USRE8543E - Improvement in the manufacture of ornamental paper - Google Patents

Description

J. P. MARSH.

Manufacture of Ornamental Paper.

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JOHN F. MA SH, 0F SPRINGFIELD, MASsAoHUsETTs, ASSIGNOR To SPRINGFIELD GLAZEDPAPER 00., OF SAME PLAoE.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ORNAMENTAL PAPER Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,474, dated May 7, 1878 Reissue No. 8,543, dated January 21, 1879; application filed December 2, 1878.

To all whom i t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. MARSH, of the city of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Mannfacture of Ornamental Paper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to the production of an ornamental paper for covering boxes and for various other kindred purposes; and it consists in the ornamenting of paper surfaces by means of successive coatings and stainings, whereby two or more contrasting colors are produced on the same surface in immediate juxtaposition, in the staining or coloring of a surface or surfaces already coated and smoothed, in the smoothing by pressure or polishing by frictional action of such ornamental surfaces, in the polishing by frictional action or smoothing by pressure of such coated surfaces, and then ornamentiug by additional coloring, all as more particularly hereinafter described.

The coating, which may be of any color desired, white or tinted, is not of itself new, but may be any preparation, such as is ordinarily used in makingwhat isusually styled glazed, or plated, or enameled paper. I mean by glazed paper such as, having been first coated, is then polished by means of a flint or by a friction-roll, say, of chilled iron. By plated paper I mean such as, having been first coated, is next pressed betweenv metal plates of zinc, steel, or copper,'but usually zinc, thesepla'tes and their interposed paper being then passed between iron rollers; or, instead of theseplates, it may be'passed between-two rollers, the upper one being of chilled iron and the lower one made of paper or cotton, having a smooth hard surface; andby enameled paper-I mean-such as,being firstcoated, is-ncxt ing, and then calenderedor finished by ,press-1 nre between plates to harden and smooth the My presenthventiou is an impmvqgent f,

the method of ornamenting paper described in my Patent No. 176,232, dated April 18, 1876. In that patent the paper was first coated, next ruled or printed withthe desired pattern of line, and then given a polish by pressure or friction; but while by this method comparatively good results were attained, I have found by experience that far more satisfactory results and a finer and more merchantable art-icle is produced by my present improved method, the leading feature of which is to press, smooth, or calender the coated surface prior to the second coloring or printing.

The coating operation leaves the surface of the paper comparatively rough, and the orna men ting, as heretofore done, was directly upon this rough coated surface before giving to such surface any treatment whereby its inequalities are smoothed down or leveled. The ornamenting lines in such cases are necessarily broken and imperfect, thus impairing the whole effect of the ornamentation imparted by the additional color or colors, and this defect is likely to be increased and intensified by each subsequent step of the process and by every handling priorto the final finish. Indeed,the coated surface cannot be ornamented with additional colors successfully in the best manner until it has been smoothed.

There are various ways by which this smoothing may be done-as, for instance, by passing it between rollers, either hot or cold, or by putting the paper in .the form of sheets between metal plates, and then passing these plates and their interposed sheets between pressing rollers; and I prefer this lastnamed mode of smoothing.

When the coated surface has been thus smoothed, leveled, or reduced by the above or other equivalent means, it is in condition to be successfnllyornamented inadditionalcolors or printed; and this may, as stated in 'my above-named patent,be done either by hand or by means of ruling-machines, such are employed by blank-book manufacturers; and

may be drawn diagonally, straight,

or across the paper, and may cross or recross, and be in any design, pattern,

color, or colors, or they may be printed, but

preferably drawn The additional eoloringor likely to be defaced either by handling or by the after process of friction-polishing.

To give a final polish I do not apply any varnish or other adhesive material to the paper,- but, on the contrary, giveit a high luster by mere pressure or by frictional action, or by both if desired. This may be done by means of .what is technically known as a flint or stone, the paper passing between the flint and a surface or bed of wood, the flint imparting a rubbing action to the paper; or the frictional polish may be imparted'by rotary or other brushes, or by means of rolls, between which the paper is passed, the roll next that face of the paper-which is to be polished running much faster than that on the opposite side, or on the side not to be polished.

Instead of ornamenting the surfaced and smoothed paper by additional coloring before the final polishing, the polishing may precede the ornament-ing, the successive steps being then as follows, to wit: coating, polishing, and ornamenting by additional color instead of coating, smoothing, ornamenting, and polishing. Thus the ornamenting may precede or follow the polishing. Printing must, however, precede the polishing.

It will be understood that the coating has two objects in view, namely: first, to get a tinted or colored ground, thus introducing upon 'the surface of the paper the principal tint or color where the object to be attained is a number and variety of colors in the finished article; and, second, to get a surface susceptible of receivinga high polish or luster by means of friction or pressure, or both, after or before being additionally colored by ruling. If desired, there may be a second smoothingthat is to say, next after the additional coloring as well as preceding it.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a paper having thereon the preparation or coated surface; Fig. 2, the same after it has had its surface smoothed; Fig. 3, a piece coated, smoothed, and ruled; Fig. 4, a piece coated, smoothed, ruled, and polished by friction; Fig. 5, a piece, coated, smoothed, ruled, and again smoothed.

I claim 1. The method herein described of manufacturing ornamental paper, the same consisting in first coating the surface, next pressing or smoothing such coated surface, and then ornamenting the same with additional color or colors by ruling the same.

2. The method herein described of manufacturin g ornamental paper, the same consisting in first coating the surface, then polishing by frictional action, and finally ornamenting by additional color or colors by ruling.

3. The method herein described of manufacturing ornamental paper, the same consisting in first coating the surface, next pressing or smoothing such coated surface, then ruling the same, and finally polishing by frictional action.

4. As a new article of manufacture, an ornamental paper having a surface coated and ornamented in variegated colors by means as heretofore described, and either smoothed by pressure or polished by frictional action after the first coating and previous to the ornamenting, or finally smoothed by pressure or polished by frictional action after coating and ornamenting.

5. The method herein described of manufacturing ornamental paper, the same consisting in first coating the surface, next pressing or smoothing such coated surface, then either printing or .both ruling and printing the same, and finally polishing by frictional action.

JOHN F. MARSH.

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