Improvements in Corner Joints for Fenders and other Articles.
Year: 1893

page_text: ate of Application, 27th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corner Joints for Fenders and other Articles.
I, HENRY SHELDON of the Firm of Sheldon & Co., of Belmont Row,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is improvements in fenders and such like articles and
refers in particular to the manner in which the junction of the several pieces
are formed and afterwards brought together and united so as to form the angle or
junction thereof.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which are illustrated three modifications which will enable others with these
examples before them to extend the principle to any other circumstances met with.
Figure 1., is a side elevation of the inside of a piece of metal moulding from
which a curb or fender is formed.
Figure 2., is a plan of the same moulding as is shown by Figure 1.
Figure 3., shows the two pieces of moulding A and A¹ brought together to
form an angle.
Figure 4., is an end elevation with the two parts A. and A' fastened together.
Figure 5., shows a modification in plan of the one illustrated by Figures 1, 2, 3
and 4.
Figure 6., shows the two parts A and A' brought together when formed according
to Figure 5.
Figure 7., shows a further modification brought together with the cap M¹
covering the junction.
Figure 8., shows the cap used for the junction when formed according to the first
six figures.
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The moulding A and A' may be produced by either being drawn or stamped and
the corner pieces M and M' may be either drawn stamped or cast. My junctions
or corners are formed as follows:-First, I cut the moulding in such a manner as
to produce a flange or tongue a³ (see Figures 1 and 2) leaving a recess a cut out of
the opposite end and with a depressed part aº. The mould is otherwise severed square
across. The pieces A and A¹ are now placed in position as shown by Figure 3 so
that the flange a³ passes inside the moulding and the part a' falls into the recess aº.
The mounting B is then placed the hole a' and screwed up with a suitable washer 6¹
and nut 62 and the screws e are passed through to more thoroughly hold the parts
together. I
use screw tapped washers behind any of the screws in this or the
modifications. thus form the junction of the parts A and A' without using a
strengthening angle plate underneath the moulding and I effect the junction
without waste of metal. The same remark applies to the modifications shown by
Figures 5, 6 and 7. In Figures 5 and 6 there are two flaps a³ and a so that when
they are brought together as seen at Figure 6 the flap a³ is inside and the flap a* is
outside but otherwise they are fastened as in the case of the previous modification.
The modification shown by Figure 7 has no flaps at all the metal merely abutting
at that part but in that case I use extra screws m³ and m in placing the cap M
over the ends. The cap M Figure 8 is the one I use for the two first modifications
but it will be evident that the design of these caps may be greatly varied as well
as the section of the moulding. may also solder the parts together instead of
using the screws.

page_text: 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 :-
The improvements in fenders and other such like articles the junctions being
made substantially as hereinbefore described and as shown upon the drawings by
Figures 1 to 8.
Dated this 26th day of October 1893
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.