IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF INLAID FLOORING, WHICH MAY ALSO BE ADAPTED FOR ORNA- T- PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Daniel Gardner, of the Firm of A. Gardner &
Son's, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, House
& Ship Furnishers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF INLAID FLOORING, WHICH MAY ALSO BE ADAPTED FOR ORNA-
T-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Daniel Gardner at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 20th February 1873.
I, DANIEL GARDNER, of the Firm of A. Gardner and Sons, of Glasgow,
in the County of Lanark, North Britain, House & Ship Furnishers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF INLAID FLOORING, WHICH MAY ALSO BE ADAPTED FOR ORNA-
MENTING SURFACES OTHER THAN FLOORS," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to improvements in the arrangement or con-
struction of inlaid flooring, and which, besides being used for ornament-

page_text: ing floors may also be employed for covering other flat surfaces, such
for example as doors or panels, consists in so constructing the inlaid
work that it may be made at once in any required lengths or sheets, and
rolled up as a roll of carpet or other flexible material, and it may be laid
flat when desired.
The Invention is carried into effect by fixing with glue or other
cementing material the pieces of wood or other inlaid material to a
foundation consisting of strips or sheets of wood, iron, or steel, which
are again secured at the back to a backing of canvas in strips or sheets,
so that the several strips being secured at the back only, and being left
free at the sides, the said ornamental work is rendered more convenient
for storage and portability. In fixing the said improved inlaid work
over a flat surface it is fixed by glue or other cement applied to the
back of the canvas, and the canvas fixed down by tacks or other
equivalent.
When it is desired to introduce colour among the inlaid work, this is
effected by using tiles of the required colour, or by leaving spaces into
which coloured ornamenting material is placed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Daniel Gardner in the Great Seal Patent Office 2
on the 18th August 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DANIEL
GARDNER, of the Firm of A. Gardner and Sons, of Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, House and Ship Furnishers, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the 36th
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Daniel Gardner, Her special license, that I,
the said Daniel Gardner, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Daniel Gardner, my executors, administrators,
or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time

page_text: to time, and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, usc, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF INLAID FLOORING, WHICH MAY ALSO BE ADAPTED FOR ORNAMENTING SUR-
FACES OTHER THAN FLOORS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Daniel Gardner, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Daniel Gardner, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to improvements in the arrangement ora.
construction of inlaid flooring, and which improvements, besides being
used for ornamenting floors, may also be employed for covering other flat
surfaces, such for example as doors, panels, walls, ceilings, or articles of
furniture.
The Invention consists in so constructing the inlaid work that it may
be made at once in any required lengths or sheets, and rolled up as a
roll of carpet or other flexible material, or laid flat when desired.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood I
now proceed more particularly to set forth the system, mode, or manner
in or under which the same is or may be used or carried out in practice,
reference being had to the accompanying Drawing, and to the letters
and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
On the Sheet of Drawings hereunto appended Figure 1 illustrates in
plan, and Figure 2 in vertical section, the mode of constructing inlaid
flooring according to my said Invention.
As shewn by these Figures the Invention is carried into effect by
fixing with glue or other cement the pieces a of wood or other materials

page_text: of which the figured or inlaid pattern is composed to a foundation b,
consisting of strips or sheets of wood, iron, or steel, which strips are
again secured at their under sides to a backing c of canvas in strips or
sheets, as shewn at Figure 2 of the Drawings, so that the several strips
composing the inlaid pattern or design a and foundation 6 being secured
at the back only, and being left free at the sides, as indicated at d,
Figure 1, and shewn at the several bends e, Figure 2, the ornamental
work or inlaid pattern is rendered more convenient for storage and
portability, the backing c of canvas enabling the inlaid ornamental work
to be rolled up after the manner of a carpet or other flexible materials
when desired. In fixing the inlaid work, constructed as herein-before
described, over a flat surface, it is secured by glue or other cement
applied to the back of the canvas c, and tacks or their equivalent may
be passed through the canvas into the surface over which the inlaid work
is placed, these being employed as a further means of securing the
improved inlaid work in position.
The inlaid work may have any desired colours imparted thereto by
employing in the construction thereof wood, metals, tiles, marbles, glass,
india-rubber, cork, sawdust, cement, or any other suitable material
separately or combined and of the desired colour or tint.
In lieu of attaching the inlaid pieces forming the ornamental pattern
or design to a foundation, as herein-before described and shewn at b,
Figure 2 of the Drawings, the strips composing the said pieces may be
made stronger or thicker, and attached by glue or other suitable cement
direct to the canvas c, under which mode of construction the flooring
may also be folded or rolled up when desired, and in lieu of constructing
the inlaid work formed in either mode herein-before described in strips,
as set forth and partly illustrated on the Drawings, whereby the same
may be rolled or folded up, the said ornamental inlaid work may be
made in sheets or pieces without the joints shewn at d, Figure 1, and
more particularly at e, Figure 2, of the Drawings.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the system, mode, or manner in or under which the
same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, I would observe
in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original and therefore
claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited

page_text: Letters Patent is, constructing inlaid flooring and ornamental inlaid
coverings for other flat surfaces under any of the modes herein-before
described and in part illustrated on the Sheet of Drawings hereunto
appended.
In witness whereof, I, the said Daniel Gardner, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of August One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three.