Improvements in or relating to the Glazing of Brick, Tile, or other Surfaces.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Sept., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Glazing of Brick, Tile, or other
Surfaces.
I, JOHN GORDON, of 7 Leadenhall Street, London, E.C., Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to improvements in or relating to the glazing of brick
tile or other surfaces, and has for its object the treatment of the edges of glass
plates so that when placed in position upon the receptive surface with their edges
abutting one to the other, the space between shall be filled up with material in
order to give the joints of the work a neat and pleasing appearance.
I attach the glass to the receptive surface by means of a bitumenous composition
such as a mixture of asphalte and bitumen in a heated plastic condition, the glass
and the receptive surface being heated also to a high temperature.
To carry my invention into effect. I coat the edges of the glass plates with a
solution of bitumenous, resinous, or other similar, material dissolved in any volatile
solvent such as alcohol or turpentine; for example I have found that what is
usually known as Brunswick black is very applicable to this purpose. The mixture
on the plates is now allowed to dry in the ordinary way, or the plates may be
heated in any suitable way to a high temperature to prepare them for application
to the receptive surface, during which heating the volatile constituents of the
coating mixture are driven off, so that the plates can be handled without the
coating material being removed from the edges of the plates.
In this way I form a thin jointing between the edges of glass plates when
mounted in situ on the wall, and thus rendering any after "pointing" of the joints
unnecessary.
Dated this 19th day of November 1895.
FELL & WILDING,
1 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.,
Improvements in or relating to the Glazing of Brick, Tile, or other
Surfaces.
I JOHN GORDON of 7 Leadenhall Street London E.C. Gentleman do
hereby declare the nature of my 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 improvements in or relating to the glazing of brick, tile,
or other surfaces, and has for its object, the treatment of the edges of glass plates,
so that when placed in position upon the receptive surface with their edges abutting
one to the other, the space between shall lie filled up with material, in order to
give the joints of the work a neat and pleasing appearance.
I attach the glass to the receptive surface by means of a bitumenous composition,
such as a mixture of asphalte and bitumen in a heated plastic condition, the glass
and the receptive surface being heated also to a high temperature.
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page_text: To carry my invention into effect I coat the edges of the glass plates with a
solution of bitumenous, resinous, or other similar material, dissolved in any volatile
solvent, such as alcohol or turpentine; for example I have found that what is
usually known as "Brunswick black" is very applicable to this purpose. The
mixture on the plates is now allowed to dry in the ordinary way, or the plates may
be heated in any suitable way to a high temperature to prepare them for application
to the receptive surface, during which heating the volatile constituents of the
coating mixture are drawn off, so that the plates can be handled without the
coating material being removed from the edges of the plates.
In this way I form a thin jointing between the edges of the glass plates when
mounted "in situ" on the wall, and thus rendering any after pointing of the joints
unnecessary. And
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
In the glazing of brick, tile, or other surfaces, the preparation of the edges of
the glass tiles by coating the same with a solution of bitumen or resinous material
in a volatile solvent, such as alcohol or turpentine, and the drying of the said
edge-coating by heat or evaporation before handling or setting the said plates
in situ.
Dated this 19th day of September 1896.