IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING LETTERS, NUMERALS, ARMS, DESIGNS, TRADE MARKS, MOSAIC AND OTHER ORNAMENTS TO BE ATTACHED TO GLASS OR OTHER SMOOTH SURFACE
Year: 1860

page_text: Germany, now residing at No: 9, Albany St., Regent's Park, Middle-
sex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING LETTERS,
NUMERALS, ARMS, DESIGNS, TRADE MARKS, MOSAIC AND OTHER ORNAMENTS TO
BE ATTACHED TO GLASS OR OTHER SMOOTH SURFACE."
Sealed the 1st March 1861, and dated the 6th September 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Augustus Schneider
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 6th September 1860.
I, CHARLES AUGUSTUS SCHNEIDER, of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, now
residing at No. 9, Albany St., Regent's Park, Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING LETTERS
NUMERALS, ARMS, DESIGNS, TRADE MARKS, MOSAIC AND OTHER ORNAMENTS TO
ATTACHED TO GLASS OR OTHER SMOOTH SURFACE," to be as follows:-
My Invention, which has for its object the manufacture of letters, numerals,
arms, designs, trade marks, mosaic and other ornaments, to be attached to
glass or other smooth surface, for the purpose of lettering and ornamenting
glass, wood, or metal, and of displaying inscriptions to bring advertise-
ments permanently before the public, consists in the mode of producing the
said articles and the application and use of different materials, as metallic
leaves and silks, peculiarly prepared and rendered air-tight and waterproof.
[Price 8d.]

page_text: For the production of the said objects, which are partly transparent and
partly non-transparent, I use as. non-transparent material metals in leaves or
sheets, as tin, zinc, or composition of different metals, the surface of which is
covered with an unalterable and durable air-tight and waterproof color, or is
waterproof, gilt, or silvered or covered with a varnish which protects the
original color of the metal and keeps it from tarnishing. I use further as
transparent material, silks in different colors, shades, and designs, also merino,
gelatine, or similar materials, which I steep in balms, oils, or varnishes, and
render them transparent, crystallized, air-tight, & waterproof. On these
materials, I cause the outlines, designs, and ornaments of the desired objects
to be traced or designed by hand, by stencil plates, by lithographic, or other
printing, the objects are then cut out with knives, scissors, punches, or other
suitable instruments to the size and shape required. The metal when cut out
forms the outlines, frames, margins, or shades of the objects, leaving the inner
parts open, which I fill out by fixing the aforesaid transparent materials
therein. In this manner I combine the two materials and produce the said
articles perfectly transparent and of a brilliant appearance. By laying and
fixing various sheets of the above-named metals one over the other I produce
non-transparent objects which I cut to the desired shape, leaving shades, frames,
or outlines visible and projecting in various colors. All these objects are
fixed on the front or back of glass or other smooth surface with waterproof
cements, as gutta percha, varnish, balm, or others. The said object used as
advertising medium have the advantage of a great brilliant transparency,
durability, and cheapness.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Augustus Schneider in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 6th March 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
AUGUSTUS SCHNEIDER, of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, now residing at No. 9,
Albany Street, Regent's Park, Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Charles Augustus Schneider, Her special licence that I, the
said Charles Augustus Schneider, my executors, administrators, and assigns,

page_text: or such others as I, the said Charles Augustus Schneider, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING LETTERS,
NUMERALS, AEMS, DESIGNS, TRADE MARKS, MOSAIC AND OTHER ORNAMENTS, TO BE
ATTACHED TO GLASS OR OTHER SMOOTH SURFACE," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Charles Augustus Schneider, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the naturė
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Augustus Schneider, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :-
My Invention, which has for its object the manufacture of letters, numerals,
arms, designs, trade marks, mosaic and other ornaments, to be attached to
glass or other smooth surface, for the purpose of lettering and ornamenting
glass, wood, or metal, and of displaying inscriptions to bring advertizements
permanently before the public, consists in the mode of producing the said
articles, and the application and use of different materials, as metallic leaves
and silks, peculiarly prepared and rendered air-tight and waterproof.
For the production of the said objects, which are partly transparent and.
partly non-transparent, I use as non-transparent material metals in leaves or
sheets, as tin, zinc or compositions of different metals, the surface of which is
covered with an unalterable and durable air-tight and waterproof color, which
produces the appearance of enamel, or is waterproof, gilt, or silvered, or
covered with a varnish, which protects the original color of the metal and keeps
it from tarnishing. I use further as transparent material, silks in different
colors, shades, and designs; also merino, gelatine, or similar materials, oiled,
varnished, and prepared with different balms and varnishes, and render them
transparent, crystallized, and waterproof. On these materials I cause the outlines,
designs, and ornaments of the desired objects to be traced or designed by hand,
stencil plates, lithographic, or other printing; the objects are then cut out with
knives, scissors, punches, or other suitable instruments to the size and shape

page_text: required. The metal, when cut out, forms the, outlines, frames, margins, or
shades of the objects, leaving the inner parts open, which I fill out by fixing the
aforesaid transparent materials therein. In this manner I combine the two
materials and produce the aforesaid articles perfectly diaphanic, unalterable,
and of a brilliant appearance by day and night. By laying, and fixing various
sheets of the above-named waterproof metals one over the other, or using them
singly in gold or colors, I produce non-transparent objects which I cut to the
desired shape, leaving shades, frames, or outlines visible and projecting in
various colors. This mode can be simplified by tracing or printing designs or
ornaments in oil or other colors, gilding, or silvering. All these objects are
fixed on the front or back of glass or any other smooth surface with water-
proof cements, as gutta percha, varnish, balms, or others.
I claim, therefore, as my Invention the use and application of metallic sheets
especially prepared and rendered air-tight and waterproof for the purpose of
manufacturing the aforesaid objects; the mode of producing diaphanic materials
of great brilliancy, resisting water and change of climate; and the combination
of such prepared transparent materials with metallic sheets for the purpose of
manufacturing the above-mentioned objects to be fixed on or behind the glass
or other surfaces, for the purposes herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Augustus Schneider, have
hereunto set my hand and seal this Sixth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS SCHNEIDER. (L.S.)