Improvements in or applicable to Fender, Hearth, Wall, and other Tiles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1891-Accepted. 4th July, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Fender, Hearth, Wall, and
other Tiles.
We, HENRY GODWIN and WILLIAM HEWITT, of the Victoria Tile Works,
Holmer, in the City of Hereford, Tile Manufacturers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to tiles for fenders, fire places, hearths, panels, walls, ceilings
and the like, the object being to provide the tiles with means whereby they are
fixed in their beds of cement, plaster, concrete or other material more securely than
heretofore.
According to our invention we provide the backs of the tiles with studs or keys
made of similar material to the tiles and which we attach thereto by means of
vitreous cement; or in some cases we mould the tiles integral with said studs or
keys. The studs or keys may be of various shapes and sizes and one or more of
them may be provided on each tile as required.
In the accompanying drawings
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are perspective views of tiles embodying our improvements
the studs or keys thereon being shown of some of the various shapes that may
be used.
Figure 4 is a section on the lines A A of Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 5 is a section on the lines B. B of Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 6 is a section on the line C C of Figure 3.
Figure 7 is a perspective view of a fender made with our improved tiles, and
Figure 3 is a transverse section of the same.
Figure 9 is a perspective view of part of a fire place covering, and
Figure 11 is a similar view of part of a wall covering made with the said tiles.
Figures 10 and 12 are transverse sections of Figures 9 and 11 respectively.
Figure 13 is a cross section of a piece of a ceiling covering made with the said
tiles.
a, a are the tiles proper which are of usual form. The studs are shewn in
Figure 1 made square in plan. They may be of dove-tail shape in cross section as
at b, Figures 1 and 4, of rectangular shape as at c, Figures 1 and 5, or made with a
head as at d, Figures 1 and 5.
In Figure 2 they are shewn circular in plan. They can be made of conical shape
as at Figures 2 and 4, cylindrical as at c Figures 2 and 5 or provided with a head
as at d Figures 2 and 5.
In Figure 3 the studs or keys are shewn elongated. They may be of dovetailed
shape as at h Figures 3 and 6, or rectangular as at i Figure 3.
In Figures 7 to 13, a, a arc the tiles and b, bare our studs or keys secured or
moulded thereon, the said studs or keys being embedded in the cement c or other
material used for forming the object as in Figures 7 and 8 or for fixing the tiles
to the wall, ceiling or the like as in Figures 9 to 13 thereby securely holding the
tiles and effectually preventing them from leaving the cement.
The studs or keys being of the same material as that of which the tiles are com-
posed will not corrode or injuriously affect the cement or other material by which
the tiles are fixed as metal does and they are non-conductors of heat.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is —
(1) Constructing tiles for fenders. fire places, hearths, panels, and the like with

page_text: studs or keys of similar material to that of which the tiles are composed substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
(2.) The improved tiles herein before described and illustrated in the various
figures of the accompanying drawings.
(3.) The use in the manufacture of tile-fenders, fireplace interiors, panels, hearths,
walls, ceilings and the like of tiles having studs or keys upon their rear sides
substantially as described.
Dated the 1st day of June 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.