Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1888
WILLIAM GIBBS 397 Kingsland Road London in the County of Middlesex Fret
Lead Glazier & Glass Painter do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I Glaze the Cathedral and other Glass in Brass and other Metal Tubing drawn
or turned in the shape of Fret Lead and used in its stead for strength and
appearance.

page_text: I, WILLIAM GIBBS, of 397 Kingsland Road, London, E., in the County of Middlesex,
"Artist in Stained Glass," 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:
My invention relates to an improved system of glazing, better known as "lead
glazing," being of a strong rigid nature, it does not bend, or bulge as in the case with
the ordinary lead glazing in common use.
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The object of my invention is to make a "lead glazing of a metal of a harder
substance, such as brass, copper, or other hard metals, in sheets, bars, or tubes, drawn
into the required device necessary for the reception of the glass, the ends being mitred
together and soldered.
My invention is constructed of either brass, copper, or other hard substance, tube,
bar, sheet or the like, the sizes required for the purpose, and by passing the same
through a die or draw plate fixed in a vice or draw bench, used by glazers to produce
the desired size and shape, the metal being annealed by heat to soften the metal to
permit me to turn it into the desired shape or pattern.
The advantage of my invention over the ordinary lead glazing are that it is much.
stronger, will not swag, or double up with its own weight, it cannot be cut with a
knife, diamond or the like; and can be polished bright, and lacquered any colour, or
bronzed and lacquered, and therefore does not require gilding..
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof reference being had to letters and figures
marked thereon. Figure 1, represents the section about three times its ordinary size,
of a cast copper or brass bar marked A, before it is drawn through the die.
Figure 2, denotes the bar passed through the die, with section marked B, and the
channel part knurled or ribbed and marked C, or the same section is made from
ordinary tube.
Figure 3, is a view of a piece of tube and marked D, before it is drawn into the
desired shape.
Figure 4, represents the section of tube after it has passed through the plate or
roller die marked E, the knurled or ribbed portion marked F.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I claim as new the following:-
:
First The drawing of copper, brass, or any other hard metal, either from cast
bars, sheet, tube or the like, to the required sections of ordinary "lead glazing,"
substantially herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.

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Secondly I claim to draw the metal to any desired shape or size, for the purpose
of using it in the place of ordinary lead, when glazing, for cathedral, tinted, or stained
glass, in various devices, substantially herein described and according to the accom-
panying drawings.
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Thirdly I claim the advantage of my invention being stronger, will not swag,
bulge, or bend as ordinary lead glazing, and that it can be polished, burnished,
bronzed and lacquered or cleaned up bright, and that it is more secure against an
entrance, substantially herein described.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.