GB555753A - Improvements in and relating to cloches - Google Patents

Abstract

555,753. Garden cloches. GELL, H. June 25, 1942, No. 8762. [Class 20 (i)] A set of elements for securing transparent panels to form a cloche has some of the elements for securing one panel so arranged that this panel is movable relatively to the remainder which are not disassembled. The elements comprise a main frame member 3 of wire shaped to the cross section of the cloche, a clamp 4 for supporting a pivot member 5 on the main member, two pairs of pivotal arms 6 for the support of the roof panels carried at their upper ends on the pivot member 5, a handle 10 to serve as a retaining member for the pivotal arms, and spring clip members 14 frictionally held on the arms of the main member 3 to engage over the upper edges of the side panels and to clip down the ends of the pivotal arms. The clamp 4 is formed in two parts secured by a bolt 12 and wing-nut 13, and the upper and lower ends of the pivotal arms 6 are bent over to enclose the edges of the inclined roof panels 1 which they support. Clip members 8 are pivoted to the ends of the pivotal arms so that they may be rotated to engage the spring ends of the clip members. In a modification the rod carried by the ends of the pivotal arms 6 directly engages the spring ends of the clip members 14. The side panels may be formed of superposed sheets the adjacent edges of which are secured together by clips 22, Fig. 8.