A New or improved Description of mosaic Tile and тоце от Manufacturing the same.
Year: 1888

page_text: A New or improved Description of mosaic Tile and тоце от
Manufacturing the same.
I, THEODORE SOUFFLET-LEBLOND of Calonne, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Manu-
facturer 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to
the figures and letters marked thereon:-
The mosaic of my tiles consists of pieces (waste) of marbles embedded in cements
or lime.
The tiles, one of which is represented in Figure 1, are composed of two parts,
namely; the lower layer, which is an agglomerate of sands, cements and lime, and
the upper layer, which is formed of small pieces of marble embedded in cements or
lime. In the drawing the different colored marbles are represented by different
etchings.
The following is the mode of manufacture. The marbles, whether rough or worked,
are first mixed in different proportions with cements or lime, colored or not; this
mixture is then wetted and placed in a frame having the form of the tiles which it is
desired to produce. This part forms the upper layer, and rests, as also does the
frame, upon a polished metallic plate.
The lower layer, which is composed of sands, cements and lime, is then placed
upon the upper layer; upon this lower layer is placed a spring metallic plate, which
then receives a strong pressure, which has the result of intimately connecting the two
layers, so that they form but one and the same compact mass.
The spring metallic plate is then removed, and, by a gentle pressure, the frame is
also removed.
The tile is thus completely formed and free, resting on the polished plate.
The manufacture can also be carried out by a reverse operation, that is to say, it
can be commenced by putting into the frame the lower layer, and then by superposing
the upper layer.

page_text: The process above described enables tiles to be formed of all colors, of all forms,
and of all dimensions.
To obtain tiles with designs of any character, it is only necessary to place in the
frame metallic divisions, which separate the different marbles, and which form the
design.
When the tiles are dry, they are cemented on wood tables by means of plaster, see
Figure 2. These tables are then placed under a cranked shaft A. B. C, rotated by
means of its vertical part A. B. The arm B. C, supports, at its extremity, a wooden
or other disc or plate covered with metallic studs or projections I, which; in turning,
rub and grind the tiles E on the table, see the drawing, figure 2. The application
of sand and water facilitate the grinding of the tiles. At the end of the rotary
shaft B is a pulley M giving motion, by a strap or band, to another shaft N fixed on
shaft C. This transmission of power gives to the disc or plate a rotary motion around
its own axis.
After sufficient grinding, the disc or plate with metallic studs or projections is
replaced by a disc or plate covered with wisps or tufts of hemp, wood, cotton, flax,
or other soft polishing material, which polish the tiles by means of emery, lead and
putty. When the polishing is complete the tiles are finished.
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. A new or improved description of mosaic tile, consisting of an upper layer
formed of pieces of marble combined with cements or lime moistened, and a lower
layer consisting of a compound of sand, cements and lime, superposed on the upper
layer, or vice versa, placed in a mould, and submitted to strong pressure, substantially
as herein described.
2. The manufacture of a new or improved description of mosaic tile by the mode
herein described, and consisting essentially of the composition of the two layers of
material forming the tile, their agglomeration in a frame supported on a polished
metallic plate, by means of a spring metallic plate, submitted to strong pressure, and
the process of grinding and polishing the tile, substantially as herein shown and
described.
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