Improvements in and relating to the Ornamentation of Fenders, Fire Shovels, Fire Dogs, Ash Pans, and other similar Articles
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Ornamentation of Fenders,
Fire Shovels, Fire Dogs, Ash Pans, and other similar Articles.
I, EDWIN TAYLOR of 1 Alfred Street, Warstone Lane, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Stamper and Piercer do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of fenders, fire
shovels, fire dogs, ash pans and other similar articles and refers more particularly
to the mouldings or bottoms of fenders, the pans of fire shovels, the bases of fire
dogs and the front of ash pans, whereby the appearance of such articles is
considerably improved with but little increase in the cost.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which
I have fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 1., is an elevation of the front of a pan of a shovel.
Figure 2., is an elevation of part of the pan of a shovel or ash pan front or other
such article showing a modification in the mode of ornamenting the same.
Figure 3., is a similar elevation to Figure 2 but showing another form of
ornamentation.
Figure 4., is a view of part of the base of a dog.
Figure 5., is an elevation of part of a fender bottom.
In carrying my invention into effect I stamp or form the articles out of sheet
metal which is made with each side of a color to contrast with the other as for
instance the sheet may be formed with copper one side and brass the other sweated
or otherwise secured together and this sheet I cut and stamp into the required
shape as for instance the pan or other articles A shown by Figure 1. I then coat
that side or face of the pan which I desire to ornament with any suitable stopping
off varnish or composition which resists the action of acid after which I remove
part of the composition so as to form the desired ornamentation whether it be in
outline or line only as shewn by B Figure 1 or whether the body E of the
ornament be brought out as seen at Figure 2 so that upon acid being applied
the parts B & E of the metal from which the composition has been removed is
eaten away by the acid until the other or contrasting metal is exposed to view.
The parts which are to be eaten away may be first raised by stamping rolling or
otherwise as shown by F Figure 3 which would considerably facilitate the
application of the stopping off varnish or composition and the acid for eating
the metal away. In the case of fender bottoms or other such articles the
ornamentation may be extended over the whole surface of the article such as the
part shown by Figure 5, where H shows the one metal and J the other. The
ornamentation may be perforated in combination with the before mentioned mode
and of course the examples herein described and illustrated upon the drawings but
slightly indicate the variety of designs which may be obtained while the sheet
metal from which the articles are formed may be formed of any two combinations
of metals such as German silver, or platinum or any other suitable combination.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
The improvements in the manufacture of fenders, fire shovels, fire dogs, ash pans

page_text: and other similar articles, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
shewn upon the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 5th day of November 1893.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.