IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING SHOPS, ROOMS, AND OTHER PLACES FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING BY GAS, OIL, OR OTHER ILLUMINATING MATERIALS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Berry, of 10, Kingsland Green, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING SHOPS, ROOMS, AND OTHER PLACES FROM
THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING BY GAS, OIL, OR OTHER ILLUMINATING
MATERIALS."
Sealed the 15th January 1869, and dated the 18th July 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Berry at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th July 1868.
I, WILLIAM BERRY, of 10, Kingsland Green, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS POR LIGHTING SHOPS, ROOMS, AND
OTHER PLACES FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING BY GAS, OIL, OR OTHER
ILLUMINATING MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention .consists in forming an apparatus for illuminating
purposes somewhat similar in construction or form to the framing of
an ordinary sun blind.

page_text: In constructing an illuminating apparatus according to my Invention
I make the facia or other suitable part of the building moveable so
as to run on guide rods or other suitable means fixed at each side of
the window. Attached to each side of the apparatus is a cord, chain,
or wire, which passes over a pulley or pullies fixed near the top of
the window, and to the end of which wire, cord, or chain is attached a
balance weight to keep the illuminating apparatus in position and to
raise or lower it when required. The illuminating apparatus is made
of any suitable material, transparent or otherwise, and can have the
name and business painted on it if desired; coloured glass with the
name, &c. painted thereon can be used if thought desirable. The
light can be supplied either from gas or oil or other illuminating
material. If gas is used I fix a gas pipe on the inside of the illumi-
nating apparatus, and supply the gas through telescope tubes or other
suitable gas pipes. If oil is used cups with wicks or small lamps can
be fixed in the inside of the apparatus. The great advantage of this
apparatus is that when it is not in use it can be drawn up out of the
way and can form what is known as the facia of the shop or window.
I do not limit myself to the precise details mentioned above as instead
of guide rods being used as the means of steadying, fixing, or guiding
the apparatus, I can when desirable use knuckle or other joints and
suitable means for connecting and working the apparatus. I can also
fix or construct the apparatus to the side or sides of the window if
more convenient than the top. I can also make the apparatus separate
from the building and fix it thereto after the same is constructed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Berry in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 16th January 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BERRY, of 10, Kingsland Green, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give

page_text: and grant unto me, the said William Berry, Her special licence that
I, the said William Berry, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said William Berry, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS
OR APPARATUS POR LIGHTING SHOPS, ROOMS, AND OTHER PLACES FROM THE
OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING BY GAS, OIL, OR OTHER ILLUMINATING MATERIALS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Berry,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in
the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Berry, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say):
My Invention consists, firstly, in making any suitable part of a
building above, below, or sides of any window moveable and supported
by guide rods, slides, or other suitable apparatus attached to the window
frame sash bars, or architectural dressings, and also by means of chains or
cords passing over pulleys and coiled round drums or sheaves fixed on an
axle having a toothed wheel and endless screw. Balance weights or
other suitable apparatus may be used for raising or lowering to any
required position the before-mentioned moveable part of the building.
Secondly. At the back of the facia or moveable part of the building
an illuminating apparatus is fixed consisting of one lamp or of any
number of gas, oil, spirit, or other lamps, or any other illuminating
power, such lights having suitable reflectors so arranged that the whole
or greater part of the light may be thrown upon the window, and
a portion of the light may illuminate the facia or other moveable part

page_text: of the building when it is desired to construct the same wholly or in
part of any transparent material to exhibit letters or device on the
front thereof.
The Drawing hereunto annexed shews the application of the illumi-
nating apparatus to an ordinary shop front with gas for the illuminating
power.
Fig. 1 shews a vertical section of the shop front. A is the moveable
part of the entablature, constructed of a light framework of any suitable
material and fitted to receive plates of glass, porcelain, metal, other
substance as shall be found most suitable and convenient for con-
structing an illuminated inscription or device; B and C are the
supporting arms or guide rods, having knuckle or other joints at each
end, those marked D, E, being attached to the moveable part of the
entablature, and F, G, attached to any suitable part of the window
frame, sash bars, or other finishings of the shop front. One or more
of the guide rods marked C must be tubular for gas, having proper
gas joints at E and G so constructed as to turn off the gas from the
lamps when the apparatus is in the position shewn at S on the Drawing.
H is a space at the back of the facia or moveable part for any number
of argand or other lights supplied with gas by the horizontal pipe E com-
municating with the tubular guide rod C and supply pipe I. The glass
fronts K and reflectors L may be either fixed to the moveable facia A
or easily removed, but in either case the part K may be opened for
the purpose of lighting and cleaning the lamps. The apparatus may
be protected from wind or rain by any suitable covering. The lining
or facia marked M may be hinged at its lower edge and made to come
forward if required when the illuminating apparatus is in use by
spiral springs or other means fixed at the back thereof. The chains
or cords N are attached to the knuckle joints D and pass over the
pulleys and coiled round and fixed to the drums P. These drums
or sheaves may be mounted on an axle having proper bearings at each
end and fitted with a toothed wheel and endless screw turned by the
winch Q placed under the stall board. The dotted lines R shew the
position of the apparatus when let down for illuminating the window,
and it may be made to take and maintain any desired position by
turning the winch Q.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the shop front. A is the moveable part of
the entablature; C, C, the lower arms or guide rods; G, G, knuckle

page_text: joints, one or both for gas; R, R, top and bottom lines of facia when
let down; and I, the gas pipe to supply lamps.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I do not confine myself to the precise details
herein-before described; but what I claim is,-
Firstly. Applying a moveable illuminating apparatus to the outside
of a building at the top, bottom, or sides of any window, the same
being attached to the building and supported by guide rods, chains, cords,
slides, or other suitable means so arranged that the illuminating apparatus
may be moved to any required position to give light.
Secondly. To make if required the facia or other part of a building
and forming part of the apparatus at the top, bottom, or sides of any
window moveable with the illuminating apparatus.
Thirdly. To construct if required the facia or moveable part of the
building having the apparatus attached wholly or in part of trans-
parent materials, so that the light may also be used to illuminate
any letters or device executed thereon.
Lastly. The apparatus may be made a fixture if required to the
outside of a building to give light through any convenient opening.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Berry, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.