Year: 1886

page_text: I CHARLES ADOLPHUS WATKINS of 9 and 10 Greek Street Soho Square in the
County of Middlesex Brush Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to those tools used in imitating the straight broken lines
representing the open grain of Oak and the like.
These lines are printed on the work to be grained by means of a roller composed
of thin metal discs with portions cut from their edges the discs being separated
from each other and revolving loosely on an axis held in a frame made of light
metal which may be of a D shape and be bent upon itself to form a handle. The
color is fed onto the roller by a brush held against it as it rolls on the surface on
which the graining is to be done. Hitherto it has been difficult to keep the brush
against the roller and one of the objects of my Invention is to overcome this
difficulty with this object. I fix to the underside of the brush and preferably at
right angles to its surface a blade one edge of which is bent to form a L shaped
flange a portion of which is slit and bent at right angles to itself to form a stop-
When the brush is to be attached to the roller handle the pieces forming it are
separated the blade being inserted between them and being pushed down until the
aforesaid stop rests on the handle. The brush is thus firmly attached to the handle
and the roller may be used in any position without disturbing it. The brush may
be readily removed by simply drawing the blade from between the handle.
When the roller is used for graining sunk panels the lines cannot be made close
up to the panel because the curve of the roller touches the moulding or style before
it reaches the end, therefore a blank space without lines is left which hitherto has
had to be completed by a comb or the like-To obviate this and to complete the
lines quickly I use another roller preferably of solid metal with lines or ribs formed
longitudinally on it corresponding to the distance between the discs of the first
named roller small pieces being cut out of the ribs so as to break up the lines.
This roller revolves on a pin screwed to one side of a shank fitted to a handle and
is fed with color from a second roller also attached to the said shank in such
position that it gently presses against the roller and revolves with it. This second
or color feeding roller may be of wood or other soft material but I prefer to use
India rubber for the purpose. In using this roller the India rubber cylinder is
coated with color the lined or ribbed roller is rolled along the end of the panel and
the lines are printed close into the angles of the panel and are of such length that
the lines made by the ordinary disc roller can be made to meet them.
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page_text: Improvements in Graining Tools.
I CHARLES ADOLPHUS WATKINS of 9 and 10 Greek Street Soho Square in the
County of Middlesex Brush Manufacturer, "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 tools used in imitating in painted work the open grain
of oak and the like. The lines imitating this grain have hitherto been printed on
the surface being grained by means of a roller composed of thin metal discs with
portions cut from their edges the said discs being separated from each other by a
short interval and revolving loosely on an axis held in a frame made of light metal
which may be of a D shape and be bent upon itself to form a handle. The color
is fed onto the roller by a brush held against the said roller as it rolls on the
surface on which the graining is being done. Hitherto it has been difficult to keep
the brush against the roller and one of the objects of my Invention is to overcome
this difficulty Figure 1 represents a brush provided with means according to my
Invention and Figure 2 shews the same attached to the handle of the roller. I fix
on one side of the brush case A and preferably at right angles to its surface a metal
plate a one edge being bent at a² a² to form a shaped flange and a portion of
the said plate a is bent at right angles to itself as shewn at a³ to form a stop.
When the brush is to be attached to the handle B carrying the roller of discs C
the pieces forming the said handle are separated and the plate a is inserted between
then and is pushed down until the stop a³ rests against the handle. The brush is
thus firmly attached to the handle and the roller C may be used in any position
without disturbing the brush. The brush may be readily removed by simply
drawing the plate a from between the parts of the handle by which it is held.
When the roller C is used for graining sunk panels the lines cannot be made
close up to the panel, because the periphery of the roller touches the moulding or
style before it reaches the end of the sunk panel, therefore a blank space without
lines is left, the graining of which has hitherto had to be finished by a comb or
the like. To obviate this draw back and to complete the lines quickly I provide a
tool consisting of a roller preferably of solid metal with ribs formed longi-
tudinally on it, corresponding in thickness and distance apart with the thickness
and distance apart of the discs of the first named roller C small pieces being cut
out of the said ribs so as to break up the lines. This roller is shewn at E in
Figure 3 It revolves on a pin e screwed to one side of a shank f fitted to a
handle F and can be fed with color from a second roller G also attached to the
said shank ƒ by the pin g in such position that it gently presses against the
roller E and revolves with it.. This second or color feeding roller G may be of
wood or other, soft material but I prefer to use vulcanized India rubber for the
purpose. In using this tool the roller G is coated with color and the roller E is
rolled along the edge of the panel so that the lines thereby made complete those
made by the disc roller C of the tool first described.

page_text: 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:
First. For use with graining tools a brush having a blade or plate (a) fixed to
its case for securing it to the roller handle (B) substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
Second. In graining tools a roller (E) having thereon lines longitudinal with or
parallel to the axis thereof and fixed to one side of a shank carrier or handle so
that it can be used close up to a moulding or style substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings.
Third. A graining tool consisting of a ribbed roller E combined with a shank
carrier or handle as claimed by the preceding claiming clause in combination with
a color carrying roller G in contact therewith substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.