AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND MORE PARTICULARLY OF HORTICULTURAL BUILDINGS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM HENRY PAGE, of Grove, Nursery Teddington in the County of
Middlesex, Florist, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND MORE PARTICULARLY OF
HORTICULTURAL BUILDINGS," to be as follows:-
"
My Invention relates to the construction of buildings generally, but has reference
more especially to horticultural buildings. The invention consists in the employ-
ment for the construction of buildings of cast iron uprights which are interposed at
certain intervals in the walls and are of such form as to enable them to be firmly
secured in the ground and of retaining the bricks or building blocks in position.
By means of my Invention the building is stronger than an ordinary building,
fewer bricks or blocks are required and the building can be erected more expedi-
tiously than where bricks alone are employed in the construction.
The uprights of my Invention are cast of any desired section and of girder form
that is with pairs of flanges extending from the ground line to the top of the
upright, and into which the brickwork is built.
The bottom of the upright which is to be buried in the earth sufficiently to
ensure stability, is splayed outwards and preferably cast with four ribs or flanges
which are cast in one with a common end piece. Upon the uprights is bolted the
top plate or wall plate to which the roof is secured.
The uprights are cast with ears to enable the opposite uprights of a horticultural
building to be braced together.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
I WILLIAM HENRY PAGE of Grove Nursery Teddington in the County of
Middlesex Florist do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
'AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND MORE PARTICU-
LARLY OF HORTICULTURAL BUILDINGS and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
The
My Invention relates to the construction of buildings such as stabling and out-
buildings, but has reference more especially to horticultural buildings.
invention consists in the employment of cast iron uprights of such form as to adapt
them to retain the brickwork or masonry and side lights in position whereby
greater stability is obtained with less brickwork, as by introducing these upright
at proper intervals, 4 inch walls afford ample strength to resist the wind &°, even
in the case of large greenhouses and the building can be erected more expeditiously
than where bricks alone are employed in the construction.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
Specification in which figure 1 is a front elevation of an intermediate post or
upright in position in the brickwork and frames of a greenhouse. Figure 2 is a
side elevation and figure 3 a cross section of a similar upright. Figure 4 is a per-
spective view of a corner post or upright and figure 5 a cross section of same
on a larger scale. The same letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the
figures.
The uprights of my Invention are cast with pairs of flanges a, a, extending from
just below the ground line to the top of the upright, the flanges projecting from
opposite or adjacent faces according as the upright is to occupy an intermediate or
corner position as shown in figures 1 to 3 and 4, 5 respectively, the width between
the flanges of a pair being just sufficient to admit of 4 inch brickwork being built
between them, or any other width between the flanges may be adopted, to suit the
thickness of the brickwork or masonry they are intended to receive.
Between these flanges a, the frames d for the side lights are also received and are
securely held in position without other fastening.
The flanges a may or may not be continued down to the bottom, but the part of
the upright which is to be planted in the ground is preferably cast with a foot b of
sufficient area and ribs c to ensure adequate stability.
The uprights are also cast with top flanges e and with ears f, the top plate g
being bolted to the former and the rods h, to the latter for bracing the uprights
to the wall against which the building is built, or to the opposite side of the
building.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
In the construction of a horticultural or other building, the combination with the
brick work or masonary and wooden or other framework thereof, of posts or uprights
cast with flanges adapted to support the walls and frames of the building substan-
tially as described and shown in the drawings.