IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BLOCKS FOR PAYING ROADS AND WAYS” PROAL SP
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Bernardo Sheil, of South Kensington, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BLOCKS FOR PAYING ROADS AND WAYS”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Bernardo Sheil at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th November 1874.
I, BERNARDO SHELL, of South Kensington, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BLOCKS FOR PAVING ROADS AND WAYS," to be
as follows, that is to say:-
The object of this Invention is the manufacture of blocks for paving
roads and ways, such blocks, when laid, presenting a level surface, at
the same time providing a safe footing for horses, so as to prevent their
slipping, and giving them a firm hold thereon.
To carry out my Invention I form a composition of pitch, chalk, sand,
and oil, in the proportions of about six gallons of oil to one ton of the

page_text: other ingredients, the whole being thoroughly mixed together until an
elastic compound is formed. This compound is then heated to boiling
point, and poured into iron frames (of the size and form of the intended
blocks) into which slabs of wood, about 6 inches deep, 3 inches wide,
and 22 inches long, are placed, the sides being filled up with broken
granite.
I form the improved blocks, by preference, of about twenty-two
inches long, fourteen inches wide, and seven inches deep.
These blocks are laid in rows alternately with blocks of wood a a
distance of about three inches apart, the whole being laid upon a bed of 1
concrete.
This improved paving, in addition to providing against the danger to
which horses are daily liable by slipping or of being lamed, affords great
facility for getting at the water and gas pipes, the blocks being very
little deeper than the granite blocks at present employed, and can be 1
removed with less trouble and more expeditiously than other ordinary
paving.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Bernardo Sheil in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 5th May 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BERNARDO
SHEIL, of South Kensington, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Bernardo Sheil, Her
special licence that I, the said Bernardo Sheil, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Bernardo Shiel,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for

page_text: “IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BLOCKS FOR PAVING ROADS AND WAYS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Bernardo Sheil, my
.executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Bernardo Sheil, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :-
The object of this Invention is the manufacture of blocks for paving
roads and ways, such blocks when laid presenting a level and even
surface, at the same time providing a safe footing for horses so as to
prevent their slipping and giving them a firm hold thereon.
The improved composition I employ is composed of tar, oil, pitch,
chalk, and sand, in the proportions of about six gallons of oil to one
ton together of the other materials, the whole being thoroughly mixed
together until a compound is formed by boiling, care being taken to add
the tar oil to the other materials during the boiling.
I manufacture the improved blocks for paving by means of iron
frames of suitable dimensions, in which I lay, by preference, four blocks
of wood, six inches deep, twenty-two inches long, and three inches wide,
placed in parallel directions, and at intervals of about three inches apart,
which intervals I fill up with broken granite. The improved composition
heated to boiling point as herein-before described, is then poured on to
the iron frame so as to fill up all the interstices between the said materials.
in the same, and form one solid block. When the blocks are cool they
are turned out of the frames and are ready for use.
I form the improved paving blocks, by preference, about twenty-two
inches long, fourteen inches wide, and seven inches deep.
In paving roads with the improved blocks, these blocks are laid in
rows alternately with blocks of wood at a distance of about three inches
apart, the whole being laid upon a bed of concrete.
This improved paving block, in addition to providing against the
dangers to which horses are exposed by slipping and of being lamed,

page_text: affords great facility for getting at the water and gas pipes, and can be
removed with less trouble and more expeditiously than other ordinary
paving now in use, besides being cleaner and less liable to form dust and
mud.
Having now described my said Invention and the best means I am i
acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, what I claim is, the
improved manufacture of blocks for paving roads and ways as herein.
before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Bernardo Sheil, have hereto set
my hand and seal, this Fifth day of May, in the year of our 1
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.