A NEW OR IMPROVED MANU- FACTURE OF PICTURE FRAMES, VASES, BUSTS, AND SUCH ARTICLES AS ARE
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Gibbs, of Wolverhampton, in the County of
Stafford, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED MANU-
FACTURE OF PICTURE FRAMES, VASES, BUSTS, AND SUCH ARTICLES AS ARE OR
Sealed the 14th March 1856, and dated the 17th September 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Gibbs at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
September 1855.
I, EDWARD GIBBS, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF PICTURE FRAMES, VASES, BUSTS, AND SUCH ARTICLES AS
ARE OR MAY BE PRODUCED BY THE PROCESS OF MOULDING," to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists in the manufacture of such articles as are or
may be produced by the process of moulding from the asphaltum or pitch
obtained as a residual product in the manufacture of coal naphtha. In making
the said coal naphtha, the gas tar produced in the manufacture of gas is sub-
jected to distillation, and there is left in the still an indurated pitchy matter,
which by the application of heat may be readily moulded into various forms.
The articles which my Invention is particularly applicable to are picture
frames, vases, busts, and inkstands. Where the form or size of the article
renders it desirable, I use a foundation of wood or other solid in order to give
stability to the article.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Gibbs in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th March 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
GIBBS, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Edward Gibbs, Her special licence that I, the said Edward Gibbs, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward
Gibbs, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF
PICTURE FRAMES, VASES, BUSTS, AND SUCH ARTICLES AS ARE OR MAY BE PRODUCED
BY THE PROCESS OF MOULDING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Edward Gibbs, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Gibbs, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:
My said Invention consists in the manufacture of such articles as are or
may be produced by the process of moulding from the asphaltum or pitch
obtained as a residual product in the distillation of gas tar for the manufac-
ture of coal naphtha. In making the said coal naphtha, the tarry matter
produced in the manufacture of gas is subjected to distillation, and after the
said distillation there is left in the still an indurated pitchy matter, which by
the application of heat may be softened and readily moulded into various
forms.
My Invention consists in applying the said pitch to the manufacture of the

page_text: articles herein-after enumerated, and such others as may be produced by the
process of moulding. In order to give to the said pitch greater hardness than
that which it naturally possesses, I mix therewith charcoal or brickdust in
fine powder. The proportions which I prefer to use are four parts of pitch
to one part of charcoal or brickdust; but I do not limit myself to any par-
ticular proportion. Where the form or size of the articles renders it desirable,
I use a foundation of wood or other solid in order to give stability to the
article to be manufactured. The articles to which my Invention is specially
applicable are vases, picture frames, busts and figures, inkstands, flower pots,
medallions, and ornamental boxes and baskets.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise details herein described, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of my said Invention; but I claim as my
Invention, the new or improved manufacture, herein described, of picture
frames, vases, busts, and such other articles as are or may be produced by the
process of moulding, that is to say, making the said articles of the pitch
obtained by the distillation of gas tar, the said pitch being mixed with charcoal
or brickdust.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Gibbs, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of March, in the year of ou
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
EDWARD GIBBS. (L.S.)