Year: 1897

page_text: We, THOMAS RYAN, Junior, of Castle Hill House, Flint, Chemical Engineer, and
JOHN WILSON OWEN, of 18, Chester Street, Flint, General Agent, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is designed so as to have a label or tally permanently attached
to the cycle, and so that at a moment's notice it can be changed by the insertion
of a card or writing thereon, so that it could be forwarded to any place by rail or
boat, and the direction changed immediately when required, while at the same time
the permanent address of the owner reinains attached.
We form the tally or label of metal, celluloid, leather, or other suitable material,
and of any desired shape or design, and construction, in such a manner that the
name of the owner of the article or his name and address or a number or other
descriptive inscription may be permanently described on one part of the same,
while on the other part any inscription such as an address may be written on
porcelain, celluloid, or other suitable material, so that any such inscription, or
address, may be erased, removed or replaced or in place of being written a sort
of frame-work could be arranged whereby a card could be inserted. We may
either have a permanent inscription on one side of the tablet or tally, and the
erasible or removable one on the other or they can be placed one immediately below
the other or side by side.
In actual practice the plan we at present prefer is as follows:-
We make a frame-work of tin, sheet brass or other like material and enclose
in it a transparent and an opaque white sheet. These are preferably made of
celluloid, but they can be made if desirable of glass, mica, horn or other like
material or it can be a combination of these such as one of opaque celluloid and the
other transparent glass. The frames and plates are sold without being fastened
down and the purchaser simply writes his own name and address on the opaque
white sheet and puts it next to the glass and then closes over the brass or other
material forming the frame. Any time that he goes a journey he simply puts
his destination on the opposite side in pencil or other like material, which can
easily be rubbed out, his name and address appearing permanently behind the
glass on the other side.

page_text: Improved Tally, Nameplate, or Label for Cycles and the like.
We, THOMAS RYAN, Junior, of Castle Hill House, Flint, Chemical Engineer, and
JOHN WILSON OWEN, of 18, Chester Street, Flint, General Agent, 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 is designed so as to have a label or tally attached to a cycle or
other article, and so that at a moment's notice it can be changed by the insertion of
a card or writing thereon in order that the 'article can be forwarded to any place
by rail or boat, and the direction changed immediately when required, while at
the same time the permanent address of the owner remains attached.
We form the tally or label of metal, celluloid, leather, or other suitable material,
and of any desired shape or design, and construction, in such a manner that the
name of the owner of the article or his name and address or a number or other
descriptive inscription may be permanently described on one part of the same,
while on the other part any inscription such as an address may be written on
porcelain, celluloid, talc or other suitable material, so that any such inscription, or
address, may be erased, removed or replaced or in place of being written a sort
of frame-work could be arranged whereby a card could be inserted. We may
either have a permanent inscription on one side of the tablet or tally, and the
erasible or removable one on the other, or they can be placed one immediately below
the other or side by side.
In actual practice the plan we at present prefer is set forth in the accompanying
drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a face view of one side of the tally, name plate or label;
Figure 2 the opposite face thereof;
Figure 3 a cross section.
We make a frame-work A of tin, sheet brass or other like material and enclose
in it a transparent sheet B and an opaque white sheet C. The sheet C may be
of opaque celluloid, and the other sheet B of transparent glass or talc. The
frames A and the sheets B and C are sold without being fastened down, and the
purchaser simply writes his own name and address on one side of the opaque white
sheet C, and puts it next to the glass or talc B; then passes the eyelet D through
the hole E which goes transversely right through the frame and sheets; and
closes over this eyelet so as to keep the sheets permanently in the frame-work.
Any time he goes-a journey he simply puts his destination on the opposite side in
pencil or other like material, which can easily be rubbed out, his name and per-
manent address appearing permanently behind the glass or tale on the other side.
F is a strap passed through a slot in the frame-work which fastens the tally to the
cycle or other article, or instead of a strap, the label or tally may be permanently
attached to the article so that it cannot be removed. G is a loop on the strap to
protect the part of the cycle or luggage to which it may be attached from any
damage, by preventing the sharp edge of the metallic frame work A coming in
contact with the cycle or other article. Instead however of using a strap, a split
ring may be passed through the eyelet hole E, the strap in that case being dis-
pensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. A tally, name plate or label made by inserting an opaque white sheet, and a
transparent glass or talc sheet covering one face thereof, within a metallic frame-

page_text: work, in combination with means whereby when the purchaser has written his
own name and address on one face of the opaque sheet and put it next the trans-
parent one, so as to appear permanently behind it, he can fasten the two sheets
permanently in the frame-work, substantially as described.
2. As a new or improved article of manufacture, a tally, name plate or label
so arranged as to have the owner's permanent address displayed on an opaque
sheet behind a transparent plate, while his destination can be put on the opposite
side of the opaque sheet in pencil which can be changed immediately when
required, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of May 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents, of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London.