Year: 1897

page_text: I, JAMES LODWICK DUGUID, of 12 and 14, Johnson Street, Dale Street, Liverpool,
in the County of Lancaster, Commission Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention has for its object a means of attracting public attention for
advertising purposes.
It comprises a vehicle made in the form of, or to represent a steam fire engine,
and capable of being used for the delivery and distribution of goods, circulars
and other articles, as well as a means of advertising by attracting public attention
thereto. The vehicle may comprise a body, a platform, hose carriage, under
carriage, and an imitation upright boiler with smoke uptake. The imitation
boiler may be hollow to form a receptacle for goods or other articles, and it may
be of brass or made to imitate that metal, and be fitted with the necessary mount-
ings. The lower part of this imitation boiler may be cased in to form lockers,
and fitted with doors hung with hinges to imitate the furnace doors. The imitation
hose box is also arranged as a receptacle for goods or other articles, and is provided
with swing doors in front opening outwards. The vehicle is mounted on springs
and wheels and provided with a handle and bar hinged to the fore-carriage, so
that it can be drawn along the streets by hand. The outside of this vehicle may
bear any suitable advertisements, or it may bear the usual lettering common to
fire engines so as to attract public attention in passing along the streets, and to
the advertisements which are distributed by the attendants, or displayed on the
vehicle itself. The vehicle is an almost exact counterpart of a steam fire engine,
whilst the cost of manufacture is very small in comparison.
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I, JAMES LODWICK DUGUID, of 12 and 14, Johnson Street, Dale Street, Liverpool,
in the County of Lancaster, Commission Merchant, 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:-
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This invention has for its object a means of attracting public attention for
advertising purposes.

page_text: It comprises a vehicle made in the form of, or to represent, a steam fire engine,
and capable of being used for the delivery and distribution of goods, circulars
and other articles, as well as a means of advertising by attracting public attention
thereto.
In the drawings:-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the vehicle,
Figure 2 a plan.
The vehicle may comprise a body, a platform, hose carriage, under carriage,
and an imitation upright boiler with smoke uptake. The imitation boiler A may
be hollow to form a receptacle for goods or other articles, and it may be of brass
or made to imitate that metal, and be fitted with the necessary mountings. At the
lower part of this imitation boiler A there are the lockers B fitted with doors C
hung with hinges to imitate the coal bunkers. The imitation hose box D) is also
arranged as a receptacle for goods or other articles, and is provided with swing
doors in front, opening outwards. The vehicle is mounted on springs E. and wheels
and provided with a detachable handle or shafts F hinged to the fore-carriage, so
that it can be drawn along the streets by hand or pony. G is a seat on top of hose
box, H the imitation air vessel. The outside of this vehicle may bear any suitable
advertisements, or it may bear the usual lettering common to fire engines so as to:
attract public attention in passing along the streets, and to the advertisements
which are distributed by the attendants, or displayed on the vehicle itself. The
vehicle is an almost exact counterpart of a steam fire engine, whilst the cost of
manufacture is very small in comparison.
"Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:.
1. A road vehicle made in the form of a steam fire engine comprising an imita-
tion hose box in front, lockers at rear fitted with doors to imitate coal bunkers,
and imitation boiler and smoke stack mounted on said lockers, and adapted if.
required to form a receptacle for goods, the whole mounted on wheels and fitted
with shafts and handles for drawing it along the streets, substantially as described.
2. As a means for attracting public attention for advertising purposes, a vehicle
made in the form of a steam fire engine and capable also of being used for the
delivery and distribution of goods, circulars and other articles, substantially as
set forth.
Dated this 5th day of Tam
1000