Improvements in and relating to Blocks or Bricks Composed of Siliceous Materials.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 25th Nov.. 1889-Accepted. 28th Dec.. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Blocks or Bricks Composed
of Siliceous Materials.
We, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL PONTON, of Viewfield, Parkstone, in the County of
Dorset, Architect, BENJAMIN LEWIN MOSELY, of 36 Robertson Street, Hastings, in
the County of Sussex, Surgeon Dentist, and CROMPTON CHAMBERS, of Town Hall
Chambers, Hastings, in the County of Sussex, Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
For various structural purposes, paving and the like, we make blocks, slabs, bricks,
or similar articles of sea grit, shingle, broken flints, or other similar sea or fresh
water washed aggregates. These are sifted in grades of size and combined with each
other as compactly as possible, and we may use powdered flint for filling up the
interstices. These materials are mixed with a siliceous cement into a plastic mass,
which is cast or moulded in suitable boxes or forms and allowed to dry. They are
afterwards exposed to heat in a kiln to completely harden the cementing agent, and
then removed for use.
Dated i: 10.1. dane
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1000
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Blocks or Bricks Composed
of Siliceous Materials.
We, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL PONTON, of Viewfield, Parkstone, in the County of
Dorset, Architect, BENJAMIN LEWIN MOSELY, of 36, Robertson Street, Hastings, in
the County of Sussex, Surgeon Dentist, and CROMPTON CHAMBERS, of Town Hall
Chambers, Hastings, in the County of Sussex, Solicitor, 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:-
For various structural purposes, paving and the like, we make blocks, slabs, bricks,
or similar articles of sea grit, shingle, broken flints, or other similar sea or fresh
water washed aggregates. These are sifted into suitable grades of size, and com-
bined with each other as compactly as possible, and we may use powdered flint,
previously burnt, for filling up the interstices. These materials are mixed with a
siliceous cement composed of an alkaline silicate, such as silicate of soda, or of
potash, or of a combination thereof. The mixture is formed into a plastic mass which
is cast or moulded in suitable boxes or forms, and allowed to dry. They are after-
wards exposed to heat in a kiln, to completely harden the cementing agent, and are
then removed for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
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The herein described improvements in making blocks bricks, or slabs, comprising
the combination of washed siliceous aggregates mixed in suitable grades with a
siliceous cement, moulded into form, and subsequently exposed to heat to harden the
ceipenting agent, substantially as described.
Dated this 16th day of November 1889
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents for the Applicants.