IMPROVEMENTS IN PAVING, WHICH INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Martin, of 245, Oldhamn Road, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Engineer, for the Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN
PAVING, WHICH INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES."
Sealed the 25th October 1878, and dated the 27th April 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Martin at the Office
of the Commissioners of. Patents on the 27th April 1878.
WILLIAM MARTIN, of 245, Oldham Road, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAVING, WHICH INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO
OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES."
This Invention has for its object the construction of a strong and durable paving,
mainly for roads; but it is also applicable to footways, gateways, and other similar
purposes, as also for foundations, and may be adapted for armour plating for ships
and batteries. The paving is made of a combination of iron, wood, asphalt, and
gravel.
In order to carry out my Invention I cast in iron a square, rectangular, or other
suitable-shaped frame or base which I divide into compartments; at the bottom of
each compartment are sections of flanges, these flanges are for the purpose of
keeping the blocks of wood in position and from injury from being pressed by
heavy loads into the bed of the pavement. The blocks of wood are dropped or
placed into the compartments with grain end up, and the spaces or crevices that
may be left between each part or compartment is filled in with asphalt and gravel
in the usual manner.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Martin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th October
1878.
WILLIAM MARTIN, of 245, Oldham Road, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAVING, WHICH INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO
OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES."
This Invention has for its object the construction of a strong and durable paving,
mainly for roads, but it is also applicable to footways, gateways, and other similar
purposes, as also for foundations of either monuments or the largest buildings; my
Invention will be found to supersede all or most others, more particularly on sandy
soils. For stables and steps in substitution for stone it will be found invaluable,
and may be adapted for armour plating for ships and batteries. The paving is
made of a combination of iron, wood, asphalte, and gravel.
In order to carry out my Invention I cast in iron a square, rectangular, or other
suitable-shaped frame or base which I divide into compartments; at the bottom of
each compartment are sections of flanges, these flanges are for the purpose of
keeping the blocks of wood in position and from injury, from being pressed by
heavy loads into the bed of the pavement, so that in all cases the load of the vehicle
must upon each and every separate block, and thus the resisting power of the
pavement is brought. to bear and cannot yield in any part. The blocks of wood
are dropped or placed into the compartments with grain end up, and the spaces or
crevices that may be left between each part or compartment is filled in with
asphalte and gravel in the usual manner.
And in order that my said Invention may be well understood, I have annexed
bereto some Drawings wherein,―
Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of blocks and filling-in material.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the cast-iron frame or base; and Fig. 3, section of Fig. 2 at
the line A, B.
Having thus described the nature and object of my said Invention, I declare that
what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is, the improvements in paving, substantially as herein-before
described, and the general arrangement and combination also herein-before
described, and shewn on Drawings, or any mere modification thereof.
hand
In witness whereof, I, the said William Martin, have hereunto set my
and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
TTTY
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WILLIAM MAWIIN. (L.S.)