Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 5th Feb., 1889
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We, JOEL CADBURY of Great Hampton Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS of Long Street Sparkbrook
Birmingham aforesaid Manager of Works, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention, relates to what are known as frameless photographic holders,
consisting essentially of a back, provided with certain fittings, and spring and other
clips, which embrace and secure the glasses, with a photograph or other picture
thereunder, to the said back framing, which is made of wood, papier-maché, or
other solid substance.
This invention has for its object, the securing of the said fittings, clips and the like,
to the backs, as hereinafter described; by which improvements, the method of
attachment is greatly simplified, and the appearance of the article greatly improved.
Heretofore, the spring, and other attachments, and fittings, have been secured to
the wood backs, commonly employed, by rivetings.
According to our invention, the said fittings, are attached by ears or spike like
extensions, made in one piece with the metal of the said fittings, and passed
through piercings in the said backs, and clenched or turned down upon the
inner side.
In carrying out our invention, we will describe it in connection with fittings for
photographic and other frames as described in application for Letters Patent made
by us on the 25th day of November 1887, and numbered 16212.
To form the rest, which comes at the lower back part of the frame, we take a
blank of sheet metal, making as it were a bar, with ear like oxtensions at its two
opposite ends, which are turned inwardly at right angles to the other part.
The underside edge of the bar, is provided at its two opposite ends, with
extensions, which are bent forward under the bottom edge of the frame, like claw
rests, upon which the lower edge of a photograph or other picture, and the
covering glass is supported.

page_text: The ears or spike like extensions, bent from the extreme outer ends of the bar,
are passed from back to front, through longitudinal piercings, made through the
back, and with the extreme ends of the said ears, bent flat to the plane of the
front face of the said back.
The spring clip, which consists of two flat bars, sliding one upon the other, with
a spring interposed between a shoulder of one of them, and an abutment formed
by the cutting away of the back part, wherein a portion of the said clip lies, is
secured, by the under-bar having cars, or prong like extensions at the upper, and
lower ends, which pass through like piercings, made through the said wood back part,
and then clenched or turned down upon the front face.
The movable bar, has a cross pusher bar at its lower end, and a hook like claw at
its upper end.
Thus, the fittings are secured in their respective positions, by cars or prong like
extensions, which pass through piercings in the wood or other back, and then
clenched.
The piercings, in the wood, or other like back, are cut or punched out, by tools,
worked in a press or the like.

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We JOEL CADBURY of Great Hampton Street. Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer and WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS of Long Street Sparkbrook
Birmingham aforesaid Manager of Works, 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 relates to what are known as frameless photographic holders,
consisting generally of a back, provided with certain fittings and spring and other
clips, which embrace and secure the glasses, with a photograph or other picture there-
under to the said back framing, which may be made of wood, papier-mache, or other
solid substance; and is an improvement upon Letters Patent granted to us bearing date
the 25th day of November 1887 and numbered 16212.
Our present invention has for its object, principally the securing and making of the
said fittings, clips and the like, as hereinafter described.
Heretofore the attachments and fittings have been secured to the wood backs
commonly employed, in such frames as aforesaid, by rivetings.
According to our invention, the said fittings are attached by ears or spike-like
extensions, made in one piece with the metal of the said fittings, and passed through
piercings in the said backs, and clenched or turned down upon the inner side..
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in back elevation, a frameless
photographic holder or fitting, provided with improvements made according to our
invention. Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same. Figure 3 is a section on the
dotted lines A B, and figure 4 is the same upon the dotted lines CD figure 1.
Figure 5 represents the front side of the lower part of the said holder. Figure 6
shows the pierced back, which may be made of wood, paper, papier-mache or other
hard substances. Figure 7 shows the lower part of the central stay, and also the
blank, from which the same is made. Figures 8 and 9 represent sections and
elevations of the rests, with their attachment parts.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in figures 1 to 9.
a is the central stay of the holder, upon which the bar b slides; this slide is hooked
at its upper end, and curled into a pusher at its lower end, and between the said
curled part, and an abutment cut in the frame, a coiled spring c is disposed, for
retaining the slide in its gripping position, whilst the back and fittings is supported
by a jointed leg f.
The central stay fittings a are secured or attached to the back d by ear or spike
like extensions a², which are passed through piercings 2, and clenched or
turned down upon the front side of the wood or paper back d, as represented in
figures 2, 3 and 5.

page_text: e, e are rests, disposed at the lower part of the rear of the back d, and are
secured in their respective positions, by ears or spikes e², which pass through
piercings in the back, and are then clenched or turned flat to the plane of the
said back.
The ears or spike like securing means made in one piece with the attachment
parts or fittings. are preferably made fork like, so that they are passed through the
holes in the back made for them, and then clenched forwards or backwards,
thereby firmly securing the fitting or fittings to the back as aforesaid.
Figure 10 represents another form of fitting, provided with attachment ears or
spikes as aforesaid.
a is the fitting, and a² the attachment means shown in dotted lines, of which figure 11.
is a section upon the dotted lines E F. in this form of fitting, the slide works
through guides, pressed outwardly from the metal of the fitting.
Figures 12 and 13 show another form of rest fitting.
e, e are rests, connected together by a bar e³, with attachment ears or spikes e
which are passed through the material of the back, and there clenched as aforesaid,
as best illustrated in the section figure 13.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is,
First Securing the fittings or part fittings of photographic frames or holders,
to their backs, by ears or spike like terminations a², e³, as set forth.
Secondly Combining with the fittings of photographic holders, provided with
securing means as related in the preceding claim, of a press tool pierced back, as
set forthi.
LastlyThe improvements in the construction and arrangement of the parts of
photographic frames, as herein described and set forth.
Tn 13
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1000
JOEL CADBURY.
WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.