Improvements in and connected with the Fixing of Tiles to Ceilings, Walls and other Surfaces.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan., 1899-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1899
Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan., 1899-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1899
PROVISIONAL DITUITIVATION.
Improvements in and connected with the Fixing of Tiles to Ceilings,
Walls and other Surfaces.
I, WILLIAM HEWITT, trading as Godwin & Hewitt, of Victoria Tile Works,
Hereford, in the County of Hereford, Tile Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the fixing or attaching of tile to ceilings, walls and
other surfaces.
In carrying out my invention I form two opposite edges of the tile with one
or more grooves and the ceiling or other surface to be covered is provided with
slats placed at suitable distances apart corresponding to the size of tile employed.
I provide a number of securing strips or bars, the ends of which are adapted
to rest upon or be secured to the slats. Each bar or strip is provided with one
or more downwardly projecting studs having heads designed to pass into the
grooves in the edges in the tiles.
By this arrangement the tiles are fixed in the following mainner:-One of the
bars is fixed in position at one edge, for example, of the surface to be covered
and the grooves in one edge of a tile are passed over the headed studs on the bar
the tile being cut away on the back to allow it to pass half over the stud. The
next bar is then placed in position the headed studs passing into the grooves on
the other edge of the tile and so on, each tile being thus held or suspended on
both its edges by the said studs so that they can only become displaced by the
breakage of the tile.
In some cases the above named bars may be dispensed with the headed studs
being screwed into the slats or into the joists themselves. The studs may be pro-
vided with slotted washers or with buttons so that when a tile is placed in posi-
tion, the washers or buttons can be slid or turned into the grooves thereof.
:. oond day of April 1898
Improvements in and connected with the Fixing of Thes to Cenings,
Walls and other Surfaces.
I, WILLIAM HEWITT, trading as Godwin & Hewitt, of Victoria Tile Works,
Hereford, in the County of Hereford, Tile Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
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page_text: 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:-
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This invention relates to the fixing or attaching of tiles to ceilings, walls and
other surfaces.
In carrying out my invention I form two opposite edges of the tile with one or
more grooves or recesses and the ceiling or other surface to be covered is provided
with slats placed at suitable distances apart corresponding to the size of tile employed
I also provide a number of securing strips or bars, the ends of which are adapted
to rest upon, or be secured to, the slats. Each bar or strip is furnished with one
or more downwardly projecting studs having heads designed to pass into the
grooves in the edges in the tiles.
To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which-
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a portion of a ceiling tiled according to my
⚫ invention;
Figure 2, is a plan of the same at right angles to Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a plan of a tile made according to the invention:
Figure 4 is an edge view thereof:
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Figure 5 is an elevation of a suitable form of bar or strip for fixing the tiles, in
position:
Figure 6 is a plan thereof; and,
Figure 7 is a view of a modified form of securing bar or strip.
A represents a ceiling joist; a, a are the slats which I secure to the joists A at
a suitable distance apart corresponding to the size of tile to be employed; these
slats can be of any suitable shape but they are preferably formed with
rebates a¹, a at their upper part for the purpose hereinafter described.
b, b are my tiles and 61, 61 are the grooves or recesses which are formed in two
opposite edges thereof, these grooves being shewn of a semi-circular shape; the
tiles are also shewn provided with recesses or notches 62, 62 concentric with the
recesses. c, c are the securing strips which are provided for securing the tiles
in position upon the slats a, a the said bars being furnished with downwardly
projecting studs c¹, cl having heads 2, c² which, as above mentioned, are designed
to fit into the lateral grooves b¹ in the tiles b, the studs c¹ passing into the
notches 62 in the said tiles b, b.
The securing strips or bars c, c may be of any suitable shape and I have illus-
trated two suitable forms thereof in Figures 5 and 6 and 7 respectively, although
it is to be understood that I may use bars of any other suitable shape and do
not wish to confine myself to the use of those shewn.
To tile a ceiling or other surface according to the invention I proceed as
follows, One of the bars or strips c, c is fixed in position at one edge, for example,
of the ceiling or other surface to be covered, the said strip e resting upon the
rebated edges a¹ of two adjacent slats a, a as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. A
tile is now applied to the strip e in such a manner that the recesses 61, 63 of
one edge thereof fit over the headed studs c¹, c2 upon the bar. The next bar c
is then placed in position, its headed studs passing into the recesses upon the
other edge of the tile and so on, each tile being thus held or suspended on both
its edges by the said studs so that they can only become displaced by the breakage
of the tile. The joints between the adjacent tiles may be filled with cement, if
desired, to prevent the entrance of dust.
The slats a, a can be rectangular in shape but I prefer them to be of the shape
shewn as the rebated edges a¹, a permit the bars or strips c, c to be passed under
the joists A.
In some cases the bars may be dispensed with, the headed studs being
screwed into the slats or into the joists themselves. The studs may be provided
with slotted washers or with buttons so that when a tile is placed in position,
the washers or buttons can be slid or turned into the grooves thereof.

page_text: 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:-
1. The described method of fixing tiles to ceilings, walls and other surfaces,
such method consisting in recessing the tiles upon opposite edges thereof and
providing the ceiling or other surface to be covered with headed studs or the
like arranged to fit into the recesses in the edges of the tiles, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
2. The employment for fixing tiles to ceilings, walls and other surfaces, of slats
such as a, a adapted to be secured to the ceiling or other surface, of recessed
tiles such as b and securing strips or bars such as chaving headed studs such
as c1, c2, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompany-
ing drawing.
3. The manufacture and use of the recessed tiles, hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawing.
4. Tiling for ceilings, walls and other surfaces constructed substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 23rd day of January 1899.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.