Improvements in the Construction of Ornamental Articles for Domestic Use or for Decorative Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 5th Oct.,
1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Ornamental Articles for
Domestic Use or for Decorative Purposes.
We, CHARLES BRIERLEY, of 20 Nuttall Street, Rochdale, Brass Finisher, and
WILLIAM HENRY MASON BROGDEN, of 35 Ten Acre Lane Newton Heath, Pattern
Maker both in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to articles of an artistic or other character for domestic use
or to articles used for decorative purposes, such as Miniature Casements for Time
pieces, Book racks, etc., or other analagous articles, which articles according to our
invention may be constructed without the aid of screws nails or glue, which con-
struction is effected by a system of jointing together the pieces forming the structure.
The said invention consists in providing the contiguous pieces forming the structure
or article at the part where the jointing or connecting is to be effected, each
with a slit of sufficient width and each of equal length, the length of such slit
being a portion of the width of the piece, the articles may be made from any suitable
material but we preferably employ
three ply or "three fold" veneer, the pieces
are then fitted together each joint of the structure being fitted by means of the
unslitted part of the one piece being caused to enter into the slitted part of the
adjacent or contiguous piece, by such system of jointing or connecting we are
enabled to obtain artistic effect such being attained with a less number of parts than
would be the case, were screws, glues etc. to be employed.
Dotad this 28th day of November 1888
"
CHARLES BRIERLEY.
WILLIAM HENRY MASON BROGDEN.
John H. Butterworth,
Agent to the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Ornamental Articles for
Domestic Use or for Decorative Purposes.
We CHARLES BRIERLEY of No. 6 Clyde Street Rochdale Brass Finisher and
WILLIAM HENRY MASON BROGDEN of 35 Ten Acre Lane Newton Heath both in the
County of Lancaster 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:-
Our invention relates chiefly to articles of an artistic or other character for
domestic use or for decorative purposes such as miniature casings for Time-pieces,
Book Racks, Paper Racks or other analogous articles, which articles according to
our invention may be constructed without the aid of screws, nails, or glue, our
construction consists of a system of jointing together the pieces forming the object.
In accordance with our mode of jointing, the pieces at the part where the
jointing or connection is to be effected-are each provided with a slot or slit which
pieces may be of any suitable thin material we preferably employ "three ply" or
"three fold veneer.
Herewith we annex two sheets of drawings in order that our invention may be
more clearly comprehended for example the said drawings illustrate so much of a
stationery cabinet as is necessary to illustrate our invention, many objects may be
illustrated to shew the application of our invention, but the illustration here shewn
will suffice to make our mode of jointing clearly understood.

page_text: Figure 1. represents an end elevation of a stationery cabinet with the parts fitted
together.
Figure 2. represents a front view of Figure 1.
Figures. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7 and 8 represent the parts of the cabinet detached.
To the various figures shewn in the drawings are applied like letters of reference
which indicate similar parts.
We will now proceed to explain the manner in which the parts forming the cabinet
may be put together.
The piece b has projections or shoulders b¹ and 62 which fit into slots or slits c. c¹
see Figs. 3 and 4. the upper part of the opening c. fitting into the recessed part 62
of the projection 6¹ the projecting piece 62 fitting into the opening c¹, the full part of
the piece d. below the slit d¹ fits into the slit of the piece a, and the full part of
the piece a, above the slit d² fits into the slit d' of the piece d, the projection e. on
the bottom piece or floor e³ (Fig. 8) fits into the opening e¹ of the piece a. the piece d
at d³ (Figs. 2 and 7) fits into the slit e thus the bottom and back part of the Cabinet
are secured in position, the upper and lower parts of the piece ƒ (Fig. 5) are provided
with slits and f, the projection a' on the upper part of a. fits into the slit f¹, the
upper part of the slit being situate at of the slit in the piece a (Fig. 3) the
space enclosed between the pieces b and ƒ may be utilised as a receptacle for note
or other papers, the piece 9 (Fig. 6) being placed in position adjacent to a³ the
upper part of gat g' fits into the slit a³ (Fig. 3) the slit at lower part of g. fits at
the part a', the piece g. being kept in position by the piece h. (Fig. 1) the space
formed between f and g. may be utilised for envelopes &c. and the space formed
between and d may be utilised for an inkstand, when the parts are put together in
the manner as indicated the construction of the Cabinet is complete as shown in
Figure 1. thus each unslitted portions of the parts or pieces enter into the slitted
portions of the adjacent pieces to which they may be joined, by such manner of
jointing we are enabled to obtain artistic effect and durability of construction, and
articles so constructed may be readily put together and with few parts without the
aid of screws, glue or other agent or agents.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.
In the construction of Articles herein before referred to the mode of securing
together the ornamentally cut pieces forming the article by means of a slit or opening
or slits or openings provided in each piece and situated at a distance from an edge of
the piece in order to form (when two or more pieces are combined) projecting parts
from the surfaces of the pieces so combined as shewn for examples at a Figs. 1 and 2.
which projecting parts add a pleasing effect to the general design of the article, the
unslitted portions of each piece fitting into the slitted portions thereof substantially as
and for the purposes herein fully set forth and described in the drawings hereunto
annexed.
CHARLES BRIERLEY.
WILLIAM HENRY MASON BROGDEN.