IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS OR ERECTIONS TO BE USED FOR HORTICULTURAL OR OTHER PURPOSES." PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Goode Messenger, of High Street, Lough-
borough, in the County of Leicester, Horticultural Builder and Plumber,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS OR
ERECTIONS TO BE USED FOR HORTICULTURAL OR OTHER PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Goode Messenger
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 1st August 1859.
I, THOMAS GOODE MESSENGER, of High Street, Loughborough, in the
County of Leicester, Horticultural Builder and Plumber, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF BUILDINGS OR ERECTIONS TO BE USED FOR HORTICULTURAL OR OTHER PURPOSES,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, in the first place, in the use or employment of light
rafters in lieu of strong ones, and in supporting the same with a tensive rod;
secondly, in making the entire length of a building without a division; and,
thirdly, in the use or employment of apparatus for opening any part of a
building or erection the entire length at once, which said apparatus consists in
part at least of two wheels; to one wheel a handle is attached and fixed in any
convenient place for working the same, and to the other wheel a screw and
rods are attached; a chain is made to revolve round the two wheels which
turns the screw, from which motion is given to the rods attached to parts of

page_text: the building intended to be opened and which by these means can be either
opened or closed at pleasure.
My Invention thus affords, amongst other features of improvement, great
strength with lightness of material, is rendered impervious to wet, and offers
great facility for ventilation.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Goode Messenger in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 1st February 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
GOODE MESSENGER, of High Street, Loughborough, in the County of Leicester,
Horticultural Builder and Plumber, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Thomas Goode Messenger, Her special licence that I,
the said Thomas Goode Messenger, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Thomas Goode Messenger, my executors,
administrators, 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 THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS
OR ERECTIONS TO BE USED FOR HORTICULTURAL OR OTHER PURPOSES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Goode Messenger, my
_executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
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 Thomas Goode Messenger, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to buildings or erections for horticultural and other

page_text: purposes, particularly or principally to such as hothouses and other erections
constructed of glass and wood or metal, or with roofs and sides of glass, and
consists, in the first place, in the use or employment of light rafters in lieu of
strong ones, the same being supported by a tensive rod; secondly, in making
the entire length of a building or erection without a division; and, thirdly,
in the use or employment of apparatus for opening any part of a building or
erection the entire length at once, which said apparatus consists, in part at
least, of two wheels, one of which wheels has a handle attached to it, and is
placed in any convenient situation for working the same, while to the other wheel
a screw and rods are attached, and a chain is caused to revolve round the two
wheels, whereby the screw is turned and motion is thence transmitted to the
rods, these rods being attached to the parts of the building which are intended
to be opened, and which by these means can be either opened or closed at
pleasure.
My Invention thus affords, amongst other features of improvement, great
strength with lightness of material, renders the building impervious to wet, and
offers considerable facility for ventilation.
I now proceed more particularly to explain my said Invention, and the
mode of performing the same, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings.
Figure 1 represents front and end view of a lean-to roof; the same improve-
inents, however, will also apply to buildings of other forms or shapes. A is the
brickwork; B, B, are the iron mullions supporting the front plate and roof;
C is the cornice of the building, having within it a spout; D, D, D, D, repre-
sent the rafters, which are composed of very light or slender material, and are
supported by tension rods, as shewn in Figure 2. The fast part of the roof E
is without a division the entire length of the building, as are also the two
moveable frames or lights F, G; H, H, Figure 8, represents the apparatus
for opening the frames or lights to afford ventilation; I is a wheel provided
with a handle fixed in any part of the building most convenient for working
the same;
J is an endless chain revolving round the wheel I, and also round
a smaller wheel K, to which is secured a long screw L working in slings M,
attached to a rod N, extending to the other end of the frame or light intended
to be opened. This rod is moved backward and forward by the screw L, and so
acting upon the arms 0, 0, 0, 0, opens or closes the lights or frames as
desired.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that I claim as my said

page_text: First, the employment or application of light rafters instead of strong ones,
such light rafters being supported by tensive rods.
Secondly, the construction of the entire length of the building or erection
without a division, as herein-before described.
Thirdly, the employment and application of the apparatus constructed and
operating in the manner herein-before described for opening or closing any
part of the building or erection.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Goode Messenger, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON,
THOMAS GOODE MESSENGER. (L.S.)
Patent Agent, Nottingham.