Means of Surrounding Electric or other Lights with a Vessel or Lining of Glass or other Material containing Liquids.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 3rd June, 1897-Accepted, 31st July, 1897
OVISIONAL
A Means of Surrounding Electric or other Lights with a Vessel or
Lining of Glass or other Material containing Liquids.
EDWARD JOHN MACREADY 39 Hampden Street Higher Tranmere Cheshire
Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An apparatus or appliance to be used for encirclying or covering lights whether
electric lights, gas lights, incandescent lights, candle lights and every description
of oil burning lights and all other description of illuminating or lighting appliances
or apparatus whatsoever-with a vessel or lining of divers patterns, shapes and
devices which will contain liquids or fluids of all kinds such as water, distilled
water, glycerine, acids, dyes, & chemical or vegetable compounds of every
description and of every variety of color and combination of colors.
The vessel or liquid container will form a lining or envelope surrounding the
lights or placed in the front or side or top or bottom of the lights or otherwise in
proximity to the light the lining will be filled with liquid and the light will shine
through the lining and the liquid thus intensefying and increasing the brilliancy of
the light or subduing the light or transmitting different colors or combinations of
colors according to the nature or color of the liquid within the lining.
The lining or vessel will be constructed of glass, china, earthenware, porcelain or
other material or composition which will transinit light. The fittings will be of
brass, bronze, copper, tin steel, iron aluminium, zinc, lead, silver, gold or other
composition or metal capable of being used in the fitting of the vessel or container
in position.
'T'he vessel or container will have inlets (and or) outlets with stoppers for the
purpose of inserting or removing the liquid or liquids.
The vessel or container will be transparent or opaque-plain or embossed, cut,
figured, ground, decorated with designs-will form one chamber or be separated
into various chambers for the receptacle of one kind of liquid or for a variety of
liquids or for one clear or one colored liquid or a combination of colored or clear
liquids.
The invention is intended for application to all illuminating mediums and will
be applied for ornamental and decorative purposes railway signals, ship signals,
lighthouses and applied to all lights or means of illuminating of streets, roads,
public buildings, private houses offices, shops, works, warehouses, ships, railway
carriages, theatres, music halls, mansions machinery, vehicles, surgical &
scientific appliances and to every and all means of lighting or illuminating of
whatsoever nature or in whatsoever position or capacity lights or means of
illuminating are used or applied.
The expansion of the liquid will be provided for by means of empty chambers or
chamber arranged to allow for the expansion or contraction of the liquid.
The title of the apparatus or appliance will be "The Aqualux."
Dated this First day of September 1896.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Means of Surrounding Electric or other Lights with a Vessel or
Lining of Glass or other Material containing Liquids.
EDWARD JOHN MACREADY 39 Hampden Street Higher Tranmere Cheshire
Surveyor 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 :-
An apparatus or appliance to be used for encircling or covering or being placed
in proximity to electric lights, gas lights, incandescent lights, candle lights and
every description of oil burning lights and all other illuminating or lighting
appliances or apparatus whatsoever-consisting of a vessel or lining of divers
patterns shapes and devices which will contain liquids or fluids of all kinds such
as water, distilled water glycerine, acids, dyes and chemical or vegetable compounds
of every description and of every variety of color and combination of colors.
The vessel or liquid container will form a lining or envelope surrounding the
light or placed in front or side or top or bottom of the light or otherwise in
proximity to the light, the lining will be filled with liquid through the stopper "A"
and the light will shine through the lining and the liquid thus intensefying and
increasing the brilliancy of the light or subduing the light, or transmitting different
colors or combinations of colors according to the nature or color of the liquid within
the lining.
The lining or vessel will be constructed of glass, china, earthenware, porcelain,
or other material or composition which will transmit light the fittings will be of
brass, bronze, copper, tin steel, iron, aluminium, zinc, lead, silver gold, or any other
composition or metal capable of being used in the fitting of the lining or container
in position.
The vessel or container will have inlets (and or) outlets with stoppers for the
purpose of inserting or removing the liquid or liquids.
The vessel or container will be transparent or opaque, plain or embossed, cut,
figured, ground decorated with designs, will form one chamber or be separated into
various chambers for the receptacle of one kind of liquid or for a variety of liquids
or for one clear or one colored liquid or a combination of clear or colored liquids.
The invention is intended for application to all illuminating mediums and will be
applied for ornamental and decorative and other purposes where light is used or
required in railway signals, ship signals, lighthouses and applied to all lights or
means of illuminating of streets, roads, public buildings, private houses, offices,
shops, works, warehouses ships, railway carriages, theatres, music halls, mansions
machinery vehicles surgical & scientific appliances and to every and all means of
lighting or illuminating of whatsoever nature or in whatsoever position or capacity
light, or means of illuminating is used or applied. An india rubber tube or tubes
with a collapsible ball or balls attached thereto will be inserted (when required)
through the stopper "A" or through some other part of the vessel or lining and
the collapsible ball or balls will contain concentrated coloured chemicals which can
at will be injected into the vessel or lining and thus apart from or in combination
with the liquid within the vessel or lining will cause a change of color or combination
of changes of color.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :--
"A novel apparatus consisting of a vessel or lining of glass for holding liquids to
be used in connection with artificial lights."
Dated this First day of June One thousand eight hundred