Improvements in and connected with Plant and Tree Protectors and Forcers.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1897
- Complete Specification Left, 18th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 8th Jan., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Plant and Tree Protectors
and Forcers.
I, CHRISTOPHER CAUSLEY, of 25, Down's Park Road, in the County of London,
Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to plant and tree protectors and forcers the invention
having mainly for object to so construct such protectors or forcers that they can,
when not required for use or when transported be folded up so as to occupy but
a relatively small space. My protectors and forcers are also formed in parts so
that any number can be put together in a simple and expeditious manner whereby
a continuous row of plants or trees can be protected. Means are also provided
for ventilation, and for watering the plants.
In carrying out my invention I employ a span shaped frame the ends of which
are glazed and removable and the sides of which are hinged to the top, the lower
edges of the sides being kept in their open position by means of stretchers or bars
of the required length. To the top of the span shaped frame at each side I
removably hinge a frame formed of channelled sheet metal adapted to receive
glass which is passed into the frame from the top so that no putty is required.
I also advantageously adapt over the glazed frame a wire screen also hinged so
as to open with the glazed frame.
In the top of 'the span shaped frame I provide a number of ventilators which
can be opened or closed as required and a series of openings each adapted to
receive a sprinkler consisting of a cylindrical vessel provided with a lid the side
of the vessel being perforated near the bottom with a series of holes punched
from the inside so as to form small spouts or nozzles. 'By this construction of
sprinkler, if the vessel be filled with water it will pass out of the spout in the form
of a shower.
When not required for use or for the purpose of transport, my frames can be folded
up as follows, viz:-the ends are first removed, and the stretchers or bars lifted up
when the sides of the frame with the frames carrying the glass and the screen
will fall together.
In order to allow of a number of my protectors being connected together end-
wise, I provide the protectors with studs, or hooks and eyes.
It will be obvious that my improvements are also applicable to forming lean-to
protectors, and that two of such lean-to protectors can be connected together
back to back so as to form a span roof house.
Dated this 18th day of Fohmiamz 1897

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Plant and Tree Protectors
and Forcers.
I, CHRISTOPHER CAUSLEY, of 25, Down's Park Road, in the County of London,
Timber Merchant, 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 plant, and tree protectors and forcers, the invention
having mainly for object to so construct such protectors or forcers that they can,
when not required for use or when transported be folded up so as to occupy but
a relatively small space. My protectors and forcers are also formed in parts so
that any number can be put together in a simple and expeditious manner whereby
a continuous row of plants or trees can be protected. Means are also provided for
ventilation; and for watering the plants.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings in which :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plant or tree protector or forcer constructed
according to my invention;
Figure 2 is an end view; and,
Figure 3 a longitudinal section of the same:
Figure 4 is a vertical section on the line 44 of Figure 3 with portions of the
protector removed from one side:
Figure 5 is a vertical section on a larger scale of a detail:
Figure 6 is a section of a span roof house constructed according to my invention.
In constructing my plant and tree protector or forcer, I make use of a span
shaped frame the ends a of which are glazed and made removable. The glass
in the said ends a is secured in position by the wooden strips a¹ screwed to the
frame by screws a³, a² by unscrewing which the glass can be removed and
replaced. The sides of the frame are hinged to the top cat d, d
as clearly
shewn in Figure 4, the lower edges of the sides being kept in their open position
by means of stretchers or bars e, the ends of which are slotted as shewn at f, f
and are passed over pins g, g. g¹, g¹ are bars or guides on the..sides against
which the ends a rest, the said ends at the top being kept in position by the
bars on the top cand at the bottom by the bars e, e. 92, g² are pins, or studs
on the sides of the ends a, a the said pins engaging with notches g³, 93 in the ends
of the sides b, b to prevent the ends a, a from falling out of place if the protector
is lifted.
AN
Each side of the span shaped frame is provided with a frame h formed of
channelled sheet metal; this channelled frame is shewn in sectional view on an
enlarged scale at figure 5. It is removably hinged to the top of the span shaped
frame by a rod i provided with slotted plates ; which are passed over pins or
studs in the frame. The channels in the frame h are adapted to receive glass
which is passed in from the top as clearly shewn in Figure 5, so that no putty
is required. m is a wire screen which I advantageously place over the glazed
frame h to protect the glass. One of these wire screens is attached to each side b
of the main frame by hooks n taking into eyes in the frame so that when the
glazed frame h is raised, the wire screen is moved with it.
In the top of the frame I provide a number of ventilators having hinged tops
or covers p¹ so that they can be opened or closed as required for ventilating
purposes. In the top of each frame I also provide one or more openings adapted
to receive sprinklers. In the drawing one such opening and sprinkler are shewn,

page_text: the sprinkler consists of a cylindrical vessel q having a lid r, the sides of the
vessel near the bottom being provided with a series of holes s formed by punching
from the inside so as to form small spouts or nozzles.
By this construction of sprinkler, if the vessel g be filled with water, it will
pass out of the holes or spouts s in the form of a shower.
In order to allow of a number of my protectors being connected together end-
wise I provide the tops c, c with dowels t and corresponding holes t¹ the dowels of the
one protector engaging with the holes in the next and so on and I also provide
the frame with hooks u and eyes u¹, the hook of one protector also engaging with
the eye of the next one. When not required for use or for the purpose of trans-
port, my frames can be folded up as follows, namely, the stretchers or bars e are
detached from the pins g and the ends a are removed when the sides b with the
frame and wire screen m can be brought together.
It will be obvious that in the case of transport, the frames h can be removed
by simply lifting them off the pins or studs and the wire screens by simply
unhooking them from the sides b, 6 of the frame.
In adapting my invention to a lean-to protector, one side of the protector forms
the lean-to as shewn in Figure 6 which is an end view of two such lean-to pro-
tectors connected together back to back so as to form a span roof house.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A plant and tree protector or forcer consisting of a span shaped frame having
removable glazed ends and hinged sides provided with a removably hinged glazed
frame, the several parts being constructed, arranged and connected together, sub-
stantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 1 to 5 of the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with a plant and tree protector or forcer, constructed as
described in claim 1, of a wire screen, as, and for the purpose, described.
3. The combination with a plant and tree protector or forcer of the kind
described, of a sprinkler constructed as hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved plant and
tree protector or forcer, herein before described and illustrated in Figures to 5
of the accompanying drawings.
DJ L
101 1
P
1002
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.