Improvements in Printed Fabric and in Means for Printing the same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec.. 1896
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Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1997 Accepted, 9th Nov., 1897
KOVISIONAL SPE
TON.
[Communicated from abroad by GAETANO FRATTINI, of Milan, in the Kingdom of
Italy, Dyer.]
Improvements in Printed Fabric and in Means for Printing the
same.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Printed fabric as heretofore employed is printed only upon one side, because the
colours used for the impression or printing penetrates the fabric from one side to the
other and consequently render the employment of two different designs, one upon
each face of the fabric, impossible. This penetration by the colour is due to the
process heretofore employed in fabric printing. As the fabric to be printed passes
between the pressing roller or drum and the printing roller, it is subjected to so
great a pressure that in spite of its thickness, the colour or ink is partly forced from
that side which directly receives the ink (the right side of the fabric) to the opposite
(the wrong or reverse side) of the fabric.
According to my improved process of printing, transmission of, or penetration by
the colour from one face of the fabric to the opposite face no longer takes place; the
side which is not applied to the printing surface, irrespective of whether it has or
has not previously received a colour or dye, does not undergo the slightest alteration
by the effect of the printing upon the opposite side and may be, in its turn, printed
on either with the same colours and the same designs as those printed on the other
side, or with the same colours and different designs, or vice versa, or with different
colours and different designs. Thus a fabric is obtained presenting two printed faces
instead of one right and one reverse side as is the case with fabrics printed
in the manner heretofore known.
This result is obtained by printing with a flat or with a cylindrical brush of any
suitable material. Instead of using a brush, any other appropriate device may be
employed provided that it consists of a cylindrical or flat piece, capable of absorbing
liquids more or less dense, and capable of applying them with slight friction to
a plane or cylindrical surface.
Between the fabric to be printed and the brush I interpose a diaphragm, cut or
perforated according to any given design which diaphragm covers and thus protects
against the action of the colour distributed by the brush, that portion of the fabric
which is not intended to receive the impression or printing.
The printing is effected under a relatively slight pressure, so, that the fabric,
however thin it may be, (principally piled, and more especially silk fabric) is in no way
affected thereby upon the side which lies opposite that printed upon. In an
apparatus for printing fabric according to my invention a crank may be used for
actuating the machine by hand, or a pulley receiving the motion from a
transmission-shaft may be substituted therefor.

page_text: A feed table supports the stuff or fabric to be printed; above the fabric a plate
(of zinc or other metal) is placed in which the outlines of the design to be produced
upon the stuff in the printing operation, are cut or otherwise arranged.
A to and fro movement is imparted to a carriage by the crank and two pairs of
gear wheels; this carriage is supported by wheels and runs on guides. One of the
gear wheels is attached to the brush shaft and the supporting wheels actuate the
other gear wheels. When the carriage is set in motion, the brush turns upon its
axis, and in doing so carries along with it an endless belt, wound upon cylinders.
This endless belt receives the colour from a roller partially immersed in a colour tank
and by turning loosely communicates the colour to the brush, the latter transmits
it to the surface of the fabric where the pattern in the diaphragm allows. The
operation is as many times repeated as is found necessary for the purpose in view.
When a design composed of lines or strokes is to be printed, the brush above referred
to is replaced by a certain number of shorter brushes arranged at suitable distances
along the axis of rotation.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C. Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Printed Fabric and in Means for Printing the
same.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:
Printed fabrics as heretofore employed are printed only upon one side, because the
colours used for the impression or printing penetrate from one side to the other of
the fabrics and consequently render the employment of two different designs, one
upon each face of the fabric, impossible.
This penetration by the colour is due to the process heretofore employed in fabric
printing. As the fabric to be printed passes between the pressing roller or drum and
the printing roller, it is subjected to so great a pressure that in spite of its thickness,
the colour or ink is partly forced from that side which directly receives the same (the
right side of the fabric) to the opposite (the wrong or reverse) side of the fabric.
According to my improved process of printing, transmission or penetration by the
colours from one face of the fabric to the opposite face no longer takes place; the
side which is not applied to the printing surface, irrespective of whether it has or
has not previously received a colour or dye, does not undergo the slightest alteration
by the effect of the printing upon the opposite side and may be, in its turn, printed
on either with the same colours and the same designs as those printed on the other
side, or with the same colours and different designs, or vice versa, or with different
colours and different designs. Thus a fabric is obtained presenting two printed faces
instead of one right and one reverse side as is the case with fabrics printed in the
manner heretofore known.
This result is obtained by printing with a flat or with a cylindrical brush of any
suitable material. Instead of using a brush, any other appropriate device may be
employed, provided that it presents a cylindrical or flat piece, capable of absorbing
liquids more or less dense and capable of applying then with slight friction to a plane
or cylindrical surface.

page_text: Between the fabric to be printed and the brush I interpose a stencil or pattern
plate cut or perforated according to any given design which pattern plate covers and
hus protects against the action of the colour distributed by the brush, that portion of
he fabric which is not intended to receive the impression or printing.
The printing is affected under a relatively slight pressure, so that the fabric, how-
ever thin it may be (principally piles, and more especially silk fabric) is in no way
Affected thereby upon the side which lies opposite that printed upon.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown apparatus for printing fabrics
according to my invention in which
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of one form of my improved apparatus.
he fabric which is not intended to receive the impression or printing.
The printing is affected under a relatively slight pressure, so that the fabric, how-
ever thin it may be (principally piles, and more especially silk fabric) is in no way
ffected thereby upon the side which lies opposite that printed upon.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown apparatus for printing fabrics
ccording to iny invention in which
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of one forin of my improved apparatus.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same and
Figure 3 is a detail view thereof.
Figure 4 is a side elevation partly in section and
Figure 5 is a plan of an apparatiis adapted for turning out a much larger quantity
of work and
Figures 6 and 7 show a modification.
In an apparatus for printing fabrics according to my invention a crank may be used
for actuating this machine by hand, or a pulley receiving the motion from a
transmission-shaft may be substituted therefore.
A is a feed table which supports the stuff or fabric B to be printed; above the
fabric B a plate C (of zinc or other metal) is placed in which the outlines of the
design to be produced upon the stuff in the printing operation, are cut or otherwise
arranged.
A to and fro movement is imparted to a carriage T by the crank D and two pairs
of gear wheels E E and F F¹ this carriage is supported by wheels G G G G and
runs on guides or rails F represented in section in Figure 3. The gear wheel E is
attached to the brush shaft E and the supporting wheels G and G actuate the
other gear wheel F, when the carriage is set in motion, the brush I turns upon its
axis, and in doing so carries along with it an endless belt. K wound upon cylinders, LL1.
This endless belt receives the colour from a roller M partially immersed in a colour
tank N and by turning loosely communicates the colour to the brush, which latter
transmits the same to the surface of the fabric B where the pattern in the stencil or
pattern plate C allows. The operation is as many times repeated as is found necessary
for the purpose in view. When a design composed of lines or strokes is to be printed,
the brush I above referred to is replaced by a certain number of shorter brushes
arranged at suitable distances along the axis of rotation.
Referring to the modification shown in Figures 4 and 5 I arrange a series of
carriages T suspended by means of wheels G G from the guides or rails H, situated
above, and along which the wheels run. A screw spindle P fitted with a longitudinal
slot p running throughout its length receives another rotary notion at one of its
ends by means of a contrivance of any well-known description. The wheel Q, whose
shaft Qis pivoted on the carriage, transforms the alternating rotary motion of the
screw spindle into a to and fro motion of the carriages hanging from the guides or
rails H. A tenon projecting inwardly from the link of pinion R enters the slot p
while said link is screw-threaded to correspond with the screw thread of the spindle P.
The pinion R therefore shares the to and fro motion of carriage T and the rotary
notion of spindle P and constantly remains in gear with the pinion R¹ carried by the
carriage T. The roller M, partially immersed in the colour tank N receives a rotary
motion, by which it transmits the colour to the brush I by means of the spur
pinions R, R¹ the shaft S the bevel pinions S1 S¹ the shaft U, the spur wheels U¹U"
the shaft V, the bevel pinions V₁y the vertical shaft Z provided with a screw
worm gearing into the worm wheel Z1. Rotary motion is imparted to the brush I
from the shaft V by means of the two pairs of gear wheels E E FF. The operation
is similar to that explained with reference to Figures 1 and 2.
Figures 6 and 7 show an arrangement according to which my improved process is
carried out continuously and any alternating motion is done away with. The pattern
plate C in which the outlines of the design are cut, is wound up in the form of a

page_text: cylinder against the top of which the fabric B to be printed is pressed outside and
caused continuously to advance in the direction of the movement of the metal plate C
by the pressure roller O while the brush I comes into contact with the perforated zinc
roller C on the inside.
As shown by way of example in Figures 6 and 7 the brush I is directly mounted
on the driving shaft which puts in motion the roller C by means of the worm and
worm wheel a, b, the oblique shaft the hevel gear c, d and the spur gear e, f, while
the roller M which is intended to conduct the colour to the brush is driven by the
same shaft g and the bevel pinions l, and m.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is ;-
1st. A method or process of printing designs on fabrics in such a manner as to
avoid the penetration of the colour from one side of the fabric to the other, the said
method consisting in applying the colour to the fabric with only slight pressure,
by means of a brush or other equivalent device, the design being obtained by a
perforated diaphragm or stencil interposed between the fabric to be printed and the
said brush.
2nd. An apparatus for printing designs on fabrics consisting of a table for
supporting the fabric to be printed a stencil or pattern plate arranged upon the said
fabric, a reciprocating carriage running on rails or tracks and carrying the brushes or
equivalent colour applying devices, means for operating the said carriage to pass the
brushes over the pattern plate and devices for feeding the colour to the said brushes
all constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described with reference
to Figures 1 2 and 3 of the drawings.
3rd. An apparatus for printing designs on fabrics consisting of a series of carriages
suspended by means of wheels or pulleys running on tracks or rails arranged above
the pattern plate and table on which the fabric is to be printed, means for imparting
reciprocating notion to the said carriages and mechanisin for feeding the colour to
the brushes all constructed and arranged substantially as herein before described with
reference to Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings.
4th. A continuously operating apparatus for printing designs on fabrics having a
pattern plate bent into the form of a cylinder, a rotating brush mounted on the
driving shaft and operating within the said cylinder and a pressure roller on the
outside of the said cylinder between which and the said brush, the fabric and
cylindrical pattern plate is adapted to pass and suitable means for feeding the
colour to the brush all substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to
Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings.
5th. A fabric having a pattern printed on both sides according to the method or
process described in Claim 1.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.