Improvements in the Manufacture of Picture or other Frames.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 13th May. 1890-Accepted. 14th June, 1890
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Picture or other Frames.
I SAMUEL VICTOR DARDIER Mechanical Engineer 1 Portland Mansions Portland
Place West Kensington London do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
My invention relates to an improved mode of fastening the mitre parts or corners
of picture or other frames, in such a manner as to render unnecessary the careful
fitting required to obtain close joint of the said mitres or corners. To obtain this, I
stamp sheet brass or other metal, or cast the same, into corner pieces, two of the sides
being bent at right angle, leaving at the same time a projecting tongue placed at
45 degrees between the two sides. The two roughly made mitres of the frame sides,
abut against each side of the tongue and are held together by means of screws or other
fasteners coming through the two sides of the corner piece, whilst the corner piece
itself which I emboss or leave plain, or cut to form various designs, covers the roughly
made mitre joint entirely.
Dated this Sixth low of November 1000
S. VICTOR DARDIER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Picture or other Frames.
I, SAMUEL VICTOR DARDIER Mechanical Engineer of 1 Portland Mansions,
Portland Place, West Kensington, London, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved mode of fastening the mitre parts or corners
of picture or other frames in such a manner as to render unnecessary the careful
fitting required to obtain close joint of the said mitres or corners. To obtain this I
stamp sheet brass or other metal, or cast the same, into corner pieces, two of the sides
being bent at right angle, leaving at the same time a projecting tongue placed at
45 degrees between the two sides. The two roughly made mitres of the frame sides
abut against each side of the tongue and are held together by means of screws or
other fasteners, coming through the two sides of the corner piece, whilst the corner
piece itself which I emboss or leave plain, or cut to form various designs, covers the
roughly made mitre joint entirely.
In order that my said invention may be more fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1 shows a sheet of brass cut to the proper form for making one of the
corners.
Figure 2 is a side elevation, and
Figure 3 is a plan of the same sheet bent to form.
Figure 4 is a plan of one angle of the completed picture frame.
In some cases I omit the tongue as shown in side elevation and plan at Figures 5
and 6.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A corner piece for picture frames having three faces meeting in an angle two of
the faces being attached to the sides of the frame whilst the third face covers the
mitre joint substantially as described.
2.. Corners for picture frames substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
S. V. DARDIER.