Improvements in the Method of Decorating Pottery Ware.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 7th Sept.,
RESERVE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of Decorating Pottery Ware.
JOHN EMERY, Glass Etcher, 57 Church Street, Hanley, Staffordshire, and HARRY
LOCKETT, Traveller, 27 Harley Street, Hanley, Staffordshire, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object an improved method of decorating pottery ware,
whereby we are enabled to produce a variety of patterns directly upon the ware,
without having to first print or mark them, said patterns being produced in less time,
and with a superior finish than has hitherto been obtained.
For the purpose of our invention we employ apparatus provided with a pen, brush,
or wiper, so arranged as to be capable of describing geometric lines and figures when
actuated by suitable mechanism, which may be constructed in various forms.
Dated this 6th day of October 1887.
BILLINGTON & NEWTON,
Vulcan Works, Longport, Staffordshire,
Agents for Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in the Method of Decorating Pottery Ware.
JOHN EMERY, Glass Etcher, 57 Church Street, Hanley, Staffordshire, and HARRY
LOCKETT, Traveller, 27 Harley Street, Hanley, Staffordshire, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be perforined, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention has for its object improvements in the method of decorating pottery
ware, whereby we are enabled to produce a variety of patterns directly upon the ware
without having to first print or mark them, said patterns being produced in less time
and with a superior finish than has hitherto been obtained.
For the purpose of our invention we construct a machine or apparatus one part of
which rotates the article to be decorated whilst the other portion consisting of an arm
carrying suitable mechanism to hold and rotate an ordinary drawing pen or wiper
describes the pattern, said drawing pen being particularly applicable for use in our
machine; the entire machine or apparatus being actuated by a handle or wheel
through suitable gearing, said handle or wheel being rotated by the operator or by
other convenient means.
In order to explain our invention more clearly we have annexed a drawing of our
said machine or apparatus and will proceed to describe same with reference to the letters
and figures marked thereon. Fig. 1 is a plan on line b, c, Fig. 2 is a front view, and
Fig. 3 is a side view. Like letters refer to the same parts in each figure. a is the
chuck or face plate which is provided with jaws or other suitable means to hold the
article to be decorated, said chuck or face plate being screwed or otherwise attached to
spindle, which is rotated by handle & through suitable gear wheels. c is also a chuck
or face plate similar to a and actuated by the same gearing but is horizontal which is
more convenient for decorating small articles such as tea cups and the like, than
vertical chuck or face plate a. d is the arm supported by sliding piece e, said arm
carries spindle f which has a bevil wheel fixed to each end for the purpose of revolving
spindle carrying drawing pen or wiper a, sliding piece e is balanced by a
weight connected to it by a chain or rope passing over a pulley not shewn on the
drawings, so that the said sliding piece e may rise and fall easily when actuated by
eccentric keyed upon spindle j. k is a lever connecting eccentric with sliding
piece e, 1 is a crank pin fitted into wheeld, to communicate a rocking motion to spindle m
through levers n and o, said rocking motion being transmitted to bell crank
levers and r, and then by adjustable rod s to bracket e, carrying spindle g which it
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rocks upon its centre. it is a bracket supporting vertical chuck or face plate a and
spindle, and y are columns provided with bearings to carry spindle m. The teeth
of the gear wheels are not shewn in the drawings, the pitch lines only being shown.
and are sliding plates carrying studs to receive gear wheels, so that the said
wheels may gear together in various ratio to enable the operator to alter or vary
the pattern, t is a stay to hold the slide rods g, h, i, more firmly together, k is
the bed plate, e, is a stay supporting arm d.

page_text: Our invention is operated as follows:-
Assuming by way of illustration that the article to be decorated is a plate, we
should first secure it to chuck or face plate a, adjust arm d and the bracket e,
supporting spindle g so that the pen or wiper &, is in contact with the plate, tighten
set screws m, n, to keep them in position, and then turn handle or wheel b until the
chuck or face plate a has made one or more revolutions, according to the particular
pattern required, the pen or other instrument employed being pressed against the
article by means of an elastic band round a bar at the end of spindle g and the end of
bracket e, or by other suitable means.
As our machine or apparatus is capable of describing a variety of patterns according to
the ratio the gearing wheels bear to each other and to other particulars which will be
stated hereafter, it will not be necessary for us to describe the particular method of
producing each particular pattern so long as we state the mode of altering our machine
and obtaining different patterns; and in order to explain this more clearly we will
take as an example a pattern consisting of a single loop, and will first explain how
this pattern is produced and then how it may be changed or altered entirely.
Assuming that a suitable number of change wheels are at hand to alter the speed of
the various parts of the machine or apparatus, the said changed wheels should be so
arranged that whilst spindle y carrying the pen or other instrument makes about forty
revolutions the chuck or face plate carrying the plate should only make about one
revolution. It will now be seen from the foregoing that when handle or wheel b is
turned, that the line described by the pen or other instrument will not be a complete
circle, but will be a loop, because the plate has been revolving slowly at the same
time. If eccentric i he now connected to sliding block e by lever and the machine
be put in motion we should get an elongated loop. Again if we prevent the pen or
other instrument employed from revolving by putting it out gear by means of rod j,
and allow the other connections to remain as stated, we should obtain an angular
pattern. And then again if we connect the rocking motion of spindle m to spindle y
by the various levers, we should obtain another pattern and so forth according to the
different combinations used.
The instrument employed to produce the various patterns changes with the
description of the decoration to be executed, for instance, when the decoration
is to consist in describing patterns upon a ground laid surface by removing a portion
of the ground lay and exposing the surface underneath, a pointed instrument is used;
but if the decoration consists in describing a pattern in gold, an ordinary drawing pen
is used charged with liquid gold. One or more said instruments may be used at
the same time, and fixed at any convenient distance from the centre of spindle g
according to the pattern desired.
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
The method of decorating pottery ware by describing patterns directly upon the
ware with an ordinary drawing pen or other suitable instrument actuated by a
machine or apparatus constructed substantially as herein set forth and shewn.
Dated this 6th day of August 1000.
Dated this oth day of August 100.
BILLINGTON & NEWTON,
Longport Patent Agency, Staffordshire,
Agents for Applicants.