Improved Means for Advertising and for Denoting the Names of Streets and Railway Stations and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 8th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 10th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Advertising and for Denoting the Names of
Streets and Railway Stations and the like.
JAMES TURNER Mechanical Engineer 26 St. Ann's Road, Stamford Hill N.
and THOMAS CHESTLE of no occupation same address, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This apparatus consists of a metal tube one inch in diameter and about four inches
long.
In one end is fitted a small con lensing lens; in the other end is also fitted an
object glass, and intervening the object glass and the condensing lens, is inserted a
circular piece of flat glass with the advertisement printed in small black letters. The
result of this is that at any given focus at an angle of about 45 degrees from any gas
jet or light, or oil lamp, an oval of light is thrown on the pavement or ground, shewing
the advertisement in black letters within the said oval.
The apparatus can be fixed to any gas light or jet either inside or outside of
buildings, &c. and the tube depressed to throw the advertisement &c. on any given
spot. It may also be fixed to swinging lamps, &c.
It is likewise especially suitable for street lamps for denoting the names of streets
and roads, & for railway lamps for shewing the names of the stations &c.
Dated this Sixth day of November 1890.
JAMES TURNER.
THOMAS CHESTLE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Advertising and for Denoting the Names of
Streets and Railway Stations and the like.
JAMES TURNER Mechanical Engineer 26 St. Ann's Road, Stamford Hill N. and
THOMAS CHESTLE of no occupation, same address, 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 a new and improved method of advertising.
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In carrying out our invention we use a tube to one end of which is fitted
condensing lens and to the other an object glass.
Between the object glass
& the condensing lens is inserted another glass upon which the advertisement is
produced.
The apparatus described is affixed to any kind of light preferably in such a
manner that the advertisement can be focussed at an angle so as to be shown
oval-shaped.
This method of advertising is specially intended for tradesmen who can fix the
apparatus to one of their window lights and produce on the pavement a highly
conspicuous advertisement. It can also be used on railway stations for shewing
he names of stations and fixed to street lamps for denoting the names of
treets &c.
Among the other uses is that of denoting the number or names of houses by
ixing the instrument to hall lights in such a manner that the apparatus is focussed
n to the house approach.
It is obvious that various devices can thus be made prominent & striking.
White letters can be shown on a colored ground or colored letters on a white
round.

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Having
IV the glass upon which the advertisement is produced.
V shows by way of example the apparatus fixed to an ordinary gas-
light.
w particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we decare that what
we claim is
An improved means for advertising by the use of a tube fitted with a condensing
lens, an object glass and a glass upon which the advertisement is placed, the whole
being capable of attachment to any gas or other light substantially as and for the
purposes described.
Dated 1: 9th
of Dramation 1200
JAMES TURNER.
THOMAS CHESTLE.