IMPROVEMENTS IN PROTECTING ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH WIRES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Henry Newton, of 92, Camden Road
Villas, in the County of Middlesex, and George Leedham Fuller,
of Peckham, in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PROTECTING ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH WIRES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Henry
Newton and George Leedham Fuller at the office of the Commis-
sioners of Patents, with their petition, on the 1st October 1852.
WE, CHARLES HENRY NEWTON, of 192, Camden Road Villas, in the
County of Middlesex, and GEORGE LEEDHAM FULLER, of Peckham, in
the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PROTECTING ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH WIRES" to
be as follows:-
This Invention consists of using troughs of wood, slate, or other suit-
able material, of a width suitable for receiving one or more wires, and
using covers fitting into or over such troughs; the covers being fixed,
when desired, by hoops and wedges, or by other convenient means.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Charles Henry Newton- and George Leedham
Fuller, in the Great Seal Patent Office, on the 31st March 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, We,
CHARLES HENRY NEWTON, of 92, Camden Road Villas, in the County of
Middlesex, and GEORGE LEEDHAM FULLER, of Peckham, in the County
of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of October in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the sixteenth year of
Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto us, the said Charles Henry Newton and George Leedham Fuller,
Her special licence that we, the said Charles Henry Newton and George
Leedham Fuller, our executors, administrators; and assigns, or such
others as we, the said Charles Henry Newton and George Leedham
Fuller, our 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 the Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PROTECTING ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH WIRES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said Charles Henry Newton.
and George Leedham Fuller, by an instrument in writing under our
hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of our said Invention, 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 we, the said Charles Henry Newton and
George Leedham Fuller, do hereby declare the nature of our said Inven-
tion, 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):

page_text: This Invention consists of using troughs of wood, slate, or other suita-
ble material for receiving one or more wires, and using covers fitted
into or over such troughs; the covers being fixed, when desired, by hoops
and wedges, or by other convenient means. The object of the Invention
is to obtain a cheap and ready means of laying wires under or imme-
diately upon the ground, and yet that the wires, although ordinarily
closely covered, may be readily got at, in case of need. The troughs may
be made single, as shown in Figures 2, 3, and 4, or they may have one
or more longitudinal partitions, as indicated by Figure 1; the covers
may either cover over or enter into and cover the troughs, or both, as
will readily be understood reference to the several sections, Figures
1, 2, 3, 4; and in laying the troughs, the covers are applied so as to
break joint in respect to the troughs, as is shown in Figures. 5, and 6,
which show longitudinal views of troughs and covers. The mode by
which the covers are fixed to the troughs, and the two held securely
together, so as to make one continuous covered trough, is by means of
hoops, such as is shown at Figure 6, and also, in its place, on one of the
longitudinal views, where it is shown as being wedged in such manner
as to hold all parts securely together; we would remark that other means
may be resorted to for fixing the hoops, such as forming or fixing of
inclines on the covers or on the troughs; but we believe that wedges
such as are shown will be found to be the best.
The troughs and covers may be made of wood, and impregnated with
matters to protect them from decay, as is well understood; or the troughs
and covers may be made of slate or earthenware or glass, and strapped
or combined together by means of hoops of metal and wedges, or other-
wise, as above explained. From the above description it will be evident
that Electric Telegraph Wires insulated by coating with gutta percha,
or other suitable matter, may be cheaply laid and protected, and
yet be readily accessible, by reason of all parts being combined simply
by the use of metal bands, which, by the movement of wedges, or by
moving them on inclined surfaces formed or affixed at proper places on
the covers or on the troughs, will readily admit of the covers being re-
moved and retained and fixed to their places.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner

page_text: of performing the same, we would have it understood that what we claim
is, the combination of parts as herein described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Charles Henry Newton and
George Leedham Fuller, have hereunto set our hands and seals,
this Thirty-first day of March in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witness, H. CARPMAEL.
CHA H. NEWTON. (L.S.)
GEO. L. FULLER. (L.S.)