A Bracket for Securing Cornice Boards and Holding Brass or other Rods.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 8th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Bracket for Securing Cornice Boards and Holding Brass or
other Rods.
CHARLES FULTON 31 Hufling Lane Burnley Lancashire, Warp Dresser
KNAPTON FULTON Hollin Bank Burnley, Lancashire, Commission Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The above named invention is to simplify the fixing of cornice boards to stone
cornices without drilling and pluging as hitherto as been the mode of secureing
the above mentioned boards and rods, and may be affected in the following
manner.
A designed hanging bracket made of metal is fixed by means of screws to the
cornice board, at the rear side of the said bracket is a projection which goes under
the stone shelf of the cornice, and through the said projection is a set screw the
length required for secureing the cornice board to the stone shelf, at the base of the
bracket is a holder for the brass or other rods. One of the said brackets to be
fixed a little from each end of the said boards.
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CHARLES FULTON.
KNAPTON FULTON.
CHARLES FULTON Warp Dresser, 31 Hufling Lane, Burnley, Lancashire,
KNAPTON FULTON, Salesman and General Agent, Hollin Bauk, Burnley,
Lancashire, 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 :-
The above named invention is to simplify the fixing of cornice boards to stone
cornices.
Hitherto drilling holes out of the stone and plugging with wood and the brackets
screwed into the plug have been the mode of fixing. By this invention a designed
hanging bracket is fixed by means of screw nails to the cornice board, at the rear
of the said bracket is a projection which goes under the stone shelf of the cornice,
through the said projection is a set screw the length required for securing the
cornice board to the stone shelf, at the base of the bracket is a holder for the brass
or other rods.
This invention relates to a metal bracket of our invention and is particularly
used for secureing mantel boards to stone mantel shelves and suspending brass or
other rods therefrom.
In the accompanying drawings-
Fig. 3. is a representation (end elevation) of a stone mantel shelf to which is
secured a mantel board by a bracket constructed according to our invention.
L represents the jamb stone. K the stone over the fire place. H the stone shelf.
J the face of the wall over the said stone shelf. B a metal bar. C a hole bored

page_text: through the said bar. A a mantel board. E. E a metal bracket. I a arm cast to
the bracket. F a set screw which is screwed through a hole bored and tapped in
the arm 1. D. D are lugs cast to the bracket E. E, for the purpose of attaching the
said bracket to the mantel board by means of screw nails. G the knob at the end
of suspension rod which protrudes through the bracket E.
We will now describe the mode of secureing a mantel board to a stone mantel
shelf by a pair of brackets of our construction.
In Fig. 1 the metal bars B. B are secured on the top surface of the mantel
board A. A. A by screw nails through the holes C. C. in the metal bars B. B. the
brackets E. E being secured directly under the said bars B. B, by screw nails
through the lugs D. D. D. D in the brackets E. E. The metal bars B. B are
then placed on the top surface of the stone shelf H. H. H and driven under the
face of the wall J. until the mantel board is brought in contact with the front of
the stone shelf H. H. H, the arms I. I and the set screws F. F are thereby placed
under the stone shelf H. H. H and by setting upwards the set screws F. F the
said stone shelf is clipped between the metal bars B. B and the set screws F. F (as
shewn in Fig. 3) thus firmly secureing the mantel board A. A. A to the stone
shelf H. H. H, and widening the shelf to the extent of the width of the mantel
board.
Fig. 2. is a representation (front elevation) of a stone cornice, with a mantel
board secured too by means of our brackets in the manner herein before described.
L. L are the jamb stones, K. K. K the stone over the fire place H. H. H the
stone shelf J. J the face of the wall over the said stone shelf. A. A. A a mantel
board, G. G. G a rod or rail suspended through the holder in brackets E. E and
are used for the purpose of drying or airing linen or other fabrics from the front
of the mantel board A. A. A tapestry bordering or other trimmings may be
suspended for decorative purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is performed we would have it understood
that what we claim is-
The projection or arm I and the set screw or other equivalent device F
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 4th day of February 1895.
CHARLES FULTON.
KNAPTON FULTON.