IMPROVE- MENTS IN WOOD FLOORING to be as follows:-
Year: 1885

page_text: I, ALFRED PUTNEY, of Baltic Wharf, Paddington, in the county of Middlesex,
Timber Merchant do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WOOD FLOORING to be as follows:-
"
:
This invention relates to the manufacture of wood flooring, the improvements
having for object to produce the ornamental appearance of parquetry or like
flooring at a comparatively low cost, the improved ornamental flooring having the
same strength as and possessing the same amount of wear as ordinary flooring.
For this purpose I construct each board, or such of them as may be required to
form the design or ornament of the flooring, or the border therefor as the case may
be, of strips or lengths of different kinds of wood, the width of the strips varying
as required; the said strips are all of the same thickness, that is to say, of the
thickness of the flooring; the edges of the strips are planed truly and then firmly
glued or connected together the upper surface is then smoothed and polished or
otherwise finished and a number of the improved boards being laid together, I thus
obtain a flooring with various geometrical or other designs which may be varied as
required according to the different kinds and colors of wood employed and the
width of the strips.
I prefer to form the boards with joints similar to those described in my former
specification N° 14433, dated the thirty first day of October 1884, in which case I
am enabled to vary the effect by introducing thin strips or veins of different colored
woods on one edge of each board by grooving the surface of such board from the
edge to a certain width and undercutting the same; the colored strip is formed
with inclined edges; one of the inclined edges fitting under the undercut part of
the groove and when the boards are laid the other inclined edge will be retained
and held down by the incline on the edge of the next board whereby the inserted
strip becomes as it were a part of the board all warping being prevented.
For the purpose of securing an air tight joint between the boards I sometimes
find it advantageous to introduce a strip of suitable elastic material such as.
vulcanized india rubber between the joints."

page_text: I ALFRED PUTNEY of Baltic Wharf Paddington in the County of Middlesex
Timber Merchant do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WOOD FLOORING" 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 the manufacture of wood flooring the improvements
having for object to produce the ornamental appearance of parquetry or like
flooring at a comparatively low cost the improved ornamental flooring having the
same strength as and possessing the same amount of wear as ordinary flooring.
The accompanying drawing represents a transverse section of a portion of
flooring manufactured according to my invention.
In carrying out the invention I construct each board, or such of them as may be
required to form the design or ornament of the flooring or the border therefor as
the case may be, of strips or lengths a. b. c. d. e. of different kinds of wood the
width of the strips varying as required; the said strips a. b. c. d. e. are all of the
same thickness as shewn that is to say of the thickness of the flooring; the edges
of the strips are planed truly and then firmly glued or connected together the upper
surface is then smoothed and polished or otherwise finished and will thus form an
ornamental border for flooring; or if a number of the improved boards be laid
together, I obtain a flooring with various geometrical or other designs which may
be varied as required according to the different kinds and colors of wood employed
and the width of the strips.
I prefer to form the boards with joints constructed in the manner shewn in the
accompanying drawing and similar to those described in my former specification
N° 14433, dated the thirty first day of October 1884, in which case I am enabled
to introduce thin strips or veins f of different colored woods on one edge of each
board by grooving the surface of such board from the edge to a certain width and
undercutting the same as shewn at g; the colored strip f is formed with inclined
edges as shewn one of the inclined edges fitting under the undercut part of the
groove g and when the boards are laid the other inclined edge will be retained and
held down by the incline h on the edge of the next board whereby the inserted
strip f becomes as it were a part of the board, all warping being prevented.
For the purpose of securing an air tight joint between the boards I sometimes
find it advantageous to introduce a strip i of suitable elastic material such as
vulcanized india rubber between the joints.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
The manufacture and use of the improved ornamental flooring hereinbefore
described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
G. F. REDFERN,.
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.