Process for Mounting all kinds of Covering or Casing Tiles and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec.,
1899
Complete Specification Lett. 30th Aug. 1900-Accented 6th Oct
1000
Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Lett. 30th Aug., 1900-Accepted 6th Oct
1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Process for Mounting all kinds of Covering or Casing Tiles and
the like.
1, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of 23, Southampton Buildings, in the
County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(a communication to me from Félix Pagnon, of 22, Rue Tramassac, Lyons, France,
Engineer) to be as follows:-
The practice of covering walls with tiles and the like of pottery, porcelaine,
glass, cement or other materiais, is greatly extending in dweilings and construc-
tions of all kinds. The fixing of these tiles one by one, occupies considerable
time, is costly, and requires, in order to be well executed, very experienced work-
men.
The invention has for its object to simplify this operation by the preliminary
assembling of a number of tiles or the like, which can then be applied at a singie
operation to a wall to be covered.
The accompanying drawing illustrates the method of putting this process into
practice.
Fig. 1 shows a collection of tiles or the like placed on a wall, Fig. 2 shows in
section the process of assembling these tiles or the like.
On a perfectly Hat table d Fig. 2, any suitable number of tiles or the like a, a,
are arranged in the same manner that they are required to be arranged on the
wall, but with their face downwards.
This assemblage is surrounded with a frame e having sufficient height to contain
the material b, which is to cement the tiles to the wall. On this material is
stretched wirework c, c, which is pressed into the material until it is completely
covered, and with the edges extending a little beyond said material. The material
being thus bound together by the wirework c and adhering to the tiles a, the
entire mass can be raised in a single piece and applied to the wall as shown in
Fig. 1.
This process enables when required the covering to be removed and carried
elsewhere. It is only necessary to pull the edges of the wire work to displace the
whole, which can be placed where required.
It further enables wall coverings completely mounted to be sent anywhere
where there is an absence of special workmen for this kind of work.
Dated this 11th day of December 1899.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.

page_text: Process for Mounting all kinds of Covering or Casing Tiles and
the like.
I, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of 23, Southampton Buildings, in the
County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(a communication to me from Félix Pagnon, of 22, Kue Tramassac, Lyons, France,
Engineer,) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained, in and by the following statement:-
The practice of covering walls with tiles and the like of pottery, porcelain,
glass, cements, or other materials, is greatly extending in dwellings and construc-
tions of all kinds.
The fixing of these tiles, one by one, occupies considerable time, is costly, and
requires, in order to be well executed, very experienced workmen.
The invention has for its object to simplify this operation by the preliminary
assembling of a number of tiles or the like, which can then be applied at a single
operation to a wall to be covered.
The drawing accompanying my Provisional Specification illustrates the method
of putting this process in practice.
Fig. 1 shows a collection of tiles or the like placed on a wall.
Fig. 2 shows in section the process of assembling these tiles or the like.
On a perfectly flat table d, Fig. 2, any suitable number of tiles or the like, a a,
are arranged in the same manner that they are required to be arranged on the
wall, but with their faces downwards. This assemblage is surrounded with a
frame e, having sufficient height to contain the material b which is to cement the
tiles to the wall. On this material is stretched wirework c c, which is pressed
into the material until it is completely covered, and with the edges extending a
little beyond said material. The material being thus bound together by the
wirework c and adhering to the tiles a, the entire mass can be raised in a single
piece and applied to the wall as shown in Fig. 1.
This process enables, when required, the covering to be moved and carried else-
where. It is only necessary to pull the edges of the wirework to displace the
whole, which can be placed where required.
It further enables wall coverings, completely mounted, to be sent anywhere
where there is an absence of special workmen for this kind of work.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
A process for mounting tiles and the like for covering walls and other surfaces
consisting in arranging a series of tiles on a plane surface, in covering them
with the material which is to cement them to the wall, and in embedding wire-
work in this material, which enables the whole to be lifted and applied in a single
operation to the surface to be covered, substantially as herein set forth.
Tiated this 30th day of August 1900
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.