Improvements in Wainscoting.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1892-Accepted, 29th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wainscoting.
I, KARL DIETERICH, of No. 280 Court Street, Brooklyn, in the State of New
York, United States of America, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
In the attachment of tiles to vertical walls in wainscoting the same, difficulty
has arisen in permanently securing such tiles and in maintaining them in the proper
plane.
My present invention is for the purpose of securely fastening the tiles in position,
and for allowing of their removal whenever necessary for repairs or otherwise.
The tiles employed are to be of any desired size or ornamental_character;
usually they are rectangular, and in all instances they are to be grooved upon two
of their edges so as to fit upon and be held by T shaped metal bars, and these
Tshaped metal bars are connected together by tie rods passing through them and
provided with nuts so as to draw the T headed bars towards each other and firmly
hold the tiles between them, and in order to secure the T shaped bars to the
brickwork or studding of the wall, the T shaped bars are slotted in the body
portions in suitable positions for the reception of slotted cross bars, and through
the slots in the cross bars attaching bolts or screws or other suitable devices are
passed.
By this means the cross bars can be moved up or down, so that the slot in the
cross bar coincides with the joint between bricks or stones in mason-work or with
the studding or wood-work to which the wainscoting is to be attached.
Screw threaded bars with nuts are employed for holding the T headed metal
bars in position and bringing them into alignment wherever necessary.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1892.
BREWER & SON,
33, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wainscoting.
I, KARL DIETERICH of No. 280 Court Street, Brooklyn, in the State of New
York, United States of America, Machinist, 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:-
In the attachment of tiles to vertical walls in wainscoting the same, difficulty
has arisen in permanently securing such tiles and in maintaining them in the proper
plane.
My present invention is for the purpose of securely fastening the tiles in position
and for allowing of their removal whenever necessary for repairs or otherwise.
The tiles employed are to be of any desired size or ornamental character;
usually they are rectangular, and in all instances they are to be grooved upon two
of their edges so as to fit upon and be held by T-shaped metal hars, and these
T-shaped metal bars are connected together by tie rods passing through them and
provided with nuts so as to draw the T-headed bars towards each other and firmly
hold the tiles between them, and in order to secure the T-shaped bars to the
brick-work or studding of the wall, the T-shaped bars are slotted in the body
portions in suitable positions for the reception of slotted cross bars, and through

page_text: the slots in the cross bars attaching bolts or screws or other suitable devices are
passed.
By thi means the cross bars can be moved up or down, so that the slot in the
cross bar coincides with the joint between bricks or stones in mason work or with
the stu❜ding or wood-work to which the wainscoting is to be attached.
Screw threaded bars with nuts are employed for holding the T-headed metal
bars in position and bringing them into alignment wherever necessary.
In the drawing
Fig. 1 is a horizontal section of the tiles and the fastening devices at the line ca
of Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 is an elevation partially in section representing the framework with portions
of the tiles in position, and
Fig. 3 is a vertical section at the line yy, Fig. 2.
The bars A are of metal and of a size and strength adapted to the tiles that are
to be supported by them, and these bars A are made with projecting ribs 2 forming
a T head to each bar, and the tiles B are grooved upon their edges to fit upon the
Theads of the bars A, and these bars A are to be at the proper distances apart to
suit the measurements of the tiles, and these tiles can be slipped in between the
respective bars A and can be placed so as to break joints, as indicated in the
drawing or to form continuous ranges, and the surfaces of the tiles may be colored
and glazed or otherwise ornamented, or they may be plain.
In order to connect the respective bars A together and to clamp them and secure
the tiles between such bars A, I make use of the tie rods C passing transversely to
the bars A and through holes in such bars, and these tie rods are of a length
adapted to the panel of the wainscoting, and there are nuts 4 upon the screw
threaded portions 5 of the tie rods, hence by these means the bars A can be drawn
towards each other and the tiles firmly clamped and held at their edges.
The bars A are morticed or slotted longitudinally at suitable places, and into
these slots the ends of the cross bars D are received, so that these cross bars can
be raised or lowered as their ends slide in the slots in the bars A, and these cross
bars D are slotted longitudinally for the reception of the attaching screws E or
similar fastenings. By this means the cross bars D can be brought into the
proper position and the screws E inserted wherever there is suitable framing
or joints between the brick-work or masonry for the attaching device to the
screwed or driven in.
In some instances my improved wainscoting may be employed as a screen or
facing away from and not attached to a wall. In such cases the cross bars D
will not be used and the rods C will not alone be sufficient to ensure the true
alignment of the tiles, so that the surface of the wainscoting will be flat and
on a straight line throughout.
For this purpose I employ additional tie rods C¹ passing through two or more
of the bars A, and these rods C¹ are short and are threaded their entire length
for the reception of nuts C2 at opposite sides of the bars A as shown. These
nuts C² are to be operated at the respective sides of the bars A to either
slightly force them apart or draw them together to straighten the line of the
wainscoting.
I am aware that it is not new to use Ţ headed bars or strips for holding blocks
or slabs.
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:
First. The combination with the tiles B having grooved edges, of the metal
bars A with T heads passing into the grooves in the tiles, and the tie rods passing
through the bars A and provided with nuts for clamping the tiles by the bars,
substantially as set forth.
Second. The combination with the tiles having grooved edges, of bars A with

page_text: T heads fitting the grooved edges of the tiles or blocks, the slotted cross bars
passing at their ends into the mortices in the bars A and the attaching devices
passing through the slots in the cross bars, substantially as set forth.
Third. The combination in the wainscoting, of tiles or blocks grooved on their
edges, the bars A having T heads fitting such grooves, the tie rods passing
through the bars A and provided with nuts for clamping the bars and tiles together,
the slotted cross bars D received at their ends in mortices in the bars A, and the
attaching devices passing through the slots in the cross bars, substantially as set
forth.
Fourth. The combination with the tiles B having grooved edges, of the metal
bars A with T heads passing into the grooves in the tiles, the tie rods passing
through the bars A and provided with nuts for clamping the tiles by the bars, and
the short screw threaded bars C' and nuts C' for aligning the face of the tiles forming
the wainscoting, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of August. 1892.
BREWER & SON,
Agents.