An Improved Teaching Appliance and Kindergarten Demonstrator.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 21st Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Teaching Appliance and Kindergarten Demonstrator.
JAMES BARLOW LORD 28 Victoria Street Radcliffe near Manchester
Schoolmaster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention consists in the application of a suitable adhesive composition to
be used for the purpose of holding sticks, rings, paper, cane mosaic work and so on
in any required position in connection with a tray, frame, or suitable surface which
may be made of wood, porcelain, metal, cardboard, paper, slate, cloth or other
suitable material or materials for holding the adhesive composition.
In this invention the object or objects stick to the composition by adhesion
without any glass or other body being placed in front of them to hold them in
position.
Previous to this invention light objects as paper and small sticks similar to
matches have been moistened by water and put on the blackboard, but when the
moisture has evaporated the objects fall, and, by this method it is impossible to use
mosaic bricks and such like heavy substances.
Then again a backed frame with a movable glass front is used. The object or
objects to be demonstrated is or are placed on the backing and then covered over
with the glass. The glass is then clamped down by springs which hold the objects
in position. If the objects are of different thicknesses such as paper and matches,
or paper and bricks, it is impossible to press on the two different thicknesses at the
Then again in mosaic
same time by means of the glass and so the objects move.
work the bricks vary in thickness and the glass will not hold the thinner ones in
position.
The inventor now overcomes these difficulties by using a suitable surface on
which is placed an adhesive composition to which the objects stick when placed
thereon.
The adhesive composition may consist of glue dissolved in water to which is
added glycerine. Or it may consist of glue and treacle. The composition may be
made black by adding lamp black, or a light colour may be obtained by adding
oxide of zinc or whiting, but the inventor does not bind himself to use the above
substances.
An Improved Teaching Appliance and Kindergarten Demonstrator.
JAMES BARLOW LORD St. Thomas's Schools Radcliffe near Manchester
Certificated Schoolmaster 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:-
My invention consists of an educational appliance, serviceable for purposes of
the kindergarten system, the same embodying a sheet, plate or surface, on which is
an adhesive substance to which devices and articles employed in kindergarten

page_text: teaching may be attached for word building, stick laying, ring laying, paper
folding, cane and mosaic work, numeration, object-teaching generally and so on,
such devices and articles being readily removable without injury to themselves or
the surface.
The invention consists also of details of construction as will be hereinafter set
forth.
Figure represents a front view of an educational appliance embodying my
invention.
Figure 2 represents a section thereof on line 2, 2, Figure L.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.
Referring to the drawings. A designates a suitable plate which may be made of
metal, the said plate is fitted into the frame B, and provided with a coating C
formed of a mixture which may consist of say 12 lbs. of glue and 7 to 15 lbs. of
glycerine; or a mixture of glue and treacle may be used, but the ingredients and
proportions may be varied as desired to suit different climates, the composition
being of an adhesive nature.
It will be seen that the devices employed in education, especially those of the
kindergarten system, which are generally made of wood, paper, cardboard or
cement those shewn at D being made of cardboard or paper may be placed upon
the adhesive coating C and remain supported thereon, as they adhere to the latter,
and may be readily removed and replaced without injury to the devices or the
coating, the latter being practically permanent in its adhesive nature. The
plate A is formed of metal or other suitable material so as not to warp or be
otherwise effected by the coating, and thus the flat surface of the latter will be
preserved. The edges of the plate A are fitted in grooves E in the pieces
forming the frame B thus firmly supporting the said plate A, it being noticed that
when the said pieces are connected, the plate A retains its position without
liability of displacement, as long as the frame remains intact.
In place of this frame and back, a tray may be used or any suitable surface
which may be made of wood, porcelain, metal, cardboard, paper, slate, cloth or
other suitable material or materials for holding the adhesive composition either
with or without a frame. The metal plate A may be substituted by any other
material, which will accomplish the purposes of the same.
It is evident that the appliance may be operated by a teacher, or scholar, or
both, and that when the devices D are removed from the coating, which may be
accomplished simply by pulling the same from the coating, they may be reused,
they being intact in clean and nonsticky condition.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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An appliance to be used for educational purposes consisting of a plate, or other
suitable surface which may either have a frame or be without, or a tray may be
used, the said plate surface, or tray having thereon a coating or covering of
adhesive substance, the said appliance to be used either by teacher, scholar, or
both for the purposes of word building, sticklaying, ringlaying, paper folding
cane and mosaic work, numeration, kindergarten teaching and object teaching
generally.
Dated this 17th day of October 1895.
JAMES BARLOW LORD.