A Combination Ornamental Attachment or Fitting for Mantels, Friezes, and other Parts of Fireplaces, also adapted for Walls of Dwellings.
Year: 1896

page_text: A Combination Ornamental Attachment or Fitting for Mantels,
Friezes, and other Parts of Fireplaces, also adapted for Walls of
Dwellings.
I, HENRY CHALK WEBB of 130, Putney Road, Handsworth, in the County of
Stafford, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention pertains to an ornamental attachment or fitting for mantels, friezes,
and other parts of fireplaces, overmantels or mantel mirrors, wall panellings, and
wall parts of dwelling houses, and the same consists in combining with the said
ornamental attachment or fitting a useful domestic article, or a receptacle for articles,
arranged in such a manner that when their use is not required the attachment is
only presented as an ornament, but can instantly be opened to gain access to the
article or articles contained therein.
My ornamental attachment or fitting may take the form of a knob, rosette,
terminal, or panel, and may be constructed from wood, metal, or other suitable
material.
As an example of how I carry my invention into effect I will describe the same in
connection with a knob or rosette when used as an ornamental fitting.
The
I make the said rosette in two transverse parts, the one comprising a neck and
middle part, and the other a cap or closure part; the latter having an ornamental
exterior and, approximately, of the same size as the aforesaid middle part.
interiors of the middle and cap parts are hollowed out so as to form, when closed
together, a spacious receptacle to contain the said article or articles. The cap or
closure part. I preferably hingedly connect to the middle part, and provide a snap
locking means for its affixment.
Within this spacious receptacle I attach an egg-timing glass, or a well or tray for
matches, pins, etceterae, and, in the case of the former article, connect it pivotedly to
the folding down cap or closure so that, immediately the latter or front part of the
ornamental fitting is released, it falls downward into a vertical position, which starts
the running of the sand within the egg-timer upon its passage from one bulb to the
other. By pivotedly connecting the egg-timer to the closure cap I can reverse the
same after being once used, so that another egg can be timed. Although it is
preferable that the cap should be hinged to the middle or carrier part, so as to fall
downwards, still I reserve the right to connect by the one part fitting tightly within
or over the other, or by other suitable means, and the construction of the hollow
interior is varied according to the article or articles required to be carried therein, and
the size of the fitting.
My invention will be found extremely useful in all households, as the said articles
are always in their places without looking at all unsightly; and the adaptation of the
same to other ornamental parts than the one described differs in no essential respect.

page_text: The attachinent or fitting may be connected to the fireplace part by a wood screwed
shank, or other ineans, carried upon its neck part.
Dated this 23rd of October 1896.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.
A Combination Ornamental Attachment or Fitting for Mantels,
Friezes, and other Parts of Fireplaces, also adapted for Walls of
Dwellings.
I, HENRY CHALK WEBB, of Woodside" Lightwoods Road, Upper Hagley Road
(late of 130 Putney Road Handsworth) in the City of Birmingham, Builder, 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 :--
This invention relates to an ornamental attachment or fitting for mantels, friezes,
and other parts of fireplaces, overinantels, mantel mirrors, wall panellings and other
parts of dwelling houses, and general household furniture, and the same consists in
combining with the said ornamental attachment or fitting a useful domestic article or
a receptacle for an article, or articles, arranged in such a manner that when its, or
their, use is not required the attachment is only presented as an ornament, but can
instantly be opened to gain access to the article or articles contained therein.
The ornamental attachment or fitting may take the form of a knob, rosette,
terminal or panel, and may be constructed from wood, metal, or other suitable
material. In the accompanying sheet of drawings an example of how the invention
may be carried into effect in connection with a knob or rosette, when used as an
ornamental fitting, is shown Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, setting forth as the useful article
contained within the fitting an egg timer. These views are respectively an elevation
closed, a longitudinal section in the same position, a longitudinal section opened, and
an elevation of the interior of the last named position. Fig. 5 shows a modified form
with a match tray closetted within the knobs interior, and Fig. 6 a scent bottle; the
Knob in this latter case being made from sheet metal by a stamping or spinning
process.
The same letters of reference are used to indicate like parts in the whole of the
figs.
Referring to Figs. 1-4 the said rosette or knob a is made in two transverse
parts a, a, the one a comprising a neck a and middle parts 5, and the other
part, a cap or closure part a', the latter having an ornamental exterior
approximately of the same outside diameter of the aforesaid middle part. The
interiors c, c, of the parts a' a' are hollowed out, so as to form, when the said parts
are brought together, a spaceous receptacle to contain an article or egg timing
glass d, hereinafter more fully described. The cap or closure part a is hingedly
connected at e to the middle part ab, and a snap connection, consisting of a
yielding metal limb e with a rounded end e³, and a pin e, is connected to the part
for its affixinent when closed.
The egg timing glass d is connectedly pivotedly to the folding-down cap or
closure by a central pin g, through the medium of bifurcated gripping jaws or
their equivalents g², so that the egg timing glass can be turned again, after the sand
in the interior has first run its course, into an acting position. A wood screw or its
equivalent h is provided for the knob's affixment to any part of a frieze or other part
of a dwelling or an article.

page_text: The rosette or knob in its normal position has only the appearance of an ornament,
as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but on releasing the snap fastening means the closure
cap a falls downwardly on its hinge e, into a position shown in Figs. 3 and 4,
carrying with it the egg timing glass, which latter immediately commences to work.
In Figs. 5 and 6 the only difference in the fitting is the substitution for the egg
timing glass of a match receptacle and scent bottle respectively, lettered m, n; the
knob in the case of the scent bottle being a sheet metal one, whereas in the other
forins it is represented as being of wood. In the two last mentioned figs. it will
be observed that the article contained within the knob is not attached to, or carried
by, the closure cap, but that entirely depends upon the nature of the article
enclosed.
Although the closure cap is shown hinged to the middle and carrier part, so as to
fall downwards, the right is reserved to connect the parts tightly fitting the one into
the other, or by a transverse sliding movement.
The invention will be found of considerable utility in all households, both for
wall attachments and furniture, as the articles contained within the said ornament
will be always in their places without looking unsightly. It is intended to apply the
invention to dressing table drawers, to hold hair pins perfumery and other articles
used in making toilet.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
First. An ornamental fitting, rosette, or knob, having a removable front and a
hollow interior, the latter to form a receptacle for a useful article, and the former to
admit access to the said article, substantially as described and set forth.
Second. An ornamental fitting, knob, or rosette, having a removable hinged front a³,
and a hollow interior for the reception of a useful article, substantially as described
and set forth.
Third. An ornamental fitting, rosette, or knob, having a falling hinged front aⓇ
carrying pivotedly connected an egg timing glass d, a hollow interior composed of
parts c, c², forming a receptacle for the said glass and self acting locking means e², e,
for the hinged part, substantially as described.
Fourth. The general construction arrangement and fitting of the parts as set forth.
Dated th: 09-1 day of T..L.. 1007
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Also of Liverpool, London, and Manchester,
Agents for Applicant.