Improvements in the Manufacture of Faced Bricks, Tiles, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 8th Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Faced Bricks, Tiles, and
the like.
We, WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS, of No. 14, Corporation Buildings Market
Street, Torquay, in the County of Devon, Engineer, and THE ČERalite
SYNDICATE LIMITED, of 5, The Sanctuary, in the City of Westminster,
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new kind of brick or tile which is a combination of an
ordinary or burnt or other brick or tile with a layer or facing of glass or metal or
the like attached to the side or sides thereof, such combination brick or tile being
adapted to serve as a substitute for ordinary enamelled bricks or tiles.
In manufacturing such bricks, tiles or the like considerable difficulty has been
experienced in attaching such facing but as the result of various experiments the
following method has been found to give good results.
A kiln-burnt brick or tile or any kind of dried brick or tile used for building or
other purposes is coarsely roughened, grooved or perforated on the surface to be
faced and then this surface is soaked in a solution of silicate of soda, silicate of
potash and borax or such other solution as may be suitable for hardening purposes.
Afterwards the face of the brick or tile is coated with a layer of cement which is
gauged with or without the same solution. One side of the glass or metal is also
coarsely roughened by sand blasting, or in casting or by other suitable means.
The glass or metal is then placed upon the face or faces of the cement and the
brick or tile is laid laterally or vertically upon a specially prepared frame made
of wood or metal which forms a screw press or cramp and which compresses the
glass or metal and the cement to the brick or tile. When the cement is properly
set the glass or metal forms part of the brick or tile which is then removed from
the frame, and again subjected to immersion in the chemical solution referred to.
Dated this 29th day of January 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Faced Bricks, Tiles, and
the like.
We, WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS, of No. 14, Corporation Buildings, Market
Street, Torquay, in the County of Devou, Engineer, and THE CERALITE
SYNDICATE, LIMITED, of 5, The Sanctuary, in the City of Westminster,
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 :-
This invention relates to a new kind of brick or tile which is a combination of
an ordinary or burnt or other brick or tile with a layer or facing of glass or metal
or the like attached to the side or sides thereof, such combination brick or tile
being adapted to serve as a substitute for ordinary enamelled bricks or tiles.
In manufacturing such bricks, tiles or the like by the methods heretofore used
experience has proved that glass cannot be permanently affixed to ordinary bricks,
by cement, mastic or other compositions of a similar nature.

page_text: Now the object of this invention is to provide for permanently fixing such facings
and as the result of various experiments the following method has been found to
give good results.
A kiln-burnt brick or tile or any kind of dried brick or tile used for building
or other purposes is coarsely roughened, grooved or perforated on the surface to be
faced and then this surface is soaked in a solution of silicate of soda, silicate of
potash and borax or such other solution as may be suitable for hardening purposes.
Afterwards the face of the brick or tile is coated with a layer of cement which is
gauged with (or without) the same solution or with a suitable mastic or composition.
The glass or metal (one side of which is also coarsely roughened by sand blasting
or in casting, or by other suitable means and also advantageously coated with a
mixture of varnish and white lead) is then placed upon the face or faces of the
cement or composition and sufficient pressure applied to compress the glass or metal
and the cement or composition to the brick or tile. When the cement is properly
set the faced brick or tile may be again subjected to immersion in the chemical
solution referred to.
Although we have only described our invention as applied for facing bricks or
tiles it is to be understood that other articles such as vases made of terra-cotta or
stone can be faced in a similar manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The method of facing bricks, tiles and other articles consisting in roughening,
grooving or perforating the surfaces to be faced, then hardening such surfaces by
means of a solution of silicate of soda, silicate of potash and borax or other hardening
solution and then applying a layer of cement, gauged if desired with a hardening
solution, the brick with the facing applied being subsequently immersed in the
hardening solution, substantially as described.
2. In facing bricks, tiles and other articles with glass, metal or the like grooving
or otherwise roughening the surfaces of the bricks or tiles to be faced and also
the backs of the facing material, substantially as described.
3. The manufacture and use of faced bricks, tiles and other articles substantially
as hereinbefore described.
Dad thin both than 1001
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.