A New or Improved Manufacture of Imitation Tiles, suitable for Hearths, Grates, Floors, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1893-Accepted, 22nd July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Manufacture of Imitation Tiles, suitable for
Hearths, Grates, Floors, and the like.
We, JOSEPH ROSTRON, Soap Manufacturer, and JAMES HILTON, Cotton
Spinner, both of Bow Street Works, Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
-:
Our invention consists in a new or improved manufacture of imitation tiles
suitable for hearths, grates, floors, and the like, and the chief object of our inven-
tion is to produce an article which has the appearance finish and to a great extent
the properties of an ordinary glazed ornamental tile, but which costs less to produce
and is more convenient to apply.
We effect this object by the use and application of metal plates made of any
suitable shape and size and with an enamelled surface either white or coloured to
resemble any number of ordinary glazed tiles.
The enamelled plates thus produced in imitation of glazed tiles can be used for
any of the purposes for which such tiles are ordinarily employed as for example,
as panels for the sides of grates and mantelpieces, for hearths, fireplaces and floors,
for the backs of wash-hand stands and for analogous purposes.
Dated this 20th day of September 1892.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Manufacture of Imitation Tiles, suitable for
Hearths, Grates, Floors, and the like.
We, JOSEPH ROSTRON, Soap Manufacturer, and JAMES HILTON, Cotton
Spinner, both of Bow Street Works, Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, 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:-
Our invention consists in a new or improved manufacture of imitation tiles
suitable for hearths, grates, floors and the like, and the chief object of our inven-
tion is to produce an article which has the appearance finish and to a great extent
the properties of an ordinary glazed ornamental tile, but which costs less to produce
and is more convenient to apply.
We effect this object by the use and application of metal plates made of any
suitable shape and size and with an enamelled surface either white or coloured to
resemble any number of ordinary glazed tiles.
The enamelled plates thus produced in imitation of glazed tiles can be used for
any of the purposes for which such tiles are ordinarily employed, as for example,
as panels for the sides of grates and mantelpieces, for hearths fireplaces and floors,
for the backs of wash-hand stands and for analogous purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
As a new or improved article of manufacture a metal plate having a surface

page_text: enamelled to resemble ordinary glazed tiles substantially as and for the purposes
herein described.
Dated this 19th day of June 1893.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicants.