Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1887
Complete Left, 8th June, 1888,
Complete Accepted, 13th July, 1888
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the production of an improved wood paving for
streets and roads.
Heretofore it has been customary to place the wooden blocks upon layers of
asphaltum, pitch, beton or other material and to fill the upper part of the intermediate
spaces between the blocks with a bitumen or bituminous composition or a pointing of
lime or cement so as to prevent the filtration of water through the pavement. Under
these conditions the rain and other liquids spread upon the street not being able to
filter through tlie pavement remains a long time on the surface of the ground giving
rise to disagreeable odours and unhealthy exhalations.
This invention is based upon a principle that is entirely opposed to that heretofore
adopted.
I dispense with the impermeable layer or foundation and with the filling material
between the wooden blocks, so that the liquids spread upon the street will not remain
upon the surface, and evaporate there but will be immediately absorbed.
In carrying the said invention into practice the blocks are inserted in the moist
ground or sand, precisely as is done with the cobble stones rolled in the localities
where they are employed for paving streets. The blocks are so arranged that the
fibres are in a vertical direction."
The said blocks of wood may be made of any shape and dimension in horizontal
section, and conical in the longitudinal direction or they may be simply pointed at
their lower extremities, the remainder of their length being of a nearly cylindrical or

page_text: prismatic shape. In this latter caso they may consist simply of thick branches of
trees suitably cut and pointed at one extremity viz. that which is designed to be
inserted in the ground.
The blocks are secured in the ground and are brought to a suitable level by striking
them with a rammer or pile driver precisely as is done in the construction of a
cobble pavement.
When the wood pavement constructed in the described manner has been suitably
rammed it can support the heaviest loads without sinking or giving way.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

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I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesox, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object the production of an improved wood paving for
streets and roads.
Heretofore it has been customary to place the wooden blocks upon layers of
asphaltum, pitch, beton or other material and to fill the upper part of the intermediate
spaces between the blocks with bitumen or bituminous composition or a pointing of
lime or cement so as to prevent the filtration of the water through the pavement.
Under these conditions the rain and other liquids spread upon the street, not being
able to filter through the pavement remains a long time on the surface of the ground
giving rise to disagreeable odours and unhealthy exhalations.
This invention is based upon a principle that is entirely opposed to that heretofore
adopted.
I dispense with the impermeable layer or foundation and with the filling material,
between the wooden blocks, so that the liquids spread upon the street will not remain
upon the surface and evaporate there but will be immediately absorbed.
In carrying the said invention into practice the blocks are inserted in the moist
ground or sand, precisely as is done with the cobble stones rolled in the localities
where they are employed for paving streets. The blocks of wood are so arranged
that the fibres are in a vertical direction..
The said blocks of wood, may be made of any shape and dimension in horizontal
section, and conical in the longitudinal direction or they may be simply pointed at
their lower extremities the remainder of their length being of a nearly cylindrical or
prismatic shape. In this latter case they may consist simply of thick branches of
trees suitably cut and pointed at one extremity, viz., that which is designed to be
inserted in the ground.
The blocks are secured in the ground and are brought to a suitable level by
striking them with a rammer or pile driver precisely as is done in the construction of
a cobble pavement.
When the wood pavement constructed in the described manner has been suitably
rammed it can support the heaviest loads without sinking or giving way.

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 as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
The construction of a wood pavement for streets and roads, in which wooden blocks
are inserted directly in the ground without putting them upon an impermeable layer
of any material, or interposing an impermeable substance substantially as above
described.
Dated this 8th day of June 1888.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.