A NEW OR IMPROVED MOVEABLE FRAME OR ROOFING FOR SHELTERING ESPALIER FRUIT-TREES OR PLANTS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles de Saint-Prix, of Trofontenion, of Ploujean, in the
Republic of France, Knight of the Legion of Honour, for the Invention of
A NEW OR IMPROVED MOVEABLE FRAME OR ROOFING FOR SHELTERING
ESPALIER FRUIT-TREES OR PLANTS."
Sealed the 28th October 1879, and dated the 30th April 1879,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles de Saint-Prix at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th April 1879.
CHARLES DE SAINT-PRIX, of Trofontenion, of Ploujean, in the Republic of France,
Knight of the Legion of Honour. "A NEW OR IMPROVED MOVEABLE FRAME OR
ROOFING FOR SHELTERING ESPALIER FRUIT-TREES OR PLANTS."
My Invention relates to protecting espalier or counter-espalier fruit-trees, or
plants during the blossoming season, and to hastening the ripening thereof, and
consists of a square which may be compared to a frame made of iron wire, provided
at its four angles with little bent hooks in which is placed and held firm a glass
plate forming an inclined roofing which shelters the blossoms or fruits, when the
wire-frame provided with hooks at the top is hooked along the said espaliers. The
wires forming the upper hooks are extended downwards in order to form a support
against the espalier, and these extensions are connected to the front of the frame
by cross-wires, and the latter are connected together in order to give the required
inclination to the roofing and maintain the tame. All these additional parts are
also made of iron-wire. The said frame may be removed with the greatest ease by
means of its upper hooks, and transported from one place to another.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles de Saint-Prix in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th
October 1879.
CHARLES DE SAINT-PRIX, of Trofontenion, of Ploujean, in the Republic of France,
Knight of the Legion of Honour. "A NEW OR IMPROVED MOVEABLE FRAME OR
ROOFING FOR SHELTERING ESPALIER FRUIT-TREES OR PLANTS."
My Invention relates to protecting espalier or counter-espalier fruit trees or
plants during the blossoming season, and to hastening the ripining thereof.
My Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, in which Fig. 1
shows the wire frame without the glass plate; and Fig. 2 shows the same with
the glass plate.
In these Figures similar letters indicate corresponding parts.
My Invention consists of a square a, a, a, a, which may be compared to a frame
made of iron-wire provided at its four angles with little bent hooks b, b, b, b, in
which is placed and held firm a glass plate c forming an inclined roofing which
shelters the blossoms or fruits when the wire frame provided with hooks d, d, at
the top is hooked along the said espaliers. The wires forming the upper hooks are
extended downwards in order to form a support e, e, against the espalier, and these
extensions are connected to the front of the frame by cross-wires f, f, and together
by a longitudinal wire g in order to give the required inclination to the roofing,
and maintain the same; all these additional parts are also made of iron-wire.
The said frame may be removed with the greatest ease by means of its upper
hooks, and transported from one place to another.
The iron-wire may be replaced by sheet-iron, galvanized sheet-iron, zinc, iron,
and even wood.
Having thus fully described my Invention and the manner of carrying the same
into effect, I claim and desire to secure by the said Letters Patent a square frame
made of iron-wire or other suitable material, and provided with hooks and an
inclined glass plate for protecting espalier or counter-espalier fruit-trees or plants
during the blossoming season, and hastening the ripening thereof, constructed
substantially as above described and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles de Saint-Prix, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight-hundred and seventy-nine.
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