IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AND OTHER PURPOSES."
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Robinson, of 11, Westland Row, in the
City of Dublin, Builder, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
AND OTHER PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Robinson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th August 1869.
I, SAMUEL ROBINSON, of 11, Westland Row, in the City of Dublin,
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "In-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF GLASS HOUSES FOR HORTICULTURAL AND
OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of houses for horticultural
or other purposes from sashes made to a given size and form so as to
erect a structure by placing such sashes edge upon edge in a position
receding from the perpendicular, rising from an irregular base or plinth
of any given width or length, and terminating by the sashes rising from
each side up to the apex or ridge. These sashes are placed overlapping
each other, a web or packing separating the sashes at their overlapping

page_text: portions to any required distance or space. This space is formed by the
packing or web, and contains an apparatus for opening and closing for
admitting air or ventilation. The sashes are so placed and have bolts
passing through their stiles with the packing or web between so as to
form a girder. This arrangement in conjunction with pieces of timber
or iron suited to the angles, and with the bolts which also pass through
them in the manner of fish plates, affords the only strength required to
support the house. The entrance door or doors can be made in the
end or ends of the house and sashes to suit the angle of the roof, or the
entrance may be placed in any position to suit circumstances. The sash
frames, and also the base upon which the house rests, may be made of
wood or iron, or any other suitable material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Robinson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 19th February 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
ROBINSON, of 11, Westland Row, in the City of Dublin, Builder, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Samuel Robinson, Her special license that
I, the said Samuel Robinson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Samuel Robinson, my executors, administrators,
or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain. and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
GLASS HOUSES FOR HORTICULTURAL AND OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Samuel Robinson, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and

page_text: cause the same to be med in the Great Seal ratent Umce within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Robinson, 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, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to the construction of houses for horticul-
tural or other purposes from sashes made to a given size and form so as
to erect a structure by placing such sashes edge upon edge in a position
receding from the perpendicular or otherwise, and rising from an
irregular base or plinth of any given width, length, or form, and
terminating by the sashes rising from each side up to the apex or ridge.
These sashes are placed with their stiles overlapping each other, and a
perforated fixed web or packing is placed between and separates the
sashes at their overlapping portions to any required distance or space.
This space is formed by the perforated fixed packing or web, and con-
tains an apparatus or perforated slide for opening and closing the
perforations for the purposes of ventilation. This sliding ventilator is
held in position against the perforated fixed packing by compressing
springs, and it plays under covering pieces at the ends: The sliding
piece or ventilator corresponds in size with the packing piece, and is
correspondingly perforated and made to cover and uncover the perfora-
tions in the fixed packing by being slid longitudinally through the
intervention of a lever inside the building, which lever opens and closes
all the perforations from base to ridge by one action, the slides being
linked together at each break or angle in the roof. The sashes are so
placed and have bolts passing through their stiles, also through the
packing or web between as that they form a girder. This arrangement
in conjunction with pieces of timber or iron or iron bar suited to the
angles or curves and in conjunction with the bolts which pass through
the sash stile. and packing or web in the manner of fish plates or a
continuous bar or rib affords the only strength required to support the
house. The entrance door or doors can be made in the end or ends of
the house and sashes to suit the angle of the roof, or the entrance may
be placed in any position to suit circumstances. The sash frames and
also the base upon which the house rests may be made of wood, or iron,

page_text: or any other suitable material, or the house could be entirely constructed
of iron.
The Drawing annexed represents a sectional elevation of a complete
set of sashes from base to edge of one half of a building constructed
according to my Invention.
a, a, are the sashes; b, the base or plinth; c, the apex or ridge; d is
the perforated fixed web or packing; and e, e, are the perforated sliding
pieces or ventilators kept in their places by the compressing springs f,f
A portion of one of these slides is represented broken away to shew
the fixed perforated packing or web d; covering pieces g, g, are
provided at the end of each slide for the ventilator to play under. h is
the lever inside the building for actuating the ventilators, which are
coupled to the lever and to each other at the ends by the links or con-
necting plates i, i; k is a continuous strengthening bar or web extend-
ing from base to ridge, the lower end being fitted on to a stone or
wooden foundation block 1, and the upper end connected by a connecting
plate m to the end of the opposite corresponding bar. n, n, represent
the glazing.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or
carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider
to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured
to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the peculiar
construction of glass houses for horticultural purposes as herein-before
described and illustrated by my Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Robinson, have to this
my Specification set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of
February One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
SAMUEL ROBINSON. (L.S.)