APPLICABLE TO FIRE-GRATE SCREENS."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Hubbard Ogden, of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Manufacturer, for an Invention of
APPLICABLE TO FIRE-GRATE SCREENS."
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Hubbard Ogden at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st May 1881.
SAMUEL HUBBARD OGDEN, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO FIRE GRATE SCREENS."
My Invention relates principally to the ornamental fire grate screens for which
Letters Patent, numbered 4324 of the year 1877, were granted to Thomas Young,
and is also applicable to other articles used for the same purpose. Previously to
my Invention such screens have been hooked upon the bars of the grates, but this
method of application is not satisfactory as the screens in most cases can not be
made to assume the required positions. To remedy this defect I suspend the
screen by an adjustable attachment so that its position can be adjusted, and I
arrange for the point of suspension to be so situated as that the screen tends by
its own gravity to sit close to the grate. In a simple arrangement I employ a
spring clip hook which is suitably formed to clip on to the beading or upper and
inner edge of the grate front, and I suspend the screen from this hook by means
of a cord or by a wire link, which can be regulated in length, or by means of a
chain or other similar appliance. In lieu of the spring clip I may use a clip, which
is secured by means of a screw or is otherwise caused to grip some part of the
grate front; or the attachment may be secured to the grate front by means of an
adhesive disk or part. In a modification I employ an upright which can be
clipped upon or secured to the bar of the grate and which carries the screen.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Samuel Hubbard Ogden in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th November 1881.
"
SAMUEL HUBBARD OGDEN, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer. IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO FIRE GRATE SCREENS."
My Invention relates principally to the ornamental fire grate screens for which
Letters Patent, number 4324 of the year 1877, were granted to Thomas Young,
and is also applicable to other articles used for the same purpose. Previously to
my Invention such screens have been hooked upon the bars of the grates, but this
method of application is not satisfactory as the screens in most cases can not be
made to assume the required positions. To remedy this defect I suspend the
screen by an adjustable attachment so that its position can be adjusted, and I
arrange for the point of suspension to be so situated as that the screen tends by
its own gravity to sit close to the grate. In a simple arrangement I employ a
spring clip hook, which is suitably formed to clip on to the beading or upper and
inner edge of the grate front, and I suspend the screen from the hook by means of
a cord or by a wire link, which can be regulated in length or by means of a chain
or other similar appliance.
In the Drawing which I have attached hereto, Fig. 1 represents a screen A
suspended in position in front of a fire grate, Fig. 2 being a sectional view of the
same. My improved spring clip is illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4, and consists of two
plates a and b connected together by means of a steel spring plate c. When the
plates aand bare separated at d, by pressing the other ends between the finger and
thumb the clip can readily be secured to the beading upon the edge of the upper
part of the grate front, as indicated at a' in Fig. 2. The tail of plate a is formed
into a hook, and upon this is looped or hooked the cord, link, or chain, which is
secured to the back of the screen and which is indicated by the dotted line c.
Instead of being connected by a spring plate, as shown, the members of the clip
may be hinged together. One of the modifications which may be made in the
form of the clip is represented by Figs. 5 and G. In this example the clip is made
of wire, the two members being jointed together at . One of the members is
coiled at g to give a spring action, and the end g of this member passes through
an eye or curl on the other member and is notched. When the clip is in position
its grip is tightened by moving the eye towards g, the spring of the part g₁
keeping the part in one of the notches, and thereby preventing the relaxation of
the hold of the clip. A hook for the attachment of the screen is formed on the
end of g¹, or as indicated by the dotted lines at g. Other modifications may be
made in the form of the clip B. In lieu of the spring clip I may use a clip which
is secured by means of a screw, or is otherwise caused to grip some part of the
grate front; or the attachment may be secured to the grate front by means of an
adhesive disk or part; or the screen may be suspended from an upright, which can
be clipped upon or be secured to the bar of the grate, as indicated by the dotted
lines at in Fig. 2.
Having now fully set forth and indicated the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which I carry the same into practical effect, I would have it to be
understood in conclusion that I claim,-
Firstly. The method of suspending fire screens, substantially as set forth and
indicated hereinbefore, and in and by the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. The clips to grip the grate frout or bar, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.

page_text: And, Lastly. Suspending fire screens from an appliance which is adapted to
grip or to be secured to the grate front or to the grate bar.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Hubbard Ogden, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
Signed, sealed, and delivered
in the presence of
ARTHUR LEDGER
(Clerk to Edward K. Dutton),
41, John Dalton St.,
Manchester
(Agent for the Patentee).
S. H. OGDEN.
(L.S.)