PRESERVING WITHOUT LOSS OF HEAT ALL WINDOWS, GLASS ROOFS, FALSE Roors, &C. FROM THE EFFECTS OF CONDENSATION AND DAMP, AND ALSO FROM THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL SMOKE, SOOT, AND DUST
Year: 1855

page_text: in the Rue de l'Echiquier, at Paris, in the Empire of France, for the
Invention of "PRESERVING WITHOUT LOSS OF HEAT ALL WINDOWS, GLASS
ROOFS, FALSE Roors, &C. FROM THE EFFECTS OF CONDENSATION AND DAMP, AND
ALSO FROM THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL SMOKE, SOOT, AND DUST."
Sealed the 5th June 1855, and dated the 2nd January 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Claude Jules Fincken at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd January 1855.
I, CLAUDE JULES FINCKEN, Glass Merchant, of No. 36, in the Rue de
l'Echiquier, at Paris, in the Empire of France, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "PRESERVING WITHOUT LOSS OF HEAT ALL WINDOWS,
GLASS ROOPS, FALSE ROOFS, &C. FROM THE EFFECTS OF CONDENSATION AND DAMP,
AND ALSO FROM THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL SMOKE, SOOT, AND DUST," to be as
follows:-
I
propose to fix a rod or slip of zinc, sheet iron, glass, or any suitable
metal or material, of a triangular form, at the places where the glass is joined,

page_text: with a notch at each end, and a pointed curve.at 'or about the centre, at which
place I make a hole or opening as large às may be found necessary, according
to the dimensions of the
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Claude Jules Fincken in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th June 1855.
A
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CLAUDE
JULES. FINCKEN, Glass Merchant, of No. 36, in the Rue de l'Echiquier, at
Paris, in the Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of Januar in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her lièirs and successors; give and grant unto me, the
said Claude Jules Fincken, Her special license that I, the said Claude Jules
Fincken, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I
the said Claude Jules Fincken, 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 of "PRE-
SERVING WITHOUT LOSS OF HEAT ALL WINDOWS, GLASS ROOFS, FALSE ROOFS, &c.
FROM THE EFFECTS OF CONDENSATION AND DAMP, AND ALSO FROM THE EFFECTS OF
EXTERNAL SMOKE, SOOT, AND DUST," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Claude Jules Fincken, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the mature s
nature of the said
Invention; and in what manner the san
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 Claude Jules Fincken, do hereby declare
the nature of my "said Invention, and in what manner the same is to bel
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawing hereto annexed, and.to
the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to improved means or apparatus for removing or
carrying away, the water produced by condensation upon the interior, of glass;

page_text: roofs, skylights, windows, and other glazed structures, without at the same.
time allowing the heat to escape from, or the admission of smoke, dust, soot,
&c. to, the interior of the building.
..
Figure 1 of the Drawing represents a front elevation of my improved frame
or gutter; Figure 2, a plan of the same; Figure 3, a back elevation of the
frame, shewing the groove; Figure 4, a plan of the same; and Figure 5, a
section of the frame or gutter, with the panes or sheets of glass in their proper
position, so as to shew the manner in which the water is carried away. This
frame or gutter is composed of wood, sheet iron, zinc, glass, or other suitable
material, which is made or bent in the shape shewn in the section, Figure 5.
that they
At the extremity of each gutter a piece is cut out, so as to allow it to fit in
the rabbet of the wooden sash, as represented at Figures 1 & 2. A piece is
also cut out of the centre G, Figures 1 and 2, for the escape of the condensed
water. They are each made so as to form a double incline, by which the
water is conveyed to the aperture B, which is of a sufficient size as will allow
it to escape to the exterior of the roof, &c. The drainage of the water will be
best understood by referring to the section, Figure 5, and plan, Figure 2, in
which the arrows represent the course of the water, which, condensing upon
the under side of the sheet of glass A, Figure 5, falls down upon the gutter C,
which being inclined downwards, as shewn in the plan, Figure 2, causes the
water to draw to the central opening G, from whence it passes to top of
the next sheet of glass B, Figure 5, and thus carried off to the spout or other
receptacle. Each sheet or sheets of glass must be cut to the shape of frame,
as represented in plan, Figure 2, in the groove of which they may be cemented
by putty, or other means. The lower part of the sheet of glass, which over-
laps the ridge E of the frame, is secured to a notch or slit, in the latter by a
leaden hook or band, in the usual manner. The height of the ridge E may be
varied, as well as the shape of the gutter or frame, according to circumstances.
The advantages derived from the adoption of this system of draining the
condensed water from roofs of hothouses, &c. must be obvious, as the annoy-
ance and injury, sustained by dropping the water is entirely removed, and thus
the most valuable articles may be left exposed without danger of being injured
from this source. Its simplicity must also recommend its adoption by the
owners of hothouses, conservatories, public and private buildings which con-
tain glass roofs or skylights.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that what I

page_text: claim is, the construction and use of the frames or gutters for the purpose
herein-before described and referred to in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Claude Jules Fincken, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
C. J. FINCKEN. (L.S.)