Improvement in Wood Coverings for Walls and other Structures.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Wood Coverings for Walls and other Structures.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 323 High Holborn, London, in the County of
Middlesex, l'atent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the invention for
Improvement in wood coverings for walls, etc. communicated to me by Hugh
Silver, of Lindsay, in the County of Victoria, Ontario, Canada, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in the
following statement :-
This invention relates to a covering of veneer designed mainly to be applied to
walls, but it may be used for other purposes, as for covering ceilings, door panels, etc.
In carrying out my invention I provide corrugated sheets of veneer, preferably
pressed into form from flat sheets, and with the corrugations in line with the grain
of the wood. These sheets I fasten to the wall or other substantially flat surface
by setting screws, nails, or tacks (with ornamental or plain heads as preferred)
through the edges of the veneer and also through the lowest parts of some of the
corrugations and into the wall or other surface to be covered, by which means the
sheet or sheets of veneers are securely fastened, and all warping or splitting is
prevented, as the corrugations simply flatten if the wood shrinks from dryness of
the atmosphere, or project rather more if the wood swells from moisture.
Where two sheets come together, I cover the joint by a moulding or strip having.
its under side curved to fit the corrugations of the veneers, whereby the joint is
securely hidden and a further ornamental effect may be produced.
Dated this 17th day of April 1893.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Wood Coverings for Walls and other Structures.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 323 High Holborn, London, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the invention for
Improvement in wood coverings for walls, etc. communicated to me by Hugh
Silver, of Lindsay, in the County of Victoria, Ontario, Canada, and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in the
following statement :-
This invention relates mainly to a wood wall covering, which will be more fully
hereinafter described and then definitely claimed at the end of this Specification.
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of two sheets of veneer corrugated with the
grain, in accordance with my invention as hereinafter described, before it is applied
to the wall, and showing the joint between the sheets covered with a molding.
Figure 2 is a cross section through the center of the molding, showing the
veneer in position on a wall also shown in section.
Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter-W indicates the wall or
a portion of a wall or other flat surface to which is attached the veneer A, said
veneer being corrugated in line with the grain of the wood. Over the junction of
the two sheets of veneer is shown a molding covering and hiding the joint. The
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page_text: veneer may be attached to the wall or other surface to which it may be applied by
securing the lowest part of the corrugations to such wall or surface, preferably by
nails, as shown at C.
Instead of the molding B, the veneer may be lapped and fastened by nailing the
corrugations with the ornamental nails C, or the edges may be simply butted
together.
The veneer may be made in sheets of a single piece or be made in strips
connected together with a backing D of paper or other material cemented thereto.
When the veneer is corrugated in line with the grain and attached to a wall in
the manner described, it prevents all bulging, warping, or splitting, as swelling or
shrinking from atmospheric changes makes no difference, for if swelling occurs, the
corrugations only slightly increase in size, and if shrinking they flatten slightly,
whereas if the corrugations are made transversely to the grain and then tacked to
the wall, the veneer would split when it shrinks, because wood shrinks across the
grain to a much greater extent than lengthwise. Besides this advantage, the
spaces E between the wall and the veneer will form dead air spaces which will
make a wall constructed as shown much warmer in winter and cooler in summer,
than if the veneer was flattened and secured to the wall without such air spaces.
I have shown my veneer attached to a wall, but do not limit myself to this,
as it is evident that it may be applied to other surfaces, such as ceilings, door
panels, &c.
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 :-
1. The combination with a wall or similar substantially flat surface W, of a
covering of veneer A corrugated in line with the grain thereof and having some
of the bottoms of the corrugations secured to said wall or surface, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination with a wall or similar substantially flat surface W, of
sheets of veneer A, corrugated in line with the grain thereof and having some of
the bottoms of the corrugations nailed to said wall, and a molding B, whose
under surface fits the corrugations, set over the joint between the sheets, substan-
tially as described.
Dated this 20th day of December 1893.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.