An Improved Back for Photograph and Mirror Frames.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1887.
Complete Left, 11th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 26th Apr., 1887.
An Improved Back for Photograph and Mirror Frames.
We, WILLIAM DYKE WILKINSON and FREDERICK FOWLER, of Stanley Works
No. 216 Bradford Street, Birmingham in the County of Warwick stamped brass-
foundry manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
We make the improved back of an agglomerate formed of wood or straw fibre made
into a pulp and pressed to a hard consistency, the same being ornamented and finished
with paint, stain or varnish or other colouring medium. We affix to the edges of the
back thus made a metal rim to which hooks for holding a glass; a strut for supporting
the frame in a vertical position, or other fittings may be attached. The said fittings or
pivots, or studs to attach them to, may either be fixed when the pulp of which the back
is made is in a soft state or when it has been hardened by pressure.
W. DYKE WILKINSON.
FREDERICK FOWLER.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Back for Photograph and Mirror Frames.
We, WILLIAM DYKE WILKINSON and FREDERICK FOWLER of Stanley Works
No. 216 Bradford Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick manufacturers
of stamped brass foundry do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to bo performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:
We make the improved back of an agglomerate formed of wood or straw fibre
made into a pulp and pressed to a hard consistency, the same being ornamented and
finished with paint, stain, varnish or paper in any suitable manner. To the edges of
the back thus made we affix a metal rim, to which hooks for holding the glass usually
used in goods of this character may be attached. The said fittings may either be
affixed when the pulp of which the back is made is in a soft state or after it has been
hardened by pressure and drying. For the purposes of our invention we take a piece
of the fibrous agglomerate before mentioned and bevel it upon the edges either by
placing it on a slope in a cutting machine or otherwise, we then pierce the holes in it
for the various fittings as shown in drawing, and through these holes we pass the
shanks of the said fittings, bending them over as shown. We make a brass rim of
such a section as to clip the said board, and press it on to the top and sides of the
same. We also form a rim of somewhat deeper section to affix to the bottom of the
board and in the bottom of this rim we pierce holes for the bottom claws to pass
through which are held tightly by the pressing of the rim upon the board the top of
the claws being made as shewn by dotted lines at A A. This improved back is
specially adapted to mirrors and photograph frames having bevelled glasses such as
shown in drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :
a
(1) The application of a board formed of an agglomerate of wood or straw fibre to
back" of the description before described.
(2) The method of strengthening and finishing the same by the application of a
metal rim.
(3) The method of attaching the bottom "claws."