An Improved Method of Producing Letters or Designs in Relief on Various Surfaces.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th May, 1892-Accepted, 25th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Producing Letters or Designs in Relief on
Various Surfaces.
MCION JAMES DOUGLAS CARTER 276 Devonshire Road Honor Oak Park
Kent Stationer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows':—
An improved method of quickly fixing composition letters, or designs, on any
suitable surface that requires the surface, or ground work to show between the
design. The composition can be mixed with colors, or the dry colors or bronzes
can be dusted on after fixing, when still soft & wet, & answers well for show cards,
picture frames, wall papers, doors for cabinet work, & any class of work requiring
the surface to be shown.
To carry my invention into effect, I engrave steel or metal suitably hard to stand
the wear, into cutters the design I wish. I then make a composition composed of
whiting, glue, rosin, & oil; or any soft composition that will adhere to the surface to
be ornamented. This is rolled out into sheets the thickness required, the cutters
are oiled & the composition is placed on the cutters, the surface to be decorated is
placed on top, & pressed between rollers, or heavy pressure, on removal the whole
of composition is adhering to the surfaco, & with the design cut by the cutters, the
composition not required on the surface can be easily removed while still soft, &
the design if required dusted over with colors, or bronzes. The cutters can be
made circular for endless designs. Any surface can be used, among others velvet,
cardboard, plain or polished wood, tin, composition surface, & with great care glass.
Dated this 31st day of August 1891.
MCION JAMES DOUGLAS CARTER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Producing Letters or Designs in Relief on
Various Surfaces.
IMCION JAMES DOUGLAS CARTER, of 276 Devonshire Road, Honor Oak Park,
London, Stationer, 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 relates to an improved process for producing letters or designs in
open or filigree relief on any suitable surface or background, the object being to
produce rapidly and cheaply such letters or designs on surfaces which appear
through the open or filigree work of the said letters or designs.
In carrying out my invention I cut a die of steel or other suitable metal for the
desired word or words, or design or designs, or combinations thereof. I then take
a quantity of any suitable plastic composition which becomes hard on exposure to
the air and roll it out into a sheet of the thickness required for the letters or design.
I lay this sheet of composition on the face of the die and having placed the tablet,
plate, or background, intended to receive the letters or design on the top of the
sheet of composition, 1, by means of a press or rollers force the tablet or plate down
on to the die, thus cutting out of the sheet of composition the letters or design
required, which if the surface of the tablet, plate, or background, and the nature of
the composition are suitable, adhere firmly to the said tablet, plate, or background.
After the tablet or plate is removed, the parts of the sheet of composition not
required for the letters or design are removed from the die. The composition may

page_text: be made of any desired color with suitable pigments, or the letters or designs may
be colored or bronzed by means of powdered colors or bronzes dusted over the
letters or design after they are fixed on to the surface of the tablet or plate and
while they are yet in a soft state.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figures 1 and 2 are views in plan and longitudinal section of a show-card con-
structed according to my invention, and Figures 3 and 4 are views in longitudinal
section of dies used for the purpose of forming the letters thereon.
Throughout these views A designates the parts of the letters or design, and B the
background.
When the nature of the composition and the surface of the plate or tablet intended
to receive the letters or design are such that the composition will when in a plastic
state adhere to the surface of the plate or tablet, I prefer to cut the spaces in the
die between the letters or design deeper than the parts adapted to form the letters
or design as shown by Figure 4 of the accompanying drawing, in order that the
waste composition should not be pressed into contact with the plate or tablet.
When however either the nature of the composition, or the surface of the plate or
tablet is such that the one will not adhere to the other without the use of some
adhesive material such as glue, it is not necessary to make the recesses or spaces
around the letters or design in the die of an increased depth as the waste parts of
the sheet must be removed from the die before the adhesive is applied. I therefore
nake the die as shown by Figure 3 of the accompanying drawing. In this case
the sheet of composition having been laid on the die, a flat plate-preferably of
metal is laid on the sheet of composition and pressed down on to the die by a press
or rollers. The plate is then removed and the waste composition in the spaces not
forming part of the letters or design is removed from the die. The parts left in the
die are then coated with glue or other suitable adhesive material by means of a
roller or brush, and the tablet or plate to receive the letters or design is placed on
the surface of the die, and is subjected to a slight pressure. The tablet or plate is
then lifted from the face of the die bringing away from it the composition letters or
design firmly fixed to its surface.
It will be understood that the die illustrated by Figure 3 of the accompanying
drawing may be used even when the nature of the composition and the surface of
the tablet or plate are such that they will adhere to one another, but the letters or
design would require to be pressed out by means of a plate and the waste composition
removed before the tablet or plate intended to receive the design was placed on the
die to receive the said letters or design, which process involves a waste of time.
I do not limit myself to the use of any particular composition as any such com-
position already used for producing mouldings in relief will answer the purpose, but
the one which I find produces the best result is composed of whitening 36 parts,
glue 12 parts, resin 8 parts, and oil 8 parts.
I wish it to be understood that my improved process is suitable for producing
any design in open or filigree relief, and that such designs can be formed on the
surface of any substance or material, whether flat or curved.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
'olaim is :-
1. The improved process for producing letters or designs in open or filigree relief,
as set forth.
2. Producing letters or designs in open or filigree relief by cutting the said letters
"or designs out of a sheet of any suitable plastic substance (which by exposure to
the air becomes hard) by means of a die, and transferring the said letters or designs
from the die to the surface intended to receive them, as set forth.
3. The improved process for producing letters or designs in open or filigree relief,
consisting of laying a sheet of any suitable plastic composition (which will become
hard by exposure to the air) on a die, placing the tablet, plate, or background

page_text: intended to receive the letters or design on the top of the sheet of plastic com-
position, and subjecting the whole to pressure to cut the letters or design out and
make them adhere to the surface of the tablet, plate, or background, as set forth.
4. The improved process for producing lettere or designs in open or filigree relief,
consisting of laying a sheet of any suitable plastic composition (which will become
hard by exposure to the air) on a die, cutting out the letters or design by subjecting
the sheet to pressure, removing the waste parts of the sheet of composition from the
die, coating those parts left in the die with any suitable adhesive material, and
placing the tablet, plate, or background intended to receive the letters or design on
the die, and subjecting the same to a slight pressure to secure the adhesion of the
letters or design thereto, as set forth.
Dated thie 19th day of May 1892.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.