Year: 1888

page_text: I, OLIVER IMRAY of No. 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane in the County
of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents 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 fixings for glass and other panels, consisting of strips of
sheet zinc or other metal plate which are bent, usually to form mouldings; the objects
which I have in view are to simplify and cheapen fixings of this kind, rendering them
suitable for any architectural mouldings to provide certain elasticity allowing for
expansion and contraction and to ensure water tight fitting. The accompanying
drawings illustrate on an enlarged scale my invention applied to holding sheets of
glass in a rebated wooden frame A representing a single and B a double rebated
frame and sheets of glass to be fixed therein, I bend a strip of sheet metal to the
section marked a b, c, d, the bend at c forming a support for the glass and the end d
bearing as a spring against the edge of the glass. When the frame has a double
rebate B, a single strip of metal is bent on both its sides, and forms the support for
the glass C on both sides of the frame. For a single rebate A the strip is bent along
only one side and is turned down at e to form a lip which is inserted in a saw cut of
the frame. To make the fixing water tight I employ a strip of sheet lead which is
inserted into the bend and is bent at over the edge of the glass Owing to the
form in which the strips are bent, spouts or gutters D are formed under the glass 50
that if any water should find its way past the edge of the glass or from internal
condensation it runs along these gutters which are usually inclined and escapes by
suitable outlets. The frame instead of being rebated as indicated at A and B may be
a simple bar as indicated by the dotted lines B' with the bent metal resting on its top.
By bending the strips of metal in the manner described with rounded bends the risk
of cracking the metal is greatly reduced, and moreover the form of the bent strip is
such that all parts of it can be examined to ascertained if there are any cracks or
flaws before it is put to use.

page_text: Although the drawings represent sheets of glass carried on wooden frames with the
bent metal fixed thereon by nails n obviously sheets or plates or panels of other
material can be fixed in like manner on frames of wood or it may be of iron or of
other material, the bent metal being in the latter case fixed by slips screws or
otherwise.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is —
1. A metallic fixing for a glass or other panels in a single rebate A consisting of a strip
of sheet zinc or other metal bent to the section a bed, so as to form by its lower bend
a gutter, a support for the panel at its bend c. and a spring bearing against the edge
of the panel at its edge d, in combination with a st: ip of sheet lead inserted in the
bend and overlapping the panel at ƒ substantially as described.
2. A metallic fixing for glass or other panels in a double rebate B or on a bar B¹
consisting of a strip of zinc or the like bent on both its side, in combination with
two strips of slicet lead substantially as described.
Dated this 12th day of November 1888.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.