GB114675A - Improvements in and relating to the Method of and Means for Covering or Insulating Ships' Decks, Bulkheads, Walls, Floors, Ceilings and the like. - Google Patents

Abstract

114,675. Davies, J., Jones, W. H., Davies, J., and Hale, H. J. April 18, 1917. Non - conducting coverings.-A non- conducting covering or insulation for ships' decks, bulkheads, walls, floors, ceilings, &c., comprises a primary covering of cement or bitumen b, Fig. 1, over the surface a to be covered, an interlaced system of flexible wires and rigid rods 22 supported by angle-bars 21, and a final coating c of the composition laid over the wires and rods. The wires and rods may be replaced by metal meshwork which may be nailed direct to the surface, if of wood, or spot welded to the surface, if of metal, and the composition laid over it in a single layer. Or the meshwork may be supported from the surface by metal pins, studs, or angle-brackets secured to the surface or embedded in the primary covering. The meshwork may also be placed over a secondary covering of compressed cork slabs laid whilst the primary covering is still wet; the meshwork is then overlayed with holding wires or laths. In Fig. 11 the meshwork 24 is shown laid alternately over and under adjacent cork slabs d. The lower layer b of compusition may be reinforced with metal meshwork. Fig. 17 shows the meshwork 24 secured directly to a wooden surface e by rods 42 held down by clips 46 secured by nails 45.