A New or Improved Process for Making Tickets, Tablets, Show Cards, and like Goods.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1891-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1891
CUM DIE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Process for Making Tickets, Tablets, Show
Cards, and like Goods.
I, JAMES BOWREY, of the Golden Bowl, Jacob Street, Bristol Japanner and
Decorator do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention relates to a new or improved process for lettering and decorating
metal tickets, (such as are used by butchers and provision dealers,) tablets, show
cards, and other metal articles, producing them in a cheaper and more attractive
form than can be done at present, and so preparing them that they will be very
durable and uninjured by exposure to any kind of weather.
Butchers' tickets as now made, are somewhat expensive to produce, and the paint
used in writing the figures or letters on them is liable to crack and chip; and
nearly all ornamental show cards and tablets are printed on card-board which is
socn injured by exposure to the weather; by my invention, the most elaborate
designs may be produced on metal in such a manner that they will be practically
indestructible.
My invention consists in printing the figures, letters, or designs, on glazed paper,
and then attaching the paper to plates or pieces of metal, treating it with size,
varnish and heat, so as to make a permanent figure or design on the metal surface,
of any colour or combination of colours that may be desired.
To carry my invention into effect, the sheet or plate of iron, tin, zinc, or other
metal, is first painted the required colour to form the ground, conveniently to
correspond with the paper to be placed thereon; impressions are then made on the
smooth side of highly glazed paper from type, blocks, lithographic or other
printing, in one or more colours, ordinary printers' ink being used; the metal plate
being quite dry, the paper is cut a little smaller than the plate, so as to leave
a slight margin of metal uncovered by the paper; the paper is then pasted on the
back, (paste, gum, or any other clear adhesive material may be used,) and attached
to the metal with the printed side of the paper outwards; when nearly dry, the
plate is passed between rollers, so as to make it quite smooth, and then dipped in a
liquid preparation of a gelatinous substance used by painters and decorators known
in the trade as "double size," and when dry, the operation is repeated, and the
plate again passed between the rollers to give it a final smoothing. The plate is then
treated to a coating of best copal varnish, and put in a japanners stoving room, and
exposed for a few hours to a heat of about 140° Farht., after this it is again
varnished and similarly stoved, and then it is finished ready for use. The action of
the size and varnish on the paper will harden it and make it indistinguishable from
the metal, the margin left round the edges of the paper being completely hidden
and protected by the size and varnish so that it cannot tear away.
The advantages of tickets or tablets made according to my invention are that
they can be produced more cheaply, have a more attractive appearance; be more
durable, as they are not liable to chip or crack and are unaffected by exposure to
heat, cold, or wet; will always retain their colour; and may be cleansed by washing
in boiling water if necessary.
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 :-
The process of affixing paper, on which figures, letters, or other matters have
been printed, to metal surfaces, and treating the same with size vernish and heat

page_text: for the production of permanent tickets, tablets, or the like, substantially as and for
the purposes herein described and set forth.
Dated this 1st day of July 1891
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2. John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.