Improvements in or relating to Fenders.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Fenders.
I, JOHN KING of 32 Langdon Park Road, Highgate in the County of
Middlesex, Hardware Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
This invention has for its object the construction of curb or other fenders with
standards to support or suspend the fire irons in a vertical or inclined position, so
that they may not extend over or across the hearth, the latter being thereby
rendered readily available for standing a " footman or equivalent device upon.
"
In a fender as ordinarily constructed no provision in connection with the ends or
end rails is made for supporting the fire irons in a vertical or nearly vertical
position so as to leave the hearth unobstructed; according to this invention
supply this deficiency by forming in part with or detachably securing to each end
or end rail of the fender or only one end or rail a standard against which the fire-
irons may lean or from which they may be suspended.
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The standards may form continuations of the ornamental work of the fender
ends and be provided with any suitable brackets, books or equivalent for retaining
the fire-irons in their vertical position.
;
I may also place the usual stops upon the fender plate to support the fire-irons
when lying in an inclined position.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant."
1, JOHN KING, of 32 Langdon Park Road, Highgate, in the County of
Middlesex, and of 95 Hatton Garden, in the City of London, Hardware Merchant,
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 has for its object the construction of curb or other fenders with
standards to support or suspend the fire irons in a vertical or inclined position, so
that they may not extend over or across the hearth, the latter being thereby
rendered readily available for standing a "footman" or equivalent device upon.
In a fender as ordinarily constructed no provision in connection with the ends or
end rails is made for supporting the fire irons in a vertical or nearly vertical
position so as to leave the hearth unobstructed; according to this invention
supply this deficiency by forming in part with or detachably securing to each
return end or end rail of the fender or only one end or rail a standard against
which the fire-irons may lean or from which they inay be suspended.

page_text: The standards may form continuations of the ornamental work of the requer
ends and be provided with any suitable brackets, hooks or equivalent for supporting
the fire-irons.
I may also place the usual stops upon the fender plate to support the fire-
irons when lying in an inclined position.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings which represent in perspective two different forms of fender constructed
according to this invention,
Fig. 1 being a view as seen from the front and
Fig. 2 a view as seen from the back.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
In the curb or fender A shown in Fig. 1. each of the return ends is provided
with a standard B having bracket arms B' which may be forked to support the
fire-irons C and a hearth brush C₁ by means of collars or shoulders formed on the
latter or may be otherwise arranged so as to support the fire-irons &c. in any
convenient manner. The fender and standards may be plain or as shown,
surmounted by ornamental metal work.
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In the arrangement represented in Fig. 2 in which the curb A at its front and
return ends is provided with ornamental metal work D which extends up to a
rail D' (as in, what is known as, a "club curh billiard room curb") I provide
bracket-arms B' which may be formed in part with. or secured to the metal work D
at the return ends of the fender. These arms B' extend inwards towards each
other and may be provided with depressions B2 for receiving the upper ends or
handles of the fire-irons C the lower ends of which are preferably supported in
troughs or on shelves or ledges E provided at the inside of the front of the base of
the curb A.
If desired I may provide curb-extensions A' as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,
these being connected to the back of the return ends and extending inwards
towards each other. On the front face of these curb-extensions I would provide
shelves E', and fit the bracket arms B' near the front of the device so that instead
of the fire irons sloping from the back towards the front as in Fig. 2 they would
slope from the front towards the back. may however in conjunction with the
shelves E E, mount the arm B' at about the middle of each return end so that the
fire-irons may, at will, be arranged to slope either forward or backward; or there
may be two bracket arms B' and two shelves E E at each end of the fender to
provide for this alternative arrangement of the fire-irons; or there may be two
shelves E E' and near the back one bracket arm B' at each end of the fender, the
upper ends of the fire-irons when the latter are arranged to slope from front to
back, being supported on the rail D¹.
In the drawings 1 have represented the fenders as provided with a bracket
arm B at each end, but if desired the arm may be provided at one end only,
though such an arrangement would destroy the symmetry of the design.
The shape of the bracket-arms B' may be modified to suit requirements, for
example, hooks may be provided on them to engage with eyes, loops, projections of
equivalent on the fire-irons C.
When the fenders are to be applied to untiled hearths they are fitted with
bottom plates.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is ;-
.
1. The combination with a fender of one or more supporting devices secured to
or forming part of one or both of its return ends for supporting the fire-irons in a
more or less vertical position substantially as described.
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2. The combination with a fender of one or more supporting devices such as B₁
and ledges or shelves such as E.substantially as described and illustrated in
Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 3. The combination with a fender of one or two fire-iron-supporting-devices.
arranged substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
110 - Danamba 1905
JOHN KING.
Boult & Wade..