IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GATES AND HURDLES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Cox, of Heston, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF GATES AND HURDLES."
Sealed the 17th January 1853, and dated the 1st October 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Cox at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st October 1852.
I, JOSEPH Cox, of Heston, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman;
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GATES AND HURDLES " to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of employing tubes of iron for the uprights
or frames, such tubes being made with ribs, to which the bars are
fixed by rivits or otherwise.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters. Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Cox in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th March 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JOSEPH Cox, of Heston, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the six-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Cox, Her special
licence that I, the said Joseph Cox, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Cox, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF GATES AND HURDLES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Joseph Cox, by an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Cox, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof (that is to say):
. The Invention consists of employing tubes of iron for the uprights
or frames, such tubes being made with ribs, to which the bars are
affixed by rivets or otherwise.
And in order that the Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pur-
sued by me.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, shows an elevation of a gate constructed according to my
Invention. Figure 2, shows two sections of tubes which I employ for
the standards or uprights, and I also prefer to employ them at the
upper and lower bars. a, a, are the uprights. b, b, are the horizontal
and diagonal bars, which are rivetted to each other and to the projecting
ribs of the uprights a, a, as is shewn. ', ', are loops to hang the gate
by. In constructing hurdles a similar mode of construction is pursued,
but diagonal bars are not usually employed; and in making hurdles the
lower ends of the uprights have feet, just as heretofore used, welded
thereon. c, e, are the top and bottom rails or bars, which, like the
uprights, are made of tubes with projecting ribs thereon.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise sections of the tubes shewn, as the same
may be varied without departing from my Invention; but what I claim
is, the mode herein described of manufacturing gates and hurdles.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Cox, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of March, in the
year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witness,
S. CARPMAEL.
JOSEPH COX. (L.S.)