Improvements relating to the Formation and Displayal of Letters, Words, or Advertisements on Glass Windows, Show Cases, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Formation and Displayal of Letters,
Words, or Advertisements on Glass Windows, Show Cases, and
the like.
I, JOHN WILLIAM BEAUFORT, of Colmore Row, in the City of Birmingham,
Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements relating to the displayal of letters,
words, or advertisements on glass windows, show cases and the like, my object
being to readily form the required letters, words, or device, upon the glass, and
in such a manner as to produce a very effectual displayal of the same.
I form the letters in accordance with my invention from a number of discs of
brass, copper, or other material, the same discs or type of discs being employed
for the formation of any letter of the alphabet. The discs are preferably of a cup
or dish shape each having a rim or flange by which it is fixed to the glass by suit-
able cement, glue, or in any convenient manner. At the central bottom part of
the dish or recess in each disc I preferably form a projecting spherical surface to
improve the appearance of the letters, and enable them to be seen to better
advantage under any condition of the light.
I adapt my system of building up the letters from a number of separate discs
to the formation of devices for displayal upon windows, show cases, and the like.
I vary the shape or configuration of my dises as may be necessary to produce
the most effectual displayal and the most compact arrangement of the letters for
any particular service.
Dated this 28th day of Santambor 1907
Improvements relating to the Formation and Displayal of Letters,
Words, or Advertisements on Glass Windows, Show Cases, and
the like.
I, JOHN WILLIAM BEAUFORT, of Colmore Row, in the City of Birmingham,
Photographer, 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 consists of improvements relating to the displayal of letters,

page_text: words, or advertisements on glass windows, show cases, and the like, my object
being to readily form the required letters, words, or devices, upon the glass and
in such a manner as to produce a very effectual displayal of the same.
to:
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 a sectional end elevation representing
one of my specially formed metallic discs or pieces for advertisement purposes.
Figure 3 illustrates, to a smaller scale, the formation of the letter E from my
discs.
Figure 4 represents a modification in the shape of the discs enabling a given
number to be placed within a smaller compass than with the shape shown at
Figure 1.
I form the letters in accordance with my invention from a number of dises such
as illustrated, of brass, copper, tinsel, or other material, the same discs or type
of discs being employed for the formation of any letter of the alphabet. The discs
are of a cup or dish shape each having a rim or flange by which it is fixed to the
glass by suitable cement, glue, or in any convenient manner. At the central
bottom part of the dish or recess in each disc I form a projecting spherical surface
to improve the appearance of the letters, and enable them to be seen to better
advantage under any condition of the light.
I adapt the system of building up the letters from a number of my specially
formed discs to the formation of various devices for displayal upon windows, show
cases, and the like.
I vary the shape or configuration of my discs as may be necessary to produce
the most effectual displayal and the most compact arrangement of the letters for
any particular service, but in all cases employ the dished or recessed formation
with the projecting spherical surface such as described.
said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The construction and use of discs or pieces such as hereinbefore described for
the formation and displayal of letters, words, or advertising devices on glass
windows, show cases, and the like.
Dated th
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.