Improvements in Fenders and Curbs, and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1898-Accepted, 9th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fenders and Curbs, and in the Manufacture of
the same.
I, HARRY EDWARD NEWEY, of London Fields Works, Dudley, in the County of
Worcester, Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention has for its object improvements in fenders and curbs and in the
manufacture of the same, and has special reference to the method of ornamenting the
front or ends of a fender or curb in a simple cheap and effective manner.
In order that iny invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practical effect I have appended hereunto two double-sized sheets of drawings upon
which I have illustrated examples of my improvements.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a fender or curb shewing my improve-
ments applied thereto
Figure 2 is a similar view to Figure 1 shewing a modification of my invention.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of a portion of a fender or curb shewing a double row
of ornamental tubes in the front.
Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3 shewing two tubes in the centre and curved
tubes at each end.
Figures 5 and 6 are front elevations of a portion of a fender or curb shewing further
modifications of my invention.
Figure 7 is a cross sectional view of a fender or curb showing the method of fixing
the tubes to the front.
In carrying my invention into practice when moulding or forming the curb A
I form the recess or groove a¹ in the front of the curb as shewn at Figures 1
and 2 or in the front and ends of the curb and into each recess I fit the tube T
which may be either plain or ornamental and either made of brass, copper, plain
or nickled or electro plated or of other metal. These tubes when more than one
is used in the front as shewn at Figure 2 and when fitted into the grooves are
held in position by the blocks B which may be of various shape or design which
fit over the ends of the tubes the block being fixed to the front of the curb or
fender by screw bolts which pass through holes in the fender or curb, nuts being
Borewed onto the bolts on the inside or in the hollow of the moulding. Or the
blocks B may fit flush against the ends of the tube instead of over.
instead of fixing the tubes T to the front of the curb or fender by the blocks B
I may fix them by means of pins either passing right through or partially
through the tubes and through the fender or ourb, nuts being screwed onto the
ends of the pins either on the inside of the curb or fender or between the hollow
portion of the moulding. Or instead of forming a recess or recesses or groove or
grooves in the front of the fender or curb I may form a slot or slots for the
tube or tubes to fit into.
Or
In the method as shewn at Figure 3 I have shewn two tubes fitted into the front
of the curb one above the other and these may fit into one groove or recess or into a
separate groove each, the ends being held by the blocks B and these blocks may

page_text: fit flush against the surface of the front of the curb or fender as shewn at Figure 7
or they may fit into a recess or groove. At Figure 4 I have shewn another
modification. In this case I form the grooves or recesses in which the end tubes T¹
fit curved and the groove in which the centre tube fits straight, the ends of each
tube fitting into the blocks B for holding them in position.
In the method as shewn at Figure 5 the blocks B are fixed to the front of the
fender or curb in a zig zag manner, the grooves in which the tubes T fit being
formed zig-zag also by this means a very pretty effect may be obtained. In some
cases I may use two or more rows of tubes or alternately single or double rows.
Figure 6 the grooves or recesses in which tubes fit are formed like a scroll or wavey
the tubes being formed in a like manner. The blocks B in which the ends of the
tubes fit in this case being formed so as to represent leaves.
At
It will be evident that in all cases instead of the tubes being fixed in position by
the blocks B they may be held by pins and nuts in a similar manner as previously
described and also that in place of the grooves or recesses slots may be formed in the
front of the fender or curb and the tube or tubes inserted either from the front or
interior of the moulding.
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 :-
CLAIMS.
First The improvements in fenders and curbs and in the manufacture of the
same consisting essentially in forming one or more grooves or recesses or slots in
the front or front and sides or ends of a fender or curb and inserting therein a
tube or tubes whether straight or bent or plain or ornamental the said tube or tubes
being held at their ends by blocks such as B or their equivalents or fixed by screws
or other means in the manner and for the purpose substantially as hereinbefore
described and as shewn upon the drawings.
Second -Ornamenting the front or front and ends of fenders or curbs by plain or
ornamental metal tubes fitted into grooves or slots formed in the moulding or front
of the curb in the manner substantially as herein set forth and as shown upon the
accompanying sheets of drawings.
Dated this 8th day of June 1898.
Dated this 8th day of June 1898.
HARRY EDWARD NEWEY,
By George Barker,
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, Agent for Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.