A FENDER CAPABLE OF BEING EXTENDED OR CONTRACTED IN LENGTH, SO AS TO FIT FIRE-PLACES OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS
Year: 1822

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
IBBOTSON, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Fender Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth,
by his Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of His United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-eighth
day of November, in the third year of His reign, did give and grant unto me,
the said Henry Ibbotson, my exors, adñors, and assigns, His special licence,
full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Henry Ibbotson, my
exors, admors, and assigns, by myself and themselves, or by my and their
deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as I, the said Henry
Ibbotson, my exors, adñors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term of years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend my.
Invention of "A FENDER CAPABLE OF BEING EXTENDED OR CONTRACTED IN LENGTH,
SO AS TO FIT FIRE-PLACES OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS," within that part of His
Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England, His
Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner as to
me, the said Henry Ibbotson, my exors, admors, and assigns, or any of us,
should in our discretion seem meet, to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy, the said
licence; powers, privileges, and advantages unto me, the said Henry Ibbotson,

page_text: my exors, admors, and assigns, for and during and unto the full end and term
of fourteen years from the date of the said Letters Patent next and immediately
ensuing, and fully to be complete and ended; in which said Letters Patent is
contained a proviso, that if I, the said Henry Ibbotson, should not particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, and cause the same to be enrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within two calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent, then that the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and
advantages whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease, determine, and
become void, as in and by the said Letters Patent, reference being thereunto
had, will more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso contained in
the said Letters Patent, I, the said Henry Ibbotson, do hereby describe and
ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, as follows, that is to say, my Invention may be carried into
effect by each or any of the following modes:-
First mode. I make a fender in the usual way, but without attaching any
bottom plate to it. I cut it across in two places, at the distance of from four
to six inches of the turn at each end, thus dividing the fender into three parts,
namely, one middle or straight part, and the two turned ends I then attach by
means of a screw rivet, or otherwise a female or box screw, inside and near to
the bottom at each end of the said middle part, and I also attach in like
manner two collars to each of the turned ends directly opposite the female or
box screws, between which collars the head of a male screw (about four inches
long, or of any other length proportioned to the size of the feuder) to match
the female screw, is to be worked by a loose lever applied to holes made in the
head of the screw for that purpose. The screw being thus worked, will extend
or contract the length of the fender as may be required. I cover the parts of
the fender, where cut asunder on the outside, with a pillar, pannel, tablet, or
other ornament fixed to each of the turned ends.
Second mode. After the fender is cut into three parts, as before described,
I fasten to each turned end where so cut across two or more bolts or slides,
each projecting about four inches, or any other length proportioned to the size
of the fender; I then fasten to each end of the opposite or middle part an
equal number of sockets to receive the above bolts or slides, which being
pulled out or forced in will extend or contract the length of the fender, as may

page_text: be required. I cover the front parts of the fender, were so cut asunder, with
a pillar, tablet, pannel, or other ornament fixed to each turned end.
Third mode. Having cut the fender into three parts, as before described, I
procure two hollow tubes, each about four inches long, corresponding in pattern
with the top of the fender, but of such dimensions as to allow the top of the
fender to slide into them, and having fastened one tube on each of the turned
ends where cut across, the top of the straight or middle part will slide into the
said tubes, which I find gives stability to the movement of the rack and pinion,
next described; I then take two racks or pieces of iron about one eighth of an
inch thick, one inch broad, and four inches and a half long, (or of any other
length proportioned to the size of the fender,) with teeth on one edge, and a
projecting stop or catch at the end of the other edge, one of which racks I fix
at each end of the middle part, so as to project about four inches, and having
placed the turned ends and middle part together, I file or cut out equally from
the parts thus placed together so much of the fender plate as to make a hole
immediately over each rack, and I fix a small wheel or pinion with leaves or
cogs to match the rack to work it horizontally; I then fasten to each turned
end a pillar, tablet, pannel, or other ornament to hide the work from sight in
front of the fender, on the inside of which I fasten a rest or socket for the axis
or pivot of the wheel or pinion to work in, and to cover the rack and pinion in
the inside of the fender, as well as to keep the wheel or pinion in its proper
place. I fix, by means of a screw or screws from the said pillar, tablet, pannel,
or other ornament, a piece of sheet iron, with a hole for the axis or spindle of
the wheel or pinion to be worked in, and inside which plate I place a stay or
piece of iron underneath the rack, for the purpose of supporting it, and to
prevent its being wound beyond its proper extent, by catching the projecting
stop or catch at the end of the rack. The wheel or pinion is to be worked by
a key on the square end of the spindle, the same as is used for winding up a
clock, by which means the fender may be extended or contracted in length,. as
may be required.
Fourth mode. I make a fender which I divide into two parts by cutting it
across the middle. I take a male screw with a head or swell in the middle.
having at one side of the head a right-hand threaded screw three and a half
inches in length (or any other length proportioned to the size of the fender),
and on the other side a left-hand threaded screw of the same length, I then
affix inside the fender to each part where so cut across a female or box screw
to match the right and left-hand male screw, and the head of the male screw

page_text: being turned by a loose lever, applied to holes made therein for that purpose,
acting in the box or female screws, will bring the two ends of the fender equally
towards the head, and, being turned contrariwise, will remove them equally
from the head. I place a pillar, pannel, tablet, or other ornament in front of
the fender to hide the work, which I fasten to a plate used to hide the work
inside the fender, by two screws in a line perpendicular to the head of the
right and left-handed screw. I also revit to the inside of the front tablet,
pannel, pillar, or other ornament at the top a hollow tube, corresponding in
pattern with the top of the fender, but so much larger as to admit the top of
the fender to slide into it at each end. The plate used to cover the work
inside the fender has a concave part over the screw, closed at both ends, and
the concave, being the length of the screw, covers it. The plate being screwed
to the front plate or ornament is thus held in its place over the screw, and
prevented from moving to either side by the ends of the screw; the concave
part of the plate over the screw is cut out in the middle, so as to allow the
head or swell of the right and left-handed male screw to be worked by the
lever. The bottom plate of the fender is made in the following manner :-I
procure a bottom plate about one or two inches longer than the fender when
drawn out to its extreme length, I cut this plate across into two or more parts
to suit the upright part of the fender, and fasten to one part where so cut
across two or more bolts or slides (about five inches long, or of any other
length proportioned to the size of the fender, one inch broad, and one-eighth
of an inch thick,) within four inches of the end, and raised from the plate so
much as will admit of the other part of the bottom plate sliding between the
bolts and plate; directly opposite to the bolts I fasten to the other part of the
bottom plate two or more sockets of sheet iron, into which the bolts slide, and
having made a hole or aperture, about three and a half inches long and a
quarter of an inch wide, in each socket lengthwise over the middle of the bolt,
I screw through the aperture into each bolt a stop, which serves to keep the
whole fender from being drawn asunder. (The length of the slides, sockets,
and apertures will be varied according to the size of the fender.) When a
fender with a panuel, pillar, tablet, or other ornament at each end is required
to be raised or elevated on balls, feet, or otherwise, I slope the middle part of
the bottom plate only, and fasten one of the bolts at the end to a piece of iron
sloped in the same manner, so as to bring the bolt in a line with the socket on
the middle or sloped part. The bottom plate is then screwed to the moulding
of the fender in the usual manner.

page_text: The Drawings hereunto annexed, with explanations of the Figures, are
dded to give a greater facility in understanding the Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Ibbotson, have have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Twenty-fifth day of January, in the third year
of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Fourth, by the grace of
God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King,
Defender of the Faith, and in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and twenty-three.

page_text: BBBB Collars to support the male Screws
and between which the Screws are worked
C.C Male Screws to match the female
D.D Heads of Male Screws with holes for a
loose lever

page_text: A.A. Hollow tubes to admit the top of the fender to slide in
B.B. Racks with teeth on one edge and a projecting Catch
at the end on the other edge.
C.C. Small wheels or pinions with Cogs or leaves.
D. A front view of small wheel or pinion.
E. Rest or Socket placed inside of front tablet for
acts or Pivot of pinion to work in.
F.Plate used to cover the work inside the fender with
a hole through which the spindle of pinion is worked
G. Stay or piece of iron to support the Rack & prevent its
being worked beyond its proper extent.
Fourth Mode
A.A. Heads or swells of right and left handed screws
B.B. Right handed male screws.
C.C. Left handed male Screws.
D.D.D.D. Female or box screws to match the right and
left handed male screws
E.E. Screws used to fasten the front and inside
plates together
F.F. Hollow tubes for the top of the Fender to slide into.
G.Plate used to cover the work inside the fender.
H. Concave part of inside plate closed at both ends to
prevent its moving to either side, and cut out in
the middle to allow the head or swell of the Screw
to be worked.