Improvements in Frames, Mouldings, and Mounts for Advertisements.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th Aug., 1890-Accepted. 18th Oct.. 1890
PROVISIONAL. SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames, Mouldings, and Mounts for Advertisements.
I, JAMES CHALLIS of No. 1 Isabella Road, Hackney, London, N.E., Commercial
Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a frame, which is simple in construction,
novel, strong, light, portable, and cheaply produced, from sheets of metal, card, paper,
or other suitable material.
To accomplish this I take a sheet of the material, cut a piece out of each corner, then
roll or turn the four edges of the sheet inwards to form the frame, which is hollow,
and completely closed in (as a box) except at the corners. Thoro are thus no edges
to scratch or bond. The advertisement is mounted upon the centre of the plate or
card having the before mentioned frame around its edges.
Or the hollow frame may be formed separately upon a mandrel (particularly when
made from paper or fabric) and attached to the edges of the card, board, or plate upon
which tho advertisement is mounted.
Or a strip of the material is cut the required width and pressed or rolled to form a
moulding, the back being completely closed, or simply left with a flap for attachment.
The moulding is then mitred at intervals, leaving the outer edge uncut; it can then
be folded into a rectangular shape and glued or otherwise attached to the outer edge
of advertisement.
Or the sheet of motal or other material is takon and the corners removed as required,
the edges of the sheet are then pressed or shaped to form the moulding and then folded
completely over upon the sheet.
A suitable cap or clip is affixed to the corners by way of ornament, and to secure
extra strength, or as a name tablet.
The frames may be painted or decorated in any desired manner.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames, Mouldings, and Mounts for Advertisements.
I, JAMES CHALLIS of No. 22 Cricketfield Road, Hackney Downs, London N.E.
(late of No. 1 Isabella Road, Hackney, London N.E.) Commercial Traveller 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a frame that is attractive in design, is
strong, light and portable in substance, simple in construction and can be manu-
factured cheaply from sheets or strips of paper, card strawboard, textile fabric, wood
pulp, or other suitable material.
A frame is made from a single sheet of material by cutting out the corners according
to the pattern desired, then shaping the borders and bending them over upon the
sheet; the border or moulding thus formed may be filled with composition in order to
strengthen it, or be simply glued or fixed down upon the sheet.
The advertisement is printed or pasted in the centre and may be covered with glass,
this being held in position by small clips at the corners or by the moulding.
Mouldings are made from the strips of material in various ways according to the
size and pattern required; a bold simple form is made by forming an elongated
cylinder of material upon a mandrel, insorting plugs of wood at intervals and mitering
through them, then gluing and nailing together to form the frame.
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page_text: In small frames the lap of the cylindrical moulding may be left open and the show-
card inserted in it before the corners are joined, then glued all together.
These frames are glazed by laying the glass in from the back, (resting upon the
curve of the moulding) the advertisement is laid upon it and upon that the backboard
the whole is secured by pasting a strip round the moulding and on the backboard.
Half round mouldings or those of more complex configuration are formed by passing
the strips (sometimes previously softened by sonking) through rollers shaped to the
desired pattern. The rollers turn the edges outwards and thus make an open moulding
at one operation, but if the moulding is to be closed the edges are left upright and the
strip on leaving the rolls is passed over a shaped mandrel and through a draw plate or
folder which turns the edges down upon the mandrel. The strips may however be
scored before rolling and the edges afterwards turned down by hand.
Sometimes the outer edge is turned over inwards in order to form a closed
moulding and the inner edge is turned over inwards by the rolls in order to hold
the glass.
The larger sizes of these mouldings are lined or filled with pitch and sawdust,
plaster, or other composition to render them more rigid and less liable to damage,
the corners are mitered and fixed by adhesion or nailing or by corner clips.
In mounting, the advertisement or showcard is laid upon the frame and secured to
it by a strip of material pasted round the edge; if the frame is to be glazed the
glass is first laid in, then the advertisement upon it, then the backboard (if required)
and lastly the strip or lap is glued round to secure all together.
The mouldings are not necessarily of plain surface being sometimes covered with
gilt, fancy or figured paper, or painted, or stained and varnished and when intended
for situations exposed to damp or weathor are coated all over with a waterproof
compound.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1. A shows a cylindrical frame B shows a sectional view of moulding H is
the strip holding the showcard etc. in position, D is the glass, E is the showcard.
Fig. 2. A shows a frame made with a triangular moulding, B is a sectional view of
same, E is the showcard.
Fig. 3. A is a ribbed frame, B is a sectional view of moulding, F is the filling
composition, D is the glass, E is the showcard, Cis the lap for fixing.
Fig. 4. A shows a figured frame B is a sectional view of moulding, C are the laps
affixed direct to the showcard.
The various patterns might be extended indefinitely but the varieties shown will be
sufficient to exhibit the type or style of mouldings made according to my invention,
and also the several methods of making up the frames and mounting the advertisements
applicable thereto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :
1. Mouldings, frames, or mounts made of paper, card, strawboard textile fabric,
wood pulp, or other similar material, substantially as set forth.
2. The method of plugging, or filling or lining the mouldings with a composition to
secure rigidity substantially as set forth.
Dated this 12th day of August. 1890
JAMES CHALLIS.