Safety Folding Fire-guard with Fender Combined.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 1896-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Safety Folding Fire-guard with Fender Combined.
ROBERT HENRY ABREY 33 Howden Street Peckham Rye S.E. Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The above said safety fire-guard is made of a strong wire, which when not in
use rolls itself up neatly in the front & two sides of fender, by light-tention curling
springs on rollers attached to the fender when pulled up for use is strongly stayed
by stays at the sides & secured on the inside to avoid children tampering with
The stays are collapsable & pull up & close down same time as the guard.
There are two hooks attached each side, to secure it to the fire-place, thus preventing
same from being pulled over. The front & two sides of the fender is made hollow
large enough to receive fire-guard & stays when not required for use. The top of
fender has a lid that works on hinges & closes in the contents, giving it an
appearance of an ordinary fender.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1896.
A Safety Folding Fire-guard with Fender Combined.
I, ROBERT HENRY ABREY of 33 Howden Street, Peckham Rye, London,
Engineer, 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 relates to a safety folding fire guard with fender combined, and
consists essentially of a suitable folding framework having a screen of woven
wire netting or similar material stretched thereon and adapted to be contained,
together with the folding framework, in the base of the fender when not required
to be used as a fire-guard.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention:-
Figure 1 Sheet No. 1 is a broken view in front elevation showing the fire-guard
in its position for use.
Figure 2 Sheet No. 1 is a sectional view in plan thereof.
Figure 3 Sheet No. 1 is a view in plan of the top rail of the guard.
Figure 4 Sheet No. 2 is a broken view in front elevation showing the fire-guard
in a partially closed position and
Figure 5 Sheet No. 2 is a view in section on line y-y of Figure 4.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
Within the base of the fender or curb A are secured two or more sockets B
preferably in the position shown. Tubes or stays C are hinged at b to the
sockets B so as to allow them to lie down within the fender as shown by Figure 4
Sheet No. 2. The tubes or stays C are provided with rods or bolts c which are
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page_text: shot into the sockets B when required for use in their raised position as shown in
Figure 1 and the upper part of the rods or bolts C are provided with projecting
pins c or the like which project through slots in the upper ends of the stays or
tubes C and can be turned to engage with inclined transverse slots therein so as
to enable the bolt c to be locked in either position.
The top rail or rails D of the fire guard, and which form the rail or rails of the
.fender when in its lowest or closed position (see Figure 4), carry split collars d
adapted to embrace and slide on the tubes or stays C and to be locked to the
said stays in their raised position by reason of the pins c engaging with their
inclined bottom edges, their top edges bearing against stops e formed on the tubes
or stays C.
To the rail D is secured, in any suitable manner, a screen of woven wire netting
or other suitable material (not shown on the drawings) separate pieces of the
material being preferably provided for each side or end. The lower edges of
these said pieces are secured or fixed to spring controlled drums or rollers E which
are preferably of skeleton form as shown, and the said pieces of netting or material
are wound round the said drums or rollers when the fire guard is not in use, as
shown by Figure 5.
The drums or rollers E are mounted in suitable bearings formed within the
base A of the fender so as to be hidden from view and are caused to rotate
so as to wind the material on them by means of suitable springs e, or the
three drums E may be geared together in any convenient manner and controlled
by one spring.
I prefer to allow the top rail D of the fire guard to project from the base A of
the fender when the guard is not in use, but in some cases I may arrange it to
entirely disappear within the base A in which case suitable lids or covers may be
provided to close in the top of the fender.
When it is required to raise the fire-guard, the tubes or stays C are first raised
into a vertical position, the bolts c are then shot into the sockets B, the top rail D
and with it the screen is then pulled up against the action of the springs e, and
guided by means of the collars d until the said collars come into contact with the
stops, the pins c¹ of the bolt are then turned so as to lock the collars in their
raised position.
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
(1.) A combined folding fire-guard and fender, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
(2.) The combination with a fender of a collapsible fire-guard consisting
essentially of a folding framework and of a screen of woven wire netting or the
like mounted on self-winding drums or their equivalents, as set forth.
(3.) A combined folding fire-guard and fender consisting essentially of a base
or curb such as A carrying sockets such as B, of two or more folding stays such
as C hinged to the base or curb in close proximity to the sockets B and capable of
engaging with the said sockets and of being rigidly locked in an upright position,
of top rails such as D carrying split collars such as d adapted to engage with and
slide on the stays C, of spring controlled drums such as E mounted in the base o
curb A, and of a screen of woven wire or other suitable material attached to the
said drums E and the top rails D, as and for the purpose set forth.
ted this 23rd day or
ember Toy.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.