Improvements in or connected with Thermometers, applicable to Advertising Purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Már.. 1895-Accepted, 27th Apr., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Thermometers, applicable to
Advertising Purposes.
I ALBION PAUL NEGLEY, of 96, Camden Road, London, N.W., Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with thermometers,
applicable to advertising purposes, and consists in providing means whereby the
reading of a thermometer is rendered easier and quicker than heretofore, the state
of the temperature registered upon a thermometer being readily seen at a glance,
even from a distance, while at the same time, the whole forms an exceedingly
effective way of attracting public attention to adjacent advertising matter.
In carrying my invention into practice, I affix or temporarily attach to any
suitable surface, or background, a thermometer, and from every tenth degree
marked upon same, or more or less as desirable or convenient, I provide a
radiating line of suitable length, at the outer end of which is displayed in bold
numerals, the number of degrees of heat or cold, marked upon the thermometer,
which the said line radiates from.
By this means it is possible to clearly see at a glance, even from a distance, the
state of the temperature as indicated by the thermometer.
Upon the surface, or background to which the thermometer is secured, is
displayed suitable advertising matter.
And in order that this my invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of illustrative
drawings on which I have shewn a front view of the invention.
a is a suitable surface, or background to which is affixed, or temporarily attached
in any suitable manner, a thermometer b of ordinary construction.
Displayed upon the surface or background a, are a number of well-defined
diverging lines c, radiating from one side of the thermometer b, each line
representing a certain degree of heat or cold, the number of degrees being displayed
in bold figures or their equivalent, at the end of each line.
The said lines c preferably start from every tenth degree marked upon the
thermometer, though this may be varied if desirable.
The available spaces d upon the surface, or background a, are used for the
display of suitable advertising matter.
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. The improvements in or connected with thermometers, applicable to advertising
purposes, substantially as described and shewn.
2. The employment, in conjunction with a thermometer, of a surface, or
background having displayed thereon, a number of diverging lines radiating from
one side of the thermometer and having the number of degrees of heat or cold
which they represent, conspicuously displayed at their diverging ends, space for

page_text: advertisements being provided upon such surface, or background, substantially as
described, and as illustrated.
Dated this 9th day of March 1895.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.