IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING PLAIN OR ORNAMENTAL SURFACES OF EARTHENWARE, CHINA, OR GLASS TO ARTICLES MADE OF METAL, WOOD, OR OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1847

page_text: KENNEDY'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
SADLER KENNEDY, of Burslem, Parcelain Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Eighth day of February,
One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, in the tenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Sadler Kennedy, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her special licence,
full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said William Sadler
Kennedy, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Sadler Kennedy, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING PLAIN OR ORNAMENTAL SURFACES OF EARTHENWARE,
CHINA, OR GLASS TO ARTICLES MADE OF METAL, WOOD, OR OTHER MATERIALS;" in
which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said William
Sadler Kennedy, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's
High Court of Chancery, within six calendar months next and immediately

page_text: after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same, reference being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Sadler Kennedy, do hereby declare that the nature of my Invention,
and the manner in which the same is performed, are fully described and 5
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hercunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same, reference being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Sadler Kennedy, do hereby declare that the nature of my Invention,
and the manner in which the same is performed, are fully described and 5
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hercunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say:
My Invention consists,―
First, of modes of attaching metal connections to certain descriptions of 1
articles (plain or ornamental) made of earthenware or china, by which the
same may be readily attached to other articles of metal, wood, or other
materials.
Secondly, my Invention consists of modes of applying metal connections to
articles, plain or ornamental, made of glass, by which the same may be 1
readily attached to other articles made of metal, wood, or other materials.
And,
Thirdly, my Invention relates to a mode of applying connections to articles
of earthenware, china, or glass.
But in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shews a back view, and Figure 2 a section, of a slab of earthen-
ware or china, which, though shown to be plain, may be variously
ornamented, and which is suitable to be applied to the front of a fender or
the upper part of a stove, or otherwise to ornament other articles of furniture.
And I would remark, that I am aware of plates of porcelain or earthenware
being at present employed for like purposes, as for finger plates of doors, but
in such cases the plates are applied by screws passing through from the front
of such plates, thereby shewing the mode of fixure, and interfering with the
elegant appearance of the face of the plate. Now the object of this part of
my Invention is so to apply the fastenings that they may not interfere with the
appearance of the front of the plate, and I, in moulding or otherwise forming
the articles, form a hole a (or any number of holes a, according to the size of
the articles) in the back of the article, the inner end of such hole being
enlarged, as at a¹, and there being other openings a², down to the part a¹, the
same will be suitable to receive the metal connection b, which has projecting
parts 6', corresponding with the openings a³ of the holes a, and I apply such

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connections 6, by passing the parts 61 down the parts a, till the connection 6
is at the bottom of the hole a I then turn the same round a quarter of a
circle in the enlarged part a¹, and then fill up the remaining parts with any
suitable hard cement. The part 6 may have a hole in it with a female screw
to receive a screw passed through from the back or inside of the article to
which it is to be applied, or it may have a stem, as shewn by dotted lines, to
receive a nut, or to be screwed on the article to be ornamented, as is well
understood. Figures 3 and 3 shew back views and sections of other
ornaments suitable for furniture. Figures 4 and 5 show back view and
section of an ornament of china or earthenware, suitable to be applied to
parts of harness. Figures 6, 7, and 8 show other articles of ornament with
connections applied in a similar manner, and in some cases I apply pointed
pins, the heads of which are simply dropped into holes in the articles, and
there secured by cement, as shewn at Figure 9, where the back view and
section of a letter is shewn, and in Figure 10, where another ornament is
shewn with such pointed pin connections, and in the same way I apply pointed
pin connections to other figures or characters for music or other illustration,
and such figures or characters may then be affixed to wood or other soft
materials by pressing the points therein. Figure 11 shews two views of a
bead with pins, similar to those used in Figures 9 and 10. Figure 12 shows
a handle suitable for a knife, or for fire irons, or otherwise.
edge view of the same, shewing the opening a, and Figure 13 shows the
stem separately. Figures 14 and 15 show two views of a hat
of which may be of earthenware or china, with a hole a, and
as above described, to receive the stem d with projection 6',
described. Figure 16 shows a curtain pin similarly formed, but in this case
the part d is covered with china or earthenware.
Figure 12* is an
peg, the part c
parts a³, and a³,
such as above
I will now describe the second part of my Invention, which consists simply
in applying attachments to articles of glass, in the manner before described in
respect to earthenware and china. Figure 17 shows a back view of a knob for
a door, lock, or other purpose, of glass, with a hole a, and parts a', a³, such as
above described, and suitable to receive a socket 6 (as shewn at Figures
18, 19, & 20), with parts b', the part 6 having a square hole to receive a
spindle of a lock, or the part 6 may project and have a male screw formed
through it by which it may be screwed on to a door or other place, or the
socket may have a female screw formed in it, and in a similar way may other
articles, such as those described in the various Figures of the Drawings under
the first part of the Invention, be formed of glass, and have attachments
applied thereto, according to this second part of the Invention.
b

page_text: The third part of my Invention is shewn at Figure 21, which represents a
section of an article of ornament, which may be of earthenware, or china, or
glass; it is formed with an under-cut opening to receive a stem 9, which is
split at one end, & by being inserted within the opening f, in which is pre-
viously placed a wedged piece h, the split part will be opened out, and by
coming under the under-cut part of the opening f, will hold the ornament or
knob, the form of which may be varied.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be carried into effect, I would have it understood that
I do not confine myself to the various details herein shewn and described, so
long as the peculiar character of either part of my Invention be retained.
But what I do claim is,―
First, the mode of applying metal connections to certain articles of earthen-
ware or china, as described; and I also claim the applying pointed pin con-
nections to articles of earthenware or china, by which such articles may be
attached to other articles, as above described.
Secondly, I claim the modes of applying metal connections to articles of
glass, as described; and,
Thirdly, I claim the mode of applying metal connections to articles of
earthenware, china, or glass, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Sadler Kennedy, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
WILLIAM SADLER (Ls.) KENNEDY.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Seventh day of August, in the
year of our Lord 1847, the aforesaid William Sadler Kennedy came beforo
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purposo.
Enrolled the Seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord One thou-
sand eight hundred and forty-seven.
NALY