Improvements in or relating to Transparent Flowers and Fruits.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application. 5th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1895-Accepted, 6th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Transparent Flowers and Fruits.
I, WALTER BRIERLEY of the Firm of Brierley and Howard, Penny Bank
Chambers Halifax do hereby declare the nature of this invention which has been
communicated to me by Franz Emil Berta of Fulda Germany Manufacturer to
be as follows:-
My invention relates to imitation flowers or fruits which are composed of a soft
and transparent material (for instance wax, gelatine and the like) with or without
an enclosure of stuff and which is illuminated in colours by an electric incandescent
lamp placed in the interior of the flower or fruit.
The cup or the fruit from soft and plastic material surrounds an electric incan-
descent lamp so as to assure the glass pear against breaking by reason of accidental
contact with hard objects.
It is preferable to carry the wires for the electric current through the stalk of
the flower or fruit.
These flower or fruit covers have the further advantage that the glass pear may
easily be exchanged when the incandescent wires are burnt out. In this case it is
only necessary to bend asunder the soft leafs of the flower and to bend them back
again after having replaced glass pear. In the case of a fruit the lower hollow
part of the same is removed after having bent back the leaf covering the joint,
whereupon it is brought again in position after having replaced the new glass-pear and
by pasting the joint with soft material and by bending again the leafs over the joint.
The effect of these flowers and fruits glowing in colours is more beautiful than
that of the ordinary glass holders for incandescent lamps for in these holders
the incandescent lamp is not to be surrounded wholly, otherwise the glass pear
containing the incandescent wires could not be exchanged.
The light of incandescent lamp is a very soft one and is particularly suitable for
churches.
If it is desirable that the fruit or the cup should tightly surround the glass pear, a
case that may sometimes occur, the heated glass pear would soften the adjacent
parts of the cover and a deformation of the flower or fruit injuring the effect would
take place.
This inconvenience is obviated by placing a glass pear having a double jacket
within the flower or the fruit. These glass pears are made by blowing a second
jacket of glass around an ordinary glass pear, so as to leave an air space between
wo jackets. This air space prevents the outer glass jacket and thus also the
eighbouring parts of the flower or fruit cover (made from soft material) from being
heated too much.
Dated this 4th day of September 1894.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Transparent Flowers and Fruits.
I, WALTER BRIERLEY of the Firm of Brierley & Howard, Penny Bank
Chambers, Halifax in the County of York, Patent Agents do hereby declare the
nature of this invention which has been communicated to me by Franz Emil Berta
of Fulda, in the Empire of Germany, 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 improvements in artificial flowers or fruits which are
composed of soft and transparent materials, (such for instance as, wax, gelatine, and
the like) with or without covering of velvet plush or stuff and an electric incan-
descent lamp is placed in the interior of the said flower or fruit, so that the latter
forms a coloured globe for the lamp.
The effect of the light glowing on the different colours of the flowers or fruits is
more beautiful than that of the ordinary glass globes or holders for incandescent
lights for in such holders the incandescent lamp is not wholly surrounded by the
coloured globe, otherwise the glass-pear containing the incandescent wires could
not be removed or exchanged. The light produced by this incandescent lamp is a
very soft one and is particularly suitable for churches.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a complete
description of same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a flower globe according to this invention.
Fig. 2 shows a fruit globe partly in side view and partly in section "h" indicating
the holder for the incandescent lamp.
According to this invention, the flower or the fruit made from soft and plastic
material surrounds an electric incandescent lamp, so as to protect the glass pear from
breaking by reason of accidental contact with hard objects.
It is preferable to carry the wires for the electric current through the stalk of
the flower or fruit.
The flower or fruit globes have the further advantage that the glass pear may
easily be exchanged when the incandescent wires are burnt out.
In this case it is
only necessary to bend asunder the soft leafs "c" of the flower and to bend them
back again after having placed in a new glass pear as shown in Fig. 1. In
the case of a fruit the lower hollow part 66
a "of the same is removed after having
bent back the leaf "" covering the joint, whereupon it is again brought into
position after having placed in a new glass pear.
If it is desirable that the fruit or the flower globe should be in close contact with
the glass pear, the heat would be liable to soften the adjacent parts of the cover.
and a deformation of the flower or fruit would take place. This is obviated by
placing a glass pear having a double jacket within the flower or the fruit. These
glass pears are made by blowing a second jacket of glass around an ordinary
glass pear, so as to leave an air space between the two jackets. This air space
prevents the outer glass jacket and thus also the neighbouring parts of the flower
or fruit cover or globe made from soft material from being overheated.
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 :-
Artificial flowers and fruits forming a transparent cover, surrounding an incan-
descent lamp, such fruit or flower covers being inade from soft and plastic materials,

page_text: whereby the cover (which may be provided with cover of stuff) can be opened and
closed as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 5th day of June 1895.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Applicant.