Improvements in the Construction of Glass Houses for Horticultural. and similar Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: -Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1888
Complete Left, 16th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 23rd Mar.,
1888
Improvements in the Construction of Glass Houses for Horticultural.
and similar Purposes.
We, WILLIAM GUMBLEY Secretary of the Guernsey Fruit Growers Limited, and
THE GUERNSEY FRUIT GROWERS Limited, of Church Passage, Guernsey, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of glass houses for the
cultivation of plants, flowers, bulbs, fruit, or vegetables; and it consists in supporting
the glass roof wholly or mainly by posts the lower ends of which are embedded in
cement or concrete sunk in the ground.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specifi-
cation, wherein is represented a cross-sectional elevation of a glass house constructed
in accordance with this invention.
A are timber posts erected at suitable intervals apart in rows extended the whole
intended length of the roof, the distance between the rows corresponding to the
intended breadth of the span or spans of the roof. The lower part of each post is.
sunk for about 2 feet of its length in a hole made in the earth, of about twice the
sectional area of the post, the foot of which rests upon a bed of cement or concrete.
previously laid in the bottom of the hole, and the space around the post is filled to a
little above the ground level with the same material well rammed in so that the foot
of the post will be wholly surrounded by the concrete B and effectually protected
from the decaying influence of damp earth. Upon the top of each post rests a wall
plate C carrying the rafters D of the roof which is of the ordinary gable form, being
framed and glazed in the usual way.
The ends and sides of the houso may either be enclosed by boards nailed to the
posts, or glazed like the roof.

page_text: * and similar Purposes.
We, WILLIAM GUMBLEY, Secretary of the Guernsey Fruit Growers, Limited, and
THE GUERNSEY FRUIT GROWERS Limited, of Church Passage, Guernsey, 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 improvements in the construction of glass houses for the
cultivation of plants, flowers, bulbs, fruit, or vegetables; and it consists in supporting
the glass roof wholly or mainly by posts, the lower ends of which are embedded in
cement or concrete sunk in the ground.
Reference is to bo had to the drawing left with the provisional specification, wherein
is represented a cross-sectional elevation of a glass house constructed in accordance
with this invention.
A are timber posts erected at suitable intervals apart in rows extended the whole
intended length of the roof, the distance between the rows corresponding to the
intended breadth of the span or spans of the roof. The lower part of each post is
sunk for about 24 feet of its length in a hole made in the earth, of about twice the
sectional area of the post, the foot of which rests upon a bed of coment or concrete
previously laid in the bottom of the hole, and the space around the post is filled to a
little above the ground level with the same material well rammed in so that the foot
of the post will be wholly surrounded by the concrete B and effectually protected
from the decaying influence of damp earth. Upon the top of each post, rests a wall
plate C carrying the rafters D of the roof which is of the ordinary gable form, being
framed and glazed in the usual way. The ends and sides of the house may either be
enclosed by boards nailed to the posts, or glazed like the roof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is ;-
Constructing glass houses for the purpose specified, of a glass roof supported
entirely or principally by wooden posts, of which the lower parts are embedded in
concrete, sunk in the ground, as described.
DL: 14th
T 1
1000