Non-conducting Bituminous Composition for Protecting the Surfaces of Structures Exposed to Heat from Waste or Decay.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Non-conducting Bituminous Composition for Protecting the Surfaces
of Structures Exposed to Heat from Waste or Decay.
1, EDMUND FREDERICK WAILES, of No. 13 Tankerville Terrace, in the
City and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Naval Architect, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a protective composition for the surfaces of structures
exposed to radiated heat and consisting of the following ingredients, in approximately
the proportions given viz. :-
40 per cent. of bitumen simply or in combination with pitch,
25
per rent. of lime and cement,
10 per cent. of resin and
25 per cent. of asbestos fibre.
These ingredients are boiled in a cauldron till thoroughly amalgamated and of
the proper consistency to be cast into blocks of about 1 cwt. each.
The method of application is as follows:-The surfaces to be covered are first
cleaned and prepared with a thin coating of bituminous solution, as a paint and
the blocks of the composition, being broken up; are melted in a cauldron and
poured upon the prepared surface to about inch thick.
Before the composition is quite set, sheets of asbestos are laid on top after
which another thin coating of the composition is applied over the asbestos sheets
forming a solid combination of the bituminous composition with asbestos and
constituting a protective and preservative nou-conducting covering which I term
"Asbitu non-conducting cement.'
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Dated this 1ot dow of 100
Non-conducting Bituminous Composition for Protecting the Surfaces
of Structures Exposed to Heat from Waste or Decay.
I, EDMUND FREDERICK WAILES, of No. 13 Tankerville Terrace, in the
City and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Naval Architect, do hereby declare
the nature of said 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 a protective composition for the surfaces of structures
exposed to radiated heat and consisting of the following ingredients, in
approximately the proportions given viz. :-

page_text: These proportions will be varied the quantities of each, and specially of the
asbestos depending upon the conditions of climate and also upon the extent to
which sheet asbestos is employed on the surfaces to be protected.
These ingredients are boiled in a cauldron till thoroughly amalgamated and of
the proper consistency to be cast into blocks of about 1 cwt. each.
The method of application is as follows:-The surfaces to be covered are first
cleaned and prepared with a thin coating of bituminous solution, as a paint
and the blocks of the composition, being broken up are inelted in a cauldron and
poured upon the prepared surface to about inch thick or other required
thickness.
Before the composition is quite set, sheets of asbestos or other approved
non-conducting material are laid on the top after which another coating of the
composition is applied all over the asbestos sheets forming a solid combination of
the bituminous composition with the asbestos and constituting a protective
and preservative non-conductive covering which I term "Asbitu non-conducting
cement."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A non-conducting bituminous composition for protecting the surfaces of
structures, exposed to heat from waste or decay, consisting of the ingredients
approximately in the quantities specified, treated as described for remelting and
applied to the surfaces to be protected, previously prepared with a coating of
bituminous paint, in combination with sheets of asbestos, or other approved non-
conducting material, interposed between layers of the composition whilst still
soft, forming a solid protective, preservative and non-conducting covering.
Dated this 28th day of February 1895.
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T. J. DANSON,
Chartered Patent Agent, Agent for Applicant.