Improved Process or Method of Producing Brilliant Effects upon Bright Metallic Surfaces.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 26th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 11th Apr., 189.
PREVIVAL DI MULTIUATION.
Improved Process or Method of Producing Brilliant Effects upon
Bright Metallic Surfaces.
I, EDWARD SMITH, of 6 Melrose Villas, Crystal Palace Road, East Dulwich,
County of Surrey, Art Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:—
My invention has for its object, the production upon metal of effects having the
appearance of glass embossing.
To carry my invention into practice, I prepare a design to be printed in one
or more colours by the process of lithography, letterpress, or other printing
method. The said design may have ornament devices or letters left open or clear
surrounded by a groundwork to be printed in one or more colours. I then take for
example a piece of metal such as tin having a bright surface and in conformity
with the said design of ornament devices or letters I produce upon the surface of
the tin in parts in or around the ornament devices or letters which have been left
open in the design, an embossed effect by a spray of sand or similar material, or
instead of the sand spray I may, in or around the parts which have been left open
in the design, produce the embossed effect by printing a varnish, colour, or any
other fixative, upon which I dust silver powder or similar material I then print the
said design in one or more colours upon the surface of the tin. The parts of the
tin in or around the ornament devices or letters which have been operated upon by
the spray of sand, or have the dusted silver or similar material thereon will show
in relief against the parts of the tin which have been left clear, the whole being
surrounded by the printed groundwork of one or more colours, and will present the
appearance of bright silvery ornament devices or letters with an embossed effect in
or around or in parts, the whole being surrounded by the printed groundwork of
one or more colours.
In some instances, I may print ornament devices or letters in one or more colours
upon the surface of the tin which I surround by a groundwork of other ornament
devices or letters, having parts of the last mentioned ornament devices or letters
operated upon by the spray of sand, or having the dusted silver or similar material
thereon and other parts left clear, according to the effect required.
1 may apply a coat of colourless varnish, lacquer, or like inaterial to the surface
of the tin to preserve the parts of the tin which are not printed upon.
When I require to produce the effect of gilding (i.e. the effect of applied gold
leaf) to show on any parts of the surface of the tin left open in the design of
ornament devices or letters, I apply a coat of yellow tinted varnish, yellow tinted
lacquer, or other yellow tinted transparent material, or other tone of colour to the
surface of the tin where the gilded effect is required.
The varnishes, lacquers, or other transparent material may be applied to the
surface of the tin either before or after the tin has been operated upon by the
spray of sand or equivalent or printed upon.
Dated this 13th day of September 1895.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Edward Smith.

page_text: Improved Process or Method of Producing Brilliant Effects upon
Bright Metallic Surfaces.
1, EDWARD SMITH, of 6 Melrose Villas, Crystal Palace Road, East Dulwich,
County of Surrey, Art Designer, 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 :---
My invention has for its object, the production upon metal surfaces of effects
having the appearance of glass embossing.
To carry my invention into practice, I prepare a design to be printed in one
or more colours by the process of lithography, letterpress, or other printing
method. The said design having ornament devices or letters left open or clear,
surrounded by a groundwork to be printed in one or more colours. I then take for
example a piece of metal such as sheet tin, or tin plate, or metallized body or
material having a bright surface and in conformity with the said design of ornament
devices or letters I produce upon the bright surface in parts in or around the
ornament devices or letters which have been left open in the design, an embossed
effect by a spray of sand or similar material, or instead of the sand spray I may,
in or around the parts which have been left open in the design, produce the
embossed effect by printing a varnish, colour, or any other fixative, upon which I
apply or dust silver powder or similar material or metal leaf, I then print the said
design in one or more colours upon the bright surface. The parts in or around the
ornament devices or letters which have been operated upon by the spray of sand,
or have the dusted silver or similar material or metal leaf thereon will show in
relief against the parts which have been left clear, the whole being surrounded by
the printed groundwork of one or more colours, and will present the appearance of
bright silvery ornament devices or letters with an embossed effect in or around
or in parts, the whole being surrounded by the printed groundwork of one or more
colours.
In some instances, I print ornament devices or letters in one or more colours
upon the surface of the metal which I surround by a groundwork of other
ornament devices or letters having parts of the last mentioned ornament devices
or letters operated upon by the spray of sand, metal leaf, or having the dusted
silver or similar material thereon and other parts left clear, according to the effect
required.
In some cases, I apply a coat of colourless varnish, lacquer, or like material to
the surface of the metal to preserve the parts which are not printed upon.
In some instances to produce the effect of gilding (i.e. the effect of applied gold
leaf) to show on any parts of the surface of the tin, if tin be used, left open in the
design of ornament devices or letters, I apply a coat of yellow tinted varnish,
yellow tinted lacquer, or other yellow tinted transparent material, or other tone
of colour to the surface of the tin like body material where the gilded effect is
required.
The varnishes, lacquers, or other transparent material may be applied to the
tinny surface either before or after said surface has been operated upon by the
spray of sand or equivalent, or printed upon.
An example of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawing.
A, A, indicate bright tin or tinned paper, or the like. B, B, groundwork in
printing colour. C, C, the imitation embossed portions from around which the
bright metal adds brilliancy and artistic effect.
The plate of tin A, or its equivalent having a tinny surface, as a tablet can be
fitted in a frame D and may bear any inscription.

page_text: I am aware that metals and metallized surfaces have been artistically printed
upon by enamelling and by painting but in those cases the metal has been of a dull
character and the brilliancy or bright effect has been produced by heat such as by
an enamelled surfacing.
In my case I take ordinary tin plate of commerce, or tinned surfaced material
and utilize such surface for bright effect as against the dull colour obtained by
printing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Printing on plain bright tin or tin surface material with colour at the required
parts in order to produce tablets as and for the purpose described.
2. The manufacture of tablets from a combination of bright tin plates, a printing
and imitation embossing thereon, the exposed metallic surface not printed on being
loft plain for giving brilliancy for the purpose set forth.
The 26th day of hun100
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Edward Smith.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Edward Smith.