INPROVEMENTS IN TRON CHANNEL TANWAN AND DAW IMPROVEMENTS IN TRON CHANNEL TANEW AND Divawow
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Stephen Carey, of Camperdown House, Snows Fields,
Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey, Contractor, for the Invention of
"INPROVEMENTS IN TRON CHANNEL TANWAN AND DAW
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRON CHANNEL TANEW
AND Divawowme
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Stephen Carey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th January 1867.
I, STEPHEN CAREY, of Camperdown House, Snows Fields, Bermondsey, in
the County of Surrey, Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN IRON CHANNELS, TRAMWAYS, AND PAVEMENTS,"
to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to form and lay channels, tramways, and
pavements, either of iron, or of wood and iron combined, with good footing for
horses, secure transverse joints, and broken longitudinal joints next the
road.
The nature and description of my Invention consists in making blocks or
cases of cast iron, with the upper surface studded with short flat fillets, ends
toothed for the joints, and one or both sides toothed or notched to receive the
stone or wood paving or other material of which the road is composed, and
cheeks or brackets cast on the sides of the block or case to strengthen
the projecting parts or toothing of the top. I would sometimes make the
blocks or cases in a combination of wood and iron, with iron plates on the top

page_text: studded with short fillets, ends toothed for the joints, and one or both sides
toothed or notched to receive the stone or wood paving or other material of
which the road is composed; fillets are cast on the under side of the plates to
strengthen the same; wood sleepers are filled in between the fillets, and wood
sides attached thereto to form them into cases or cells. The blocks or cases
herein-before described, whether of iron or a combination of iron and wood,
I fill in with concrete, and thereby form them into solid blocks. The blocks,
made as herein described, when required for a channel or tramway I lay
end to end and place them close to the curb of the footway to form a con-
tinuons line, and sometimes I would lay a line of tramway in the road, at
sufficient distance apart from the channel or tramway next the eurb to allow
horses to travel between; the spaces being filled in with stone or wood paving,
or other material of which the road is composed; when the channel or trams
are laid next the footway the sides of the blocks or plates next the curb are
straight and the outside toothed, but when laid in the road at a distance from
the curb they are toothed on both sides. I would sometimes lay the iron
plates herein-before described on wood sleepers laid in the road, and fill in
between the same with concrete; the iron plates in this case have cheeks or
brackets cast under the projections or toothing at the sides to give them
strength, or instead of iron I would sometimes attach wood brackets to the
sleepers. I usually fix the iron plates to the wood sleepers with strong screws
or nut and screw bolts. When the blocks or plates are used for paving the
toothing or notching of the sides are made to correspond and fit into each
other and laid to break joint.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Stephen Carey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th
July 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, STEPHEN
CAREY, of Camperdown House, Snows Fields, Bermondsey, in the County of
Surrey, Contractor, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Stephen Carey, Her special licence that I, the said Stephen
Carey, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Stephen Carey, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at

page_text: any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN IRON CHANNELS, TRAMWAYS, AND PAVEMENTS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Stephen Carey, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in
the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
_ NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Stephen Carey, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of my Invention is to form and lay cast-iron channels, tramways,
and pavements, either of iron or a combination of iron and wood, with good
footing for horses, secured transverse joints, and with "broken" longitudinal
joints next the road.
In order that my Invention may be fully understood, I have hereunto
annexed a Sheet of Drawings with figures and letters of reference, the same
letters indicating corresponding parts throughout the several Figures.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
The several details of the Drawings are lettered as follows:-Stone curb A,
iron channel B, toothing and notching C, C', joggle or toothed joint D,
raised fillets E, under side plates. F, iron sides G, cheeks H, wood sides
and ends I, I', wood sleepers J, concrete K, iron tramway L, under side
ditto M, iron strengthening fillets N, screw holes O, longitudinal sleepers
P, P', blocks or brackets attached thereto Q, angular notches R, R',
stone paving S, hexagonal wood paving T.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL FIGURES.
Figure 1 plan of the iron channel plate B, showing toothed and notched
sides C, C', toothed joints D, D', stone curb A. Fig. 2 plan, of under side iron
channel plate or box with iron sides G, iron cheeks H, and concrete K. Fig. 3.
transverse section of iron channel plate or box B, stone curb A, cheeks H, and.
concrete K. Fig. 4 longitudinal section of iron channel plate B, iron siles G,.
and concrete K. Fig. 5 plan under side channel plate or box with iron checks

page_text: Hand notches C' cast with the plate and wood casing to side and ends I, I',
Fig. 6, transverse section,
Fig. 8, plan of iron channel
Fig. 9, plan of under side iron
screwed to top plate to form box for concrete K.
of ditto. Fig. 7, longitudinal section of ditto.
plate B, laid and screwed on wood sleepers.
channel plate F, showing iron strengthening fillets N, screw holes O, joggle
or toothed joint. D, toothed and notched side C, C'. Fig. 10, plan of under
side wood sleepers or box j, with concrete K, filled in between. Fig. 11,
transverse section of channel, showing stone curb A, iron top plate B,
strengthening fillets N, part of wood sleepers J, wood sides I, and
concrete K. Fig. 12, longitudinal section of ditto, showing toothed and
joggled ends D, wood sleepers J, and concrete K. Fig. 13, plan of iron
tramway, showing top plate L, raised fillets E, toothed and notched sides C, C',
and toothed joints D. Fig. 14, plan of under side tramway M, showing iron
sides G and cheeks H cast with the top to form box to receive concrete K.
Fig. 15, transverse section of ditto. Fig. 16, plan of iron tramway plate L
for wood sleepers, showing toothed and notched sides C, C', toothed joints D,
raised fillets E, screw holes O. Fig. 17, plan of under side of ditto, showing
strengthening fillets N, toothed joints D, and notched and toothed sides C, C¹.
Fig. 18, plan of under side of box or case formed with wood sleepers and
sides I, 1'. Fig. 19, transverse section of iron tramway plate L and wood
sleepers J forming box to receive concrete K. Fig. 20, plan of iron channel
plate B, laid side of stone curb A and screwed to longitudinal wood sleepers P;
with blocks or brackets Q spiked or framed into sides of sleepers and filled
in between with concrete K. Fig. 21, transverse section of ditto. Fig. 22,
plan of iron tramway plate L laid and screwed on longitudinal wood sleepers P';
with blocks or brackets Q spiked or framed into ditto. Fig. 23, transverse
section of ditto, showing iron tramway plate L, strengthening fillet N, wood
sleepers P', and concrete K. Fig. 24, transverse section of iron channel
plate B, showing iron lugs or brackets H to support toothed side C,
strengthening fillet N, sleepers P, and concrete K. Fig. 25, plan of under
side iron channel plate F, showing iron cheeks H cast on sides of block G,
and toothed edge C. Fig. 26, plau of iron channel plate B, with angular
notchings R formed to receive stone paving S laid diagonally. Fig. 27,
plan of iron channel plate B with angular notchings R', formed to receive
hexagonal wood pavement T.
The nature and description of my Invention consists in making blocks or
cases of cast iron with the upper surface studded with short flat fillets, toothed
joints, and toothed and notched sides formed to receive the stone or wood
paving or other material of which the road is composed, and cheeks or

page_text: brackets are cast on the sides of the blocks or cases to strengthen the
projecting parts of the top plates. The fillets are sometimes made loose
and fitted into mortice holes. I would sometimes make the blocks or cases
in a combination of wood and iron with iron plates on the top studded with
short flat fillet's ends toothed for the joints, and one or both edges of the
plate toothed and notched to receive the stono or wood paving or other
material of which the road is composed. Fillets are cast on the under
side the plates to strengthen the same, and the plates laid and serewed on
wood sleepers sides and ends, forming the same into blocks or cases
to receive concrete. The several blocks or cases herein described, whether
of iron or a combination of iron and wood, I fill with concrete, aud
thereby form them into solid blocks. The blocks or cases made as herein
described when required for a channel I lay end to end and place them close
to the curb of the footway to form a continuous line, and sometimes I would
lay a line of tramway in the road at sufficient distance apart from the channel
to allow horses to travel between, the spaces being filled in between with
stone or wood paving or other material of which the road is composed. When
the channels are laid next the footway the sides of the plates or blocks next
the curb are straight and the outside toothed and notched, but when laid in
the road for tramways they are toothed and notched on both sides. I would
sometimes lay the iron plates herein described on wood sleepers laid in the
road and fill in between the same with concrete. The iron plates in this
case have cheeks or brackets cast under the projections or toothings of the
plates at the sides to give them strength, or instead of iron I would sometimes
attach wood brackets or blocks to the side sleepers. I usually fix the iron
plates to the wood sleepers with strong screws or nut and screw bolts,
leaving holes in the said plates to receive them. When the blocks or plates
are used for paving over a surface the toothing and notching of the sides
are made to correspond and fit into each other and laid to "break joint."
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that I make no claim
to the several parts above described and referred to when taken seperately, nor
to the exact proportions or dimensions of the several parts shown in Drawings,
but what I claim is,-
First, the general arrangement and combination of parts forming the iron
boxed channel and tramway, as herein set forth and described.
Secondly, the general arrangement and combination of parts forming
the boxed channel and tramway with iron plates at the top and iron and
wood sides and ends under, as herein set forth and described.

page_text: Thirdly, the general arrangement and combination of parts forming the boxed
channel and tramway with iron plate at the top and wood sleepers and sides
below, as herein set forth and described.
Fourthly, the general arrangement and combination of parts forming
the channel and tramway with iron plates laid on wood sleepers laid in
the road and filled in between with concrete, as herein set forth and
described.
.Lastly, the general arrangement and combination of parts forming the channel
and tramway with angular indented sides formed to receive pavement laid
diagonally or of hexagonal form, as herein set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Stephen Carey, have hereunto set my hand-
and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
HENRY LAXTON,
Patent Agent,
34, Arundel Street, Strand.
STEPHEN CAREY. (L.S.)