Improvements in the Manufacture of Ornamental Tubes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 4th June, 1889-Accepted, 6th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Ornamental Tubes.
I THOMAS REGINALD VOCE, of 452 Moseley Road Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to he as
follows:
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My invention has for its object, improvements in the manufacture of ornamental
tubes by which I am enabled to form a tube with a shape, and design similar to
bamboo in a cheap and efficient manner.
It consists of stamping out of sheet metal the lengths of tubes in two separate halves
to the required design that is to say, a mould is formed having the swells or
rings in imitation of the bamboo cut or formed in the said mould so that the
sheet of metal from which the half tube or other section or other section is
stamped from the flat plate may follow that shape without undue strain or great
alteration in the thickness of the metal. In some cases I may form the tube in
a mould, by a roller used upon the plate while the plate is upon the mould. The
edges, being trimmed, the lengths are wired together and hard soldered.down each
side of the whole length of the tube. The joints are then dressed and the tube
polished and finished in the usual way.
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GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in the Manufacture of Ornamental Tubes.
I THOMAS REGINALD VOCE, of 452 Moseley Road Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described & ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of ornamental
tubes by which, I am enabled to form a tube with a shape and design similar to
bamboo in a cheap and efficient manner.
It consists of stamping out of sheet metal the lengths, of tube in two separate
halves, to the required design that is to say a mould is formed having the swells,
or rings in imitation of the bamboo cut or formed in the said mould so that the
sheet of metal from which the half tube or othe section is stamped from the flat
plate may follow that shape without unduo strain or great alteration in the
thickness of the metal. In some cases I may form the tube in a mould by a
roller used upon the plate while the plate is upon the moulds. The edges, being
trimmed the lengths are wired together and hard soldered down each side of the
whole length of the tube. The joints are then dressed and the tube polished and
finished in the usual way.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
illustrated one piece of my new bamboo or ornamental tube as also the mode in
which I manufacture the same and it will be readily understood that various
modifications in shape and sizes may be carried out without in any way departing
from the principle of the invention herein set forth.
Figure 1 is a general side view of a broken off piece A of tube finished according
to my invention.

page_text: Figure 2 is the top die such as I use in stamping or pressing the tube from
strips of flat metal.
Figure 3 is the bottom die in which the tubes are pressed.
Figure 4 illustrates two half sections of tube A1 and A2 brought together ready
for soldering.
In making my new ornamental tubing I take a strip of metal say brass or other
soft metal and place it upon the bottom die E which is formed in el to the exact
shape of the tube required to be produced. The top die B is also formed with
the projection to the exact internal shape of half of the tube A only less
than by the thickness of the metal to be used. After stamping or pressing the
strips of metal into semicircular pieces of tube I dress the edges and bring two
half-pieces together such as seen at Figure 4 A¹ being one half and A² the other
half. These two half sections are secured temporarily together by the wire bands C
while the joints are secured by soldering or otherwise. The joins are then trimmed
off and tube finished in any desired manner or colour according to the purpose for
which it is required.
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 -
The improvements in the manufacture of ornamental tubes of bamboo pattern
made substantially in the manner herein set forth and as shewn upon the drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of June 1880
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GEORGE
BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.