IMPROVE- MENTS IN AND RELATING TO MOUNTING OR FRAMING TILES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES TO BE USED FOR STANDS AND OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES."
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Austin Wellington, of the City of Boston, in the
State of Massachusetts, United States of America, but at present of 15, Water
Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN AND RELATING TO MOUNTING OR FRAMING TILES AND OTHER LIKE
ARTICLES TO BE USED FOR STANDS AND OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Austin Wellington
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th February 1879.
CHARLES AUSTIN WELLINGTON, of the City of Boston, in the State of Massa-
chusetts, United States of America, but at present of 15, Water Street, Liverpool,
in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO MOUNTING OR
FRAMING TILES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES TO BE USED FOR STANDS AND OTHER
ANALOGOUS PURPOSES."
My Invention relates to a novel form and construction of detacheable frame for
mounting ornamental tiles or other like articles, so that such tile or article can be
used as a stand for ornamental or useful table purposes.
In carrying out my Invention I use four corner pieces of metal or other suitable
material, and constructed to fit over and round each corner of the tile. The
corner pieces are made with a projecting lug, which comes under the corner of and
supports the tile. The corner pieces are also constructed of such size as to receive
wood or other suitable beading or strips which form the side pieces of the frame.
The corner pieces are also provided with projections or balls, which form the feet
of the frame.
In mounting a tile the corner pieces are placed at each corner of the tile or like
article embracing the beading or strips, being the side pieces. The frame thus con-
structed is held together by a metal wire, which may be formed as a square with
set out corner loops, so constructed that the loops may be sprung over the feet of
the corner pieces and thus hold, and firmly secure the parts forming the frame or
mounting. The form of the retaining wire may be modified and made of circular,
triangular, or cross form, being always provided with loops that can be sprung over
the feet of the corner pieces, and thus secure the parts forming the mounting.
The corner pieces can be made of any size to suit the tile or article to be
mounted, and the projecting lugs which come under the corner of and support the
tile can be set up to provide for the thickness of the tile or like article.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles.Austin-Wellington in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th August 1879.
CHARLES AUSTIN WELLINGTON, of 'the City of Boston, in the State of Massa-
-chusetts, United States of America, but at present. of 15, Water Street,-Liverpool;-
in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO-MOUNTING-
FOR FRAMING TILES AND OTHER LIKE. ARTICLES-TO-BE-USED-FOR-STANDS AND OTHER
ANALOGOUS PURPOSES."
My Invention relates to a novel form and construction of detacheable frame for
mounting ornamental tiles or other like articles, so that such tile or article can be
used as a stand for ornamental or useful purposes.
In carrying out my Invention I use four corner pieces of metal or other suitable
material, and constructed to fit over and round each corner of the tile. The corner
pieces are made with a projecting lug, which comes under the corner of and
supports the tile... The corner pieces are also constructed of such size as to receive
wood or other suitable beading or strips, which form the side pieces of the frame.
The corner pieces are also provided with projections or balls, which form the feet
of the frame.
In mounting a tile the corner pieces are placed at each corner of the tile or like
article embracing the beading or strips being the side pieces. The frame thus con-
structed is held together by a metal wire, which may be formed as a square with
set out corner loops, so constructed that the loops may be sprung over the feet of
the corner pieces, and thus hold and firmly secure the parts forming the frame or
mounting. The form of the retaining wire may be modified and made of circular,
triangular, or cross form, being always provided with loops that can be sprang
over the feet or provisions on the corner pieces, and thus secure the parts forming
the mounting.
"
The corner pieces can be made of any size to suit the tile or article to be
mounted, and the projecting lugs which come under the corner of and support the
tile can be set up to provide for the thickness of the tile or like article.
...The beforegoing being the nature, object, and purposes of my. Invention, I will
now proceed to describe and illustrate how my Invention may be practically applied,
and to describe forms and arrangements of parts such as are suitable for carrying
my Invention into practice, and for that purpose I have attached two Sheets of
Drawings illustrative of a tile mounted or framed according to my Invention; the
different views on the. Sheets of Drawings are marked with letters and figures of
reference corresponding with those in the following explanation, like letters and
figures being used to denote the same or corresponding parts throughout the
various views and Figures.
Figure 1 is a front.plan-of-a-tile-mounted-according to my Invention:
Figure 2 is a back or under view of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a detached view, shown in perspective, of a corner mount; Figure 44
is a modification of Figure 4.
Figure 5 is a detached view of a strip or beading fitting to Figure 4:
Figure 6 is a plan of frame with spring retaining wire modified.
Figure 7 is a plan illustrating corner mount, showing modification of attachment
for retaining wire, which is fastened to a detached foot, which hooks over a lug on
the corner piece.
Upon reference it will be seen that A is an ornamental tile, and that my Inven-
tion consists in the use of four corner pieces B, B, B, B, and the four side pieces
C, C, C, C, which are loose or detached and fitted onto the tile A, as shown at Figure 1,
and retained and securely held together by the retaining spring wire E, as shown
at Figure 2. The loops F of the spring retaining wire E loop over the knobs or

page_text: feet H of the corner pieces B, and thus hold the parts B and C firmly on the tile.
The corner pieces B are provided with lugs e, which support the tile and can be set
or bent up to provide for the thickness of the tile. The lugs e may be provided
with hubs or provisions (see Figure 4^), and the retaining spring wire E may be
arranged to loop over these hubs or provisions h instead of over the feet H of the
corner pieces B; or the feet H may be hollow, attached to the wire E, and arranged
to spring over the lugs h stamped out of the corner piece (see Figure 7), in which
the foot H is shown as viewed from the underside.
Articles mounted or framed according to my Invention are self adjustable with
their mounts or frames, and are thereby not detrimentally affected by expansion
and contraction caused by extremes of heat and cold. Also the mount or frame can
be easily taken off one article and applied to another of like size in case of accident
or desire for variety.
Having now described and illustrated my Invention, and shown a system, mode,
or manner in or under which the same is or may be used or practically carried into
effect, I would have it understood,―
First. That my Invention is not limited to mounting or framing tiles only, as it
is applicable for mounting or framing other analogous articles.
Second. I would have it understood that the dimensions of the corner pieces and
side strips may be varied, also that they may be composed of any suitable material,
for example, corner pieces may be of lackered or plated metal, and the side strips
or beading may be of plain, ornamented, or polished wood.
Third. I would have it understood that although I have shown the retaining
spring wire E of rectangular form, with corner loops, the same may be varied
according to suit any polysided article, and that it may be of cross, star, triangular,
circular, or of other convenient form.
Fourth. I would remark that although my Invention is shown applied to a
rectangular tile it can be adapted to suit any polysided analogous article.
What I claim as my Invention is,―
Mounting or framing tiles and other like articles, as herein before described, by
detached corner pieces and side strips, such detached corner pieces and side strips
being held together by a spring retaining wire, as set forth and illustrated, or any
modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Austin Wellington, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
CHARLES AUSTIN WELLINGTON. (L.S.)