Improvements in Letters, Figures, Signs, and Devices for Advertising and other Purposes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1891-Accepted, 31st Oct. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Letters, Figures, Signs, and Devices for Advertising
and other Purposes.
I CHARLES HENRY RUTHERFORD of 37 Walbrook in the City of London
Medical Electrician do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has reference to novel and effective means and contrivances for
advertising, illuminating, and decorative purposes. In carrying my invention into
practice, I provide tubes of glass or other suitable transparent material or
substance each of which tubes is of a convenient length and circumference, and
may be furnished with a short outside arm near each of its ends. I bend these
tubes into the shapes of letters, numerical figures, or any other required devices
for advertising or ornamental purposes. Into each tube, through each of its ends,
I introduce a suitable wire a portion of which wire projects outside the tube to
admit of the letters figures or devices being connected with each other so
that a continuous current of electricity may be obtained, and also for the purpose
of the other necessary connections being made with batteries, machines, or
apparatus for producing the electric current. I close hermetically both ends of
cach tube, after which operation I exhaust, through the side arms or otherwise
the air in cach tube, by the means of an air-pump. I then close hermetically
the side arms on each tube. The letters, figures, or devices are fixed in a frame
of any suitable material or by any other convenient means in the positions in
which they are intended to be displayed and lastly they are illuminated by
electricity.
I do not confine myself to letters, figures, or devices made in separate pieces
as hereinbefore described, as I may also blow, bend, or twist such letters, figures,
or devices out of one piece of glass or other suitable material.
Dated this 21st day of November 1890.
CHARLES HENRY RUTHERFORD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Letters, Figures, Signs, and Devices for Advertising
and other Purposes.
1 CHARLES HENRY RUTHERFORD of 37 Walbrook in the City of London
Medical Electrician 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 reference to novel and effective means and contrivances for
advertising, illuminating and decorative purposes. It will be readily understood
with the aid of the accompanying drawing. In carrying my invention into
practice, I provide tubes of glass or other suitable transparent substance, a,
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 each of which tubes is of a convenient length, and may be
furnished with a short outside arm, b, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 for the purpose herein-
after mentioned. I bend these tubes into the shapes of letters (as delineated
in the accompanying drawing) numerical figures, or any other required devices
for advertising or ornamental purposes. Into each tube I introduce a suitable
wire a portion of which wire, c, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 projects outside the tube, a, so
as to admit of the letters, figures, or devices being connected with each other

page_text: in order that a continuous current of electricity may be obtained, and also for
the purpose of the other necessary connections being made with batteries,
machines, or apparatus for producing the electric current. 1 close hermetically
both ends of each tube, after which I exhaust through the side arms, b, or
otherwise, the air in each tube by means of an air-pump. I then close
hermetically the side arm on each tube.
The letters, figures, or devices are fixed in a frame of any suitable material
or by any other convenient means in the positions in which they are intended
to be displayed, and lastly they are illuminated by electricity.
I do not confine myself to letters, figures, or devices made in separate pieces
as hereinbefore described, as I may also blow, bend, or twist such letters,
figures or devices out of one piece of glass or other suitable material..
Having now fully 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,
1-The means of advertising and decorating with letters, figures, or devices
designed, constructed, and furnished, as herein described substantially as, and for
the purposes herein specified.
Dated this 18th day of August 1891.