US1593869A - Applying design or pattern to chinaware - Google Patents

Description

Patented July 27, 1926.

UNETE STATES RICHARD FUCHS, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

APPLYING DESIGN OR PATTERN TO CHINAWARE.

No Drawing. Application filed December The present invention relates to improvements in applying designs or patterns to china ware and its particular object is to provide an improved method by which the pattern is first imprinted on the china by means of an adhesive and in which powdered paint is wiped over the imprint thus made, and caused to stick to the pattern while it may be easily wiped off the face of the china.

It is particularly proposed to use for the adhesive a varnish known as lacquer, and to point out a method by means of which the same may be applied, so as to cause the lines of the pattern to show up clearly and distinctly.

It is further proposed to use a particularly prepared powdered paint which has been previously treated with a flux. Further objects and advantages of my method will appear as the specification proceeds.

In the preferred method of reducing to practice my invention, I take a plain piece of china, such as a saucer or plate, and first apply a coat of mother of pearl in a manner well-known in the art whereupon the dish is fired in a. kiln at a temperature of about 2720 F. After the dish has cooled off again I proceed to apply the pattern. For this purpose, I secure a rubber stamp with the desired pattern. I then take lacquer and spread a small quantity thereof on a smooth plate, preferably of glass, and scrape the same back and forth with any handy tool, such as a putty knife, until a very thin film of the lacquer is formed on the plate. I then press a rubber stamp on the plate whereby the projecting outlines of the pattern are coated with the lacquer. The same is then impressed upon the china leaving '7, 1925. Serial No. 73,912.

on the latter a configuration corresponding to the pattern. This configuration is barely visible to the eye.

I now take a powdered paint which has been previously treated with a flux and seatter the same over the pattern on the china, wiping the powdered paint into the lacquer by means of a soft brush, a cloth, or cotton or the like. The pattern now shows up very distinctly and if the film of lacquer has been made sufficiently fine, the outline will be exceedingly clear and distinct in the minutest details. The china may now be wiped off to remove surplus of paint, whereupon it is fired in the manner previously described. The pattern thereby becomes a permanent part of the china.

1 claim:

1. The method of imprinting configurations on china, which consists in stamping on the china a pattern of the configuration with an adhesive substance, in applying powdered paint to the surface of the china thus stamped whereby the paint is caused to adhere to the adhesive, in removing surplus is paint and in firing the china, the adhesive being first applied to a smooth plate in a thin film and the pattern being transferred from the film to the china by the stamp.

2. The method of imprinting configurations on china which consists in spreading lacquer on a smooth surface in the form of a thin film, in transferring a pattern from the film to the china by means of a stamp, in causing apowdered paint to adhere to the lacquer and in firing the china.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature.

RICHARD FUCHS.