each revolution.
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 improved process of ornamenting glass wood or other solid materials
or substances by printing upon one or both sides thereof designs from an engraved
copper roller or rollers by the interposition of a plain transfer cylinder covered
with india rubber or other suitable elastic material or composition substantially as
above described.
Secondly. We claim as a new manufacture sheets panels or strips of glass, wood,
papier maché, or other solid materials or substances ornamented by printing designs
thereon substantially in the manner hereinbefore particularly set forth and described.
Dated this 15th day of July 1890.
GEO. DAVIES & SON.