AN IMPROVED UNBREAKABLE COMPOSITION FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DOLLS AND OTHER PLAYTHINGS, OR FOR ORNAMENTATION AND ARTISTIC PURPOSES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur Charles Henderson; of 6, Southampton Buildings,
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED
UNBREAKABLE COMPOSITION FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DOLLS AND
OTHER PLAYTHINGS, OR FOR ORNAMENTATION AND ARTISTIC PURPOSES."
A communication from abroad by Jean W. Platonoff, Merchant, of the City
of Moscow, in the Empire of Russia.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Charles Henderson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st March 1881.
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON, of 6, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex. "AN IMPROVED UNBREAKABLE COMPOSITION FOR USE IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF DOLLS AND OTHER PLAYTHINGS, OR FOR ORNAMENTATION
AND ARTISTIC PURPOSES." A communication from abroad by Jean W. Platonoff,
Merchant, of the City of Moscow, in the Empire of Russia.
This Invention consists of a paste which, quickly solidifying, forms a composition
or mastic cement which is unbreakable, its special utility being its employment in
the manufacture of dolls and other toys; it can also be advantageously used in
various branches of industry, such for example as various objects, figures, statuettes,
and so forth, and for articles of furniture and mouldings of all kinds.
The composition is poured into moulds, allowed to harden, and the several parts
forming the object are then cemented or glued together.
This composition is formed of animal glue mixed with gelatin, animal or vegetable
wax, and glycerine. No special proportions of the several ingredients can be
mentioned, as they must of necessity vary in proportion to the dimensions and
nature of the object to be manufactured.
The above ingredients are all thoroughly mixed; and to render the substance
hard and tough, 30 to 35% of zinc white is added, and the whole matter is colored
either with liquid or powdered colors.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Arthur Charles Henderson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th September 1881.
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON, of 6, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex. "AN IMPROVED UNBREAKABLE COMPOSITION FOR USE IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF DOLLS AND OTHER PLAYTHINGS, OR FOR ORNAMENTATION
AND ARTISTIC PURPOSES." A communication from abroad by Jean W. Platonoff,
Merchant, of the City of Moscow, in the Empire of Russia.
This Invention consists of a paste which, quickly solidifying, forms a composition
or mastic cement which is unbreakable, its special utility being its employment in
the manufacture of dolls and other toys; it can also be advantageously used in
various branches of industry, such, for example, as various artistic objects, figures,
statuettes, and so forth, and for articles of furniture and mouldings of all kinds.
The composition is formed and poured into moulds, is allowed to harden, and the
several parts forming the object are then cemented or glued together.
This composition, which is more or less liquid as desired, is made of animal glue
mixed with gelatine, animal or vegetable wax, and glycerine. No special propor-
tions of the several ingredients can be mentioned, as they must of necessity vary
in proportion to the dimensions and nature of the object to be manufactured.
The above ingredients are all thoroughly mixed; and to render the substance hard
and tough, 30 to 35 per cent. of zinc white is added, and the whole matter is colored
either with liquid or powdered color.
Having thus described the Invention, what is claimed is the tough unbreakable
composition consisting of a pasty matter more or less liquid in accordance with
the nature of the object to be made therefrom, and which composition consists of
the several ingredients above named.
In witness whereof, I, the said Arthur Charles Henderson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.