A Method of securing Glass Beads on Metal Plates or any Woven Fabric for Decorative Purposes
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Method of securing Glass Beads on Metal Plates or any Woven
Fabric for Decorative Purposes.
We, GEORGE WILLIAMS, Artist, 286, King's Road, Chelsea, S.W., and RICHARD
FYNES BARRETT LENNARD, Electrical Engineer, 2, Foulis Terrace, London, S.W.,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
A method of securing glass beads on metal plates or any woven fabric for
decorative purposes. We effect this by using thin plates perforated with small
holes close together or we may use woven fabrics. We make with wire, designs,
letters or devices on which we string glass beads. The design thus formed is
placed in position on the perforated plates &c., and at convenient distances are
tied thereon with thin wires passing over any part of the design, through the
perforated plates or other woven material. A very beautiful effect is produced by
this arrangement especially for illuminated signs and it is well adapted for window
blinds, it showing the design perfectly transparent both back and front.
Dated this 12th dov of
لتسجيل
100
GEORGE WILLIAMS.
RICHARD FYNES BARRETT LENNARD.
A Method of securing Glass Beads on Metal Plate or any Woven
Fabric for Decorative Purposes.
We, GEORGE WILLIAMS, of 286, King's Road, Chelsea, in the County of London,
Artist, and RICHARD FYNES BARRETT LENNARD, of 2, Foulis Terrace, in the said
County of London, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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Our invention relates to the securing of glass and like beads upon metal plates,
woven fabrics, or the like, and is chiefly designed for the construction of ornamental
signs for shop fronts and other purposes, either in the form of transparencies or
otherwise. Our improvements are, however, also obviously applicable to the
manufacture of blinds, screens, and various other objects intended for decorative
purposes.
In the accompanying drawing we have shown how our said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a portion of a shop front or facia with part
of a sign thereon formed according to our said invention, and
Figure 2 is a rear view thereof showing more clearly our improved method of
attaching or securing the ornamental bead work in position.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
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page_text: c, c are
a is a portion of the shop front or facia; b is the ground or back of perforated
sheet metal upon which the bead work is secured as hereinafter described.
glass or other transparent beads, which are strung upon convenient lengths of
wire and being arranged to form patterns, or designs are secured in place upon
the perforated sheet metal b by passing the projecting extremities of the wires d
through the perforations b, and bending them over as shown at d¹ Figure 2.
glass or other medallions which latter may be secured in place by inserting the
flanges or edges thereof beneath the overhanging portions of the adjacent bead
work as shown.
e, e are
In order to cause the light, which may be artificial or otherwise, to shine through
the glass or other transparent beads c, which are preferably of a variety of colours,
and thus greatly enhance or increase the beauty of the effect, we, in some instances,
fill in the spaces between the rows, circles, curves, or other arrangements of beads
with some suitable opaque material f. When artificial light is employed the said
ornamental device may form one side of a box-like article within which is the
illuminating means.
When the strings of beads are of considerable length and it becomes necessary
or desirable to provide one or more attachments at a point or points intermediary
between the ends of the wires upon which the said beads are strung, we employ for
such purpose a wire tie such as that shown at g, which latter consists of a piece of
thin wire passed or rove over the main wire holding the beads, the two ends being
then brought through adjacent holes in the perforated sheet metal band secured
by twisting together in the ordinary or well-known manner. This latter method
of securing the strings of beads to the perforated sheet metal b may be likewise
employed in cases where the nature of the design does not readily lend itself to
the attachment thereof by passing the ends of the bead wire through the said
perforated sheet metal, and bending over the same as herein before mentioned,
as for example in the case of the circles or rings of beads shown in the drawing.
Although we have hereinbefore, by way of example, described the method we
prefer to employ for securing the bead work to a bead or ground consisting of
perforated sheet metal, it will be readily understood that we can in a practically
similar manner secure or attach the said beadwork to wire gauze or to a woven
fabric of any suitable description, or to sheet metal or other material without
perforations other than those necessary to admit of the attachment thereto of the
bead work, or with such perforations only as may be necessary for the latter purpose
and for admitting light to both sides of the said beads.
It will be readily understood that we can produce in the above described manner
letters, numierals, figures, devices, and designs of any desired pattern, and it will
be seen that these, when arranged to form transparencies, will be equally trans-
parent from both the front and rear.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. The method of securing or attaching glass or other transparent or semi-trans-
parent beads or the like to, a perforated metal, or other back, or ground,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The improved method of securing or attaching glass or other transparent or
semi-transparent beads or the like to a suitably perforated back or ground
substantially as set forth and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
3. The manufacture of an ornamental device with glass beads or the like
substantially as set forth and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
A. F. SPOONER,
323, High Holborn, London, Agent for the Applicants.