Improved Method of and Apparatus for Indicating the Occupants of Premises in Streets, Roads, Squares, and other Inhabited Localities.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 11th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 26th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of and Apparatus for Indicating the Occupants
of Premises in Streets, Roads, Squares, and other Inhabited
Localities.
We, ANDREW JARDINE HUNTER, and PETER THOMSON MARSHALL of 125 Great
Portland Street, London, W., Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention
to be as follows:-
.
The improved method of indicating the occupants of premises in streets, roads,
squares and other inhabited localities consists in fixing in one or more prominent
positions in such localities a tabulated list of the residents or occupants arranged in
the form of a street directory or as a trades directory or both. One of such lists might
be placed at each end of a short street fixed to the wall at a convenient height for
inspection, whilst for longer streets having branches similar lists might be placed at
the principal crossings.
The apparatus to be used would consist preferably of a frame protected by a
glass front and containing separate removable slips of metal, wood, or other suitable
material, upon which could be painted the names of individual tenants or firms. Or
the frame might be in the form of a box with glass front and in the interior of the
box might be mounted one or more rollers capable of being revolved from the outside
and over such rollers might pass an endless or other sheet to which the tablets could
be attached. This latter form would be useful for long streets as it would permit of
the names being printed in larger type and yet of their being contained in a small
frame thus bringing them in succession within easy range of the eye and avoiding
the confusion which would attend the reading of a great number of names in succes-
sion when printed on a tablet placed at some distance from the observer.
Dated this 13th day of June 1889.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of and Apparatus for Indicating the Occupants
of Premises in Streets, Roads, Squares, and other Inhabited
Localities.
We, ANDREW JARDINE HUNTER and PETER THOMSON MARSHALL of 125, Great
Portland Street London, W. Agents, 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 thereof, that is to say :-
The improved method of indicating the occupants of premises in streets, roads,
squares, and other inhabited localities consists in fixing in one or more prominent
positions in such localities a tabulated list of the residents or occupants arranged in
the form of a street directory or as a trades directory or both.
One of such lists might be placed at each end of a short street fixed to the wall at
a convenient height for inspection whilst for longer streets having branches similar
lists might be placed at the principal crossings.
The apparatus to be used would consist preferably of a frame protected by a glass
front and containing separate removable slips of metal wood or other suitable
material upon which could be painted the names of individual tenants or firms or
the frame might be in the form of a box with glass front, and in the interior of the
box might be mounted one or more rollers capable of being revolved from the outside
and over such rollers might pass an endless or other sheet to which the tablets could
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page_text: be attached. This latter form would be useful for long streets as it would permit of
the names being printed in larger type and yet of their being contained in a small
frame thus bringing them in succession within easy range of the eye and avoiding
the confusion which would attend the reading of a great number of names in succes-
sion when printed on a tablet placed at some distance from the observer.
In the accompanying drawings a (Fig. 1) represents a frame protected by a glass
front a, b. b are removable slips of metal wood, or other suitable material upon which
are painted or marked the names of individual tenants or of professionals or trades-
men and the number of the house or premises occupied by such. The slips 6 may
be fitted to slide in guides so as to be readily removed from or replaced in position
in the frame. Or instead of the aforesaid frame a box a (Figs. 2 and 3) may be
employed provided with a glass front a¹ and inside this box may be carried a roller c
capable of revolving therein and around which passes an endless band d to which are
attached the name tablets b. The roller c is operated from outside the box by means
of a handle or knob e so as to bring each name tablet successively opposite the
opening a in the box and expose such tablet to view. The tablets may be arranged
in alphabetical order according to the names thereon for more easy reference and there
may be more than one roller and set of name tablets to each box.
Having now 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 :
The improved method of indicating the occupants of premises in streets, roads,
squares, and other inhabited localities substantially as herein described with reference
to Figs. 1. 2. and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th day of March 1890
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.