Improvements in Devices for Geographical, Educational, Advertising, and other like Purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar.. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Geographical, Educational, Advertising,
and other like Purposes.
I, THOMAS JOSEPH LENNARD of "Lyndhurst' Saint John's Road Stoneygate
Leicester, in the county of Leicester Boot Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in devices for geographical, educational,
advertising and other like purposes the object of which is to utilize the well known
india rubber balloon, or spherical inflated ball to produce an artificial globe for
geographical, educational, kindergarten and like purposes having imprinted or
otherwise represented thereon the map or plan of the two hemispheres, or map of the
world, or map of the celestial bodies with the signs and constellations and their
magnitude marked thereon.
Or I may employ maps of the different parts of the world with characters to
represent the different races or inhabitants of the countries so represented.
Or in conjunction with the map the names of firms and the cities or towns they
refer to particularly noted thereon.
The balloons or artificial globes may be made of other material than india rubber,
such as light silk or other light material or tissue and when inflated they will show
a brilliant representation or transparency of the celestrial or terrestrial globes.
The mouth of the balloon or sphere may be attached to a tube by which it can
be inflated, the tube being specially arranged to check or prevent the egress of air
by suitable checks or valves inside the tube whichever may be found best adapted
for the purpose.
I may use also representations of the planets and heavenly bodies upon the globes,
spheres or balloons if desirable.
W. B. MAXFIELD,
Patent Agent,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Geographical, Educational, Advertising,
and other like Purposes.
I, THOMAS JOSEPH LENNARD of "Lyndhurst" Saint John's Road Stoneygate
Leicester, in the county of Leicester Boot Manufacturer 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 improvements in devices for geographical, educational,
advertising and other like purposes, the object of which is to utilize the well known
india-rubber balloon, or spherical inflated ball to produce an artificial globe for
geographical, educational, kindergarten and like purposes, having imprinted or
otherwise represented thereon somewhat in the examples set forth in the drawings
accompanying this specification in which Figure 1. is a view of an inflated balloon to
represent the continent of America and advertisements thereon.
Figure 2. represents a geographical map of Europe for the instruction of the

page_text: Figure 3. is an inflated balloon having imprinted thereon the map of the world
or the eastern and western hemispheres.
Figure 4. is an advertising balloon of the map of Scotland showing the position
of the different cities wherein the advertiser carries on his business.
Figure 5. shows a balloon, or planisphere to represent the celestial hemispheres on
the plane of the equinoctial, exhibiting the constellations as they appear in nature,
(the northern one is seen) the characters may be shown upon the balloon in varying
colors and the magnitude of the signs and constellations marked thereon.
Figure 6. is a balloon upon which appears the zodiacal signs of the Egyptian
planisphere, other signs may thus be represented for educational and kindergarten
purposes.
Figure 7. is a sectional view of the blow pipe or mouth piece, or inlet valve
which is specially designed so that in filling or inflating the balloon A, the air or
gas cannot escape only when the stem of the conical valve is pressed inwards.
Figure 8. is a flat view of the wheel or ring inserted above the valve in the mouth
piece.
In arranging such devices I may employ maps of the different parts of the world
with characters to represent the different races or inhabitants of the countries so
represented, an example of which is shown in figure 3 of the drawings.
Or in conjunction with the map the names of firms and the cities or towns they
refer to particularly noted thereon as seen in the examples shown in Figures 1 and 4.
The balloons or artificial globes as shown are made of india rubber but they made
of other material such as light silk, or other light material or tissue of a transparent
character but when inflated they will show a brilliant representation or transparency
of the cellestial or terrestial globes.
The printing or painting on the balloons is done in the ordinary manner and to
inflate them the mouth a', of the balloon A, is simply placed over the thin end of the
conical blow pipe or mouth piece B, the tube is specially constructed to check or
prevent the egress of air or gas from the balloon when it has been filled,-to empty
the balloon the tail b', of the valve C is depressed, when the person proceeds to fill
the balloon the conical valve C fig. 7, is forced from its seating c', which may be a
plug of wood, or metal, or even plaster or cement; above the valve C is placed the
wheel D, this falls on to the valve when the back pressure of the air or gas forces both
outwards.
It will be well understood that the said mouth piece or blow pipe can be used for
inflating any ordinary india rubber balloon.
Or a special balloon can be made for the purpose, made of china fibre paper with
the representations of the map of the world printed thereon before the gores are put
together.
I may also use representations of the planets, for educational purposes and have
the balloons of a special color, and such representations of various colors so that a
natural transparency is effected.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The utilization of the well known india-rubber balloons, or spherical inflated
globes for geographical, educational, kindergarten and advertising purposes having
thereon the map of the world, or different countries of the world, and the different
signs and characters, hereinbefore described.
2. In balloons of the character described the representation of the celestial bodies
with their signs and constellations marked thereon, as set forth.
3. In conjunction with the representation of the map of the world, or different
countries of the world upon such balloons; the cities marked and used for the
of advertising as hereinbefore specified.
purpose

page_text: 4. In air, or gas inflated balloons of the character described, the employment of a
blow pipe, or mouth piece, or inlet valve, substantially for the purpose as hereinbefore
set forth.
nath: wethaf Tahun 1900
WILLIAM BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
Patent Agent, No. 19, Bowling Green Street, Leicester,
Agent for the Applicant.