Improvements in the Manufacture of Floor and like Coverings.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1395
Complete Specification Left, 28th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 2nd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Floor and like Coverings.
1, CECIL HENRY MAXWELL LYTE, of 7, Clyde Street, Redcliffe Gardens, in
the County of London, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in floor and like coverings and has for
object the production of a floor covering which, while possessing most of the
durable qualities of the harder metals such as, iron, has also many of the attributes
of the softer metals such as lead and its alloys.
In manufacturing my improved floor covering I advantageously weave a fabric
of iron and lead wire, which, for the purpose of increasing the density or closeness,
may be passed between rollers; or I combine sheets of iron wire gauze or openwork
and sheets of lead by pressure, or I run molten lead on to sheets of iron wire gauze
or openwork, the gauze or openwork being, in some cases; made with the mesh or
openings larger on one side than on the other or otherwise formed in such a manner
as to cause the lead to be wedged and so held in place when applied to the iron
wire gauze or openwork.
I do not limit myself to any particular metals or their alloys or proportions of
alloys or to any particular proportions of the two or more metals to be woven or
superposed or juxtaposed, but in all cases the metals employed must be of different
degrees of hardness so that the softer will sink into the cavities of the mesh or
openings of the harder metal or surround it thus filling up all interstices and
making a solid sheet of soft metal supported and held together by the harder
metal.
Floor covering made according to my invention can be utilized for advertizing
purposes by weaving letters of, say, brass or copper with a sheet of iron and lead
and patterns may also be made in this way for ornament.
I sometimes weave sheets of two or more metals in conjunction with a suitable
fibre, or I can form the sheets in such a way that, they present a surface of metal
only, the underside of the same being of some organic substance capable of forming
a pad of soft material between the metal sheet and the floor it is laid on.
In the case of coverings for stairs I find it advantageous to thicken the covering
where it comes on the nosings of the tread.
Dated the 14th day of June 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant..
Improvements in the Manufacture of Floor and like Coverings.
1, CECIL HENRY MAXWELL LYTE, of 7, Clyde Street, Redcliffe Gardens, in
the County of London, Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention relates to the manufacture of a fabric suitable for floor and other

page_text: coverings, and has for object the production of a covering which, while possessing
most of the durable qualities of the harder metals, such as steel or iron, has also
many of the attributes of the softer metals such as lead and its alloys.
In carrying out my invention I weave together metallic wires of different degrees
of hardness, such, for example, as steel or iron wire and lead wire or steel or iron
wire coated with lead. The reticulated fabric thus formed is then passed between
rollers, or otherwise compressed, so as to cause the softer metal to spread and fill
up the interstices or meshes between the wires, thereby forming a solid or close
sheet of fabric.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure is a plan of a piece of fabric woven from steel or iron wires running
in one direction and compound wires of steel or iron coated with lead running at
right angles thereto :
Figure 2 is a section of the same :
Figures 3 and 4 are views similar to Figures 1 and 2 respectively but shewing
the fabric after it has been subjected to pressure:
Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 are views similar to Figures 1, 2, and 4 respectively
shewing a fabric woven from steel or iron wires for the warp and wires of steel or
iron and lead in pairs for the weft.
In the fabric shewn in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, a, a are the harder metal wires,
preferably steel or iron wires, and b, b are the compound wires, that is to say, steel
or iron wires coated with lead, the said wires being shewn in Figures 1 and 2
simply woven together and in Figures 3 and 4 after they have been passed through
rollers or otherwise compressed so that the softer metal coating of the compound
wires has been squeezed into the interstices or meshes between the wires thereby
forming a solid or close sheet of fabric. The coating of my compound wires is of
such a thickness as to provide a sufficient quantity of the softer metal to fill in the
interstices or meshes of the fabric.
In the fabric illustrated in Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8, a, a indicate the warp wires of
steel or iron, and b, b¹ the lead and steel or iron wires respectively forming the
weft, the steel or iron wires b' being shewn of less diameter than the lead wires b.
The fabric thus woven is then subjected to pressure as above stated, so as to
produce a solid or close sheet of fabric, as shewn in Figures 7 and 8.
but
I do not limit myself to any particular metals or their alloys, or proportion of
alloys, or to any particular proportions of the two or more metals to be woven,
in all cases the metals employed must be of different degrees of hardness so that
the softer can be squeezed into the spaces between the harder metal whereby, the
interstices or meshes being thus filled up, a solid or close sheet of soft metal is
obtained, supported and held together by the harder metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A fabric for floor or other coverings manufactured by weaving together wires
of different degrees of hardness, the fabric thus woven being then subjected to
pressure, substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved fabrics for floor and other coverings
herein before described and illustrated in Figures to 4 and 5 to 8 respectively of
the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 28th day of March 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.