Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1886.
Complete Left, 20th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 20th May, 1887.
1 ROBERT GUEST of Whiston Prescot in the County of Lancaster Gentleman do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct an improved edging tile for garden
walks, carriage drives and similar uses which shall be less liable to displacement or
breakage than ordinary edging tiles, and shall at the same time combine therewith a
continuous gutter or channel for carrying off rain or other surface water.
I make the edging tile of a much more solid section than usual, say about four to
six or more inches wide, and from two to four inches deep, more or less according
to the purpose to which it is to be applied the base line and sides being perpendicular
to each other or nearly so. In the upper surface I form a longitudinal channel or
gutter open at each end and of a simicircular or other convenient section. One
side of the edge of the tile is lower than the other and is intended to be level with (or
slightly lower than) the surface of the walk or drive so that the rain or surface water
can drain into the gutter or channel, and the other edge of the tile is raised higher
so as to support the soil of the border, or the side walk if applied to a carriage
drive.
The upper edge of this raised side may be ornamented with a bead or moulding or
otherwise as may be preferred.
The ends of the tile may be made square or bevilled off to any particular angle
that may be required, or to suit curved borders or edgings the ends of the tiles may
be made, one convex and the other concave, so as to allow of the tiles being placed
round curved borders without showing any gaps or openings at the joints.
Dated this 19th day of July 1886
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I ROBERT GUEST of Whiston Prescot in the County of Lancaster 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 :-
The object of this invention is to construct an improved edging tile for garden
walks, carriage drives and similar uses, which shall be less liable to displacement or
breakage than ordinary edging tiles and shall at the same time combine therewith a
continuous gutter or channel for carrying off rain or other surface water.
The nature of my invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed
or carried into practical will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying
drawings and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1. is an end view and Fig. 2 a plan view of a simple form of my combined
edging tile and gutter.
I make the edging tile of earthenware or other suitable material of a much more
solid section than usual (see Fig. 1.) say about four to six or more inches wide and
from two to four inches deep, more or less according to the purpose to which it is to
be applied, the base line a, a and sides b, and ends c, e being perpendicular to each
other, or nearly so.
In the upper surface I form a longitudinal channed or gutter d, d open at each end,
and of a semicircular or other convenient section.
One side b¹, of the edge of the tile is lower than the other b, b and is intended to
be level with, or slightly lower than the surface of the walk or drive, so that the rain
or surface water can drain into the gutter or channel d, d, and the other edge of the
tile is raised higher so as to form a support and edging to the soil of the border, or
the side walk if applied to a carriage drive, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.
The upper edge of this raised side may be made plain, or it may be ornamented
with a bead or moulding or otherwise as may be preferred.
The ends c, c of the tiles may be made square as shown at Fig. 2. or bevilled off to
any particular angle that may be required (see Figs. 3 and 4) or special corner tiles
may be made as shown at Fig. 5 or to suit curved borders or edgings the ends c, c of
the tiles may be made, one convex and the other concave so as to allow of the tiles
being placed round curved, or serpentine borders, without showing any gaps or
openings at the joints, and in order to carry away the rain or surface water, some of
the tiles may be made with perforations or grids to convey the water to the drains
below as shown at Fig. 6, or special castiron grids may be made with an edging
corresponding with that of the tiles.

page_text: Or if preferred an opening may be made through the edging b¹, and a grid be
placed at the back thereof as shown at Figs. 7 and 8.
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 :-
The manufacture and use of combined edging tiles and gutters made in one piece
substantially as hereinbefore described, and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
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GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.