An Improved Wire Lathing for Facilitating the Application of Plaster and the like to Wall Surfaces of Buildings for Covering or Ornamentation Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1899-Accepted, 25th Feb.,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Wire Lathing for Facilitating the Application of
Plaster and the like to Wall Surfaces of Buildings for Covering
or Ornamentation Purposes.
I, PAUL PICK, Manufacturer, of Neisse, in the Empire of Germany, 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:—
This invention relates to an improved wire lathing for facilitating the
application of plaster and the like to wall surfaces of buildings for covering or
ornamentation purposes, and in accordance therewith I produce a wire lathing
which possesses many advantages over that hitherto in use all as will hereinafter
appear.
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The wire weaving or lathing as ordinarily constructed consists of soft straight
wires which possess but small stability, and which are easily put out of shape
whilst being handled, necessitating loss of time and increase of labour in putting
in order again for properly stretching. Again owing to the loose smooth form
of the weaving and its disproportionately large meshes the cement or plaster when
put on " has attached itself thereto very badly, and it has in consequence been
found necessary to add hair or other such substance to the cement to ensure
attachment or cohesion. Again projecting bodies have been put upon the woven
surface to serve as a hold fast for the cement, but this not only causes the work
to be more difficult but the ornamental wall itself is rendered less durable and, if
upon the outside of a house, the ornamentation is easily destroyed by the
influence of the weather.
In accordance with this my present invention, I form the lathing or weaving
of soft or hard waved or corrugated wires giving an undulating surface for the
attachment of the cement or plaster. The lathing so constructed does not warp
and straightens out readily when unrolled, and possesses an extraordinary stability
and firmness with flatness, and requires no special arrangement when placed in
situ. The plaster when put on the lathing clings readily and firmly by reason of
the many undulations and dwells in the weaving caused by the employment of
the waved wires as aforesaid.
The annexed drawing illustrates this invention, Fig. 1, being a plan of the
lathing woven with the before mentioned waved wires, Fig. 2, an end view and
Fig. 3, a side view of same. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in
each of the figures.
a and represent the wires which are woven to form the lathing as shewn,
and which wires may be placed at any convenient distances apart, and be of any
desired thickness.
As indicated the wires are waved or corrugated and such waves or corrugations
may vary in depth or size all as may be required, high waves being especially
suitable for use for ornaments or ornamental work outside the house. When
ornamenting with this my improved lathing the plaster when applied easily

page_text: reaches behind and forms a firm connection between the ornament and the wall
of the building.
As illustrated particularly in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings the meshes
may be of different sizes, large and small, as indicated respectively by the
letters and d, the plaster or cement put on will at once become fixed in the
small meshes and will easily fill the larger meshes also.
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:―
The improved wire lathing constructed of woven waved or corrugated wires
substantially as, and for the purposes, herein before described and shewn in the
accompanying drawings.