An Improved Device for Notifying the Number, Name, or Occupant of a House or Room.
Year: 1897

page_text: An Improved Device for Notifying the Number, Name, or Occupant
of a House or Room.
JAMES SARGENT POOL 51 Don Street, Jersey, Cabinet Maker, HENRY AUSTIN Engineer
8A Journeaux Street, Jersey, GEORGE HAWKES POOL 9 Journeaux Street, Cabinet
Maker St. Heliers Jersey, ARTHUR FREDRICK WILLIAMS Hairdresser 17 Gloucester
Street, St. Heliers, Jersey C.I. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
This invention is designed to clearly show by night or day the number name or
occupant of a house or room and consists of a semi-transparent illuminated device on
glass or other material conveniently mounted for affixing to street doors or other
desired positions the said device being semi-transparent on an opaque ground showing
when illuminated by the usual hall light a white device by night and a black device
on a light ground by day.
An Improved Device for Notifying the Number, Name, or Occupant
of a House or Room.
JAMES SARGENT POOL 51 Don Street St. Heliers Jersey, Cabinet Maker, HENRY
AUSTIN, Engineer, 8A Journeaux Street Jersey, GEORGE HAWKES POOL Cabinet Maker,
9 Journeaux Street Jersey, ARTHUR FREDRICK WILLIAMS Hairdresser Penryn House
Gloucester Street St Heliers Jersey C.I. 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 :-
This invention relates to number and name plates, for fixing to doors of houses,
and consists of improvements whereby the number, or name is visible by night as
well as by day.
In order that our invention may be fully understood we here append drawings
in which,
Fig. 1. is a front view of the plate.
Fig. 2 is a back view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of the upper part of a door.

page_text: Our invention is illustrated in Fig. 1 and consists of a frame A circular or otherwise,
and so constructed as to allow of the glass plate, or other transparent or semi-trans-
parent medium B being inserted from behind, and held in position by the spring c
Fig. 2 & 3. the said plate being painted, engraved, embossed, or silvered on the back,
so as to leave the number, name, or device transparent, or partially so, on an opaque
ground.
This invention when fixed into position over the opening D cut through the door
Fig. 3, distinctly shows by day a dark device, and at night when illuminated by the
usual hall light a white device, owing to the transparency or partial transparency of
the number, name, or device.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. A number or name plate consisting of a plate of glass, or other transparent or
semi-transparent, medium, on the back of which is a painted, engraved, embossod, or
silvered ground, so executed as to leave the aforesaid number, name, or device trans-
parent or partly transparent, the said plate being suitably mounted for affixing to
doors substantially as shewn and described.
2. The plate when fixed into position distinctly shews by day the number, name or
occupant of a house or room, the device being dark on an opaque ground substantially
as shewn and described.
3. The plate when fixed into position also distinctly shews by night the number,
name, or occupant of a house or room, the device only, shewing white, owing to the
transparency or semi-transparency of the said device substantially as shewn and
described.
Dated L
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