An Improved Indicating Tablet or Name-plate.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Jan., 1899'
An Improved Indicating Tablet or Name-plate.
I, GEORG BRIEGER, of Mühlesteg 4, Zurich, in the Republic of Switzerland,
Cardboard Box Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:.
This invention has for its object an indicating tablet or name-plate which is
distinguished from the ordinary indicating plates by a solid and yet simple con-
struction. The simplicity of this construction allows of this plate being made
cheaper than the porcelain and enamel plates at present employed, whilst the
present plate is not inferior to the former in durability and permanency.
The indicating plate is shown in the accompanying drawings in one form of
construction as an example, Figure 1 being a front view of same, Figure 2, a
longitudinal section.
A piece of suitable material bearing an inscription is placed or lies behind a
celluloid layer e in such a way that the layer of celluloid is firmly connected with
the article bearing the inscription by means of a suitable adhesive material. The
back of the article bearing the inscription is covered by a metal plate which is
also connected with the article bearing the inscription by means of a suitable
adhesive substance.
In the present form of construction the celluloid layer c engages over the edges
of the layers formed by the written piece d and the metal plate band a card or
paper layer e is for further security placed on the back side of the metal plate
which lies with its edge on the edges of the celluloid layer. Of course it is
assumed that the celluloid is transparent so that the inscription or written-on
piece d lying on the under side or beneath the celluloid layer c is visible to the
eye through the celluloid layer.
The metal plate serving for stiffening the whole is preferably made of a
steel plate, because the latter has comparatively great strength and security
against being bent.
By the use of a suitable coloured substance on which the inscription is written,
the indicating plate may be given the appearance of wood, marble, enamel or
the like.
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page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object an indicating tablet or name-plate which is
distinguished from the ordinary indicating plates by a solid and yet simple con-
struction. The simplicity of this construction allows of this plate being made
cheaper than the porcelain and enamel plates at present employed, whilst the
present plate is not inferior to the former in durability and permanency.
The indicating plate is shown in the drawings accompanying the Provisional
Specification in one form of construction as an example, Figure 1 being a front
view of same, Figure 2, a longitudinal section.
A piece of suitable material bearing an inscription is placed or lies behind a
celluloid layer c in such a way that the layer of celluloid is firmly connected with
the article bearing the inscription by means of a suitable adhesive material. The
back of the article bearing the inscription is covered by a metal plate & which is
also connected with the article bearing the inscription by means of a suitable
adhesive substance.
In the present form of construction, the celluloid layer e engages over the edges
of the layers formed by the written piece d and the metal plate 6 and a card or
paper layer e is for further security stuck on the back side of the metal plate
which lies with its edge on the edges of the celluloid layer. Of course it is
assumed that the celluloid is transparent so that the inscription or written-on
piece d lying on the under side or beneath the celluloid layer e is visible to the
eye through the celluloid layer.
The metal plate
serving for stiffening the whole is preferably made of a
steel plate, because the latter has comparatively great strength and security
against being bent.
By the use of a suitable coloured substance on which the inscription is written,
the indicating plate may be given the appearance of wood, marble, enamel or
the like.
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:
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An indicating tablet or name plate in which the written piece carrying the
inscription is covered by a transparent layer of celluloid, and both layers are
firmly connected with one another by means of an adhesive substance, and in which
also the back of the written piece is covered by a metal plate, the latter being also
connected with the written piece by means of an adhesive substance substantially
as hereinbefore described.
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.