IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF GARDEN FRAMES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Wright and Thomas Holmes both of Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Horticultural Builders for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF GARDEN FRAMES"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Wright and Thomas
Holmes at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th May
1883.
WILLIAM WRIGHT and THOMAS HOLMES both of Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Horticultural Builders. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
GARDEN FRAMES"
The first part of these Improvements consists in constructing the sashes so that
each of them hinges at the side with hook & eye hinges to an iron rafter instead
of being hinged at the top in the usual way so that the sashes can be lifted off
and entirely removed or folded back one upon the other, The ridge portion of the
frame is detached therefrom and made to rise for purposes of ventilation by the
usual appliances for raising the ridges of other horticultural constructions the ridge
is made to overlap the top of the sashes so as to prevent wet driving in and when
it is required to open or remove the sashes the ridge is first raised from off them
Another part of our Improvements consists in a mode of glazing without putty
the sash bar being in two parts the lower part is formed on its upper face of a
raised strip or fillet with a groove on each side leaving on the outer edges a small
flat surface to receive the glass which is laid upon it thus leaving the groove or
channel below the glass to carry off any moisture. The sash bar is then completed
and the glass held in position by a strip grooved to receive the raised fillet which
strip is screwed down to the bar beneath it.
Another Improvement is forming a ventilator for the sides of the frame of metal
casting consisting of two or more short tubes let into the side of the frame and
covered by two or more discs attached by arms to a centre pin so that by turning
the arms the discs can be made to entirely or partially cover the tubes as required,
One of the advantages of this ventilator being that air may be admitted at two
different levels in the frame and regulated by one ventilator.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Wright and Thomas Holmes in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 10th November 1883.
WILLIAM WRIGHT and THOMAS HOLMES both of Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Horticultural Builders IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
GARDEN FRAMES
The first part of these improvements consist in constructing the sashes so that
each of them hinges at the side with hook and eye hinges to an iron rafter instead
of being hinged at the top in the usual way so that the sashes can be lifted off
and entirely removed or folded back one upon another
The ridge portion of the frame is detached therefrom and made to rise for
purposes of ventilation by the usual appliances for raising the ridges of other
horticultural constructions-The ridge is made to over-lap the top of the sashes so.
as to prevent wet driving in and when it is required to open or remove the sashes
the ridge is first raised from off them.
Another part of our improvements consist in a mode of glazing without putty
the sash bar being in two parts the lower part is formed on its upper face of a
raised strip or fillet with a groove on each side leaving on the outer edges a small
flat surface to receive the glass which is laid upon it thus leaving the groove or
channel below the glass to carry off any moisture-The sash bar is then completed
and the glass held in position by a strip grooved to receive the raised fillet which
strip is screwed down to the bar beneath it
Another improvement is forming a ventilator for the sides of the frame of metal
castings consisting of two or more short tubes let into the sides of the frame and
covered by two or more discs attached by arms to a centre pin so that by turning
the arms the discs can be made to entirely or partially cover the tubes as required―
One of the advantages of this ventilator being that air may be admitted at two
different levels in the frame and regulated by one ventilator
Referring to the Drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garden frame
shewing the sashes (a a) hung at the side with the hook and eye hinges at (b) (b)
so that the sashes can be lifted off or folded back over the adjoining sashes (cc)
the ridge (d) having been first raised from off the top edge of the sash
Figure 2 is a perspective view of another frame shewing the sashes removed
leaving only the metal bars which carry the hooks or eyes at (x. a)-Figure 3
shews the hooks and eyes (e) being the hooks and (f) the eyes
Figure 4 is a Section of our improved glazing bars with the raised strip or
fillet (g) and the grooves or channels (h) on the lower bar having on the outer
edge the flat surface (i) to receive the glass (5) thus leaving the channel (h) to
carry off the moisture (k) is the grooved strip or upper bar which is screwed
down onto the bar beneath it
Figure 5 is a front view of our improved ventilator (l. L.) are the tubes to be
let into the sides of the frame as shewn in Figure 1 and (m. m) are the discs
attached by the arm (n) to the centre pin (0) so that by turning them upon the
centre pin the tubes (l. 1) can be covered at will
Having thus described the nature of the said invention and the manner in
which the several improvements are carried into effect We claim without limiting
ourselves to the precise details herein shewn or described-firstly the improvements

page_text: in the mode of attaching the sashes to the frames-Secondly the improvements
in the glazing bars and thirdly the improved ventilator for horticultural
constructions as herein more fully set forth and specified
In witness whereof we the said William Wright and Thomas Holmes have
hereunto set our hands and seals this ninth day of November in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty three
WILLIAM WRIGHT (L.S.)
THOMAS HOLMES
(L.S.)