Improvements in Letters, Figures, or Signs adapted to be Affixed to Glass or other Surfaces.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Letters, Figures, or Signs adapted to be Affixed to
Glass or other Surfaces.
We, ALBERT HILL, of Palmer Crescent, Kingston-on-Thames, in the County
of Surrey, Manager to The Cresco-Fylma Company, and THE ENGINEERING AND
PATENTS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, of No. 14, Sherborne Lane, in
the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in letters, figures, or signs adapted to be
affixed to glass or other surfaces, and has for its object to obtain a letter, design,
monogram, trade mark or the like which will be waterproof, exceedingly durable,
infrangible, if desired semi-transparent of highly ornamental appearance, easily fixed
in position and comparatively inexpensive.
For this purpose, we form letters, figures or signs of celluloid either by cutting
or stamping them out of a thin sheet of celluloid.
Letters, figures or signs formed in the manner above described may be employed
as semi-transparencies, or, if desired, they may be ornamented by any suitable
means, that is to say, they may be wholly or partly gilded, silvered, enamelled,
inlaid or dyed any suitable colour, or a suitable colour, such as, an aniline dye, may
be combined with the celluloid in the process of manufacturing the same, thus giving
a brilliant appearance to the finished article.
The exposed faces of the letters, figures, or signs are, by preference, polished,.
this may be effected by polishing one surface of the sheet from which they are
formed, or otherwise, as desired.
Letters, figures or signs produced in the manner hereinbefore described may be
fixed in position, upon the glass or other surface, by means of any suitable substance
or cement, such as, gelatine, dextrine or the like, or a suitable spirit or water
resisting cement might be used with advantage for this purpose, and this cement may
according to its nature be applied to the celluloid in the sheet or to the separate
letters or signs when they are cut or stamped out.
By the means hereinbefore described, we obtain a letter, figure or sign which is
adapted either for indoor or outdoor use by reason of its waterproof character, and
which, whilst having a highly ornamental appearance in itself, is adapted to be
further ornamented by means of dyes or stains combined therewith or otherwise,
and which may be formed to any elaborate design. A further advantage being that
whole words can be made in one, instead of in several parts as is at present the
case, whereby greater facility and rapidity of fixing is obtained.
Dated this Fifth day of February 1894.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Letters, Figures, or Signs adapted to be Affixed to
Glass or other Surfaces.
We ALBERT HILL of Palmer Crescent Kingston-on-Thames, in the County of
Surrey, Manager to The Cresco-Fylma Company, and THE ENGINEERING AND
PATENTS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED of 14 Sherborne Lane in the City
[Price 8d.]

page_text: of London 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 improvements in letters figures or designs, adapted to
be affixed to glass or other surfaces for advertising purposes, & has for its object
to obtain letters, figures or designs which will be waterproof, durable, infrangible,
of ornamental appearance, & comparatively inexpensive.
For this purpose we form these letters, figures or designs, by stamping or
otherwise, from thin sheets of celluloid.
Letters, figures, or designs, formed as, and for the purpose as above described,
from celluloid may be employed as transparencies, and, if desired they may be
partly or wholly ornamented by printing, gilding or other suitable means to produce
striking effects for advertising.
Letters, figures, or designs may also be made from celluloid, in separate parts of
various colours & so placed on the glass or other surfaces, or one colour may he
superimposed on another to produce inlaid or interlaced effects.
Whole words, or sets of words may be made in one piece instead of in several
parts as is the case with the letters at present in general use. By this means
greater facility & rapidity of fixing are obtained & the whole cost very considerably
reduced.
The letters, figures or designs may be fixed in position by means of suitable glues
or cements, which may be either applied to one surface of the sheet of celluloid
or to the letters, figures or designs at the time of fixing them, as found desirable.
By the means hereinbefore described we obtain letters, figures or designs which
are adapted either for indoor or outdoor use by reason of their waterproof
character.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of the said. inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The construction of letters, figures and designs, as required for advertising
purposes, from celluloid to be affixed to glass or other surfaces by suitable glues or
cements, substantially as described.
2. The construction of letters, figures and designs, as required for advertising
purposes, from celluloid, in two or more pieces of various colours to be so placed
on the glass or other surface, or be so superimposed on each other, by suitable
glues or cements as to produce interlaced or inlaid effects, substantially as
described.
3. The construction of words, or sets of letters or words, as required for adver-
tising purposes, in one piece from celluloid, to be fixed to glass or other surfaces, by
suitable glues or cements substantially as described.
Dated this 4th day of October 1894.
ALBERT HILL.
THE ENGINEERING AND PATENTS DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY, LIMITED,
Wм. A. E. CROMBIE, Managing Director for the Company.