Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1887
Complete Left, 12th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 18th May, 1888
FREDERICK JAMES MCMINN, Potter, 19 Upper Mount Street, Tunstall, Staffre.,
HENRY JACKSON, Potter, 37 Albert Street, Burslem, Staffre., do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:→
Our invention has for its object improvements in earthenware tops for tables. In
carrying out our invention we make earthenware table tops in segments or divisions,
according to the shape of the table, said segments or divisions we provide with
brackets or lugs upon their under side, for secureing them together, and also to
attach them to table frame. But in the case of small tables however, we prefer to
make the tops in one piece, and attach them to table frame by means of brackets or
lugs as before mentioned.
Table tops constructed according to our invention, will not require to be set in
cement, but simply attached to table frame by screws or bolts passing through the
before named brackets or lugs, and may also be printed or decorated to any desired
pattern, and made with either plain or moulded edges. Said table tops having fewer
joints, will not only appear neater, but will also be more easily cleaned than the small
squares or tiles sometimes used.
BILLINGTON & NEWTON,
Agents for Applicants.

page_text: FREDERICK JAMES MCMINN, Potter, 19 Upper Mount Street, Tunstall, Staff.
and HENRY JACKSON, Potter, 37 Albert Street, Burslem, Staff., 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 :-
Our invention has for its object improvements in earthenware tops for tables. In
carrying out our said invention we make said earthenware tops for tables in sections
or divisions, the shape of which varies with the style of table, and in order to attach
said sections or divisions to table frame, we provide them with lugs or brackets, said
lugs or brackets being upon the underside of the sections or divisions and provided
with holes to receive screw bolts which secure them to table frame. Sometimes how-
ever instead of attaching the said sections or divisions to table frames, by means of
bolts passing through lugs or brackets as above mentioned; we prefer to form recesses
in the underside of said sections or divisions; said recesses we make with under-cut
sides and of a depth equal to about three quarters of the thickness of section or
division, we then place suitably screwed nuts into these recesses and fix them by
pouring molten lead or other suitable material into the spaces between the nuts and
the sides of the recesses. The sections or divisions thus provided with screwed nuts,
are fixed to table frame by means of set pins of a suitable length passing through said
table frame and screwed into the nuts. By adopting this latter method of attaching
the sections or divisions to table frame, we are enabled to dispense with the projecting
lugs or brackets before mentioned.
In order to explain our invention more clearly we will proceed to describe same
with reference to the annexed drawings which illustrate our invention as applied to a
circular table. The same letters refer to the corresponding parts in each figure.
Fig. 1 is a view of the top of a circular table, one half only being fitted with our
improved earthenware top, the other half shewing a method of constructing the table
frame. Fig. 2 is a half vertical section of the top part of table shewn in fig. 1, the
line of section passing through the recesses to shew the mode of fixing the screwed
nuts; the lower portion of table is omitted in both figures.
A is the earthenware top which is in four sections or divisions in this case, two of
which are shewn in position in fig. 1. B is the table frame provided with holes C to
allow set pins D to pass through. E are the recesses having their sides under-cut
for the purpose of fixing screwed nuts F with lead or other suitable material G.
Earthenware table tops constructed according to our invention will not require setting
in cement, and being in few parts will be easily cleaned.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
The construction of earthenware table tops and the mode of attaching the same to
table frame substantially as herein set forth.