IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODES OR MEANS FOR FRAMING PICTURES, LOOKING GLASSES, AND OTHER OBJECTS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Gedge, of the Firm of John Gedge
and Son, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MODES OR MEANS FOR FRAMING PICTURES, LOOKING GLASSES, AND OTHER
OBJECTS."A communication from abroad by Antoine Auvray, of Olivet,
Loiret, France.
Sealed the 11th September 1863, and dated the 17th March 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 17th March 1863.
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I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of
No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MODES OR MEANS FOR FRAMING PICTURES, LOOKING GLASSES, AND
OTHER OBJECTS," a communication to me from abroad by Antoine Auvray, of
Olivet, Loiret, France, to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in securing paintings or other objects in their frames
with a flexible pressure, sufficient to preserve them from accident, by means of
a curved plate or spring (with or without hooks, crotchets, or toothing), and
& press screw; also in preserving the object framed from contact with the
frame by means of a band of any pliant or elastic material. As additional
security a second screw may sometimes be used, and also an extra piece of

page_text: metal, caoutchouc, or gutta percha. A painting or other object so framed
may be withdrawn and replaced by another with much less difficulty than
when framed in the ordinary manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Gedge in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 17th September 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of No. 11, Wellington
Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Edward Gedge, Her special licence that I, the said William
Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
1, the said William Edward Gedge, my 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 Isle of Man, an Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MODES OR MEANS FOR FRAMING PICTURES, LOOKING GLASSES,
AND OTHER OBJECTS," a communication to me from abroad by Antoine Auvray,
of Olivet, Loiret, France, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Edward Gedge, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the 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 I, the said William Edward Gedge, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawing bereunto
annexed, and forming part of this my Specification, and to the figures and
letters of reference marked thereon:-
The object of this luvention is to provide means of fixing in their frames

page_text: in an exact flexible and yet firm manner (while preserving them from the
accidents to which they are mostly liable when framed in the ordinary
manner) paintings, looking glasses, enamels, porcelains, and other objects
which it is desired to frame, and the improvements, the subject of this
Specification, present the following advantages:-Firstly, they give to the
object to be framed the degree of flexible pressure deemed necessary;
secondly, the object may be taken out of its frame at pleasure; thirdly, they'
give the facility of smoothing or straightening the object to be framed without
fear of accident; fourthly, by means of bands or fillets of flexible and elastic
material applied on the frame the hurtful contact of the framed object is
prevented.
These improvements will be readily understood by reference to the Sheet of
Drawing..
In the section taken at A, B, Figure 1, a indicates section of a frame; 6,
curved metal plate, with ends bent in form of brackets or clamps (colored
blue); c, elastic material of any description; d, iron or other metal screw;
e, object framed; f, hole. Section taken at A¹, B', Figure 2, 9, section of
frame; h, bent metal plate, with or without bracket ends; i, elastic material;
j, iron or other metal screw; k, object framed; m, bands or fillets of elastic
material (colored red); t, hole. Section at E, F, Figure 2, n, section of
frame; o, straight metal plate without brackets; p, elastic material; q,
flexible band serving to prevent contact (colored red); r, object framed; 8,
iron or other metal screw; u, hole.
Figure 3 to 9, inclusive, shew modifications of this improved method of
framing paintings, glass, and other objects. In the section taken at A, B,
Figure 3, a denotes the flexible material; b, metal plate (colored blue);
c, metal screw; f, hole for placing a screw if required. Section C, D,
Figure 4, a, flexible material; b, metal plate (colored blue); c, metal screw;
f, hole for admission of another screw if required; 9, elbow. Section at G, H,
Figure 5, a, flexible material; b, metal plate (colored blue); c, metal screw;
f, hole for another screw if necessary. Section at E, F, Figure 6, a flexible
material; b, metal plate (colored blue); c, metal screw; f, hole for another
screw if necessary; g, elbow. Section at J, K, Figure 7, a, flexible material;
b, metal plate (colored blue); c, metal screw; h, h, h, small brackets or
flanges. Section at L, M, Figure 8, a, flexible material; b, metal plate;
c, metal screw; g, elbow; h, h, h, small brackets or flanges. Section at P, Q,
Figure 9, a, flexible material; b, metal plate; c, metal screw; 9, elbow;
h, h, h, small brackets or flanges.
Figures 10 to 12, inclusive, show other modifications of the improved

page_text: method of framing forming the object of this Invention. In the section
at A, B, Figure 10, a indicates flexible and elastic material; b, piece of metal,
hard or hardened wood, horn, caoutchouc, or gutta percha, or other suitable
material; c, square-headed screw; t, hole. Section at C, D, Figure 11, a',
flexible and elastic material; 6', piece of metal, wood, horn, india-rubber, or
gutta percha; c, square headed screw; R, steel or other metal spring toothed
on one of its faces; t, hole. Section at F, G, Figure 12, a, flexible and
elastic material; 6", piece of metal or other suitable material; c", round
headed screw. The distance J, K, (height of apparatus) Figures 10, 11,
and 12, increases or diminishes according to the height existing between the
under part of the frame and the object to be framed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Gedge, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
W. E. GEDGE.
(L.S.)