Flooring, and other similar Wearing Surfaces.
Year: 1887

page_text: Flooring, and other similar Wearing Surfaces.
I, JOSEPH WHITELEY of Clowes Street Chapel Street, Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Pattern Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in an invention for which Letters Patent
No. 9207, dated the 19th day of June A.D. 1884 were granted to me.
In the said Patent I describe the combination of perforated metal plates or gratings,
and india-rubber or other suitable blocks, forming an elastic or wearing surface, the
latter being suitably inserted or fixed into the said perforations, and serving as a
wearing surface.
My present invention has for its object the combination of such perforated metal
plates or gratings with metal blocks, strips, or other wearing surfaces, made of lead,
or being an alloy of lead and other suitable metal, having the properties of affording a
good & silent grip.
The said metal block, strips, or wearing surfaces I form by suitably casting
the same into the said metal plates or gratings simultaneously or by casting or
stamping the same out, & fixing the same into the perforations of the metal plates or
gratings separately.
By this means I am enabled to form door or other mats, treads of staircases, carriage
steps, flooring, and other similar wearing surfaces, which will be cheaper, last much
longer and afford better facilities for repairing, than heretofore has been the case.
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F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.

page_text: Flooring, and other similar WCATI COD.
I, JOSEPH WHITELEY of Clowes Street Chapel Street Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Pattern Maker, 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 improvements in an invention for which Letters Patent
No. 9207, dated the 19th day of June A.D. 1884, were granted to me.
In the said Patent I describe the combination of perforated metal plates, gratings
or frames and india-rubber or other suitable blocks, forming an elastic or wearing
surface, the latter being suitably inserted or fixed into the said perforations, and serving
as wearing surfaces.
My present invention has for its object the combination of such perforated metal
plates, gratings or frames with metal blocks, strips or other wearing surfaces, made of
lead or being an alloy of lead and other metal, having the properties of affording a
good and silent grip."
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference indicating
like parts in the various figures.
Figs. 1, 3, 5 & 7 are plans, and Figs. 2 4 & 6 cross sections, showing various shapes
of, and modes of securing the metal blocks to the said plates, gratings or frames.
In carrying out my invention the said metal blocks, strips, or wearing surfaces a,
which may be of any desired shape such as shown in Figs. 1 & 2, diamond shape, or
round as shown in Figs. 3 & 4, or square, as shown in Figs. 5 & 6, or. in strips, sec
Fig. 7. or otherwise, I form by suitably casting the same into the said metal plates,
gratings or frames b, simultaneously, or by casting or stamping the same out, and
fixing or rivetting the same into the perforations of the metal plates or gratings
separately.
In order to facilitate a ready fixing of square metal blocks a to plates, gratings or
frames made of steel, square holes are formed therein which afterwards are counter-
sunk on the back, see Figs. 5 & 6.
By this means I am enabled to form door or other mats, treads of stair cases,
carriage steps, flooring and other similar wearing surfaces, which will be cheaper, last
much longer and afford better facilities for repairing, than heretofore has been the
case, the worn metal blocks a being easily, removable and can be re-cast to form new
blocks.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my.inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
In door-mats, treads of stair-cases, carriage steps, flooring, and other similar wearing
surfaces, the combination of a perforated metal plate, grating, or frame b with metal
blocks, strips, or other wearing surfaces a, made of lead, or being an alloy of lead
and other metal, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and
illustrated in annexed drawing.
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F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester,
Agents to Applicant.