Improvements in Fenders.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 28th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fenders.
I, THOMAS KENDRICK, of Summer Lane, Birmingham; in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has reference principally to kerbs or fenders having a moulding
of brass or other metal. The mouldings of such kerbs or fenders are frequently
open on the underside, the inner and outer edges being returned so as to form
flanges upon which the kerb rests. The underside being open constitutes an objec-
tion, both as tending to weakness and as presenting an unfinished appearance.
It has
been found that the insertion of a length of strip or hoop iron, which may be slid
into the moulding inside of the above-mentioned flanges, has remedied the defects
by closing the open side of the moulding and strengthening the same by preventing
compression. This strip of iron has usually been inserted at the ends of the kerb
or fender, where the moulding is returned, and in order to admit of this, the
moulding is cut away or opened, and the corner made up by a casting or other
suitable method.
The object of my invention is to provide a means whereby the strip or hoop iron
may be inserted into a moulding in which the returned ends are initred in the
ordinary way, without cutting away the corners or in any way weakening the
fender. In order to effect this, I remove a portion of each of the flanges on the
underside of the moulding, preferably about the centre, so as to leave an apperture
sufficiently large to admit the iron strip, which I make in two half-lengths or there-
abouts, and which I slide into the moulding in opposite directions so as to fill up
the whole of the open side. I attach by rivetting or other suitable means to the
inside of the moulding and at convenient intervals, guide-pieces, snugs, or the
equivalent, preferably of angular shape, leaving sufficient space for the iron strips
to slide between the said guide-pieces and the flanges.
The strips having been slid into the required position, I employ a plate of brass
or other metal of a size corresponding with the apperture through which the strips
have been passed, which fills up the gaps caused by the removal of the portions of
the flanges, and which is secured by means of screws to both of the strips, thus
materially strengthening and supporting the moulding, and at the same time
imparting a finish to the whole. The iron strips for the returned ends of the kerb
or fender are passed in in the ordinary way.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fenders.
I, THOMAS KENDRICK, of Summer Lane, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 has reference principally to kerbs or fenders having a moulding of
brass or other metal. The mouldings of such kerbs or fenders are frequently open
on the underside, the inner and outer edges being returned so as to form flanges
upon which the kerb rests. The underside being open, constitutes an objection
both as tending to weakness and as presenting an unfinished appearance. It has

page_text: been found that the insertion of a length of strip or hoop iron which may be slid
into the moulding inside of the above-mentioned Hanges has remedied the defects by
closing the open side of the moulding and strengthening the same by preventing
compression. This strip of iron has usually been inserted at the ends of the kerb
or fender where the moulding is returned and in order to admit of this, the moulding
is cut away or opened, and the corner made up by a casting or other suitable
method.
The object of my invention is to provide a means whereby the strip or hoop
iron may be inserted into a moulding in which the returned ends are mitred in
the ordinary way, without cutting away the corners or in any way weakening the
fender. In order to effect this, I remove a portion of each of the flanges on the
under side of the moulding, preferrably about the centre, so as to leave an apperture
sufficiently large to admit the iron strip, which I make in two half-lengths, or
thereabouts, and which I slide into the moulding in opposite directions, so as to
fill up the whole of the open side.. I attach by rivetting or other suitable means
to the inside of the moulding and at convenient intervals, guide-pieces or snugs, or
the equivalent, preferably of angular shape, leaving sufficient space for the iron
strips to slide between the said guide-pieces and the flanges.
The strips having been slid into the required position, I employ a plate of brass
or other metal of a size corresponding with the apperture through which the strips
have been passed, which fills up the gaps caused by the removal of the portions of
the flanges, and which is secured by means of screws to both of the strips, thus
materially strengthening and supporting the moulding and at the same time
imparting a finish to the whole. The iron strips for the returned ends are passed
in in the ordinary way.
I will now further describe my invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings the corresponding parts of which are marked by the same letters of
reference.
The general appearance of a metallic fender in which the open space in the
underside of the moulding is closed up by the above described method is shewn in
Fig. 1.
A is the kerb or moulding of the fender, having an apperture or gap taken
out of the flange or returned edge, and filled up by a plate, B. Fig. 2 shews one
of the snugs or guide-pieces, introduced into the moulding at suitable intervals as
indicated in Fig. 1 by dotted lines, or at any other convenient points in the said
moulding, C being an elevation and D a section on line E F. Other forms, which
the shape of the moulding may necessitate are indicated in section in Figs. 3 and 4.
These snugs are by preference affixed to the fender by the pegs G being introduced
into holes drilled in the moulding at the required points and there rivetted. A.
sufficient space is thus left between the returned edge of the moulding and the
projecting ledge, H, of the guide-piece or snug, Fig. 2, to admit the strip of iron
shewn in the drawings and lettered J, which is inserted at the gap or apperture by
preference at or about the middle of the moulding, or at any, desirable point. The
said iron strips are drilled and tapped near to their adjacent edges so that when the
plate B is placed in position to close up the gap cut away in the moulding, screws
may be inserted into countersunk holes therein, and by taking into the tapped holes
in the strips, J, firmly hold all the parts together, and on the strips, K, being
inserted, complete the process.
This will be the more readily understood by reference to Fig. 5, in which the
positions of the respective parts are shewn in accordance with the foregoing
description.
Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the moulding on line L M, (Fig. 5). A is the moulding,
J the iron strip filling in the same, and held in position by the projecting
ledges, HH, of the snugs. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively section and elevation of
the plate B, by means of which the moulding is filled up where the gap has been
made, and from which the said moulding derives considerable strength and finish of
appearance.
If preferred or rendered necessary by the nature of the material forming 'the

page_text: substance of the moulding of the fender, or by any other circumstance, the snugs,
Figs. 2, 3, and 4 may be soldered to the same or secured by screws.
In Fig. 9 is shewn a form of my invention in which the iron strips J J, K K,
are kept in position by screws passing through the returned portion or flange of the
fender, the snugs or guide-pieces being dispensed with. In all other respects, the
method employed is identical with that illustrated by the preceding figures.
It is not essential that the gaps for admitting the strips into the moulding should
be in a central position, the location of the said gaps being entirely optional. If
preferred, the gap may be placed near to the returned end of the moulding, and the
strip inserted in one length instead of two.
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 1
claim is
1. Inserting strips of iron into the underside or bottom of the mouldings of
metallic fenders for the purposes hereinbefore specified, in two more or less equal
lengths, by means of a gap or apperture, preferrably at or near the middle of the
said moulding.
2. Inserting the said strip iron in one piece at a gap near the end of the moulding,
in conjunction with snugs, guide-pieces, screws and other suitable fittings as
hereinbefore described.
3. Employing snugs or guide-pieces as shewn in and described in connection with
Figs. 2, 3, and 4, for the purpose and in the manner hereinbefore set forth and
specified.
4. Employing a plate or the equivalent, lettered B in the accompanying figures,
for the purposes and in the manner herein before set forth and specified..
Dated this 23rd day of January 1891.
THOMAS KENDRICK.