IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS AND APPLICATION OF MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING ORNAMENTAL OR OTHER DESIGNS TO FABRICS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas James Warwick of Stamford Street in the
County of Surrey for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS AND
APPLICATION OF MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING
ORNAMENTAL OR OTHER DESIGNS TO FABRICS "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas James Warwick at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th August 1883.
THOMAS JAMES WARWICK of Stamford Street in the County of Surrey
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS AND APPLICATION OF MATERIALS EMPLOYED
TIIE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING ORNAMENTAL OR OTHER DESIGNS TO
FABRICS
IN
"
This invention rolates to improvements in the application of certain materials to
form a compound to be used for the purpose of printing ornamental or other designs
upon paper such printed designs being suitable for being transferred on to fabrics
for embroidering and other like purposes
Heretofore designs of this character have been printed upon the transferring
paper with printing materials consisting of a bituminous substance or varnish
which hardens on the surface of the paper and is readily removed therefrom by
rubbing or friction.
This want of permanence in the designs exposes them to injury and frequently
renders them useless for the purpose for which they are required
Now according to my improvements the materials I employ for producing the
printing compound for printing the designs with in black on the transfer paper
consist of about ;
3 pounds of compo black
1 pound bees wax and
1 pound white lead thoroughly mixed and incorporated together by heat.
When a brown or lighter colour is required a smaller proportion of the compo

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas James Warwick in the Patent Office on the
15th February 1884.
THOMAS JAMES WARWICK of Stamford Street in the County of Surrey
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS AND APPLICATION OF MATERIALS EMPLOYED
THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING ORNAMENTAL OR OTHER DESIGNS TO
IN
FABRICS
"2
This invention relates to improvements in the application of certain materials to
form a compound to be used for the purpose of printing ornamental or other designs
upon paper such printed designs being suitable for being transferred on to fabrics
for embroidering and other like purposes.
Heretofore designs of this character have been printed upon the transferring
paper with printing materials consisting of a bituminous substance or varnish
which hardens on the surface of the paper and is readily removed therefrom by
rubbing or friction.
This want of permanence in the designs exposes them to injury and frequently
renders thom usoless for the purpose for which they are required.
Now according to my improvements the materials I employ for producing the
printing compound for printing the designs in black on the transfer paper
consist of about
3 pounds of compo black.
1 pound bees wax, and
1--pound white lead thoroughly mixed and incorporated together by heat.
When a brown or lighter colour is required a smaller proportion of the compo
black is used. Or a colored compound may be made by mixing equal parts of
composites wax and white lead with any suitable coloring matter as required.
.”
The following are some of the coloring matters which may usefully be so
employed namely
For blue the ordinary French ultramarine of commerce or powder blue.
For yellow-the ordinary Chinese chrome of commerce.
For red the vermillion of commerce.
For white-the ordinary Chinese white of commerce.
Designs printed on paper with the above compound are comparatively permanent
when transferred by means of heat to the fabrics to which they are applied i.e. they
cannot be injured or removed by friction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I would have it under-
stood that I make no claim to the process of printing and transferring of ornamental
or other designs on to fabrics separately but what I claim is :-
The use and application of the materials herein before named and in the
proportions stated or thereabout to produce a compound suitable for printing
designs on paper substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
In witness whereof I the said Thomas Janes Warwick have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty four.