Improvements in or in the Production of Mounts, Vases, Knobs, Terminal Ornaments, and other like Fittings of Bedsteads, Fenders, Picture and other Rods, Poles, Doors, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in the Production of Mounts, Vases, Knobs,
Terminal Ornaments, and other like Fittings of Bedsteads,
Fenders, Picture and other Rods, Poles, Doors, and the like.
We, WILLIAM KEATES SUTTON, of Trafalgar Road, Moseley, near the City of
Birmingham, Secretary of Company, and WALTER BERNARD TINLEY, of
Ombersley Road, Camp Hill, Birmingham aforesaid, Manager of Works, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in, or in the manufacture or production of,
mounts, vases, terminal ornaments, tees, ball-rails and other like fittings of metallic
bedsteads; mounts, pillars, supports and the like of metallic fenders; the terminal
ends of picture and other rods and poles; the knobs of door, drawer and like
furniture, and articles of a like manufacture.
The object of our invention is a metallic-cased article, so made or provided that
the same has all the appearance and nearly all the properties of having been made
of solid metal.
In carrying out one form of our invention in connection with a vase or terminal
ornament, we take a solid body part, of the shape of the article to be produced, and
we encase the solid body part with thin sheet metal, by a spinning, closing or other
process.
Thus, in carrying out one particular form of our invention, we take a solid wood
body part, of the outside shape which the article is required to have, and we fit the
foot or neck end of the same with an attached metal pummel or mount, having a
screwed hole up its middle, and with a square or angular neck directed from its top
side, which fits into a like square hole up the middle of the foot end of the solid
body part.
This said pummel is thus prevented from rotating when in its fitted position.
Rotation may also be prevented by spikes or projections on the upper face of the
said pummel taking into indents in, or into the material of the opposed face of the
foot end as aforesaid.
A thin sheet metal shell is then placed over the said solid body part, and by
a spinning or other process the metal walls of the shell are gathered in closely upon
the said body part, or upon the outside surface of the same, leaving a slight extension
or prolongation at the foot end, which is then turned over the edge of the underside
of the foot of the pummel, hence the encasing of the said solid body part with thin
sheet metal, and the affixing and securing of the pummel to the foot end.
By providing sheet metal articles with solid internal supports, the same have all
the appearance of cast articles, whilst their strength and rigidity are increased, and
further, the same are not liable to become indented, or their shapes injured.
Instead of spinning the sheet metal shell or casing upon the solid body or base,
the said shell may, if necessary, be closed upon the same by tools, or the shell may
be made in two or more sectional parts, and each part introduced upon the body
part separately, and then united by a closing or turning-over process
processes.
or
Or, when made of sectional parts, the said parts may be shaped or partially
shaped, prior to the same being fitted, or they may be made in plain shells,
rings or component parts, and shaped and united by a subsequent process or
processes.

page_text: The shell casings may be introduced into the solid body either from the crown
end or from the foot end, and the pummel part may be affixed to or by the casing,
instead of being affixed and connected to the foot or solid part.
Although we prefer that the outside casing should fit closely upon the internal
body support, which may itself be hollow about its middle, yet we do not limit
ourselves entirely to this, as portions of the ornament may stand away from the said
solid inside.
In middle mounts, two necks, or two foot ends may be made, and be provided
with two screwed or other pummels for securing the affixing or other screws.
In foot mounts or rests for bedsteads and fenders, the foot end may form the top,
whilst the crown, in this particular case, forms the bottom.
In spindles for fenders, bedsteads or the like, we make the same of a tubular-like
construction, with screwed or plain ends.
As a further form, we dispense with the pummels, and we provide the inside solid
or cored body parts with axial holes through their middles, or up their ends or one
of their ends, and we worm the said holes to take screw pegs or the like.
Or the said axial holes may be plain instead of being screwed.
As a further form, the foot ends of the solid body parts, or the attached pummels
at the foot ends may be outside screwed or fitted, as may be desired.
In knobs, the said articles may be made of a composite character, that is, one
part may be made of cast or other metal, dressed in the usual way, and the other
part may be composed of a solid body part and be encased with sheet metal.
In knobs of door furniture, the eyes or holes for the receiving of the spindles
may be square, or may be screwed, and the inside screwed or other neck of the
attached pummel may be of considerable length.
In the terminals of the handles for fire-irons and the like, the same may be made
in same way as described with regard to other terminals.
The body part, or the internal support or base may be made of malleable cast
iron, or from cast metals generally, and also from other hard substances, such as
wood, papier-mache, cement or other plasters.
Dated this 12th day of Max 1843
WILLIAM KEATES SUTTON,
WALTER BERNARD TINLEY,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in the Production of Mounts, Vases, Knobs,
Terminal Ornaments, and other like Fittings of Bedsteads,
Fenders, Picture and other Rods, Poles, Doors, and the like.
We, WILLIAM KEATES SUTTON of Trafalgar Road, Moseley, near the City of
Birmingham, Secretary of Company, and "WALTER BERNARD TINLEY, of
Ombersley Road, Camp Hill, Birmingham aforesaid, Manager of Works, 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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in, or in the manufacture or production
of, mounts, vases, terminal ornaments, tees, ball-rails and other like fittings of
metallic bedsteads; mounts, pillars, supports and the like of metallic fenders; the
terminal ends of picture and other rods and poles; the knobs of door, drawer and
like furniture, and articles of a like manufacture.
The object of our invention is a metallic-cased article, so made or provided that
the same has all the appearance, and all or nearly all the properties, of one made
of solid metal.

page_text: In carrying out one form of our invention in connection with a vase or terminal
ornament, we take a solid body part, of the shape of the article to be produced, and
we encase the said solid body part or loading with thin sheet metal, by a spinning,
closing or other process.
Thus, in carrying out one particular form of our invention, we take a solid wood
body part, of the outside shape which the article is required to have, and we fit the
foot or neck end of the same with an attached metal pummel or mount, having a
screwed hole through its middle, and with a square or angular neck or collar
directed from its top.side, which may fit into a like square hole up the middle of
the foot end of the solid body part hence the prevention of the same from
rotating.
This said pummel may further be prevented from rotating when in its fitted
position by spikes or projections on the inside face of the said pummel taking into
the material of the opposed face of the foot end as aforesaid.
Two or more thin sheet metal shells are then placed over the said solid body part,
and by a spinning or other process the metal walls of the shells are gathered in
closely upon and slightly forced into the said body part, or upon the outside surface
of the same, hence the encasing of the said solid body part with thin sheet metal,
and the affixing and securing of the pummel to the foot end.
By providing sheet metal articles with solid internal supports or loadings the
same have all the appearance of cast articles, whilst their strength and rigidity are
increased, and further, the same are not liable to become indented, or to have their
shapes spoiled.
Instead of spinning the sheet metal shells or casings upon the solid body or base,
the said shells may, if necessary be closed upon the same by tools. Instead of the
shells being made in two or more sectional parts, and each part introduced upon
the body part separately, and then united by a closing or turning-over process or
processes, the casing may be made from a single blank, and be made to take the
figure of the loading or support by a spinning or gathering-in process.
Or, the said casing or sectional casings may be shaped or partially shaped, prior
to the same being fitted, or they may be made in plain shells, rings or component
parts and be shaped and united by a subsequent process or processes.
The shell casings may be introduced onto the solid body either from the crown
end or from the foot end, and the pummel part may be affixed to or by the casing,
instead of being affixed and connected to the foot or solid part.
In middle mounts, two necks, or two foot ends may be made, and be provided.
with two screwed or other pummels for taking the affixing or other screws.
In foot mounts or rests for bedsteads and fenders, the foot end may form the
top, whilst the crown, in this particular case, forms the bottom.
In spindles for fender, bedsteads or the like, we make the same of a tubular-like
construction, with screwed or plain ends.
As a further form, we dispense with the pummels, and we provide the inside
solid or cored body parts with axial holes through their middles, or up their ends
or one of their ends, and we worm the said. holes to take screw pegs or the like, or
the said axial holes may be plain instead of being screwed.
As a further form, the foot ends of the solid body parts, or the attached pummels
at the foot ends, may be outside screwed or fitted, as may be desired.
In knobs, the said articles may be made of a composite character, that is, one
part such as the neck or foot may be made of cast or other metal, dressed in the
usual way, and the other part such as the body may be composed of a solid body
part and be encased with sheet metal.
In knobs of door furniture, the eyes or holes for receiving the spindles may be
square, or may be screwed, and the inside screwed or other neck of the attached
pummel may be of considerable length.
In the terminals of the handles for fire-irons and the-like, the same may be made
in same way as described with regard to other terminals.

page_text: The body part or the internal support or base may be made of any hard
substances, such as wood, papier-mache and cement or other plaster.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents partly in elevation and partly
in vertical section a mount, vase, knob or terminal ornament made or provided
with improvements according to my invention.
The said mount, vase or terminal ornament has a solid wood interior encased by
segmental and thin sheet metal shells.
Figure 2 represents in longitudinal section the whole of the component parts
employed in the building-up or construction of the said article Figure 1.
Thus the middle view represents the loading or the solid wood body, whilst the
part near the foot of the said loading is the pummel in section. The right hand
figure shows the crown shell, whilst the left hand figure represents the foot and
body shell or casing.
Figure 3 represents the wood loading or internal body support fitted with a cap
which has been spun upon or made to fall to the contour of the crown of the
loading.
Figure 4 represents an end view of the foot and body shell Figure 2, whilst
Figure 5 represents an end view of the crown shell Figure 2.
Figure 6 represents an elevation of the inner side of the pummel, whilst
Figure 7 represents a complete longitudinal section of the said mount, vase or
terminal ornament.
In Figures 1 to 7, a is the wood loading, body part or internal support, and 6 is
a body shell casing of thin sheet brass or other metal. c is a crown shell part,
with the terminal boundary edges c¹, overlapped by the terminal boundary edges b¹
of the shell part b. d is a pummel, screwed through its middle at d', and with
spikes d², standing from its inside face which, when driven home, takes into the
opposed face a', of the foot a³, of the solid body a.
In building up the mount, take the solid body a, then slip upon the crown end,
the crown shell c, and by spinning or other means, make the said shell follow the
shape or contour of the crown as, as shown in Figure 3, with the extreme boundary
edged, turned over the shoulder a*.
The said boundary edge c', instead of being turned over the shoulder a*, may be
turned over or impressed into the wood.
The pummel d, is now fitted to the face a¹, of the foot a², with its outstanding
square or angular collar d', taking into the mouth or recess a, leading to the axial
and screw clearance hole a, directed partially up the middle of the said body from
the foot end. and with the spikės d², driven into the wood of the said foot end,
thereby preventing the pummel from turning. Now slip on the foot and body shell
casing b, which has an enclosed foot 63, with a hole 6', directed through the middle
of it. When this shell is in position, then make the walls of it fall to and close
upon the contour or outside shape of the body and foot of the solid body or
loading a, as represented in Figures 1 and 7, and with the boundary edge 6', turned
over the crown side of shoulder a', of the body a.
Figure 8 represents another shaped vase or ornament made according to a
further form of our invention, and made up from two shells, a wood loading or
solid body and a pummel with a square collar fitting snugly within a like shaped
seating formed at the entrance to a clearance to be made partly up the middle of
the body.
a is the solid body part, c the top shell, the lower shell and d is the pummel.
The process of making up the vase is alike unto that described with respect to the
vase in Figures 1 to 7.
It will be seen that the boundary edges c', are turned over the boundary edges b¹.
Figure 9 represents a further form of our invention. It will be seen that the
terminal edges of the shells are forced inwardly into the material of the loading.
a is the loading or solid body part made of wood. c is a head shell or casing, and
b is a foot shell or casing, whilst d is a pummel.

page_text: Figure 10 represents a still further form of our invention. a is a wood body
part, covered at top by a top shell c, and at the base by a second shell b, and these
shells are united by a band shell e. d is the pummel shown in elevation, with the
angular inside collar part lying within a like shaped sinking at the entrance to the
axial hole in the knob.
Figure 1 represents another form of our invention.
In this view, part of the wood body part or loading is shown bare or unencased.
a is the solid wood body part, fitted with a crown shell c and base or foot end
shell b, whilst d is a pummel.
Figure 12 represents a middle mount made according to our invention. In this
article, there are two pummels one at either end. a is the solid body part, with the
outer ends fitted with screwed or other pummels d. b, b are end shell casings, and
e is a middle shell or casing, whose ends are turned over the adjacent boundary
edges of the end casings, and are thereby united thereto.
Figure 13 represents a still further form of middle mount, in which part of the
wooden loading or body part is left exposed.
a is the body part, as is the exposed part thereof b b are end shells and d, d are
pummels.
Figure 14 represents a vase made according to another form of our invention.
The shell casing is made all in one piece and entirely envelops the wood loading
or solid body part.
a
a is the solid body, b is the casing and d is the pummel in elevation.
In making this said terminal, a sheet metal blank is taken and raised into the
figure of an elongated cup as represented in dotted lines. The same is then placed
upon the loading, and by a closing process, the walls of the same are contracted and
are drawn over the foot part and around the pummel.
Figure 15 also represents a vase with a single shell casing enveloping the wood
loading or body part.
In making up the said mount, we take up an elongated and cup-shaped shell b,
as represented in the dotted lines and place the same upon the solid body a, and
then by spinning or by dies and pressure, we gather in the walls and open mouth
of the same over and upon the crown as represented, and the crown part is then
finished by securing or affixing an end thereto. d is a pummel.
Figure 16 represents still another form of our invention applicable for the making
of a cheap knob or terminal. In this form of our invention, the neck part is made
of wood, whilst the interior of the head of the body part is filled with plaster-of-
Paris or other like material which solidifies on drying.
a is a wood neck part or foot end and b is a body shell or casing attachedly
connected to the wood of the neck part a, by turning its edges 62, into the
wood, hence its connection. c is a foot shell, d is a pummel and is a plaster-of-
Paris loading run into the interior of the body through the axial hole a', in the foot
whilst in a plastic state.
The pummel is prevented from rotating in the same way as previously described.
If desired, the wood loadings may be made sectional or in segments instead of
being made in one piece, and further by our method of production, very thin metal
may be employed, which is a great saving in the cost of manufacture.
It will be understood that by the gathering in and closing of the shell casing
upon the wood loading or internal support by spinning or by closing and gathering-in
tools, the said internal support or loading is compressed and its density materially
increased, and consequent upon the loading being compressed by the operation of
closing on of the metal, the wood subsequently slightly expands thereby always
bringing the loading fully up to the inside of the casing which is thereby kept
constantly on the stretch and the article produced has all the properties of being
made entirely solid.
The application of my invention to the other articles mentioned in the forepart
of this Specification but not represented in the drawings differs in no essential
respect from its application to those shown and fully described herein.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
First. In mounts, vases, knobs, terminal ornaments and other articles of a like
manufacture, making the same up of a thin sheet metal shell component part or
parts, interiorly supported by a wood loading or solid body, substantially as described
and set forth in Figures 1 to 15.
Secondly. In mounts, vases, knobs, terminal ornaments and other articles of a
like manufacture, making the same up of a thin sheet metal shell component part
or parts, interiorly supported by a wood loading or solid body having or being
provided with a fast or non-rotating attached metal pummel or pummels, substan-
tially as described and set forth.
Thirdly. In mounts, terminal ornaments and other like articles, the improvements
in the manufacture or production of the said articles, and in the means of securing
or uniting the shells or the sectional shell parts together and to the solid loadings
or internal supports, substantially as described and set forth in the several figures
of the drawings.
Fourthly. In the manufacture of mounts, vases, terminal ornaments and the like,
the improvements in, and in the processes employed for, the production of the said
articles, substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 10th day of February 1894.
WILLIAM KEATES SUTTON,
WALTER BERNARD TINLEY,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.