Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification- Left, 11th-Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Nov., 1888
1 WILLIAM WADE of Crewe in the County of Chester Builder do hereby declare the
nature of the said invention :-
This invention relates to the construction of doors, partitions counter fronts, shutters
and other similar structures which it is customary to make with a strong wooden
frame-work holding panels for ornamental or other purposes. Hitherto such panels
have been made of wood of less thickness than the framework and are liable to warp
or crack under the influence of the weather.
This invention consists in forming the door or other structure. of a suitable frame-
work of wood with panels of sheet steel secured therein.
In carrying out the invention the framework is mortised or secured together in
any suitable way. A groove is cut therein with a fine cutting saw deep enough to
receive a plate of thin steel. When the plate is placed in position & the framework
secured together mouldings inay be nailed round the panel to give a more finished
appearance. It will be obvious that other manner of fastening the panel may be
substituted for grooves cut in the frame work.
The invention is chiefly designed for doors for the insides of houses but may be
applied to other doors if desired and will also be found very serviceable for counter
fronts, partitions, shutters and other similar structures made chiefly of wood. The
frame work will be made of wood secured together as heretofore with panels of sheet
steel inserted instead of panels of thin wood.
I consider doors and similar structures formed with panels of sheet steel in substi-
tution for thin wood will in many respects be much superior. The panels will not
warp or crack under atmospheric influences. The doors will be safer and stronger
as they will not be easily cut through. They will be less liable to twist or shrink,
and further a home manufactured article may be utilized instead of foreign timber.
Dated this 11th day of January 1888.
WM. P. THOMPSON, & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester,
Patent Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Doors and other Panelled Structures.
I, WILLIAM WADE, of Crewe, in the County of Chester, Builder, 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:
This invention relates to the construction of doors, partitions, counter fronts,
shutters and other similar structures which it is customary to make with a strong
wooden frame-work holding panels for ornamental or other purposes. Hitherto such
panels have been made of wood of less thickness than the frame-work and are liable to
warp and shrink under the influence of the weather.
This invention consists in forming the door or other structure of a suitable frame-
work of wood with panels of sheet steel secured therein.
It is shown in the form of a single frame or panel in the annexed drawings.
Fig. is a front elevation.
Fig. 2 sectional elevation.
A, is a framework of wood of ordinary construction mortised or "otherwise
secured together in any suitable way to receive a panel. In the frame is cut a
groove a with a fine cutting saw deep enough to receive a thin plate of steel. Into
this groove is placed the plate of thin steel B which forms the panel.
When the plate is placed in position and the framework secured together
mouldings C may be nailed round the panel to give a more finished appearance. It
will be obvious that other manner of fastening the panel may be substituted for
grooves cut in the framework.
The invention is chiefly designed for doors for the insides of, houses but may be
applied to other doors if desired and will also be found very serviceable for counter-
fronts, partitions, shutters and other similar structures made chiefly of wood.
Although only one frame and panel is shown in the drawings it will be understood
that the door or other structure may be made with two or more panels as may be
required fitted together in the way shown the framework of wood and the panel of
a sheet of thin steel which latter will take the place of the panels of thin wood hitherto
in use.
'I consider doors and similar structures formed with panels of sheet steel in
substitution for thin wood will in many respects..be much superior. The panels will
not shrink warp. or crack under atmospheric influences. And for any position where
a curved panel is required such as a counter front they will have the additional
advantage over wood in that they will be easier to construct and when made will be
stronger and more durable. Doors will be safer and stronger as they will not be
easily cut through. And further a home manufactured article may be utilized instead
of foreign timber.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A door or similar structure formed with a framework of wood and one two or
more panels of thin sheet steel.
2. The combination of the wooden framework A, the steel panel B and the
mouldings C, substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 9th day of October 1888.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester,
Patent Agents.