Improvements in the Mode of Making the Groove which Holds the Wire that Fastens in, or Fixes, the Glass in Silver or Metal Hand or Table Mirrors.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 14th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1898
Improvements in the Mode of Making the Groove which Holds the
Wire that Fastens in, or Fixes, the Glass in Silver or Metal Hand
or Table Mirrors.
WILLIAM JAMES MYATT, 60, Caroline Street, St. Paul's, Birmingham (Silver-
smith & Jeweller), do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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The present and general way of fixing in the glass of 'say' a ladies silver hand
mirror, is to strengthen the front inside rim or bezel by soldering all round it an
extra rim or band of silver sufficiently thick to allow of an half round groove being
cut into it, deep enough to admit the half of a round twisted or other shaped wire of
about of an inch thick. The glass is then placed in position in the rim, or bezel
and the said round twisted, or other shaped wire is placed on the top of glass, and
sprung or fitted half way into the said half round groove. The other outside half
of wire is ledged on the top of glass and thus holds it the glass,' securely in posi-
tion. My invention is in the mode in which I make this said groove in the rim or
bezel, which is by stamping wheeling, spinning, swageing or pressing it into the
rim or bezel itself, thus doing away with the necessity of strengthening the inside
of bezel or rim by way of soldering all round it an extra thick rim, or band of
silver or other metal to stand, or allow the cutting in of the said groove. It will
be readily seen that it considerably lightens the article which in the case of a ladies
hand mirror is a favourable object and at the same time it can be produced very
much cheaper, and is in every way just as strong and as neet looking. The groove
being pressed in adding considerably to the strength. The mode I have at present
used for making the groove is to stamp and swage it in under a press I have made
specially for the purpose.
Tnded the Th
of Amil 1907
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mode of Making the Groove which holds the
Wire that Fastens in, or Fixes, the Glass in Silver or Metal Hand
or Table Mirrors.
I, WILLIAM JAMES MYATT, of 60, Caroline Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Silversmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement, & illustrated by the accompanying drawing:-
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The present & general method of fixing in the glass of a ladies silver hand or
tiolet mirror, is to strengthen the front inside rim or bezel, by soldering all round
it, an extra rim or band of silver, sufficiently thick to allow of a half-round groove,
being cut into it, deep enough to admit the half of a round, twisted or other shaped
wire of about ths of an inch thick. The glass is then placed in position in the
rim or bezel, and the said round, twisted or other shaped wire, is placed on the top
of the glass, and sprung or fitted half way into the said half round groove.
The other outside half of wire is ledged on the top of the glass, & thus holds it
securely in position.
My invention consists in the mode or method by which I make the said groove A
in the rim or bezel B (as shewn on the accompanying drawing); which is by
stamping, wheeling, spinning, swageing, or pressing it into the rim or bezel itself,
either in the whole or in parts or sections, thus doing away with the necessity of
strengthening the inside of bezel or rim by way of soldering all round it an extra
thick rim or band of silver (or other metal) sufficiently thick to allow of the cutting
in of the said groove.
It will be readily seen that it considerably lightens the article, which in the case
of a ladies silver hand mirror is a favorable object & at the same time it can be
produced very much cheaper and is in every way just as strong & as neat looking;
the groove being pressed in adding considerably to the strength.
The mode I have at present used for making the groove; is to stamp it in under
a press I have made especially for the purpose, but it may be done by other well
known stamping, wheeling, spinning &c. methods.
Thus it will be observed that in my invention the groove is formed by pressure
out of the actual nietal of the bezel of the mirror front, and does not require any
additional metal putting on to form the groove, i.e. my invention consists in the
pressing of the groove out of the thin metal instead of the cutting of the groove.
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 method of forming the groove in ladies hand or table mirrors by pressing
it out of the thin metal, of the body of the article itself, as substantially set forth
in this Specification & illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 12th day of February 1898.
WILLIAM JAMES MYATT.