Improvements in Letters for Advertisement Signs.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 9th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 11th Nov.. 1899
Improvements in Letters for Advertisement Signs.
I, ARTHUR COWELL, of 49, Thomas Street, Woolwich, Kent, Sign and Glass
Writer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in sign-letters for advertisement
purposes, its object being to produce or form such letters in such manner that
they will or may be enabled to display the goods of the advertisers or persons
using the same without liability of injury by atmospheric influences, and that
such goods may be utilized in enhancing the ornamental appearance of the
letters, and that the letters will lend themselves to more ornamental decoration
than such letters as hitherto produced, and, withal, will be produced very cheaply.
To this end, in carrying out the invention, I form the letters as glazed incised
letters, by forming the same of wood and by recessing the face thereof both for
the reception of a cover plate of glass, and, more deeply, for the reception of the
goods to be displayed, if any, and for internal decoration, preferably making
the deeper incision trough-shaped with a flat bottom and with converging or
angularly disposed flat sides and ends, the bottom, sides and ends thus forming
the boundaries of a chamber which is closed in by the cover plate of glass, by
which the enclosure is kept free from the access of any damp or wet. To aid in
effecting this, I groove the face of the rebate within which the cover glass is
located for the reception of any suitable adhesive cement serving as a bed to the
glass on its under side, and I close the space between the edges of the glass and
of said rebate by like means so as absolutely to prevent the access of moisture
to the enclosed chamber.
I prefer that the inclined sides and ends of the enclosed chamber should be
decorated by being gilded, as such ornamentation is extremely effective when
applied to such inclined parts, offering brilliant reflecting surfaces in different
planes, but such sides and ends may be ornamented by embossed paper which
may be gilded or by any other suitable means. The bottom of the enclosed
chamber may be similarly decorated, but it lends itself with peculiar advantage
to the placement and display of goods, such, for example, as silks, satins and
the like, which may be bunched up into any desired decorative formation and
pinned or otherwise suitably fastened in position, so as to constitute both a
show of goods and part of the decorative effect of the sign letters.
The same object as regards the formation of the letters may be obtained by
moulding them of the desired construction from suitable plastic material.
Dated this Oth day of Januar 1800
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
Chartered Patent Agents.
321, High Holborn, London, W.C. Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in
I, ARTHUR COWELL, of 49, Thomas Street, Woolwich, Kent, Sign and Glass
Writer, 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 relates to certain improvements in sign letters for advertisement
purposes, its object being to produce or form such letters in such manner that
they will or may be enabled to display the goods of the advertisers or persons
using the same, without liability of injury by atmospheric influences, and that
such goods may be utilized in enhancing the ornamental appearance of the
letters, and that the letters will lend themselves to more ornamental decoration
than such letters as hitherto produced, and, withal, will be produced very cheaply.
On the accompanying drawings:-
Figure 1, represents, in plan, a sign letter formed in accordance with the
invention and
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Figure 2, represents a sectional elevation, as through 2-2, Figure 1, showing,
on the different sides of its centre line, different ways of constructing the letters.
To the end aforesaid, the invention consists in forming the sign letters as
glazed incised letters, by forming the same of wood or other suitable material
and recessing the face thereof, as at a, for the reception of a cover-plate b, of
glass, and more deeply, as at c, for the reception of the goods, d, if any, to be
displayed and for internal decoration, preferably making the deeper recess trough-
shaped with converging or angularly disposed flat sides and ends, as represented,
and with or without a flat bottom, the bottom, sides and ends thus forming the
boundaries of a chamber which is closed by the glass cover-plate, b, by which
the enclosure is kept free from the access of any damp or wet. To aid in effect-
ing this, the face, e, of the rebate, a, within which the cover-glass, b, is located,
is grooved, as at f for the reception of any suitable adhesive cement, q, as a bed
to the underside of the cover, b, and the space between the edges of the cover
and of said rebate is also closed by like means so as absolutely to prevent the
access of moisture to the enclosed chamber.
prefer that the inclined sides and ends of the enclosed chamber should be
decorated by being gilded, as such ornamentation is extremely effective when
applied to such inclined parts offering brilliant reflecting surfaces in different
planes but such sides and ends may be ornamented by embossed paper adhesively
The bottom of the enclosed
applied thereto or by any other suitable means.
chamber may be similarly decorated, but it lends itself with peculiar advantage
to the placement and display of goods, such, for example, as silks, satins and
the like, which may be bunched up into any desired decorative formation and
pinned or otherwise suitable fastened in position, so as to constitute both a show
of goods and part of the decorative effect of the sign letters.
The same object as regards the formation of the letters may be obtained by
moulding them of the desired construction from suitable plastic material.
The underside of the cover-glass, b, at the part above the rebate, a, may be
painted so as to present an external appearance in harmony with the interna
decoration of the chamber and to hide from view the top of the rebate, a, and
the cement, g.
The sides and bottom of the sign letter may be painted, gilded or coated with
any other suitable perservative and decorative material,

page_text: Having now particularly 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:
Sign letters, for advertisement purposes, characterized by being chambered
for the display of goods and for internal ornamental decoration and by being
recessed for a transparent cover plate serving to enclose the chamber and protect
the enclosed goods and the internal decoration from injury by atmospheric
influences, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated 07th love of entomben 1800
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
Chartered Patent Agents.
321, High Holborn, London, W.C. Agents for the Applicant.