US351949A - Compound for transferring designs to surfaces from perforated patterns - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LILLIAN VVHITEFIEIID, OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.

. COMPOUND FOR TRANSFERRING DESIGNS T SURFACES FROM PERFORATED PATTERNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,949, dated November 2, 1886.

Application filed August 23, 1886. SerialNo. 211,693. (No specimens.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLIAN WHITEFIELD, of Reading, inthe county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an improved Marking Compound for Transferring Designs to Surfaces from Perforated Patterns; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

In the operation of producing outline designs upon woven fabrics and other surfaces for embroidery and other artwork, it is customary in many cases to employ a perforated pattern of paper or other suitable material, which is placed upon the surface to be marked, after which moist white lead or dry stampingpowder is rubbed over the pattern, which passes through the perforations of the same and leaves the design in a series of dots upon the surface beneath. WVhen, however, white lead is employed, it fills the perforations of the pattern, which consequently requires to be washed out after each time that it is used, while when the dry stamping-powder is employed a hot iron must be passed over the fab ric or surface on which the design is marked, to set or fix the same and prevent it from be coming easily obliterated.

My invention has for its object to greatly facilitate this marking process and avoid the necessity of washing out the pattern or passing a hot iron over the design when produced upon the woven or other surface; and it con sists in a compound formed of certain ingredients, mixed together as hereinafter set forth, whereby an exceedingly effective marking compound is produced, which is especially adapted for use in marking'designs with perforated patterns, as it will enable the work to be performed more rapidly and perfectly than heretofore.

In carrying my invention into effect, I take a suitable vessel and place therein one quart of benzine, naphtha, or turpentine, after which I add one ounce of a suitable pigment of any desired colorfor instance, chrome-yellow or Chinese blue -one tea-spoonful of bronze-powder, and one tea-spoonful of kerosene-oil, and, if it should be-desired to impart an agreeable odor to the compound, a few drops of oil of I do not wish to confine myself to .the exact.

propo rtions ofthe ingredients above described, as these may be varied to some extent without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In using the above-described liquid'marking compound, it is rubbed through the perforations of the pattein in any suitable manher-for instance, by means of a piece of soft cloth saturated with the compound and dis posed in any convenient shape that may be found best adapted to the work.

The advantages of my improved composition are, that it enables the work to be performed much more rapidly than heretofore, as it does not clog or obstruct the perforations of the pattern, but leaves the same entirely free and clean, thus avoiding the frequent washing out of the same, while when the design is marked uponthe surface intended to receive it no hot iron or subsequent process is required to fix or set the same, and consequently a considerable saving in time and labor is effected.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described liquid marking con1- pound, consisting of benzine, naphtha, or turpentine, bronze-powder, keroseneoil, and a' suitable coloring substance, mixed together in about the proportions named, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 20th day of August, A. D. 1886.

LILLIAN WHITEFIELD.

In presence of- P. E. TESOHEMAOHER, E. F. EDGETT.