IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CEILINGS AND OTHER PARTS OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I PRESTON ADAMS AMES of 1 Duke Street Portland Place, in the county of
Middlesex, Dentist do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CEILINGS AND OTHER PARTS OF
BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES to be as follows:-
"
My Invention relates to the construction of glazed ceilings and other parts of
buildings or structures formed of squares or quarries of ornamental glass or similar
material fixed in rebated fillets of wood nailed in position the said rebated fillets
and the edges of the squares or quarries being usually concealed by ornamental
wood mouldings nailed to the fillets and mitred or otherwise jointed together
where they intersect one another. Hitherto in case of accident to one of the
squares or quarries it has not been possible to replace it without difficulty and the
liability of damaging the adjacent covering strip or moulding and the object of my
invention is to remove these objections and obviate the necessity of mitreing
the said mouldings at their points of intersection and nailing the same in position,
and to further enhance the general ornamental effect of the whole.
To this end I provide a means of securing the lengths of moulding in position at
their ends only, which admits of their being readily removed and replaced and
admits of their ends being cut square and without regard to appearanco.
My Invention consists of a rosette or button of a more or less ornamental shape
externally so as to harmonise with the general design of the ceiling or other part
of the building and of a form on the rear or inner side to correspond to the
mouldings to be secured. These rosettes are fixed by screws or equivalent
fastenings at the points of intersection of the pieces of moulding and are adapted
to embrace the adjacent ends of the several pieces and retain them securely in
place.

page_text: I PRESTON ADAMS AMES of 1 Duke Street Portland Place, in the County of
Middlesex, Dentist. do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CEILINGS AND OTHER PARTS OF BUILDINGS OR
STRUCTURES" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My Invention relates to the construction of glazed or tiled ceilings and other
parts of buildings or structures formed of squares or quarries of ornamental glass
earthenware or similar material fixed in rebated fillets of wood nailed in position;
the said rebated fillets and the edges of the squares or quarries being usually
concealed by ornamental wood mouldings nailed to the fillets and mitred or
otherwise jointed together where they intersect one another. Hitherto in case of
accident to one of the squares or quarries it has not been possible to replace it
without difficulty and the liability of damaging the adjacent covering strip or
moulding and the object of my invention is to remove these objections and obviate
the necessity of mitreing the said mouldings at their points of intersection and
nailing the same in position, and to further enhance the general ornamental effect
of the whole.
To this end I provide a means of securing the lengths of moulding in position at
their ends only, which admits of their being readily removed and replaced and
admits of their ends being cut square and without regard to appearance.
My invention consists of a rosette or button of a more or less ornamental shape
externally so as to harmonise with the general design of the ceiling, or other part
of the building, and of a form on the rear or inner side to correspond to the
mouldings to be secured. These rosettes are fixed by screws, or equivalent
fastenings at the points of intersection of the pieces of moulding and are adapted
to embrace the adjacent ends of the several pieces and retain them securely in
place.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification, wherein, figure 1 represents a face view of a portion of a ceiling, and
figures 2, 3 and 4, a face edge and rear view of one of the rosettes. a are the
squares or quarries of glass or other material of any desired geometrical shape and
fixed in any ordinary and suitable manner. baro the mouldings, or beadings of
any desired profile covering the joints between the squares, a, and c are the rosettes.
In the example shown the rosette is adapted to fix the adjacent ends of four beads
or mouldings meeting at right angles and cut roughly square as shown in dotted
lines in figure 2. The rosette is formed with as many cavities or grooves on its
under face (corresponding in section to the profile of the beadings or mouldings) as
there are adjacent ends to be secured and the rosette is fixed in place by a central
screw whose head may be covered by any ornamental device, the rosetto itself
also bearing any desired ornamentation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
In the construction of a glazed or tiled ceiling, wall or other part of a building.
the combination with the strips, mouldings or beadings for covering the joints, of

page_text: rosettes adapted to receive and secure the adjacent ends of a number of such strips,
mouldings or beadings meeting at right or other angles, substantially as and for the
purpose described and shown in the drawings the said rosettes being secured by a
single screw or equivalent fastening.