IMPROVE- MENTS IN PRINTING AND FINISHING COTTON FABRICS
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 7th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 10th Feb., 1888
I THOMAS HARDCASTLE of Bradshaw Works near Bolton in the County of
Lancaster Calico Printer do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PRINTING AND FINISHING COTTON FABRICS to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in printing and finishing cotton fabrics my
object being to impart to a cotton fabric the appearance lustre and brilliancy of the
silk in a fabric composed partly of silk and partly of other fibrous materials.
In carrying out my Invention I print on the cotton fabric by the ordinary process
of calico printing a specially prepared pigment composed of French White thickened
say with starch or gum or with other suitable thickening substance or mixture of
substances. After this printing process the fabric is highly calendered and may then
be beetled or otherwise treated or may be passed over heated cylinders to remove the
gloss from that portion of the fabric which has not been treated with the above
mentioned piginent and subsequently be lightly calendered to smooth or finish the
surface.
The aforesaid pigment may be tinted in various shades to match or correspond
with the colours of the silks in fabrics composed partly of silk and partly of other
fibrous materials and may be printed on the fabric in combination with ordinary
colours printed in various patterns and the fabric may be either dyed or undyed.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printing and Finishing Cotton Fabrics.
I THOMAS HARDCASTLE of Bradshaw Works near Bolton in the County of
Lancaster Calico Printer do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PRINTING AND FINISHING COTTON FABRICS, 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 improvements in printing and finishing cotton fabrics my
object being to impart to a cotton fabric the appearance lustre and brilliancy of the
silk in a fabric composed partly of silk and partly of other fibrous materials.
In carrying out my Invention I print on the cotton fabric by the ordinary process
of calico printing a specially prepared pigment composed of French White thickened
say with starch or gum or with other suitable thickening substance or mixture of
substances. After this printing process the fabric is highly calendered and may then
be beetled or otherwise treated or instead of being highly calendered the fabric
may be passed over heated cylinders to remove the gloss from that portion of the
--fabric which has not been treated with the above mentioned pigment and subsequently
be lightly calendered to smooth or finish-the surface.
The aforesaid pigment may be tinted in various shades to match or correspond
with the colours of the silks in fabrics composed partly of silk and partly of other
fibrous materials and may be printed on the fabric in combination with ordinary
colours printed in various patterns and the fabric may be either dyed or undyed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The improvements in printing and finishing cotton fabrics consisting mainly
in printing a certain specified pigment on said fabrics and subsequently finishing them
substantially in the manner described for the purpose of imparting to a cotton fabric
the appearance lustre and brilliancy of the silk in a fabric composed partly of silk and
partly of other fibrous materials.
2. The use of a pigment composed of French White thickened with starch guin
or other suitable thickening material and applied substantially in the manner and for
the purposes herein specified.
Dated this 6th day of January 1888.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.