AN IMPROVED 'FACING BRICK OR TILE.
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Jones Lanchester, of Brighton, in the County
of Sussex, Architect and Surveyor, for the Invention of AN IMPROVED
'FACING BRICK OR TILE.".
Sealed the 23rd July 1878, and dated the 26th January 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Jones Lanchester at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th January 1878.
HENRY JONES LANCHESTER, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex, Architect and
Surveyor. "AN IMPROVED FACING BRICK OR TILE."
My Invention relates, to an improved brick or tile designed to be used as a facing
for houses or other buildings, for the purpose of preventing the penetration of
dampness or moisture to the interior of such buildings.
The dampness which penetrates to the interior of a building, as ordinarily, con-
structed, is productive of much inconvenience. It causes effects which are injurious
to the health of the occupants of the building, and is, moreover, very destructive to
wallpaper and other decorative articles and materials, as well as to furniture and
other objects within the building.
In carrying my said Invention into practice I construct a brick or tile of any
suitable non-porous material, and of any convenient dimensions, and I provide
within the same depressions or cells upon the side which is to be placed next the
building, which cells I fill with cement. The bricks or tiles so constructed are
attached by means of cement, or in any other suitable manner, to the outer walls of
the building which they are to protect from dampness.
I prefer to construct my said improved brick or tile of tempered clay and chalk,
terra cotta, or the best tile clays; and with two cells extending lengthwise of the
brick, leaving about half'an inch between the walls of the said cells and the outer
edge of the brick.
I prefer the said brick or tile to have about the following dimensions, that is to
say, eight and three quarter inches long by three inches broad, and one inch and a

page_text: half deep; or if a half brick or tile 4 inches long by 3 inches wide, and 1 inches
deep. These dimensions may, however, be varied according to circumstances, and
there may be a greater number of cells, or I may have only one.
My improved brick or tile may be made in moulds, or by any of the methods
usually adopted by brick and tile manufacturers.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Jones Lanchester in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th July 1878.
HENRY JONES LANCHESTER, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex, Architect and
Surveyor. "AN IMPROVED FACING BRICK OR TILE."
My Invention relates to an improved brick or tile designed to be used as a facing
for houses or other buildings for the purpose of preventing the penetration of
dampness or moisture to the interior of such buildings.
The dampness which penetrates to the interior of a building, as ordinarily con-
structed, is productive of much inconvenience. It causes effects which are injurious
to the health of the occupants of the building, and is, moreover, very destructive to
wallpaper and other decorative articles and materials, as well as to furniture and
other objects within the building.
In carrying my said Invention into practice I construct a brick or tile of any
suitable non-porous material, and of any convenient dimensions, and I provide
within the same depressions or cells upon the side which is to be placed next the
building which cells I fill with cement or similar material. The bricks or tiles so
constructed are attached by means of cement or other suitable material to the outer
wails of the building which they are to protect from dampness.
In the accompanying Drawing,→
Figure 1 shews a plan of my improved brick or tile made with two cells; Figure
2 is a longitudinal section on the line x, x; and Figure 3 is a transverse section on
the line y, y, of the same.
I prefer to construct my said improved brick or tile of tempered clay and chalk,
terra cotta, or the best tile clays, and with two cells a extending lengthwise of the
brick, leaving about three-quarters of an inch between the walls of the said cells
and the outer edge of the brick as shewn at b.
I prefer the said brick or tile to have about the following dimensions, that is to
say, eight and three quarters inches long by three inches broad, and one inch and
a half deep; or if a half brick or tile 4 inches long by 3 inches wide, and 1 inches
deep. These dimensions may, however, be varied according to circumstances, and
there may be a greater number of cells, or I may have only one.
My improved brick or tile may be made in moulds or presses, or by any of the
methods usually adopted by brick and tile manufacturers.

page_text: Having thus fully described my said Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I wish it understood that I claim, the improved brick or tile constructed
as above described, and as shewn in the Drawing for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Jones Lanchester, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
HY. J. LANCHESTER. (L.s.)