Improvements in the Manufacture of Looking-glasses.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb. 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th June, 1889-Accepted, 20th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Looking-glasses.
I, GEORGE SMITH BIGLEY, of 6, Great Saint Helens, in the city of London, in the
county of Middlesex, Merchant, (communicated from abroad by Elias Jacob Elias, of
Rangoon, Burmah, Merchant) do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This my invention relates to an improved means of permanently securing veneers
to looking-glasses.
Veneers are usually attached by means of glue or other similar adherent, which,
while sufficiently answering the purpose when used in countries of a temperate
climate, prove to be inefficient when employed in Burmah and such-like countries,
where there is intense heat and much moisture. The action of the heat and moisture
tends to soften the glue and to buckle the veneer so that the latter becomes raised in
places and detached, spoiling the whole appearance.
The object of my invention is to overcome these objections to the use of veneers in
moist and hot climates, and may be described as follows:-
I employ veneers of the usual thickness which I attach round the faces and other
parts of looking-glasses in the ordinary manner, with a sufficient quantity of glue or
other adherent to hold the same in place. I then provide screws of a suitable size
with which I firmly and securely screw down the veneers to the framework of looking-
glasses. Attached in this manner the veneers will be capable of resisting the
climatic influences before referred to which would remove them when attached in the
ordinary manner.
Besides attaching veneers to the faces of looking-glasses. I also provide entire backs
for the same.
A back of this description is a piece of wood of sufficient thickness
and of the same area as that of the looking-glass, and, after being adjusted by means
of glue or other adherent is firmly and permanently secured in place by being
screwed against the framework with a sufficient number of screws. The looking-
glass then presents a neat and uniform appearance at its back, and is besides con-
siderably strengthened, the glass itself not being so liable to breakage as when
protected at the back only by a thin common wood covering recessed into the frame-
work and close to the glass.
Dated this Twenty-second day of February 1889.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Agent
on behalf of Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Looking-glasses.
I, GEORGE SMITH BIGLEY, of 6, Great Saint Helens, in the city of London,
Merchant (a communication from abroad by Elias Jacob Elias, of Rangoon, Burmah,
Merchant) 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 my invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in looking-
glasses, and it consists in the means whereby veneers are permanently secured to
the said looking-glasses, and it further consists in the manner of securing the backs
thereof. Veneers are usually attached by means of glue or other suitable adhesive,
which, although sufficiently answering the purpose when used in countries of a tem-
perate climate, prove to be inefficient when employed in Burmah and such-like
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page_text: countries where there is intense heat and much moisture. The action of the heat
and moisture tends to soften the glue and to buckle the veneer so that the latter
becomes raised in places, and detached, thereby spoiling the appearance of the
looking-glass.
Moreover, by this my invention the looking glasses are considerably strengthened
by the manner in which I attach the backs thereto.
The glasses are also less liable to breakage than when protected at the back
by a thin wood covering only recessed into the frame close to the glass. In addition
to these improvements a neat and uniform appearance is imparted to the looking-
glasses.
I now proceed to describe my said invention, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings and the figures and letters of reference marked thereon: like letters
referring to like parts throughout.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a looking glass showing the manner of securing
the veneer, and Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevation
showing the manner of securing the back to the glass, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation
thereof.
By this my invention, I employ veneers A of the usual thickness which I attach
round the faces and other parts of looking glasses. in the ordinary manner,
with a
sufficient quantity of glue or other adhesive to hold the same in place. I then
provide screws a of a suitable size with which I firmly and securely screw down the
veneers to the framework of the glasses. Attached in this manner the veneers will
be capable of resisting the climatic influences before referred to which would remove
them when attached in the ordinary manner.
The backs consist of a piece or pieces of wood B of sufficient thickness and of
the same area as that of the looking-glass, which back, after being adjusted by means
of glue or other adhesive, is firmly and permanently secured in place by being
screwed to the framework by screws b, as shown.
The glass may, if desired, be held in position in the frame by blocks or pieces of
wood c, or other similar device.
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 :-
1st. In attaching the veneers to looking glasses, the employment of screws in
addition to the usual adhesive, to render the attachment more secure substantially as
and in the manner hereinbefore set forth.
2nd. In the manufacture of looking-glasses, the employment of a piece or pieces of
wood of suitable thickness and of sufficient area to cover the frame as a back, and
said back secured to the frame by screws in addition to an adhesive all substantially
as and in the manner hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this Eighteenth day of June 1889.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Agent on behalf of Applicant.