Improvements connected with Fire Screens and Fenders.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 4th Feb. 1891-Accepted. 7th Mar.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Fire Screens and Fenders.
I, ALFRED JEPSON, of Withington, in the County of Lancaster, Wood Engraver,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to firescreens which may either form part of, or be attached
to a fender, or to an ashpan, and is for the purpose of protecting the face, or the
upper part of a person stationed in front of a fire.
In this invention, in lieu of the metal rod which usually is connected to the upper
part of a fender, or in addition thereto, I attach a hollow metal rod or pipe, which
may be either oval, circular, or rectangular: I form this rod or pipe with a
longitudinal division, and also divide the upper half of said pipe transversely at or
near the centre. I form a knob or ball at or about the centre of front part of
fender, and to this ball I attach by means of a hinge each of the centre ends of the
upper part of aforesaid longitudinal rod. Within each end or half of this
longitudinal rod, I place a screen which I form of thin strips of any non-
combustible substance, connected together in the shape of a fan; I attach the edge
of each of the outer strips of this screen to the inner sides of the upper and lower
parts respectively of aforesaid longitudinal rod by these means two screens are
enclosed within aforesaid longitudinal rod, one of said screens being at the right
hand, and one on the left hand side of centre of fender.
When it is desired to make use of said screens each of the outer ends of upper
part of the hereinbefore described longitudinal rod is raised so as to place said half
rods back to back vertically in the centre of the fender and by these means each of
the screens is opened as a fan and a semicircular screen is formed.
The aforesaid rods may be made so as not to form part of a fender but may be
attached thereto, or to an ashpan by any ordinary mechanical appliance: the height
of said screen may be adjusted by a screw or screws.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1891
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Fire Screens and Fenders.
I, ALFRED JEPSON, of Withington, in the County of Lancaster, Wood Engraver,
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:-
My invention relates to firescreens which may either form part of, or may be
attached to, a fender, or to an ashpan, or the like, and the object of this invention is
for the purpose of protecting the face, or the upper part of a person who may be
stationed in front of a fire from the heat of said fire.
In order more clearly to describe this my invention, I have annexed hereunto
three sheets of drawings. In the several views therein shown similar letters refer to
similar parts.
Fig. 1 represents a hollow rod or tube a, which for the purposes of this invention
I construct of any preferred length and shape. I form said tube with a horizontal
division, in order that the upper part 2 of tube may be separate from the lower
portion a³, and I subdivide transversely at or near the centre said upper part a²
of tube.
The hereinbefore described tube a may rest on, or form part of, a fender, or an
ashpan, or may be supported by, or attached to, short pillars or dogs b, as shown in
Figs. 1 and 2, or may be otherwise supported.

page_text: I construct a firescreen by the combination of aforesaid hollow tube a with fan
shaped screens c and c¹, formed of thin bars or blades e² and c³ of brass, steel, glass,
or other non-combustible material, which may be either opaque or transparent; I
place each of the lower ends of these blades c2 and c³ respectively side by side as
shown in Figs. 7 and 8 and I pass a pin or rivet g through said ends, by which
means a hinge is formed at the base of screen, and upon which each of aforesaid
screens c and c' rest. I fit these ends either into a chamber h, as shown on drawings,
or into a tube a, through the sides of which the pin extends. I connect the
blades and c³ near their upper ends by means of a stud d, which I form at or near
one edge of each of said blades as shown in Fig. 9, and I fit this stud into a groove e
within which said stud may slide.
I attach the outer edges of screens c and to the inner sides of each of the
upper parts a² of tube, and the outer edges c of said screens, to the inner side of the
lower portion a³ of tube a.
When
In Fig. 1 on drawing I have shown the chamber h fitted with a cap h
the screens e and c¹ as hereinbefore described which are contained within the tube a
are required to be used, I remove the cap 4, and raise and place in a vertical
position each of the upper parts a² of tube a, said upper parts being connected by
the hinges to the sides of the chamber : I connect the upper ends of aforesaid
parts of tube when raised, by placing thereon the cap ', in the position
represented in Fig. 2. At the same time that the aforesaid bars a² are thus being
raised, the blades and are also drawn up in succession, and by these means a
semicircular firescreen is formed as represented in Fig. 2. When the screen is not
further required it may be closed by removing the cap and allowing the
blades and to fall into the hollow of the tube a where they will be covered
by the upper parts a² of the tube a, and the cap may be replaced as shown
in Fig. 1.
Figs. 3 and 4 represent my invention applied to an ordinary fender, the tube
a forming the top or front bar of said fender. In these views Fig. 3 represents
the screen in an open form and Fig. 4 the same closed.
Fig. 5 represents the screens c and c¹ formed of asbestos cloth or any non-
combustible inaterial in lieu of metal bars: the screens are attached to the tube a,
and the rods which support the asbestos cloth 1, are hinged in the same
manner at the base as the blades 2 and 3 hereinbefore described.
Fig. 6 represents my invention applied to an ash pan. In this view the
screens are represented as closed.
When it is preferred that the hereinbefore described screens may be adjustable
in height, I form the tube a so that it may be raised either by means of a rod g
as in Fig. 6 which is held in position by a pin r, or by means of a screw,
rack, or other mechanical appliance, which may be fitted to central support either
of fender or ash pan.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A firescreen which may be used in combination with, or may form part of, a fender,
or an ash pan, or may be supported by, or attached to, short pillars or dogs, or
may be otherwise supported, and constructed either of opaque or transparent flat
bars, of any preferred design, in non-combustible material, or of asbestos cloth or
other like material, in combination with a hollow tube or tubes, said tube or tubes
being independent of, or forming part of, any fender, ash pan, or the like, for the
purpose, and in the manner, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1891.
THOMAS
PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester, Agent for Applicant.