IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF APPLYING ELASTIC PADS OR CUSHIONS TO ARTICLES OF VERTU AND OTHER MANUFACTURED ARTICLES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Vernon, of the Firm of James Vernon and Brother,
of Newton Stewart, Scotland, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MODE OF APPLYING ELASTIC PADS OR CUSHIONS TO ARTICLES OF VERTU AND
OTHER MANUFACTURED ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Vernon at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th February 1880.
JAMES VERNON, of the Firm of James Vernon and Brother, of Newton Stewart,
Scotland. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF APPLYING ELASTIC PADS OR CUSHIONS
TO ARTICLES OF VERTU AND OTHER MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.".
The object of the present improvements is to extend the applicability of my
Invention of elastic cushions and pads for which I obtained Letters Patent dated
June 1st, 1876, No. 2320, and September 14th, 1876, No. 3602, to articles of vertu,
or to articles already manufactured, whether of glass, china, earthenware, or metals,
or combinations of these substances.
In the Specifications of the before mentioned Patents I described certain modes
of preparing articles in the course of manufacture for the reception of the pads or
elastic cushions; but no indication was then given of the manner of applying the
Invention to articles in the market or already prepared for sale. I now propose,
in order to render elastic pads and cushions available for preventing the chipping
or bruising of the feet of costly articles, to adopt the following contrivances :-
Supposing the article to be made, say, in china or glass, I fit the foot or base of the
same with a rim or socket of metal, which is recessed on its under side to receive
an annular cushion or elastic pad of any approved form. The rim or socket, which
will in general be annular, may be secured by cement or otherwise to the article
which it is intended to protect. The recess or recesses in the metallic rim or
socket will be countersunk to insure the retention of the elastic pad or cushion
therein.
In some cases this rim or socket will be provided with feet, which are then to
be furnished with the elastic pads. The elastic material will consist of vulcanized
'india rubber, and in general the pads or cushions will be caused to interlock with
the metal rim or socket to which they are applied.

page_text: I may however find it convenient when a good screw hold is obtainable to fasten
the pads by passing a screw or screws through them in such a way as to sink the
screw heads into the rubber.
When applying the Invention to gold, silver, and plated vessels for the purpose
of preventing injury (by bruising or bending) to the foot or base thereof I avail
myself of the hollow space within the base, and apply a ring of metal thereto by
soldering or otherwise, which ring will be out of sight and will form with the wall
of the base a recess for the reception of an annular cushion of vulcanized india
rubber; or a metallic rim may be attached to those metal articles similar to that
described as applied to articles of china.
Metallic articles of vertu may also be mounted on tripod stands, the feet of which
will be cushioned, as already explained.
When, from the form of the base of the article, annular recesses are not available
I may provide rebated recesses on the same principle as that described with respect
to the metallic rings for receiving pads of india rubber, the attachments being
kept out of sight and yet securing all the advantages contemplated by my
Invention.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James Vernon in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th August
1880.
JAMES VERNON, of the Firm of James Vernon and Brother, of Newton Stewart,
Scotland. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF APPLYING ELASTIC PADS OR CUSHIONS
TO ARTICLES OF VERTU AND OTHER MANUFACTURED ARTICLES."
The object of the present improvements is to extend the applicability of my
Invention of elastic cushions and pads for which I obtained Letters Patent June
First, One thousand eight hundred and seventy six, No. 2320, and September Four-
teenth, One thousand eight hundred and seventy six, No. 3602, to articles of vertu
or to articles already manufactured, whether of glass, china, earthenware, or metals,
or combinations of these substances.
In the Specifications of the before mentioned Patents I described certain modes
of preparing articles in the course of manufacture for the reception of the pads or
elastic cushions; but no indication was there given of the manner of applying the
Invention to articles in the market or already prepared for sale.
I now propose, in order to render elastic pads and cushions available for
preventing the chipping or bruising of the feet of costly articles, to adopt the
following contrivances:-Supposing the article to be made, say, in china or glass,
I fit the foot or base of the same with a rim or socket of metal which is recessed
on its underside to receive an annular cushion or elastic pad of any approved form.
The rim or socket, which will in general be annular, may be secured by cement or
otherwise to the article which it is intended to protect. The recess or recesses in
the metallic rim or socket will be countersunk to ensure the retention of the elastic
pad or cushion therein.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 shews the manner of adapting my Invention
to a china vase when the metallic attachment is desired to be concealed. a is an
annular rim or socket of soft metal formed with an external shoulder b to receivo
the foot of the vase, which is secured to the rim either by cement or by turning
over and pressing the shoulder into close contact with the vase foot. The under
face of the rim a has formed in it an annular rebated recess to receive a cushion of
vulcanized india rubber c, which fits tightly therein.
By fitting to the vase the elastic cushion as explained the liability of its chipping
at the foot will be prevented, and that without giving to it an unsightly appearance,
or interfering with its proportional form.
When it is not considered objectionable to bring the entire metallic rim into
view, I adopt the arrangement shewn at Figures 2 and 3, which represent a
decanter fitted to a metallic foot or rim a furnished, as before explained, with
an annular cushion of india rubber c. The vessel in this example fits into the
metal rim, and is secured thereto by cement supplemented by the lateral pressure
of the metal on the decanter base. Fig. 2 shews the metal rim in partial section,
and Fig. 3 in inverted plan view. The rin may be ornamented by chasing or
otherwise, as thought desirable.
In some cases the metal rim or socket will be provided with feet, which are then
to be furnished with elastic pads.
This modification is illustrated at Figures 4 and 5, Fig. 4 being a partial sectional
elovation, and Fig. 5 a partial inverted plan of a metallic rim or socket constructed
with feet, and furnished with elastic pads. In these Figures a is the rim formed
with socketted feet b, say, threo in number, into which are inserted cushions of
india rubber c. These cushions I prefer to recess at their face so as to allow
the head of an attaching screw d to bed therein. A hole is tapped in the solid
portion of the foot to receive the thread of the screw d, which will hold the cushion
Grmly in place.

page_text: Figures 6 and 7 shew in elevation and inverted plan view the manner of
In this instance
adapting my Invention to marble pedestals or clock stands.
the under face of the pedestal or stand is fitted with metal cups, which are
intended to receive each an elastic cushion, after the manner explained with
reference to Figures 4 and 5. a is the metal cup, shewn detached at Figures 8,
having a flat face which bears against the flat face of the marble, and is pierced
with a central hole to allow the passage through it of a hold fast or retaining
stud b, shewn detached at Figures 9. This holdfast is double headed, the larger
head being intended to bed into the elastic cushion c (shewn detached at Figures 10),
and the smaller head to enter a vertical hole drilled in the marble for the reception
of cement, such as molten sulphur. When the parts are put together, as shewn in
Fig. 6, they are secured to the marble by the hold fast being inserted in the drilled
hole, which has previously been filled with the cement. On the setting of this
cement the firm adhesion of the metallic cup to the marble will be secured, and the
larger head of the hold fast being sunk in the cushion an elastic surface projecting
from the metallic cup will be provided, constituting an elastic bearing surface for
the marble pedestal or stand.
When applying the Invention to gold, silver, and plated vessels for the purpose
of preventing injury (by bruising or bending to the foot or base thereof), I avail
myself of the hollow space within the base, and apply a ring of metal thereto
by soldering or otherwise, which ring will be out of sight, and will form, with
the wall of the base, a recess for the reception of an annular cushion of vulcanized
india rubber.
This arrangement is illustrated in the partial sectional elevation Fig. 11, where
e is an inner ring of metal applied to the face of a silver goblet, and forming
the inner wall of an annular groove for the reception of a ring of vulcanized
india rubber c. Manufactured articles of this class may however have attachod
to them a metal rim similar to that described as applied to articles of china and
glass.
Metallic articles of vertu may also be mounted on tripod stands, the feet of which
will be cushioned, as already explained.
Having now set forth the nature of my Invention of "Improvements in the
Mode of Applying Elastic Pads or Cushions to Articles of Vertu and other
Manufactured Articles," and explained the manner of carrying the same into
effect, I wish it to be understood that under the above in part recited Letters
Patent I claim,-
First. The application of elastic pads to manufactured articles through the
medium of metallic stands, feet, or equivalent metallic attachments, as described
with reference to Figures 1 to 10 inclusive of the accompanying Drawing.
Second. The application of elastic pads to metallic articles by the means described
with reference to Fig. 11.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Vernon, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, the Seventeenth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.