IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING FIRE-GRATES AND FENDERS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Morton, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Manager of Works, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN ORNAMENTING FIRE-GRATES AND FENDERS."
Sealed the 29th December 1868, and dated the 7th July 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Morton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th July 1868.
I, GEORGE MORTON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manager of Works, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING FIRE-GRATES AND FENDERS," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists in ornamenting in the manner herein-after
described, the arched or curved parts of fire-grates and the tops of
fenders.
In ornamenting the arched or curved parts of fire-grates I make
the edge of the said arched part of a beading or moulding by preference

page_text: of a nearly semi-cylindrical figure, and I coat or cover the said beading
with a strip of perforated sheet brass or other metal or alloy. I attach
the said strip of perforated metal to the beading by turning its edges
against the back of the said beading. The beading may either be
left plain and unpolished, or it may be polished or painted before the
application of the strip of perforated metal. The perforations in the
strip of brass or other metal may be of any desired ornamental pattern.
The appearance of the plain, polished, or coloured beading through
the perforations in the sheet brass or other metal produces a highly
ornamental effect.
In ornamenting fenders according to my Invention I treat the
tops of the fenders in the manner described with respect to fire-
grates.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Morton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 5th January 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
MORTON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manager of Works,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-second
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said George Morton, Her special licence that I, the
said George Morton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said George Morton, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING FIRE-
GRATES AND FENDERS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
George Morton, 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,

page_text: 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 George Morton, 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 :-
My Invention consists in ornamenting in the manner herein-after
described, the arched or curved parts of fire-grates and the tops, bases,
or other parts of fenders..
In ornamenting the arched or curved parts of fire-grates I make
the edge of the said arched parts of a beading or moulding, by preference
of a nearly semi-cylindrical figure, and I coat or cover the said beading
with a strip of perforated sheet brass or other metal or alloy. I attach
the said strip of perforated metal to the beading by turning its edges
against the back of the said beading. The beading may either be
left plain and unpolished, or it may be polished or painted before the
application of the strip of perforated metal. The perforations in the
strip of brass or other metal may be of any desired ornamental pattern.
The appearance of the plain, polished, or colored beading through
the perforations in the sheet brass or other metal produces a highly
ornamental effect.
In ornamenting fenders according to my Invention I treat the tops,
bases, or other parts of the fenders in the manner described with
respect to fire-grates.
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to
describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in elevation and cross section the base of the
curved or arched parts of a fire-grate ornamented according to my
Invention. Between the ordinary bright steel mouldings a, a, of the
grate I fix a central beading or moulding 6 of the form best seen
in the cross section, and I coat or cover the said beading or moulding
with a strip of perforated sheet brass or other metal or alloy marked c,
the said perforated strip being fixed by turning back its edges upon the
beading or moulding in the manner represented in the cross section;

page_text: or a tubular strip having the sectional figure of the beading or
moulding 6 may be slipped upon or otherwise attached to the said
beading or moulding b. Upon the front and centre of the ornamental
moulding b, c, I fix by soldering or otherwise a solid metallic
ornamental beading d for the purpose of giving a finish to the said
moulding b, c. The solid beading d may, however, be omitted if preferred..
The moulding & may be left plain, or it may be colored or be polished.
In either case the colour of the said moulding is seen through the
perforations of the metallic covering c, and a highly ornamental effect
produced. The central moulding b, c, is secured to the plate e of the
grate by bolts and nuts in the way ordinarily adopted for securing the
moulding a, a, to the said plate e, as seen in the cross section of
Figure 1.
Figure 2 represents in elevation and cross section the base of the
arched or curved parts of another fire-grate ornamented according to
my Invention. In this grate I use between the ordinary mouldings a, a,
a central tubular beading or moulding f, covered with a perforated
sheet metal strip or tube g in combination with smaller tubular beadings
or mouldings h, k, covered with perforated sheet metal strips or tubes i, i.
The said side mouldings h, i, are laid and fixed in the hollows or troughs
of the ordinary mouldings a, a. The side ornamental moulds h, i,
may be dispensed with and the central ornamental moulding f, g, may
alone be used, as represented in elevation and cross section in Figure 3.
Figure 4 represents in elevation and cross section a portion of another
grate ornamented according to my Invention. In this grate I combine
the small ornamental central moulding k, l, made as before described
with the ordinary twisted tubular mouldings m, m, the said mouldings
The twisted
, l, m, m, being situated between the mouldings a, a.
tubular mouldings m, m, are made by preference of bright steel, and the
perforated strip or tube of the central moulding k is made of brass, the
plain or colored or bright ground of the moulding k being seen through
the perforations of the covering strip or tube l.
Although I have represented the best ways with which I am
acquainted of combining the ornamental beadings or mouldings com-
posed of a rod, bar, or tube covered with a perforated ornamental
metallic strip or tube with the ordinary mouldings of the curved or
arched parts of the grate, yet I do not limit myself thereto, as beadings
or mouldings of the kind described may be applied to or combined

page_text: with the grates for the purpose of ornamenting them in a variety of
other ways which I do not think it necessary to specify; neither do
I limit myself to the sectional figure of the beadings or mouldings, nor
to the patterns of the perforated strips or tubes covering the beadings
or mouldings.
Figure 5 represents in elevation and cross section the end of a fender
ornamented according to my Invention. To the top of the fender p
I fix a metallic tubular beading or moulding q having the figure best
seen in the cross section, the said beading q being covered with a strip
of perforated sheet brass or other metal or alloy marked r.
The per-
forated strip is fixed to the beading or moulding 9 by turning back
its edges; or a perforated tubular strip of the section of the beading
or moulding may be slipped upon or fastened to the said beading or
moulding. The ornamental top q, ", of the fender p is fixed in its place
by ornamental end pieces 8, which are bolted to the fender.
Figure 6 represents in elevation and cross section the end of a fender
in which the top and base are ornamented according to my Invention.
The top is ornamented in the way described with respect to Figure 5,
and the parts are marked with the same letters of reference. In
ornamenting the base of the fender I attach to the bottom of the front
of the fender p a moulding t covered with a strip of perforated sheet
brass or other metal or alloy marked u. The bottom ornamental
moulding t, u, is attached to the fender p by screws and nuts. The
beadings or mouldings q, t, of the fenders may be either plain or
coloured or polished, as described with reference to the beadings or
mouldings of the fire-grates herein-before described. The tops of ash
pans, chimney pieces, and the heads of fire-irons may be ornamented
in the manner described and represented.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that
I do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and
illustrated, as the same may be varied without departing from the nature
of my Invention; but I claim as my Invention the improvements in
ornamenting fire-grates and fenders, herein-before described and illus-
trated in the accompanying Drawings, that is to say, ornamenting the
curved or arched parts of fire-grates and the tops, bases, and other
parts of fenders by the use of ornamental beadings or mouldings of the
kind described and represented, the said ornamental beadings or

page_text: mouldings being applied to or combined with the said fire-grates and
fenders, substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Morton, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
GEORGE MORTON. (L.S.)