MANUFACTURE OF METAL PLATES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM POPE N° 2 Clent Villas Lonsdale Road Harborne, Staffordshire
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for THE MANUFACTURE
OF METAL PLATES as described in the title above to be as follows:-
Sheet steel, iron, or other hard metal letters the thickness of which equals the
depth of the letters required in the plate are fixed upon blocks of iron, Steel, or
other hard metal (or the letters may be cut upon the block itself.) These blocks
being perfectly flat below the level of the letters are arranged upon a level surface
which forms the bed of the casting box and are secured in position, the cover of
the casting box is then put on and secured the whole being then heated and the
molten metal poured in.-when cool the box is uncovered and the casting is taken
off the surface formed by the letter blocks and forms a plate the letters or numbers
on which are of an uniform depth, and therefore superior to an engraved plate.
Dated this 8th day of February 1981

page_text: I WILLIAM POPE 2 Clent Villas Lonsdale Road Harborne Staffordshire Die
Sinker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for THE MANUFACTURE OF
METAL NAME, NUMBER & OTHER LETTERED PLATES and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement viz-
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Sheet steel, Iron or other Hard Metal letters, the thickness of which equals the
_depth of the letters required in the plate, are fixed upon blocks of Iron, Steel, or
other hard Metal (or the letters may be cut upon the block itself) These blocks
being perfectly flat are arranged upon a level surface which forms the bed of the
casting box and secured in position in the manner hereinafter described, the cover
of the casting box is then put on and secured in position the whole being then
heated and the molten metal poured in.
The letter or figure blocks as shown by Fig 1 on the sheet of drawings
herewith are bevelled on the top and bottom edges, but are flat on the sides,
and the strips of steel as shown by Fig 2-for the distance between the lines of
lettering are also bevelled at an angle corresponding to the bevel on the edge of
the letter blocks, and when placed in position the two fit together as shown in
Fig 3 Fig 4 shows the casting box with letters set ready for use, the ends of the
strips being under the side-pieces marked B. B-are held firmly in position by
means of the screws marked D.
The side-pieces B. B. and the bottom strip marked C standing as they do above
the letters give the thickness of the plate, as the cover. Fig 5-when in position
rests upon them and is secured by the cramp Fig 6.
Letter blocks and spaces with square edges will also answer the same purpose
but I have adopted the system herein described, as most suitable.
I am fully aware that it has long been the custom to form pattern plates with
raised letters, by nailing, screwing, or cementing letters upon a surface, and then
moulding from the same in sand or other material, but my method differs from
that method inasmuch as the plates I produce have sunken letters and are cast on
to the letters or figures direct without moulding in sand or other material.
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 The manufacture of Metal Name Plates by casting the same direct
upon loose, adjustable letters, or figures, set into position so as to form words,
naines, or numbers, as the case may require.
Dated this 7th day of November 1884.