Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 21st Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 28th June, 1887.
We, WILLIAM DYKE WILKINSON and FREDERICK FOWLER trading as W. Dyke
Wilkinson & Co. of Stanley Works Bradford Street Birmingham, Manufacturers
of Stamped Brass Foundry, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved photograph frame or holder whereby a photo-
graph or picture may be preserved and exhibited. We take a flat piece of wood metal
or other suitable material and produce in the same by pressure or otherwise a recess
capable of receiving the photograph or picture. We affix to the back thus made one
or more screws projecting from it at right angles. We then place over the photograph
or picture a plate of glass in which holes are drilled for the said screws to pass through
and we secure the glass to the frame by means of nuts. The glass is also held at the
bottom by hooks of metal provided with clips to pass through the back or frame
and clench on the other side. In order to support the frame in an upright vertical or
inclined position on a table or shelf we attach a strut or leg by means of a connecting
strap of soft metal or other material sufficiently pliable to allow of the strut or leg
being adjusted at such an angle as to support the frame.
Tn tinhtranih dow of A 1007
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BERNARD MC.EVOY,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: We, WILLIAM DYKE WILKINSON and FREDERICK FOWLER of 216 Bradford Street
Birmingham (trading as W. Dyke Wilkinson & Co.) Manufacturers 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:-
Our invention relates to an improved photograph frame or holder whereby a photo-
graph or picture may be preserved and exhibited.
We take a flat piece of metal, wood or other suitable material and produce in the
same by pressure or otherwise a recess capable of receiving the photograph or picture.
We affix to the "back" thus made one or more screws projecting from it at right
angles and place over the photograph a plate of glass having holes drilled in it for the
said screw or screws to pass through. The glass is also held at the base by hooks of
metal provided with clips to pass through the "back" or stand and clench on the other
side. To support the frame in an upright or inclined position on a table or shelf, wo
attach a strut or leg by means of a connecting strap of soft metal or other material
sufficiently pliable to allow of the strut or leg being adjusted at such an angle as to
support the frame. This strut may consist of a wooden or other strip having the said
soft metal strap attached to it or it may be made in one piece of metal stamped with
a suitable design to render the lower part of it rigid while the upper part or connecting
strap is left soft so as to be easily bent out to any required angle.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Fig. 1 represents a front view of our improved Photograph holder. A A A A is
the "Back and a. a. the recess formed therein by fastening upon it the border 11.
m is the screw and n. the nut for receiving and fastoning the plato of glass. bb are
the clips of the improved mount or pliable soft metal strap for attaching the
strut. ff. are the hooks for holding the glass at the base. Fig. 2 is a sectional
side view of the same shewing b. c. the improved pliable metal mount and ka
wooden or other strat attached thereto. i. i, is the plate of glass placed over the
photograph. Fig. 3 represents one form of the pliable metal mount b. b. being
the clips which pass through the "back" and c. c. the clips by which the mount is
attached to the wooden or other strut k by bending them round at the notches d. d.
Figure 5 represents the improved hook for supporting the glass at the base of the
improved holder, the clips e. e. passing through the frame and clenching therein.
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
(1) The configuration of the parts of the improved holder as relating to the recess
for the photograph and the approach to it from the front.
(2) The method of attaching the plate of glass by means of a screw passing
through it.
(3) The supporting strut shewn in Fig. 2 at b. c. k which may be either of wood or
metal or both combined.
(4) The general configuration of the hook shown at Fig. 5.