Improvements in Means for Preventing Slipping on Stable and Paving Bricks, Stairtreads, Wooden Floors, Platforms, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 29th Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Preventing Slipping on Stable and
Paving Bricks, Stairtreads, Wooden Floors, Platforms, and
the like.
I BENJAMIN WILLIAM CLAYTON BOTHAM of 56 East Street Brighton, Sussex
Architect and Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Studs of soft metal or alloy, such as lead, copper, white metal, vulcanized fibre
or other suitable material are inserted into bricks, stairtreads, wooden floors,
latforms and the like. These studs may be fixed into the bricks stairtreads, floors,
latforms and the like, either by rivetting, screwing, keying by pressure, or by
pouring heated metal into suitable devices.
The studs may be either level with the surface, or may be slightly raised. The
tuds may consist of one or more materials viz. :-the head may consist of lead and
he shank of copper, brass or the like for securing them to the bricks, stairtreads,
loors platforms and the like. The heads & shanks of studs may be made either
ound, square, hexagonal, octagonal, or of any other suitable form. Each brick,
tairtread, floor, platform and the like whether made of clay, iron, wood or other
material, may contain one or any number of studs & may be of any size and made
with or without shanks.
Dated this 27th day of February 1894.
BENJAMIN WILLIAM CLAYTON BOTHAM,
Applicant.
Improvements in Means for Preventing Slipping on Stable and
Paving Bricks, Stairtreads, Wooden Floors, Platforms, and
the like.
I BENJAMIN WILLIAM CLAYTON BOTHAM of "Ravenswood," Stamford
Avenue Hassocks Sussex (formerly of 56 East Street Brighton Sussex) Architect
and Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
Studs or buttons of soft metal or alloy such as lead or other suitable materials
are inserted into bricks, stairtreads, wooden floors, platforms and the like. These
studs or buttons may be secured to the bricks, stairtreads or platforms either by
rivetting, screwing, keying by pressure or blows, or by pouring molten lead or other
naterials into suitable devices.
The studs may be either slightly raised or level with the surface of the bricks,
stairtreads, platforins and the like.
Fig. 1 represents a general view of a stable brick showing the metal studs at C.
Fig. 2 represents a section through brick at A. B., Fig. 1.
These studs are shown with shanks passing through the bricks and rivetted.
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page_text: Fig. represents a similar section of a brick but showing stud D which is
secured to a brick by a dovetailed shank.
The stud E. is secured by a metal shank F consisting of brass, copper or
the like.
Fig. 4. represents a general view of the metal studs, secured to iron or brass
plates or the like, to form steps to iron ladders for ascending and descending engine
rooms, for instance on board ship. These plates may also be attached to wooden
stairtreads.
Fig. 5. represents a section of Fig. 4, the studs C. being secured by pressure or
rivetting.
Fig. 6 represents a general view of wooden stairtreads showing the application of
lead studs or buttons.
Fig. 7. represents a section through Fig. 6, showing the lead studs or buttons as
secured to wooden treads or platforms by ordinary brass, or iron screws.
Fig. 8. represents section of a wood paving block showing lead stud or button
secured to the same by means of a metal barbed spike.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is ;-
1. Improvements in non-slipping and non-absorbent stable and paving bricks.
2. Improvements in securing metal studs or buttons to stable and paving bricks.
3. Improvements in securing metal studs or buttons to wooden stairtreads,
platforms and the like.
4. Improvements in the introduction and securing metal studs or buttons in iron
steps.
5. Improvements in the introduction and securing metal studs or buttons in iron
frames to prevent slipping, such as pavement lights, coal plates, & the like.
6. Improvements in the introduction and securing metal studs or buttons in iron
covers to stable drains and the like to prevent slipping.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1894.
BENJAMIN WILLIAM CLAYTON BOTHAM,
Applicant.
BENJAMIN VILLIAM CLAYTON BOTHAM,
Applicant.