IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC BRACKETS FOR SUPPORTING CORNICE POLES SHELVES PICTURE RODS AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS of Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Brassfounder do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC BRACKETS FOR SUPPORTING CORNICE POLES
SHELVES PICTURE RODS AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES" to be as follows:-
My invention consists in manufacturing metallic brackets for supporting cornice
poles shelves picture rods and for other like purposes from sheet metal in the
following manner.
I make the body of the bracket from one piece of sheet metal and the fixing
plate to which the said body is secured from another and stronger piece of sheet
metal or I make the fixing parts in one piece with the body of the bracket. In
making the body of the bracket I cut out at a press or stamp a long strip or blank
having at one end an expansion of the kind hereinafter described. The narrow
part of the blank has a width equal to that of the seat of the bracket in or on
which seat the pole or rod or the shelf rests. The other and wider part of the
strip or blank has V shaped sides. From the said V shaped sides of the wide part
of the blank a trough shaped head to the bracket is made together with the
necessary ears or closing pieces for securing the body of the bracket to the fixing
plate. This trough shaped head is formed by bending the two opposite V shaped
sides of the blank parallel to one another and at right angles to the unbent middle
part of the said blank which unbent middle part is left of the same or nearly the
same width as the narrow part of the blank. The vertical edges of the cheeks or
sides of the head thus made are soldered to the fixing plate or are provided with
oblong shaped ears or closing pieces which by being closed around the notched or
cut away edges and upon the back of the separate fixing plate secure the body of
the bracket to the said fixing plate.
When the bracket is to be used for supporting cornice poles or picture rods or
other cylindrical articles the narrow part of the blank is bent or fashioned into the
semicircular supporting seat of the bracket.
The fixing plate has countersunk holes made in it for the fixing screws to pass
through.
Where a long fixing plate is not required the sides and bottom of the trough
shaped head of the body of the bracket have fixing ears through which the fixing
screws are passed instead of the closing ears or pieces before described.
Dated this sixth day of February 1884.

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I, WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick
Brassfounder do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC BRACKETS FOR SUPPORTING CORNICE POLES,
SHELVES, PICTURE RODS AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
My invention consists in manufacturing metallic brackets for supporting cornice
poles, shelves, picture rods and for other like purposes, from sheet metal in the
following manner-
I make the body of the bracket from one piece of sheet metal and the fixing
plate to which the said body is secured from another and stronger piece of sheet
metal; or I make the fixing parts in one piece with the body of the bracket. In
making the body of the bracket I cut out at a press or stamp, a long strip or blank
having at one end an expansion of the kind hereinafter described. The narrow
part of the blank has a width equal to that of the seat of the bracket, in or on
which seat the pole or rod or the shelf rests-The other and wider part of the strip
or blank has V shaped sides-From the said V shaped sides of the wide part of the
blank a trough shaped head to the bracket is made, together with the necessary
ears or closing pieces. for securing the body of the bracket to the fixing plate-This
trough shaped head is formed by bending the two opposite V shaped sides of the
blank parallel to one another and at right angles to the unbent middle part of the
said blank, wl.ich unbent middle part is left of the same or nearly the same width
as the narrow part of the blank-The vertical edges of the cheeks or aides of the
head thus made are soldered to the fixing plate or are provided with oblong shaped
ears or closing pieces which by being closed around the notched or cut away edges
and upon the back of the separate fixing plate secure the body of the bracket to
the said fixing plate.
When the bracket is to be used for supporting cornice poles or picture rods or
other cylindrical articles, the narrow part of the blank is bent or fashioned into the
semi-circular supporting seat of the bracket.
The fixing plate has countersunk holes made in it for the fixing screws to pass
through.
Where a long fixing plate is not required the sides and bottom of the trough
shaped head of the body of the bracket have fixing ears through which the fixing
screws are passed instead of the closing ears or pieces before described.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings,
the manner in which my invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in side elevation a cornice pole bracket constructed according
to my invention, and figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of figure 1, the
fixing plate of the said figures being broken off, while figure 3 is an end view of
the fixing plate, showing how the body of the bracket is attached thereto-Figure 4
is the blank of the body of the said bracket, cut from sheet metal, and afterwards
turned up and fashioned by shaping tools, into the bracket figure 1 Figure 5 is
the fixing plate to which the body is attached, Figure 6 represents a cornice pole
bracket produced from a single blank figure 7; the body and fixing plate or ears,
teing made in one piece-Figure 8 is a longitudinal vertical section of figure 6,
while figure 9 is a plan of the bracket, and figure 10 an end view-Figures 11, 12
and 13, show on a smaller scale, a bracket made up of three parts, and figure 14 is
a picture rod bracket constructed according to my invention.

page_text: The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the
Drawings.
a is the body of the bracket figure 1 made from one piece of sheet metal, and b is
the fixing plate to which the said body a is secured by the dove-tail ears as a², so
that in making or producing the body of the bracket figure 1, I cut out at a press or
stamp, a long strip or blank having at one end an expansion a³ a³ the narrow
part a of the blank has a width equal to that of the seat in which the pole or rod
rests The other or wider end a has V shaped sides which constitute the cheeks or
faces of the body of the bracket-The head of the blank is first shaped into a
trough form, with the necessary conformation given to the part a* according to the
kind of bracket to which it is to be applied-The said trough shaped head a, is
formed by bending the two opposite ✓ sides a³, a³ of the blank parallel to one
another, and at right angles to the unbent middle part of the said blank, which
unbent middle part is left of the same or nearly of the same width of the narrow
part of the blank a-The vertical edges of the cheeks or sides of the head thus
made are attached to the fixing plate 6 by the dove-tail ears a³, a³ taking into
notches or cut-away parts b³, b.of the fixing plate b-The attachment is effected
either by bulging or spreading out of the metal or by soldering.
When I make the cornice pole bracket of one piece of sheet metal, I cut out a blank
figure 7 having a widened out part c³, c³ at one end, with fixing ears c³, c which
constitute the sides or body o of the cornice pole bracket figure 6-The narrowed
part of the blank c* constitutes the seat within which the pole or rod rests-c³, c³
are countersunk holes through which the fixing screws pass in connecting the bracket.
In forming the bracket figure 6 the blank figure 7 is bent up into the bracket,
by shaping tools; this is effected by bending the two opposite sides c³, c³ of the
blank parallel to one another and at right angles to the unbent middle part, which
unbent middle part forms a trough which is left of the same or nearly of the same
width as the narrow part The bent up sides constitute the cheeks or body of
the bracket-The middle fixing ear is bent downwards at right angles to the blank,
so as to be in the same vertical plane as the other side fixing ears.
In figure 11, the bracket is made from three blanks or pieces of metal consisting
of a blank d, with cross head d and fixing plate having cut away end ³-The
blank figure 18 is connected to the plate by turning the metal of the cross head d³
around the end of the blank as represented in figures 11 and 12-The shank
part d is bent of the desired shape-Rigidity is given to the bracket by the
supporting stay f
When it is wished to connect the back fixing plate or the hook itself, for a
picture rod support or bracket the connecting end of the bracket is dove-tailed at g
which is slipped into the dove-tailed seat h in the end of the peg h.
When the brackets are to be used for supporting shelves or other objects, the
narrow part of the blank is bent or fashioned into the desired form required.
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―
First The improvements in the manufacture or production of metallic brackets
for supporting cornice poles, shelves, picture rods and for various other purposes
herein before described and illustrated in figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying
Drawings; that is to say, making brackets of two pieces of sheet metal or metallic
alloy, the fixing plate of the one part being made from one piece of sheet metal,
and the body and bracket part being made from another piece of metal-The two
pieces of metal constituting the blanks being cut out, shaped and connected
together substantially as described and illustrated.
Secondly-The improvement in the production of brackets hereinbefore described
and illustrated in figures 6, 8, 9 and 10 of the accompanying Drawings; that is
to say, producing, holding, supporting or suspending brackets from out of one
piece of sheet metal, by the means herein-before described and illustrated in the

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accompanying Drawings; whereby the parts are not liable to become detached or
come to pieces and the manufacture of the said brackets economised.
Thirdly Manufacturing brackets as herein before described from three blanks
or pieces of metal the parts being arranged and put together for the purpose as
described and illustrated in figures 11, 12 and 13.
Dated this third day of November 1884