Improvements in Advertising and such like Letters, Signs, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Advertising and such like Letters, Signs, and
the like.
I, ERNEST BÖHM of 5 Boxworth Grove, Barnsbury, in the County of Middlesex,
Chemical and Experimental Glass Blower, 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 advertising and such like letters, signs and the like
which are so made as to be applicable for the display of the goods or commodities
of the dealer or person advertising or using the letters, signs and the like,
whereby a very attractive and novel advertisement or display notice or device is
produced.
In carrying this invention into effect I make each letter, sign and the like of
clear glass and of a hollow shape provided with a suitable neck or aperture through
which the goods or commodities or samples thereof may be filled into the hollow
interior. The. letters, signs and the like, when filled or partially filled with the
goods or commodities or samples thereof, are secured to a backing or frame, or to
an ordinary shop or other window in proper order so as to form the desired
advertisement or display notice or device.
Instead of making the letters, signs and the like separate from and independent
of each other in the manner above described, I may make them in a connected
series comprising the whole, or part, of the desired advertisement or
display notice
or device. In this case I make a glass vessel having four or other number of sides
each of which said sides forms a tablet bearing the advertisement or part thereof.
This vessel I blow or otherwise form in a mould with the letters, signs or devices
which form the advertisement, as hollow raised projections on the tablet sides of
the vessel. When the vessel is taken out of the mould, after annealing in the
ordinary way, 1 separate the sides by cutting and grinding and thus produce four
or other number of flat tablets having hollow raised letters or other advertisement
devices thereon. These tablets are then provided with a flat glass or other backing
or frame; the goods or commodities are filled into the pits or hollows on the inner
side or back of the tablet and the backing or frame is then cemented or otherwise
secured in proper position on the rear side of the tablet thus securing the goods or
commodities in the pits or hollows and between the inner side of the tablet and the
backing or frame thereof.
If desired I may paint the flat portions of the tablet between the letters either
internally or externally and burn the paint into the glass in the ordinary way.
Preferably I paint the flat portions of the tablet internally so that when the
backing or frame is secured on the back of the tablet the paint is hermetically
sealed and consequently cannot be affected by atmospheric influences.
I am aware that hollow glass letters have been used for advertising purposes but
these have either been coated internally or externally with gold, silver or the like
for producing a comparatively large reflecting or brilliant surface; or have been so
made or connected together that a fluid could be circulated through them; but I
am not aware that a hollow glass letter has previously been made having a neck or
filling aperture through which the goods or commodities whether wet or dry could
be passed into the interior of the hollow letter, and the letter thus caused to serve
the double purpose of displaying the advertiser's goods and advertising his name,

page_text: business, etc.; nor am I aware of any tablets being made in the manner hereinbefore
described to serve the same double purpose.
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. An advertising letter, sign and the like made of hollow clear glass and having
a neck or other aperture through which the hollow interior may be filled with
samples for display substantially as described and for the purpose stated.
2. An advertising sign or tablet, consisting of a plate of clear glass having
hollow raised letters or other advertising devices thereon and a flat backing or
frame cemented or otherwise secured thereto, between which said backing or frame
and the inside of the hollow raised letters or other devices goods or commodities:
or samples thereof are held and displayed substantially as described and for the
purpose stated.
3. Hollow clear glass letters, signs and the like made so as to be filled with
goods or commodities or samples thereof for the double purpose of displaying the
goods and the name or other advertisement, substantially as described.
Dated this 6th day of March 1896.
F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.