AN IMPROVED MODE OF AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING PICTURES, DESIGNS, LETTERS, AND OTHER CHARACTERS OR FIGURES UPON GLASS, METAL, WOOD, AND OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Lee, of No. 247, High Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex, Lithographer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
MODE OF AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING PICTURES, DESIGNS, LETTERS, AND OTHER
CHARACTERS OR FIGURES UPON GLASS, METAL, WOOD, AND OTHER MATERIALS."
Sealed the 10th September 1867, and dated the 18th March 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Lee at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th March
1867.
I, EDWARD LÉE, of No. 247, High Holborn; in the County of Middlesex,
Lithographer, do hereby declare the nature of the said- Invention for "AN
IMPROVED MODE OF AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING PICTURES; DESIGNS, LETTERS, AND
OTHER CHARACTERS OR FIGURES UPON GLASS, METAL, WOOD, AND OTHER MATERIALS,"
to be as follows:-
The said Invention relates to coloring the surface of various materials and
ornamenting the same with pictures, designs, or other figures, which are first
produced upon suitably prepared paper, and then transferred to the surface to
be colored or ornamented by a novel and expeditious' process. The said
Invention is more especially applicable to coloring glass for windows and other
purposes, and affords a means for producing at a slight cost pictures and
designs of great transparency and brilliancy in imitation of stained glass.

page_text: The picture or design is first printed in its proper color or colors upon paper
of the kind commonly used by lithographers, known as transfer paper, or upon
other paper having a sized or enamelled surface. Any desired paint, color, or
material may be employed in the production of the picture or design. Each
color of the said picture or design as it is printed upon the paper is covered
with powdered resin or other similar material which adheres only to the colored
surface, and is afterwards fixed by pressing the paper on a wet stone or plate,
or by passing it between a pair of wet rollers. Instead of the powdered resin,
gold, or other metallic leaf or powder may be employed, or either of the latter
may be mixed with the resin to spread over the surface of the colored picture,
design, or pattern, the object being to render the surface of the same imper-
meable to water; when the metallic leaf or powder is employed the application
of the wet stone or substitute for the same will not be required.
The transfer of the design to the glass or other surface to be colored or
ornamented is effected in the following manner:-If the said design has
been covered with resin alone the surface to which the same is to be applied is
preferably covered with water, but if the metal leaf or powder has been
employed the said surface is covered with gum, or size, or other substance of
an adhesive nature dissolved in water; the transfer paper upon which the
design has been formed is then laid upon the said glass or other surface, the
colored side of the paper being placed in contact with the said surface;
pressure is then applied by means of a burnisher or other implement to tho
back of the said paper, which is thereby pressed closely up to the surface upon
which it is placed, or the desired pressure may be applied to the back of the
transfer paper by means of india-rubber rollers or other suitable apparatus ;
the transfer paper is left on the glass or other surface till the gum or water
is dry; the said paper is then wetted at the back by a sponge or brush, or by
immersion in liquid, the paper when sufficiently wet then comes away leaving
the design or pattern on the glass or other surface.
The design or pattern may also be produced upon transfer paper, which may
be first covered with any ordinary varnish which is dried before being printed
upon, or the varnish may be applied over the printing, and then dried before
the design is transferred to the glass or other surface. In this case the resin
or metal leaf or powder will not be, required. The surface of the design or
pattern is covered with gum before being transferred to the glass or other
surface.
The printing of the picture or other design may be effected on transfer,
glazed, or enamelled paper in the ordinary printers' ink, and the same may be

page_text: covered with printers' or other suitable varnish, or the whole surface of the
transfer or enamelled paper and design may be covered with the varnish, then
dusted with the powdered resin and pressed on the wet stone, the design or
pattern being transferred to any desired surface in the manner already
described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
.by the said Edward Lee in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th
September 1867.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
TRE, of No. 247, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Lithographer,
send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Edward Lee, Her special licence that I, the said Edward Lee, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward Lee, 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 of "AN IMPROVED MODE OF AND MEANS FOR PRO-
DUCING PICTURES, DESIGNS, LETTERS, AND OTHER CHARACTERS OR FIGURES UPON
GLASS, METAL, WOOD, AND OTHER MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Edward Lee, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly 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 Edward Lee, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-.
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following.
statement:-
This Invention relates to colouring and ornamenting the surface of various
materials with pictures, designs, or patterns, which are first produced' upon

page_text: paper and then transfered to the surface to be coloured or ornamented. The
said Invention is more especially applicable to colouring glass, and affords a
ready means for producing pictures and designs for windows.
The design or pattern is first printed or otherwise produced in its proper
colours upon paper of the kind commonly used by lithographers, known as
transfer paper, but any paper having a sized or enamelled surface may bo
employed instead of the transfer paper. The said design is then covered with
powdered resin or any other substance that when reduced to powder and
applied to the surface of the design will render the same waterproof; this
powdered resin or other substance is afterwards fixed by passing the paper
over a wet stone or plate or between a pair of rollers.
The fixing may also
be effected by means of heat or by allowing time for the resin to become
corporated with the ink and form a varnish. Instead of the powdered resin
gold, bronze, or other metallic leaf or powder may be employed, or the latter
may be mixed with the resin to spread over the surface of the coloured design
or pattern. When the metallic leaf or powder is employed the application of
the wet stone or substitute for the same will not be required. In forming a
design or pattern in various colours the same are produced by successive
separate impressions upon the transfer or other paper, and the powdered resin
or other material is applied separately to the impression of cach colour or
portion of the design.
The transfer of the design to the glass or other surface to bo coloured or
ornamented is effected in the following manner:-If the said design has been
covered with resin alone, the surface of the design, as well as the surface to
which the same is to be applied is preferably immersed in or covered with
water; but if the metal leaf or powder has been employed the said surface is
covered with gum or size or other substance of an adhesive naturo dissolved in
water; the transfer paper upon which the design has been formed is then
laid upon the said glass or other surface, the coloured or printed side of tho
paper being placed in contact with the said surface; pressure is then applied
by means of a burnisher or other instrument to the back of the said paper,
which is thereby pressed closely to the surface to which the design is to bo
transferred, or the desired pressure may be applied to the back of the
transfer paper by means of india-rubber rollers or other suitable apparatus;
the transfer paper is left on the glass or other surface till the gum or water
is dry; the said paper is then wetted at the back by a sponge or brush, or
by immersion in liquid, and the paper then comes away, leaving the design or
pattern on the glass or other surface.

page_text: The design or pattern may also be produced upon transfer paper, which may
be first covered with any ordinary varnish. The varnish is dried before being
printed upon, or may be applied over the printing, and then dried before the
said design is transferred to the glass or other surface. In this case the resin
or metal leaf or powder will not be required. The surface of the pattern is
covered with gum or other adhesive substance before being transferred to the
glass or other surface as before described.
Where it is required to produce upon glass or other material a design ór
figure in an opaque or thick body of colour the said design is' first printed
upon the transfer or other suitable paper, and. then covered with. the powdered
resin or other substance. A second impression of the said figure is then
produced upon the surface of this covering or coat of resin exactly over the
first impression, and this second impression of the said figure is also covered
with resin, the operations of producing the impressions of the figure and
covering the same with resin being repeated till the desired body or opacity of
the ink or colour is obtained. The said design is then transferred to the glass
or other material in the manner above set forth.
Photographs may be transferred by my improved process from the photo-
graphic paper to glass or other desired material. The surface of the photograph
is first covered with varnish, and the powdered resin is then applied to the
same; or if a coloured impression of the photograph is desired the various
colours are applied to the surface of the same instead of the varnish, the said
colours being covered with the powdered resin or other material. The trans-
ferring of the photograph to the surface of the glass or other material can
then be effected by the means already specified.
Having thus fully described my said Invention, and shown how the same
may be conveniently and advantageously carried into practice, I wish it under-
stood that I do not claim the production of the designs, figures, or patterns
upon the paper by any particular mode or process, nor do I limit myself to
any such mode or process, or to any kind of ink or colour employed therein;
but I claim,-
First, covering a design or figure produced in ink or colours upon transfer
or other suitable paper with powdered resin, metallic leaf, or powder, or other
suitable material, and fixing the same, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
Second, transferring the said design or figure from the transfer or other
paper to the surface of glass or other material, substantially in the manner set
forth.

page_text: Third, producing a design or pattern upon transfer paper varnished either
before or after receiving the said design, and covering the said design with
gum, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Lee, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
W*. ROB³. LAKE,
8, Southampton Buildings, W.C.
EDWARD LEE. (L.B.)