Year: 1898

page_text: GEORGE PELMEAR, Commission Agent, 20, Fife Street, Middlesbrough, WALTER
HENRY CUMMINGS, Watchmaker, 24, Wilson Street, Middlesbro', and WILLIAM
RICHARD MEGGESON, Hazeldene, Woodlands Road, Middlesbro', Estate Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Celluloid composition utilized as a substitute for glass, either plain, coloured or
ornamental, in the construction of churches dwelling houses, shops, workshops,
factories railway carriages tram cars and the like also as a substute for glass in
the manufacture of show-cases street lamps and the like
Also as a substitute for glass in the manufacture of shades for the protection of
artificial flowers feathers, memorials to be placed on graves and the like.
Also a substitute for glass in the manufacture of leaded lights for cathedrals
churches chapels, fancy window blinds and the like, and also in the manufacture
of mirrors and looking glasses.
The composition used in the above is the usual celluloid composition.
GEO.
PELMEAR.
W. H. CUMMINGS,
W. R. MEGGESON.
We, GEORGE PELMEAR, Commission Agent, 20, Fife Street, Middlesbrough,
WALTER HENRY CUMMINGS, Watchmaker, 24, Wilson Street, Middlesbrough,
WILLIAM RICHARD MEGGESON, Estate Agent, Hazeldene, Woodlands Road, Middles-
brough, 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:—
Our invention relates to the employment of thin transparent celluloid or cellu-
loid composition as a substitute for glass, in the lighting of churches dwelling
houses, shops, workshops, factories, railway carriages tram cars and the like
Also as a substitute for glass in the manufacture of show-cases shades for the
protection of artificial flowers, memorials to be placed on graves. fancy window
blinds, miriors, looking glasses and the like
For the purposes of our invention, when used for the glazing of windows and
the like for light and ventilation, we employ a sheet of any suitable and well
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page_text: known tinted or colorless celluloid or celluloid preparation, that is thin and trans-
parent, which we cut into pieces of such sizes and shapes as to fit into the rabbets
or recesses in the sashes or frame of the window we intend to glaze, the smaller
sheets thus provided being then fixed in position by any of the well known means
hitherto employed for fixing panes of glass in like places
In so far as relates to show-cases and the like of the type referred to, we mould
the said sheets by a judicious application of heat until these assume the shape
and configuration desired, which we then mount upon suitable stands or bases in
the usual way.
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In the manufacture of venetian and other blinds we may so color, tint or figure
the said 'sheet.' of celluloid or celluloid preparation as to render the same wholly
or partly obscure, while in the manufacture of mirrors or looking-glasses one
side of the said sheet may be coated with mercury or its equivalent in the usual
way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
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The employment of thin transparent celluloid or celluloid preparation as a
substitute for glass, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 16th day of July 1898.
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GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, London, E C., Agent for the Applicants.