Improvement in or connected with Metallic Lathing.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in or connected with Metallic Lathing.
I, MATTHEW HILTON, Manufacturer, of 651, Faulkner Street, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object, to utilize for building purposes the scrap
or blanks produced in the manufacture of chainlinks for bicycle or other chains,
and of washers or other small articles stamped from sheet metal.
The said chain links or washers are usually stamped from strips of sheet metal
or thin metal bars wide enough to form two or three rows of links or washers,
arranged one behind the other, at such a distance, as to leave the necessary
thickness of metal between.
In using the said scrap or blanks as laths in partitions, linings, wall ties, or
for other analogous building purposes, the openings which have been stamped
or punched out are filled with inortar, plaster, cement, or other plastic mineral
matter commonly used for building purposes, and the laths may be fixed to a
suitable supporting base by means of nails, hooks or clamps passing through the
said openings.
Dated this 20th day of Nov 1900
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or connected with Metallic Lathing.
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I, MATTHEW HILTON, Manufacturer, now of Mousell Street, Cheetham, near
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, 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 has for its object to utilize for building purposes the scrap or
blanks produced in the manufacture of pitch-chain links for bicycle driving or
other chains, and of washers and other small articles made from stamped or
pressed iron or steel in the gun, pistol sewing machine and other trades.
The said chain links or washers are usually stamped from strips of sheet metal
or thin metal bars wide enough to form two or three rows of links or washers,
arranged one behind the other, at such a distance as to leave the necessary thick-
ness of metal between.
In using the said scrap or blanks as laths in partitions or ceilings, they are
fixed to wooden joists or any other suitable supporting base by means of nails,
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page_text: staples or clamps passing through the said openings, after which mortar, plaster,
cement, or other plastic mineral matter is applied, so as to fill the openings in
the laths, and to form on the same a layer of the desired thickness.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 shows a row of laths embodying my
invention, and the nails with which they are fastened to the joists.
Fig. 2 is a section of the same.
Figs. 3 and 4 show different shapes of laths.
a represents the laths, b the wooden joists, and c the nails or fasteners, which
are preferably either T shaped or U shaped, according to the position in which
they are placed, the U shaped fasteners being applied to bridge over the metal
between two adjoining openings a¹ a¹, and the T shaped fasteners being adapted
to clamp the edges of adjoining laths. d represents the mortar.
It will be understood, that the size of the laths as well as the size, shape,
number and arrangement of the holes, the distance between the laths, and the
shape of the fasteners may be varied without departing from my invention.
These laths may be used as a base for mortar or plaster in the construction of
ceilings, partitions, fireproof floors, and other parts of buildings, and they may
also be used as wall-ties, as bracing or tension bond, or as wall plates.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The use of perforated sheet metal strips obtained as scrap in the manufac-
ture of pitch chains, washers or other small stamped articles, as laths, tension
bonds, wall plates or analogous devices in buildings, substantially as described.
2. The combination of a wooden base, with a row of sheet metal strips per-
forated or stamped out as described, T shaped or U shaped fasteners, and a
coating of mortar or other plastic mineral matter, for the purpose described.
Dated this 19th day of February 1900.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents, 37 and 39, Essex Street, Strand, London.