Improvements in Photographic Printing Frames.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 12th Dec.,
1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Photographic Printing Frames.
CHARLES CLOAKLY, Photographer, of 13 Northumberland Place in the City of
Bath in the County of Somersetshire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
An improvement in the construction of printing frames used by photographers
consisting in the use of metal pins or wooden dowels, with or without metal plates,
the object in using the said metal pins, plates or dowels being to prevent the shifting
of the photographic print during examination.
I also claim for the backboards used to the said frames to be of two or more
thicknesses of wood, the said wood to be glued or cemented crossways to prevent
warping.
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CHARLES CLOAKLY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Photographic Printing Frames.
I, CHARLES CLOAKLY, Photographer of 13 Northumberland Place in the City
of Bath in the County of Somerset, 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 :-
An improvement in the construction of printing frames used by photographers
consisting in the use of metal pins or wood dowls with or without metal plates: the
object in using, the said metal pins or wood dowls or metal plates is to prevent the
photographic print from shifting while in examination.
I also claim for the backboards used to the said frames to be of two or more
thicknesses of wood the said wood to be glued or cemented crossways to prevent
warping.
In the accompanying drawings is represented the printing frame to carry into
effect the improvement.
Figure 1 is a general perspective view shewing the wood dowls or metal pins
which accurately fit into holes H. H; the said dowls or pins can be used either in
the frame or in the backboards, the holes corresponding; the same object can be
attained by using metal plates as shewn on drawing & marked P and P 1.
I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to any particular part of
the frame or backboard for the above pins, plate or wood dowls to be used.
The object of using the said dowls pins and plates is to prevent the shifting of
the print during examination.
Figure 2 is a cross section of frame shewing how the wood dowls or metal pins
and plates can be used as shewn at letters D, P and P 1.
Figure 3 is the plan shewing the metal plates and pins at letters P and P 1.
Figure 2 shews a section of backboard glued or cemented together of two or
more thicknesses the wood to be crossways to prevent warping as shewn at
letters B and B 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my improve-
ment and in what manner the same is performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
Firstly. The use of wood dowls or metal pins fitting into corresponding holes,

page_text: with or without metal plates, the object being to prevent the photographic print
from shifting during examination, as substantially before described.
Secondly. The backboards to be of two or more thicknesses glued or cemented
together the object being to prevent warping, as substantially before described.
Dated this 28th day of October 1891.
CHARLES CLOAKLY.