Improvements in the Manufacture of Shades for Lamps, Candles, and other Lights.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1890-Accepted, 6th Sept.. 1890
Improvements in the Manufacture of Shades for Lamps, Candles, and
other Lights.
I, HERBERT JAMES READ, of 46 St. Mary's Hill, Hornsey, in the County of
Middlesex, Electrical Enginer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This my invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the manufacture
of shades for lamps, candles and other lights, and it consists in the employment (in
making shades) of seini-transparent materials, and of semi-transparent materials in
combination with other materials as hereinafter set forth.
By the use of shades as heretofore manufactured, the whole of the light is concen-
trated downwards, and the ceiling and other parts of the room are cast into
darkness.
Now by this my invention, although sufficient light is concentrated downwards for
general purposes, ample light penetrates the shade to suffuse the room with a glow
pleasant to the eyes, and to destroy the hurtful glare produced by the use of shades as
at present made.
By this my invention I make shades of semi-transparent materials, and of semi-
transparent materials in combination with other materials as at present used.
1 make shades, firstly, of straw plaited or woven as desired; said shades being more
especially applicable for use with incandescent electric light.
Secondly I make shades of straw in combination with hemp, and of straw in
combination with other known materials, plaited or woven as desired; said shades
being applicable for use with incandescent electric light, also gas light, oil lamps and
candles.
:
Thirdly I make shades of hair plaited or woven as desired; said shades being
applicable for use with incandescent electric light, also gas light, oil lamps and
candles.
:
Fourthly I make shades of hair plaited or woven in combination with hemp, and
of hair in combination with other known materials; said shades being applicable for
use with incandescent electric light, also gas-light oil lamps and candles.
Fifthly I make shades of chip plait made from wood; said shades being applicable
for use with incandescent electric light, also gas-light, oil lamps and candles.
:
Sixthly I make shades of chip plait (made from wood) in combination with other
known materials; said shades being applicable for use with incandescent electric light,
gas-light, oil lamps and candles.
My improved shades manufactured of materials as described are lined in the
ordinary way with textile fabric of any desired colour. The materials of which the
said shades are composed are sewn or otherwise secured by cotton, thread, yarn, fine
wire or the like.
By this my invention, the strong wires commonly used as supports for textile
shades (and which wires cast a heavy shadow) are dispensed with.
Dated this 10th day of October 1889

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Shades for Lamps, Candles, and
other Lights.
I, HERBERT JAMES READ, of 46 St. Mary's Hill, Hornsey, in the County of
Middlesex, Electrical Engineer, 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 my invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the manufacture
of shades for lamps, candles and other lights, and it consists in the employment (in
making shades) of semi-transparent materials either alone or in combination with
other materials as hereinafter set forth.
By the use of shades as heretofore manufactured, the whole of the light is con-
centrated downwards, and the ceiling and other parts of the room are cast into
darkness, except where wire shades are used or an inferior material, like paper.
Now by this my invention, although sufficient light is concentrated downwards for
general purposes, ample light penetrates the shade to suffuse the room with a glow,
pleasant to the eyes, and unpleasant shadows caused by wires are diminished.
By this my invention I make shades of semi-transparent materials, and of semi-
transparent materials in combination with other materials as at present used.
I make shades, firstly: of straw plaited or woven as desired; said shades being
more especially applicable for use with incandescent electric light.
Secondly I make shades with straw in combination with hemp, and of straw in
combination with other known materials, plaited or woven as desired, said shades being
applicable for use with incandescent electric light, also gas light, oil lamps and
candles.
:
Thirdly I make shades of hair plaited or woven as desired; said shades being
applicable for use with incandescent electric light, also gas light, oil lamps and
candles.
:
Fourthly I make shades of hair plaited or woven in combination with hemp, and
hair in combination with other known materials; said shades being applicable for use
with incandescent electric light, also gas light, oil lamps and candles.
:
Fifthly make shades of chip plait made from wood; said shades being applicable
for use with incandescent electric light, also gas light, oil lamps and candles.
:
Sixthly I make shades of chip plait (made from wood) in combination with other
known materials; said shades being applicable for use with incandescent electric light,
gas light, oil lamps and candles.
:
Seventhly I make shades from braid plait (made from mohair & cotton, or mohair
or cotton) said shades being applicable for incandescent electric light, also gas light,
oil lamps and candles.
My improved shades manufactured of materials as described can be, if desired, lined
in the ordinary way with textile fabric of any desired colour. The materials of
which the said shades are composed are sewn or otherwise secured by cotton, thread,
yarn, fine wire or the like.
By this my invention, the strong wires commonly used as supports for textile shades
(and which wires cast a heavy shadow) are partially and in some cases, wholly dispensed
with.
The chief advantages of my shades are as follows:
Substances are used which are transparent or semi-transparent and which do not
require to be supported by wires like silk shades, except in the case of vertical or
screen shades. My shades are superior to paper or cardboard shades in so much as
my shades are more pliable and may be bent to any design without cracking or injury
to the material employed.

page_text: 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. A shade for incandescent electric lights, manufactured of straw woven or
plaited as desired, substantially as described in the accompanying specification.
2. A shade for incandescent electric, gas, oil, or candle lights, manufactured of straw
in combination with hemp plaited or woven as desired, substantially as described in the
accompanying specification.
3. A shade for incandescent electric, gas, oil or candle lights, manufactured of straw
in combination with other materials and lined with a textile fabric, substantially as
described in the accompanying specification.
4. A shade for incandescent electric, gas, oil or candle lights, manufactured of hair
woven or plaited as desired, substantially as described in the accompanying specifi-
cation.
5. A shade for incandescent electric, gas, oil or candle lights, manufactured of hair
in combination with hemp woven or plaited as desired, substantially as described in the
accompanying specification.
6. A shade for incandescent electric, gas, oil or candle lights, manufactured of hair
in combination with other material woven or plaited as desired, substantially as described
in the accompanying specification.
7. A shade for incandescent electric, gas, oil or candle lights, manufactured from
hemp either alone or in combination with other materials woven or plaited as desired,
substantially as described in the accompanying specification.
8. A shade for incandescent electric, gas, oil or candle lights, manufactured from
chip plait (made from wood) substantially as described in the accompanying specifi-
cation.
9. A shade for incandescent electric, gas, oil or candle lights, manufactured from
chip plait (made from wood) in combination with other materials, substantially as
described in the accompanying specification.
10. A shade for incandescent electric, gas, oil or candle lights, manufactured from
braid plait (made as described) substantially as described in the accompanying specifi-
cation.
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HERBERT JAMES READ.