Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 23rd Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 1st Feb., 1887.
DECEDVE
I JOSEPH BRIERLEY of Blackburn (No. 10 Richmond Terrace) in the County of
Lancaster Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists of an improved construction of floor composed of a
combination of wood and earthenware.
The
For purpose aforesaid I employ earthenware tiles of plain or ornamental design
and form in and along the back of each tile dovetail or other recess or recesses.
boards or timber, whether solid block or plank floor have recesses formed at intervals
within which recesses cement and the tiles are placed, the cement enters the dovetail
recesses and securely holds the tiles in position flush with the surface of the wood
portion of the floor.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Floors of Wood and Earthenware Combined.
I, JOSEPH BRIERLEY of 10 Richmond Terrace, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Civil Engineer 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 an improved construction of floor, composed of a
combination of wood, and earthenware.
For purpose aforesaid I employ earthenware tiles of plain or ornamental design,
and form in and along the back of each tile, dovetail or other recess, or recesses.
The boards or timber whether solid block or plank floor have recesses formed at
intervals, within which recesses cement and the tiles are placed, the cement enters
the dove tail recesses and securely holds the tiles in position flush with the surface of
the wood portion of the floor.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention the following is a complete
description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a
part of this specification in which
Fig. 1 is a plan view of board shewing tiles in position.
Fig. 2 is an end view of same in section.
According to this my invention in the construction of the combined timber and
tile floors of plain or ornamental design I employ earthenware tiles 1, 1, in the back
of which is a recess or dovetail 2. The boards or timber 3 whether solid block, or
plank floor, and in which the tiles are to be secured have a recess or recesses 4 formed
in them for the reception of the tiles 1, 1.
Within the recess 4 is placed cement 5, and the tiles 1, 1, are then fixed in the
recess 4, the cement 5 entering the dovetail or recess 2, thus securely holding the
tiles 1, 1, in position flush with the surface of the wood portion 3 of the floor.
It will be understood that any shape or design of tile or tiles can be let into the
wood floor and secured by this, or similar means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and object of my
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be employed I declare that what I
claim is;
The construction of floors of combined wood and earthenware as herein described
and substantially as illustrated by drawings annexed.