IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CRUET FRAMES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Bishop Chatterley, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CRUET FRAMES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Bishop Chatterley
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th July 1865.
I, JOHN BISHOP CHATTERLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CRUET FRAMES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvements, herein-after described, in the
manufacture of cruet frames principally from sheet metal, by which improve-
ments great lightness and great strength are secured.
Cruet frames may be made, according to my Invention, from sheet iron,
and japanned so as to resemble cruet frames made of japanned wood or papier,
mâché; cruet frames may also be made, according to my Invention, of brass
or other metal or alloy.
I make cruet frames, according to my Invention, as follows:-I make the
bottom of the cruet frame of sheet metal, and I turn down the edge of the
bottom by means of dies worked by a stamp or press; I thus give an orna-
mental edge to the bottom whereby it acquires great strength, and has an.
appearance of great thickness. The upper plate in which the cruets and

page_text: castors are supported is made as follows:-I turn down the edge of the said
plate and give it an ornamental appearance in the manner described with
respect to the bottom. I cut out the required number of cruet holes in the
said upper plate, and strengthen it in the following manuer, in addition to
the strengthening effected by the turning down of the edge:-Underneath
the upper plate and at each hole in the said plate I place a ring of papier
mâché or other hard substance, the said rings having the same internal
diameter as the holes in the plate. I fix the said rings underneath the
respective holes by means of thin metal linings or short tubes which fit the
holes and rings. The upper end of each lining or short tube is turned on to
the top of the upper plate, and the lower end is turned under the said plate,
the turned under edge being. turned upon the ring under the plate. The
linings thus fix the rings underneath and around the holes, and thereby
strengthen the upper plate; the said linings give to the edges of the holes the
same apparent thickness as is given to the edge of the plate by the turned-
down edge. The bandle is fixed to the upper plate in the ordinary way,
excepting that a thick washer of papier mâché or other hard substance is fixed
underneath the handle to strengthen that part of the upper plate to which the
handle is fixed; the upper plate is fixed to the lower plate in the ordinary
manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Bishop Chatterley in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 10th January .1866.
⚫ TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN BISHOP
CHATTERLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said John
Bishop Chatterley, Her special licence that I, the said John Bishop Chatterley,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Bishop Chatterley, my executors, 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

page_text: Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CRUET FRAMES," upon the condition (amongst. others) that!
I,.the said. John. Bishop Chatterley, my executors or administrators, by an.
instrument in writing under my, or their,. or one of their hands and seals,
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..
NOW KNOW YE,. that I, the said John Bishop Chatterley, do hereby.
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is.
to be performed, to be particularly described and. ascertained in and. by the.
following statement. thereof, that is to say :---
My Invention consists of the improvements,.herein-after described; in the.
manufacture of.cruet frames principally from sheet metal, by which improve--
ments great lightness-and great strength are secured..
Cruet frames may be made, according to my Invention, from sheet iron,.
and japanned so as to resemble crnet frames made of japanned wood or papier
mâché; crueti frames may also be made, according to my Invention, of brass.
or other metal or alloy..
I make cruet frames, according to my. Invention, as follows:-I make the
bottom of the cruet frame of sheet metal,.and I turn down the edge of
the bottom by means of dies worked by a stamp or press; I thus. give
an ornamental edge to the bottom, whereby it acquires great strength,,, and:
has an appearance of great thickness.. The upper plate in.which the cruets
and castors are supported is made as follows:-I turn down. the edge of the
said plate and give it an ornamental appearance, in the-manner described,.
with respect to the bottom; L cut out. the required number of cruet holes in.
the said upper plate and strengthen it in the following manner in addition to
the strengthening effected by the turning down of the-edge. Underneath the--
upper plate, and at each hole in the said plate I. place a ring of sheet.
metal or papier mâché or other hard substance, the-said. rings having, the-
same internal diameter as the holes in the plate;. Lfix the said rings-under-
neath the respective holes by. means of. thin metal linings or short tubes
which fit the holes and rings. The upper end of each lining, or short tube is.
turned on to the top of the upper plate, and the lower end is turned under.
the said plate, the turned under edge- being turned upon the ring under the
plate; the linings thus fix the rings underneath. and around. the holes,. and
thereby strengthen the upper plate; the said linings give to the edges of the
holes the same apparent thickness as is given to the edge of the plate by the

page_text: turned down edge. The handle is fixed to the upper plate in the ordinary
way, excepting that a thick washer of metal or papier mâché. or other bard
substance is fixed underneath the handle to strengthen that part of the upper
plate to. which the handle is fixed; the upper plate is fixed to the lower plate
in the ordinary manner.
.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to describe,
with reference to the accompanying Drawing,, the manner in which the same
is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents, partly in elevation and partly in section, a cruet frame
manufactured according to my Invention; Figure 2. is a plan of the same;
and Figures 3 and 4 are portions of the same, as herein-after explained. The
same letters of reference indicate the same parts in oach Figure..
a is the bottom plate of the cruet frame, and 6 the upper plate in which the
cruets and castors are supported, the said parts being connected together by
the ornamental rods c, c, in the manner represented. The bottom plate a I
make of a disc of sheet iron, brass, or other metal or alloy cut out at a stamp
or press, and I turn down the edge a² of the said disc or plate by a stamp or
press; I also make the upper plate or disc b.from, sheet metal, and turn down.
its edge 6² in a similar way as represented in the Drawing; an edge view of
the plate 6 is represented at d, in Figure 1. By this means the plates of the
cruet frame acquire great strength, and have given to them an ornamental
edge and an appearance of great thickness. In the said upper plate or disc b
I cut out at a stamp or press the required number of holes e, e, for the cruets
and castors, the edges of which holes e, e,, I line and strengthen, and at tho
same time strengthen the said upper plate in the following manner-Under-
neath the plate band at each hole e I place a ring of sheet metal f having
somewhat of a trough shape, a portion of the inner side of the trough being
cut away; one of these rings f is shewn separately in section and clevation
in Figure 4. I fix the rings underneath the respective holes in the plate &
by means of thin metal linings, or short tubes g; the metal linings or short
tubes g may be made of brass or other metal or alloy.. The said linings or
tubes g are of a size proper to fit the holes e and the inner side of the rings.f.;.
one of the short tubes is shown separately in elevation and section in
Figure 3. The rings f having been placed around the holes e, the thin
linings or short tubes 9. are introduced into the said holes, the upper end or
edge of each lining being turned on to or resting upon the top of the upper
plate b, and the lower edge of the said rings 9 being turned under the said
plate band upon the rings f, as represented in Figure 1. In Figure 1 one
of the rings g is represented in position for bending its lower edge upon the

page_text: under side of the ring f placed around the hole in the plate b, and the other
of the said rings g is represented with its lower edge turned upon the ring f
placed around the hole in the plate b. By the bending of the upper and
lower edges of the thin linings or short tubes g upon the top of the plate b
and underneath the rings frespectively the said rings fare fixed underneath
and around the holes e in the top plate 6 of the cruet frame, and strengthen
the said plate as well as give to the edges of the said holes e the same or
nearly the same apparent thickness as is given to the top plate 6 by the
turning down of its edge 6³.
Instead of employing trough-shaped rings of metal marked ƒ for strengthen-
ing the upper plate and holes of the cruet frame, as already described and
represented in the Drawing, solid rings of papier mâché or other hard sub-
stance may be employed with nearly the same effect. The handle h of the
cruet frame is fixed to the upper plate 6 in the manner represented in
Figure 1, a thick washer of metal or papier mâché being fixed underneath
the handle to strengthen the plate at that part.
When the plates a, b, of the cruet frame are made from sheet iron they
are japanned and ornamented in any desired way so as to resemble cruet frames
made of japanned wood or papier mâché.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not
limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated in the
Drawing, as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of
my Invention; but I claim as my Invention the improvements in the manu-
facture of cruet frames, herein-before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawing, that is to say, making the bottom and upper plates of cruct
frames of sheet metal or alloy, and strengthening the said plates and giving
them and the holes in the upper plate an appearance of great thickness, sub-
stantially in the manner described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Bishop Chatterley, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
JOHN BISHOP CHATTERLEY. (L.S.)