An Improved Combined Strainer and Frame for Mounting and Displaying Showbills, Pictures, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 24th Nov., 1894
TROVISIONAL SEMITICATION.
An Improved Combined Strainer and Frame for Mounting and
Displaying Showbills, Pictures, and the like.
I, JAMES CHALLIS, of Fernbank, 35 Mildenhall Road, Clapton, London, N.E.,
Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention is intended to provide a cheap and effective means of displaying
showbills, pictures or other printed matter, giving the finished appearance of an
ordinary flat strainer inserted in a frame, without the necessity and expense. of
making the strainer and frame separately as heretofore. My method simplifies
the manufacture and reduces quantity of material required. I make a frame of
wood in the usual way by mitreing or halving and joining the corners. Cloth,
canvas, or other suitable material is stretched across the back and glued or
otherwise fastened all round. I may hollow out a groove in the back of frame
for receiving the edge of the fabric, which can be secured by a strip of wood
fitted in over it, and nailed into the groove. The frame is covered with suitable
decorative material. The bill or picture is next pasted on the front of the fabric
in the recess formed by the frame, and a sheet of stout paper pasted on the
back. A finishing coat of size and varnish is applied. To render the whole
impervious to damp the back may also be varnished or painted. I sometimes use
a polished, gilded, or otherwise decorated moulding of suitable section.
alternative to the cloth or canvas, a sheet of strong paper may be used for
mounting the bill upon, further strength being obtained by the addition of a
backboard.
Dated this 1st day of January 1894
As an
JAMES CHALLIS.
An Improved Combined Strainer and Frame for Mounting and
Displaying Showbills, Pictures, and the like.
I, JAMES CHALLIS, of Fernbank, 35 Mildenhall Road, Clapton, London, N.E.,
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this 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 is intended to provide a cheap and effective means of displaying
show bills, pictures and the like printed matter, giving the finished appearance of
an ordinary flat strainer inserted in a frame without the necessity and expense of
making the strainer and frame separately as heretofore.
My method simplifies the manufacture and reduces quantity of material required.
I make a frame in the usual way by joining the nitred corners, the moulding
being gilded, polished, or otherwise decorated, but instead of being rebated it is
made flat at the back without rebate. I next mount the picture or bill on cloth,
canvas, or other suitable material, and whilst still damp stretch the whole across
back of frame glueing or otherwise fastening it all round. This is conveniently
done by laying the mounted bill flat, face upwards, (the material upon which bill
is mounted being cut rather larger than outside of frame), glueing the back of
frame all round, and pressing it on the edge of mounted bill, the edge of bill being
[Price 8d1

page_text: under the moulding. The back may be covered and stiffened with paper or
The bill will
backboard, and all projecting edges cut flush with outside of frame.
dry out tight, and is usually sized and varnished on face. When required to be
damp proof a coat of size and paint or varnish will protect the back.
For additional strength to prevent the canvas pulling off or peeling I sometimes
hollow out a groove in the centre of back of moulding to receive the edge of the
canvas (or other fabric) upon which the bill is mounted a strip or fillet of wood
then being nailed into the groove to hold in the fabric. Metal angles may be
inserted at the corners in the grooves left for fillet when extra strength is
required.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1. shows a partly front and sectional view
of frame. A is the moulding. B is the bill. C is the canvas. D is the fillet for
holding canvas in the groove in moulding.
Fig. 2 shows a cross section of frame with fillet, A being the moulding, B the
bill, C the canvas, D the fillet, and E the backing.
Fig. 3 shows a cross section of a frame without fillet,
B the bill, C the canvas or cloth, and E the backing.
being the moulding,
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 :-
1. A combined strainer and frame for mounting and displaying showbills,
pictures and the like, constructed substantially in the manner set forth, and
shown in the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1, 2, & 3.
2. A frame without rebate with material strained upon the back thereof, and the
method of mounting and finishing bills, substantially as set forth and shown.
3. A frame with fabric strained, and fastened thereon by means of the grooves
and fillets, on which bills may be mounted and displayed in the manner set forth
and described.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1894.
JAMES CHALLIS.