Improvements in and in the Method of Making Glazed Bricks, Tiles,' and the like, and Glazing and Embellishing Walls and other Surfaces.
Year: 1893

page_text: The decision of the Comptroller-General, of the 18th day of July 1895, allowed
under Section 18 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883, an Amendment of this
Specification.
Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in and in the Method of Making Glazed Bricks, Tiles,'
and the like, and Glazing and Embellishing Walls and other
Surfaces.
I, JAMES WILLIAM MARTIN, of 55 Chancery Lane, in the County of London,
Builder and Contractor; 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 my invention has reference to new and useful improvements in and in the
method of making glazed bricks, tiles, and the like, and glazing and embellishing
walls and other surfaces.
The objects of this my invention are firstly, to produce a glazed brick, tile, or the
like for building purposes at a less cost than glazed bricks, tiles and the like at
present used secondly, to provide a cheap and ready means of glazing existing
walls and other surfaces, and further, to effect such glazing in a manner that it
resembles marble or other ornamental stone, substance or material.
:
In carrying out the first part of my said invention, I provide one or more pieces
of glass of any desired colour shape or configuration, and which is wholly or in
part sand-blasted or otherwise roughened on one or both surfaces. This piece (or
pieces) of glass is then applied to one or more surfaces of an ordinary clay, earthen-
ware or other brick, tile, or the like, and retained thereon by means of cement
(preferably of that kind known as "mastic" cement,); the roughened surface of the
glass being in contact with the cement.
When it is desired to produce a brick, tile, or the like with a tinted or coloured
surface, the cement is coloured or ornamented by means of pigments or the like
which shew through the glass. By thus colouring the cement with a variety of
colours, ornamental stone or other substances or materials can be readily and
effectively imitated.
The second part of my said invention relates to the glazing and embellishing of
walls and other surfaces, and which I perform as follows:-
I provide a number of pieces of glass of any desired shape, size or configuration,
and of any desired colour and which are sand-blasted or otherwise roughened on
one or more surfaces. These said pieces of glass are then applied to and retained
upon the wall or other surface by means of either plain or coloured cement. Said
cement may be coloured and decorated to resemble marble or other stone, substance
or material to shew through the glass.
The pieces of glass are adjusted in close contact, with the roughened surfaces
next to the cement.
I am aware that the use of roughened glass cemented to bricks or other surfaces is
not new, and I declare that in Claims 1 and 2 which follow, my invention only extends to
the improvement which is introduced by roughening the glass by means of sand-blast.

page_text: 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
(1.) The hereinbefore described improvements-in-and in the method of making
glazed bricks, tiles, and the like, said improvements-and-method-comprising in which
one or more pieces of glass of any desired shape. or configuration and colour, and
having one or more surfaces wholly or in part sand-blasted. or otherwise roughened,
caid pieces of glass are applied to. and retained upon clay, earthenware or other
bricks, tiles, and the like by means of either plain or coloured cement and with the
ronghened sand-blasted surfaces of said pieces of glass in contact with said cement,
all substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
(2.) The hereinbefore described improvement in the method of glazing walls and
-other surfaces, said method consisting of in which one or more pieces of glass of any
desired shape, configuration or colour and having one or more surfaces sand-blasted
or otherwise roughened, said piece or pieces of glass are applied to and retained
upon a wall or other surface by means of plain. or coloured cement and with, the
ronghened sand-blasted surface of said glass in contact with the cement, all substan-
tially as and for the purposes herein before set forth.
(3.) The hereinbefore described method of embellishing walls and other
surfaces, said method consisting of applying to the wall or other surfaces-one
or more-pieces of glass-(of any desired-shape-or-configuration and having one or
more surfaces-sand-blasted-or otherwise roughened) by means of cement which is
coloured-to-represent-marble or other ornamental stone, substance or material, all
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore-set-forth.
Dated this 20th day of Sentember 1002
W. H. MUNNS,
55, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Applicant's Agent.
W. H. MUNNS,
55, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Applicant's Agent.