IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONSERVATORIES AND GARDEN FRAMES.”
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Major Edward Horley, of Toddington, in the-
County of Bedford, Builder, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONSERVATORIES AND GARDEN FRAMES.”
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONSERVATORIES AND GARDEN FRAMES.”
Sealed the 8th December 1871, and dated the 6th September 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Major Edward Horley
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 6th September 1871.
J, MAJOR EDWARD HORLEY, of Toddington, in the County of
Bedford, Builder, do hereby declare the. nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONSERVATORIES AND GARDEN
FRAMES," to be as follows, that is to say:
The object of this Invention is the construction of conservatories and
garden frames with greater economy than at present, and rendering such
structures more portable.
The frame of the conservatory, is formed of wood as usual, but no
sashes or sash bars, and no putty are required for holding the glass.

page_text: The top rails of the frame are formed with a groove, which serves to
receive the upper edges of the sheets of glass, and the bottom rails arc
formed with a rebate on which is placed a strip or strips of leather or
The
webbing for the lower edges of the sheets of glass to rest on.
bottom rails are provided with an iron button or other suitable fastening
for each sheet of glass to hold it in its place.
By this arrangement any particular sheet of glass can be easily
removed for ventilation or other purposes, and the whole structure be
easily taken to pieces.
The top or roof of a conservatory thus constructed can be detached if
required from the vertical side and end frames so as to form a portable
garden frame.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Major Edward Horley in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 6th March 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MAJOR
EDWARD HORLEY, of Toddington, in the County of Bedford, Builder,
send greeting.
.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Major Edward Horley, Her special licence
that I, the said Major Edward Horley, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Major Edward Horley, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
GARDEN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONSERVATORIES AND
FRAMES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Major
Edward Horley, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should

page_text: particularly describe and ascertam the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Major Edward Horley, 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, reference being had to the Drawing hereto
annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to
say :—
The object of this Invention is the construction of conservatories and
garden frames with greater economy than at present, and rendering such
structures more portable, no sashes nor sash bars or putty being required
for holding the glass.
To carry out my Invention the frame of the conservatory or other
glass structure is built in the usual manner, and of wood by preference,
but the top rails of the frame are formed with a groove to receive the
upper edges of the sheets of glass, and the bottom rails are formed with
a rebate furnished with studs, on which is placed a strip or strips of
leather or webbing for the lower edges of the sheets of glass to rest on.
The bottom rails are provided with an iron button or other suitable
fastening for each sheet of glass to hold it in its place. Where on
account of the size of the conservatory one or more intermediate rails is
or are required the upper side of each is rebated, and the lower side
grooved:
.
By this mode of fixing any particular slicet of glass can be easily
removed for ventilation or for other purposes, and the whole structure
may be casily taken to pieces.
To make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying Drawing in which Figure 1
is an elevation of part of one of the side frames of a conservatory;
Figure 2 a section of same; and Figure 3 a section of a garden frame
shewing my improvements.
In Figures 1 and 2, a, a, is one of the intermediate rails of the frame
formed with a groove 6 for receiving the top edges of the slicets of

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glass g; c, c, is the lower rail of the frame rebated, as shewn and
furnished with the studs d, d, on which rest the lower ends of the
sheets of glass g, these studs also serve for carrying off the condensed
vapour; e, e, are the buttons fixed on the lower rail for holding, the
sheets of glass in their places; ff, are the pieces of leather or webbing
placed underneath the sheets of glass for removing them when required;
the upper side of the intermediate bar or rail a is rebated to receive the
lower ends of the next tier of sheets of glass, and is provided with studs
and luuttua
glass g; c, c, is the lower rail of the frame rebated, as shewn and
furnished with the studs d, d, on which rest the lower ends of the
sheets of glass g, these studs also serve for carrying off the condensed
vapour; c, e, are the buttons fixed on the lower rail for holding, the
sheets of glass in their places; ff, are the pieces of leather or webbing
placed underneath the sheets of glass for removing them when required;
the upper side of the intermediate bar or rail a is rebated to receive the
lower ends of the next tier of sheets of glass, and is provided with studs
and buttons in a similar manner to the lower rail c.
In Figure 3, a is the top rail of the garden frame, and 6 the groove;
c is the lower rail, rebated as in Figures 1 and 2; e, button; g, glass;
fpiece of leather or webbing.
The top of a conservatory, of which a part of the side'only is shown in
Figures 1 and 2, is constructed in a similar manner to the garden frame
shewn in Figure 3, the lower rail c being grooved on the under side as
shown in dotted lines.
The several parts of the frame of the conservatory or other like
structure are preferably fixed together by iron screw pins, and. the side
edges of the sheets of glass butt against one another instead of being
lapped.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the best.
means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, what I
claim is, the method of fixing the glass for the construction of con-
servatories and garden frames substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hercin-before described and represented in the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Major Edward Horley, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two.
MAJOR EDWARD HORLEY. (L.S.)