IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR GLASS SHADES AND OTHER STANDS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO HAT, COAT, AND OTHER RAILS AND Hooks
Year: 1877

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Charles Taylor at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th November 1877.
HENRY CHARLES TAYLOR, of the Firm of Robert Walter Winfield and Company,
of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Merchants and Manufacturers.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR GLASS SHADES AND OTHER STANDS, WHICH
IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO HAT, COAT, AND OTHER RAILS AND
Hooks."
In making stands for glass shades according to my Invention I make a thin
metallic shell of the shape of the stand to be manufactured. This may be made
either by stamping or pressing in dies, or by the turning process commonly called
'spinning." A core or support of wood, of the same shape as the metallic shell,
is inserted in the shell, and the edge of the shell is turned over the edge of the
wooden core or support, so as to secure the latter firmly in the former.
Where it is desired to give the stand the appearance of being made wholly of
metal, a disc of metal may be placed on the under side of the core or support before
the edge of the shell is turned over by the spinning process. The turning over of
the edge of the shell secures the said disc as well as the core, and no part of the
wooden core or support is exposed. The stand thus produced is very strong and
light, and may be ornamented and finished by any of the well-known processes of
ornamenting and finishing metallic surfaces.
The groove in the stand in which the glass shade fits may be made by the
stamping process by which the stand is shaped.
A series of concentric grooves may be made in the stand, so as to fit it to receive
glass shades of different sizes.
The improvements described in stands for glass shades may also be applied to
stands for various purposes, as for example, to stands for tea urns, tankards, and
ink vessels, and generally where stands combining strength and lightness are
required.
Stands made according to my Invention may in some cases be conveniently
employed as stands for a glass shade as well as for the article to be protected by

page_text: the glass shade. For example, a stand made according to my Invention may be the
stand or necessary support of an article, and by being provided with the requisite
groove may also serve as the stand of the glass shade by which the article is
protected.
My improvements in stands may also be applied to hat, coat, and other rails.
This part of my Invention consists in making the said rails of a shell of light sheet
metal supported internally by a wooden core or support, as herein-before described
with respect to stands, or in making the parts called the "mounts" of the said rails
of thin metallic shells, containing an internal core or support of wood, the rail
proper or part extending between the mounts being made of a metallic rod or tube
in the usual manner. Where the metallic shell has an irregular figure or outline
the wooden core or support need not have the exact figure of the shell. It affords
sufficient support to the shell if it has the general figure of the shell and follows the
outline of the shell to a sufficient extent to permit of the edge of the shell being
turned over it in two or more places.
My improvements may also be applied to hat, coat, and other hooks. In making
the said hooks according to my Invention I employ a mount or support made in the
manner herein-before described, to which mount or support the hook is affixed.
The hook is fastened to the wall by means of the said mount or support.