Improved Means or Apparatus for Colouring and Inlaying Coloured Designs upon and through Linoleum and other Materials.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means or Apparatus for Colouring and Inlaying Coloured
Designs upon and through Linoleum and other Materials.
I, ARTHUR FRENCH ST. GEORGE, of Redhill, in the County of Surrey,
Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In order to accomplish my invention I employ an apparatus consisting of a
number of fine needle points packed close together upon and fixed by their
blunt ends to a block or in a frame (in a printer's chase for instance) and grouped
into the form of the required design to be printed or I employ printing type or a
block having a design engraved upon or in relief on its surface: When employing
needles I press the block of needle points upon the surface of the material to be
inlaid with colour so as to cause the numerous needle points to penetrate to the
other side or only partly through its thickness. And in the latter case especially
according to my invention in order to damage the material as little as possible I
pass a current or discharge of electricity from the needles or type or block through
the material in order by electrical perforation or electro-decomposition to prick or
colour or force the design. When withdrawn the material is provided with pores
or perforations and I then apply some colouring matter to the design which has
been pricked in the material (except when the electrical action is employed).
I employ a separate block of needles for each colour portion of a multicolour
design or only one block applying one colour at a time preferably by means of
rubber faced type or stencil plates and colour rollers.
When employing type or a block according to my invention the surface of the
material is bruised or impressed with the required design to be coloured.
In order to impregnate the pricked or impressed portions of the material with
colour I employ particular methods according to the nature of the material to be
coloured. In order to colour linoleum and similar floor coverings of close texture
and non-porous quality I apply to the pricked surface a block recessed with a
design corresponding to the perforated design and communicating with the recesses
of the block by means of pipes I arrange a reservoir of colour solution. I inject
the colour solution under considerable pressure into the recesses of the block and
thence it proceeds into the perforations or impressions and permeates the whole
mass of the material immediately under the block which I press tightly upon the
surface of the material to prevent the colour spreading beyond the limits of the
required design.
When the colours have been inlaid according to my invention I press or roll the
material with or without heat in order to solidify or strengthen it and to impart a
finish to its surface.
Sometimes I impregnate the material with binding or adhesive matter and
sometimes with chemicals to assist the colouring process.
A. F. ST. GEORGE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means or Apparatus for Colouring and Inlaying Coloured
Designs upon and through Linoleum and other Materials.
I, ARTHUR FRENCH ST. GEORGE, of Redhill, in the County of Surrey,
Electrician, 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:-
In order to accomplish my invention 1 employ an apparatus consisting of a

page_text: number of fine needle points packed close together upon and fixed by their blunt
ends to a block or in a frame (in a printer's chase for instance) and grouped into
the form of the required design to be printed or I employ printing type or a block
having a design engraved upon or in relief on its surface. When employing
needles I press the block of needle points upon the surface of the material to be
inlaid with color so as to cause the numerous needle points to penetrate to the
other side or only partly through its thickness. And in the latter case especially
according to my invention in order to damage the material as little as possible I
pass a current or discharge of electricity from the needles or type or block through
the material in order by electrical perforation or electro decomposition to print or
color or force the design. When withdrawn the material is provided with pores or
perforations and I then apply some coloring matter to the design which has been
pricked in the material (except when the electrical action is employed to color it).
I employ a separate block of needles for each color portion of a multicolor design
or only one block applying one color at a time preferably by means of rubber
faced type or stencil plates and color rollers.
When employing type or a block according to my invention the surface of the
material is bruised or impressed with the required design to be colored.
In order to impregnate the pricked or impressed portions of the material with
color I employ particular methods according to the nature of the material to be
colored.
In order to color linoleum and similar floor coverings of close texture and non-
porous quality. I apply to the pricked surface a block recessed with a design
corresponding to the perforated design and cominunicating with the recesses of the
block by means of pipes I arrange a reservoir of color solution. I inject the color
solution under considerable pressure into the recesses of the block and thence it
proceeds into the perforations or impressions and permeates the whole mass of the
material immediately under the block which I press tightly upon the surface of the
material to prevent the color spreading beyond the limits of the required design.
When the colours have been inlaid according to my invention I press or roll the
material with or without heat in order to solidify or strengthen it and to impart a
finish to its surface. Sometimes I impregnate the material with binding or adhesive
matter.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. Coloring and inlaying colored designs upon and through linoleum and other
materials by mechanical or electrical perforation bruising or impressing of the
material to enable it to absorb coloring matter or by electrical action substantially
as described.
2. Impregnating linoleum or other materials with coloring matter by means of
recessed blocks or types substantially as described.
3. Injecting coloring matter into the material substantially as described.
4. Coloring and inlaying colored designs upon and through linoleum and other
materials by electrical perforation or decomposition of the material by passing
electrical currents or discharges from the needles types or blocks substantially as
described.
5. Pressing or rolling the material with or without heat after coloration in order
to solidify or strengthen it and impart to it a finished appearance substantially as
described.
6. Impregnating the material with a binding or adhesive matter in order to
solidify or strengthen it.
Dated this 10th dow of Mouch 1001