Year: 1887

page_text: I, NICHOLAS LEROY, of Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium, Timber Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to construct entirely of wood houses such that they
may be removed from one place to another without having to be taken to pieces.
This is rendered possible by their small weight. The wood employed may advanta-
geously be pine which is light and cheap. The various parts are connected together
by ordinary scarfed joints. The house is roofed in with tiles, millboard or any other
suitable material.
In the first case, the tiles must be removed when it is required to transport the
house, but when millboard is used as the roofing material, it is not necessary to
remove it.
The romoval of the tiles however does not occupy much time. A foundation
framing comprising four or five timbers supports the superstructure. Two of the
timbers are longer than the other two and project a short distance beyond them at
the ends.
On this framing, which serves also as joists for the flooring, are fixed uprights or
posts. The central uprights or posts of the end walls are higher than the others, so
that at the two ends gables are formed.
The walls are composed of planed boards, connected together by covered tongue
joints. These boards are fixed exteriorly to the uprights and thus form smooth walls.
The house has no trusses.
It comprises a ground floor and a loft. The ground floor may be variously divided
by means of partitions. The house may be placed upon pillars of masonry, which
arrangement allows of the free circulation of the air; or it may be placed directly
on the ground which requires only to be levelled.
In order to transport such a house, it can be raised by means of lifting jacks, and
placed upon a wagon to which it can be fastened by the ends of the two longer
timbers of its foundation frame or base.

page_text: Two or turoc horses will usually be sufficient to transport such a house with its
contained furniture.
To replace the house upon the ground it may be mado to slide down along two
beams; or the reverse order of the loading may be performed, that is, the house can
be lifted by means of lifting-jacks and can be lowered after the wagon has been
drawn away from underneath."
This last method is the simplest. The beams can be connected together in any
convenient way, such as by mortice joints.

page_text: I, NICHOLAS LEROY, of Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium, Timber Merchant, 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 :-
This invention has for its object to construct entirely of wood houses such that they
may be removed from one place to another without having to be taken to pieces.
This is rendered possible by their small weight. The wood employed may advanta-
geously be pine, which is light and cheap. The various parts are connected together
by ordinary scarfed joints. The house is roofed in with tiles, millboard, or any other
suitable material.
In the first case, the tiles must be removed when it is required to transport the
house but, when millboard is used as the roofing material it is not necessary to
remove it. The removal of the tiles however does not occupy much time.
Referring to the annexed sheet of illustrative drawings:-
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are three views illustrating the construction of a house according
to this invention. The same letters of reference are used to denote the same parts in
each view. The foundation framing comprises the timbers XX. Y Y. on which the
superstructure is supported. Two of the timbers YY are longer than the other
two XX and project a short distance beyond them at their ends. On this framing
which serves also as joists for the flooring are fixed uprights or posts A. A. B. B.
The central uprights or posts A of the end walis are higher than the others, so that
at the two ends gables are formed.
The walls are composed of planed boards, connected together by covered tongue
joints. These boards are fixed exteriorly to the uprights and thus form smooth walls.
The house has no trusses.
It comprises a ground floor and a loft.
The ground floor may be variously divided by means of partitions. The drawings
do not shew either the form or the position of the doors or windows, those being left
to the choice of the builder.
The house may be placed upon pillars of masonry, which arrangement allows of
the free circulation of the air; or it may be placed directly on the ground which
requires only to be levelled.
In order to transport such a house, it can be raised by means of lifting-jacks, and
placed upon a wagon to which it can be fastened by the ends of the two longer
timbers Y Y of its foundation frame or base.
Two or three horses will usually be sufficient to transport such a house, with its
contained furniture.
To replace the house upon the ground it may be made to slide down along two
beams or the reverse order of the loading may be performed, that is the house can

page_text: be lifted by means of lifting-jacks and can be lowered after the wagon has been
drawn away from underneath. This last method is the simplest.
The beams can be connected together in any convenient way, such as by mortice
joints.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
My improved construction of portable wooden house substantially as hereinabove
described with reference to the drawings annexed.