Improvements in Metallic Lathing used as a Foundation for Plaster- ing, and for other Purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Lathing used as a Foundation for Plaster-
ing, and for other Purposes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON, of Richard Johnson Clapham and Morris,
Limited, of 24 and 26, Lever Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Wire Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the wire lathing for which Letters
Patent No. 3802 and dated 24th March 1885 were granted to me and the objects
of my improvements are to construct the wire work foundation so that it can
be more readily fixed in position in buildings, and when fixed is not so liable
to buckle.
In carrying my improvements into effect instead of employing separate strips
of hoop iron or other metal I attach these strips to the wire work in any suitable
way and at any convenient distance apart; for example, I employ a series of
thin metal strips each of which is bent at intervals to form a series of loops at
the required distance apart; these loops when formed stand out at right angles
to the flat surface of the thin metal strips which are placed in rows lengthwise
of the wire netting so that the loops project through certain of the meshes and
lie in rows across the width of the netting and through each row of these
loops I pass one of the hoop iron strips which is thus secured in position.
The hoop iron strips also serve as keys to lock the thin metal strips in position,
and in addition, either, or both series of strips may be further secured by tying
them with wire or by any other suitable means." In place of either or both
series of flat metal strips I may employ wires of any suitable section.
The improved metallic lathing can be sent out in sheets of any convenient
or required size and can be readily and quickly erected by stapling or other-
wise securing the sheets to the joists, beams pillars, floors, ceilings, or other
supports.
I wish it to be understood that the wire work constructed as described may
be employed for window guards, for fencing machinery, and for other purposes,
as well as for a foundation for plastering.
Dated this 25th day of October 1898,
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Metallic Lathing used as a Foundation for Plaster.
ing and for other Purposes,
I, WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON, of Richard Johnson Clapham and Morris
Limited, of 24 and 26, Lever Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Wire Manufacturer, 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 improvements in the wire lathing for which Letters
Patent No. 3802 and dated 24th March 1885 were granted to me and the objects
of my improvements are to construct the wire work foundation so that it can
be more readily fixed in position in buildings, and when fixed is not so liable
to buckle.
In carrying my improvements into effect instead of employing separate strips
of hoop iron or other metal I attach these strips to the wire work in any suitable
way and at any convenient distance apart; for example, I employ a series of
thin metal strips each of which is bent at intervals to form a series of loops at
the required distance apart; these loops when formed stand out at right angles
to the flat surface of the thin metal strips which are placed in rows lengthwise
of the wire netting so that the loops project through certain of the meshes and
lie in rows across the width of the netting; and through each row of these
loops I pass one of the hoop iron strips which is thus secured in position.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is a plan, Fig. 2 an end view and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section of
metallic lathing constructed according to my improvements and Fig. 3 is a
detail view on a larger scale of part of Fig. 3.
In these views,--a designates the wire netting, the thin metal strips formed
with loops b, and c the hoop iron strips cach of which is passed through a row
of the loops by which it is secured in position. The hoop iron strips c also
serve as keys to lock the thin metal strips in position, and in addition, either,
or both series of strips b, c may be further secured by tieing them with wire d
as shown or by any other suitable means.
In place of either or both series of flat metal strips b, c I may employ wires
of any suitable section.
The improved metallic lathing can be sent out in sheets of any convenient
or required size and can be readily and quickly erected by stapling or other-
wise securing the sheets to the joists, beams, pillars, floors, ceilings, or other
supports.
I wish it to be understood that the wire work constructed as described may
be employed for window guards, for fencing machinery, and for other purposes,
as well as for a foundation for plastering.
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
The herein described improvements in metallic lathing which improvements
consist essentially in the arrangement. use and annlication of the series of strings

page_text: in combination with the series of looped strips b and the wire netting substantially
as and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 6th day of June 1899.
5.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.