Improvements in and relating to the Glazing of Brick, Tile, and other Surfaces.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Sept., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Glazing of Brick, Tile, and
other Surfaces.
I, JOHN GORDON of 7 Leadenhall Street, London, E.C. Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to new and useful improvements in the method of applying
glazed surfaces to bricks, tiles, walls, and the like, and has for its object the
production of a glazed brick or tile or the like, for building or ornamental
purposes, or the conversion of ordinary walls or brick work in situ into the
appearance of glazed bricks or tiles, in a cheaper manner than can be effected by
the ordinary glazed brick; and which when completed will better resist damp,
climatic and other destructive influences.
To carry my invention into effect I heat the glass and the receptive surface to a
temperature of at least 300° F. in order to ensure the adhesion of the glass to the
surface of the brick wall or other surface by means of adhesive material such as
will withstand ordinary climatic effect and which requires a high temperature to
render the said material plastic.
To effect this I use a stove adapted to receive a number of glass plates and heat
the same by inflammable oil or other suitable fuel for convenience of the temporary
establishment of the apparatus on scaffolding or otherwise close to the work.
The supports for the glass in the stove are of a form so that very little of their
surface is in contact with the glass to prevent the fracture of the latter by local
expansion due to the too ready transmission of heat to parts of the glass.
To heat the walls or other surfaces I use a blow lamp, which is so formed as to
be capable of being easily held in the hand and manipulated. The lamp is adapted
to produce a forced flame of hydro-carbon, effected by the forcing of air through
a liquid hydro-carbon, such as petroleum oil, or the like, by which means local
heating of the surface of a wall or other device to a high temperature may be
produced, to adapt it to receive the glass plates with plastic material or composition
as the adhesive medium.
I find a mixture of asphalte with bitumen to be the most convenient and effective
material to use, in the proportion of about 75 per cent. of the former to 25 per cent.
of the latter.
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1905
FELL & WILDING,
1 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE DI MUITIVATION
Improvements in and relating to the Glazing of Brick, Tile, and
other Surfaces.
I JOHN GORDON of 7 Leadenhall Street London E.C. Gentleman 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 :-
My invention relates to new and useful improvements in the method of applying

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glazed surfaces to bricks, tiles, walls, and the like, and has for its object the
production of a glazed brick or tile or the like for building or ornamental
purposes, or the conversion of ordinary walls or brickwork "in situ into
appearance of glazed bricks or tiles, in a cheaper manner than can be effected by
the ordinary glazed brick, and which when completed will better resist damp,
climatic, and other destructive influences.
To carry my invention into effect, I heat the glass and the receptive surface to
a temperature of at least 300° Faht. in order to ensure the adhesion of the glass
to the surface of the brick wall, or other surface, by means of adhesive material
such as will withstand ordinary climatic effects, and which requires a high
temperature to render the material plastic.
To effect this, I use a stove adapted to receive a number of glass plates in a
vertical position, and heat the same by inflammable oil or other suitable fuel, for
convenience, for the temporary establishment of the apparatus on scaffolding, or
otherwise, close to the work.
The supports for the glass in the stove are of a form so that very little of their
surface is in contact with the glass to prevent the fracture of the latter by local
expansion, due to the too ready transmission of heat to parts of the glass.
To heat the walls or other surfaces, I use a blow-lamp, which is so formed as to
be capable of being easily held in the hand and manipulated. The lamp is adapted
to produce a forced flame by hydro-carbon, effected by the forcing of air through
a liquid hydro-carbon, such as petroleum oil, or the like, by which means local
heating of the surface of a wall or other device, to a high temperature, may be
produced, to adapt it to receive the glass plates, with plastic material or composition
as the adhesive medium.
I find a mixture of asphalte with bitumen to be the most convenient and effective
material to use, in the proportion of 75 per cent. of the former to 25 per cent. of the
latter.
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
1st. An improved process for the glazing of brick, tile, or other surfaces, con-
sisting of the heating of the glass tiles and the receptive surfaces to at least 300° F.
and the attachment by pressure of the glass tiles to the receptive surfaces by the
interposition of a plastic, adhesive, and waterproof material, consisting of about 75%
of rock asphalte, and 25% of pure bitumen, requiring a high temperature to become
plastic, and, when set, resisting climatic effects.
2nd. The preparation of glass tiles for glazing bricks or other surfaces by heating
the same uniformly up to 300° F. when supported on their edges in a suitable
portable oil stove or oven, upon the scaffolding, or ground, adjacent to the work.
Dated this 19th day of September 1896.
FELL & WILDING,
Agents for the Applicant.