IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL FITTINGS FOR FURNITURE
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Uriah Seott, of Camden Town, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL
FITTINGS FOR FURNITURE."
Sealed the 17th October 1856, and dated the leth April 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Uriah Scott at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th April
1856.
I, URIAN SCOTT, of Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
METAL FITTINGS FOR FURNITURE," to be as follows :-
Firstly, the improvements consist in making rings of half round or other
shaped or stamped metal; and instead of taking a tube to form a ring, I only
take one-half, and bend it round a mandrel, or any other suitable apparatus; I
then fasten the ends together, when made of brass, copper,or zinc, with solder,
or rivet them, when made of iron; the iron rings I enamel, vitrify, or japan,
and the others to be finished in the usual way; I then take a cord of any soft
material, or a band of felt, cane, wicker, gutta-percha, or other material, and
fix it inside of the ring, which will keep inside of the hollow formed by the
half tube. I then make a hole through the ring and the cord, or other
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page_text: material, and passing the eye through thein, and place a washer at the end
of the eye, and rivet them as usual; and when the ring is made of a whole
tube I make the eye of lead or other soft material, or I insert a piece of lead
in some part of the ring, which will have the effect of lessening vibration.
Secondly, my improvements consist in cornices and poles and ends; the
cornices I make of stamped sheet iron, and enamel, vitrify, or japan them;
the poles I make of sheet iron, and the ends also. I lap the edges of the
poles together, and the ends I stamp out; I then enamel, vitrify, or japan
them. To prevent vibration in them, I adopt the following method for the
poles: I make them of any metal, without joining the edges together; I
then shape a slip of wood in form of the letter T; I then cover the bottom
part with a slip of felt, cloth, or other suitable material; I then insert it in
the slot of the pole, which will keep the edges of the metal apart, and by
that means prevent or lessen vibration. The felt or cloth, or any other
suitable material, can be used with or without the wood, or the wood cau
be used alone, or, I in some cases, join the edges of the pole together; I then
make holes in the pole, and insert lead in the holes I make in small pieces, or
felt or other soft material which will lessen vibration.
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Thirdly, my improvements consist in making castors, and the wheels of
castors of metal, in combination with other material. The wheels I make in
some cases in two parts, so as to represent two washers, with holes through
the centres, and between the two I place glass, felt, gutta percha, mixed with
other materials. When I make my castor and wheel of iron, I enamel, vitrify,
or japan them; the wheel that is made of glass, felt, or gutta percha, or
other suitable material, I should make as follows:-The wheel to be larger
in diameter than the washers; I then fasten the two washers with the felt
or other material between them, with a bolt, rivet, or other suitable con-
trivance, or by casting or forming the pin on one of the washers, and a hole
in the other, and place the suitable material between them, and riveting
the whole together, which will form the wheel of the castor.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Uriah Scott in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th October 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, URIAH
SCOTT, of Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer; send 3
greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her. reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Uriah Scott, Her special licence that I, the said Uriah Scott, my
executors, administrators, and assigus, or such others as 1, the said Uriah
Scott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time. and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL
FITTINGS FOR FURNITURE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Uriah Scott, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particu-
larly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Iuvention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Uriah Scott, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say: -
First, the improvements consist in making curtain rings of half round or
other shapes or stamped metal; and instead of taking a tube to make a ring,
I only take one-half, 'and bend it round a mandril or other suitable contrivance;
I then fasten the ends together, when made of brass, copper, or zinc, with
solder, or rivet them, when made of iron, or stamp them out of sheet metal; I
then vitrify, enamel, or japan them when made of iron, and the others I finish
in the usual way; I then take a cord of any soft material, or a band of felt,
cane, wicker, gutta percha, or other material, and fit it inside of the ring,
which will keep inside of the hollow formed by the half tube; I then make a
hole through the ring, and the cord or other material, and passing the eye
through them, and place a washer at the end of the eye, and rivet them as
usual. When the ring is made of a whole tube, I make the eye of lead or
other soft material, or-I insert a piece of lead in some part of the ring, which
will have the effect of lessening vibration.
Secondly, my improvements consist in making cornices, poles, and ends of
metal, in combination with other material. The cornices I make of stamped
sheet iron; I then enamel, vitrify, or japan them. The poles I make of sheet

page_text: iron, and the ends also; I lap the edges of the poles together, and the ends of
the poles I stamp out; I then enamel, vitrify, or japan them. To prevent
vibration in them I adopt the following method for the poles:-I make them
of any metal without joining the edges together; I then shape a slip of wood
in form of the letter T; I then cover the bottom part with a piece of felt,
cloth, or other suitable soft material; I then insert it in the slot of the pole,
which will keep the edges of the metal apart, and by that means prevent or
lessen vibration. The felt or cloth, or other suitable material, can be used
without the wood, or the wood can be used alone, or, in some cases, I join the
edges of the pole together; I then make holes in the pole, and insert lead
in the holes in small pieces, and burr them on the inside and outside of the
pole, to keep them tight, which will lessen vibration.
Thirdly, my improvements consist in making castors, and the wheels of
castors, of metal, in combination with other materials. The wheels I make in
some cases in two parts, so as to represent two cups or washers, and with
holes through their centres, aud in some cases I place between two washers
glass, felt, gutta percha, or other suitable material; I should make them as
follows: The wheel of glass, felt, gutta percha, or other suitable material to
be larger in diameter than the washers; I then fasten the two washers, with
the glass, felt, or other material between them, with a bolt, rivit, or other
suitable contrivance, or by casting or forming the pin on one end of the
washers, and rivet them together, which will form the wheel of a castor.
When I make my cup, horn, or wheel of cast, malleable, or stamped, or
forged iron, I enamel, vitrify, or japan the whole castor, or any part of the
castor.
Now, in order fully to describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to performed, I have hereto
annexed illustrative Drawings, which are herein-after referred to by words,
figures, and letters following.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a cornice pole, with a slot in it to contain or
hold the felt and T-shaped piece of wood. a, the pole; b, the T-shaped
piece of wood; c, the felt.
Fig. 2 is an end view of a cornice pole. a, the pole; b, the wood; c, the
felt. It will be seen when the wood is inserted in the slot of the pole it
will keep the edges of the metal apart, and prevent or lessen vibration.
Fig. 3 is a side view of a curtain ring, formed of a half tube, with a piece
of cord inserted in the hollow. a, the cord; b, the ring; c, the eye; d, the
washer.

page_text: Fig. 4 is a section of a curtain ring. a, the cord; b, the ring; c, the eye;
d, the washer.
Fig. 5, a side view of wheel or bowl of a castor made of stamped metal.
Fig. 6, a section. a, the inner washer or cup; b, the outer one.
Fig. 7, a side view of wheel of a castor, with felt or other material
between two washers. a, the felt; b, the washer.
Fig. 8, a section. a, the felt; b, b, two washers.
Fig. 9, a side view of a bowl of a castor, with metal, glass, and felt com-
a, the glass; b, the washer.
bined. a,
Fig. 10, a section. a, the glass; b, b, the washers; c, c, the felt.
And I declare that I claim the said Invention of the nature and character
stated at the commencement of this Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said Uriah Scott, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
URIAH SCOTT. (L.S.)