Glass or other suitable Material.
Year: 1885

page_text: Glass or other suitable Material.
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I THOMAS WILLIAM HELLIWELL of Brighouse, Yorkshire, Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF
" to be
GLAZING AND FIXING SHEETS OF GLASS OR OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL
as follows
This Invention has reference to that system of glazing where a metal bar is
employed for supporting the sheets of glass, and whilst these Improvements have
special reference to the glazing bar previously patented by me, they are applicable
to other bars than my own. In order to secure the sheets of glass to the glazing
bar mentioned above, a metal cap has been placed onto the bar and secured thereto
by a bolt and nut, but to do this a hole had to be made in the bar for the bolt to
pass through. The object of my present Invention is the employment of means
whereby the cap may be fastened to the bar and the glass made secure without
forming holes in the supporting bar and this I accomplish by the use of a saddle
which I place on the said bar at suitable distances apart. The head of the bolt is
now placed under the saddles and the cap placed over them, after which the nut is
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screwed onto the bolt and the glass held down in the ordinary manner.
saddles which are secured to the bar by solder or other means may be made in
short lengths, or as long as the cap if necessary. By this means the glazing is
effected without any holes being made in the supporting bar, which will be found
of great service, as perfectly water tight glazing will be effected.
By making wings or projections on each side of the saddle for the purpose of
being bent down upon the glass, I may dispense with the usual cap which has
hitherto been used for that purpose.
Instead of employing a winged saddle, the device may consist of a solid bar,
drawn, through dies to the proper shape and placed upon a suitably channeled
bearer.

page_text: A New or Improved Method of Glazing and Fixing Sheets of
Glass or other suitable Material.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM HELLIWELL of Brighouse, Yorkshire, Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF
GLAZING AND FIXING SHEETS OF GLASS, OR OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL," and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to that system of glazing where a metal bar, is
employed for supporting the sheets of glass, and whilst these improvements have
special reference to the glazing bar or astragal previously patented by me, they are
applicable to other bars or astragals than my own.
In order to secure the sheets of glass to the glazing bar or astragal mentioned
above, a metal cap has been placed onto the bar or astragal and secured thereto by
a bolt and nut, but to do this a hole had to be made in the bar or astragal for the
bolt to pass through, which hole however is no disadvantage, but in order to suit
the requirements and taste of Engineers it is necessary to adopt other methods.
The object of my present invention is the employment of means whereby the
cap may be fastened to the bar or astragal, and the glass made secure without
forming holes in the top of the supporting bar or astragal, and this I accomplish by
the use of a saddle which I place on the said bar or astragal at suitable distances
apart. The head of the bolt is now placed under the saddles and the cap placed
over them, after which the nut is screwed onto the bolt and the glass held down in
the ordinary manner. The saddles which are secured to the bar or astragal by
solder or other means may be made in short lengths or as long as the cap if
necessary.
By making wings or projections on each side of the saddle for the purpose of
being bent down upon the glass I may dispense with the cap previously mentioned.
In order that my improvements may be better understood I herein give reference
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is sectional elevation of a
certain system of glazing having my new improvements applied thereto.
A are the sheets of glass or other suitable material resting upon the channeled
sides a of the glazing bar or astragal B, and C is a cap for holding the sheets A
firmly down upon the channeled edges a all of which are arranged according to my
former Patents.
My present invention is intended to attach the cap C to the bar or astragal B
without making a hole in the top of the said bar or astragal B as formerly; and
for that purpose I attach to the said bar or astragal B at suitable distances apart
along its length or continuously if required certain saddles D underneath which is
the head of a bolt b. When this bolt is placed under the saddles it is either
soldered to the bar or astragal B or riveted as seen at c or otherwise suitably
secured.
By this means it will be apparent that when the cap C is placed over the bar or
astragal B and saddles D, and a nut d screwed onto the bolt, that the lower edges e
of the can will be forced upon the sheets A and made secure thereby.

page_text: In Fig. 2 I have shewn the application of the saddle D and bolt b to rolled
metal supporting bar, and in Fig. 3 I have shewn a slot ƒ in the saddle so that
after the saddle is fixed to the glazing bar that the bolt can be moved endwise to
meet the exact position of the hole in the cap or inserted after the saddle is fixed.
In Fig. 4 I have shewn the shape of the slot to be T headed so that the
bolt heads can be put in position after the saddles have been attached to the
glazing bar.
In Fig. 5 I have shewn the saddles D made with wings or projections g so that
after the saddles are made secure to the bar or astragal B, the wings g may be bent
down upon the sheets as shewn in Fig. 6 forming thereby a cap such as C by
which means I dispense with the use of bolts and nuts for keeping the cap in
position.
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
Firstly. In combination with glazing bar B and cap C the use of the saddle D
for securing and holding the bult b so as to dispense with the necessity of making
holes in the top of the bar B substantially as set forth and shewn.
Secondly. In combination with glazing bar B and cap C, the use of the saddle D
having wings or projections g for purposes substantially as set forth and shewn.
Dated the 6th day of February 1886.