Improved Ornamental Letters, Signs, Designs, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improved Ornamental Letters, Signs, Designs, and the like.
I. BENJAMIN BRADFORD, of 102 Dale Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Tobacconist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to ornamental letters used for signs, advertisements,
names, and the like, and also to designs, signs, and other purposes of an equivalent
or analogous nature, where it is required to produce for sucb purposes an ornamental
or artistic effect. The invention consists mainly in the employment behind a glass
or other transparent face, or under equivalent position, of glass which has been
produced by blowing the glass very fine, and then breaking up the glass bubbles so
produced, and matting or massing it together in the form of loose wool, such matted
or packed glass being backed by a white backing, preferably, and suitably held in
place. In most cases, a considerable thickness of the glass material would be used,
say from inch upwards.
In the case of the application to ordinary lettering on advertisements contained
in a glazed frame, the glass would be rendered opaque or colourel at parts other
than where the letters or designs, or signs are placed or come; and at the back of
the glass sheet, the glass material would be placed or stowed.
Under different applications and purposes of use the glass material will be
differently held in position stowed, or arranged; and by suitably varying the
arrangement and colours employed in connection with the parts, different ornamental
and artistic effects can be obtained.
As regards the nature of the glass, it is produced, as stated, by blowing glass
into bubbles, and then breaking the bubbles, or until they break themselves, the
result being that the broken glass is extremely thin.
Dated this 4th day of February 1896
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
Improved Ornamental Letters, Signs, Designs, and the like.
I, BENJAMIN BRADFORD, of 102 Dale Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Tobacconist, 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 has reference to ornamental letters used for signs, advertisements,
names, and the like, and also to designs, signs, and other purposes of an equivalent
or analogous nature, where it is required to produce for such purposes an ornamental
or artistic effect. The invention consists mainly in the employment, behind a

page_text: glass or other transparent face, or under equivalent position, of glass which has
been produced by blowing the glass very fine, and then breaking up the glass
bubbles so produced, and matting or massing it together in the form of loose wool,
such matted or packed glass being backed by a white backing, preferably, and
suitably held in place. In most cases, a considerable thickness of the glass
material would be used, say from inch upwards.
In the case of the application to ordinary lettering on advertisements contained
in a glazed frame, the glass would be rendered opaque or coloured at parts other
than where the letters or designs, or signs are placed or come; and at the back of
the glass sheet, the glass material would be placed or stowed.
Under different applications and purposes of use the glass material will be
differently held in position, stowed, or arranged; and by suitably varying the
arrangement and colours employed in connection with the parts, different ornamental
and artistic effects can be obtained.
As regards the nature of the glass, it is produced, as stated, by blowing liquid
glass into bubbles, and then breaking the bubbles, or until they break themselves,
the result being that the broken glass is extremely thin.
An illustration of the invention is given in the drawing which shews one form
of application in section. In this figure, a is a sheet of glass held in frame b;
and c represents the packing of matted broken glass of the character specified,
which is held in place by the back board d. The glass front sheet a is rendered
opaque at the parts other than where the letter, design or figure, is disposed, which
in the figure is the letter "Z." Instead of the whole sheet a being of glass, only
that part at which the letters, designs, etcetera, are to be, is glass (or other
suitable transparent material), the rest of the sheet being of any suitable opaque
material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
The herein described new or improved ornamental letters, signs, figures, designs,
or the like, consisting of a face of transparent material having behind same,
broken blown glass; substantially as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of November 1896
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.