Improvements in and relating to Wood Tent Floors, also applicable to other Portable Floors.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 25th July, 1893-Accepted, 26th Aug.; 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Wood Tent Floors, also applicable
to other Portable Floors.
I, WILLIAM FLUX, Junior, of 113, Whitworth Road, Gosport, in the County
of Hampshire, Laundryman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows --
My invention relates to tent and other portable floors.
The main object of my said invention is to provide tent floors so constructed
that when made up of different sections each section shall be interchangeable.
Wood tent floors as now ordinarily constructed are circular in form in plan, and
made up of two or four equal parts forming quadrantal or semicircular sections for
convenience in removal and stowage, the various pieces of wood forming the floor
are nailed or otherwise securely fastened, to bottom cleats or bearers, the ends of
which project beyond the meeting edges of the various sections and fit into each
other when the proper sections are placed together, but the various sections of the
floor are not arranged to be interchangeable, but certain sections must be placed-
when fitting the floor together-opposite each other to insure perfect fitting of the
whole, thus, although the various sections may be numbered considerable trouble and
loss of time is experienced in finding the proper pieces for fitting together.
According to one form or modification of my invention I arrange and make my
improved tent floors in quadrantal sections in plan, somewhat similarly constructed
with boards and cleats as the floors hereinbefore described, but my invention
essentially consists in so arranging and shaping the overlapping ends of cleats that
upon placing any two sections together the ends of cleats and consequently the
sections will fit into each other, thus there will be no occasion to number or mark
the various sections before stowing them away.
In carrying out my invention I do not confine myself to the use of any special
size, shape, or form of the various sections forming the complete floor, although I
prefer to make them of quadrantal form.
The more firmly to secure the floor in position, when laid, tent pegs may be
driven into the ground outside of the various sections, or I may sometimes provide
hook and eye, or clasp fittings at the joints of the various sections, upon the outer
edge or circumference of the floor, for the purpose of attaching and securing the
various sections together.
Dated this 15th day of Luna 1902
HERBERT P. BLAKE, M.I.N.A.,
70, High Street, Southampton, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Wood Tent Floors, also applicable
to other Portable Floors.
I WILLIAM FLUX, Junior, of 113, Whitworth Road, Gosport, in the County of
Hampshire, Laundryman, 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:-
My invention relates to tent, and other portable floors.
The main object of my said invention is to provide tent floors so constructed that
when made up of various plane sections or parts, each section shall be inter-
henceable

page_text: Wood tent floors as now ordinarily constructed are circular in form, in plan,
and made up of two or four equal parts forming quadrantal or semi-circular sections,
for convenience in removal and stowage, the various pieces of wood forming the top
of floor are nailed or otherwise securely fastened, to bottom cleats or bearers, the
ends of which project beyond the meeting edges of the floor of the various sections,
and the ends of bearers fit into each other when the proper sections are placed
together, but the various sections of the floor are not arranged to be interchange-
able, but certain sections must be placed-when fitting the floor together-opposite
each other to insure perfect fitting of the whole, thus, although the various sections
may be numbered, considerable trouble and loss of time is experienced in finding the
proper sections for fitting together.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1, is a plan view on top of a floor, constructed and fitted together according
to one form or modification of my invention.
Fig. 2, is a sectional elevation of same taken on line a, a.
Fig. 3, is a plan view on top, of two different sections of the floor adjacent to, but
separated from each other.
Fig. 4, is a plan view on top of a floor constructed and fitted together according
to another form or modification of my invention.
Fig. 5, a sectional elevation of same taken on line b, b.
Fig. 6, is a plan view of same on top, shewing two different sections adjacent to,
but separated from each other.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
According to one form or modification of my invention, I make my improved
floors in quadrantal plane sections A, B, C, D, somewhat similarly constructed as
the floors herein before described with a board, or boards forming the top part, and
cleats, or bearers e, e, e, at the underside, as shewn in dotted lines at Figs. 1 and 3,
my invention essentially consists in so arranging, and shaping the overlapping
ends e, e', e', of the bearers that upon placing the straight sides or meeting edges of
any two of the sections A, B, C, D, together, the ends of cleats and consequently
the sections will overlap and fit into each other.
but
For example, the position of the section A, may be that of section D, and D,
that of A, (see Fig. 1,) and the fitting together of the whole floor will still be
secured, in fact any of the various sections are interchangeable and will fit into
each other.
In carrying out my invention, I do not limit myself to the use of any special
size, shape, or number, of the various sections, forming the complete floor, for
instance, the same may consist of six plane sections E, F, G, H, I, J, of the
shape and with the arrangement of bearers f, f, f, and the projecting ends of
same e, e², e², as shewn at Figs. 4, 5, and 6, and the various sections in this arrange-
ment as in that hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, will still
be interchangeable, and the proper fitting of same will be secured when any of them
are placed with their straight edges together.
The more firmly to secure the floor in position, when in use, tent pegs may
be driven into the ground outside of the various sections, or I may sometimes
provide hook and eye, or clasp fittings at the joints of the various sections, upon the
outer edge or circumference of the floor, for the purpose of attaching and securing
the various sections together, or I may use other convenient means and devices to
secure the like result.
The top part of floor may be in one piece for each section, or made up of
various pieces arranged and fitted together and fastened to the bearers in manner as
found most convenient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1st. The improved floors consisting of the parts constructed and arranged sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described.

page_text: 2nd. Floors made up of any convenient number of plane sections or parts,
any one section fitting into and between any two of the said sections, when the
floor is put together, all substantially as described with reference to the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of July 1893.
HERBERT P. BLAKE, M.I.N.A.,
70, High Street, Southampton, Agent for the Applicant.