Improvements in the Method of Fixing Ends or Ornaments on Rods or Poles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec.. 1886
Complete Left, 15th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 25th Oct., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of Fixing Ends or Ornaments on
Rods or Poles.
I, WILLIAM ALLMAN Brassfounder 45 Villa Road Handsworth in the County of
Stafford and also of the firm of Cope Allman & Co. Unity Tube Works Icknield
Square Birmingham in the County of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF FIXING ENDS OR ORNAMENTS ON
RODS OR POLES" to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a spring clip or holder, either made in one piece with the
end or ornament, or made seperately to be fixed at the back of any shaped end or
Ornament, and so constructed that the clip or holder passes over the outside of the
Rods Poles or Tubes; and can be made to suit any section of Tube.
These Ends or Ornaments fitted on to the rods or Tubes by the means as described
I purpose making in flat or raised shapes, stamped, cast wrought, or otherwise, plain
and ornamental.
1
1000
WILLIAM ALLMAN.

page_text: WILLIAM ALLMAN 45 Villa Road Handsworth (near Birmingham) in the County
of Stafford Brassfounder 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 in making a spring clip or holder for attaching any description
of end ornamentation to rods, poles or Tubes of any section.
The general method hitherto adopted is plugging the tubes and tapping a hole in
the centre of the plug for the screw that is attached to the end to fit into.
I purpose making my spring clip or holder either in one piece with the end
ornament; or making it seperately so that it can be fixed to any shaped end or
ornament and constructed in various ways to suit the different descriptions of end
ornaments now used-one way the spring clip passes over and binds upon the outside
of the rod or tube; another way the clip acts upon the inside of the rod or tube.
The method of making is to cut out of sheet steel, Brass or other suitable metal or
alloy blanks so shaped with three or more arms or clips and a plate for fixing to the
end; by means of press tools, these blanks are then bent by other tools into regular
spring shape and the plate is bent the reverse way to the arms, so that it forms a
complete spring attachment that can be fixed at the back of any flat shaped end
ornaments; the various kinds and sizes required for different shaped ends will be
made in a similar way to suit the ornament they are required to attach.
In order that my invention and the manner of putting the same into operation may
be thoroughly understood I will describe the drawings upon the sheet hereto annexed
which are to be taken as part of this specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is the outline of the blank cut out by press tools with four arms A and plate
for fixing B.
Fig. 2 is the same blank formed into a spring clip holder ready for fixing to any
flat shaped end, the arms A and plate B are bent into shape.
Fig. 3. is a section of round end ornament with a spring clip attached another
shape and acting inside the end or ornament.
Fig. 4. shews a spring clip attached another shape and acting outside the tube.
Fig. 5 is a section of round end ornament with a spring clip attached another
shape, and acting inside the tube or pole.
Fig. 6. is an outline of a flat end with the clip as Fig. 2 attached..

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
First. The construction and use of a spring clip or holder for attaching end
ornaments to rods or poles.
Second. Applying the spring clip or holder to any description of end orna-
mentation.
Third. Making the clip either in one piece with the end, or seperately to be fixed
on the end.