Improvements in Finishing or Ornamenting the Surface of Waterproof Fabrics.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Mar., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
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Complete Specification Left, 3rd Mar., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Finishing or Ornamenting the Surface of
Waterproof Fabrics.
I, LOUIS FRANKENSTEIN of the Firm of P. Frankenstein & Sons, Miller Street,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturers of Waterproof Fabrics do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the ornamenting of the proofed surface of waterproof
fabrics and is designed to produce designs printed thereon having a silky or glossy
appearance.
Hitherto the surfaces have been ornamented by printing upon the surface after
same has been coated with a dye absorbing material.
I now find that good effects can be produced by printing the designs upon the
surface with a printing preparation comprising finely powdered tin or tin dust
mixed with a suitable carrying medium which enables it to be applied by means of
an engraved copper roller or other printing appliance.
I take a quantity of finely powdered tin and reduce it to a liquid or semi liquid
state by mixing it with a rubber solution or suitable varnish or other menstrum or
material or colouring matter capable of being used for printing upon the proofed
surface any desired design or pattern and which when dry will leave the particles
of tin on the surface.
The fabric is first proofed or coated in the usual way and the proofed surface is
prepared in any suitable way for printing and any design may be printed thereon
with the composition comprising the finely powdered tin.
Over the designs so printed I may then coat a thin layer of transparent rubber
to preserve the designs after which the vulcanization is completed.
Dated this 30th day of September 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in Finishing or Ornamenting the Surface of
Waterproof Fabrics.
I, LOUIS FRANKENSTEIN, of the Firm of P. Frankenstein & Sons, of Miller
Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturers of Waterproof
Fabrics, 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 relates to the ornamenting of the proofed surface of waterproof
fabrics from which garments are made and is designed to produce designs printed
thereon having a silky or glossy appearance.

page_text: Hitherto the surfaces have been ornamented by printing upon the surface after
same has been coated with a dye absorbing material.
I now find that good effects can be produced by printing the designs upon the
surface with a printing preparation comprising finely powdered tin or tin dust
mixed with a suitable carrying medium which enables it to be applied by means of
an engraved copper roller or other printing appliance.
I take a quantity of finely powdered tin and reduce it to a liquid or semi liquid
state by mixing it with a rubber solution or suitable varnish or other menstrum or
material or colouring matter capable of being used for printing upon the proofed
surface of the fabric any desired design or pattern and which when dry will leave
the particles of tin on the surface.
The fabric is first proofed or coated in the usual way and the proofed surface is
prepared in any suitable way for printing and any design may be printed thereon
with the composition comprising the finely powdered tin.
The printing material or composition in which the particles of the powdered tin
are carried may also contain a dye or pigment of any desired shade or colour or the
tin particles may be dyed or coloured to any desired colour or shade or coated with
a colcuring material of any desired colour or shade.
Over the designs so printed I may then coat a thin layer of transparent rubber
to preserve the designs after which the vulcanization is completed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The ornamenting of the proofed surfaces of waterproof fabrics by printing
thereon any design or pattern with a composition or printing material comprising
powdered tin mixed with or carried in a solution of rubber or other suitable
medium coloured or otherwise substantially as described.
D
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.