A Silver Plating Compound.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th June, 1893-Accepted, 29th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Silver Plating Compound.
Alfred CulLEY Oil & Colorman 139 Brayard Road Peckham S.E. trading
under the name of Alfred Gordon do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
A composition compounded of silver and amalgamated with other ingredients &
metals herein described as under for plating every description of plated and
unplated metals without the aid of an electric battery, and is a development of a
silver plating and polishing paste invented and patented by me No. 6297 April 13
1891.
This invention not only plates copper, brass, and all other metals (like my first
invention) but that it more effectually plates steel and iron and renders them equal
in appearance and durability to the best electro plated work. The composition
contains in about the following proportions
The metals and acids are seperate, but mixed when being used.
To render my application clear as to the method I employ in compounding the
different ingredients used in the manufacture of my invention; the metals named
in left hand column, are amalgamated being afterwards ground to a powder together
with the 40 parts ferrous carbonate. The ingredients named in right hand column
are mixed togeather into a paste; thuse the metal powder and paste are kept seperate
until the time of use.
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ALFRED CULLEY,
139, Brayard Road, Peckham.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Silver Plating Compound.
I, ALFRED CULLEY, trading as Alfred Gordon and Co. of 139 Brayard Road,
Peckham, County of London, Oil and Colourman, do hereby declare the nature of
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 :-
The object of my invention is a preparation of silver and other ingredients
hereinafter described, forming a composition for coating or silver plating metal
articles requiring to be plated, without necessitating the employment of an electro
depositing battery or other expensive process, the coating being readily effected
by any unskilled person and rendering the articles so coated equal in appearance
to the best electro plated work.
My present invention is a development of an invention forming the subject of a
prior Patent granted to me under the number 6297 of 1891, and is more particularly
adapted for depositing a coating of silver on surfaces of iron or steel which have
not been previously coated, as also on articles of metals which are more readily
plated, such as those of copper and brass, and it likewise can be employed for

page_text: renewing or restoring the plating of articles which have already been once coated
but which may have become worn through use or otherwise.
In carrying out my present invention I take
Cupric sulphate
Nitric acid
Water
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These I mix into a paste, or into a powder.
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The powder resulting from the first named mixture is put up or packed in small
boxes, and the paste or powder formed by the second named mixture is put up into
small bottles, and the two are kept separate until required to be used for coating
when they are employed together.
I may however as a modification of my invention prepare the two mixtures
combined together as one compound ready for use, and in that case all the
ingredients would be the same except that only one quantity viz.: about 50 parts
of the ferrous carbonate would be necessary in lieu of the two quantities mentioned,
and the single compound would be put up in pots, jars, or tins.
The compound is simply applied with a cloth and rubbed onto the article to be
coated or re-plated.
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 preparation and employment of two compositions as hereinbefore set
forth for the purposes specified.
2. The preparation and employment of the single combined composition
hereinbefore set forth for the purposes specified.
Dated the 24th day of June 1893.
ALFRED CULLEY.