A New or Improved Construction of Portable Horticultural or similar Building.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 13th July, 1897-Accepted; 9th Oct., 1897
A New or Improved Construction of Portable Horticultural or
similar Building.
I, GODFREY COULD' of 9 Grange Road, Ashton-on-Mersey in the County of
Chester, Horticultural' Builder, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to
be as follows:
My invention consists' essentially of a horticultural or similar building which can
be readily erected or taken down and removed in small pieces without the aid of
tools, and in such a way as to prevent the joinings, or connections, becoming
rotted by moisture, or which can be painted and varnished, or examined in all its
parts.
Such portable building also comprises a reversible door, i.e., a door which can be
arranged to swing from either side of the door way, and fitted with a catch for
locking the door without the use of a loose key, but rendering it necessary to use
the key for unlocking.
The wooden sides and ends of the building are made of match boarding, and eacli
tongued and grooved to 'fit' with its adjoining board, and the top ends of. such boards
are all braced together by a grooved sill or side rail, which drops over them, and the
ends of which sill are dovetailed to upright corner posts, or principals.
The several members of the roof, sides and ends which receive the glass are
grooved so that the glass may be slid and held in position without the aid of putty
or cement. The hinges for the door are formed with a loose pin with nut to keep it
in position, and the latch or lock is made with a bolt which is held' up by a sliding
pin with button head, which, when depressed, allows the bolt to fall into the notch
of the door frame, and so lock the door. To raise such bolt a sinall T shaped key is
used.
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The handle of the door is, by preference, 'in the centre, and is the same on both
sides so as to allow for the changing' of the door.
My invention also comprises a dovetailed slotted bar applied to the ventilator and
in which is a sliding block, secured to one end of a' pivoted casement stay or rod.
When the ventilator is 'closed the said rod lie's more or less in a horizontál position,
but' when pulled down into a vertical position the ventilator is opened simply by the
slide running: in the 'groove by reason of the radial action of the rod.
The various other parts and fittings of the improved building are of a simple and
renewable character, and may be varied to suit the uses thereof.
Dated this 12th day of October 1896.
GODFREY GOULD,'
By John G. Wilson & Co.,
55 Market Street, Manchester, Agents.'

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Construction of Portable Horticultural or
similar Building.
I, GODFREY GOULD of 9 Grange Road, Ashton-on-Mersey, in the County of
Chester, Horticultural 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:-
My invention consists essentially of a horticultural or similar building which can
be readily erected or taken down and stored or removed in pieces and without the
aid of tools, the construction of which also permits the joining or connections being
examined and painted or varnished from time to time and thus prevent lodgement of
moisture and rotting in the joints.
My invention also comprises a reversible door capable of being hinged on either
side to the frame and fitted with a novel arrangement of lock for fastening from the
centre of the door. A further feature of my invention is a novel arrangement of
lifting device for opening and securing the ventilator usual in horticultural buildings
and the like.
And in order that my said invention may be the more readily understood and carried
into practical effect I have hereunto annexed two sheets of drawings and will now
proceed to describe the same with the aid of the figures and letters of reference
inarked thereon. Similar letters on the general view are used to describe similar
parts.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portable greenhouse comprising my improvement.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the main timbers of Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are
enlarged views of parts of Fig. 2. Figs. 7 and 8 are details showing the special
arrangement I provide for securing the glass in the roof of a greenhouse constructed
in accordance with my invention. Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 refer to the improved
reversible door with locking device, and Figs. 14 and 15 show my improved
ventilating device.
In the perspective view Fig. 1, I show a greenhouse constructed in accordance
with my invention eminently suitable for amateurs and householders who require a
structure that can be readily taken down and stored or removed, and which can be
readily examined in all its joints, or be re-painted or varnished, and such a structure
is also very durable as damp or moisture cannot rot the joints as is now the case.
(A) is the main framing of the greenhouse, which is secured together in the novel
manner hereinafter described. (B) are the end timbers, (C) the improved door, and
(E) the ventilator with my improved opening device.
Referring to Fig. 2, which illustrates the corner post (B) in the perspective view
drawn to an enlarged scale, I show one of the essential features of my invention, and
which I call a side lock dovetail (B1) for securing the various parts together, and
which consists of a dovetail joint with an enlargement immediately over the dovetail
to allow of the joint entering and then by a side movement the joint is locked by
the dovetail coming into position. This will be more clearly seen by a consideration
of Fig. 5 which is a section of Fig. 3 on the line (X-Y), and Fig. 6 is a section of
Fig. 4 on the line (Y-Z).
The dovetail in this style can enter the enlarged portion (b, c, d, e), but by a
downward movement locks behind the dovetail (b), (c), (d), (e), in the post (B).
All the joints in the structure are made in this way and either by a downward
or side movement lock with their adjoining timbers.
The structure is erected by first placing in position the bottom timber (A), then
the end posts (B), next the boarding or pannelling (A') which slides into grooves in

page_text: the rails (A). The rails (A*) are secured in (A) by similar dovetail connections and
are fixed by a slight endwise movement as the boards are placed in position. A
grooved sill or rail (A³) is then placed in position and which finally secures the
boards (A). In like manner the frames (A) to carry the glass are erected and
completed by a top rail (A). The end and roof of the greenhouse is constructed in the
same manner by dovetails in the several joints which are locked by the hereinbefore
described endwise movement.
In this manner I construct a greenhouse entirely without nails or screws, and
which can be readily taken to pieces without destruction.
The glass is put in position by novel means without putty seen best in Figs. 7
and 8, in which (X) is a groove into which the glass is slid before the top is put on.
In the case of the roof glass I adopt the same device of sliding the glass into grooves
as seen at (AS) and to prevent the glass slipping out I use spring pieces (Aº)
preferably of steel with rubber parts (A10) (or the steel may be wholly covered with
rubber) such spring parts are forced back when the glass is slid into position and on
being released effectually prevent the glass slipping out.
In Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, I illustrate the details of my improved lock for
greenhouse doors of this class. Fig. 9 being an outside view, Fig. 10 a cross
section, Fig. 11 an elevation with the front removed to shew the interior. The
device consists of a pair of sliders (E) propelled by a pinion (E¹) under the action of
a key (Figs. 12 and 13) with three corner or other shaped opening (E³). These
sliders work into housings arranged in the frame of the door as seen at (E) in Fig. 9
and so when forced outwardly by the action of the key effectually secures the
door.
This form of door locks readily, admits of the door being hung either right or
left handed.
In Figs. 14 and 15 I show my improved arrangement of ventilator action for
securing the ventilator in any desired position, and which consists of a dovetailed
grooved bar (F) secured to the ventilator (F) hinged at (F). (F) is a lever arm
pivoted at (F) one end of which carries the runner (F5) (which is dove-tailed to
correspond with the bar (F)) and works therein. The opposite end of the lever
has a handle (F).
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-By pulling down the handle (F)
the dovetail piece or ranner (F³) travels the grooved bar (F) forcing the ventilator
open as it slides upwards and so the ventilator is retained with any desired amount
of opening.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is :-
1. The improved arrangement of parts constituting a horticultural building readily
erected and taken to pieces for painting or removal, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
2. The improved ventilator action, substantially as described and illustrated on
the accompanying drawings.
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GODFREY GOULD,
By John G. Wilson & Co.,
Agents.