An Improved Method of Manufacturing Ornamental Boards Made from Various Fibrous Substances, Applicable also for Ornamenting Leather.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 21st Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 28th Jan., 1887.
An Improved Method of Manufacturing Ornamental Boards Made
from Various Fibrous Substances, Applicable also for Ornamenting
Leather.
I HENRY ROYALL MINNS of Maidenhead in the County of Berkshire Engineer do
hereby declare my said invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in manufacturing ornamental boards made from fibrous
materials or the same method may be employed for ornamenting or embossing leather
suitable for various useful purposes According to this invention I first prepare the
fibrous substances (of which the board is to be made) in the ordinary beating engine
to the consistency and quality desired and during this operation I add whatever
colouring matter is required. The coloured pulp is then passed through a suitable
machine or frame moulds and made into sheets of the required size I then place
between each sheet in its soft state a web of ornamental wire work woven to any
design or metal or plates engraved or embossed with the design or I might employ
hard wood blocks engraved or even a hard woven textile fabric. In this way I form a
pile of any number of boards and by exerting pressure with a hydraulic press or by
any suitable means on the whole pile, the design on the plates, webbing, or textile
fabric is produced on each board, this pressure will also assist in extracting a great
portion of the moisture from the boards.
I then dry the sheets which will be found to retain the impression and when dry I
varnish, japan or paint same.
By this method real leather may also be ornamented or embossed cither in a dry or
wet state.
Boards or leather ornamented as above may be employed for various useful
purposes.
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Manufacturing Ornamental Boards Made
from Various Fibrous Substances, Applicable also for Ornamenting
Leather.
I, HENRY ROYALL MINNS of Maidenhead in the County of Berkshire Engineer do
hereby declare my said 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 consists in manufacturing ornamental boards made from fibrous
materials or the same method may be employed for ornamenting or embossing leather
suitable for various useful purposes. According to this invention I first prepare the
fibrous substances (of which the board is to be made) in the ordinary beating engine
to the consistency and quality desired and during this operation I add whatever
colouring matter is required. The coloured pulp is then passed through a suitable
machine or frame moulds and made into sheets of the required size I then place
between each sheet in its soft state a web of ornamental wire work woven or other-
wise made to any design or metal plates engraved or embossed with the design or I
might employ hard wood blocks engraved or even a hard woven textile fabric. In
this way I form a pile of any number of boards and by exerting pressure with a
hydraulic press or by any suitable means on the whole pile the design on the plates,
webbing or textile fabric is produced on each board, this pressure will also assist in
extracting a great portion of the moisture from the boards.
I then dry the sheets which will be found to retain the impression and when dry I
varnish, japan or paint same.
By this method real leather may also be ornamented or embossed either in a dry or
wet state.
Boards or leather ornamented as above may be employed for various useful
purposes.
It will be found that far better results will be obtained by ornamenting boards
according to this invention and the operation will be quicker and easier than by the
employment of heavy rolls when the sheets are dry and hard as heretofore practiced.
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 :-
Placing between the sheets of material to be ornamented (while in a soft state)
ornamental wire work, engraved or embossed plates or wood blocks or textile fabrics
substantially as and for the purpose described.
BROWNE & CO.,
Agents for the Applicant.