AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR COATING OR COVERING MOULDED OR OTHER SURFACES AND IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THE SAME THERETO
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Simpson, of Hulme, in the County of
Lancaster, Frame Maker, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION
FOR COATING OR COVERING MOULDED OR OTHER SURFACES AND IN APPARATUS
FOR APPLYING THE SAME THERETO."
Sealed the 17th February 1868, and dated the 17th September 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Simpson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th September 1862.
I, JAMES SIMPSON, of Hulme, in the County of Lancaster, Frame Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED COM-
POSITION FOR COATING OR COVERING MOULDED OR OTHER SURFACES AND IN
APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THE SAME THERETO," to be as follows:-
The improved composition consists of an amalgamation of whiting, china clay,
and glue in such proportions as to form a semi-fluid mixture about the con-
sistency of cream or slightly thicker. The apparatus for applying this or any
other suitable mixture consists of a series of templates or gauges (three being
preferred) secured together at the sides in a vertical position in a box form,
the top being open for the reception of the composition. The moulded or other
surface is passed under the action of the templates, which spread the composition,
which is termed "running" the moulding, and after several applications a
smooth coating or superficial enamel is produced upon the material as required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Simpson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th March 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
SIMPSON, of Hulme, in the County of Lancaster, Frame Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS IIer most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Iler Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said James Simpson, Her special license that I, the said
James Simpson, my exccutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said James Simpson, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR COATING OB
COVERING MOULDED OR OTHER SURFACES AND IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THE
SAME THERETO," upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the said
James Simpson, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Simpson, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawings (that is to say)
―
The improved composition consists of an amalgamation of whiting, china
clay, and glue in such proportions as to form a semi-fluid mixture, about the
consistency of cream or slightly thicker. The apparatus for applying this or any
other suitable mixture consists of a series of templates or gauges (one being
preferred) secured together at the ends in a vertical position in a box form, the
top being open for the reception of the composition. The moulded or other sur-
face is passed under the action of the template or templates, which spread the
composition, which is termed "running" the moulding, and after several applica-
tions a smooth coating or superficial enamel is produced upon the material as

page_text: required, by which treatment the moulded surface is produced in a finished
and complete state without further application. The proportions of the ingre-
dients constituting the improved composition is almost immaterial, the
quantities varying slightly according to the required thickness of the
composition.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail, I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings made upon a scale of
about three inches to the foot, similar letters of reference being marked upon
corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation shewing the box containing the "templates" and
the method of causing it to traverse along the moulding; Fig. 2 is a plan
view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the same; Fig. 4 is an
arrangement and adaptation of similar apparatus for coating or covering other
surfaces not moulded, such as the laths of venetian blinds, in which figuro
only one "template" is employed, but others may be added.
In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a, a, is the framing carrying the rack b, in which
works or gears the pinion c, which is attached to the composition and template
box d, so that the box is caused to travel from end to end of the moulded
surfaces e, e. Within the box d the templates f,f.f, are secured, the edges
of which are metallic, and formed to fit the moulding, the first template
rather the largest opening, admitting the ready passage of the moulding; the
third is made the smallest, and fitting moderately tightly, but in many instances
I prefer to employ one "template" only, placed at the extreme end of the
composition box, as shewn in Fig. 2. In the spaces between the "templates"
the composition is placed and is in contact with and covered by the moulded
surface becoming firmly pressed thereupon by the first "template," the second
"template" reducing the amount of composition slightly, and the third removes
all that is superabundant, and the moulded surfaco issues therefrom coated
with a hard polished surface of composition, which effect may also be obtained
by the use of only one template as before mentioned.
The set screws 9, 9,
are employed at each end of the machine to hold the moulding in position.
In Fig. 4 only one receptacle is shewn as employed for the composition, and
only one adjustable template f, h being a flat surface which passes through
by hand. I would also remark that the apparatus for covering or coating
moulded surfaces may also be actuated by hand.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, together with the
with the method of carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be
distinctly understood that I claim,―
First, the application, employment, and use of a composition consisting of

page_text: whiting, china clay, and glue in required proportions for the purpose of coating
or covering moulded or other surfaces.
And, secondly, the employment and use of apparatus as herein-before described
consisting of a "template" or series of "templates" onclosed with an outer
case for the purpose of applying such composition or other compositions to
moulded or other surfaces, as herein-before described, set forth, and fully illus-
trated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, 1, the said James Simpson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
JAMES SIMPSON. (L.S.)