Rotary Transparent Advertising Lamp.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Rotary Transparent Advertising Lamp.
CORNELIUS WORSICK of 217 Blackburn Road Accrington Lancashire,
Advertising Agent and JoHN LUTHER HAWORTH of 11 Abbey Street Accrington
Lancashire Pianoforte Tuner and Dealer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
It is a rotating lamp for advertising purposes, which shall have five or any less
or larger number of sides, the sides to be of opal glass, or any other transparent
material, which shall be lettered or decorated with a transparent material.
The said lamp shall be placed upon a carriage with two or more wheels, and
shall in its action be propelled from the axle of the carriage wheels.
The lamp to be lighted from the interior, by means of candles, oil lamp or lamps,
or other lighting apparatus.
Dated this 17th day of December 1891.
CORNELIUS WORSICK.
JOHN LUTHER HAWORTH.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Rotary Transparent Advertising Lamp.
CORNELIUS WORSICK of 217, Blackburn Road, Accrington, Lancashire,
Advertising Agent, and JOHN LUTHER HAWORTH of 11, Abbey Street, Accrington,
Lancashire, Pianoforte Tuner and Dealer, 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:-
It is a rotating lamp for advertising purposes, which shall have five or any less
or larger number of sides, the sides to be of opal glass, or any other transparent
material, which shall be lettered or decorated with a transparent material.
The said lamp shall be placed upon a carriage with two or more wheels, and
shall in its action be propelled from the axle of the carriage wheels.
The lamp to be lighted from the interior by means of candles, oil lamp or lamps,
or other lighting apparatus.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is an elevation of our improved rotary, transparent, advertising lamp,
mounted on a light carriage, from the axle of which it derives its motion ;
Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the driving arrangement; and
Fig. 3 is a plan of the same.
Referring to Fig. 1, A is the rotary, advertising lamp, mounted on the lightly
constructed carriage B, which is supported on its axle by the pedestal B' and the
spring B
On the axle of the carriage is pulley C, which through the medium of driving
cord D, passing over guide pulley E gives motion to the pulley F. (seen in dotted
lines) fixed to the underpart of the lamp A.
In Figs. 2 and 3 the driving arrangement will be seen at a glance. In these
views, the endless driving cord D passes round pulley C, attached to the axle of the
vehicle, and after passing over guide pulleys E gives motion to the pulley F and
lamp A, which is mounted on ball bearings G, shewn in Fig. 2. G' is a tightening
screw for regulating the tension of the cord D.
One of the essential features of our invention consists in forming the advertising
panels of the lamp A of plain or opal glass, and pasting or otherwise fixing upon
I Price R71

page_text: them letters in any colour made from transparent paper or other material. When
an advertisement is to be discontinued, it is a simple matter to wash off the letters
from the opal glass, and substitute others in their place. In order that the plain
or opal glass panels may be readily removed, when an advertisement is to be
changed or for any other purpose, they are let into bearings forming the framing
of the lamp, the beading at the top or bottom of the lamp being removable.
The lamp A may be lighted from the interior by means of candles, oil lamps, or
in any other suitable manner.
The shafts of the carriage B may be supported from falling to the ground by the
support H, which when not in use is attached to the hook I. There is also
another support J, which is useful when the support H is not in position; and also
a support K, at the back of the carriage.
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 :-
1. In a rotary, transparent, advertising lamp, constructing the advertising panels
of plain or opal glass, and applying thereto advertisements in the shape of removable
transparent letters.
2. The construction and arrangement of a transparent advertising lamp, rotary
or stationary, substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
Dated this 17th day of September 1892.
THOS. RICHMOND,
Agent.