A Portable Construction or Improved Tent for Horticultural or other purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Portable Construction or Improved Tent for Horticultural or other
purposes.
I, ALFRED WYATT, of 89, Gibbon Road, Nunhead, County of Middlesex, by
trade a Florist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
A portable construction for horticultural or other purposes for which a tent
or marquee is utilized for temperory use; my claim being the method of construc-
tion adopted and applied.
The various parts of the frame are dowelled together, so dispensing entirely
with the aid of nails screws or bolts. No outside guide lines or ropes are used
but in place of same braces are applied within the framework thus avoiding any
encroachment on ground beyond that actually required for the erection, and
gaining a maximum of room in a minimum of space.
For an erection for horticultural purposes (for which I originally devised the
invention), for a club pavilion or to serve for a marquee, I recommend the rect-
angular shape and proportions as shown in drawings.
The framework is prepared and put together as follows:-The four bottom
plates consisting of two side and two end pieces form the groundwork of the erec-
tion. The ends are halved into each other, one over and the other under, each
part having its counter part in the other, and all parts are made interchangeable
for any similar section thus rendering numbering unnecessary.
Ten standards are raised, at the four corners, two each side equidistant, and
one centred at each end. The standards have dowels at either end, the one end
entering a corresponding hole in the bottom plates and those in the corner
standards serving also to secure the corners of bottom plates, see Fig. D.
The top plates are then put on and these are halved into each other at the
corners as before described fitting the dowels fixed in the standards.
The angle of the roof is formed of eight rafters and a ridge plate, Fig. C. C.
The four end rafters take the dowels of the corner standards, Fig. D, and have
a dowel at the other end which enters the ridge plate. The four intermediate
rafters are fitted with a dowel to take the top plate and for additional strength
these ends are cut bird mouth form, Fig. B.
The dowels at the top of corner standards which are of extra length and protrude
are surmounted by an ornament. Fig. D.
Perfect rigidity is given to the structure by means of the braces within the
frame as shown in drawings. They consist of wire strand rope and screw shackle
for tightening, and an eye is formed in each end of the brace attachable to split
hooks screwed into frame. The braces in the end sections are carried from the
corners under the top plate and meet at the bottom of middle end standards. The
braces in the side sections are strained from the corners of intermediate standards
and top plate outwards to the corners of bottom plates.
Support is given to the roof by means of a brace from under ridge plate to
the ton of centre standard at either end.

page_text: At option a flooring may be added made in sections.
I claim the right of adopting the same principle for a similar construction in
square, rectangle, octagon or any other shape, and to make the frame of wood
or metal, also to cover same with canvas wood or other material in sections.
The covering, if canvas, for the sides and ends is arranged in four sections,
being brought from the centre of front to the centre of end and attached to top
and bottom plates with nobs and eyelets. The canvas can be easily detached and
thrown back from the centre for entrance or ventilation. The covering for the
roof is made in one piece in the form of a hood and attached round the top plate
to the same nobs as side canvas, the canvas when attached as described thus com-
pleting the rigidity of the whole structure.
Four or more ventilators are provided in the roof, two or more opposite each
other on either side of roof.
A structure as described here in was erected six months ago and it has stood
the test and proved its stability in wind and rain and also its utility for all and
every purpose stated.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Portable Construction or Improved Tent for Horticultural or other
purposes.
I, ALFRED WYATT, of 89, Gibbon Road, Nunhead, County of Middlesex, by
trade a Florist, 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:-
A portable construction for horticultural or other purposes for which a tent
or marquee is. utilized for temperory use. The various parts of the frame are
dowelled together, so dispensing entirely with the aid of nails screws or bolts.
No outside guide lines or ropes are used but in place of same braces are applied
within the framework thus avoiding any encroachment on ground beyond that
actually required for the erection and gaining a maximum of room in a minimum
of space.
For an erection for horticultural purposes (for which I originally devised the
invention) for a club pavilion or to serve for a marquee, I recommend the rect-
angular shape and proportions as shown in drawings filed with my Provisional
Specification.
The framework is prepared and put together as follows: The four bottom
plates, consisting of two side and two end pieces, form the groundwork of the
erection. The ends are halved into each other, one over and the other under,
each having its counter part in the other and all parts, are made interchangeable
for any similar section, thus rendering numbering unnecessary.
Ten standards are raised, at the four corners, two at each side equidistant and
one centred at each end. The standards have dowels at either end, the one end
entering a corresponding hole in the bottom plates, and those in the corner
standards serving also to secure the corners of bottom plates see Fig. D.
The top plates are then put on and these are halved into each other at the corners
as before described, fitting the dowels fixed in the standards.
The angle of the roof is formed of eight rafters and a ridge plate see Fig. C, C.
The four end rafters take the dowels of the corner standards, see D, and have a
dowel at the other end which enters the ridge plate. The four intermediate

page_text: rafters are fitted with a dowel to take the top plate and for additional strength these
are cut bird mouth form Fig. B.
The dowels at the top of the corner standards, which are of extra length and
protrude, are surmounted by an ornament Fig. D.
Perfect rigidity is given to the structure by means of the braces within the
frame as shown in drawings. They consist of wire strand rope and screw shackle
for tightening, and an eye is formed in each end of the brace attachable to split
hooks screwed into frame. The braces in the side sections are strained from the
corners of intermediate standards and top plates outwards to the corners of bottom
plates. Two cross stays are stretched from one top plate across to the other.
Support is given to the roof by means of a brace from under ridge plate to the
top of centre standard at either end.
At option a flooring may be added made in sections.
The covering if canvas, for the sides and ends is arranged in four sections being
brought from the centre of front to the centre of end and attached to top and
bottom plates with nobs and eyelets. The canvas can be easily detached and
thrown back from the centre for entrance or ventilation. The covering for the
roof is made in one piece in the form of a hood and attached round the top plate
to the same nobs as side canvas the canvas when attached as described thus
completing the rigidity of the whole structure.
Four or more ventilators are provided in roof, two or more opposite each other
on either side of the roof. A structure as described herein was erected and given
a six months test by which it has proved its stability in wind and rain and also
its utility for all and every purpose as stated.
For greater portability the top and bottom plates can be made in three short
lengths, and these would be halved together over and under the intermediate
standards, all being secured by the dowel of standards passing through the over-
lapping portions. The ridge plate can be shortened in like manner.
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:-
Firstly, The method of construction adopted and applied.
Secondly, The right of adopting the same principle for a similar construction
in square, rectangle, octagon or any other shape and to make the frame of wood
or metal, also to cover same with canvas, wood or other material in sections.
Dated this 7th day of November 1898.
ALFRED WYATT.