Improvements in Apparatus for and Means of Ornamenting wooden Floors and Wooden Steps.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 23rd Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 28th Jan., 1887.
DECEDI
I JOSEPH BRIERLEY of 10 Richmond Terrace Blackburn in the County of Lancaster
Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
For purpose aforesaid according to this my invention I employ moulds of copper
steel or other metal in which is cut ornamental designs or I so cut a roller of copper
or other like metal and heat the same in fire or gas or gas and air combined. The
heated moulds are to be applied to the sides or whole surface of the "tread" of wooden
steps and to the rise of steps and to floor boards where it is required to produce design
at intervals of the surface but for continuous operations the heated roller is to be used.
For instance in borders around rooms or on whole length of a floor board or boards.
The indented or burnt lines or designs so produced may be filled in by coloring
matter composed of cement glue and color of any required shade or by other like
combination of ingredients.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Apparatus for and Means of Ornamenting wooden
Floors and Wooden Steps.
I, JOSEPH BRIERLEY of 10, Richmond Terrace, Blackburn in the County of Lancaster,
Civil Engineer 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 :-
For purpose aforesaid according to nfy this my invention I employ moulds, or
branding irons of copper, steel, or other metal, on which are cast or raised ornamental
designs, or I so prepare a roller of copper, or other metal, and heat the same in fire,
or gas, or gas and air combined.

page_text: The heated moulds are to be applied to the sides or whole surface of the "tread" of
wooden, and to the rise of steps and to floor boards or to wooden blocks used in
forming floors. Where it is required to produce design at intervals of the surface but
for continuous operations, the heated roller is to be used-for instance-in borders
around rooms, or on whole length of a floor board or boards.
The indented or burnt lines or designs so produced may be filled in by coloring
matter composed of cement, glue, and color of any required shade, or by other like
combination of ingredients.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention, the following is a complete
description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a
part of this Specification in which
Fig. 1 is a sample of ornamentation for floors.
Fig. 2 is a roller having embossed design on its perhiphery for producing orna-
mentation.
Figs. 3 and 4 are front and end views of heated roller, and carrying standards.
The drawings on Sheet 3 illustrate further designs burnt in blocks of wood.
For purpose aforesaid according to this my invention I employ moulds, or branding
irons of copper, steel, or other metal on which are cast or cut ornamental designs as
at 1. (Sheet 1) or I so prepare a roller 2 of copper or other like metal and heat the
same in fire, or by gas, or gas and air combined, and mount the roller in a handle
which may be connected to a gas pipe or jet by india rubber or other tube.
The heated moulds or branding irons are to be applied to the sides, or whole surface
of the tread of wooden steps, and to floor boards, or to blocks of wood formed similar
to tiles such as illustrated on Sheet 3 of the drawings this is suitable where it is
required to produce design at intervals of the surface of the floor, but for continuous
operations a heated roller similar to 24 mounted in side standard A is to be employed,
the board or wooden block 34 being passed between the rollers 24 and 44, the
roller 2 being pressed down on the board by means of lever B and weight C, and the
indented or burnt lines or designs 4 may be filled in with coloring matter composed of
cement, glue, and color of any required shade, or by other like combination of
ingredients.
Having now particularly described the nature and object of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim as my invention is
Firstly. The ornamentation of wooden steps, floor boards, or wooden blocks, or
slabs by means of the apparatus herein described, and substantially as illustrated by
annexed drawings.
Secondly. The wooden slabs, blocks or tiles such as illustrated by 3. 3, sheet 3 of
the drawings in the structure of ornamental floors, steps, borders of floors and other
like uses or purposes.
Thirdly. The wooden slabs or tiles such as 3. 3, sheet 3 of the drawings in the
structure of ornamental floors steps, borders of floors, and for other like uses and
purposes when employed in combination with plain boards or timber surfaces.
Fourthly. The indented slabs, blocks, or boards and by means and for purpose
described in combination with colored cement, or like colored substance, or material
employed for filling in the indentations and herein fully described.