Improvements in Washable or Waterproof Window Bills, Signs, Posters, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 2nd May, 1896
'PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Washable or Waterproof Window Bills, Signs,
Posters, and the like.
NELLIE HAIGH 1 Mount Terrace North Western Street Levenshulme near
Manchester (no calling, Married Woman) do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the production of washable or waterproof window bills,
To
signs, posters and the like and to the lettering and decorating of the same.
carry out my improvements I provide by preference a sheet of waterproof paper,
over this I spread a layer of paint, enamel or any suitable paint or cement, upon
this base, while still of a soft or moist consistency. I lay the letters or devices
which have previously been cut out and treated with a similar paint, enamel, or
cement. These letters or devices while their surface is in a soft or moist state are
laid on the prepared sheet or slab and pressed into its surface until the edges of
the letters or devices amalgamate or mix with the paint, enamel or cement forining
the surface of the sheet or slab and so producing a solid amalgamated surface
bearing on it the lettering or device desired. Thus I am enabled to produce or
build up, in sections, and in any desired number of colors, a sign or bill, which
when dried or hardened has the appearance and possesses the advantages of a
united and washable or waterproof surface.
Dated this 10th day of June 1895.
NELLIE HAIGH.
Improvements in Washable or Waterproof Window Bills, Signs,
Posters, and the like.
NELLIE HAIGH No. 1 Mount Terrace North Western Street, Levenshulme
near Manchester Married Woman no calling do hereby declare the nature of this,
invention and in what mauner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to the production of washable or waterproof window bills,
signs, posters and the like and to the lettering and decorating of the same which
can be used as a substitute for embossed and enamelled metal signs. To carry
out my improvements I provide, by preference, a sheet of waterproof paper, over
this I spread a layer of paint enamel, or any suitable pigment or cement, upon this
base, while still of a soft or moist consistency, I lay the letters or devices which
have previously been cut out and treated with a similar paint, enamel, or cement
these letters or devices, while their surfaces are in a soft or moist state, are laid on
the prepared sheet or slab and pressed into its surface until the letters or devices
amalgamate or mix with the paint, enamel, or cement forming the surface of the
sheet or slab and so producing a solid amalgamated surface bearing on it the
lettering or device desired. Thus I am enabled to produce or build up in any
desired number of colors, a sign or bill which when dried or hardened has the

page_text: appearance and possesses the advantages of a united, and washable or waterproof
surface. I do not confine myself to paper as a base for the lettering or designs,
but may make use of any suitable material such as glass, celluloid, or metal,
without departing from the peculiar nature of my invention, which consists in the
compiling and fixing together a window bill sign, poster and the like in any
required number of colors and designs, and capable of resisting any climatic
changes, and of being cleaned or washed without damage. Nor do I confine
myself to composing or building up the device while of a soft consistency, as by
treating the colored letters or devices after hardening or drying, with a mixture or
solvent the same result may be obtained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
(1.) The making of waterproof and washable window bills, posters and the like,
in any required number of colors and designs by a system of building up
or composing and amalgamating in prepared sections, substantially as before
described.
(2.) The use of waterproof paper, hitherto unemployed in the manufacture of
window bills, posters and the like which are subject to outside exposure to the
weather.
(3.) The use of materials, in the formation of lettering and designs for water-
proof or washable window bills, signs posters and the like, other than waterproof
paper, such materials so prepared as to amalgamate with the base, and form an
intact waterproof surface as a substitute for embossed and enamelled metal signs
and the like.
Dated this 14th day of March 1896.
NELLIE HAIGH.