Wainscoting, Wood Carpet, or Parquet Floor Covering, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Wainscoting, Wood Carpet, or Parquet Floor Covering, and the like.
I WILLIAM INGRAM ADAMS of 3 Gordon Square in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of this Invention is improvements in the construction of Flexible Flooring
Ceiling and Wainscoting composed of strips of Wood or other suitable material fastened
together by wires passing through the said strips edgewise.
According to this invention I form the strips of Wood or other material constituting
the flooring boards ceiling or wainscoting with one edge tongued and the other
grooved as in ordinary "Match boarding" but any suitable form of groove may be
used and in some cases when the shape of groove adopted will permit I dispense with
the tongue.
I then pass straight wires or pins through suitable holes in the strips of wood
edgewise and clinch one of the ends of the said wires or pins into the groove a
suitable head or eye at the other end of the Wires or pins preventing their withdrawal.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood I will proceed to explain
the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1
represents front view of a piece of floor covering constructed according to my inven-
tion. Figure 2 section through the same. Figure 3 edge view of same shewing tongue.
Figure 4 view of opposite edge shewing groove. Figures 5 and 6 pins suitable for
connecting the strips of wood forming the board or the like. Same letters denote
same parts in all the Figures as will be seen from Figures 1 and 2 the board A is
composed of strips of wood a b c d e f ghi recessed one into the other and fastened
together by the pins j passing through the said strips as shewn in dotted lines.
These strips may be of different colored woods and each strip is formed with a
tongue k and groove m the finished board having a tongue on one edge and groove in
the other edge thereof as shewn to facilitate matching the boards and also to prevent
any tendency to rising or forming an uneven surface.

page_text: The pins or wires I have found most suitable for my purpose are those shewn
in Figures 5 and 6 formed either with a bulb (Figure 5) or eye (Figure 6) at one end
and pointed at the other, these pins or wires are inserted in the tongued edge of the
board and clinched down in groove formed in the opposite edge of the same.
Boards so formed are especially suitable for Floors Ceilings Wainscots Panels and
the like.
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 I
claim is
I. Constructing Ceilings Floors Wainscots and the like of strips of Wood or other
suitable material tongued and grooved or otherwise suitably recessed into each other at
their edges threaded upon straight wires or pins passing through suitable holes in the
said strips the said pins or wires being provided with a bulb or eye at one end thereof
and clinched at the other end all substantially as described.
II. The improved boards for Ceilings Floors Panels and the like constructed
substantially as above described and shewn in accompanying drawings.
Dated this 7th day of March 1880
ERNEST SALAMAN,
Agent for Applicant.