IMPROVEMENTS IN HORTICULTURAL BUILDINGS AND IN GLAZING THE SAME WHEREBY PUTTYING AND PAINTING ARE DISPENSED WITH
Year: 1884

page_text: We CHARLES ALLEN and WILLIAM ALLEN both of Macclesfield Road Holmes-
Chapel in the County of Chester Horticultural Builders do hereby declare the
nature of our Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN HORTICULTURAL BUILDINGS AND
IN GLAZING THE SAME WHEREBY PUTTYING AND PAINTING ARE DISPENSED WITH
to be as follows:-
These improvements relate to the glazing of Horticultural buildings and have
for their object the prevention of the condensed water, moisture or leakage from
the roof dropping down the side of the purlins or cross bars and consists in forming
a slight opening or passage between the cross bars and glazing and the said purlin
or horizontal bars where the same would otherwise be in touching contact this is
effected by the introduction of a washer or piece of thin metal between the cross
bars and the purlins so as to leave an opening to enable the liquid or moisture to
run completely down the inside of the glass of the roof instead of necessarily
having to flow down the sides of the purlins for want of other means of escape.
The improvements further relate to the glazing of the sides of Horticultural
buildings without the use of putty or paint and whereby a lighter and more airy
appearance is produced in the building than when wooden or iron sash bars are
employed and consists in the employment of lead bars or bars composed of a
mixture of tin and lead such bars having a grove at each side formed by drawing
the leaden bar through a corresponding shaped die and with one overlapping edge
thinner than the other and which is afterwards softened so as to be turned back
when introducing the edge of the glass into the grove. This description of leaden
bar is used in the construction of the necessary frames for glazing and forming the
sides of Horticultural buildings such bars being secured together at the joints by
overlapping or by halving one thickness on to the other and soldering the joints
together In practice we support these leaden frames by preference by wrought
iron tubes secured at the extremities to the inside of the building and to which
tubes the leaden bars are affixed by copper wire.

page_text: We CHARLES ALLEN and WILLIAM ALLEN both of Macclesfield Road, Holmes
Chapel, in the County of Chester, Horticultural Builders, do hereby declare the
nature of our Invention for " IMPROVEMENTS IN HORTICULTURAL BUILDINGS
AND IN GLAZING THE SAME WHEREBY PUTTYING AND PAINTING ARE DISPENSED
WITH," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
These improvements relate to the glazing of horticultural buildings and have for
their object the prevention of the condensed water, moisture or leakage from the
roof dropping down the sides of the purlins or cross bars and consists in forming a
slight opening or passage between the cross bars and glazing, and the said purlins
or horizontal bars, where the same would otherwise lie in touching contact this is
effected by the introduction of a washer or piece of thin metal a as seen in
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing, between the cross bars b and the purlins c
so as to leave an opening to enable the condensed moisture to run completely down
the inside of the glass d of the roof and so to leave the same to fall on to the next
lower pane of glass, instead of necessarily having to flow down the sides of the
purlins (and dripping on to the Plants or Fruit, cultivated which is very injurious
to either of them, and is specially to be avoided) for want of other means of escape
as heretofore.
The improvements further relate to the glazing of the sides of Horticultural
Buildings without the use of putty or paint and whereby a lighter and more airy
appearance is produced in the building than when wooden or iron sash bars are
employed.
On the accompanying drawing Fig 2 represents a front view of a window
constructed in accordance with this part of our invention, and Fig 3 represents on
a larger scale a side sectional view of another window, showing the improved
construction more perfectly. Fig 4 represents a sectional view of our improved
leaden bar. In all the views e. e. are the improved leaden bars having grooves fat
each side formed by drawing such bars through a correspondingly shaped die, and
with the front overlapping-edge rather thinner than the back edge-These leaden
bars are so tempered as to be more readily turned back when introducing the edge
of the glass as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig 4. This description of leaden
bar is used in the construction of the necessary frames for glazing and forming the
sides of Horticultural Buildings such bars being secured together at the joints by
overlapping or by halving one thickness on to the other and then soldering the
jointed parts together. In practice we support these leaden frames by preference
by wrought iron tubes g shewn in Fig 3 secured at their extremities to the inside
of the building, or to the wooden or other frame of the window, and to which
tubes g the leaden bars are affixed by copper wire h.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1st The improved methods of glazing horticultural buildings substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawings

page_text: 2nd The employment of the improved leaden bars in the glazing of horticultural
buildings, whereby putty and paint are dispensed with, and a lighter and more
airy appearance is produced substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
on the accompanying drawings.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicants,
71, Market Street, Manchester.