Improvements in the Preparation of Tissue Transfer Paper and of Printed Transfers for Transferring Designs on to Pottery Ware.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Preparation of Tissue Transfer Paper and of
Printed Transfers for Transferring Designs on to Pottery Ware.
We, THOMAS PHOENIX, of Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the County
of Stafford, Paper Maker, and GEORGE KIRK, (administrator of the personal estate
and effects of Mary Ann Lamb, Widow, paper manufacturer, deceased) of Uttoxeter,
in the same County, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
.
This invention has for.its object improvements in the preparation of tissue transfer
paper and of printed transfers for transferring designs on to pottery ware.
In many cases it is desirable that the sized pottery tissue paper should be slightly
moist at the time when it has the design printed on to it and consequently it is
desirable to print the designs upon the paper immediately after it has been sized.
When the paper is in small sheets and the sheets are to be printed on separately
from copper plates the sizing of the paper can readily be and is usually done a short
time before printing upon it. The object of our invention is partly to enable this
also to be effected when the printing is effected by roller printing machines on long
lengths of paper wound in rolls.
To enable this to be done we combine sizing apparatus with a roller printing
machine in such manner that the paper as it is drawn off from a roll first has size
applied to and dried upon it and then is passed on to the printing cylinder of the
printing machine to have the design printed on to it.
Hitherto it has been found impracticable to apply size to long lengths of the thin
tissue paper used on account of the want of substance in the paper which renders it
liable to be torn.
Wo construct the mechanism for applying the size in such a manner that the
paper can be drawn through it from the roll with but little tension on the paper.
To effect this we place below the soft roller by which the paper is pressed into
contact with the engraved cylinder a roller which is partly immersed in size con-
tained in a trough below it and which is revolved at the same surface speed as the
soft roller.
The roll of paper to be printed on is mounted on a spindle the ends of which are
made to project from the ends of the roll. The projecting ends of the spindle are
caused to rest on inclines at the sides of the machine and they slip down these
inclines until the circumference of the roll rests against the sizing roller. The
paper is led from the roll over part of the circumference of this roller and between
it and the soft roller-then around half the circumference of this roller and between
it and the engraved cylinder.
In this way size is applied to the surface of the paper as it passes from the
roll to the engraved cylinder without strain being placed upon, the paper as the roll
of paper resting against the sizing roller is by it always revolved at the same surface
speed as the engraved cylinder whether the roll has little or much paper upon it and
in this way the difficulty hitherto experienced in applying size to the surface of
continuous lengths of pottery tissue transfer paper is removed.
In place of the roll being made to rest against the sizing roller it might be made
to rest against the soft roller-the paper passing from it then being sized as it passes
between the soft roller and the sizing roller.
In place of the sizing roller being just below the soft roller it might be, at a
distance from it and be separately driven at the proper surface speed the roll of paper
being similarly made to rest against its circumference and the paper led from the roll
the sizing roller and between it and a roller above it.
over.

page_text: Similar arrangements of apparatus may also be used for sizing the paper without
at the same time printing upon it-the engraved cylinder of the printing machine
being replaced by a plain copper cylinder and the paper after being sized being
wound up into a roll always driven at the proper surface speed by reason of its resting
upon a roller driven at the same speed as the copper cylinder.
In place of size being deposited on to the paper by a roller which carries it
upwards from a trough containing size in which the roller is partly immersed the
paper might be led downwards and around the underside of the roller so as to be
carried through the size in the trough.
Dated this 11th day of March 1980
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Preparation of Tissue Transfer Paper and of
Printed Transfers for Transferring Designs on to Pottery Ware.
We, THOMAS PHOENIX of Liverpool Road Newcastle-under-Lyme in the County
of Stafford. Paper Maker and GEORGE KIRK (Administrator of the personal estate
and effects of Mary Ann Lamb Widow, Paper Manufacturer deceased) of Uttoxeter,
in the same County, Gentleman, 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 :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the preparation of tissue transfer
paper and of printed transfers for transferring designs on to pottery ware.
In many cases it is desirable that the sized pottery tissue paper should be slightly
moist at the time when it has the design printed on to it and consequently it is
desirable to print the designs upon the paper immediately after it has been sized.
When the paper is in small sheets and the sheets are to be printed on separately
from copper plates the sizing of the paper can readily be and is usually done a short
time before printing upon it. The object of our invention is partly to enable this also
to be done when the printing is effected by roller printing machines on long lengths
of paper wound in rolls.
To enable this to be done we combine sizing apparatus with a roller printing
machine in such manner that the paper as it is drawn off from a roll first has size
applied to it and then is passed on to the printing cylinder of the printing machine to
have the design printed on to it.
Hitherto it has been found impracticable to apply size to long lengths of the thin
tissue paper used on account of the want of substance in the paper which renders it
liable to be torn.
manner that the
We construct the mechanism for applying the size in such a
paper can be drawn through the machine from the roll with but little tension on
the paper.
To effect this we place below the soft roller by which the paper is pressed into
contact with the engraved cylinder a roller which is partly immersed in size con-
tained in a trough below it and which is revolved at the same surface speed as the
soft roller.
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The roll of paper to be printed on is mounted on a spindle the ends of which are
made to project from the ends of the roll. The projecting ends of the spindle are
oaused to rest on inclines at the sides of the machine and they slip down these inclines
until the circumference of the roll resis against the sizing roller. The paper is led
from the roll over part of the circumference of this roller and between it and the
soft roller, then around half, the circumference of this roller and between it and the
engraved cylinder.
In this way size is applied to the surface of the paper as it passes from the roll to
the engraved cylinder without strain being placed upon the paper as the roll of paper

page_text: resting against the sizing roller is by it always revolved at the same surface speed as
the engraved cylinder whether the roll has little or much paper upon it and in this
way the difficulty hitherto experienced in applying size to the surface of continuous
lengths of pottery tissue transfer paper is removed.
rubber.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 is a rear elevation of a machine con-
structed in accordance with our Invention. a a are standards in which three rollers
are mounted. The lower roller bas a smooth metal face-this is the sizing roller.
c is the pressure or impression roller, it has a soft face preferably of vulcanised india
d is the engraved metal printing roller, it is similar to printing rollers
now in use for printing continuous tissue paper in other machines in which there are
no sizing appliances. The printing roller is inked in the usual manner. e is the
driving shaft, a pulley upon it gears with a toothed wheel on the axis of the printing
roller d. ffare screws by which the pressure of the rollers, the one on the other is
regulated. g is the size trough. is the paper roll; it is on a spindle supported
by the inclined guides i i. The paper roll thus rests against the surface of the
sizing roller and is driven by it. The tissue paper as it is unwound passes upwards
from the roll and takes size from the surface of the sizing roller ; it next passes
between the sizing roller and the soft pressure roller. c and an uniform distribution
of the size is thereby brought about; then still remaining on the surface of the soft
roller the paper is brought into contact with the printing roller and receives
an impression therefrom. k is a guide roller over which the printed paper is led
away.
In place of the roll being made to rest against the sizing roller it might be made
to rest against the soft roller-the paper passing from it then being sized as it passes
between the soft roller and the sizing roller.
In place of the sizing roller being just below the soft impression roller it might be
at a distance from it and be separately driven at the proper surface speed the roll
of paper being similarly made to rest against its circumference and the paper led from
the roll over the sizing roller and between it and a roller above it.
Figures 3 and 4 show the arrangement when two machines, a sizing machine and
a printing machine are employed and so arranged that the paper passes continuously
through the two machines.
Figure 3 is a side elevation and Figure 4 is a front elevation.
In the sizing machine h is the paper roll, the sizing roller, g the size trough as
before. Over the sizing roller is a roller with a soft face which takes the place of
the impression roller c. The roller has a spur wheel on its axis and it is driven by
a pinion on a main shaft e. The printing machine (which is not in itself novel)
contains an impression roller c and an engraved printing roller d and these are driven
as described in respect to Figures 1 and 2. The rollers of the sizing machine and of
the printing machine are driven at the same surface speed and an attendant (by the
use of a brake or otherwise) controls the running so as to allow the paper to be
slightly slack between the two machines.
Similar arrangements of apparatus may also be used for sizing the paper without
at the same time printing upon it-the engraved cylinder of the printing machine
being replaced by a plain copper cylinder and the paper after being sized being
wound up into a roll always driven at the proper surface speed by reason of its
resting upon a roller driven at the same speed as the copper cylinder.
This arrangement is illustrated by the Figures 5 and 6. Figure 5 is a side eleva-
tion and Figure 6 is a front elevation.
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The sizing machine is like the machine described in respect to the Figures 1 and 2
except that the engraved printing roller d is replaced by a smooth metal roller
the inking apparatus is reinoved and the sized paper is led forward over the top of
the roller d. The paper is received and is wound up upon a roller into a roll / and
this roll as it is being formed lies on the surface of a driven roller m which revolves
at the same speed or it may be a slightly higher speed than the rollers of the
sizing machine.
In place of size being deposited on to the paper by a roller which carries it upwards

page_text: from a trough containing size in which, the roller; is partly immersed the paper
might be led downwards and around the underside, of the roller so as to be carried
through the size in the trough.
If it be desired to operate in this manner machines similar to those above described
may be employed but rotating in the opposite direction,so..that the paper is carried
downwards into, the size trough. The method of working, first described is however.
considered.preferable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The preparation of tissue paper for printing transfers thereon substantially as
herein described by sizing the tissue paper by causing it to pass. into contact with the
upper part of a sizing.roller the lower part of which dips into a trough containing
size and then to pass between the surface of. the sizing roller and that of a soft
pressure roller.
2. The preparation of tissue paper for printing transfers thereon substantially as
herein described by sizing the same by causing the paper to pass into contact with a
sizing roller and to be carried down thereby through a trough containing size into
which the lower part of the cylinder dips and then to pass between the surface of the
sizing roller and that of a soft pressure roller.
3. The preparation of printed transfers for transferring designs on to pottery ware
by causing tissue paper to pass in contact with a roller and whilst on the roller to
receive size and then to travel on continuously between an engraved printing roll and
a soft impression roll.
4. The preparation of tissue paper for printing transfers thereon by arranging, the
roll of tissue paper to bear upon the surface of a revolving roller and so to be driven
and as the paper unwinds causing size to be applied to it and causing the sized paper
to be carried on the sizing roller between the surface of the said roller and a soft
pressure roller.
5. A machine substantially as described for the preparation. of printed transfers
for transferring designs on to pottery ware consisting of a roll from which the tissue
paper is unwound; a sizing, roller; a soft pressure and impression roller; and an
engraved printing roller; the whole revolving at the same surface speed and the
paper passing in contact with these rollers successively as herein set forth.<
Dated this 7th day of December -1889.
THUS. PHOENIX.
GEOE. KIRK.