An Improved Device for the Display of Advertisements and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 16th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for the Display of Advertisements and
the like.
We, JOHN BREWIS of 32 Fawcett Street Sunderland, in the County of Durham,
Solicitor and ALLISON BELL LENNOX of 44 Wellington Road Enfield in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved device for the display of advertisements
and the like.
To effect our purpose we may form sunken letters or letters in relief or devices
in a transparent substance such as glass and if desired into the spaces so formed as
they may be by stamping moulding or pressing we may introduce or affix some
conspicuous colored matter such as paint or enamel and we may set this off by a
backing of an approved color whether in gilt silver enamel or otherwise.
A moulded or pressed glass article so formed has the effect of presenting the
letter or letters or device in a solid and highly conspicuous form and the bevelled
edges of the lettering when so employed serve to attract attention to the article at
varying angles.
Any form of letter or design in any color or colors may be so employed as
above foreshadowed as show plates in a variety of manners.
Dated this 15th day of November 1892.
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
3, St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for the Display of Advertisements and
the like.
We, JOHN BREWIS of 32 Fawcett Street Sunderland, in the County of Durham,
Solicitor and ALLISON BELL LENNOX of 44 Wellington Road, Enfield in the
County of Middlesex 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 invention relates to an improved device for the display of advertisements
and the like.
To effect our purpose we may form sunken letters or letters in relief or devices
in a transparent substance such as glass and if desired into the spaces so formed as
they may be by stamping moulding or pressing we may introduce or affix some
conspicuous colored matter such as paint or enamel and we may set this off by a
backing of an approved color whether in gilt silver enamel or otherwise.
A moulded or pressed glass article so formed has the effect of presenting the
letter or letters or device in a solid and highly conspicuous form and the bevelled
edges of the lettering when so employed serve to attract attention to the article at
varying angles.
Any form of letter or design in any color or colors may be so employed as above
described as show plates in a variety of manners.
In further elucidation of our invention in the accompanying figure we show a
section of a glass plate having two sunken spaces A and B with bevelled edges.
These sunken spaces may represent a section of e.g. the letter U formed in the
glass.

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These spaces are to be filled in with paint or enamel and then a backing C may
be secured to the glass as above described...
Letters or devices may thus be obtained in glass which are equivalent in effect
to the enamel letters now so largely used in advertising but the improved effect is
obtained at a greatly diminished cost.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improved article of manufacture adapted for the display of advertisements
and the like produced by the process or stages of firstly pressing or moulding in
a transparent substance such as glass sunken letters or devices secondly introducing
or affixing some conspicuous colored matter into the spaces or parts thereof so
formed and thirdly setting off the result thus produced by a backing of an approved
color and substance so as to produce a novel article of manufacture possessing
special attractive effects substantially as herein set forth.
2. A show plate produced by the combined processes or stages substantially as
set forth.
Dated this 11th day of Au 1802
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
.3, St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent.