Improvements in or relating to Domestic Hearths, Stoves, Fireplaces, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1890-Accepted, 5th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Domestic Hearths, Stoves,
Fireplaces, and the like.
We, FRED ROBINSON of Anchor Pits, Rastrick, Yorkshire, Furniture Dealer, and
ELIZABETH ANN HODGSON of Brighouse, Yorkshire, Ironmonger, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has reference to hearths of fireplaces and to the sides and fronts of
firegrates, stoves, and other like articles.
The object of our invention is to dispense with the ordinary clay or porcelain tile
which is now employed for the hearths of fireplaces, and to substitute therefor a
suitable piece of sheet metal cut and shaped to fit the fireplaces and also to fit within
the fender as may be required, and onto this sheet metal we produce by enamelling,
painting, embossing, glazing, or in any other suitable manner, squares, figures, or
other shapes or designs, so that when such figured plates are placed on the hearth, it
will imitate an ordinary glazed porcelain tiled hearth.
By using a figured sheet metal plate in imitation of tiles for hearths and other
places, there are several advantages over those at present in use, as they can easily be
removed when a tenant is removing from one house to another they can also be
removed for cleaning purposes. They are also cheaper in cost and almost unbreak-
able, in addition to which cinders and other hot coal falling upon the metal tiled
hearth will not destroy or damage it.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1889.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Domestic Hearths, Stoves,
Fireplaces, and the like.
We; FRED ROBINSON, of Anchor Pits, Rastrick, Yorkshire, Furniture Dealer, and
ELIZABETH ANN HODGSON, of Brighouse, Yorkshire, Ironmonger, 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 :-
Our invention has reference to hearths of fireplaces and to the sides and fronts of
fire-grates, stoves, and other like articles.
The object of our invention is to dispense with the ordinary clay or porcelain tile
which is now employed for the hearths of fireplaces, and to substitute therefor a
suitable piece of sheet metal cut and shaped to fit the fireplaces and also to fit within
the fender as may be required, and on this sheet metal we produce squares, figures, or
other shapes or designs, so that when such figured plates are placed on the hearth, it
will imitate an ordinary glazed porcelain tiled hearth.
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The method we employ to produce designs, figures, or shapes upon sheet metal
plates and to make such design permanent is as follows -We first of all roughen or
serrulate the surface of the plate by rollers or other means. The plate is then
immersed in or painted with asbestos, barytes, or other fire resisting compound, the
coating being repeated until the surface is sufficiently covered. The pattern to be
produced on the coated surface is transferred thereon from paper, after which the
design is forced or embedded into the coated surface and the whole made level and
smooth by passing the said plate between squeezing rollers. Afterwards the plate is
glazed or varnished and finally placed in a stove or hot room for the purpose of
drying and hardening the same.

page_text: In some cases we may produce designs on both sides of the plate so as to make it
reversible.
By using a figured sheet metal plate in imitation of tiles for hearths and other
places, there are several advantages over those at present in use, as they can easily be
removed when a tenant is removing from one house to another; they can also be
removed for cleaning purposes. They are also cheaper in cost and almost unbreakable,
in addition to which cindors and other hot coal falling upon the metal tiled hearth will
not destroy or damage it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
The production of designs upon sheet metal plates for use as tiles for domestic
hearths, stoves, fireplaces, and the like, in the manner substantially as herein
described.
Dated this 30th day of Anvil 1800
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.