IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORARY BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, AND IN THE PRODUCTION* OR PREPARATION OF MATERIALS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Henson Henson, of Watford, in the County of
Herts, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
TEMPORARY BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, AND IN THE PRODUCTION*
OR PREPARATION OF MATERIALS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES."
SIMILAR
Sealed the 25th February 1879, and dated the 30th August 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Henson Henson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th August 1878.
HENRY HENSON HENSON, of Watford, in the County of Herts. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORARY BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, AND
IN THE PRODUCTION OR PREPARATION OF MATERIALS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES."
My Invention relates chiefly to the construction of temporary buildings and other
like structures in an economical manner, and so as to combine with the quality of
impermeability to the action of water those of lightness and coolness, or one or
both of those qualities, according to the nature of the climate which the said
structures are required to resist, or the particular purpose for which they are intended
to be used.
The Invention is however also applicable as a covering for surfaces and to other
like purposes.
In carrying out my Invention, as applied to the construction of a temporary
building (for example), I erect a framework of wood in any usual or suitable manner,
and either first place thereon on its outer or inner side, or on both sides, a planking
of wood, millboard, or other suitable material, and then cover the same with a layer
of fabric, made and prepared in the manner herein-after described, or I apply the
fabric direct to the said framework without the intervention of any intervening
material.

page_text: The partitions for separating the building into apartments or compartments are
constructed in like manner, and the floor is also composed of wood or other suitable
material, covered with a layer of the said prepared fabric.
In preparing the fabric to be used in the construction of the said buildings, I take
various materials, such, for example, as cocoa-nut fibre, jute, hemp, and other like
fibres, either alone or in combination, or mixture, in such quantities as may be suit-
able to produce the fabric required for the purpose for which it is to be used, and I
treat such materials in the manner herein-after described, either after they have
been woven or otherwise manufactured into a plain fabric, or in any stage of such
manufacture.
I take the plain fabrics either in their finished or partially manufactured condition,
as before mentioned, and cover the surface or surfaces of the same with asphalte, or
with a mixture of the same with other materials, or with a mixture of other bitu-
minous or like materials, or I employ fluid cements, lime whiting, or the like, which
I apply to the plain fabrics, and thus give them the appearance of rough cast or
plaster surfaces.
By means of my Invention, I am thus enabled to construct farm buildings,
barracks, temporary buildings for the occupancy of emigrants, in hot and other
climates, and other like structures, at less cost, and with a greater degree of adapt-
ability to the requirements of climatic and other influences than has been heretofore
attainable.
The fabrics thus produced may also be rendered more or less waterproof, smooth
on the surface or surfaces, plain or colored, with or without design, in order to adapt
the same for use for covering floors in churches, government offices, picture gallerys,
tradesmens' shops, staircases, and public buildings, the fabric consisting of the basis
lierein-before described, and of materials to complete the surface, such as are usually
employed in the completion of the various coverings for floors.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Henson Henson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th
February 1879.
HENRY HENSON HENSON, of Watford, in the County of Herts.
:
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORARY BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, AND
IN THE PRODUCTION OR PREPARATION OF MATERIALS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES."
My said Invention relates chiefly to the construction of temporary buildings and
other like structures in an economical manner, and so as to combine with the quality
of impermeability to the action of water those of lightness and coolness, or one or
both of those qualities, according to the nature of the climate which the said
structures are required to resist, or the particular purpose for which they are intended
to be used.
The Invention is however also applicable as a covering for surfaces and to other
like purposes.
In carrying out my said Invention, as applied to the construction of a temporary
building (for example), I erect a framework of wood in any usual or suitable manner,
and either first attach thereto on its outer or inner side, or on both sides, a thin
boarding of wood or millboard, or other suitable material, and, then cover the same
with a layer of fabric made and prepared in the manner herein-after described, or I
apply the fabric so made and prepared direct to the said framework without the
intervention of any intervening material.
The partitions for separating the building into apartments or compartments are
constructed in like manner, and the floor may also be composed of wood or other
suitable material, which may be covered with a layer of the said prepared fabric.
In preparing the fabric to be used in the construction of the said buildings, I take
various materials, such, for example, as cocoa-nut fibre, jute, hemp, and other like
fibres, either alone or in combination, or mixture, in such quantities as may be suit-
able to produce the fabric.required for the purpose for which it is to be used, and I
treat such materials in the following manner after they have been woven or other-
wise manufactured into a plain fabric.
I take the plain fabrics, and cover the surface or surfaces of the same with
asphalte, or with a mixture of the same with other materials, or with a mixture of
other bituminous or like materials, or I employ fluid cements, lime whiting, or the
like, which I apply to the plain fabrics, and thus give them the appearance of rough
cast or plaster surfaces.
By means of my said Invention, I am thus enabled to construct farm buildings,
barracks, temporary buildings for the occupancy of emigrants, in hot and other
climates, and other like structures, at less cost and with a greater degree of adapt-
ability to the requirements of climatic and other influences than has been heretofore
attainable.
The fabrics thus produced may be rendered more or less waterproof, smooth on
the surface or surfaces, plain or colored, with or without design, in order to adapt
the same for use for covering floors in churches, government offices, picture galleries,
tradesmens' shops, staircases, and public buildings, the fabric consisting of the basis
herein-before described, and of materials to complete the surface, such as are usually
employed in the completion of the various coverings for floors.
In carrying my Invention into effect, I usually prefer to employ cocoa-nut matting
as ordinarily manufactured, which I coat with one of the materials or mixtures
herein-before referred to.
In the construction of temporary buildings (for example), when it is required to
produce surfaces in imitation of stonework, for which purpose a suitable mixture of
Portland cement or other like materials may be used, I by preference first saturate
the matting by inmersion in lime and water, or cement and water, or equivalent

page_text: .. liquid, and then apply the fluid cement, so as to produce an even surface by a brush
or otherwise. If desired; lines may be drawn upon the surface, so as to give it the
appearance of a building, composed of blocks, or the surface may be stained in
imitation of granite or otherwise, according to the particular effect which it is
required to obtain.
In the case of buildings for emigrants' use abroad, as also for roofing, purposes
and for floors, asphalte or distilled tar, or mineral pitch, will usually be found the
most suitable material with which to cover the cocoa-nut, inatting. When asphalte
is used, it may be applied to the surface of the. matting by the well-known Val de
Travers process, and the matting so prepared is available either for walls, roofing, or
floors, or wherever required. When either distilled tar or mineral pitch is used, it
will usually be found advantageous, after applying the same to the surface of the
matting, to pass the matting so prepared through rollers, as will be well under-
⚫stood.
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:
In applying my said Invention as a covering for floors, I take the cocoa nut
matting and cover the same with a film of the materials usually employed to produce
kamptulicon, or any of the well-known manufactured coverings for floors, in order
to render the same suitable for use in picture galleries, churches, and other buildings,
as before mentioned, the material thus prepared having the property of excluding
dust, whilst its durability is greatly augmented.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into effect, I
would now observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is,―
First. Constructing temporary buildings and other structures, substantially in the
manner and for the purposes herein-before described.
Second. The production or preparation of fabrics or materials, and the application
of the same, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Henson Henson, have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal, the Twenty-sixth day of February, One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.