Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Portrait or Picture Frames, Relief Ornamentations in Cabinet Work and the like, and Mouldings therefor.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 16th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Portrait or
Picture Frames, Relief Ornamentations in Cabinet Work and
the like, and Mouldings therefor.
I, ROBERT HALL, of 3 Union Square, Bury, in the County of Lancaster,
Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of portrait or picture frames, relief
ornamentations in cabinet work and the like, and mouldings therefor, and consists
in the formation of said mouldings and their application in the manner represented
on the accompanying sheet of drawings, and as hereinafter described.
In this invention I construct portrait frames or picture frames of wood, bonc,
or other suitable material from mouldings which I form by turning any required
length in any pattern or design in the manner shown in Fig. 1 leaving a rectangular
portion as b at or near each of the ends thereof.
I bore a hole c through each of said rectangular portions and divide the length
thus preduced in two equal portions through the lines A. A by which two sides of
a frame are formed; 1 construct the end portions of a frame by turning any
required length as Fig. 2. in any pattern or design with a groove as e at or near
each end thereof: I divide said length through the line B B into two equal
portions; by placing the neck formed by the groove e into the hole c, a frame is
formed as represented by Fig. 3. Frames for the reception of two or more
portraits or pictures may be constructed by increasing the number of rectangular
portions and a corresponding number of grooves e in lengths of mouldings as
Figs. 1 and 2.
When said mouldings are employed for relief ornamentation in cabinet work the
design is formed in the manner hereinbefore described for the construction of
picture frames, and said design is planted on the surface of the cabinet work.
In the panels thus formed, handles or other requirements may be fitted.
Datel this 14th day of December 1894
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Portrait or
Picture Frames, Relief Ornamentations in Cabinet Work and
the like, and Mouldings therefor.
I, ROBERT HALL of Union Square, Bury in the County of Lancaster, Joiner,
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 :-
This invention relates to the construction of portrait or picture frames, relief
ornamentations in cabinet work and the like, and mouldings therefor, and consists
in the formation of said mouldings and their application in the manner hereinafter
described and as represented in the drawings that accompanied the Provisional

page_text: Specification, and in the additional sheet of drawings hereunto annexed.
several views shown in these drawings similar letters refer to similar parts.
In the
In this invention I construct portrait or picture frames of wood, bone, or other
suitable material from mouldings which 1 form by turning any required length in
any pattern or design in the manner shown in Fig. 1 leaving a rectangular portion
as at or near cach-end.
I bore a hole c through each of said rectangular portions and divide the length
thus produced in two equal portions through the line A. A. by which two sides or
two ends of a frame are formed.
I construct corresponding end or. side portions of the frame by turning any
required length as Fig. 2 in any pattern or design with a groove as e at or near
each end thereof.
I divide said length through the line B B into two equal portions: by placing
the neck formed by the groove e-into-the-hole c a-frame is formed as represented
in Fig. 3.
Frames intended for the reception of two or more portraits or pictures may be
constructed as Fig. 4 by increasing the number of rectangular portions 6 and a
corresponding number of grooves e in lengths of mouldings as Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is an edge view of a frame such as Fig. 4 and represents a modification
of my invention with shelves g affixed thereto.
I form said shelves by boring holes d in a strip of wood as Fig. 6 and dividing
said strip through line C. C. The shelf that is by these means obtained is affixed
to the frame by fitting the semi holes d on to the neck e in the same manner as the
holes c are fitted thereon, the length of the neck e having been extended to the
extent of the thickness of the shelf g.
When the aforesaid mouldings are employed for relief or like ornamentations in
cabinet work, the design is formed in the manner herein before described for the
construction of picture frames, and said design is planted on the surface of the
cabinet work. In the panels thus formed, handles or other requirements may be
fitted.
In applying my invention, the size and number of portraits or pictures as m it
is required to frame, and the form of the grouping is ascertained: the side and end
mouldings are then forined and the frame constructed in the manner herein before
described, the number of and distances between the rectangular portions b being
regulated by the size of the pictures: said pictures either mounted or otherwise
are then placed at the back of said frame where they are retained by a backing of
thin wood or card board as n that is pinned or otherwise affixed to the frame.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. The construction of portrait or picture frames from mouldings that are
formed by turning any length of wood or other material in any pattern or design,
with intervening portions through or in which holes are bored or grooves cut, and
afterwards dividing said length of wood or other material longitudinally for the
purpose and in the manner substantially as herein before described.
2nd. The construction of frames for the reception of one or more portraits,
pictures, and the like, in the manner substantially as hereinbefore described.
3rd. The construction of mouldings for relief ornamentation in cabinet work in
the manner substantially as herein before described.
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THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.