AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRACES USED FOR BORING, DRIVING SCREWS, AND OTHER SUCH LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Gee, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Stamper and Piercer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT
OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRACES USED FOR BORING, DRIVING
SCREWS, AND OTHER SUCH LIKE PURPOSES."
Sealed the 28th November 1854, and dated the 20th September 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Gee at the Office.
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th September
1854.
I, WILLIAM GEE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Stamper and
Piercer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVE-
MENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRACES USED FOR BORING, DRIVING
SCREWS, AND OTHER SUCH LIKE PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
The braces used by carpenters and others for drilling, boring, and other
purposes are usually made of wood or of solid iron. My Invention consists
in making the said braces hollow and of sheet metal, each brace being made
of two parts, each of the said parts being the counterpart of the other, the said
parts being raised out of sheet metal by the processes of stamping, pressing, or
otherwise. I do not confine myself to any particular metal in carrying my
Invention into effect. Braces made according to my said Invention are
lighter and more convenient to use than braces made according to the ordinary
method, and are also more economical in construction. The essence of my
Invention consists in making braces hollow, whether by the methods described
or otherwise.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Gee in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
17th March 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
GEB, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Stamper and Piercer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Gee, Her special licence that I, the said William Gee, my
executors, administrators; and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Gee, 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 Channe!
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRACES USED FOR BORING, DRIVING SCREWS, AND
OTHER SUCH LIKE PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said William Gee, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
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 William Gee, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof (that is to say):
:-
The braces (commonly called joiners' braces) used by carpenters and others
for drilling, boring and other purposes are usually made of wood or solid iron.
My Invention consists of making the said braces hollow, and of sheet iron or
other sheet metal. In making a brace according to my Invention, I fashion
a piece of sheet metal by stamping, pressing, or otherwise into the form of one
half the brace, and I fashion another piece of sheet metal into the form of the
other half of the brace, and after placing the two together, edge to edge, I
solder or otherwise join the two pieces together.
Figure 1 represents in plan one of the two pieces of sheet metal of the
form used for making a brace according to my Invention, the said Figure 1

page_text: representing the said piece with the scrap edge on, and Figure 2 representing
the said piece without the scrap edge; the other piece is the exact counterpart
of that represented in Figures 1 and 2, and I have not thought it necessary
to represent it. Figure 3 represents in section the completed brace, which in
appearance resembles the ordinary brace, but is hollow, and much lighter than
the ordinary brace. I prefer to make the brace of sheet metal, and join the
two parts together by hard solder; but I do not confine myself to the use of
any particular nietal, nor to any particular method of joining the two parts of
which I make the brace. Braces made according to my Invention are lighter
and more convenient to use than braces made according to the ordinary method.
They are also more economical in construction than ordinary braces.
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 method of carrying my Invention into effect herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, as the same may be
varied without departing from the nature of my said Invention; but I claim
as my Invention, making braces used for boring, driving screws, and other
such like purposes (and commonly called joiners' braces) hollow, and of sheet
metal.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Gee, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
WILLIAM GEE. (L.B.)