Improvements in or relating to "Fixing-blocks."
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in or relating to "Fixing-blocks."
I, GEORGE CONNELL, of 42, Grainger Street, in the City and County of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object is to provide a "fixing-block" to secure grounds, architraves, back-
moulds, angle beads, skirtings, dado-moulds, picture moulds, door and window
linings flooring and other finishings in joiners work, which will not become loose
and unreliable when attaching the woodwork thereto.
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The "fixing-blocks are composed of a backing formed of common brick, con-
crete, stone or other material, and a facing piece of wood fixed to the backing as
hereinafter described. The wood facing piece can be applied to any face, or
more than one face, of the backing and may partially or wholly cover the face or
faces.
In the case of "fixing-blocks" with a brick backing I attach the wood facing
piece in any of the following ways, viz. :-
By a groove (or grooves) formed across the top of the backing, and about half its
depth, the wood being fixed thereto by a bolt (or bolts) tightened up from the
front and the groove (or grooves) filled with cement or other suitable filling.
By providing dovetail shaped vertical or horizontal sinking (or sinkings) on any
face, or at the corners of the backing and providing a dovetail shaped wood facing
piece (or pieces) to correspond tightened up to the backing by wedges.
By providing a dovetail shaped sinking (or sinkings) or any face of the backing
and corresponding sinking (or sinkings) on back of the wood facing piece and
securing both by means of dovetail shaped wood keys and wedges for tightening up.
By providing a dovetail shaped sinking (or sinkings) on any face of the backing
and a corresponding dovetail shaped projection (or projections) on back of the
wood facing piece leaving a space (or spaces) behind in the backing to be filled
up with cement, or other suitable filling, after tightening up with wedges.
By providing a sinking or sinkings (preferably dovetail shaped) on any face of
the backing and a dovetail shaped projection (or projections) on the back of the
wood facing piece and filling in the dovetail shaped cavity (or cavities) thus formed
with cement, or other suitable filling.
By providing a sinking, or sinkings, (preferably dovetail shaped) on any face of
the backing with a bolt (or bolts) through the wood facing piece the sinking (or
sinkings) filled with cement, or other suitable filling, and embedding, when soft,
the bolt (or bolts) therein, so as to secure the wood face or faces adjustably by nuts
on the bolt (or bolts).
In the case of "fixing-blocks" with cast concrete backing I attach the wood
facing piece in either of the following ways, viz.:-
1. By providing a bolt (or bolts) projecting through the wood facing piece
embedded and cast in with the concrete backing and passing, either wholly or
partly through the concrete, and tightened up from the front by the nut, or nuts
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page_text: 2. By providing a strip or strips of zinc, or other suitable material, nailed to
the edges of the wood facing piece and embedded and cast in with the concrete
backing.
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3. By providing a dovetail shaped-sinking (or sinkings) on the back of the wood
facing, piece which sinking (or sinkings) is filled up by the concrete backing
thereby forming a key to hold the facing piece.
Fixing blocks" for wood flooring and wood block flooring, where laid on a
concrete foundation can be, as herein before described for the concrete backing,
made in suitable lengths- dovetail shaped in section and embedded in the concrete
foundation.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1897.
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TJ DANSON,
Agent for Applicant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
· Improvements in or relating to "Fixing-Blocks."
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I, GEORGE CONNELL, of 42, Grainger Street, in the City and County of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:
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The object is to provide al fixing-block to secure grounds, architraves, back
moulds, angle beads, skirtings, dado-moulds, picture moulds, door and window
linings, flooring, and other finishings in joiner's work, which "fixing block" will
not become loose and unreliable when attaching the woodwork thereto.
The fixing-blocks" are composed of a backing formed of common brick, con-
crete, or other suitable building material, and a facing piece of wood fixed to the
backing as hereinafter described. The wood facing piece can be applied to any
face, or more than one face, of the backing and may partially or wholly cover the
face or faces.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
The sheet of drawings herewith shew various ways in which I propose to
carry out my invention in practical application, the same letters referring to the
same parts where such parts are shewn, viz. A to the wood facing: B to the brick
backing C to wood wedges on Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, and C to dovetailed
keys on Figs. 10 and 11; 1) to concrete or other filling; E to bolts and nuts:
Fon Figs. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33 to nails with flat heads;
G to concrete backing: H to hoop iron ties on Figs. 25, 26, 27 and 28.
In the case of "fixing-blocks with a brick backing I attach the wood facing
piece in any of the following ways, viz. :-
1. By a groove (or grooves) formed across the top of the backing, and about half
of its depth, the wood being fixed thereto by a bolt (or bolts) tightened up from the
front and the groove (or grooves) filled with cement or other suitable filling, as
shewn by Figs. 1 and 2, being plans of the blocks..
2. By a hole (or holes) through the backing, the wood being dovetail grooved
on the back, fixed to the backing by a bolt (or bolts) tightened up from the back,
as shewn by Fig. 3, being a plan of the block, and Fig. 4, being end elevation of
same.
3. By providing dovetail shaped vertical or horizontal sinking (or sinkings) on
any face, of or at the corners of the backing and providing a dovetailed shaped wood
facing piece (or pieces) to correspond tightened up to the backing by wedges, as

page_text: shewn by Figs. 5 to 9, Figs. 5, 7, 8 and 9 being plans of the blocks, and Fig. 6
end elevation of same.
4. By providing a dovetail shaped sinking (or sinkings) on any face of the
backing and corresponding sinking (or sinkings) on back of the wood facing piece
and securing both by means of dovetail shaped wood keys and wedges for tightening
up, as shewn by Figs. 10 and 11, being plans of the blocks.
5. By providing a dovetail shaped sinking (or sinkings) on any face of the
backing and a corresponding dovetail shaped projection (or projections) on back of
the wood facing piece, leaving a space (or spaces) behind in the backing to be
filled up with cement, or other suitable filling, after tightening up the wedges, as
shewn by Figs. 12 and 13, being plans of the blocks.
6. By providing a sinking (or sinkings), preferably dovetail shaped, on any face
of the backing and a dovetail shaped projection (or projections) on the back of the
wood facing piece and filling in the dovetail shaped cavity (or cavities) thus formed
with cement, or other suitable filling, having large nails from the facing into the
backing, as shewn by Figs. 14 to 18, Figs. 14, 16 and 17 being plans, and 15 and 18
end elevations of the blocks.
7. By providing a sinking (or sinkings), preferably dovetail shaped, on any face
of the backing with a bolt (or bolts) through the wood facing piece, the sinking
(or sinkings) filled with cement, or other suitable filling, embedding the bolt (or
bolts) therein, so as to secure the wood face (or faces) and tightened up by a nut on
the bolt (or bolts), as shewn by Figs. 19 and 20, the former being a plan and the
latter an end elevation.
In the case of "fixing blocks" with cast concrete backing, I attach the wood
facing piece in any of the following ways, viz.:—
1. By providing a bolt (or bolts) passing through the wood facing piece into the
backing and embedded and cast in with the concrete backing, and tightened up
from the front by the nut, (or nuts) as shewn by Figs. 21 and 22, being plans of
the blocks.
2. By providing a bolt (or bolts) passing from the back of wood facing piece
through and cast in with the concrete backing, having a dovetail shaped groove
for the bolt heads in the facing piece, and tightened up with nut (or nuts) as shewn
by plan Fig. 23 and end elevation Fig. 24."
3. By providing a strip or strips of zinc, hoop iron, or other suitable material,
nailed to the edges or back of the wood facing piece and embedded and cast in
with the concrete backing, as shewn by plans on Figs. 25 and 26 and end elevations
on Figs. 27 and 28.
4. By providing a dovetail shaped sinking (or sinkings) on the back of the
wood facing piece which sinking (or sinkings) is filled up by the concrete backing
thereby forming a key to hold the facing piece, having large headed nails from
the facing into the backing, as shewn by plans on Figs. 29, 30 and 31, and end
elevations on Figs. 32 and 33.
The fixing blocks are preferably made the standard size of ordinary building
bricks, but may be of larger or smaller dimensions.
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"Fixing-blocks for wood flooring, and wood-block flooring, where laid on a
concrete foundation can be as hereinbefore described for the concrete backing,
the blocks made in suitable lengths dovetail shaped in section and embedded
in the concrete foundation, as shewn by cross section on Fig. 34, and side elevation
on Fig. 35.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. Afixing-block" ready for building in, formed of a wood facing combined
with and attached to a backing of brick, concrete or other building material.
2nd. The various methods of attaching the wood facing piece to a clay brick
or backing to form a fixing block," as shewn by the drawings.

page_text: 3rd. The various methods of attaching the wood facing piece to a concrete brick
or backing to form a fixing-block," as shewn by the drawings.
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4th. The various methods of attaching the wood facing piece to a concrete back-
ing forming a "fixing block," for wood flooring and wood-block flooring when laid
on a concrete foundation.
T. J. DANSON, F.C.Inst.P.A.,
Agent for Applicant.