Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Parquetry.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 10th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Parquetry.
I, JAMES FREY BERG, of Percival Street, in the City of Wellington, Colony of
New Zealand, Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new manufacture of parquetry adapted for covering
floors, walls or other surfaces; the object of the invention being to produce at a
moderate cost an ornamental surface capable of withstanding long continued wear
and being easily removable.
In carrying out the present invention, slabs of wood of any convenient length,
width and thickness are glued or cemented together. One row of slabs may be at
right angles to the next row; the zigzag edge of one row fitting into the zigzag
edge of the other row. The several slabs may be cut from woods of different kinds
or colours and laid alternately or otherwise. The block of wood formed by the
various slabs glued or cemented together is then sawn transversely into thin
sections, and the sections are backed with scrim, canvas or other suitable material
glued or cemented thereto. The sections thus mounted are laid on the floor or
other surface to be covered.
The following cement is found to answer well for attaching the backing of scrim
or canvas:-Glue, 16 parts by weight; linseed oil, 8 parts by weight; and red
lead, 1 part by weight. The glue is boiled and the cold oil stirred in. When the
mixture begins to thicken, the red lead is carefully added, and the stirring
continued until the various ingredients are thoroughly mixed.. This cement, if
applied in a boiling state,. hardens immediately. The scrim or canvas is first
glued on and then covered with cement, which combines with the glue already
present.
Dated the 4th day of April 1893.
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
191, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Parquetry.
I, JAMES FREYBERG, of Percival Street, in the City of Wellington, Colony of
New Zealand, Surveyor, 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 relates to a new manufacture of parquetry adapted for covering
floors, walls or other surfaces; the object of the invention being to produce at a
moderate cost an ornamental surface capable of withstanding long continued wear
and being easily removable.
In carrying out the present invention, slabs of wood of any convenient length,
width and thickness are glued or cemented together. One row of slabs may be at
right angles to the next row; the zigzag edge of one row fitting into the zigzag
edge of the other row. The several slabs may be cut from woods of different kinds
or colours and laid alternately or otherwise. The block of wood formed by the
various slabs glued or cemented together is then sawn transversely into thin
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page_text: sections, and the sectious are backed with scrim, canvas or other suitable material
glued or cemented thereto. The sections thus mounted are laid on the floor or
other surface to be covered.
The following cement is found to answer well for attaching the backing of scrim
or canvas-Glue, 16 parts by weight; linseed oil, 8 parts by weight; and red
lead, 1 part by weight. The glue is boiled and the cold oil stirred in. When the
mixture begins to thicken, the red lead is carefully added, and the stirring
continued until the various ingredients are thoroughly mixed. This cement, if
applied in a boiling state, hardens immediately. The scrim or canvas is first
glued on and then covered with cement, which combines with the glue already
present.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim :-
1. The improved manufacture of parquetry or floor covering, substantially as
herein described.
2. In the manufacture of parquetry floor covering, gluing or cementing slabs of
wood together to form a block, sawing said block transversely into thin sections,
and mounting these sections on scrim or other suitable backing material, substan-
tially as set forth.
3. In the manufacture of parquetry floor covering, gluing scrim or other backing
material to thin sections of wood, and then applying cement of the character herein
described to the backing material, substantially as set forth.
Dated the 5th day of January 1894.
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
191, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Chartered Patent Agent.