Instrument for Taking Contours of Mouldings and the like and for Gauging.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan.. 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 27th Apr., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Instrument for Taking Contours of Mouldings and the like and
for Gauging.
SYDNEY JOHN WILDE Architect Boulevard Chambers Weston S. Mare Somerset
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An Instrument for taking contours of moldings and the like is a method of facili-
tating the projection of executed moldings and contours in stone wood or other
material-It may also be used for gauging purposes.
The apparatus consists of wooden drawing board-one end of which is raised about
inch-the raised portion to be of mahogany or hard wood, upon this raised portion
slides a series of wires closely packed together-In order to keep the wires together,
No. 2 strips of wood, bridged sufficiently for them to slide under easily, are fixed to
the raised portion. The board being held vertically to the moldings required to be
reproduced-The wires are pushed against the moldings, and the wires being of the
same length produce a facsimile contour at other end. The operator (having
previously stretched a piece of paper on to the board traces round the contour with a
pencil.
The ends of wires are bent the same depth as raised end of board-this enables the
wires to be pushed and also facilitates the tracing. The wires to be polished steel
No. 18 or 19 gauge. A Mahoghany (lamp (with india rubber bed) serves to fix the
wires when pushed into position against the moldings, thus preventing them shifting
while the tracing is being performed.
1 1000
SYDNEY JOHN WILDE,
Architect.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Instrument for Taking Contours of Mouldings and the like and
for Gauging.
SYDNEY JOHN WILDE Architect Weston Super Mare Somerset 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 aud by the following statement, with
reference to the accompanying Drawing :-
A small drawing board on which slide a series of reeds a a made of hard wood-..
These are closely packed together and are kept in place by means of narrow ledges
at sides m m and at top by two brass or other metal bars b-c. These reeds have a
portion d raised at one end to facilitate the handling of same. One of these bars (b) is
moveable by means of a thumb screw e this enables the operator to raise the reeds a a
when it is necessary to withdraw or insert the paper-There are two metal bolts the
full length of instrument which are made to slide in the slots g and are intended to be
pushed out the required lengths in order to steady and keep the instrument parallel
to the mouldings to be reproduced-These can be fixed at any point by turning
the thumbscrews h provided for the purpose. These screws are made so that they
do not unscrew from the Instrument. The ends of the bolts have india-rubber
buffers which prevent the same slipping on or scratching polished or smoothe
surfaces. The reeds a a are kept from falling from the Instrument by a strip of wood
at one end of board fixed to the ends of ledges aforementioned with sufficient space n
left underneath to insert the paper and also by the projecting portion of reeds d which
catch one of the brass or other metal bars b. This strip of wood also serves to keep
the paper down at one end. To use the Instrument-
First, the paper (upon which the mouldings have to be reproduced) will have to be
inserted in space n at end A, and pushed under the reeds a which have to be raised
by first swinging round the metal bar b, and then pressing on end B of reeds a a.
When the paper is fixed, the bar b may then be fixed again by screwing up the
thumbscrew e. The instrument is then ready for use. First push out the bolts f to
the required lengths necessary to bring the Instrument parallel to the work; then
tighten up these bolts by screwing the thumbscrews h press evenly against the
instrument, and it will then be perfectly rigid. The reeds a a must then be pushed
firmly and smoothly into the contours of the mouldings. Then carefully mark round
end A of reeds a a upon the paper with lead pencil and the result will be a facsimile
of the contours.
For Gauging Mouldings the instrument is used in exactly the same manner as
ahove described.

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 1 declare that what I
claim is that the features of novelty of the invention are.―
1st. That by a means of series of reeds (or laths) closely packed together (but so
that they slide with ease) all of which reeds being the same length they will
produce when evenly pressed against mouldings or contours a facsimile outline of
such mouldings or contours and tracing round the ends of the reeds with a pencil the
mouldings and contours can be exactly reproduced in outline on to the paper with
ease and rapidity.
2nd. The Instrument is portable and compact and can be used by one person.
It can be made of any size to take off large or small mouldings according to
requirements.