Improvements in Cast Metal Receptacles for Tiles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 9th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cast Metal Receptacles for Tiles.
I, DERMONT CAMPBELL, partner of the firm of Jones & Campbell Ironfounders,
Torwood Foundry, Larbert County of Stirling, North Britain, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain panels, frames and receptacles which are
combined with cooking ranges, stoves, stove grates, fenders, trivets and other cast
metal goods; which panels, frames and receptacles are for the purpose of containing,
holding and displaying tiles; it has for its objects :-
First. Economy of parts, by making each tile holding panel, frame and receptacle
in, or of, one casting, instead of two or more ;
Second. Cheapness and rapidity of production as compared with former
methods;
Third. Increased strength and general utility of such goods.
In carrying out my invention I construct each cast metal panel, frame and
receptacle for containing, holding and displaying tiles in combination with cooking
ranges, stoves, stove grates, fenders, trivets and other articles, with a marginal
strip or flange, visible at the front, and with ribs, straps or bars, intersected or
otherwise, or with a solid cast metal plate, across and behind the space where the
tiles are to be inserted and displayed; these bars or plate being connected, when
casting the article, behind, or to the back of, the said marginal strip suitably for
constituting a tile trough, having a "rabbit," similar in form and purpose to that
of a picture frame, to hold in the outermost edges of the tile or group of tiles,
contained in the panel. Holes are formed in the said ribs, straps or plate, when
casting the article, for the reception of screws or bolts, some of which are inserted,
from front or back, at each junction where four tiles meet, and are fastened with a
"nut." The said marginal strip forms the front part of each "rabbit" and the
back ribs or plate which constitute the tile trough complete the "rabbit," where
the said parts unite with the front plate or strip, cores being inserted in the sand
mould to form the "rabbit" spaces where the said parts unite with each other.
Each rib, bar or strap is more or less, in the form of a staple, and where a solid
plate back is employed for the back or bottom of the tile panel the latter is formed
like a shallow trough, pierced with (cast in) holes when required.
Dated this Seventh day of November 1891.
JOSEPH
LOCKWOOD,
263, Argyle Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Inventor.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cast Metal Receptacles for Tiles.
I, DERMONT CAMPBELL partner of the firm of Jones and Campbell Iron- .
founders, Torwood Foundry, Larbert, County of Stirling North Britain 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:-
This invention relates to certain panels, frames and receptacles which are
combined with cooking ranges, stoves, stove grates, fenders, trivets and other cast
metal goods; which panels, frames and receptacles are for the purpose of
containing, holding and displaying tiles; it has for its objects :-
First. Economy of parts, by making each tile holding panel, frame and receptacle,
in or of, one casting instead of two or more ;

page_text: Second. Cheapness and rapidity of production as compared with former
methods;
Third. Increased strength and general utility of such goods.
In carrying out my invention I construct each cast metal panel, frame and
receptacle for containing, holding and displaying tiles in combination with cooking
ranges, stoves, stove grates, fenders, trivets and other articles, with a marginal
strip, border or flange, visible at the front, and with ribs, straps or bars, intersected
or otherwise, or with a solid cast metal plate, across and behind the space where
the tiles are to be inserted and displayed; these bars or plate being connected
inseparably when casting the article, behind, or to the back of the said marginal
strip suitably for constituting a tile trough, having a "rabbit," similar in form and
purpose to that of a picture frame, namely, to receive and hold in, the outermost
.edges of the tile or group of tiles displayed in the panel.
Holes are formed in the said ribs, straps or plate, when casting the article, for
the reception of screws or bolts, some of which are inserted, from front or back
at each junction where four tiles meet, and are fastened with a "nut." The said
marginal strip forms the front part of each "rabbit" and the back ribs or plate
which constitute the tile trough complete the "rabbit" where the said parts unite
with the front plate or strip; cores being inserted in the sand mould to form the
"rabbit" spaces where the said parts unite with each other. Each rib, bar or
strap being, more or less, in the form of a staple, and where a solid plate back
is employed for the back or bottom of the tile panel, the latter is formed like a
shallow trough, pierced with (cast in) holes.
In order that my invention may be thoroughly understood and easily carried
into effect I have prepared the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure is a diagram shewing a metal frame-front view-containing
six tiles ;
Figure 2 is a back view of the tiled frame shewn in Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a back view, in perspective of a tile frame or receptacle made
according to my invention for holding six tiles as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 ;
Figure 4 is a front view in perspective of a tile trough or receptacle, made
according to my invention;
Figure 5 is a back view in perspective of a tile frame or receptacle made
according to my invention suitably for holding a single row of tiles ;
Figure 6 is a sectional view through A, A, Fig. 2;
Figure is a sectional view through B, B, Fig 4: without tiles;
Figure 8 is a back view in perspective of a tile frame or receptacle made accord-
ing to my invention, suitable for containing one tile ;
Figure 9 is a sectional view through P, P, Fig. 8.
The staple formed ribs marked C and angles C¹ Figs. 5 and 8 which are cast
upon the back of a metal tile frame or panel marked D represent the essential
features of my invention; the spaces marked E being intended for the reception
of tiles nevertheless the shallow trough shaped receptacle shewn in Fig. 4
with overhanging bordering strip D₁ and holes contains, equally, all the
essential parts thereof, the only difference between them being the solid or open
character of the tile cavity E.
In any case, whether the back or bottom of the tile trough is composed of single
bars C, angles C1 intersecting ribs C2 or a solid plate C³ the undercut parts
marked N in the drawings behind the overhanging strips d' Figs. 2 to 9 are formed
by means of sand cores or their equivalents inserted in each sand mould before the
metal is poured in.
These staple formed ribs angles and plates are cast upon and thus inseparably
combined with the metal framing of the tile panels which are made of various sizes
suitably for holding one tile only or more as required. The tile frame shewn in
Fig. 8 is intended to contain a single tile only that shewn in Fig. 5 is intended
to contain a single row of tiles and those shewn in Figs. 1 to 4 are designed for the
réception of two or more rows of tiles.

page_text: When two or more rows of tiles are to be put in one frame or panel these
staple formed ribs are, by preference, made to intersect each other as shewn in
Figs. 2 and
marked C2 whether these said ribs are made to intersect each other
or not they are pierced with the holes F, Fig. 3 where four tiles meet so that a
screw and nut G and H, Figs. 1 2 and 6 or their equivalents may be employed to
fasten the tiles in the panel.
In Fig. 5 I have shewn a strip marked J and stops for the purpose of supporting
the tiles and assisting in their adjustment within the panel, and in Figs. 2 and 3 I
have shewn a similar strip, marked K on each of the four sides of the receptacle.
These strips K, ribs C and angles C₁are placed so far beyond the outer limits of
the tiles as to admit of the wedges marked L, Figs. 2 and 6 being inserted for
adjusting and fixing the tiles M within the frames as shewn in the drawings.
The casting together in one article of the front marginal strip D and the tile
trough or receptacle composed of ribs C and C2 angles C₁ or plate C³ as herein
described and drawn instead of making the marginal strip D separate from the
parts C, C1, C2, or C³ and uniting the two parts together in order to form a tile
receptacle effects the various objects desired and sought by me in this invention, as
the marginal strip D strengthens the tile trough by its inseparable union therewith,
and the ribs or plate composing the tile trough strengthen, in a similar manner, the
otherwise slender marginal strip D, and the two parts thus cast together in one can
be made more cheaply than if the two parts were detached; besides, a numerical
economy of pieces is effected by this method.
I am aware that deep cast metal troughs and boilers for holding fluid and other
contents have been made prior to my invention with a facial strip, border or flange
combined therewith and forming part of a "rabbit" shaped recess similar to that
marked N, N, in Figs. 7 and 9 but without any of the cast in holes For f'; so that
it will be understood that I do not claim such combinations of a cast metal trough
and "rabbit" forming border strip, broadly as my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :
1st. The construction of cast metal receptacles substantially as herein described
and drawn, for the purposes specified :
2nd. In a cast metal frame the inseparable combination therewith of cast on
staple formed ribs C, substantially as herein described and drawn or any mere
modification thereof for the purposes specified:
3rd. In a cast metal frame the inseparable combination therewith of cast on
intersecting staple formed ribs C substantially as herein described and drawn or
any mere modification thereof for the purposes specified:
4th. In a cast metal frame the inseparable combination therewith of cast on angle
pieces substantially as herein described and drawn for the purposes specified :`
5th. In a cast metal frame the inseparable combination therewith of a cast on
metal trough pierced with holes substantially as herein described and drawn, for
the purposes specified.
Dated this Eighth day of Avoust 1892
JOSEPH
LOCKWOOD,
263, Argyle Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.