Improvements in Picture Frames or Holders.
Year: 1899

page_text: · Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1900-4ccepted, 10th Nov., 1900
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PROVISIONAL DIMIFICATION.
Improvements in Picture Frames or Holders.
We, THE BRITISH CHARRIER WOOD CARVING COMPANY, LIMITED, Carved Mould-
ing Manufacturers, and ARTHUR OATLEY, Manager, both of 49, St. Mary Axe,
in the County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
The object of our invention is to provide a strong and cheap kind of frame or
holder for displaying a picture or pictures.
By our invention we dispense with removable back boards and such like incon-
venient means for inserting and securing the picture in the frame, and we employ
one solid board which may be of any desired size and shape and which forms
both the back and also the marginal and visible front part of the frame and which
may be moulded or decorated as desired. Upon the front of this back-board
leaving a suitable margin around same is fixed a raised moulding of suitable size,
form and depth recessed around its inner under part to receive the picture, its
mount and also the glass; for the removal and insertion of the same or any of
them one side or end or a section of the said raised moulding is made movable
and capable of being opened and adapted to be secured in position after insertion
of the picture, mount and glass by means of screws, pins, catches or the like.
A picture frame so construcied is durable and not liable to damage or defor-
mation and it can be produced at a very small cost.
Dated this Twenty-ninth day of November 1899 .
Improvements in Picture Frames or Holders..
We, THE BRITISH CHARRIER WOOD CARVING COMPANY, LIMITED, Carved Mould-
ing Manufacturers, and ARTHUR OATLEY, Manager, both of 49, St. Mary Axe,
in the County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The object of our invention is to provide a strong and cheap kind of frame or
holder for displaying a picture or pictures.
By our invention we dispense with removable back boards and such like incon-
venient means for inserting and securing the picture in the frame, and we employ
one solid board which may be of any desired size and shape and which forms
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both the back and also the marginal and visible front part of the frame and which
may be moulded or decorated as desired. Upon the front of this back board
leaving a suitable margin around same is fixed a raised moulding of suitable size,
form and depth recessed around its inner under part to receive the picture, its
mount and also the glass; for the removal and insertion of the same or any of
them one side or end or a section of the said raised moulding is made movable
and capable of being opened and adapted to be secured in position after insertion
of the picture, mount and glass by means of screws, pins, catches or the like.
In the accompanying drawings which show a frame made in accordance with
our invention Fig. 1 is a perspective view and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section.
B is the solid back board, having the three sides mmm of the raised mould-
ing M fixed thereon so as to leave a suitable margin A. The other side or end m¹
of the moulding is made so as to be detachable as shown clearly in Fig. 1 and
is secured to the back-board B by pins o passing through holes b in the board to
the back thereof where they are secured by nuts n.
When a picture is to be framed the nuts n are unscrewed and the part m
removed as in Fig. 1. The picture P and glass G can then be slidden into the
recessed under-edges m² of the fixed moulding as shown in Fig. 1. When in
position the part m¹ is replaced and fastened and the whole is secure.
A picture frame so constructed is durable and not liable to damage or defor-
mation and it can be produced at a very small cost.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The improvements in picture frames or holders comprising a suitably orna-
mented solid board which forms the back and the marginal and visible front part
of the frame and a raised moulding upon the front face of said board suitably
recessed on its under side to receive the picture, part of said moulding being fixed
and part detachable, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The improvements in picture frames or holders comprising the combination
of back board B, and moulding M with detachable part m all constructed,
arranged and adapted for use substantially as herein set forth and illustrated
in the drawings.
AN
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