IMPROVEMENTS IN WOODEN BLOCK FLOORING AND IN SECURING THE SAME UPON CEMENT OR OTHER SIMILAR FOUNDATIONS to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I ALFRED EDWARD GEARY of 7 John Dalton Street Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WOODEN BLOCK FLOORING AND IN SECURING THE SAME UPON
CEMENT OR OTHER SIMILAR FOUNDATIONS to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to that class of flooring constructed of wooden blocks
designed to be laid upon a cement or other similar foundation and has for its object
a more secure method of affixing such blocks to each other and upon the concrete
cement or other flooring. In carrying out my invention I construct a groove
running along the sides of the wooden blocks to recoive half of a tapered head of
a metallic key or stud the other half entering the corresponding groove in the
adjoining block when placed side by side and thus effectually wedging and keying
the two together. And to secure these blocks in position upon the cement or other
similar foundation the bottom extremity of the keys or studs herein before
mentioned are flattened out at right angles to their stems so that when the liquid
cement sets and hardens around such studs the same become firmly imbedded and
so at the same time key the blocks to the cement.
Dated 17th March 1884.
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page_text: I ALFRED EDWARD GEARY of 7 John Dalton Street, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WOODEN BLOCK FLOORING AND IN SECURING THE SAME UPON CEMENT OR
OTHER SIMILAR FOUNDATIONS " 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 that class of flooring constructed of wooden blocks
designed to be laid upon a cement or other similar foundation and has for its object
a more secure method of affixing such blocks to each other and upon the concrete
cement or other flooring.
And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect I have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings illustrative
of my improvements and will now proceed to describe the same.
Fig 1 is a front elevation and Fig 2 an end view of one of my improved wooden
flooring blocks Fig 3 represents an end view of a series of my improved wooden
flcoring blocks laid upon a concrete and cement foundation and shewing the method
of securing the blocks in position. Fig 4 is a front view and Fig 5 a plan of the
key or stud for securing the blocks together. In carrying out any invention I
construct a groove a running along the sides of the wooden blocks bas seen more
clearly in Figs 1 and 2 such groove being designed to receive half of the tapered
head of a metallic key or stud c shewn separately in Figs 4 and 5-the other half
of which head enters the corresponding groove in the adjoining block when placed
side by side as seen in Fig 3 and thus effectually wedging and tying the two
together.
And to secure these blocks b in position upon the cement or other similar bed d
which lies upon the top of the concrete foundation e-the bottom extremity of the
keys or studs c are flattened out at right angles to their stems as indicated by the
letter so that when the liquid cement is run in and sets or hardens around such
studs the same become firmly embedded and so at the same time keys the blocks to
the cement-It is preferred to run in a layer of Pitch or Asphalte h between the
bottom of the improved blocks and the cement to resist damp.
I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not claim the grooves b formed in
the adjoining sides or edges of flooring blocks save and except when used in
combination with my improved keys or studs as hereinbefore described as I am
aware that similar grooves have been heretofore employed to permit the liquid
cement to enter and thus as it was supposed by hardening therein to key the
adjustable blocks together and to the foundation.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same has to be performed, I declare that what
I claim as my improvements in wooden block flooring, and in securing the same
upon cement or other similar foundation, is as follows:
The employment of metallic keys or studs in combination with grooves formed
in the sides or edges of the flooring blocks substantially as and for the purposes
herein-before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 18th day of December 180.1