Improvements in Tiles and in the Method of Fixing the same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 4th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tiles and in the Method of Fixing the same.
1, EWING MATHESON of The Farnley Iron Company Limited, Leeds in the County
of York, Managing Director, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to tiles for facing walls and other surfaces.
I form a tongue or projection along the length of one of the edges of the tile and a
corresponding groove on the opposite edge, so that when the tiles are put in position
butting against each other the tongue upon one tile enters the groove in the next. I
cut away a part of the thickness of this tongue in one or more places on the side
away from the wall or surface to be covered, so that the heads of the hooks or staples
used for securing the tiles to the wall lie beneath the surface of the tongue and I
strengthen the tongue where it is so cut away by means of bosses, one side of which
joins the underside of the tongue, whilst the other may be flush with the surface of the
tile next to the wall. I also cut away the side of the groove next to the wall so as to
receive these bosses.
When the tiles are fixed one edge, say the bottom of each, is supported by the next
tile, the groove in it fitting onto the tongue on the other tile, whilst the opposite edge
(say the top) is secured by a hooked staple or staples driven into the wall, the head of
the staple coming above and holding the boss. The next tile is then put on and
similarly secured, and so on.
Dated this 5th day of March 1889
CARPMAEL & Co.,
A gents
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tiles and in the Method of Fixing the same.
1, EWING MATHESON of The Farnley Iron Company Limited, Leeds, in the County
of York, Managing Director, 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 tiles for facing walls and other surfaces.
I form a tongue or projection along the length of one of the edges of the tile and a
corresponding groove on the opposite edge, so that when the tiles are put in position
butting against each other the tongue upon one tile enters the groove in the next. I
cut away a part of the thickness of this tongue in one or more places on the side away
from the wall or surface to be covered, so that the heads of the hooks or staples used
for securing the tiles to the wall lie beneath the surface of the tongue and I strengthen
the tongue where it is so cut away by means of bosses, one side of which joins the
underside of the tongue, whilst the other may be flush with, the surface of the tile
next to the wall. I also cut away the side of the groove next to the wall so as to
receive these bosses.
When the tiles are fixed one edge, say the bottom of each, is supported by the next
tile, the groove in it fitting onto the tongue on the other tile, whilst the opposite edge
(say the top) is secured by a hooked staple or staples driven into the wall, the head of
the staple coming above and holding the boss." The next tile is then put on and
similary secured and so on.
In order that my said Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front or face view of a facing tile made in accordance with my
Invention.
Figure 2 is a transverse, section on the line 2, 2 in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan or top view.
Figure 4 is an underside view.
Figure 5 is an end view of the upper part of the tile.
Figure 6 is an end view of the lower part of the tile.
Figure 7 is a face view of several tiles in position and fixed upon a wall or other
receiving surface.
Figure 8 is an end elevation of the tiles with the wall or receiving surface in
section.
Figure 9 is a section on the line 9, 9 in Figure 7.
a is the face of the tile, b is a tongue or projection extending along one of its edges,
preferably its upper edge as here shown. are the parts where the tongue or
projection is cut away to admit the heads of the retaining hooks or staples. 22 are
bosses to strengthen the tongue or projection in rear of the recesses b¹.
c is a groove
corresponding to the tongue or projection and on the opposite edge of the tile c' c¹
are notches cut out to accommodate the hooks or staples. d. d are the hooks or staples.
e is the supporting wall or surface into which the hooks or staples are driven. The
tiles are put on one over the other working from the bottom upward. A little thin
plaster may be used in making the joints.
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. Facing tiles having a tongue or projection along one edge and a corresponding
groove on the opposite edge so arranged that the tongue or projection of one tile locks
into the groove of the next and with recesses to receive hooks or staples between the
tiles which engage with the tongues or projections and serve to secure the tiles to the
wall or surface to be covered.
2. Facing tiles substantially as represented by the annexed drawings.
3. The method of fixing facing tiles by means of hooks or staples driven into the
wall or surface to be covered; such hooks or staples not extending to the smooth outer
surface of the work but engaging with tongues or projections on the edges of the tiles
lying in recesses between the tiles as herein set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of December 1889.