Year: 1887

page_text: I, WALTER CLIFF of Wortley near Leeds in the county of York, Fire brick
manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of said invention to be as follows:-
Many fire clay enamelled baths are made with a roll or moulding running around
the top which are so constructed as to stand without the addition of wood-work; some
of these baths are glazed, others are painted.
Heretofore this roll or moulding has been made at the same time as the bath and is
in fact part of the same it has to be glazed with the same hard glaze as that employed
on the rest of the bath and to be fired at the same time and temperature.
As a consequence the ornamental effects obtainable are limited as for instance, none
of the beautiful majolica glazes can be used on account of the heat to which the bath
is submitted in the burning or firing process.
Now according to my invention 1 propose to make this roll or moulding quite
separate and distinct from the bath and in lengths as may be found most convenient
and to fix it in position around the top of the bath by cement, dowels, pins, counter
sinkings or other convenient and suitable method.
By the manufacture of enamelled fire clay baths according to my invention con-
siderable advantages are obtained as according to the old method of manufacture the
roll or moulding and the body of the bath being in one there was more to get perfect
and consequently greater difficulty in doing so, whilst if spoiled the roll or moulding
could not be chipped off and the bath sold as an ordinary one, whilst by making
it separate as above described it can be applied to any bath that is suitable for such
application.
The roll or
moulding when made separate can further be made in different designs
and mouldings which is almost impossible when the roll or moulding is made fast on.
the bath as heretofore, whilst it can also be glazed with any of the soft and beautiful
majolica glazes, as being separate, it can be burned or fired in any ordinary glost
oven.
The roll or moulding may be made of earthenware, china, terra-cotta, stoneware,
glass or any other ceramic material.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Fire Clay Enamelled Baths.
I, WALTER CLIFF of Wortley, near Leeds, in the County of York, Fire Brick
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to bo particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and
to the figures and letters marked thereon:-
Many fire clay enamelled baths are made with a roll or moulding running around
the top which baths are so constructed as to stand without tho addition of woodwork;
some of these baths are glazed, others are painted.
Heretofore this roll or moulding has been made at the same time as the bath and is
in fact part of the same, it has to be glazed with the same hard glaze as that employed
on the rest of the bath and to be fired at the same time and temperature.
As a consequence the ornamental effects obtainable are limited, as, for instance, none
of the beautiful Majolica glazes can be used on account of the heat to which the bath
is submitted in the burning or firing process.
Now according to my invention I propose to make this roll or moulding quite
separate and distinct from the bath and in lengths as may be found most convenient
and to fix it in position around the top of the bath by ceinent, dowels, pins, counter-
sinkings or other convenient and suitable method.
In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a bath
constructed with a plain rim a for the reception of a roll or moulding b separately
made in lengths or sections, three of such lengths or sections being shown in position
on the edge of the bath, and Figure 2 represents a sectional perspective view full size
of the edge of a bath showing one method of fitting and fixing the separately made
roll or moulding b thereon.
It will be seen that the lengths or sections of roll or moulding b are made with
longitudinal grooves or recesses on their underside to fit loosely on the rim a of the
hath, whilst the rim a and the lengths of roll or moulding bare formed with sockets
to receive dowels of copper or other suitable material, cemented in position, a thick-
ness of cement being also applied between the roll or inoubling and the edge of the
bath to secure a firm union between them. To fit the curved parts of the bath edge a
the lengths or sections of roll or moulding & will be formed to a similar curve and
with suitably shaped joints. Other methods of fitting and fixing the roll or moulding b
to the edge a of the bath may be employed without departing from the peculiar
character of my invention.
By the manufacture of enamelled fire clay baths according to my invention con-
siderable advantages are obtained as according to the old method of manufacture the roll
or moulding and the body of the bath being in one, there was more material to get
perfect and consequently greater difficulty in doing so, and if spoiled, the roll or
moulding could not be chipped off and the bath sold as an ordinary one, whilst by

page_text: making it separate as above described it can be applied to any bath that is suitable for
such application.
The roll or moulding when made separate from the body of the bath can further be
made in different designs and mouldings which is almost impossible when the roll or
moulding is made fast on the bath as heretofore, whilst it can also be glazed with any
of the soft and beautiful majolica glazes, as being separate, it can be burned or fired
in any ordinary glost oven.
The roll or moulding may be made of earthenware, china, terra-cotta, stoneware,
glass, or any other ceramic material.
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 11
The application to the edge of a fire clay bath of a roll or moulding separately made
in lengths or sections substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated October 21st 1887.
WALTER CLIFF.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.