Improvements in Glass Fronts or Windows for Buildings, for Heating Stoves, and other similar purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Glass Fronts or Windows for Buildings, for
Heating Stoves, and other similar purposes.
I, FRANK SIDE BOTHAM RIPPINGILLE, trading as The Frank Rippingille
Stove Company, of Plume Street, Aston, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements in glass fronts or windows for buildings,
for heating stoves, and for other similar purposes, my object being to construct at small
cost a front or window having any required design or pattern in varying colours
from pieces of glass of a square, round, or other simple shape.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct the front or window frame from
cast iron or other metal preferably in two parts consisting of a front plate and a
back plate. The back plate is provided with central or lattice bars arranged in
a square, circular, or other simple form, and having seatings or depressions for the
reception of the pieces of coloured glass of like shape to be employed in the
construction of the front or window. The seatings or depressions are of such a
depth that the outer or upper surface of the glass when placed in position will
be slightly below the outer or upper surface of the lattice bars of the metal
plate. The front plate is provided with central or lattice bars which are arranged
to such a curved or ornamental configuration as may be required.
After the glass pieces have been placed in their positions on the seatings
formed in the back plate, the front and back plates are bolted or connected
together in any convenient manner with the glass pieces between them. The
glass is thus readily secured in position, and by reason of the ornamental
configuration of the front plate, the complete front or window will have an
appearance similar to a window formed from a large number of glass pieces of
varying colours and of complicated shapes.
In the application of my invention to heating stoves I sometimes form the
ornamental front plate hereinbefore described as a part of the stove casing, and
bolt or connect the back plate to the same in any convenient manner to secure the
pieces of coloured glass; and I make such other modifications in the application of
my invention as may be necessary to best adapt it to the particular service for
which it is required.
Dated this 15th do
M 1900
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Glass Fronts or Windows for Buildings, for
Heating Stoves, and other similar purposes.
I, FRANK SIDEBOTHAM RIPPINGILLE, of The Frank Rippingille Stove
Company Limited, of Plume Street, Aston, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention consists of improvements in glass fronts or windows for buildings,

page_text: for heating stoves, and for other similar purposes, my object being to construct at
small cost a front or window having any required design or pattern in varying
colours from pieres of glass of a square, round, or other simple shape.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter
referred to,-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Figure 2 is an elevation representing the reverse side of the window with the
back plate removed, and Figure 3 a similar view with the back plate in position.
Figure 4 is an end view of the window.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct the front or window frame from
cast iron or other metal preferably in two parts consisting of a front plate such
as A and a back plate B. The back plate has central or lattice bars arranged in
a square, circular, or other simple form, and is sometimes provided with seatings or
depressions for the reception of the pieces of coloured glass of like shape to be
employed in the construction of the front or window, but I preferably provide such
seatings on the under side of the front plate. The seatings or depressions are
preferably of such a depth that the outer or upper surface of the glass when
placed in position will be slightly below the outer or upper surface of the lattice
bars of the metal plate. The front plate is provided with central or lattice
bars which are arranged to such a curved or ornamental configuration as may be
required.
After the glass pieces C have been placed in their positions on the seatings
formed in the plate, the front and back plates are bolted or connected together in
any convenient manner with the glass pieces between them. The glass is thus
readily secured in position, and by reason of the ornamental configuration of the
front plate, the complete front or window will have an appearance similar to a
window formed from a large number of glass pieces of varying colours and of
complicated shapes.
In the application of my invention to heating stoves I sometimes form the
ornamental front plate hereinbefore described as a part of the stove casing, and
bolt or connect the back plate to the same in any convenient manner to secure the
pieces of coloured glass; and I make such other modifications in the application
of my invention as may be necessary to best adapt it to the particular service for
which it is required.
I sometimes dispense with the back plate and secure the glass in the seatings of
the front plate by bending over guard strips consisting of short pieces of wire or
sheet metal which are preferably cast in the plate.
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 1
claim is :-
The improved construction of glass fronts or windows substantially as described.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1896.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.