CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR COATING OR COVERING MOULDED OR OTHER SURFACES WITH CORE COMPOSITION OF MAMED AMER
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Agnew, junior, of Manchester, in the County.
of Lancaster, Publisher, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR COATING OR COVERING MOULDED OR OTHER SURFACES WITH
CORE COMPOSITION OF MAMED
AMERTAT
Sealed the 18th December 1864, and dated the 18th June 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Agnew at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
June 1864.
I, THOMAS AGNEW, junior, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Publisher, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR COATING OR COVERING MOULDED OR OTHER
SURFACES WITH CERTAIN COMPOSITION OR MATERIAL," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in apparatus which is designed to
apply the well-known composition termed "whitening composition" to moulded
or other surfaces, and after such composition has been applied and become
slightly "set," to effect or produce thereupon a hard smooth surface such as is
required for subsequent gilding.
The improvements consist in the combination and use of two travelling
templates which are plates having each an opening formed therein the reverse
of the moulded surface, the use of which otherwise applied being well-known
and commonly used for defining the exact form of the coating of whitening
composition, and also for imparting a smooth polished surface thereto, the first

page_text: template" is to be made slightly larger in aperture than the second or
finishing template; these "templates are" to be mounted in vertical slots in
supports or brackets which also slide laterally so as to be adjustable to the
varying width of "templates" used, which are secured in such slots by thumb-
screws so as to hold the template and supports together; and the whole is
traversed from end to end of a bed by means of a rack and pinion or equivalent
means. The whitening composition is carried in a vessel along with the first
template, and is supplied to the moulding by the hand of the attendant by
means of a brush or other convenient instrument, and as it is so applied the
first template lays it on the moulding and smoothes it down and when the end
of the moulding is reached the template is traversed back again, which also
levels the surface, and then the second or finishing "template" is attached by
a sliding bolt or connection and both are traversed over the moulding again
together, the second template reducing the surface of the composition to a
smooth and perfect finish..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Agnew in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
17th December 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
AGNEW, junior, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Publisher, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria; by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Thomas Agnew, junior, Her special license that I, the said Thomas
Agnew, junior, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Thomas Agnew, junior, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR COATING OR COVERING MOULDED OR
OTHER SURFACES WITH CERTAIN COMPOSITION OR MATERIAL," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Agnew, junior, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of

page_text: their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Agnew, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawings (that is to say):
--
My Invention relates to improvements in apparatus which is designed to
apply the well-known composition termed "whitening composition " to moulded
or other surfaces, and after such composition has been applied and become
slightly "set" to effect or produce thereupon a hard smooth surface such as is
required for subsequent gilding or otherwise finishing.
The improvements consist in the combination or use of one or more travelling
"templates," having each an opening formed therein the reverse of the
moulded surface, the use of which otherwise applied being well known and
commonly used for defining the exact form of the coating of whitening com-
position, and also for imparting a smooth polished surface thereto. The first
"template" is to be made slightly larger in aperture than the second or
finishing template, these "templates" are to be mounted in vertical slots in
supports or brackets, which also slide laterally so as to be adjustable to the
varying width of "templates" used, which are secured in such slots by thumb-
screws so as to hold the template and supports together from lateral movement,
and the whole is traversed from end to end of a bed by means of a rack and
pinion or equivalent means. The whitening composition is carried in a vessel
along with the first template, and is supplied to the moulding by the hand of
the attendant by means of a brush or other convenient instrument, and as it is
so applied the first template spreads it on the moulding and smooths it down,
and when the end of the moulding is reached the template is traversed back
again, which also assists to level the surface, and then the second or finishing.
template is attached by a sliding bolt or connection, and both are traversed
over the moulding again together, the second template reducing the surface of
the composition to a smooth and perfect finish.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail I have hereunto attached two Sheets of Drawings, Sheet 1 being made
upon a scale of about two inches to the foot, and Sheet 2 about four inches to
the foot.
In Sheet 1. Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of the improved apparatus

page_text: for applying "whitening composition" to moulded surfaces; and Fig. 2 is a
plan view of the same, shewing particularly the method of holding the templates
in the supports; and in Sheet 2, Fig. 1 represents an end or transverse section
of the bed and sliding portion of the apparatus, shewing the "templates" and
the side supports; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section (taken through the
line A, B,) of the sliding carriage to which the "templates" are attached.
In Figs. 1 and 2, Sheet 1, a, a, a, a, is the framework and supports, so
made that the part a¹ slides into the part a, so as to alter the length of the
bed for varying lengths of moulding; b is a screw and handle by which the
sliding part is fixed in any position; c, c¹, are carriages sliding in grooves or
on ribs or V-edges on the said framework, and are propelled by means of the
handle d turning the spur wheel and carrier e which gears in the rack f.
Upon these carriages the template supports g, g', are mounted, and are
capable of being moved laterally on the V-edge guides of the carriages so as
to be adaptable to any width of "templates" h, h, through which two lengths
of moulding i, i, shewn passing (as when at work), one end being screwed up
against the adjustable block k by means of the screw at the opposite end;
m is a pan or vessel containing the whitening composition, which may also be
caused to travel by the rack and pinion. The moulded surfaces having been,
cut or formed, and the required size and pattern of template having been
placed on the supports 9, 9, and screwed therein by the thumbscrews, if it is
required to give it a surface of whitening two pieces or lengths of moulding
are placed end to end and the extreme outer end is passed into and through the
templates h, h, (the carriages and "templates" being at the commencing end
of the bed); the moulding is then screwed up tightly and firmly, and the
attendant commences to turn the handle and to scoop the whitening out of
the pan and to allow it to fall on the moulded surface, and as this is done the
larger "template" spreads and lays it on the moulded surface, and the second
smaller template h³ reduces the thickness of the coating and leaves it smooth
and hard, or if preferred the larger "template" may be taken over the first
piece of moulding alone and travelled back again, and then the second carriage
and "template" h' may be attached by means of the sliding bolt n, and the
finishing polish be given by a second travelling over. When the first piece of
moulding is finished the "templates" are run on to the second or following
piece which abut against it, then the first piece is removed and the second
piece is taken back to the commencing place and another blank piece intro-
duced as before.
I would here remark that if preferred it may be so arranged that the
moulding may be propelled and the "templates" remain stationary to effect

page_text: the same object, and also that the composition may be delivered from the pan
by a self-acting rotating brush, or it may be applied like paint by a brush
revolving in a vessel beneath, and acting upon the moulded surface, which
would be fixed to a revolving platform, and suitable guards being arranged so
as to prevent the splashing of the liquid composition. I desire also to remark
that the templates may either be used open at the bottom or closed (as shewn
in Fig. 3, Sheet 2), which latter form I claim as of my Invention, and which
by the presence of a bottom ledge prevents or removes any composition which
may pass to the lower side of the moulding.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention together with the
method of carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be distinctly
understood that I claim,-
First, the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of the several
parts forming the apparatus for coating or covering moulded or other surfaces
with certain composition or material.
Secondly, the novel arrangement of apparatus and means for holding and
securing and adjusting the "templates."
Thirdly, the use of the "templates" in combination with the other
mechanism, either when connected together or disconnected.
And lastly, I claim the connection or disconnection of the "template"
carriages at will as required.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Agnew, junior, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witnessed by
JOHN L. DAVIES,
Office for Patents,
Manchester..
THOMAS AGNEW, J. (L.S.)