An Improved Method of Billposting, Advertising, and Exhibiting Light Articles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 1895-Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Billposting, Advertising, and Exhibiting
Light Articles.
JAMES BARLOW LORD 28 Victoria Street Radcliffe near Manchester School-
master do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It is a common practice to fasten bills, circulars, timetables, notices and the like
on notice boards and other suitable surfaces by means of starch, gum arabic, flour
paste, size, small nails drawing pins and so on. In tram cars and other vehicles
the card or paper on which the amount of fares are marked is held in position by
means of projections left on the edge of the frame or by slips which are placed
across the fare card and secured at the ends. In shop windows light articles are
sometimes held on a small hook or peg which hook or peg is in turn attached to a
piece of rubber and the rubber is so formed that when pressed on the glass it
adheres by suction. This is a suction pad. The inventor now applies an adhesive
composition to notice boards or any other suitable surface, the said surface may be
made of wood, metal, cardboard paper, glass, porcelain, slate, cloth, or any other
suitable material or materials and the said surface may either be wholly or partially
covered with the adhesive composition, or, suitable orifices may be made in the
surface and the adhesive composition applied therein. If it is required to exhibit a
notice, circular, bill, time-table or the like, it is only necessary to press the
notice, circular, bill or time-table on the adhesive composition and there it
remains.
When necessary to exhibit another notice the old one can be detached and the
new one fixed by simply pressing on the composition.
For shop windows the composition can be moulded into any pattern and size,
then applied to the glass to which it will stick and then the article for exhibition
applied thereto. The adhesive composition can in some cases be used in place of
the rubber suction-pad afore mentioned.
The adhesive composition may consist of glue dissolved in water to which
glycerine is added. It may be made black by adding lamp-black, or a light colour
may be obtained by adding whiting or oxide of zinc, but the inventor does not
bind himself to use the above substances.
Dated this 29th day of March 1895.
An Improved Method of Billposting, Advertising, and Exhibiting
Light Articles.
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 :-
This invention consists in the application of a suitable adhesive composition to
be used for the purpose of holding bills, circulars, timetables, notices and the like
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page_text: on notice boards, and other suitable surfaces and so dispense with the use of starch
gum arabic, size, small nails, drawing pins and the like and also for the purpose of
exhibiting light articles in shop windows.
The invention consists of details of construction as will be hereinafter set forth
With reference to notice boards and the like, which may be made of wood,
metal, cardboard, paper, slate, cloth, or any other suitable material or materials.
The surface of which may be wholly or partially covered with the adhesive com-
position. Or grooves or orifices may be made in the surface and the adhesive
composition applied therein.
For example in an ordinary notice board grooves say " wide and 4" deep may
be made longitudinally in the board every 3" or 4" and then the composition
poured therein.
To exhibit light articles the composition can be moulded into any suitable
pattern and size and then applied to the glass to which it will adhere, and then the
article for exhibition may be applied to the composition.
A hook made of metal or other suitable material may be used in conjunction
with the composition and the article is hung thereon.
The adhesive composition can thus in some cases be used in place of the india
rubber suction pad.
The composition may consist of say 12 lbs. of glue and 7 lbs. to 15 lbs. of
glycerine. Before adding the glycerine steep the glue in water.
Then add the glycerine and dissolve the glue by heat.
Or the composition may be made of a mixture of glue and treacle, but the
ingredients and proportions may be varied as desired to suit different climates, the
composition being of an adhesive nature.
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 :-
(1) The application of an adhesive composition to notice boards, either on the
surface or in suitable orifices.
(2) The application of an adhesive composition for the purpose of exhibiting
light articles in shop windows.
Dated this 21st day of December 1895.
JAMES BARLOW LORD,
Applicant.