Employed in the Manufacture thereof.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Aug., 1888.
Complete Left, 20th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 24th June, 1887.
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Employed in the Manufacture thereof.
I, EDWARD BULL of Clare Hall Road Halifax, Yorkshire, Civil Engineer and
Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to wood pavement, and the object thereof is to lay such
pavement so that more grip is given to horses feet and less liability to slip than is the
case with the present method of laying wood pavement.
According to my invention I arrange the wood blocks so that they do not touch
each other but are so placed that there is a suitably sized space all round each block
which space can afterwards be filled in level with the top of the slabs by cement,
concrete, thin laths of wood or other suitable material. By this means the surface of
the pavement is not so smooth as it is when the wood blocks are placed close together,
yet the pavement arranged according to my Invention is quite as silent as that now
in use.
In carrying out my Invention the blocks are attached to slabs of wood by nails or
other means, which slabs are placed upon and attached to other slabs at right angles
to those carrying the slabs, suitable intervening spaces being left between the adjoining
edges of each slab to allow for expansion and coustraction of the wood.
Any suitable number of these double slabs carrying the blocks may be arranged
side by side at the manufactory and brought to the streets in large sections, so that
they can be expeditiously laid down without the streets being blocked for long periods
as they are when the blocks are laid singly which in large towns is always undesirable,
these sections will also be useful for being taken up should the streed require opening
for laying gas, water, and drain pipes or other causes.
In order to arrange the blocks equal distances apart, and facilitate the fixing of
samo to the slabs, I make what I call a grate into which the wood blocks are placed,
the slabs are afterwards placed onto the top of the blocks and made secure thereto by
nails or screws, by which means the blocks are readily and accurately attached to
the slabs.
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PROCOMO in Laying wood Pavement and in Apparatus
Employed in the Manufacture thereof.
I, EDWARD BULL, of Clare Hall Road, Halifax, Yorkshire, Civil Engineer and
Surveyor do hereby declare the 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 :-
My invention relates to wood pavement and the object thereof is to lay such
pavement so that more grip is given to horses and less liability to slip than is the case
with the present method of laying wood pavement.
According to my invention I arrange the wood blocks so that they do not touch
each other but are so placed that there is a suitably sized space all round each block
which space can afterwards be filled in level with the top of the blocks or a little
above with wood, cement, concrete or other suitable material; by this means the
surface of the pavement is not so smooth as it is when the wood blocks are placed close
together, yet the pavement arranged according to my invention is nearly or quite as
silent as that now in use.
In order that my invention may be better understood, I herein give reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein Fig. 1 is plan view of my improved
method of laying wood pavement, Fig. 2 cross-section of same taken through the
line a band Fig. 3 is section taken through the line d. The wood blocks are
shewn ate attached by nails or other means to slabs f. It will be observed that
around each block there are intervening spaces g, which spaces 1 fill in with wood h
of such a size as to make the upper surface level, or the wood may be of such a size
as to project higher than the blocks, which will prevent slipping and be found useful
for the feet of horses. Instead of filling in the intervening spaces g with wood, such
intervening spacos may be filled in with cement, concrete, or other suitable material.
Fig. 1 shews a slab fcarrying a certain number of blocks e, which may be made at
the manufactory and brought to the streets, so that they may be expeditiously laid
down without such streets being blocked up for long periods, as is the case when
blocks are laid singly, which in large towns is always undesirable. These sections
will also be useful for being taken up should the streets require opening to get to the
drains, laying down pipes for gas, water, or other causes.
In order to arrange the blocks equidistant from each other and facilitate the fixing
of same to the slabs f, I make what I may term a grate (sec plan Fig. 4, and section,
Fig. 5.) where indicates ribs running at right angles to each other leaving spaces j,
into which spaces I place the wood blocks e, one into each space; I then place bars
on the top of the blocks and fasten them with nails to the blocks, and when lifted up
from its position the wood blocks will be attached to the slab in a uniform and regular
manner, and this can be done very quickly as it is not necessary to arrange the blocks
upon the slabs previous to nailing. Figs. 4 and 5 is a mould for making the slabs in,
of an equal size and marked k.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
Firstly The laying of wood pavement so arranged as to leave intervening spaces
between each block, which intervening spaces are filled in with wood laths either level
with the blocks or made to project above them in manner substantially as described
and shewn in the drawings.
Secondly: The laying of wood pavement where blocks such as e are attached to
slabs such as substantially as set forth in the specifications and drawings.
Thirdly The employment of a grate substantially as shewn in Figs. 4 and 5 for
the purpose of fastening the blocks uniformly to the slabs.
Fourthly-The employment of a mould, substantially as shown in Figs. 4 and 5
marked k to receive the grate, so as to make the slabs of an equal size.
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