Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1897-Accepted, 27th Mar., 1897
We, ERNST BAUer, Royal Belgian Consul, and OTTO BAUER, Manufacturer,
both of 11 Schweidnitzer Stadtgraben, Breslau, in the German Empire, do heroby
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:—
This invention relates to parquetry or inlaid floors which may be placed upon
the top of ordinary floors, and its object is to provide means whereby the con-
stituents of an inlaid floor may be held firmly down and close together, whilst
the floor may be of considerably less thickness than those commonly in use.
In order that our invention may be more readily understood we have hereto
appended a sheet of drawings which illustrate an inlaid floor of diagonal staves
secured in place according to these improvements.
Figure 1 illustrates a section through the improved floor.
Figure 2 shows part of the floor in plan.
Figure 3 illustrates a section upon a larger scale showing the means by which
the inlaid floor is attached to the foundation or ordinary floor.
Figure 4 is a view in perspective of one of the improved staves.
Similar letters of reference are used to indicate similar parts where they occur
in the different figures.
The foundation floor a may be of the usual or any convenient construction and
has the inlaid floor, which consists of the staves b, laid upon it. The lower edges
of the staves are provided with undercut or dovetailed recesses d, and the bars or
strips c shaped to fit within the recesses are nailed or secured to the foundation
floor. The operation of laying the floor is performed by first securing one strip c
to the foundation floor and placing a staveb against it. A second strip is then
secured to the opposite edge of the stave, and further staves and strips are added
until the floor is complete. It is preferred to secure the strips by nailing and to
drive the nails in in a sloping direction so as to force the strips against the staves
and the staves against one another, as illustrated by Figure 3 which shows the first
stave in place. The strips are of the same length as the staves and, as will be
seen on reference to the drawings, are formed with both edges alike so as to engage
with the staves on each side of them.
By this method of laying, the staves are held along all their four edges and
cannot warp or rise. The necessity for glue or the like is obviated and no
part of the inlaid floor is perforated with nails or screws. Any part of the
floor may be removed or replaced by starting from one side without spoiling the
staves.
It will of course be understood that floors having other designs than the diagonal
stavos herein described mov bo similarly constructed and laid.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
An inlaid Hoor, constructed arranged and laid substantially as and by the means
herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this let dow of 1007
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.