Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 29th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 30th Dec., 1887
I, GEORGE RICHARD UNITE, of Caroline Street, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object a covering or case for Gongs, Call Bells and other
bells whereby the sound is freely emitted through piercings or perforations.
According to my invention I take a plate of gold, silver or other metal or alloy of a
suitable form and thickness, I.then by means of dies or tools operated by pressure, make a
suitable number of piercings or perforations in the said plate of gold, silver or other
metal or alloy, I then by means of other dies or tools operated in a like manner,.
dome or otherwise suitably shape the said plate of gold, silver or other metal or alloy,
with the said piercings or perforations, and the covering or case is then ready for
attaching to the gong or bell.
Or the piercings may be made after the said plate of gold, silver or other metal
or alloy is domed or otherwise suitably shaped.
The covering or case is attached to the gong or bell by the spindle of the bell
passing through a small piercing or perforation in the centre of the covering or caso
and the knob or handle of the bell is then attached to the spindle of the bell in the
ordinary way and the covering or case is then in the required position.
Or countersunk holes may be pierced in the covering or case through which it
may be firmly attached to the base or any other suitable part of the gong or bell, by
means of attaching screws.
Dated this Thister first day of March 1887

page_text: Covering or Case for Gongs, Call-bells, and other Bells.
I, GEORGE RICHARD UNITE, of Caroline Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer 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 has for its object a covering or case for Gongs, Call-Bells and other
Bells, whereby the sound is freely emitted through piercings or perforations.
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According to my invention I take a plate of Gold, silver or other metal or alloy
of a suitable form and thickness; I then by means of dies or tools operated by
stamp or press or by the process of saw-piercing, make a suitable number of piercings
or perforations in the said plate of gold, silver or other metal or alloy; I then by
means of other dies or tools operated by a stamp or press, or by the process of spinning,
dome or otherwise suitably shape the said plate of gold, silver or other metal or alloy,
with the said piercing or perforations, and the covering or case is then ready for
attaching to the Gong or Bell, or the piercings or perforations may be made after the
said plate is domed or shaped.
Instead of making the covering or case as herein before described, it may be made
by the process of casting.
The covering or case is attached to the Gong or Bell by the spindle of the Gong
or Bell passing through a small piercing or perforation in the centre of the covering
or case, and the knob or handle of the Gong or Bell is then attached in the ordinary
way, and the covering or case is then in the required position; or countersunk holes
may be pierced in the covering or case through which it may be firmly attached to
the base or other suitable part of the Gong or Bell or to a wall or table or other
suitable article by means of attaching screws.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a blank of gold, silver or other
inetal or alloy suitable for making piercings or perforations.
Figure 2 represents the blank of gold, silver or other metal or alloy with suitable
piercings or perforations a made by means of dies or tools operated in a stamp or
press, or by the process of saw-piercing through which the sound is freely emitted ;
bis a small piercing or perforation for the spindle of the Gong or Bell to pass
through.
Figure 3 represents a blank of gold, silver or other metal or alloy with suitable
piercings or perforations and countersunk holes c by means of which the covering or
case may be attached to the base or other suitable part of the Gong or Bell or to a
wall or table or other suitable article.
Figure 4 represents in side elevation Figure 2 domed or shaped ready for attaching
to the Gong or Bell by passing the spindle of the Gong or Bell through the
small piercing band attaching the knob or handle of the Gong or Bell in the
ordinary way.
The piercings or perforations may be made after the blank is domed or shaped.
Figure 5 represents a call or table Bell complete with covering or case.

page_text: Figure 6 represents a Bell complete with covering or case provided with counter-
sunk holes c suitable for fixing the Gong or Bell to a wall, table or other suitable
article by means of screws.
I do not limit myself to the shape represented of the blank or to the shape repre-
sented of the doming of the said blank; as other shapes may be given to the said
blank, and other shapes or designs to the doming or shaping of the said blank; neither
do I limit myself to the number or shape of the piercings or perforations.
Having now 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 is "Covering or Case" for Gongs, Call Bells and other Bells.
First Making the blank from sheet metal and making suitable piercings or perfora-
tions in said blank, substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 1.
2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
Secondly Doming or shaping substantially as herein-before described and illustrated
in Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly Making the Covering or Case by the process of casting.
Fourthly Attaching the covering or case to Gong or Bell or a wall or table, or
other suitable article, substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 90th day of November 1887