Improvements in the Moulding Parts of Fenders, Kerbs, and other Articles of a like Manufacture
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Sept., 1893-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Moulding Parts of Fenders, Kerbs, and other
Articles of a like Manufacture;
I, EDGAR AUGUSTUS JOSEPH HOOPER, of Hospital Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates, to the mouldings or part mouldings of fenders, kerbs and
other articles of a like manufacture, which are, according to my invention, made
by drawing sheet or rolled metal into suitable lengths and sections, as hereinafter
described.
Thus, the primary object of my invention is the making of the said mouldings
of, or from sheet iron or steel by a drawing process.
In carrying out one form of my invention in connection with a fender, I take a
length of drawn steel or iron moulding of any desired section, and of the combined
lengths of the front and ends of a fender to be formed, and by semi-dividing cross-
wise the said lengths near their ends, the said end parts can be bent back from
the front parts. The junctions of the ends with the front are covered or enclosed
by caps, suitably connected, constructed and fitted, as according to my former
Letters Patent dated August 31st 1888 No. 12529, or by any other suitable ways.
As a further form of making up a fender, I take two lengths to form the ends,
and the junctions of the said ends with the front part, I cover up and connect by a
corner of brass or other suitable metal or alloy as aforesaid, hence the application
of drawn sheet steel mouldings to the base or kerb of the said articles.
By my invention, the said sheet steel mouldings have a highly finished and
polished surface by the process of drawing, and further, the figures of the mouldings
are uniform in cross section, hence the reduction of labor and cost in the production
of the said mouldings over those produced by other means, and further, that when
made from drawn metal, the cost in fitting the ends for the reception of the corner
caps is also greatly reduced.
In carrying out a further form of my invention, I make the said moulding partly
of steel, and partly of brass or copper, by adding to a drawn sheet-steel moulding,
a semi- or part n:oulding of brass, between certain ribs of the steel moulding,
which ribs are, by a subsequent drawing process, displaced over the edges of the
said added brass part, hence the connection of the said added part to the other.
Instead of a steel base, I may employ a brass one, with the added metal being
steel, iron or copper.
In another form of ornamentation, instead of the steel-drawn moulding being
ornamented with part brass, the said moulding may, if desired, be entirely encased
with brass, copper or other metals.
In carrying out the manufacture of drawn sheet steel mouldings, I take a strip
or sheet of metal of the desired breadth, and first roll or draw the same into a
trough figure in cross section; then by a pass or passes through a die or dies, the
foot or base part and front part, and an inclined and retreating upper part terminated
by a rib, are produced, with back flanges directed upwardly from the inside edge of.
the base part, and depending from the inside edge of the rib part.
Other sections may be produced in like manner.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Moulding Parts of Fenders, Kerbs, and other
Articles of a like Manufacture.
I, EDGAR AUGUSTUS JOSEPH HOOPER, of Hospital Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 the mouldings or part mouldings of fenders, kerbs or
other articles of a like manufacture.
My said invention has for one of its objects, a drawn sheet steel or iron moulding,
or a moulding made from sheet steel or sheet iron and by a drawing process.
Another object is a composite moulding, or a moulding composed partly of drawn
sheet steel or iron and partly of brass, or partly of copper, or of both such metals,
when two or more such lengths are employed, and a further object is a cased
moulding.
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Thus my invention consists in the first part in a drawn sheet steel or iron
moulding in the second part, in a drawn sheet steel or other moulding, partly
embellished or partly encased longitudinally with thin sheet copper, brass, or steel,
or iron of a steely nature; in the third part, in a moulding of drawn sheet iron as
the base with a thin sheet brass, copper, or steel casing..
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents, in perspective, a length of
sheet steel drawn moulding made according to my invention.
In carrying out the manufacture of the said drawn steel moulding, or the bringing
of the metal of the same into definite, sectional and longitudinal shapes, and also
the smoothing, finishing and fetching up to sharpness of the boundary edges of the
planes or surfaces of the same, I proceed as follows:-
I take a strip of thin sheet steel, and by a shaping process, I trough the same
longitudinally, and then draw the same through a die or dies, having a pass or
passes of the exact cross section of the seamless moulding or part moulding to be
produced. Or I may first draw the trough or the strip metal direct through a
preparatory die having a pass or aperture with a bell-mouthed lead or the like to
it, of an approximate section of the moulding to be produced.
Then by directing and subsequently drawing the said preparatory shaped
moulding through the pass or passes of another die or dies, the metal is brought
up into definite sectional and longitudinal shapes, and the surfaces and angles
finally finished as represented in the seamless moulding Figure 1.
The said mouldings are then cut into suitable lengths, and formed into fenders,
kerbs and the like. Thus, in making a fender, I cut off from a length, sufficient
metal to form the front and the return ends, which are then united and connected
together, and the corner gap covered up by means such as described in my former
Letters Patent No. 12529 year 1888, but I wish it to be understood that I do not
limit myself to this particular connection, as other means and ways known in the
arts may be employed.
By my improvements, the mouldings produced are uniform in their cross sections,
whilst the cost of labour in finishing is greatly reduced, and further, the cost
also of fitting the parts in making up fenders and kerbs is reduced.
Figure 2 represents a further form of my improvements, and consists in a
moulding, made partly of steel, and partly of brass or copper, and consists
primarily in adding to a drawn moulding, or a semi-drawn moulding or part
moulding a dissimilar metal part casing or casings.
Thus, as an example, I take a length of seamless sheet steel drawn moulding a,
with under-cut or overhanging corner edges a², a³, and beading a, and I draw
over the surface of the moulding a', comprehended between the edges a², and aª, a

page_text: sheet brass drawn part moulding b, leaving the lower part a', of the said moulding
naked or uncovered.
The combination of the two dissimilar metals gives an elegant appearance to
the article.
I propose that the part casing b, which may be pierced, embossed or otherwise
surface ornamented, may be subsequently applied to the base or primary moulding,
or it may be drawn or applied to the same by the drawing of both the metals
together through a die or dies and at one operation.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the sectional figure as
herein described, nor to the metal forming the base or primary moulding, or to the
metal forming the part case moulding, as the sheet metal casing may be of
aluminium or copper or any other metal or alloy as desired, and the primary
moulding a, may be of brass, and the part moulding, of steel, aluminium or
other suitable metal, and I further wish it to be understood that two, three or
more longitudinal strip casings may be employed, separated from each other,
instead of a single part casing such as b, and that the said strip casings or longi-
tudinal part casings may be of the same or of dissimilar metals.
It is understood that the section of the primary moulding will require to be
suitably formed for the edges of the part casings to take upon or engage with, for
the fixing of the same.
Figure 3 represents a cased moulding made according to a further form of my
invention.
a is a base of drawn metal, preferably of iron, and is a thin sheet metal
casing of copper, brass or steel, entirely enveloping the outside surface of the said
moulding, and with the terminations of the metal of the same being turned over
the terminations of the moulding at b¹, and b².
The casing may be put upon the primary moulding or base a, which is preferably
of an inferior metal to that of 6, after the moulding a, has been produced, or during
the time that the same is being made, as in the part moulding as previously
described.
Instead of making the primary moulding a, from drawn metal, the same may be
made from rolled or wrought metal.
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 :-
First. A drawn sheet steel or iron moulding, or a drawn and seamless sheet steel
or iron moulding substantially as described in the Specification and set forth in
Figure 1.
Secondly. A drawn sheet steel or iron moulding, partly encased with brass,
copper or other metals, or a sectional moulding partly encased with brass, sheet
steel or other suitable metal or metals, substantially as and for the purpose
described in the Specification and set forth in Figure 2.
Thirdly. A drawn sheet steel or iron moulding, encased with brass, copper or
other metal, or a metal moulding encased with sheet brass, sheet steel or other
suitable metal, substantially as and for the purpose described in the Specification
and set forth in Figure 3.
Dated this 31st day of August 1802
EDGAR AUGUSTUS JOSEPH HOOPER,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.