An Improved Method of Preparing Advertising Signs or Devices.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Preparing Advertising Signs or Devices.
I ARTHUR STANLEY QUICK Gentleman of 10 Somerleyton Road Brixton
London 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 :-
My invention relates to the manufacture of placards and signs used for adver-
tising purposes and consists in a novel and improved method of preparing the same
when intended as a substitute for enamelled iron and more especially for outdoor
exposure.
The first part of my invention consists in the preparation of a waterproof base
which I obtain by taking a wire web of large mesh which has first been protected
from rust &c., by being galvanised. Over and upon this web is placed either papier
maché cardboard or paper pulp which has been treated with oil paraffin wax
creosote melted asphalte or other weather and waterproofing substances.
The whole is pressed into plates or boards of the required size and thickness by
hydraulic or other powerful machinery, by which means a base is obtained
possessing the durability of enamelled iron and far surpassing it as regards lesser
weight and cost. This base is preferably stored for some months by which time it
becomes mellow and more able to withstand any variation of temperature to which
it may subsequently be subjected.
Upon this base is then mounted with a hard and waterproof glue the paper
picture printed or other matter it is desired to display. The whole when dry is
then covered with a protecting coat of some hard and transparent varnish, liquid
celluloid, xylonite or other similar substance. The edges of the board or placard
are further protected from injury by fixing a metallic rim upon the edges of the
sheet, this also effectually preventing the entrance of moisture between the paper
and its support. The whole is then ready for exhibition upon walls hoardings &c.
and whilst presenting an appearance equal to that of enamelled iron as before
stated is yet capable of displaying colored pictorial effects impossible with the
former.
A modification of the above process is as follows:-A waterproof base as
previously described is taken and, if so desired, covered with a coat of paint or
color of any required description. A sheet of paper of any color gold or silver
leaf &c. is then placed upon the base and the whole is submitted to powerful
pressure between rollers or dies one or both of which bears a cutting impression of
the letters or device desired upon the card. By this means the colored paper
corresponding to the letters &c. required is forced into the substance of the base
and after receiving a coating of the varnishing substance as described in my first
modification the whole device remains firmly embedded and capable of withstanding
out-door exposure. A similar metal edging as described in the first modification is
then placed round the edging of the placard.
My third modification relates to the manufacture of alphabetical letters figures
or similar signs used for outdoor exposure by affixing to the windows of shops &c.
The letters are stamped out of the base and can be colored by the application of a
coat or coats of paint, by the previous treatment of the surface of the base, or by
the attachment of plain or colored paper by means of pressure rollers as described
in a previous part of this Specification. Or the coloring can be effected by the
addition of some coloring matter to the protecting varnish used.
If desired the letters can be protected by a metallic edging similar in nature to
that already described for the edges of the placards.

page_text: Iam of course aware that the mounting of a picture upon cardboard and its
subsequent varnishing is not novel and I accordingly make no claim thereto, but
having hereinbefore described the nature and scope of my invention and the best
means known to me of carrying out the same what I wish to claim and secure to
myself by Letters Patent is :-
1. The manufacture of advertising placards or boards by the combination of a
special water and weather proof base the mounting of a paper picture or letter
device the application of a protecting coat or varnish and the metallic edging all
and for the purpose as hereinbefore described.
2. The manufacture of advertising placards or boards by the subjection of a
special water and weather proof base to the pressure of rollers stamps or dies for
the purpose of embedding paper devices or signs thereon the same being sub-
sequently protected by varnishing or glazing and the affixing of a metallic protecting
edging all and for the purpose as hereinbefore described..
3. The manufacture of advertising signs figures or devices stamped from a
weather and waterproof base which same can be colored either by the application
of paint or varnish or the impression of colored paper and further strengthened by
the affixing of a metallic protecting edging, all and for the purpose as hereinbefore
described.
In witness whereof I have set my hand this 5th day of January 1892.
ARTHUR STANLEY QUICK.