Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Knobs or Terminal Ornaments for Cornice Poles, Picture Rods, Stair Rods, Curtain Rods, and for other Purposes, and in Ornamental Pillars for Metallic Fire-dogs and for other Metallic Articles...
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1887
Complete Left, 3rd Feb, 1888
Complete Accepted, 9th Mar., 1888
Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Knobs or Terminal
Ornaments for Cornice Poles, Picture Rods, Stair Rods, Curtain
Rods, and for other Purposes, and in Ornamental Pillars for
Metallic Fire-dogs and for other Metallic Articles...
We, EBENEZER Cox, Warehouseman, and EBENEZER Cox, Junior, Clerk, both of,
9 Victoria Buildings, Barford Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, do hereby declaro
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described, in the manu-
facture of metallic knobs or terminal ornaments commonly known as "ends" for
cornice poles, picture rods, stair rods, curtain rods and for other purposes such for
instance as metallic bedstead knobs, the central ornaments of curtain poles, fender
ornaments, ornamental roses for cornice pole and other brackets, and in ornamental
pillars for metallic fire-dogs and other inetallic articles in which short ornamental
pillars are used.
When such ornaments are of an irregular form which cannot be produced by
spinning or drawing from sheet metal they are ordinarily made by casting and
finished by dressing and polishing which entails a considerable amount of labour
before a smooth surface can be obtained; and the screwed shank or spike for fixing
the ornament, being attached thereto in the process of casting, is never very secure.
In making one form of the said terminal ornaments we take a flat sheet metal
We then
blank having the shape of the upper part of the article and a central stem.
take two convex embossed sheet metal ornaments and fix their concave sides together
by soldering or other means leaving openings at the edge through which the stem of
the said blank is now threaded. We then thread on to the stem a sheet metal boss
or rosette leaving the end of the stem protruding which is inserted into the nick in
the head of an ordinary wood screw and firmly soldered thereto. The screw serves
for attachment of the ornament and being fixed to the central blank as above described
it is not liable to become detached. The terminal ornament is now completed and as
the parts are all made of sheet metal they can be polished and finished before being

page_text: fixed together. Any number of sheet metal ornaments may be threaded on the stem
of the blank and the blank may be entirely hidden thereby.
In a modification of the above we employ two sheet metal blanks crossing each
other at right angles so as to form four radial vanes fixed together by one of the
blanks having a narrow slot extending downwards from the top to the centre and
the other blank having a slot extending upwards from the bottom to the centre which
enables them to be slided together end ways. In this modification the head of the
screw has two nicks crossing each other at right angles (thus +) into which the end
of the shaped stem is secured by soldering as above described.
Or three blanks may be similarly fixed together making a star-shaped stem having
six radial vanes. Pillars for fire-dogs and other short pillars can be formed by
making the blanks of suitable length and slotting and sliding them together as above
described with reference to a terminal ornament.
In a further modification the sheet metal blank forming the stem and on which the
loose ornamental parts are fixed is made twice the length of the required terminal
ornament and is folded centrally the two ends being brought together and both fixed
in the screw head.
In some cases instead of the loose ornamental part or parts being threaded on to
the sheet metal blank or core as above described an ornamental part or parts is or
are merely fixed by soldering or other means to the side of the blank or core.
When a spike is employed for fixing the ornament we prefer to form it with a
nicked head for attachment as above described.
The screwed shank or spike may be made without a nick and be fixed to the blank
or core by being soldered thereto or it may be fixed in any other manner.
By making such ornaments in parts as above described we are enabled to employ
metals of different colours such as nickel and brass thereby greatly adding to their
appearance.
Dated this 3rd day of May 1887
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Knobs or Terminal
Ornaments for Cornice Poles, Picture Rods, Stair Rods, Curtain
Rods, and for other Purposes, and in Ornamental Pillars for
Metallio Fire-dogs and for other Metallic Articles.
We, EBENEZER Cox, Warehouseman, and EBENEZER Cox, Junior, Clerk, both of,
9 Victoria Buildings, Barford Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, 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 consists of the improvements hereinafter described, in the manu-
facture of metallic knobs or terminal ornaments commonly known as ends' for
cornice poles, picture rods, stair rods, curtain rods and for other purposes such for
instance as metallic bedstead knobs, the central ornaments of curtain poles, fender
ornaments, ornamental roses for cornice pole and other brackets, and in ornamental
pillars for metallic fire-dogs and other metallic articles in which short ornamental
pillars are used.
When such ornaments are of an irregular form which cannot be produced by
spinning or drawing from sheet metal they are ordinarily made by casting and finished
by dressing and polishing which entails a considerable amount of labour before a
smooth surface can be obtained; and the screwed shank or spike for fixing the
ornament being attached thereto in the process of casting is never very secure.
In making one form of the said terminal ornaments we take a flat sheet metal blank
having the shape of the upper part of the article and a central stem. We then take
two convex embossed sheet metal ornaments and fix their concave sides together by
soldering or other means leaving openings at the edge through which the stem of the
said blank is now threaded. We then thread on to the stem a sheet metal boss or
rosette leaving the end of the stem protruding which is inserted into the nick in the
head of an ordinary wood screw and firmly soldered thereto. The screw serves for
attachment of the ornament and being fixed to the central blauk as above described
it is not liable to become detached. The terminal ornament is now completed and as
the parts are all made of sheet metal they can be polished and finished before being
fixed together. Any number of sheet metal ornaments may be threaded on the stem
of the blank and the blank may be entirely hidden thereby.
An example of this part of our invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawings
by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of which Fig. 1 shews the flat sheet metal blank, Fig. 2
represents in front and side elevation the two ornaments soldered together; Figs. 3
and 4 represent the finished ornament; Figs. 5, 6 and 7 represent in side elevation,
plan and longitudinal section a modified form of the same in which several sheet metal
ornaments are threaded on to the central stem.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the Figures.
a is the flat sheet metal blank having at a¹ the shape of the upper part of the mount
and having a central stem a³ at the other end, 66 are the two convex embossed
:

page_text: sheet metal ornaments soldered together at their sides and having openings c¹³
through which the blank a is threaded. The enlarged part a¹ of the blank is caused
to project the proper distance through the ornaments 61 62 by coming into contact
with their meeting edges at 63. The sheet metal boss or rosette d is now threaded
on to the stem a² the protruding end of which is inserted into the nick in the head of
an ordinary wood screw e and firmly soldered thereto thus securing the blank a,
ornaments b¹³, boss d and screw e together.
It will be evident that the form or design of the sheet metal stem and the sheet
metal parts which are threaded thereon as well as the number of the latter can be
varied in many ways without departing from the nature of our invention. For
instance as in the example illustrated by Figs. 5, 6 and 7 where three sheet metal
ornaments f¹f and d are threaded on to the sheet metal blank a in addition
to the ornaments 61 and the blank a is almost hidden by them.
In a modification of the above we employ two sheet metal blanks crossing each
other at right angles so as to form four radial vanes fixed together by one of the blanks
having a narrow slot extending downwards from the top to the centre and the other
blank having a slot extending upwards from the bottom to the centre which enables
them to be slided together end ways. In this modification the head of the screw has
two nicks crossing each other at right angles (thus +) into which the end of the
+ shaped stem is secured by soldering as above described.
An example of this form of our invention is represented in part sectional side
elevation and in end elevation by Fig. 8 the separate parts of which are represented by
Figs: 9, 10 and 11 respectively. This terminal ornament is formed of two sheet metal
blanks G¹ G³, the blank G¹ having a slot g¹ extending from the top to about the
centre and the other blank G' having a similar slot extending from the bottom to about
the centre; each of these slots is made just wide enough to admit the other blank so
that the blanks can be slided together end ways and crossing each other be fixed
together. The two blanks G¹ G³ will thus form a cross shaped stem g3 at their lower
ends which fits in corresponding cross nicks e¹ in the end of the screw e. The
boss d is then threaded on to the screw or stem and secured by soldering or other
means.
Another example of this form of our invention is represented in part sectional
elevation by Fig. 12, in end elevation by Fig. 13 and in cross section by Fig. 14;
Figs. 15 and 16 respectively represent the two blanks G1 G2 of the same. This
terminal ornament is made in a similar manner to that above described and illustrated
by Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 except that the cross shaped shank of the example illustrated
by Figs. 12 to 16, both inclusive, is fixed in the cross nicks of the screw e by the said
shank and upper part of the screw being screw threaded and the boss d being screwed
on to both as shewn by Figs. 12 and 14 instead of being soldered thereto.
Fig. 16 illustrates a modification of the method of securing the cross shaped
stem and the screw e together. In this example the cross shaped stem g³ fits in the
cross nicks e¹ e¹ in the screw e and the screw and the shank 9' are screw threaded
together similarly to above described with reference to Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16,
but the boss d has a plain central hole instead of being screw threaded and it is
slipped on to the stem g³ and the screw and stem g³ secured together by the nut o
which is screwed on to both.
f
Or three blanks G₁ G' G³ may be similarly fixed together making a star-shaped
stem having six radial vanes as for instance in the terminal ornament represented in
part sectional side elevation and elevation by Fig. 17 and in detail by Figs. 18, 19
and 20. In this example the ends g³ of the three blanks fit into three cross nicks in
the screw e.
Fig. 21 represents in side sectional elevation, Fig. 22 in end elevation and Figs. 23
and 24 represent details of a cornice pole bracket rosette formed similarly to the terminal
ornament represented by Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 or Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 16* as
will readily be understood by an examination of the Figures.
A terminal ornament of bulbous form can be made according to our invention for
instance as represented in elevation by Fig. 25, sectional elevation by Fig. 26 and

page_text: in detail by Figs. 27, 28, 29 and 30. In this example the two sheet metal blanks G' G2
form a cross shaped stem as above described on to which the two sheet metal hemi-
spheres are threaded up to the enlarged ends g* of the blanks G' G², a washer i
being by preference placed between them. The shank g³ of the stem is then fixed to
a screw or spike e by any of the different methods hereinbefore described. Projecting
teeth are formed out of the washer which bear against the inside of the homi-
spheres and keep them central.
Pillars for fire-dogs and other short pillars can be formed by making the blanks of
suitable length and slotting and sliding them together as above described with
reference to a terminal ornament. An example of this is represented in sectional
elevation and in plan by Fig. 31, in side elevation by Fig. 32 and the two sheet metal
blanks of the same are shewn by Figs. 33 and 34 respectively. The blank G2,
extending the whole length of the fire-dog and forming the upper part and two of
the feet thereof, is slotted upwardly for a short distance and has a stem ³ on to which
a nut k is screwed to secure the other blank G'in position after it has been slided up
the slot g in the blank G2.
In a further modification the sheet metal blank forming the stem and on which the
loose ornamental parts are fixed is made twice the length of the required terminal
ornament and is folded centrally the two ends being brought together and both fixed
in the screw head. An example of this modification is illustrated in part sectional
elevation by Figs. 35 and 36. The blank L (see Fig. 37) for forming the same is
made twice the length of the terminal ornament and is folded centrally and its two
outer ends are brought together and both fixed in the end of a screw or spike by
any of the different methods above described. This ornament represents two leaves
side by side and, when finished, parts of them are bent and curved to add to the
appearance; or the blanks can be ornamented in any other way as for instance by
having loose ornaments soldered or otherwise fixed to them.
In some cases instead of the loose ornamental part or parts being threaded on to
the sheet metal blank or core as above described an ornamental part or parts is or
are merely fixed by soldering or other means to the side of the blank or core as for
instance in the ornament represented by Fig. 38 where the two ornamental parts m¹ m²
are fixed, one on either side of the sheet metal blank or core a by the part in having
a screw shank n which passes through the blank a and is screwed into the other
part m². Or the sheet metal blank may be used without the ornamental parts for
instance as shewn by Fig. 39.
When a spike is employed for fixing the ornament we prefer to form it with a nicked
head for attachment as above described.
The screwed shank or spike may be made without a nick and be fixed to the blank
or core by being soldered thereto or it may be fixed in any other manner.
By making such ornaments in parts as above described we are enabled to employ
metals of different colours such as nickel and brass thereby greatly adding to their
appearance.
It is to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to the ornamental shapes of
the parts of the various knobs or terminal ornaments and pillar for metallic fire-dogs
illustrated on the drawings as the same can be varied in many ways according to
taste without departing from the nature of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1st. The improvements in the manufacture of metallic knobs or terminal ornaments
for cornice poles and for other purposes, hereinbefore described and illustrated more
particularly by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings, that is to
Bay, forming the said terminal ornaments of a flat sheet metal stem or core on to which
a sheet metal ornamental part or parts is or are threaded, one end of the said stem
or core being fixed to a screw or spike for the attachment of the ornament, sub-
stantially as set forth.

page_text: 2nd. The improvements in the manufacture of metallic knobs or terminal ornaments
for cornice poles and other purposes, hereinbefore described and illustrated more
particularly by Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11, by Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 and by Figs. 21,
22, 23 and 24 of the accompanying drawings, that is to say, forming the said knobs
or terminal ornaments of two sheet metal blanks slotted so as to embrace each other
and form a cross, substantially as described and shewn, the cross shaped end of the
stem being secured to a screw or spike for the attachment of the ornament, substantially
as set forth.
3rd. The improvements in the manufacture of metallic knobs or terminal ornaments
for cornice poles and for other purposes, hereinbefore described and illustrated more
particularly by Figs. 17, 18, 19 and 20 of the accompanying drawings, that is to say,
forming the said knobs or terminal ornaments of three or more sheet metal blanks
slotted so as to embrace each other in the manner substantially as described and
illustrated, the combined end of the blanks being secured to a screw for the attachment
of the ornament, substantially as set forth.
4th. The improvements in the manufacture of metallic knobs or terminal ornaments
for cornice poles and for other purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated more
particularly by Figs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the accompanying drawings, that
is to say, forming the said core or stem of the knobs or terminal ornaments of two
sheet metal blanks slotted so as to embrace each other and form a cross substantially
as described and shewn, on to which core or stem a sheet metal ornamental part or
parts is or are then threaded or otherwise secured, the cross shaped end of the stem
being secured to a screw or spike for the attachment of the ornament, substantially
as set forth.
5th. The improvements in the manufacture of ornamental pillars for metallic fire-
dogs and for other metallic articles hereinbefore described and illustrated more
particularly by Figs. 31, 32, 33 and 34 of the accompanying drawings, that is to say,
forming the said pillars of two or more sheet metal blanks slotted so as to embrace
each other in the manner substantially as described and illustrated, and fixing the said
blanks together in the different manners substantially as set forth.
6th. The improvements in the manufacture of metallic knobs or terminal ornaments
for cornice poles and for other purposes, hereinbefore described and illustrated more
particularly by Figs. 35, 36 and 37 of the accompanying drawings, that is to say,
forming the said knobs or terminal ornaments of a sheet metal blank bent centrally
so as to form two sides of the ornament the outer ends of the blank being brought
together as described and shewn, and secured to a screw or spike for the attachment
of the ornament, substantially as set forth.
7th. The improvements in the manufacture of metallic knobs or terminal ornaments
for cornice poles and for other purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated more
particularly by Figs. 38 and 39 of the accompanying drawings, that is to say, forming
the said knobs or terminal ornaments of a flat sheet metal core or stem (to the flat
sides of which in some cases a sheet metal ornamental part or parts is or are secured)
one end of the said stem or core being fixed to a screw or spike for the attachment of
the ornament substantially as set forth.
8th. Fixing the sheet metal stem or stems, of the kinds of metallic knobs or other
terminal ornaments hereinbefore described, to an attachment screw or spike by the
end of the said stem, or the ends of the said stems, fitting into a nick, or nicks, in the
end of the screw or spike and being there secured by soldering or brazing, or by a
collar or nut screwed on to and embracing the said screw or spike and the end of
the said sheet metal stem, substantially as described and illustrated.
1
1000
EBENEZER COX, SENR.
EBENEZER COX, JUNR.