A New or Improved Method of and Apparatus for Producing Artistic Printing Surfaces.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left. 18th July, 1898-Accepted, 24th Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of and Apparatus for Producing Artistic
Printing Surfaces.
CHARLES YOUNG, 52, Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, London, E.C., Artist
and Engraver on Wood and Metal, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
A plate of glass, copper or the like is coated with a waxen surface, then lines,
dots or the like of any desired shape or form are impressed from an engraved
plate or the like through the waxen surface onto the surface of the plate then with
a pointed instrument any design or figure which may be required is traced onto
the waxen surface and through it to the surface of plate, the darker shades are
also cut through the waxen surface in like manner. The lights or whites are
put in with a pen & apparatus as described in my Patent No. 3552, 1896. The
mould thus made is now ready to be prepaired by the electrotyper to obtain electro-
types.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS ACCOMPANYING THIS SPECIFICATION.
Fig. 1 (is used without the pen for putting in or" building up" the larger whites)
A represents a tube made of glass or other nonconductor of electricity, U is insu-
lated copper wires connected to electric battery or electric current, B is a piece
of platinum wire soldered to C at or about C and coiled round tube A to near
mouth of tube A¹ and joining C at or about C2, H is band binding wires to tube A,
E is cover for end of tube A.
Fig. 4. A is a tube of glass or the like, C is insulated copper wires connected
to electric battery or electric current, B' is a pen, the dotted lines show where it
is fitted into tube A, B is platinum wire which is soldered onto connecting wire C
at or about C¹ and continued round pen (B,) to near point of pen B¹ where it
is soldered to pen. The other wire C is soldered to shoulder of pen at Ca
H is band binding wires to tube A. E is cover for end of tube.
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Mater third day of October 1897
A New or Improved Method of and Apparatus for Producing Artistic
Printing Surfaces.
CHARLES YOUNG, 52, Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, London, E.C., Artist
and Engraver on Wood and Metal, 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;-
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A plate of metal, glass, mica or a drawing on any material or a photograph on
any material is coated to any desired thickness with wax or the like.

page_text: Lines, dots, dashes or the like of any desired shape form or design are impressed
from an engraved plate or the like through the waxen or etching ground onto
the surface of the plate or the like. Then with a pointed or otherwise shaped
instrument lines or "blacks" of any desired shape form or design are cut through
the waxen coating onto the surface of the plate or the like. This instrument is
heated by electricity in the same manner as the pen in my apparatus described
in my l'atent No. 3552 A.D. 1896 and any parts intended to show. white in the
printed impression from the electrotype which is subsequently formed from mould
are added by using said apparatus. This is called the "tint" process. Fig. 1
in Provisional Specification is employed to build up or cover with molten wax
the parts desired. A Fig. 1 in Provisional Specification is a tube charged with
bees wax, C are wires connected with electric current to one free end of which
a piece of platinum wire (B) is joined at or about C and continued to end of
tube A when the free end is joined to connecting wire C at or about C2. H, H,
are bands binding wires C to tube A. E is a cap at thick end of tubes A in
Figs. 1 & 4.
Fig. 4 shows the tube A with pen attached (B) C, C, are wires connected
with electric current to one free end of which a piece of platinum wire (B) is
joined at or about C₁ the other free end of connecting wire C is joined to pen B²
at or about C and thus completes the circuit, H, H are, bands binding wires C
to tube A. Fig. 4 may be fed with wax from either end of tube A or pen B¹.
When a fac-simile plate or block is required, the metal plate, glass mica or the
like is coated with wax as before described, and lines or blacks" dots, dashes
of any shape or form or design are made by cutting through the waxen coating
and onto the surface of the plate of metal, glass, mica or the like with the pointed
or otherwise shaped instrument heated by electricity and the whites added as
before described, when the desired drawing is completed in this manner then
the plate with the mould formed on the face is held face downwards over a heated
surface or flame until the mould is rounded and all jagged or rough corners are
removed, the same treatment may be accorded to the tint process.
CLAIMS.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declair that what I
claim is:
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Novelty in producing moulds suitable for electrotyping or other casts for
printing purposes by coating a plate of metal, glass mica photographs or drawings
with with a waxen covering and cutting through the cams