A FENDER ON, A NEW CONSTRUCTION, THE PRINCIPLE OP WHICH IS, APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1813

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
RYLAND, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Plater, do send greeting.
TWHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty George, the Third; by His Letters
Patent bearing date at Westminster, the Fifteenth day of January now last
past; did give and grant unto me, the said Thomas, Ryland, my executors,,
administrators, and assigns, His special licence,, full. power,, sole privilege and
authority, that I, the said Thomas Ryland, my executors,, administrators, and
assigns, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend; within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"A FENDER ON, A NEW CONSTRUCTION, THE PRINCIPLE OP WHICH IS, APPLICABLE
TO OTHER PURPOSES;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said Thomas. Ryland, under my hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be enrolled in His Majesty's High Court of. Chancery
within two calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
in part recited Letters Patent, otherwise the said Letters Patent, utterly to
cease, determine; and become void, as in and by the same (reference, being.
thereunto had), may more fully and at large appear:
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NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I do hereby
declare that my said Invention is described in manner, following? (that is
to say):
My Invention consists in constructing a fender with an additional or upper
rail or rails, top or tops, to be elevated at pleasure to increase-the .height.
of the fender. I do not consider my Invention confined to any precise
mode of elevating the said additional or upper rail or rails, top or tops,
as numerous methods may be applied at the fancy of the manufacturer; but

page_text: the mode I prefer is by means of tubes placed vertically withinside the wire
or pierced work apart from each other about six or eight inches, the distance
being regulated according to the size and strength of the fender. Into these
tubes I introduce an equal number of bars, pillars, or tubes, the upper ends
of which are attached to the additional rail or top, by pulling or depressing
which by the hand, or, if preferred, by any of the well-known mechanical
means of racks or springs, the fender may be made either tall or short, the
upper rail or top rising and falling in a manner similar to the sliding candle-
sticks. Within or withoutside of the fender, on two or more of these tubes,
as may be thought necessary, the end and centre ones in preference, I attach
a spring or springs, rack or racks, bolt or bolts, lock or locks, or other fastening
or catch, to prevent the said additional or upper bar or top from dropping
down until relieved. And to prevent the said additional bar or top from
rising too high, I affix a rim or stay at the bottom of two or more, as may be
judged expedient, of the rising pillars, bars, or tubes; and when desired I apply
a second or interior lattice wire to the inside of the additional rail or top, so as
to slide up and down withinside the necessary and usual lattice-work or
pierced part of the fender. When it is required to make the fender of
considerable height, I apply a second or even third rail or top, only in such
case tubes must be substituted in place of the rising bars or pillars. It is
evident my Invention extends also to the improvement of window blinds, and
guards for nurseries and other rooms.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Ryland, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourth day of March, One thousand eight hundred
Inrolled the Fourth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
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