An Improved Mode of Securing and Exhibiting Cards or Labels in Church Pews or like Places.
Year: 1894

page_text: CODE LEIE DIECIFICATION.
An Improved Mode of Securing and Exhibiting Cards or Labels in
Church Pews or like Places.
I, ALEXANDER BISSETT of 235 Hope Street, in the City and County of
Glasgow, Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement in writing, that to say :-
My invention has reference to and comprises a new mode of securing and
exhibiting cards or labels, more particularly those secured to the book boards of
church pews and bearing the sitters names, by which these cards while being
plainly in view will be sunk below the level of the book board and at same time
be easily and expeditiously removed when desired, but cards and labels may be
secured in the same manner in any other suitable place.
According to my invention a shallow recess is formed in the upper surface of
the wooden book board or in other cases it might be in an article of any suitable
material, of the size and shape of the card to be used which is generally that of a
parallelogram, and to cover the label a closely fitting glass plate is inserted into
the recess over the card preferably of thick plate glass with bevelled edges.
The recess is made of such a depth that the glass plate would not project above
the level of the book board so that it will not interfere with the books and being
made an exact fit cannot be removed again by any ordinary means such as the
fingers, blades of knives, pins, or such like instruments.
To remove the glass plate from the recess a pueumatic sucker is preferably
employed which gripping on the upper surface enables the glass to be lifted out.
To give an ornamental appearance a rim of brass or other material is employed
countersunk around the recess.
By another method a tray of metal or other suitable material may be formed with
flanged edges and countersunk to a level with the book board and of a sufficient
depth to receive the card and glass plate.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a church pew book board, Figure 2 is
a section through same on the line 1-1.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section showing the metal tray referred to and
Figure 4 is a view of the pneumatic sucker used for lifting the glass.
Referring to these drawings:
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A is the book board, B is the recess, C is the card, D is the glass plate, E is the
ornamental rim, F is the metal tray countersunk in the book board A, and G ie
the pneumatic sucker, consisting of a handle y and an india rubber cup shaped
disc g¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
First. The mode of and means for securing and exhibiting cards or labels on
the book boards of church pews or other places all substantially as herein described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.

page_text: Second. For securing and exhibiting cards or labels on the book boards of
church pews or other places the combination of a shallow recess, the glass plate
and the pneumatic sucker all substantially as herein described and illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 31st August 1894
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.