A New Process of Preparing and Putting Up Coloring Matters for Use in Small Quantities.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1800
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1900
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1900—Accepted, 17th Feb., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Process of Preparing and Putting Up Coloring Matters for Use
in Small Quantities.
We, IGNATIUS SINGER, of Petone, near the City of Wellington, in the Colony
of New Zealand, Chemist, and FRANK WALTER MADDOX, of the said City of
Wellington, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the preparing and putting up of dyes in a form easily
handled, and which will enable consumers to measure off small quantities with
ease and accuracy, without the necessity of a balance and without any waste in the
operation.
Our invention is carried out as follows. We prepare a concentrated solution of
any suitable dye-stuff-such as, for instance, the direct-dyeing artificial coloring
matters and saturate in this solution some bibulous paper.
The sheets of paper
are then dried; and after drying, the paper thus prepared is cut into convenient
sized sheets, and packed for sale. We thus obtain sheets of paper uniformly
saturated with determinate quantities of coloring matter which are easily and
cleanly handled and without waste, are easily packed for transport, and which
enable the smallest quantities of coloring matter to be measured off by subdividing
the prepared sheet without the necessity of weighing and without waste.
The prepared sheets of paper may be perforated, ruled, or otherwise marked
off in squares or sections, each containing known or certain quantities of coloring
matter, so as to enable the required quantity of coloring matter to be readily ascer-
tained or measured off, and so that the blending of colors may be done with
exactitude and ease, and without the necessity of weighing.
For use a portion of such paper is soaked in water to dissolve the coloring
matter, and dyeing is then proceeded with according to any usual method.
Deted the 20th day of 1 neil 1800
A New Process of Preparing and Putting Up Coloring Matters for Use
in Small Quantities.
We, IGNATIUS SINGER, of Petone, near the City of Wellington, in the Colony
of New Zealand, Chemist, and FRANK WALTER MADDOX, of the said City of
Price Rdl

page_text: Wellington, Chemist, 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: -
This invention relates to the preparing and putting up of dyes or coloring
matters in a form easily handled, and which will enable consumers to measure off
small quantities of the dyes with ease and accuracy, without the necessity of a
balance, and without any waste in the operation. The main features of the in-
vention consist in the sectional division in manner described of sheets of bibulous
paper which have been saturated with dyes or coloring matters of different colors,
into quantities which, in relation to the weight of the goods to be dyed, have a
definite coloring power, ensuring exact and invariable results; and the ease
and uniformity with which the blending of colors may be effected and a variety of
shades produced by combining papers of two or more different colors in certain
known numbers of proportions; and the ease and accuracy with which small quan-
tities of dyes may be measured off and used, and the blending of colors may be
produced, by unskilled persons and consumers.
Our invention is carried out as follows. We prepare a concentrated solution of
any suitable dye-stuff such as, for example, the direct-dyeing artificial coloring
matters of the colour or shade required and saturate in this solution sheets of
bibulous paper.
The sheets are immersed in the solution, and allowed to remain
in sufficiently long to properly receive the dye. The sheets of paper thus charged
with the dye are then dried and after drying are cut into convenient sized sheets.
The prepared sheets of paper may be then perforated, ruled, or otherwise marked off
in squares, blocks, or sections, and packed for sale in any convenient form. For
use a portion of such paper is soaked in water which dissolves the dye or coloring
matter from the paper, and dyeing may be proceeded with according to any usual
method.
We are aware that sheets of paper have been prepared with laundry blue for
marketing and use, but the principle of our invention is not applicable to bluing,
and we therefore disclaim the use of bluing in connection with our invention.
By our invention we thus obtain sheets of paper uniformly saturated with deter-
minate quantities of dyes or coloring matters which are easily and cleanly handled,
and without waste, are easily packed for transport, and which enable the smallest
quantities of dyes to be measured off by subdividing the prepared sheet without
the necessity of weighing. Each of the sheets thus prepared, and each square
block, or section contains a known or certain quantity of dye or coloring matter,
and thus has a definite dyeing capacity for a certain quantity by weight of silk,
wool, cotton, or other fabric or material to be dyed. In this way the required
quantity of dye or coloring matter may be readily ascertained or measured off,
and the blending of colors may be done with exactitude and ease, and without the
necessity of weighing. We propose as one method of using our invention to make
up for sale packets containing a number of such prepared sheets of assorted colours.
Instructions for use will be issued with each packet to the effect that by the
combination of these sheets, squares blocks, or sections, in varying numbers or
proportions as directed, a large variety of distinctly different shades of colours
may be produced by the user. For example, by using sheets of paper saturated
with red, blue, and yellow colours in different proportions of each colour, it is
possible to produce a large number of different tints or shades. These tints or
shades will be indicated upon the packets or instructions, with directions how
each may be produced by using in each case a varied number or proportion of
the sheets, squares, blocks, or sections of the different colours. Further directions
will be given as to the quantity or number of sheets, squares, blocks, or sections
to be used for dyeing a given weight of material. This is only one form in which
our invention may be used, and we do not confine ourselves to its use in this
particular form only.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The process of putting up dyes or coloring matters by uniformly saturating
with determinate quantities of such dyes or coloring matters sheets of bibulous
paper, substantially as and for purposes set forth herein.
2. The, process of putting up dyes or coloring matters by uniformly saturating
with determinate quantities of such dyes or coloring matter sheets of bibulous paper,
perforated, ruled, or otherwise marked off in squares, blocks, or sections, each when
dried containing known or certain quantities of dye or coloring matter, substan-
tially as and for the purposes set forth herein.
3. As a new article of manufacture, a sheet of bibulous paper saturated with a
solution of dye or coloring matter of required colour and of determinate quantity,
dried, and then perforated, ruled, or otherwise marked off into squares blocks, or
sections, each containing known or certain quantities of dye or colouring matter,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth herein.
Dated the 16th day of Januar 1900
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.