Improvements in and relating to Letters, Numerals, and Signs for Advertising and Display Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Letters, Numerals, and Signs for
Advertising and Display Purposes.
I, GEORGE GUEST, 61, Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, in the County of Surrey,
Sign Writer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to produce letters numerals and signs for
advertising and display purposes to exhibit outside shops, buildings and the
like in such a manner that a better effect is obtained than is possible with the
letters numerals and the like heretofore employed for the purpose. In carrying
out my invention I seek to effectually protect the gilding in the case of gold
letters and the coloured face of letters from exposure to wet or the atmosphere
and to produce a letter or numeral which will not only be attractive and impress
itself upon the passer by but in such a manner that the face of the letter or
numeral stands out in bold relief with the additional advantage that the surface
of the letter is built up in sections in any desired shape such as prismatic or in
the shape of a square pyramid triangular hexagonal or round or any other shape,
the surface or face of the built up letters so formed being in sections and thus
capable of ready attachment or removal in the case of replacement or damage
whilst it is possible to manufacture same in various sizes so that the said
sectional portions of the letters thus accommodate themselves to the varying
curves of the letters which is an important feature in the carrying out of my
invention. In constructing letters or figures according to my invention I take
a back board or base of wood, metal, glass or any other material and thereon build
up the face or surface of the letters This face is constructed preferably of
plates of gilt or silvered glass which are fixed on the front of the aforesaid letters
or base either in the form of a pyramid as before stated or in any other suitable
projecting shape so as to catch and reflect the light. These plates of glass
are supported either on solid or hollow blocks or bases of any required material
to secure the requisite uniformity in height and shape but I prefer to use cential
projecting pins or studs or the like in the base plate on which the points of the
several plates rest and are secured by suitable means such as plastic cement or
the like at the meeting and base edges of the plates which may be bevelled
or otherwise ornamented If desired I attain the beforementioned result either
in prismatic square pyramid or in any other shape by means of similar plates
or bases to the foregoing by using solid or semi-solid moulded or cast glass or
other blocks having the requisite gilding or colouring at the back whilst in some
cases this shaped glass pyramid or block may be blown or otherwise formed in
a lighter shell-like form in sections or in one piece whilst still retaining the
projecting gilded or coloured surface characteristic of my invention to attain
the minimum of weight with the maximum of effect but I prefer the built up
sectional plate method of construction previously described.
Letters numerals and signs constructed according to my invention are not only
effective and attractive but light and easily put together and repaired, an impor-

page_text: tant feature being that the construction is simple and inexpensive and the letters
capable of replacement in sections without necessitating the entire re-gilding or
removal of the entire letter whilst in inclement weather the rain or moisture is
readily deflected from the letter without injuriously affecting the base, board
or background, cement or other means of attachment."
Dated this 10th day of February 1899
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BENJ., T. KING,
Registered Patent Agent,
165, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.Č., Agent for Applicant.
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Improvements in and relating to Letters, Numerals, and Signs for
Advertising and Display Purposes.
I, GEORGE GUEST, 53, Broadway (late of 61, Hartfield Road), Wimbledon, in
the County of Surrey, Sign Writer and Letter 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:.
The object of my invention is to produce letters, numerals, and signs for
advertising and display purposes to exhibit outside shops, buildings and the
like in such a manner that a better effect is obtained than is possible with the
letters, numerals and the like heretofore employed for the purpose.. In carrying
out my invention I seek to effectually protect the gilding (in the case of gold
letters) and the coloured face of letters from exposure to wet or to the atmosphere
and also to produce a letter or numeral which will be attractive and impress
itself upon the passer by in such a manner that the face of the letter or numeral
stands out in bold relief with the additional advantage that the surface of the
letter is built up in sections in any desired shape such as prismatic or in the
shape of a square pyramid triangular, hexagonal or round or any other shape,
the surface or face of the built up letters so formed being in sections and thus
capable of ready attachment or removal in the case of replacement or damage
whilst it is possible to manufacture same in various sizes so that the said sectional
portions of the letters thus accommodate themselves to the varying curves of the
letters which is an important feature in the carrying out of my invention.
In constructing letters or figures according to my invention I take a back-
board or base of wood, metal, glass, or any other material and thereon build up
the face or surface of the letters. This face is constructed preferably of plates
of gilt or silvered glass which are fixed on front of the aforesaid board or base
either in the form of a pyramid as before stated or in any other suitable pro-
jecting shape so as to catch and reflect the light.
These plates of glass are supported on pegs or bases of wood or any other
suitable material to secure the requisite uniformity in height and shape but I
prefer to use central projecting pins or studs or the like on the base plate on
which the points of the several plates rest, and are secured by suitable means
such as plastic cement or the like at the meeting and base edges of the plates
which may be bevelled or otherwise ornamented.
The object is to attain the minimum weight with the maximum of effect.
Letters, numerals and signs constructed according to my invention are not only
effective and attractive but light and easily put together and repaired, an impor
tant feature being that the construction is simple and inexpensive and the letters
capable of replacement in sections without necessitating the entire regilding or

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is performed, I declare that what
I claim 18:
1. In letters for display and advertising purposes the combination of a base
of wood or other suitable material with a series of plates of glass or other suitable
material attached to the said base and arranged thereon in the form of pyramids,
cones, prisms, or other suitable form or forms substantially as and for the purposes
stated.
2. In letters for display and advertising purposes the combination of a base
of wood or other suitable material such as A having grooves G therein with a
number of plates of glass or other suitable material B formed into a series of
pyramids prisms or other suitable shape and secured in the same grooves by
means of a suitable cement, pegs D to support the apices of the said plates and
pins C to secure the said plates to the pegs D all substantially as specified.
3 Letters for display and advertising purposes constructed as shewn by the
accompanying drawings.