Improvements relating to Letter Balances for Advertising Purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Letter Balances for Advertising
Purposes.
I, ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD, of 42 Anglesey Street, Lozells, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Dressmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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My invention has for its object the improvements hereinafter described relating
to letter balances and consists essentially in making in a cheap and expeditious
manner, a letter balance which is applicable for displaying advertisements, postal
information and such like items.
In carrying my said invention into effect, I provide a cardboard, wood, or other
suitable tablet, on which may be printed or otherwise displayed, advertisements,
postal information, calendar, or other such useful items.
About the centre of the said tablet I connect a letter balance made from sheet
metal and somewhat similar to a steelyard, consisting of a lever fulcrumed near
one end to the tablet.
To the short arm of the said lever is pivoted a cradle or clip for holding articles
to be weighed.
The long arm is furnished at the top edge thereof with notches or niches
indicating various weights, and into which engage a loop suspending a weight, its
position on the said arm indicates the weight suspended from the short arm.
Opposite each notch or niche I place numericals showing various weights from
one ounce upwards.
About the centre of the said lever I place an indicating finger for indicating
the balance or weight of the articles.
The various parts being made from sheet metal I am enabled to produce a cheap
and useful article.
Dated this 10th day of March 1893.
WILLIAM H. BARACLOUGH,
Triangle Chambers, Martineau Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Letter Balances for Advertising
Purposes.
I, ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD of 42 Anglesey Street Lozells, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Dressmaker, 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:-
My invention has for its object the improvements hereinafter described relating
to letter balances and consists essentially in making, in a cheap, and expeditious
manner, a letter balance which is applicable for displaying advertisements, postal
information, and such like items. In carrying my said invention into effect I
provide a cardboard, wood, or other suitable tablet on which may be printed or
otherwise displayed advertisements, postal information, calendar or other such
useful items.

page_text: About the centre of the tablet, I connect a letter balance made from sheet metal
and somewhat similar to a steel yard consisting of a lever fulcrummed near one end
to the tablet. To the short arm of the said lever is pivoted a cradle or clip for
holding articles to be weighed.
The long arm is furnished at the top edge thereof with notches or nicks indicating
various weights and into which engages a loop suspending a weight; its position on
the said arm indicates the weight suspended from short arm. Opposite each notch
or nick I place numerals, showing various weights.
I will describe my invention in reference to the accompanying drawings, the same
letters of reference indicating similar parts throughout.
Figures 1 and 2 show an elevation and plan of my invention. A indicates a
cardboard, wood or other suitable tablet, provided with spaces, B, for displaying
advertisements. C, C, C, C may be used for postal information, D for a calendar, or
any of the spaces may be used for the various purposes. E represents a centre
piece supporting the bracket, F having a cutaway part H. I represents a balance
lever fulcrummed at J. To the lever I is attached the pointer, K which indicates
the correct weight. The balance lever I is provided with notches L, into which
engages the loop of the weight M. Opposite the notches of the lever are placed
oz., 2 ozs., 3 ozs., 4 ozs., representing the different weights. To the short end of
the lever I is attached a spring clip N for holding letters when weighed.
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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 :-
The improvements relating to letter balances for advertising purposes consisting
of a balance lever I fulcrummed at J operating by the weight M and the clip N
for the purpose of weighing letters, the whole being attached to a tablet A, to be
used for advertising purposes, operating substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings and for the purpose set forth..
Dated this 11th day of December 1893.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
Per A. E. Ellen,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.