IMPROVEMENTS IN HINGES.
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Jolin Newbery, of Rose Cottage,
Woodland Grove East, Greenwich, in the County of Kent, for
A commu-
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HINGES.".
nication.
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Sealed the 3rd August 1853, and dated the. 3rd February 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George John
Newbery at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, witli
his Petition, on the 3rd February 1853.
I, GEORGE JOHN NEWBERY, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HINGES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in making the sides of hinges of several
pieces of wood, metal, or other material, separately or combined,
which are glued, soldered, screwed, or otherwise connected together,
instead of forming each side of the hinge of one and the same piece,
as hitherto practised; and this is effected in the following manner,
reference being had to the illustrative Drawing hereunto annexed
explanatory of the construction thereof.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Fig. 1, exhibits a side elevation of a hinge constructed according,
to this Invention. Fig. 2, is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3,
exhibits an end elevation of the hinge in detached parts. Fig. 4, is
a side elevation of such parts. At each of these Figures similar
letters of reference are employed to denote corresponding parts.
At Figs: 3, and 4, A, marks a piece of wood or metal, which may
be formed of the shape exhibited, or it may be of any other shape,
and in lengths of about six feet, as also the pieces B, and C. Each
of such pieces are then cut into the desired length and size, to form
a hinge, and, if of wood, are to be glued together; but, if of metal,
they may be soldered or screwed together. The cylindrical-shaped
piece B, after it has been cut to the required length, has a hole
formed through it, through which is passed a pin D, as shown at
Fig. 1; and when the pieces A, B, C, are glued, or otherwise fixed
to each other, in the order exhibited at Figs. 1, and 2, the pin D,
serves as the fulcrum upon which the parts X, X, turn. Fig. 1,
exhibits two parts of the hinge connected together by the pin D;
the third part being shown detached therefrom at Y. It should be
observed that, although the joints of this hinge are represented as
being formed square, it is also intended to construct them bevilled,
if necessary, so as to make it a rising hinge.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, filed by the said George John Newbery in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 3rd August 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
GEORGE JOHN NEWBERY, of Rose Cottage, Woodland Grove East,
Greenwich, in the County of Kent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent bearing date the Third day of February, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three,

page_text: in the sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said George John Newbery,
Her special licence, that I, the said George John Newbery, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
George John Newbery, my executors, adininistrators, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN HINGES," communicated
to me from abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said George John Newbery, 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 per-
formed, 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 George John Newbery, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what man-
ner 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 making the sides of hinges of several
pieces of wood, metal, or other suitable material, either separately
or combined together, instead of forming each side of the hinge of
one and the same piece of material, as hitherto practised in the con-
struction of hinges; the intention of my said .Invention being to
facilitate the construction of hinges generally, and to render them
cheaper than when constructed by any of the means hitherto
practised. And in order to explain my said Invention as completely
as possible, I will proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted
with for carrying the same into practical effect, reference being had
to the illustrative Drawing hereunto annexed, and forming part of
this my Specification, and to the numeral figures and letters of
reference marked thereon respectively, as follows:-

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, exhibits a side elevation of a hinge constructed accord-
ing to my said Invention. Figure 2, is an end elevation thereof.
Figure 3, exhibits an end elevation of the hinge in detached parts;
and Figure 4, is a side clevation of such said detached parts.
Figure 5, exhibits a modified form of construction of hinge in two
parts. At each of the foregoing Figures I employ similar letters of
reference to denote corresponding parts, in so far as such parts
appear, or can be seen at each of the Figures respectively. At
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, A, marks a piece of wood or metal, which may be
formed of the shape exhibited, or the outer and exposed surface
thereof may be of any other shape; and I form these pieces, as also
the pieces B, and C, in lengths of about six feet, or any other con-
venient length. I then cut or divide each of such pieces into the
desired length and size to form a hinge; and if such hinge is
intended to be formed wholly of wood I proceed as follows:-I cut
out roughly pieces of wood in the direction of the length of the
grain thereof, and in convenient lengths and size to form the parts
marked A, B, C. I then shape the parts a, b, c, d, of the pieces A,
and C, with a plane or other convenient tool or instrument through-
out the entire length of the pieces of wood, taking care to keep them
of equal thickness throughout; and I form the piece B, circular and
cylindrical, by turning it in a lathe. I next proceed to cut each of
the pieces thus formed into equal short lengths, and I afterwards
form a circular hole through each of the circular pieces B; and I
then subdivide each of the pieces B, into three equal parts, two of
which parts I securely attach to the piece A, by glueing the same
thereto, taking care that the outer ends of the pieces B, B, are flush
with the ends of the pieces A. I next proceed to glue one of the
pieces B, at each side of the piece C, taking care to fix cach piece
about midway upon the piece C, so that when the parts A, B, and
B, C, are connected together, the outer ends of such parts may come

page_text: flush with each other, and finally, by passing pins D!, D', through
the holes in the pieces B, B, the hinge is completed; said pins-being
the fulera for the parts A, B, to turn upon. And I would remark
that this description of hinge is more particularly intended to be
applied to folding screens, as in constructing hinges for other
purposes the intermediate piece C, may in most cases be dispensed
with; and the parts A, A, and B, alone be employed.
In constructing the above hinges in metal I proceed in the following
manner: If made of wrought iron the lengths are formed by passing
the iron, whilst in a state of fusion, between steel rollers of the shape of
the parts to be formed, after which they are divided into lengths, and
holes formed therein as before stated; and the pieces B, are affixed
to the pieces A, and C, by brazing the same together, or by screwing
them at the points x, x, at Figure 2. Another mode of constructing
metal hinges according to my said Invention is by casting the,
pieces in lengths of about six feet in moulds, and afterwards shaping
the part a, of the pieces A, in a planing machine; the pieces B, may
be turned in a lathe, and afterwards cut off to the required length.
The parts A, are then cut to the required length, and the pieces B,
soldered, brazed, or screwed, according to the nature of the metal
thereto in the order above described; the pieces A, may also have a
wing or wings b, cast thereon as at Figure 2, in which holes may bc
made for connecting it to a door, or screen, or other article; and
further, instead of making the joints x', of the hinge square or at
right angles to the face of the hinge, such parts may, if necessary.
be formed bevil, as at Figure 5, so as to make it a rising hinge.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be and may be performed, I desire it
to be distinctly understood that I do not claim the exclusive use
of any of the separate parts above mentioned and referred to, except
in so far as the same may be employed in combination and for the
purposes of my
said Invention, which I hereby declare to consist in,
and I claim, the constructing of hinges in the manner hereinbefore
particularly described, set forth, and represented by the illustra-

page_text: tive Drawing hereunto annexed, as constituting "Improvements in
Hinges."
In witness whereof, I, the said George John Newbery, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Third day of August, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
three
GEORGE JOHN NEWBERY (L.S.)
Witness,
ALEX. PRINCE,
Patent Agent,
4, Trafalgar Square.