Enamelled Metallic Tessellated Plates for Hearths and Floors.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Enamelled Metallic Tessellated Plates for Hearths and Floors.
JOSEPH PEIRCE Engineer 5 Weiss Road, Putney Surrey S.W. THOMAS FREDERICK
LUTHER Engineer 4 Vernon Cottages College Street Putney Surrey S.W. do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, viz. :-
Plates of Metal, enamelled in various colours to be fixed on Hearths and Floors with
screws or bolts.
Doted this 11th dow of Anust 1880
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Enamelled Metallic Tessellated Plates for Hearths and Floors.
We, JOSEPH PEIRCE of 5 Weiss Road, Putney and THOMAS FREDERICK LUTHER of
4 Vernon Cottages College Street, Putney, in the County of Surrey, Engineers, 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 consists of a metal plate of suitable shape and size to form the hearth
of an ordinary Fire place or Stove which plate is coated with vitreous or other durable
enamel so as to form a substitute for the ordinary tiled hearths.
The ordinary strength of the metal plate would be that known as 10 to 20
Birmingham Wire Gauge. In order to stiffen it, it may be furnished with flutes, or
stamped indentations. One of these flutes would conveniently form a stop for the
fire-irons as shewn at B, in the accompanying drawings, and others may be placed at
or near the edges of the plate. On the outer edge, away from the fire, these
projections may be raised into a hollow moulding or bead, and would thus form a
curb or enclosure to the hearth, as shewn in section in Fig. 4. The moulding or bead
may either be solid with the plate, or attached thereto as preferred. Thus the ordinary
Fender may be dispensed with.
Referring again to the drawings Fig. 1 shews an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of an
enamelled hearth with a checkered ornamentation on the surface. Any suitable
ornamentation or design can be employed. It will be observed that screws are
inserted at A to fasten the plate to the floor. These screws can be formed with
enamelled heads, so as to resemble the hearth. When there is a wood floor beneath,
the screw will fasten into it, but should the bed on which the hearth rests be formed of
cement or stone, a hole will be made and the wood or iron block A', shewn in Fig. 3
will be cemented therein to receive the screw. Holes can also be inserted for the
reception of sockets to hold rests or standards to support the fire-irons.
It will thus be seen that our enamelled hearth plates need not be so fixed to the
building as to become part thereof, but can be the property of the tenant and
removable by him when leaving the premises.
For export purposes, convenience in packing and forwarding, ease in fixing, and
moderate cost, our improved hearths are very superior to those formed of earthenware
tiles in the ordinary way.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
Hearths of Enamelled metal plates with or without flutes or curbs as herein
described and set forth.
Dated this 5th day of December 1889
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, Patent Agent.