Improvements in and relating to the Methods of Ornamenting Metal Rods.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Methods of Ornamenting
Metal Rods.
I TOM HOLLAND LAWTON, Brass-founder of Lingen Charles Road Small
Heath, Birmingham in the County of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the ornamentation of stair-rods, window-curtain-
1ods, rods used in shop and office fitting and rods used for various purposes under
the technical trade term of cabinet-brass-foundry.
I by preference provide and utilize a metal rod the transverse section of which
18 D shaped or half round or nearly half round, the core or main rod being made
from non and the outer surface a thin covering of sheet brass, sheet copper or
other metal, such section and make of rod is not in itself a new and patentable
article the novelty constituting my invention consisting of the combination with the
old style rod of an ornamental end made in an expensive manner and combined
with the rod in a new and original manner.
In producing my improved rod-end I provide a suitable metal blank and from
such blank cut, compress, and otherwise shape and produce a stamping having
right and left hand wing-pieces.
1 secure the ornamental end to the metal rod by placing the ornamental stamping
against the end of metal rod in a central lineable position and then folding the right
and left hand wing-pieces over the end of rod in such a manner as to fasten the
ornamental stamping to the 1od by means of the wing-pieces, such wing-pieces
forming a band ornament at the end of iod in addition to the ornament produced
on the stamping.
Altho I have described one section as being specially suitable for utilization
with the improved winged ends, nevertheless I can utilize any section of 1od provided
such section bas one side flattened somewhat.
What constitutes my invention is the production of the stamped wing-piece ends
and the combination of such improved ends with a rod, as a means of ornamenting
the rod.
It will be readily understood that a rod used on stains would present a better
and more finished appearance if provided with an ornamental end at the right and
an oinamental end at the left, than if such stair-rod was merely a short strip cut
from a stock length of rodding.
In a like manner the improved ends would add to the commercial value of iods
used for window fittings shop fittings and for such like purposes.
Altho' the wing-pieces would in some cases be sufficient to fasten the ornamental
stamping to the rod nevertheless I prefer in some cases (or in most cases) to solder,
braze, compiess or otherwise consolidate or amalgamate the wing-pieces of
ornamental end with the end of rod in an irremovable manner.

page_text: Improvements in and relating to the Methods of Ornamenting
Metal Rods.
I TOM HOLLAND LAWTON of Langen Charles Road, Small Heath Birmingham
in the County of Warwick, Brass-founder do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same 18 to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement -
This invention has for its object the ornamentation of stair-rods, window-curtain-
rods, rods used in shop and office fitting and rods used for various purposes under
the technical trade teim cabinet-brass-foundry.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is constructed and used.
Figure 1 represents a front view of rod combined with my improved ends.
Figure 2 represents a transverse section through A. B. of Figure 1, showing the
wing-pieces of 1od-end folded over the main rod.
Figure 3 represents a stair-rod-clip.
Figure 4 represents the improved rod-end-stamping.
Figure 5 represents the D shaped metal-iod.
Figure 6 represents a set similar to Figure 1 excepting that the D-shaped metal-
rod is utilized with the flat side facing outwards.
Figure 7 represents a transverse section of Figure 6 on the line C. D.
Figure 8 represents a stair-1od-clip suitable for use with the rod shewn at
Figure 6.
Io carrying out my invention I by preference provide and utilize a metal rod the
tiansverse section of which is D shaped or half-round, or nearly half-round, the core
or manu rod a being made from iron and the outer surface 6 or g, consisting of a
thin covering of sheet brass, sheet copper or other metal, such section and make of
rod is not in itself new the novelty constituting my invention consisting of the
combination with the old, style rod of an ornamental end made in an inexpensive
nanner as hereinafter described.
In producing my improved 1od-end I provide a suitable metal blauk and from
such blank cut, compress, and otherwise shape and produce a stamping having right
and left hand wing-pieces c and d.
secure the ornamental-end as shewn at Figure 4 to the metal rod by placing
the said ornamental stamping against the end of metal rod in a central lineable
position, and then folding the right and left hand wing-pieces c and d over the
end of rod as shewn at c and d Figure 2 so as to fasten the ornamental stamping
to the rod by means of the wing-pieces, such wing-pieces forming a band ornament
when secured to the rod, the continuation of the width of the wing-pieces following
where the end-piece 18 solid, thus producing the band e at the end of rod in
addition to the ornament produced on stamping.
Altho I have described one section of rod as being specially suitable for
utilization with the improved wing-pieces, nevertheless I can utilize any section
of rod provided such section has one side flattened somewhat
The rod as shewn at Figure 6 18 completely covered on its flat face and is
therefore suitable for use with the flat side facing outwards, the wings c and d of
end-piece shewn at Figure 6 are folded over the convex face of strip as shewn
at cand d..
The rod as shewn at Figure 1 is passed through two stau-rod-clips h, such clips
I do not claim as new but shew them in position as one means of utilizing my
improved ornamental ended-rods for stair-rods, of course any other suitable shaped
stair-rod-clip can be used with my improved ornamental rods.

page_text: The clips as shewn at Figure 6 are new in themselves as clips suitable for use
with rods fixed in position presenting to view the flat side.
What essentially constitutes my invention is the production of the wing-piece
ends shewn at Figure 4 and the combination of such improved ends with a rod as
a means of ornamenting the rod, as it will be readily understood that a rod used
on stans would present a better and more finished appearance if provided with an
ornamental end at the right and an ornamental end at the left (as shewn at
Figures 1 and 6) than if such stair-rods were merely short strips cut from a stock
length of rodding.
In a like manner rods used for window-fittings and for such like purposes would
be of more commercial value and present a better and more finished appearance
when combined with the winged ends shewn ready for connection at Figure 4 and
shewn connected at Figures 1 and 6.
The rod shewn at Figure 1 is broken in the middle and is also combined with
two ornamental ends, such rod represents the first modification of my invention,
such 1ods can be made of any length suitable for use as stau-rods; window-curtain-
rods rods for use in shop and office fitting, and rods used for various purposes under
the technical trade term of cabinet-brass-foundry goods
The rod as shewn at Figure 6 represents a second modification of my invention
and such modification can be used for exactly the same purposes as hereinbefore
described in reference to the first modification.
Altho' the wing-pieces would in some cases (and in most cases) be sufficient
to fasten the ornamental ends to the 1od nevertheless I prefer in some cases to
solder, braze, compress or otherwise consolidate or amalgamate the wing-pieces
and the socket of the oinamental end-piece with the rod in an irremovable
manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same 19 to be performed, I declare that what [
claim is
1st. The ornamentation of metal rods by the combination of winged end-pieces
with a rod, in the manner illustrated and described with reference to Figures 1-
2-4 and 5, for use in the manner described.
2nd. The ornamentation of rods by the combination of winged end-pieces with
a rod in the manner illustrated and described with reference to Figures 6 and 7,
for use in the manner described.
3rd. The combination of any section of metal rod having one flat side, with
Winged end-pieces, the wings folding over the end of 1od as shewu at c' and d'
Figure 2 and at c and d Figure 7.
Dated this 4th day of January 1896.
Witness―
TOM HOLLAND LAWTON.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Patent Agent,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street,
Birmingham.