Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 13th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 14th Oct., 1887.
I, IRA ICKRINGILL, of Laurel Mount, Keighley, in the County of York, Worsted
Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to certain improvements in parquetry flooring and has for its
object the securing of the strips of which the floor is composed in such a manner, that
the tendency for one strip to rise above another is greatly reduced, also to conceal or
cover the means used for securing the strips in such a manner that the parquetry is
ornamented.
I accomplish my object in the following manner:-The ground upon which the
parquetry is laid is prepared in the ordinary manner, and the edges of the strips may
be grooved for the reception of tongues, or straight, prepared for nails at the edges as
in the ordinary parquetry.
In addition to the means in common use for securing the parquetry strips to the
prepared ground, each strip may be set out geometrically, and bored with countersunk
holes, through which, when the strips are laid on the prepared ground, screws are
passed, and screwed into the latter, thereby further securing the strips.
After securing the strips in the manner described, the countersunk holes are
plugged tight with wood of a different color, thus variegating the surface of the
parquetry and producing a pleasing effect.
Dated this 11th day of December 1886
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of Securing and Ornamenting
Parquetry.
I, IRA ICKRINGILL, of Laurel Mount, Keighley, in the County of York, Worsted
Spinner 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 relates to certain improvements in parquetry flooring and has for its
object the securing of the strips or parts of which the floor is composed in such a
manner that the tendency of one strip or part to rise above another is greatly
reduced: also to conceal or cover the means employed for securing the strips or parts
in such a manner that the surface of the parquetry is ornamented.
I accomplish my object in the following manner: the boarded ground upon which
the parquetry is laid is prepared in the ordinary manner, and the edges of the
parquetry strips or parts may be grooved for the reception of tongues, or straight
prepared for nails at the edges as in ordinary parquetry.
In addition to the means employed now in common use for securing the parquetry,
strips, or parts to the prepared boarded ground, each strip or part is bored through
and countersunk parallel for a certain distance proportionate to the thickness of the
parquetry through these holes are passed screws and screwed into the boarded
ground, the screw heads pressing against the bottom of the countersunk portion
prevent the strips or parts rising, thus further securing the strips or parts to the
boarded ground.
After securing the strips or parts in the manner described, the countersunk portion
of the holes are plugged tight with wood turned to the diameter for filling the holes
tight, into which the plugs are driven, cut off, and planed straight with the surface of
the parquetry.
The countersunk holes may be marked out and bored in the various strips or pieces
of which the floor is composed, so that when they are laid and the holes plugged with
wood of the same or a different kind, the circular plugs will present a geometrical or
other design, thus variegating the surface of the parquetry and thereby producing a
pleasing effect in addition to obtaining a positive stability to the strips or pieces
forming the parquetry.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The method of securing parquetry strips and ornamenting the surface of the same
substantially in the manner as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 12th day of September 1887.
JOHN WAUGH,
Bradford, Agent.