Improvements in Fire Dogs and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Mar., 1892-Accepted, 28th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fire Dogs and in the Manufacture of the same.
I, EDWIN TAYLOR of 1 Alfred Street, Warstone Lane Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Stamper & Piercer do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention to be as follows:-
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My invention has for its object improvements in fire dogs & in the manufacture
of the same by which means I am enabled to build up such articles in a cheap &
substantial manner & by combining both stamped & cast parts an article of
improved appearance is obtained at less cost while by my improvement a con-
siderable saving in waste metal is effected & the boldness of the design at the same
time retained.
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In carrying my invention into effect I stamp the main part of the outer frame
of one end of the dog to a suitable design being either oval round square or other
shaped with a centre aperture to receive a panel the frame being of U, V, square
sunk or other similar section. This frame I mount upon a base which may be
either stamped or cast and of suitable design & shape to receive the frame which
is screwed brazed or otherwise fixed thereon & to surmount this frame a knob is
provided which is separately stamped out of similar section to the frame & is
Secured to the frame in any suitablo manner. Within the aperture of the frame
any kind of ornament may be fixed separately or stamped with the frame & the
base instead of being cast may be stamped separately & attached to the frame in
any suitable manner. By making up the end of the dog in this way a saving of
scrap metal is obtained & an extra boldness may be obtained while the cost of
preparing the dies is not so great. In place of the stamped or cast base two
stamped or cast feet may be fixed to the underside of the frame or the frame may
be made to stand upon its own base. Preferably one of these ends are complete
when shewing a hollow on the one side & a flat or ornamental face on the other but
I may fix two together so as to form an end of solid appearance in looking from
either side. The two ends of the dogs may be attached together by connecting
spindles or any suitable means & the ends may be different from each other in
design or the same. To give a bold appearance to the present bases which are
stamped or cast I may stamp out four feet which are made to fit within the base &
are provided with a projecting ledge which supports the base. The feet may be
The top part
stamped separately & fixed within the base in any suitable manner.
of the feet are made of a similar shape to the base so as to fit within it & I may
form a dog of a stamped top connected together by hollow spindles & ornamented
with stamped balls or feet.
Dated this 1st day of June 1891
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fire Dogs and in the Manufacture of the same.
I EDWIN TAYLOR of 1 Alfred Street Warstone Lane Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Stamper and Piercer do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in fire dogs and in the manu-
facture of the same by which means I am enabled to build up such articles in a

page_text: cheap and substantial manner and by combining both stamped and cast parts an
article of improved appearance is obtained at less cost while by my improvement a
considerable saving in waste metal: is effected and the boldness of the design at the
same time is retained.
In carrying my invention into effect I stamp the main part of the outer frame of
one end of the dog to a suitable design being either oval round square or other
shaped with a centre aperture to receive a panel the frame being of U, V, square
sunk or other similar section. This frame I mount upon a base which may be
either stainped or cast and of suitable design and shape to receive the frame which
is screwed brazed or otherwise fixed thereon and to surmount this frame a knob is
provided which is separately stamped out of similar section to the frame and is
secured to the frame in any suitable manner. Within the aperture of the frame
any kind of ornamentation may be fixed separately or stamped with the frame and
the base instead of being cast may be stamped separately attached to the frame
in any suitable manner. By making up the end of the dog in this way a saving of
scrap metal is obtained while the cost of preparing the dies is not so great. In
place of the stamped or cast base two stamped or cast feet may be fixed to the
underside of the frame or the frame may be made to stand upon its own base.
Preferably one of these ends are complete when shewing hollow on the one side
and a flat or ornamental face on the other but I may fix two together so as to
form an end of solid appearance in looking from either side. The two ends of the
dogs may be attached together by connecting spindles or any suitable means and
the ends may be different from each other in design or the same. To give a bold
appearance to the present bases which are stamped or cast I may stamp out four
feet which are made to fit within the base and are provided with a projecting ledge
which supports the base. The feet may be stamped separately and fixed within
the base in any suitable manner. The top part of the feet are made of a similar
shape to the base so as to fit within it and I may form a dog of a stamped top
connected together by hollow spindles & ornamented with stamped balls or feet.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings which illustrate the
nature of my said invention.
Figure 1, is a longitudinal section through the base of a fire dog.
Figure 2, an end elevation of same.
Figure 3, is a perspective view shewing a modification.
Figure 4, a view of the feet detached from the base.
In carrying my invention into effect may form the body or top part of my fire
dogs in the manner described in the first part of this Specification which may be built
up from the base A. in any suitable manner or to any suitable design such as illustrated
by Figure 5 in which the frame E is stamped out with the centre aperture E¹ to
receive the panel F and which is mounted on the base A with the separately stamped
ornament H surmounting the frame. The ornament el being either stamped with
the frame or separately and afterwards attached. Two frames E and corresponding
ornaments e¹ may be placed together to form the ends of a dog which might be
connected together by tubes in which case the side would be surrounded by an
ornament such as shewn by dotted lines .J. I do not claim any particular mode of
forming the top of the dog but in every case 1 mount the base A on suitable feet
such as B which are also stamped out of a single piece of metal being connected
by the connecting strip and provided with the ledge upon which the base A
rests the two parts A and B being brazed rivetted or otherwise secured together.
The feet may be stamped separately as shewn at Figure 3 where the feet B²
pass up inside of the base A following the shape of the base and are rivetted
at or brazed or otherwise secured. The legs may be stamped in pairs as
shewn at B3 Figure 4 and inserted and in fact a great variety of bold designs
and shapes may be obtained from the combination of the stamped bases with
stamped feet. In this manner I obtain bold & effective bases to fire dogs without
very little waste in metal and therefore correspondingly cheap.

page_text: 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 :-
1st. The improvements in fire dogs and in the manufacture of the same substan-
tially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn upon the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. In improvements in fire dogs and in the manufacture of the same the base
& feet stamped separately & combined substantially such as & for the purpose
herein set forth & shewn.
Dated this 1st dow of Mauch 1000
.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.