Improvements in Printers' Furniture.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printers' Furniture.
I, THOMAS GRIFFIN of Rose Villa, Acocks Green in the County of Worcester,
Printer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in printers
furniture which is commonly known in the trade as "reglet furniture" "side and
foot sticks" "quoins" and the like used for spacing purposes.
My invention has for its object to provide a simple means of making such
furniture to posses greater strength and at a less cost than heretofore, at the same
time preventing the waste of material and general warping. Printers furniture
of ordinary construction consists entirely of wood or of type metal in which case
castings are made with cores or cavities supported with webs placed at intervals
such furniture being commonly known as "French Furniture." When wood
furniture is used great inconvenience is caused by the warping of the wood and
with the metal or French Furniture the webs aforesaid frequently give way
owing to the lateral pressure to which they are subjected to when locked up in
forme. By my invention these difficulties are overcome. My invention consists
essentially in making printers furniture aforesaid of a combination of wood or
other similar material and type metal in a manner whereby greater strength and
lightness are obtained and saving of metal effected. In carrying my invention
into practice I make a casting of ordinary type metal such for example as a side
or foot stick having a wood core so arranged and combined that the wood will
be well incorporated in the metal in place of the webs aforesaid in a manner to
prevent any giving way of the metal or collapsing when pressure is applied. When
desired I insert a wood core by means of hydraulic or other pressure instead of
casting. In cases where, wide furniture is required I may insert a series of wood
cross bars or studs placed in such a position that the grain of the wood shall be
in the direction to which the pressure is to be applied. I do not confine myself
to the use of wood cores or pegs I may in some cases use wood or paper pulp,
papier mache or any other similar material. My invention may be modified in
any detail as may be necessary to carry the same into effect without departing froni
the nature thereof.

page_text: I, THOMAS GRIFFIN, of Rose Villa Acocks Green in the County of Worcester,
Printer, 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:-
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This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in printer's
furniture which is commonly known in the trade as "reglet furniture," "side and
foot sticks,' quoins" and the like used for spacing purposes. My invention has
for its object to provide a simple means of making such furniture to possess greater
strength and at a less cost than heretofore, at the same time preventing the waste
of material and general warping. Printer's furniture of ordinary construction.
consists entirely of wood or of type metal in which case castings are made with
cores or cavities supported with webs placed at intervals, such furniture being
commonly known as "French Furniture." When wood furniture is used great
inconvenience is caused by the warping of the wood and with the metal or "French
Furniture," the webs aforesaid frequently give way owing to the lateral pressure
to which they are subjected when locked up in forme. By my invention these
difficulties are overcome. My invention consists essentially in making printer's
furniture aforesaid of a combination of wood or other similar material and type
metal in a manner whereby greater strength and lightness is obtained and a saving
of metal effected. In carrying my said invention into practice I make a casting
of ordinary type metal such for example as a side or foot stick having a wood core
so arranged and combined that the wood will be well incorporated in the metal
in place of the webs aforesaid in a manner to prevent any collapsing or giving
way of the metal when pressure is applied. When desired I insert a wood core by
means of hydraulic or other pressure instead of casting. In cases where wide
furniture is required I may insert a series of wood cross bars or studs placed in
such a position that the grain of the wood shall be in the direction to which the
pressure is applied.
I do not confine myself to the use of wood cores or pegs. I may in some cases
use wood, or paper pulp, papier mache or any other similar material. My inven-
tion may be modified in any detail as may be necessary to carry the same into effect
without departing from the nature thereof. I will describe my invention by refer-
ence to the accompanying drawings the same letters of reference indicating
similar parts throughout. Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 illustrate perspective views of
some only of the various forms of printer's or French furniture. In Figure 1,
A represents type metal and B wood which is placed between the sides C. C. which
are supported by the type metal core D.
In Figure 2 a wood core B is encased by type metal A and in Figure 3 a wood
core B is held in its place by the type metal sides C, C and the bars E, E. Figure 4
shows another form of printer's furniture in which a wood core
position by the type metal ends E and the sides C, C.
B is held in
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The improvements in Printers Furniture substantially as described and illus-
trated and for the purpose set forth.
2. In the manufacture of Printers Furniture consisting of a combination of type
metal and wood substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 3. In the manufacture of Printer's Furniture consisting of a combination of
type metal, paper pulp or papier mache substantially as described and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 5th day of July 1897.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.