IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNOBS AND FURNITURE FOR DOORS, DRAWERS, AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES, PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF CORNICE POLES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Isaac Barnes, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF KNOBS AND FURNITURE FOR DOORS, DRAWERS, AND OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES, PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO
THE MANUFACTURE OF CORNICE POLES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES."
Sealed the 15th July 1856, and dated the 23rd January 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaac Barnes at the Office.
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd January
1856.
I, ISAAC BARNES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufac-
turer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNOBS AND FURNITURE FOR DOORS, DRAWERS, AND OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES, PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE
MANUFACTURE OF CORNICE POLES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES to be as follows,
(that is to say):
The Invention consists of improvements in ornamenting glass door knobs,"
finger plates, bell levers, and what is generally known as door furniture, by
applying to the back of the articles and inside the knobs, which are made
hollow for the purpose, ornamental paper, or woven or other similar fabric,
having a pattern, design, or device thereon, or plain, if so preferred; this is
stuck to the back of the glass, and afterwards coated with a paint if neces-
sary. I can also make the knobs by gilding or otherwise ornamenting in metal
or metallic solution the inside of the knobs, and afterwards coating the whole

page_text: of the inside with a ground colour of paint: This style of ornamentation I
apply also to the manufacture of cornice poles, and other similar tubular .rods
of glass, by wrapping the illuminated paper or other fabric on a wood or metal
roller, and inserting the roller into the glass tube.
I have also another method of ornamenting door furniture, by taking glass
plates and cutting patterns on the back, but leaving the pattern dead, not
bright. I then silver the back, or, if I prefer it, I colour the pattern and
silver the rest; but as I cannot cut the inside of the knobs to match, I stamp
out of thin metal or foil or paper a pattern to suit, and secure this to the
inside of the knob, and afterwards silver the rest; which will produce a dead
pattern or coloured pattern; as the case may be, on a bright ground.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Isaac Barnes.in the Great Seal Patent. Office on the
19th July 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ISAAC
BARNES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six; in the nineteenth year of Her reign,.
did; for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Isaac
Barnes, Her special licence that I, the said Isaac Barnes, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or, such others as I, the said Isaac Barnes,
my exccutors, 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 THE MANU-
FACTURE OF KNOBS AND FURNITURE FOR DOORS, DRAWERS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
PURPOSES, PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE. ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFAC
TURE OF CORNICE POLES AND, OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst.
others) that I; the said. Isaac Barnes, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain 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..
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page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Issac Barnes, 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
(that is to say):-
In manufacturing door knobs, finger plates, escutcheon plates, and other
articles of a like nature coming under the head of door furniture, and bell
levers, according to my Invention, I take a plate: of glass, if it be an article
of a flat form that I am about to make of any suitable shape, and thoroughly
clean it; after which I take illuminated, printed,- or embossed and coloured
paper, or cloth, cut to the same form as the glass, and stick it to the back of
the glass, by employing gum or any other suitable and transparent adhesive
agent. For the knobs of doors, drawers, and shutters, and the roses of bell
levers, I can employ hollow glass knobs or roses, and gum or otherwise attach
the pattern to the inside, afterwards coating the back of the pattern with paint
or glue, if necessary; or I can use lenses or bulls-eyes of glass and attach the
ornamentation to the flat side, which will admit of my cutting the front of
the lens into facets to produce greater enrichment, and to a much greater
depth than can be done on hollow articles. This lens or bulls-eye so pre-
pared I sink into a metal mount, in the edge of which it is clipped, and thus
forms the knob for a door or rose of a bell lever. The hollow knobs may also
have gilding or other metallic ornamentation by introducing a gold or other
metallic solution on the inside, and afterwards applying paint or glue at the
back of the coating thus formed. In making cornice poles and such like
articles, the ornamentation is attached to the surface of a roller of metal or
wood, which is afterwards fitted into a tube of clear glass, being secured in its
place by a capping at either end, which capping may be of the form of any of
the ordinary terminals to such articles, and either in glass or metal, or a
combination of both.
Another part of my Invention consists in making articles of door furniture
in the following manner:-I take a plate of glass, when about to make articles
of a flat form, such as finger and escutcheon plates, and grind the back of such
plate to a dead surface. I then cut upon the back any desired pattern, and
leave the cutting also dead, without polishing. This pattern may then be
coloured according to design, or it may be left without colour, and the whole
back I then silver, and afterwards coat the silver with thin glue, if necessary,
using, on the surface of the glue a thin paper to afford additional protection.
An effective style of ornament is also produced, relieving the dead cut pattern
by the employment of silver upon a bright ground, giving to the pattern the
effect of being raised upon the front surface of the plate. For the knobs to

page_text: match these plates, I employ the lens or bulls-eye form, and treat the flat side
of such lens in the same manner as the plates. By using silver plated mounts
for these knobs, the effect of the silvering may be considerably heightened.
I can also make the above-named articles of door furniture by inserting
the glass plates, ornamented or plain, into a metal mount, so as to form a
rim of metal round each plate, and the screws for attaching the plate to
the door or other surface may then be inserted through the mount instead
of drilling the holes through the glass. The metal mount may be made to
extend over the entire back surface of the plate, affording in itself sufficient
protection to the silvering or other ornament.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be clearly understood
that that which I claim is,-
Firstly, the improvements in embellishing or ornamenting the articles
enumerated in the title, in manner herein described.
Secondly, the embellishing or ornamenting door and drawer furniture, bell
levers, and other similar articles by the process of dead grinding and' silvering,
herein described.
And, thirdly, I claim the mounting finger and escutcheon plates of glass
with metal, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Isaac Barnes, have hereunto set my
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hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.