IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HINGES
Year: 1842

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
FRAMPTON, of Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, in the County of Middlesex,
Coachmaker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Seventh day of March, in the fifth year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Robert
Frampton, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said Robert Frampton, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Robert Frampton, my exors, adiñiors, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the
term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HINGES;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said Robert Frampton, shall
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Robert Frampton, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being
had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
5
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a front, a back, and an edge view of a hinge constructed
according to the first part of my Invention, such hinge being suitable for such
cases as require to have the surfaces of the flaps covered, which are connected
together, though they may be used for connecting flaps or doors where the
surfaces do not require covering. Figure 2 shews the surface view of two
flaps, connected together by a hinge, constructed according to this part of my
Invention. Figure 3 shews a section of the parts shewn at Figure 2. a, b,
are tho two flaps of the hinge, and c is the connecting link by which the
flaps a, b, of the hinge are connected by means of the axes d and e. The
construction of these parts is clearly shown in the various Figures, and it will
be readily seen that the upper surfaces of the flaps fand g, which are hinged
together by the hinge above described, may be covered with leather or other
suitable flexible material, and when the parts are so covered there will be no
appearance of a binge on the upper surface. In Figure 3 the dotted lines
show the positions of the parts when the flap f is folded against the flap g.
I will now describe the second part of my Invention, which relates to a
novel construction of hinge, which will only allow the parts hinged together
thereby to move into a right-angle position, or thereabout. Figure 4 shews a
plan of a hinge constructed according to this part of my Invention; it also
shows the two flaps of the hinge separately. Figure 5 shews two flaps of
wood, hinged together by a similar odge, by which arrangement, whether the.
upper surface of the flaps f. g, be covered or not, there will be no appearance
of a hinge. Figure 6 shows a section edgewise of the parts shewn in Figure 5. S
a, b, are the two flaps of the hinge, which, like the hinge before described, are
combined or connected together by the link c, which moves on axes & and e,
which axes are respectively carried by the projections and i, formed on the
hinge flaps a and b, as is shown. In each of the projecting surfaces or plates
h there is a groovej to receive the necks or pivots, which are formed on the 3
projecting plates i, and it will be seen that when the hinge is, being folded the
necks or pivots will slide in and be guided by the grooves j; and in each of
the plates i is formed a recess /, into which the enlarged projecting oud of the

page_text: connecting link centers; thus will the hinge in its movement be sustained
and work securely, the surface connected thereby offering a plain surface
without the appearance of any hinge, as is shewn in Figures 5 and 6; and in
Figure 6 the dotted lines indicate the position of the parts when the hinge is
folded. But it will be evident, that if the projecting ends of the connecting
link c were omitted, the flap would be capable of folding back upon the
flap g, as in Fig. 3.
I will now describe the third part of my Juvention. Figure 7 shews the
plan of a hinge constructed according to this part of my Invention; Figure 8
shews various view of the parts of which this hinge is composed separately;
Figuro 9 shews the plan of two wood flaps ƒ and g hinged together; and
Figure 10 shews an edge view in section of the parts shewn in Figure 9; and
when the flaps f, g, are covered with leather or other suitable flexible covering,
there will be a flush surface, shewing no indication of a hinge. a, b, are the
two flaps of the hinge, which are connected together by the connecting link c,
which moves on the two axes d, e, carried by the flaps a, b, of the hinge; on
one of the flaps a, b, is affixed or formned therewith the projecting plate m, and
on the other flap is affixed or formed therewith the projecting plate n, which
has a neck or pivot o, which rests and slides along the surface p, formed on the
plate m, which sustains the parts when the one wood flap is making part of
its movements, as will readily be understood by examining the Drawing, where
each of the parts are shewn separately and combined.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and manner of carrying
the same into effect, I would have it understood that I make no claim to any
of the parts separately, nor do I confine myself to the precise details, so long
as the peculiar character of my Invention be retained; but what I claim is,-
First, the mode of combining the parts into a hinge, as above described, in
respect to Figure 1.
Secondly, I claim the mode of combining the parts with a hinge, as above
described, in respect to Figure 4.
And thirdly, I claim the mode of combining the parts into a hinge, as above
described, in respect to Figures 7 and 8.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Frampton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
ROBERT (L.S.) FRAMPTON.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Thirtieth day of August, in the
year of our Lord 1842, the aforesaid Robert Frampton came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord Ono
thousand eight hundred and forty-two.