IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACKETS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to "Manuel Leopold Jonas Lavater, India-rubber
Manufacturer, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, in the Empire of
France, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACKETS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said 'Manuel Leopold Jonas
Lavater at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with bis
Petition, on the 30th June 1866.
I, MANUEL LEOPOLD JONAS LAVATER, India-rubber Manufacturer, of 29,
Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, in the Empire of France, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACKETS," to be as
follows:
Brackets and pegs are usually fixed by means of screws, nails, or by pro-
ducing a vacuum as in the pneumatic bracket. My improvements consist in
glueing or pasting the bracket or peg in the position desired, as on a shop
window for example; in this case I obtain the desired result by first con-
veniently smoothing the surface of the bracket which is caused to adhere to
the glass; upon this surface so prepared I affix a label of paper or other
material gummed on both sides, by simply moistening the surfaces with the
tongue or otherwise; I then gently press the bracket on the glass while the
gum is still soft, and in a few moments, the gum having dried, the bracket

page_text: will be firmly fixed to the glass. Glue resins, amylaceous pastes, wax,
gelatine, or even wafers may be usefully employed for this purpose, but I
prefer a solution of gum arabic. I sometimes affix the brackets without
using a label by applying the gum or other substance on the bracket direct,
but the employment of a gummed label is by far preferable for causing the
bracket to adhere to the glass or other surface. The advantage of these
improvements will be readily understood, as by this means a bracket may be
instantly applied on almost any surface without requiring holes to be made for
nails by simply wetting the gummed surface of the bracket with the tongue.
In order to detach the brackets from any surface on which they may have
been applied it is only necessary to moisten the edges of the label with a few
drops of water, when it will immediately become sufficiently softened to be
easily removed; it may afterwards be again applied in any position in the
manner before described.
In the annexed Drawing I have represented two forms of brackets or pegs
fixed in position according to my improvements, it being understoood that they
may be made of any suitable substance, whether of wood, metal, ceramic
material, or otherwise.
a shows the glass to which the bracket is fixed; b, part of the bracket
adhering to the glass; c, gummed label interposed between the glass a and the
part 6 to render the bracket adhesive; d, body of the bracket of hooked or
other form serving to carry any article.
b
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Manuel Leopold Jonas Lavater in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 27th December 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MANUEL
LEOPOLD JONAS LAVATER, India-rubber Manufacturer, of 29, Boulevart St.
Martin, Paris, in the Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Manuel
Leopold Jonas Lavater, Her special licence that I, the said Manuel Leopold
Jonas Lavater, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Manuel Leopold Jonas Lavater, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at

page_text: 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BRACKETS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Manuel Leopold Jonas Lavater, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature 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 Manuel Leopold Jonas Lavater, 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, reference being had to the Shoct of Drawings
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
|say):-
Brackets or pegs are usually fixed by means of screws or nails, or by pro-
ducing a vacuum, as in the case of the pneumatic bracket. My improvements
consist in glueing or pasting the bracket or peg in the position desired, as on
a shop window for example; in this case I obtain the required result by first
conveniently smoothing the surface of the bracket, which is to be applied on
the glass. Upon this surface so prepared I affix a label of paper or other
material gummed on both sides, by simply moistening the surfaces with the
tongue or otherwise; I then gently press the bracket while the gum is still
wet on to the glass, and in a few moments, the gum having dried, the bracket
will be firmly fixed thereto. Glue resins, amylaceous pastes, wax, gelatine,
or even wafers may be usefully employed for this purpose, but I prefer a
solution of gum arabic. I sometimes affix the brackets without using a
label by applying the gum or other substance on the bracket direct, but the
employment of a gummed label is by far preferable for causing the bracket to
adhere to the glass or other surface. The advantage of these improvements will
be readily understood as by this means a bracket may be instantly applied on
almost any surface without requiring holes to be made for nails by simply
wetting the gummed surface of the bracket with the tongue. In order to
detach the brackets from any surface on which they may have been applied it
is only necessary to moisten the edges of the label with a few drops of water
when it will immediately become sufficiently softened to be easily removed;
it
may afterwards be again applied in any position in the manner before
described.

page_text: In the annexed Drawing I have represented two forms of brackets or pegs
fixed in position according to my improvements, it being understood that they
may be made of any suitable substance, whether of wood, metal, glass, ceramic
material, or otherwise.
a shows the glass to which the bracket is fixed; b, part of the bracket
adhering to the glass; c, gummed label interposed between the glass a and
the part to render the bracket adhesive; d, body of the bracket, of booked or
other form, serving to carry any article.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be pro-
tected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the improved
means herein described of fixing brackets or projections on glass or other
smooth surfaces, on which to bang or support articles.
In witness whereof, I, the said Manuel Leopold Jonns Lavater, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of
December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six.
LJ. LAVATER. (LS)