AN IMPROVED JOINER'S BRACE
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Pilkington, Thomas Pilkington, and
Abraham Pedigor, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Joiners'
Tool Makers, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED JOINER'S
BRACE."
Scaled the 30th April 1853, and dated the 20th December 1852.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Charles Pilkington,
Thomas Pilkington, and Abraham Pedigor at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition and Declaration,
on the 20th December 1852, pursuant to the 9th Section of the
Patent Law Amendment Act 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we,
CHARLES PILKINGTON, THOMAS PILKINGTON, and ABRAHAM PEDIGOR, of
Sheffield, in the County of York, Joiners' Tool Makers, do hereby
declare the nature of our said Invention of "AN IMPROVED JOINER'S
BRACE," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say): -
Our improvements in the construction of a "brace" for the
use of joiners, refer to the making, shaping, and applying

page_text: those separate parts which are constructed of metal in such a
manner that the part of the "brace" which is made of wood, is
strengthened thereby; the "brace" being, by such arrangement
of the parts particularly referred to in the description, rendered
more useful in its application as a tool than the ordinary "braces"
in use, as also more easy of construction. The pad (a) is made
larger than the pads of the "braces" at present in use, and is
fitted and fixed on to the stock (6) differently. The ordinary pads
are cast with ears or lugs, which are let into the wood and fastened
with one screw only; in the "improved brace" the pad socket clasps
the stock (b), the ears or sides (c, c), overlapping and fitting upon
the wood, the front and back being alone let in flush; the pad (a)
is secured firmly by two screws, and, instead of weakening, con-
siderably strengthens the stock; it can be fitted and fixed with
facility and economy of labour. The side plates (d, d) are laid on,
not as at present let into, the stock, and adapted to the bevel of the
sides; thus the stock is strengthened in this part also, and in ap-
pearance much improved. The top is mounted with a brass clasp
(c), corresponding in appearance with the sides and front of the
pad (a), so as to secure uniformity of appearance at both ends of
the stock. In form the cap (f) is different from the caps of
braces at present in use; the part (g) on the outer superficies is
made convex instead of concave, and is thereby adapted to the form
of the hand and to the relative position and office of the cap when
in actual use. The brass or other material used for the neck (h)
is continued higher up than in the braces now made. In ordinary
braces the cap (f) is made solid, but in the "improved brace" it is
to be made hollow as shewn.
The advantages of our improvements are, that, by the adoption of
the various parts of the brace herein described, and the mode of
fitting and fixing the same, a more useful and stronger brace is
produced than the ordinary brace, and in the labour and cost of
production a considerable saving is effected.
The improvements we claim as of our Invention are, the pad (a),
and the introduction of the top clasp (e), and hollow cap (f); as

page_text: also the mode or modes of applying or fitting the same; together
with the side plates (d, d), as herein described, and which may be
applied separately, or otherwise, in the manufacture of joiners' braces.
In witness whereof, we, the said Charles Pilkington, Thomas
Pilkington, and Abraham Pedigor, have hereunto set our
hands and seals, this Ninth day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-tavo.
CHARLES PILKINGTON. (L.S.)
THOMAS PILKINGTON.
(L.S.)
ABRAHAM PEDIGOR. (L.S.)