SPILLS AND SPILL HOLDERS WHICH MAY BE USED FOR ADVERTISING
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM EDWIN HICKLING of Denbigh Chambers, Bowling Green Street
Leicester in the County of Leicester Accountant do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for SPILLS AND SPILL HOLDERS WHICH MAY BE USED FOR
ADVERTISING to be as follows:-
The holder or receptacle for the spills is made of metal, wood porcelain or other
suitable material, and consists of a stand or block of any convenient shape having
holes therein for the purpose of receiving the spills, a bundle being placed in each
hole. There may be any number of these boles and they may be arranged in any
position or order in the block or stand. The bundles of spills should fit moderately
tight in the holes, so that the bundle is held in its position while each of the spills
may be torn off separately. The spills are only inserted in the holes for a very
small portion of their length (about half an inch), leaving the greater length of the
spill exposed and convenient for tearing off the separate spills. In order to ensure
the spills being neatly torn off, each one is perforated across, or partially severed,
about half an inch from that end which is placed in the hole of the spill holder.
To prevent the liability of several spills being removed at once, the spills are made
up into bundles of convenient size for the holes they are to fit, and are gummed or
otherwise fastened together at the ends which are placed in the holes of the spill
holder. The spills are so arranged in the bundles that each spill projects a little
in front of the next spill behind it, so that it is easy to take one spill at once
without disturbing the remainder of the spills in. the bundle. In order to make
the spills more rigid, they are made a little wider than the diameter of the holes in
the spill-holder. On the spills are printed the advertisements, which, by this
arrangement are certain to come under the notice of the persons using the spills.
Instead of the holes above described in the spill-holder, clips, or grooves, or slits, in
the block may be used to hold the spills if desired. In some cases it is found
convenient to combine.with the spill holder..a light for lighting the spills. This
may consist of either a lamp, or candle or a small gas jet arranged in any suitable
manner in the spill-holder.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM EDWIN HICKLING, of Denbigh Chambers, Bowling Green Street,
Leicester in the County of Leicester, Accountant do hereby declare, the nature
of my invention for ŠPILLS AND SPILL HOLDERS WHICH MAY BE USED FOR
ADVERTISING and in what manner the same is to be performed; to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :--
The holder or receptacle for the spills is made of metal, wood, porcelain, or any
other suitable material, and consists of a block of any convenient shape for standing.
on a table or counter, or other surface, or it may be made so as to hang up on a
wall or other convenient place. These holders are arranged with holes, or grooves,
or slits, or clips, or other suitable means for fixing the spills in,-and the holes
may be arranged in any position and in any number in the holders so as
properly to retain the spills in the manner described. The spills themselves may
be made of paper, wood, pulp board, or other suitable material, and for convenience
they may be made up into bundles to fit rather tightly in the grooves, holes, slits,
clips or other holding arrangements in the spill holders. These bundles may be
formed by fastening together a number of the spills at one end by means of glue,
or wire, or stitching or other suitable means. By this arrangement the littering
about of the spills is prevented, and the spills are not thrown out if the holder gets
upset. The spills are only inserted into the holder for a very small portion of their
length (say about half an inch) leaving the greater portion exposed and convenient
for tearing off the separate spills as they are required. In order to ensure the spills
being neatly torn off they may, if necessary be perforated across, or partially.
severed about half an inch from that end which is inserted in the holders. Where
grooves are used in the holders, the grooves are made slightly narrower at the
bottom than the top, so that the spills, when placed in the grooves fit there tightly,
and when the spills are spread out it is easy to take one spill without disturbing
the remainder. When very thin material is used for the spills it is more convenient
to cut each of the spills in a bundle, of a different length, leaving the longest in
front, so that they may be more easily removed separately without disturbing more
than one spill at a time. Also when thin material is used for the spills they can
be made more rigid by having them a little wider than the holes in the holder, and
slightly folding them lengthwise before forcing them into the holes in the holders.
On the spills are printed the advertisements which by this arrangement are
.certain to come under the notice of the persons using the spills. In some cases it
is found convenient to combine with the spill holder a means of lighting the
spills. This may be either by means of a lamp or candle, or a small gas jet
conveniently arranged as part of the spill holder.
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.
The special arrangement of spill holders in combination with spills for advertising
purposes, substantially in the manner described,