Improvements in Advertising by Cut-out Letters.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 27th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Advertising by Cut-out Letters.
I, THOMAS ELLIS DEAN of 44 Elliot Street Tyldesley, in the County of
Lancaster, Reed Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to advertisements public announcements and the like in
which the words of the advertisement are formed from cut-out letters arranged in
or upon suitable bars or rails.
According to my present invention I arrange and secure the letters between two
parallel bars the faces of which are grooved. These two grooved bars are held at
the required distance apart by means of light pillars, each of which is preferably
so arranged where practicable, as to be hidden behind vertical parts of letters so as
to be invisible from the front.
The letters are inserted into the grooves in which they may be moved into their
proper positions where they may or may not be secured by any suitable means.
I prefer to use letters constructed of enamelled sheet metal and to form upon the
top and bottom of each letter a projecting part adapted to enter the grooves, so
that the whole of each letter may be clearly visible.
Dated this 22nd day of December A.D. 1892.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Advertising by Cut-out Letters.
I, THOMAS ELLIS DEAN of 44 Elliot Street, Tyldesley, in the County of
Lancaster, Reed Maker, 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 advertisements public announcements and the like in
which the words of the advertisement are produced from letters formed in sheet
metal and the like arranged upon suitable bars or rails, and in which the devices
are also similarly formed and arranged.
According to my present invention I arrange and secure the letters and devices
between two parallel bars, the faces of which are grooved. These two grooved
bars are held at the required distance apart by means of light pillars or similar
supports, each of which is preferably so arranged where practicable, as to be
hidden behind vertical parts of the advertisement so as to be invisible from the
front.
The letters are inserted into the grooves in which they may be moved into their
proper positions where they may or may not be secured by cement by pins rivets
or the like.
The advertisements may be constructed of sheet metal or the like and I prefer
to form at the top or bottom or both at the top and bottom of each letter or
constituent part of the advertisement, a projecting part of lug, adapted to enter
and engage in the grooves so that the whole of the advertisement may be clearly
visible.
The accompanying drawings illustrate in what manner I may carry out my

page_text: In these drawings Figures 1 and 2 illustrate in elevation and end cross section
respectively a portion of an advertisement constructed according to this invention.
Figures 3 and 4 shew in elevation and cross section the part of an advertisement
illustrated by Figures 1 and 2 but with the letters removed.
Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a modification of the invention in views similar to
Figures 1 and 2, the difference being that the grooves for the reception of the
advertisement are arranged on the opposite sides of the bars.
to 4
A A are the grooved bars, and B B the pillars or supports by means of which
the bars are connected at the proper distance apart. As shewn by Figures
inclusive the grooves are formed in the opposed faces of the bars, and the letters or
devices constituting the advertisement are slid in from either end. The letters
and devices are by preference formed with extended upper and lower parts or with
corresponding projections from these parts which enter the grooves so as to leave
isible the normal dimensions and proportions of each letter. When the adver-
tisement has been arranged, hydraulic or bituminous cement or the like may be
inserted into so much of the grooves as is not occupied by the letters or their
projections, or any other suitable means may be employed for securing the
advertisement in the grooved bars.
The pillars may be cast with the grooved bars, but I prefer to construct them
separately and secure them in their proper positions by set screws.
In the modification represented by Figures 5 and 6 in which the grooves of the
bars are arranged above the top and below the bottom ones, I form projections CC
upon the advertisement, which are bent twice at right angles so that their ends
may enter and engage with the grooves as shewn by Figure 6.
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―
In an advertisement, the combination and arrangement with the letters and
devices constituting the advertisement of two grooved bars in and between which
the advertisement is arranged and light pillars or the like connecting the grooved
bars together, substantially as herein before described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of April A.D. 1893.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.