Improvements in Glazing Bars, Applicable to Roofs, Skylights, Greenhouses, and Horticultural Buildings and Structures in general.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1889-Accepted, 15th June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Glazing Bars, Applicable to Roofs, Skylights,
Greenhouses, and Horticultural Buildings and Structures in
general.
I THOMAS PAGE of Grimsbury in the Parish of Warkworth in the County of
Northampton Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
The Bars of wood or iron are constructed to be capped with Lead which when
put in position keys itself on, leaving a sufficient flange of lead on both sides of
the bars to turn up and lap over the edge of the glass so as to securely hold the
glass in its place.
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The first novelty claimed is the shape in which the bars are made to receive
the lead so as to need little or no other means of securing the lead to the wood
or iron bars.
The second novelty claimed is that the bars when capped with Lead either
separately or made up into lights or frames of any dimensions are quite ready for
the glass to be inserted without any further process.
The third novelty claimed is that while the lead cap to the bars affords a ready
simple and effective means of securing the glass so as to make the same weather
tight, it also completely protects the bar from the action of the weather and does
away with the necessity for any external painting on the bars thus capped with
lead.
The fourth novelty claimed is that bars of various sizes and sections both in wood
and iron, either with or without grooves for condensed atmosphere can be used
beneath the part moulded for the lead cap.
TL: 141 1
1000
THOMAS PAGE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Glazing Bars, Applicable to Roofs, Skylights,
Greenhouses, and Horticultural Buildings and Structures in
general.
I THOMAS PAGE of Grimsbury in the Parish of Warkworth in the County of
Northampton Builder 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 :-
The bars of wood steel iron or other metal are constructed for the top section
of the same to be capped with Lead which said cap when put in position keys
itself on leaving a sufficient flange of lead on both sides of the bars to turn up
and lap over the edge of the glass so as to securely hold the glass in its place.
The first novelty claimed is the shape in which the top sections of the bars are
made to receive the lead cap so as to need little or no other means of securing the
lead caps to the bars.
The second novelty claimed is that the bars when capped with lead and having the
flanges of lead turned up on both sides either separately or made up into lights or
frames of any dimensions are quite ready for the glass to be inserted without any
further process.
The third novelty claimed is the lead cap for the complete covering of the top
transverse section only of the bars which are above the glass. The bars being made
of such shape that the lead caps are self sustaining when rolled on to the bars
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page_text: although for short lengths or at the ends of bars a nail or pin may be used if thought
necessary. A slight variation in the sectional shape of the top part of the bars to
receive the lead caps will make no difference so long as the self sustaining principle
is maintained, a variation to such an extent in the shape of the top section of the
wood or metal bars being claimed by me as part of my invention. The lead cap as
thus described affords a ready simple and effective means of securing the glass so as
to make the same weather tight. It also completely protects the top part of the
bars which are above the glass from the action of the weather, and does away with
the necessity for any external painting on the bars thus capped with lead.
The fourth novelty claimed is that bars of any size or section in wood steel iron or
other metal either with or without grooves for condensed atmosphere can be used
beneath the part moulded for the lead cap.
The accompanying drawing Figure A shows a full sized section of a 2" × 14 wood
bar prepared for the lead cap. Figure B shows the same bar with the lead cap D
fixed on and the flanges turned up ready for glass F. Figure C shows the same bar
with the lead cap E fixed on and pressed down in its place upon the glass F thus
showing the lead capped bar in its finished state.
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. The shape of the glazing bars specially prepared to receive the lead caps as
described and shewn in the above specification and the Drawings accompanying it.
2. The lead cap for the covering of the top section of the said glazing bars as above
described and the fixing and securing of the glass thereby.
Datad this 50th day of Annil 1980
THOMAS PAGE.