AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVE- MENTS IN FRAMES FOR PICTURES, DRAWINGS, ENGRAVINGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edwin Haseler, of Wolverhampton, in the County
of Stafford, Artist, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FRAMES FOR PICTURES, DRAWINGS, ENGRAVINGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES."
Sealed the 30th October 1855, and dated the 25th May 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edwin Haseler at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th May 1855.
I, EDWIN HASELER, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Artist,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT
OR IMPROVEMENTS IN FRAMES FOR PICTURES, DRAWINGS, ENGRAVINGS, AND OTHER
SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing metallic frames for pictures, drawings,
engravings, and other similar articles in the following manner:-I take four
strips of sheet metal, having lengths equal to the four sides of the drawing
respectively, and of a breadth somewhat greater than that which it is intended
the finished frame shall have. That portion of each of the said strips which
is intended to form the front of the frame may be ornamented by pressure or
otherwise. The drawing or engraving to be framed is covered with a glass,
and a board is placed at its back. The strips of metal are laid upon the glass

page_text: and bent round the edge thereof, so as to enclose the edges of the said glass,
drawing, and board. The said strips are held in their places by corner pieces,
which are placed at the angles of the frame, which said corner pieces are
fastened together by wires passing across the back of the frame. The said
corner pieces may be made ornamental, and of metal or other suitable
material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edwin Haseler in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd November 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWIN
HASELER, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Artist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Edwin Haseler, Her special licence that I, the said Edwin Haseler,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edwin
Haseler, 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 "AN IMPROVEMENT OR
IMPROVEMENTS IN FRAMES FOR PICTURES, DRAWINGS, ENGRAVINGS, AND OTHER
SIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Edwin Haseler, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
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 Tetters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edwin Haseler, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof (that is to say):-
My Invention consists in constructing metallic frames for pictures, drawings,
engravings, and other similar articles in the manner herein-after described, and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.

page_text: Figure 1 represents, in elevation, the back of a frame constructed according
to my Invention; and Figure 2 represents, in elevation, part of the front of the
same; Figure 3 represents an edge view of the frame, and Figure 4 repre-
sents a vertical section of the frame taken through the line a, Figure 1.
b, c, d, e, are four strips of metal, having lengths equal or nearly equal to the
four sides respectively of the drawing to be framed. The said strips of metal
have a breadth somewhat greater than that which it is intended the finished
frame shall have. That portion of each of the said strips which forms the
front of the finished frame may be ornamented by pressure, or by any other
suitable process. The drawing or engraving to be framed is covered with a
glass f, and a board g is placed at the back of the said drawing or engraving.
The strips of metal b, c, d, e, are laid upon the glass, and bent round the edge
thereof, so as to embrace or enclose the edges of the said glass, drawing, and
board, as will be understood by reference to Figure 4. The strips b, c, d, e,
are held in their places by corner pieces h, i, k, l, which said corner pieces aro
placed at the angles of the frame and in front of the said frame. The said
corner pieces are provided with eyes or connectors, marked m, and when the
said corner pieces are placed in front and at the angles of the frame, and the
opposite eyes or connectors of the said corner pieces are joined together by
means of wires n, n, passing across the back of the frame, the parts of the said
frame become securely bound together. The said corner pieces h, i, k, l, may
be made ornamental, and may be composed of metal or other suitable material.
Although for convenience of description I have described the strips b, c, d, e,
as flat pieces of metal placed upon the glass f, and afterwards bent over the
edge of the said glass, drawing, and board, yet I make the said strips of the
trough-like form, represented in Figure 4, before I proceed to construct frames
from the said strips. Instead of connecting together the corner pieces by
wires n, n, the said corner pieces may be connected together by elastic bands;
and in large frames rods furnished at one end with a right-handed and at the
other end with a left-handed screw may be employed in place of the wires
n, n, the screwed ends of the said rods engaging in the eyes or connectors m;
or, instead of connecting the corners together by wires, bands, or rods, I some-
times connect the said corners to the back board g by pins, screws, or other
connectors.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise details berein described, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of my said Invention; but I claim as my
Invention the method herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying

page_text: Drawing, of constructing frames for pictures, drawings, engravings, and other
similar articles, that is to say, by constructing the said frames upon the glass
and back board of the Drawing as a foundation, the sides of the said frame
being made to enclose or grasp the edges of the said glass, drawing, and back
board, and held together by corner pieces connected at the back of the frame.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edwin Haseler, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of November, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five.
Witness,
CHARLES COTTON.
EDWIN HASELER. (L.B.)