US182072A - Improvement in pressed-glass trimmings for chandeliers, brackets - Google Patents

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J. H..HoBBs.4 A PRESSED GLASS TRIMMINGSWFOR-CHANDELIERS, 'BRAGKET &C`.

Patented Sept.1Z,'1876.

No.18Z,07YZ.

I'UN-rrED STATES Prrnlv'r OFFICE,

JOHN H. HOBBS, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN PRESSED-GLASSKTRIMMINGS FORCHANDELI-ERS. BRACKETS. te,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 82,072, dated September l2, 1876; application filed August 24,1876.

To all whom it may concern:l

Be it known that I, JorrN H. HoBBs, of Wheeling, county of Ohio, State of West Virginia, have invented or discovered a new and useful Improvement in Pressed Glass Trimmings for Chandeliers and Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following lto be a full, clear, concise, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompany draw-I ing, making a part of'this specification, in which-like letters indicating like parts- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the lower part of a two-bracket chandelier, showing my improvement applied thereto in one of the many formsof its application. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a mold in which the bracketmounting of Fig. 1 is made; and Fig. isV a transverse sectional view of the open sided bracket-mountin g thus produced.

My improvement relates to pressed-glass mountings or trimmings to be applied to and used on the metallic bracket-arms and gas- Ways of chandeliers, wall-brackets, &c. Such mountings or trimmings I make, preferably, U-shapcd or V-shaped, or open on at least one side, so that they may be placed'laterally onto the brackets or bracket-arms, there to be held in place in any convenient Way. Such open sided mountings or trimmings may be made either plain or with any desired design thereon, or more or less open on the sides intended to inclose the metallic bracket pipes or arms, such varied features to be secured Aby the proper conformations of the mold cavity and plunger face, though the sand-blast, grinding, &c., may be employed o n thepressed article, if so desired, to give it further ornamentation.

The object of my invention is to produce chandeliers and wallbrackets having the neatness and finish of hand-made glass-Work, but at a greatly reduced cost, so as to bring such articles within the reach ot' many who are unable to buy the more costly article.

In chandelier and wall brackets three sides only are commonly exposed to sight. Hence a U-shaped mounting, laterally applied from rbelow to the metallic gas-pi pe or bracket-arm, will secure for it the desired covering, and give it the desired ornamental appearance and finish. v

sponding length and shape of cavity and plunger, for the pressing of an open-sided trimming or mounting, B B. l

As shown in the drawing, d is the cavity and d1 the plunger, whichA 'shapes `the opentopped lower part B of the center-piece, and e e1 are the cavity and plunger which form the U-shaped mountin gs B B, which are to be applied to the bracket-arm al al. The work of pressing is done in the ordinary Way. D2 is the ring-plate. The projection d2 makes a hole through the lower end of the bottom part B of the center-piece, so that by an eX- v tension of the stem a and a nut, a2, screwed thereon, such lower part B of the center-piece may be secured in place. The projections or mandrels e2 also pass, at the proper points, through the bottoms of the U-shaped mountingsB, so as to provide holes therein for theattachment of the' `gas cocks c, which latter, hearlng against the under side of the mountings B, after the latter are in place, assist in holding them in position. The cavity of the female part of the mold may have the ornamental design shown, or other desired style of ornamentation, on its walls. v

The form and style of such open sided pressedglass trimmings or mountings may be varied to suit the varied shapes of' chandelier and wall brackets in use, as Well as the taste of designer. Other means of attachment may likewise be employed; nor is it essential that the lower half of the center-piece be pressed along with the bracket-m ountings, as these parts may be made separate. Where transparent glass is employed, the gas pipe or bracket-arms are preferably plated or other- Wise protected as against oxidation but this need not be done where glass is employed which is opaque or highly colored, or to which a frostedsurface is given.

The presentA application is continedl'to the article produced, so that the mold and plunger I described will form the subject-matter ot a separate application; and, in so far as relates to the combination of center-piece, bracketmonntings, bracketarms, and central supporting pipe, the bowlshaped center piece may be separately made,-and either pressed, as described, or blown in the usual way, the bracket-mountings being pressed.

I claim herein as my invention- 1. Open-sided pressed glass trimmings or mountings, constructed for attachment to brackets and bracket-arms, .substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with radial brackets al,

`ment to a-supportingstem, a, two or more 'outwardly-extending pressed-glass trimmingpieces, which` shall inclose or ornament the bracket-tubes' or-arms to which they are applied, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set :my-hand.

JoHN H. HoBBs.

Witnesses J. J. McOoRMIcK, GEORGE H. CHRISTY.

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