Improvements in or relating to Stained Glass Windows and the like Transparent or not Transparent.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 30th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 14th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Stained Glass Windows and the like
Transparent or not Transparent.
We, GRANVILLE HAWLEY EGERTON COOKE, Civil Engineer, and THOMAS COOKE,
M.D., F.R.C.S., both of 40, Brunswick Square, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to stained glass and similar windows and the like in
which separate pieces have to be held together. Hitherto this has been effected
by means of lead, brass or other metal, in which the separate pieces were secured,
which besides being expensive was in many respects more or less objectionable
and inefficient. It broke up the continuity of the design or colour and especially
in the case of lead was so soft that the windows frequently lost their shape and came
to pieces.
In carrying out this invention we employ any desired pieces of glass or other
suitable material and place these in the desired arrangement between two
supports usually sheets of transparent glass, the pieces forming the pattern being
also preferably transparent. We wish it to be understood however that although
in most cases all three sirata, the two outside complete sheets and the device
between them, would be transparent, we may if desired employ the invention as
in a picture, that is to say with the front sheet transparent and the pattern sheet
either transparent or not, and any suitable backing, the light in that case falling as
upon a picture from one side only. Or the design may be entirely opaque or
partly opaque, and partly transparent or translucent, and transparent covering
sheets employed upon both sides; this would be applicable to devices of tesselated
or mosaic work.
The pieces forming the design may be arranged in any pattern, design or manner,
preferred, and may or may not be fastened together by their edges or otherwise
by suitable adhesive. Usually, the two supporting sheets are sufficient to hold
them in position, a surrounding frame of any suitable material-preferably metal
-holding all the parts securely together, and in their proper positions so that the
frame and its contents can be applied to a window door or in some other desired
position as though it were a single sheet: The covering sheets may be rivetted
or held together in any other suitable manner at the edges or any part required.
The pieces forming the pattern may be of varying degrees of transparency or
may be translucent or as already explained opaque. Metal or other bars or divisions
may be used between them so as to simulate the ordinary construction of stained
glass windows etc. or the design may be formed upon a single sheet and afterwarde
cut into pieces or divisions formed by the application of the bars or the bars may
be simply painted on in sufficiently strong colours and when desired the design
sheet need not be divided at all. As it is preferred to hermetically seal the sheets
БО 25 prevent the access of moisture etc. bright metal or the like or other matter
liable to spoil if attacked by moisture may be employed between the outside sheets.
The invention may even be applied to windows of the ordinary type, the com-
plete sheet consisting of the separate pieces of coloured glass and the lead or other

page_text: frame between being placed between the supporting transparent sheets-usually
glass and secured in a frame as previously described, though this would be more
expensive and contain some of the draw-backs of the existing arrangements.
Transparent or translucent or in some cases opaque materials of a very different
nature from glass may be used. For example celluloid preparations or even
gelatine or the like as they are protected from the action of the weather.
Dated this 29th day of June 1897
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BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in or relating to Stained Glass Windows and the like
Transparent or not Transparent.
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We, GRANVILLE HAWLEY EGERTON COOKE, Civil Engineer, and THOMAS COOKE,
M.D., F.R.C.S., both of 40, Brunswick Square, in the County of Middlesex, 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 stained glass and similar windows and the like in
which separate pieces have to be held together. Hitherto this has been effected
by means of lead, brass or other metal, in which the separate pieces were secured,
Which besides being expensive was in many respects more or less objectionable
and inefficient It broke up the continuity of the design or colour and especially
in' the case of lead was so soft that the windows frequently lost their shape and fell
to pieces.
In carrying out this invention we employ any desired pieces of glass or other
suitable material and place these in the desired arrangement between two
supports, usually sheets of transparent glass, the pieces forming the pattern being
also preferably transparent. We wish it to be understood however that although
in most cases all three strata, the two outside complete sheets and the device
between them, would be transparent, we may if desired employ the invention as
in a picture, that is to say with the front sheet transparent and the pattern sheet
either transparent or not, and any suitable backing, the light in that case falling as
upon a picture from one side only. Or the design may be entirely opaque or
partly opaque, and partly transparent or translucent, and transparent covering
Sheets employed upon both sides; this would be applicable to devices of tesselated
or mosaic work.
The pieces forming the design may be arranged in any pattern, design or manner
preferred, and may or may not be fastened together by their edges with any suitable
adhesive. Usually, the two supporting sheets are sufficient to hold them in
position, a surrounding frame of any suitable material-preferably metal-holding
all the parts securely together, and in their proper positions so that the frame and
its contents can be applied to a window or door, or placed in any other desired
position as though it were a single sheet. The covering sheets may be rivetted
or held together in any other suitable manner at the edges or any part required.
The pieces forming the pattern may be of varying degrees of transparency or may
be translucent or as already explained opaque. The edges of the separate pieces
inay be covered by bars or strips of thin metal or other material, so as to imitate
the appearance of the lead work in the ordinary construction of stained glass
windows. These bars, may if desired form part of a separate sheet in which a
design corresponding to that of the inner sheet of glass has been cut or otherwise
formed. Or again, the bars may simply be painted in sufficiently strong colours
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page_text: upon either or both of the outer sheets or upon the inner sheet itself. If desired
the design may be painted or otherwise formed upon a single sheet and not built
up of separate pieces as herein before described. Windows and the like also
according to this invention may be made without an inner sheet of glass or like
material and may comprise merely two outer sheets having between them a sheet
of metal or other material, in which a design has been formed in a similar manner
to that previously described. In this case either or both of the outer sheets may
be coloured, or formed of any ornamental glass or like material.
It is preferred to hermetically scal the sheets constituting windows and the like
made according to this invention in order to prevent access of moisture etc. to the
insides of the sheets, and where this is done, bright metal or the like or other
material such as celluloid or even gelatine, which would undoubtedly spoil, if
exposed to the weather may be employed, between the outer sheets.
In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate by way of example one con-
struction of window according to this invention,
Figure 1 is a perspective view, parts being removed for the sake of clearness.
Figure 2 is an elevation of a portion of the window shown in Figure 1 and
Figure 3 is a cross section of part of the same window drawn to a larger scale.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A is a sheet formed of a number of separate pieces of glass A¹. The edges of
these pieces A are preferably secured by a suitable adhesive and the joints between
them are covered by bars B' which form part of a framing sheet B of metal or
other material which has been cut or otherwise formed to the required shape
(Figure 2.) The sheets A and B are enclosed between two sheets of glass or
other transparent material and the edges of these sheets are enclosed by a metal
frame D, which may be rivetted or otherwise fixed to them. This frame D may
be of any usual shape in cross section, a convenient form being shown in Fig. 3.
The edges of the sheets are preferably cemented or otherwise sealed in order to
prevent access of air or moisture to the insides of the sheets.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
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1. In a window or the like the combination with a transparent sheet of a second
sheet either transparent or not and a pattern sheet composed of separate pieces
supported between the two outer sheets substantially as described.
2. In a window or the like the combination with two outer sheets such as
described of a framing-sheet such as B with or without a pattern sheet A for the
purpose described.
3. In a window or the like the combination with two outer sheets such as
described of a representation of bars painted on or otherwise carried by one or
both of the sheets and a pattern sheet A for the purpose described.
4. In a window or the like a "framing" sheet such as B.
5. A window or the like of the kind described having the edges of the sheets
of which it is composed held together and sealed substantially as described.
6. The complete window or the like substantially as described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
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