Improvements in the Manufacture of Fenders, Curbs, and Ash Pans.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Fenders, Curbs, and Ash Pans.
We, BENJAMIN ADDICOTT and GEORGE HOLLAND, trading together as
Addicott & Holland, of Staniforth Works, 58 and 59 Staniforth Street, in the
City of Birmingham, Fender Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the manufacture of those domestic fenders curbs
for tiled hearths and ash pans in which drawn brass or other drawn metal moulding
is used to form the base of the fender or curb or the front of the ash pan.
Heretofore this moulding has usually been of an inverted trough shape in cross
section so as to form the top and front of the said base and a vertical web on the
inside thereof forming what is known as the "back" of the moulding. When the
fender or curb is made up in this way and is in use the said base appears to be
solid whether viewed from the inside that is from the fire or from the outside.
Now according to this invention we make the said bases of the fenders and curbs
and the ash pan fronts of moulding which is drawn without the said usual vertical
web or back, that is to say, the moulding in cross section has an ornamental front
with an inner flange at the bottom and a flange at the top the inner edge of the top
flange being bent downwardly to strengthen the same. We are thus enabled to
make fenders curbs and ash pan fronts of a bolder outside appearance but at a
smaller cost than heretofore, as we save the metal which in the usual moulding
forms the said back web.
In combination with the open backed moulding above described we may use a
separate back web of iron or other cheap metal to strengthen the same, this back
web being fixed to the moulding by screws rivets or other means. This back web
may extend only along the front of the fender curb or ash pan or
and sides of the same.
Dated this 3rd day of May 1892
along the front
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Fenders, Curbs, and Ash Pans.
We, BENJAMIN ADDICOTT and George Holland, trading together as
Addicott & Holland, of Staniforth Works, 58 and 59 Staniforth Street, in the
City of Birmingham, Fender Manufacturers, 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 invention has reference to the manufacture of those domestic fenders curbs
for tiled hearths and ash pans in which drawn brass or other drawn metal moulding
is used to form the base of the fender or curb or the front of the ash pan and this
invention consists in making the said fenders curbs and ash pans of drawn metal
moulding of a peculiar shape in cross section as herein described whereby we are
enabled to make fenders curbs and ash pan fronts of a bolder outside appearance
but at a smaller cost than heretofore.

page_text: We will describe our invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the front of a fender constructed
according to our invention looking towards what is known as the "back" of the
moulding that is to say looking from the fire when the fender is in use; and
Fig. 2 illustrates another arrangement of our invention;
Fig. 3 is a cross section of the ordinary drawn metal moulding which has hereto-
fore been used in the manufacture of fenders and curbs.
Heretofore the drawn metal moulding of which the bases of the fenders or curbs
have been formed has usually been of an inverted trough shape in cross section (see
Fig. 3) so as to form the top of the front of the said base or curb and a vertical
web on the inside thereof forming what is known as the "back" of the moulding.
When the fender or curb is made up in this way and is in use the said base or curb
appears to be solid when viewed from the inside that is from the fire, or from the
outside.
Now according to this invention we make the said bases of the fenders and the
curbs and the ash pan fronts of moulding which is drawn without the said usual
vertical web or back that is to say the moulding A in cross section has as shewn by
Fig. 1 an ornamental front b with an inner flange c at the bottom and a flange d at
the top the inner edge e of the top flange ₫ being bent downwardly as shewn in
Fig. I so as to strengthen the same. We are thus enabled to make fenders curbs
and ash pan fronts of a bolder outside appearance but at a smaller cost than
heretofore as we save the metal which in the usual moulding forms the back web.
The gain by using our invention will be evident by comparing our improved
moulding shewn in Fig. 1 with the ordinary moulding shewn by Fig. 3 which latter
is made with the usual back web; it will be seen that although our improved
moulding shewn by Fig. 1 and the ordinary moulding shewn by Fig. 3 are
made from a strip of brass of the same width yet .by.dispensing with the
back web of the moulding we are as shewn by Fig. 1 enabled to make the
moulding nearly double as deep as the ordinary moulding shewn by Fig. 3
which as before stated is made with the usual back web f. There is the
usual strengthening wrought iron bar g in the top of the moulding as in other
fenders curbs and ash pan fronts for strengthening the same this being fixed in
place as usual by the screw stems of the mounts passing through the moulding and
through the wrought iron bar a and secured by a nut on each stem underneath.
In combination with the open backed moulding A above described we may
(where the open appearance of the back of the moulding would be objectionable)
use a separate back web such as H Fig. 2 made of sheet iron or other cheap
sheet metal to strengthen the moulding, this back web H being fixed to the
moulding by being made with a return top edge which fits in between the
wrought iron strengthening bar and the inside of the top flange d of
the moulding as shewn in Fig. 2 the said back web H being also made with a
bottom flange which is secured to the inner flange c of the moulding A by
screws, or by other suitable means. This. back web H may extend only along the
front of the fender or curb or along the front and the sides of the same.
It will be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the particular shape of
the front of the moulding A as this may be varied according to taste.
Our invention is applied to ash pan fronts similarly as above described with
reference to the base of fenders and curbs except that the separate back web H
abové described is not applicable to ash pau fronts..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare' that what we
claim is:
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1. Making the bases of fenders and curbs for tiled hearths and the fronts of ash
pans of drawn sheet metal moulding of the improved section herein described,
that is to say, of moulding drawn without the usual vertical back'web' thereby

page_text: enabling the said moulding to be made cheaper than heretofore without increasing
the cost.
2. Fenders and curbs having their bases made of drawn sheet metal moulding of
the improved section substantially as herein described and shewn by Fig. 1 of the
accompanying drawing, that is to say, of drawn sheet metal moulding shaped to
form an ornamental front b the inner bottom flange cand the top flange d made
with the turned down strengthening inner edge e but with no inner vertical web or
back, substantially as hereinbefore set forth and shewn.
3. Ash pans having their fronts made of drawn sheet metal moulding of the
improved section substantially as herein described and shewn by Fig. 1 of the
accompanying drawing, that is to say, of drawn sheet metal moulding shaped to
form an ornamental front the inner bottom flange and the top flange & made
with the turned down strengthening inner edge e but with no inner vertical web or
back substantially as herein before set forth and shewn.
4. Fenders and curbs having their bases made of drawn sheet metal moulding of
the improved section and strengthened in the manner substantially as herein
described and shewn by Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawing, that is to say, of
drawn sheet metal moulding shaped to form an ornamental front b the inner top
flange c and the top flange & made with the turned down strengthening inner edge
and provided with a separate sheet metal back web H shaped and applied and fixed
to the said moulding A in the manner substantially as hereinbefore set forth and
shewn by Fig. 2.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.