A Combined Supporting Bar and Cap for Glazing or Covering with Glass or other Material the Roofs or Sides of Railway Stations, Greenhouses, and other Structures.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1888.
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
A Combined Supporting Bar and Cap for Glazing or Covering with
Glass or other Material the Roofs or Sides of Railway Stations,
Greenhouses, and other Structures.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM HELLIWELL, of Brighouse, in the County of York, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
My invention consists in making from one piece of metal or other suitable material,
a combined bar and cap to be employed for supporting the edges of sheets of glass,
slate, or other material for covering the roofs or sides of railway stations, greenhouses,
and other structures.
In carrying out my invention, I make, by any convenient means, a bar having sup-
porting parts to receive the edges of the sheets of glass, the bar also being made on
each side with two or more channels to convey away rain or condensed water; such
said supporting bar is also made with an overhanging cap, the edges of which cap
rest upon the upper surface of the sheets of glass, for the purpose of preventing the
glass from lifting out of its position upwards.
The outer edges of the cap are made of such a form as to spring or yield for the
purpose of nipping the glass and keeping it upon the supporting parts.
of M 1008
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.

page_text: A Combined Supporting Bar and Cap for Glazing or Covering with
Glass or other Material the Roofs or Sides of Railway Stations,
Greenhouses, and other Structures.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM HELLIWELL, of Brighouse, in the County of York,
Civil 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 :-
My invention consists in making from one piece of metal or other suitable material,
a combined bar and cap to be employed for supporting the edges of sheets of glass,
slate, or other material for covering the roofs or sides of railway stations, greenhouses,
or other structures.
In carrying out my invention, I make, by any convenient means, a bar having
supporting parts to receive the edges of the sheets of glass, the bar also being made on
each side with two or more channels to convey away rain or condensed water; such
said supporting bar is also made with an overhanging cap, the edges of which cap
rest upon the upper surface of the sheets of glass, for the purpose of preventing the
glass from lifting out of its position upwards.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, I will now proceed to
describe the same more fully, and for that purpose make reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is elevation of a combined glazing bar and cap
constructed according to my invention, where it will be seen that the glazing bar a is
made on each side with two channels and c. The sheets of glass d rest upon the
channelled parts b, and the underside of the cap e bears with pressure upon the upper
side of the glass. The channels b and c of the bar collect and carry off rain and
condensed water, as explained in several prior Patents granted to me. Fig. 2 is an
enlarged view of the combined bar and cap, which is preferably composed or made
from one piece of metal. The outer edges of the cap are made to spring or yield for
the purpose of adjusting itself to the glass and for keeping the glass in its place.
Although I have shewn and described the cap and bar as being formed preferably
from one piece of metal, it is evident that the upper covering of the cap may be
formed separately from the bar and attached as shewn in Fig. 3, or by any other
suitable means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is :-
A combined glazing bar and cap formed in the manner shewn in the drawings and
employed for purposes set forth.
Dated this 1st day of February 1880
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.