Refuse Marble, Glass, and the like.
Year: 1885

page_text: Refuse Marble, Glass, and the like.
EDWARD SAMUEL TUCKER 143 Princess Street Manchester Joiner & Builder
and DOUGLAS FREDERICK TUCKER 143 Princess St Manchester Assistant in a
Wharehouse do hereby declare the nature of our invention for MANUFACTURE of
VARIOUS ARTICLES FROM SPAR, Refuse MARBLE, GLASS, &c. to be as follows:-
We make a foundation or shape in wire, metal, wood or other suitable material
which we cover with an hydraulic or other cement into which is pressed peices of
Spar, Marble, Glass, Slag, granite or such like substances by means of moulds or
otherwise.
Where flat or smooth surfaces are required we use moulds of polished glass.
By this process it is intended to manufacture Chimney peices, Monumental tomb
stones, Crosses, Grottos, Verandah's, Summer houses, Fountains, Rockery work,
Flower pots, Boxes, Vases, Tables &cc. portability and lightness in many of the
articles being one of ends desired.

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Various Articles from Spar,
Refuse Marble, Glass, and the like.
EDWARD SAMUEL TUCKER of 143 Princess St Manchester in the County of
Lancashire builder and DOUGLAS FREDERICK TUCKER of 143 Princess St
Manchester, in the County of Lancashire assistant to a draper We do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for THE MANUFACTURE OF VARIOUS ARTICLES
FROM SPAR REFUSE MARBLE GLASS AND THE LIKE and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
In the manufacture of hollow articles we proceed as follows, we make a foundation
or shape of wire metal, wood or other suitable material (we prefer wire,) in the
form of the article required leaving open spaces, or meshes between the wire to
allow the cement to pass through, Inside this wire shape we place a mould of
wood or other material of similar shape but rather less in size than the wire form,
we now cover the wire shape with plastic Portland or other cement which passing
through the openings in the wire rests upon the inner mould. We now take Spar,
Marble or glass, broken to a suitable size or a combination of them and press into
the cement by means of moulds or otherwise untill the whole surface is covered.
It is then left to harden after which the mould is removed the wire being
completely hidden giving strength and form to the article, the outer surface.
presenting a rough or uneven surface.
When we require an article with a smooth surface we proceed as follows, We
tak a mould or shape of glass which we carefully cover with Spar Marble, glass
or the like, seperate or in combination we then cover it with a coating of plastic
cement into which we press the wire, covering it again with cement and leaving
the whole to harden. When taken from the glass mould it presents a smooth and
even surface, Articles may thus be produced with either a rough or smooth
surface or partly rough and partly smooth.
When the articles are large it is needful to make them in sections and build them
up together afterwards.
We also work designs in the wire shapes useing it for the purpose of filling in
with various colured Spar Marble or glass, thus forming ornamentation in the work,
or some of the spaces may be left unfilled forming open work.
In some case we coat the surface of the article with a metalic substance.
By this process we manufacture Chimney peices, Monumental Tomb stones,
Crosses, Grottos, Varandah's, Summerhouses, Fountains, Rockeries Vases, Tables,
flower pots, boxes, tiles and the like.

page_text: Having now particulary described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is performed we declare that what
we claim is,
1st The manufacture of articles from Spar Marble, Glass, or the like on a wire or
metal form giving simplicity of construction strength and lightness.
2nd The use of glass moulds or surfaces for producing smooth even faces to the
articles.
3rd The novelty of designs worked in the wire by which unskilled hands can
work in different materials and colors giving novel effects to the articles..
EDWARD SAMUEL TUCKER
DOUGLAS FREDERICK TUCKER.