Improvements in or relating to "Fixing Bricks" for Building Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 8th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to "Fixing Bricks" for Building
Purposes.
I, WILLIAM NICHOLSON of the Saw Mills, Shield field Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the
County of Northumberland, Foreman Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
And consists of, specially holed bricks, to enable grounds, architraves, skirtings,
angle beads, and the like, to be readily and securely fixed to the walls of a
building.
These bricks are made of any suitable clay, or composition, and of a size to suite
the bricks they are to wall in with, and have one or more holes, in any desired
position, and about 3" deep, in one or both faces, or the end.
I also make a hole in the corner of bricks, (intended for the fixing of angle beads),
at an angle of 45° with the face of the brick.
These holes are to take wood plugs or dowels, which can be driven in the desired
distance, after the brick has been built into the wall, of which it is to form a part, and
the grounds, architraves, skirtings angle beads, and the like, can be nailed to them, in
the ordinary way.
Dated this 28th day of October 1896.
WILLIAM NICHOLSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to "Fixing Bricks" for Building
Purposes.
I, WILLIAM NICHOLSON, of the Saw Mills, Shieldfield Lane, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
in the County of Northumberland, Foreman Joiner, 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 bricks or blocks used for building purposes, and consists
in the provision of holes within such bricks or blocks into which wood plugs or
dowels may be inserted which serve for the fixture of grounds, architraves, skirtings,
angle beads or such wood work or the like in an effective manner to the walls or
parts of a building.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention as carried into effect.
Figures 1 and 2 are respectively plans in perspective of bricks provided with holes
for the insertion of dowels in accordance with the present invention.
Figure 3 is a perspective plan in which a hole is provided in the angle of the
brick, while
Figure 4 is a modification in which the hole for the insertion of the dowel is partly
formed as a semi-circular groove upon the face of each brick.
In carrying my invention into effect as illustrated in the drawings, I provide a
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page_text: brick or block A which may be of clay, stone or any other suitable substance and
of a size suitable to the requirements of design or use upon a building or part
upon which the fixture of any woodwork, such as grounds, architraves, skirtings,
beads or the like is required. Such brick or block is provided with holes B
preferably transverse to the face of the brick, which are forined on the clay and
of a cylindrical shape or tapered in either direction for the insertion therein of
dowels that serve to fix the woodwork or the like that it is desired to fix to the-
building or part by means of nails screws or otherwise as may be required.
Figure 1 shows a brick in which 3 holes are provided laterally and one upon the
front end, while Figure 2 shows a brick in which 2 holes are provided laterally
and one at the front end. Figure 3 shows a brick in which the hole is formed
in an angle transverse to the vertical edge, and is provided in that position for
the fixture thereto of angle beads. Figure 4 shows holes partially formed upon
the meeting faces of the bricks transverse to the lateral face and in the angle of the
brick, the hole being formed or completed by the super-position of one brick having
a semi-circular groove B' upon its face in a position coincident with that of a
corresponding semi-circular groove B₁ provided in the neighbouring brick.
By the use of bricks in accordance with my invention it will be seen that the wood-
work or the like may be very neatly and effectively fixed to the wall or part of the
building to which it is required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
-claim is-
Bricks or blocks in which are provided holes for the insertion of plugs or dowels to
which woodwork may be affixed substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.