Improvements in the Manufacture of Fenders, Fire Shovels, Fire Dogs, Ash Pans, and other similar Articles.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Fenders, Fire Shovels, Fire
Dogs, Ash Pans, and other similar Articles.
I, EDWIN TAYLOR of Alfred Street, Warstone Lane, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Stamper and Piercer, 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 :—
My invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of fenders,
fire shovels, fire dogs, ash pans, and other similar articles, and refers more
particularly to the mouldings or bottoms of fenders, the pans of fire shovels, the
bases of fire dogs and the fronts of ash pans whereby I considerably improve the
appearance of such parts without materially increasing the cost.
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 I have fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 1., is an elevation of the front of a shovel pan.
Figure 2., is a section on line 1-2.
Figure 3., is an elevation of a separate stamping of the ornamentation on
Figure 1.
Figure 4., is a part elevation of a fender bottom or ash pan front showing a
modification in the ornamentation.
Figure 5., is an elevation of part of the base of a fire dog.
Figure 6., is an elevation of part of a fender moulding.
In carrying my invention into effect I stamp the said article, such for instance
as the pan B shown by Figure 1, with the required ornament pattern or design A
which is embossed up and may be formed of say brass or other suitable metal and
which I call the first metal. I also stamp and emboss the same ornament or
pattern in metal such as copper which varies in color from that of the pan itself;
the edge of which finishes at the extremity of the ornament as shown by D
Figure 3, and this I term the second metal, which stamping is brazed, soldered, or
sweated on to the corresponding part of the pan A which has been similarly
stamped to receive it. After the loose part D has been put on the two may be
pressed together in the dies with tin foil between or any other suitable composition
or solder. Upon being polished the ornament D stands out in clear contra-
distinction to the pan A and thus forms a very pleasing effect at very little extra
cost. In cases where the ornamentation is divided or scattered such as at el shown
on the fender moulding E Figure 6 which would necessitate a large number of
small pieces being brazed on separately I may form a stamping F in one piece to
cover the whole with scolloped, pointed, or other ornamental edges f'. Of course the
examples herein described and illustrated upon the drawings but slightly indicate
the variety of designs which may be obtained while any combination of metals
may be utilized such for instance as German silver or platinum and in some cases I
may, after fitting on the second stamping add a centre of a third colored metal in
the same manner as that of the second but of course so as to leave part of the
second exposed. The second metal may be perforated to various designs inter-
mediately with the embossing so as to show the first metal through or both first
and second metals may be perforated if so desired.
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 the manufacture of fenders, fire shovels, fire dogs, ash pans,

page_text: and other similar articles substantially as herein set forth and shown upon the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 25th day of November 1893.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.