Improvements in Means for Posting Display and Contents Bills and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 27th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Posting Display and Contents Bills and
the like.
I, JAMES TUFNAIL, of 4, Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berkshire, Newsagent,
do hereby declare the nature of this said invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to improvements on the invention for which Letters Patent
have been granted to me No. 13212, of July 19th 1892, and consists in details of
construction intended to render such device more complete and serviceable.
The wire frame described and shown in that Specification is of rectangular form.
I propose according to my improved arrangement to form the lower end with a
downwardly projecting part at each side, these parts forming the hinge, when
attached to the board by a small plate, having a recessed end in which the wire
lies, so that the frame can be turned around the axis formed by the extensions.
The central part thus extends above the hinge, and serves to grip the bill in the
same manner as the sides. The projections which enter the paper and pin it to the
board, are formed in an improved manner by cutting the wire frame at suitable
points in a slanting direction by a chisel the cut parts being bent up to form the spikes.
Instead of fastening the frame by a button, which is liable to be tampered with,
the ends of the wire forming a frame are fastened at the upper end by a tube,
furnished with a projecting arm, which passes through a hole in the board and is
fastened by a wedge attached to a chain, at the back, pushed through a slot in the
arm, fixing the whole arrangement tightly to the board. With the arrangement of
wire frame and spikes, wind is sometimes liable to blow under the bill at the edges,
and tear it. To obviate this I employ a wind guard consisting of a strip of wood
or other material fastened to the board at the sides, close against the wire, which
thus grips the paper between it and the projecting strip, effectually preventing the
entrance of wind.
Dated this 24th day of March 1893.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Means for Posting Display and Contents Bills and
the like.
I, JAMES TUFNAIL of 4, Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berkshire, 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 improvements on a former invention for which Letters
Patent have been granted to me No. 13212 dated July 19th 1892, and consists in
details of construction whereby such device is rendered more complete and
serviceable.
The wire frame described and shown in the said former Specification is of a
plain rectangular form. Now according to my present arrangement I propose to
form the lower limb or side of such frame with a downwardly projecting part at
each side, these parts forming the hinge when attached to the board by small
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page_text: plates, each formed with a recess in which the wire lies, so that the frame can be
turned around the axis formed by the said extensions. The central part of the
lower side or end of the frame thus extends above the hinges and serves to grip
the bill in the same manner as the vertical sides. The projections which enter the
paper and pin it to the board, are formed in an improved manner by cutting the
wire frame at suitable points in a slanting direction by means of a chisel, the cut
parts being bent outwards to form the spikes. Instead of fastening the frame by
a button, which is liable to be tampered with, the ends of the wire forming the
frame may be fastened at the upper end or side by a tube furnished with a
projecting arm, which is passed through a hole in the board and fastened by means
of a wedge attached to a chain at the back, the said wedge being forced through a
slot in the arm so as to fix the frame and the bill gripped thereby tightly to the
board. Instead of fixing the ends of the frame in a tube, they may be welded or
otherwise fixed together, the arm projecting in the same manner. In order to
prevent wind from blowing underneath the bill at the edges, I employ a wind
guard consisting of strips of wood or other material attached to the board at the
sides and top close against the wire which thus grips the paper between it and
the said projecting strips effectually preventing the entrance of wind underneath
the bill or poster.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings
Fig. represents a front view of my improved board for posting display and
other bills, and Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section thereof.
Fig. 3 is a section to a larger scale of the clamp or device for tightly fixing the
frame to the board, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the slotted projecting arm of the same.
Fig. 5 shows one of the projecting spikes formed or cut on the inside edge of
the frame.
a is the wire frame hinged to the front of the board by means of plates c
formed so as to receive the bent or downwardly projecting parts a' of the lower
side or end of the frame, thus leaving the central portion a² of the said lower side
or end to project above the hinges so as to grip the bill in the same manner as the
vertical sides. The upper side of the frame at the centre is furnished with a
projecting arm d formed with a slot d'. This arm is passed through a hole in the
board and a wedge shaped key e attached by means of a chain e' to the back of the
board, is forced through the slot d' against the back of the board so as to tightly
clamp or secure the frame a and consequently the bill or poster to the board.
The projections for pinning the paper to the board are shown at ƒ in Fig. 5,
being cut out of the wire frame by means of a chisel and bent outwards as shown to
form spikes. 9, 9, are strips of wood or other material attached to the vertical and
top sides of the front of the board just clear of the frame a to prevent wind from
getting between the board and the bill or poster, the latter being tightly gripped
between the strips and the frame.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
(1.) In improved means for posting display and contents bills and the like, the
combination with the pivoted frame a of the clamping or fixing device consisting of
the projecting arm d formed with a slot d' and wedge shaped key e substantially as
described and for the purpose specified.
(2.) In means for posting display and contents bills and the like, the combination
of the pivoted frame a, provided with the clamping device as above claimed, and
the strips attached to the front of the board b, outside of and contiguous to the
frame a, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
(3.) The combination with the pivoted frame a of the spikes or projections fcut
in a slanting direction by means of a chisel and bent outwards substantially as
described and for the purpose specified.

page_text: (4.) The pivoted frame a formed with downwardly projecting parts a¹ taking into
recesses formed in the plates c so as to constitute hinges, substantially as described
and shown.
(5.) The improved means for posting display and contents bills and the like,
substantially as described and shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 27th day of December 1893.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.