Improvements in Displaying Fire-works and Means therefor.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1888
Complete Specification Left. 18th May 1889-Accepted. 22nd June. 1999
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Displaying Fire-works and Means therefor.
I, HENRY BROCK, of the firm of C. T. Brock & Co., of South Norwood, in the
County of Surrey, Pyrotechnist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in firework displays representing persons
and animals, the object of the improvements being to obtain natural movements in
such representations.
This novel effect I produce by employing living persons and living animals such as
horses, whom or which I provide with fire resisting clothing or covering. Over this
fire resisting clothing or covering I apply framework (jointed if necessary) adapted
to carry "lunces" arranged to represent the outline of a person or an animal.
Dated the 19th day of July 1888.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Displaying Fire-works and Means therefor.
I, HENRY BROCK, of the firm of C. T. Brock & Co., of South Norwood, in the
County of Surrey, Pyrotechnist, 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 firework displays representing persons
and animals, the object of the improvements being to obtain natural movements in
such representations.
This novel effect I produce by employing living persons, and living animals such as
horses, whom or which I provide with fire resisting clothing or covering. Over this
fire resisting clothing or covering I apply framework (jointed if necessary) adapted to
carry "lances
arranged to represent the outline of a person or an animal.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I have, for the purpose of
illustration, annexed a drawing representing in Figure 1 an outline of the form of
framework for use by a living person when displaying fireworks according to my
invention.
The framework, as shown, is articulated at a, a, a, a and represents the person in a
boxing attitude. To the said framework I adapt lances b, as shown in Figure 2
which is a detached view of the right hand leg of the figure shown in Figure 1.
By this arrangement it will be obvious that if a person be provided with fire
resisting clothing or covering, and a framework (with lances) such as that shown in
the drawing be placed over the said fire resisting clothing, when the fireworks are
lighted the person can move his body and will thus give an exact representation of the
movements of a living person.
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 method herein described of displaying fireworks by the employment of
living persons and animals protected with fire resisting clothing or covering to which
is adapted a framework having lances arranged to represent the outline of the person
or animal.

page_text: (2) In displaying fireworks representing persons and animals, the use of fire
resisting clothing provided with a framework carrying lances in the manner and for
the purposo hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 18th day of May 1889
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.