IMPROVEMENTS IN CRUET FRAMES AND CASTERS FOR ADVER- TISING PURPOSES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Baker Phillip Daniels, of Belsize Park, Hampstead,
William Robert Hopcraft, of Regent's Park, both in the County of Middlesex,
and Christopher James, of Fenchurch Street, in the City of London, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CRUET FRAMES AND CASTERS FOR ADVER-
TISING PURPOSES."
Sealed the 8th April 1879, and dated the 11th October 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Baker Phillip Daniels,
William Robert Hopcraft, & Christopher James at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents on the 11th October 1878.
BAKER PHILLIP DANIELS, of Belsize Park, Hampstead, WILLIAM ROBERT
HOPCRAFT, of Regent's Park, both in the County of Middlesex, and CHRISTOPHER
JAMES, of Fenchurch Street, in the City of London. IMPROVEMENTS IN CRUET
FRAMES AND CASTERS FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES."
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This Invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and construction of
cruet frames, stands, and casters in order to render them suitable for exhibiting
advertisements thereon.
For this purpose according to our Invention the sides of a cruet frame, cruet
stand, or caster, are so constructed as to admit of plates of glass, metal, or other
material, on which the advertisement to be exhibited is written, printed, or
otherwise displayed, being slid into grooves or guides formed on the cruet frame or
stand; or the surfaces upon which the advertisements are exhibited may be attached
or fixed to the cruet frame in any other convenient manner, so that they can be
changed for others from time to time when desired.

page_text: The sides of a cruet frame may be of clear or ornamented glass (advantageously
plate glass), the advertisement being written, printed, or displayed on paper or other
materials, and placed at the back of such transparent surfaces so as to be exhibited
in accordance with our Invention.
The handles and other parts of cruet frames and casters are also formed so as to
admit of advertisements being applied to or combined therewith in accordance with
our improvements.
The shape or design and the construction of cruet frames and casters may be
greatly varied, so as to admit of advertisements being exhibited thereon or in
combination therewith without departing from the nature of our improvements.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Baker Phillip Daniels, William Robert Hopcraft, & Christopher
James in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th April 1879.
BAKER PHILLIP DANIELS, of Belsize Park, Hampstead, WILLIAM ROBERT
HOPCRAFT, of Regent's Park, both in the County of Middlesex, and CHRISTOPHER
JAMES, of Fenchurch Street, in the City of London. “IMPROVEMENTS IN CRUET
FRAMES AND CASTERS FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES."
This Invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and construction
of cruet frames, stands, and casters, in order to render them suitable for exhibiting
advertisements thereon.
For this purpose according to our Invention the sides of a cruet frame, cruet
stand, or caster are so constructed as to admit of plates of glass, metal, or other
material on which the advertisement to be exhibited is written, printed, or
otherwise displayed, being slid into grooves or guides formed on the cruet frame or
stand; or the surfaces upon which the advertisements are exhibited may be attached
or fixed to the cruet frame in any other convenient manner, so that they can be
changed for others from time to time when desired.
The sides of a cruet frame may be of clear or ornamented glass (advantageously
plate glass), the advertisement being written, printed, or displayed on paper or
other materials, and placed at the back of such transparent surfaces so as to be
exhibited in accordance with our Invention.
The handles and other parts of cruet frames and casters are also formed so as
to admit of advertisements being applied to or combined therewith in accordance
with our improvements.
The shape or design and the construction of cruet frames and casters may be
greatly varied, so as to admit of advertisements being exhibited thereon or in
combination therewith without departing from the nature of our improvements.
And in order that our improvements may be clearly understood and readily
carried into practice, we will proceed to describe the Drawings hereto
annexed.
Figure 1 shows a plan partly in section; Figure 2, an elevation; and Figure 3,
detail views on a larger scale of some of the parts.
a, a, are plates of glass, on the back of which the advertisements to be exhibited
are mounted. The edges of the plates a, a, slide in grooves formed in the uprights
or pillars b, b, at each corner of the frame, being secured in position by ornamental
screw nuts 6, 61, or otherwise. The plates a thus form the sides of the frame in
which the cruet bottles stand.
The upper end of the handle c is formed with openings c', c', in which adver-
tisements can also be mounted if desired.
Plates of metal or other material may be substituted for the glass plates a, a,
the advertisements being printed on paper and pasted or otherwise secured thereon,
or they may be painted, engraved, or otherwise applied thereto.
We would remark that our improvements are equally applicable to liquor frames
and other similar articles.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice, we would remark that the mounting or applying
advertisements to cruet frames, stands, and casters may be greatly varied without
departing from the novel character of our Invention; what we claim is,-
The improved arrangement and construction of cruet frames, casters, liquor

page_text: frames, and similar articles, in order to admit of advertisements being applied
thereto and exhibited thereon, substantially in the manner herein-before described,
and represented in the Drawings hereto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Christopher James, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
CHRISTOPHER JAMES. (L.S.)