Improvements in Leaded Lights for Stained and other Glass.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left. 27th Dec. 1899-Accepted 27th Jan
1900
Date of Application, 12th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left. 27th Dec.. 1899-Accepted 27th Jan 1900.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Leaded Lights for Stained and other Glass.
We, HENRY PERCY HYDE GILSON, Merchant, of 180, Union Street, Southwark,
in the County of Surrey, and WILLIAM JOSEPH BOOER, Stained Glass Artist, of 180,
Union Street, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to make leaded lights wind and water tight and
at the same time to facilitate the changing of the glass or the repairing in case
of breakage without damage to the lead work.
For this purpose we use a suitable section of india rubber or other suitable
flexible material adapted to the varying thickness of the glass and the varying
width of the lead.
We use a suitable section of window lead drawn with a convex section on the
one side and a concave section on the other side. We place the india rubber or
other suitable flexible material all round the edges of the glass and press it in
the groove of the window lead. We then press the window lead tightly down
pressing the rubber or other suitable flexible material close to the glass.
We solder all the joints of the window lead in the usual way and clean the glass.
with any suitable material.
H. P. H. GILSON.
W. J. BOOER.
Improvements in Leaded Lights for Stained and other Glass.
HENRY PERCY HYDE GILSON, Merchant, and WILLIAM JOSEPH BOOER, Stained
Glass Artist, both of 180, Union Street, Southwark, in the County of Surrey,
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:
The above invention refers to the method of making leaded lights of all descrip-
tions the object of the invention being to render leaded lights wind and water
tight without the usual process of cementing or filling the leads with oil, paint or
putty, and at the same time facilatate the changing or repairing of glass in case
of breakage without damage to the lead work.
Fig. 1 of the drawing shows the form of window or fret lead used, in section
having a convex surface on one side and a concave surface on the other.
Fig. 2. A section of the india rubber or other suitable flexible material.
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page_text: Fig. 3. A section showing the combination of the lead rubber and glass.
Fig. 4. A section of the lead and rubber when raised for the purpose of chang-
ing the glass or repairing a breakage.
Fig. 5. A section of the lead rubber, and glass in finished work.
The size of the window lead as shown in Fig. 1, may vary as required and may
be either wider or narrower in the leaf A, or thicker and deeper in the heart B,
as may be required by the varying size or thickness of the glass to be leaded.
The india rubber or other suitable flexible material as in Fig. 2, may be varied
in the thickness of the sides C, or the breadth at D, as may be required to fit the
lead used.
In placing the glass as shown in Fig. 3, the rubber or other suitable flexible
material may be either fitted round the edges of the glass or placed in the grooves
of the lead and the glass, then pressed into its position. It is evident that the
leaf of the lead on the concave side renders the raising of the same as shown in
Fig. 4 easy for the purpose of taking out the glass and replacing in case of change
or breakage, the usual tools of wood or bone will press down the lead so as to grip
the glass and rubber as shown in Fig. 5, and the flexible nature of the lead and
rubber will accomadate itself to the varying thickness of the glass when properly
pressed together.
Having thus described the nature of our invention and the manner of perform-
ing the same we would have it understood we claim as our improvements in the
leading of windows,
First. Window lead having a convex section on the one side and a concave
section on the other side.
Second. The combination of the lead and rubber or other suitable material
as shown and described for the purposes herein before mentioned.
Dated this 27th day of December 1899
H. P. H. GILSON.
W. J. BOOER.