IMPROVEMENTS IN SCROLL WORK
Year: 1886

page_text: I FREDRICK HAINSWORTH Black Smith of 168 East Adams Street Chicago
in the State of Illinois United States of America do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN SCROLL WORK and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
.
In making metallic scroll work it is quite difficult to fasten the different parts
together. This arises from the fact, that points where the parts are united or
joined together are in a great measure inaccessible for drilling and riveting: hence
the drilling or punching has to be done by handling each piece separately prévious
to its being placed in position. This necessitates the handling of each piece or
scroll many times, and in the aggregate the manipulations of the different piéces
in a piece of scroll work of ordinary size would amount to several hundred times.
The riveting is also attended with many didfaculties, as there is not room enough
to squarely strike the rivet..
The nature and object of this invention are to provide a means of fastening and
joining together the different parts forming and constituting scroll work in a firm
compact and substantial manner without the use of nuts, bolts or rivets, and without
first having to weld, bolt or rivet together the different parts forming the scroll
work.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the scroll work placed on the table, with properly
formed tool in the immediate act of clasping different parts of the scrolls together
at inaccessible points.
Fig. 2, is a perspective of section of frame on which the scroll work is placed
when being joined together.
Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the loop used to fasten the parts of the scroll
work together.
Fig. 4 shows the loop in position over the two pieces of scroll work and the
angular jawed tongues in the act of closing the open ends of the loop:
Fig. 5 shows the open ends of loop closed."
Fig. 6 shows a piece of scroll work with the parts joined together by means of
the loop, but not enclosed by a frame,

page_text: Fig. 7, shows scroll work enclosed by a frame, as to the scroll work crimped or
corrugated.
Fig. 8 shows a tool for making the loop shown in fig. 3.
Fig. 9, shows the tool for forming the loop, used for attaching the prepared scroll
work to angle iron frame.
Fig. 10, shows the same tool in the act of forming a loop to be used on angle
iron.
Fig. 11, shows the angular jawed tongues in the act of placing a loop on the
angle iron frame and attaching the scroll work thereto.
Fig. 12 shows a ring used in the scroll work with open abutting ends.
Fig. 13, shows a section of scroll work covered with wire cloth or wire screen.
Fig. 14, is a section through the frame, shows the means of attaching the wire
cloth to the frame.
Fig. 15, is a section of the frame or pattern, over which the scroll work can be
put together.
Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts in the different drawings.
A, is a table upon which is placed the frame or pattern B, of the scroll work to
be formed.
This pattern may be elevated as shown in figs. 1 and 2, or it may be drawn in
lines on the surface of the table.
Over this frame or pattern is placed the various scrolls to be used in making the
scroll work. Immediately under these points or places in the scroll work, where
they are to be united or joined together, is formed an open space in the frame or
pattern This open space can be formed in various ways. It can be cut out of the
elevated frame as at a, a, figs. 1. and 15, or it may be formed by using open ended
posts over the frame or pattern as at b, b, fig. 2, leaving an open space between the
frame or pattern as at d, d, fig. 2.
It is obvious that various other ways may be resorted to, to form this open space
without departing from the spirit of my invention. After placing the scrolls in
position over the pattern or frame, with the points or places in the scrolls to be.
united or joined together immediately over the open spaces, the loop C. fig. 3. first
being heat to a proper degree of heat, is placed over the two parts of the scroll to
be united or joined together, as shown in fig. 4, when the angular jawed tongues D,
are placed over the loop,-see fig. 4-and closed together, which act swings the
longer arm of the loop across the lower side of the scrolls, which firmly binds and
holds them together, see fig. 5.
When using the ring E, the ends are not welded or otherwise fastened together.
The ring is placed in position with the open ends abutting against each other, and
placed against the piece to which it is to be joined, when the loop C is placed over
the open ends of the ring and over the adjoining piece, when the angular-jawed
tongues are used, as before described, when the ring and its neighboring part, or
parts are firmly and securely united together.
This method of fastening together scroll work could not be used, if there were
no open space below, through which to swing the long arm of the loop. By pro-
viding an open space as previously described, below the points or places in the scrolls
where they are to be joined together, the long arm of the loop can be readily swung
across the lower or open side, thus clasping the two parts together, and snugly and
fixedly holding them together. The same means are employed to fasten the scroll
work to any frame. The form of the jaws of the tongues would be varied to meet
the form of the frame. If angle iron were used the form of tongues shown in
fig. 11, would be used There would be this exception in using angle iron. The
longer arm of the loop would have to be placed across the open side by hammering
it, as the tongues would not embrace all sides, as is the case in plain iron.
In fig. 8, is shown the tool used in making the loop C, shown in fig. 3, just in
the act of forming the loop.
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In fig. 9, is shown the tool used in making the loop used on angle iron In
fig. 10, is shown the same tool just in the act of forming the loop.

page_text: In the method herein shown it will be observed, scroll work can be made and
formed without using rivets or bolts to join the different parts together.
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
1. That improvement in the art of fastening together scroll work which consists
in placing the scrolls on a frame or pattern on a table, said table having spaces
immediately under the points where the scrolls are to be secured together, then
passing an open ended loop having one arm thereof longer than the other over the
scrolls at the points to be united together, then closing the open ends of the loop
and tightly binding the scrolls by means of a suitable tool, all substantially as
described.
2. In scroll work the combination of a band or circular piece, with the ends
thereof abutting together, with one or more adjoining pieces, and a loop placed over
the abutting ends, then bringing the open ends of the loop together by a properly
formed tool substantially as shown.