US147531A

US147531A - Improvement in plastering-boards for walls

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Publication number: US147531A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1874-02-17
Anticipated expiration: 1891-02-17

Description

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.,

LORENCE H. TIDEMAN, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLASTERING-BOARDS FOR WALLS, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. vLIL-531, dated February 17, 1874; application filed July 25, 1873.

To all `whom -tmuy concern:

Be it known that l, LoRENcE HENRY 'liDE- MAN, ot' Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Finishing` House lWalls and Ceilings, ot' which the followin g is a specification:

The object of my invention is to do away with lath and plaster in houses, and furnish in its stead a cheaper and better mode ot' linishing, and one that overcomes the objections ot' being damp, crumbling, cracking, or breaking; and to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction, reference being had to the accompanying drawings with letters of reference thereon, in which- Figure 1 represents a front eleyation, and Fig. 2 a vertical section, ot' my invention.

ln a brick house, A represents a rough brick wall, on which I nail or securely fasten strips oi' boards B, at suitable distances apart, and around the edges 0r"'corners of the room strips at right an gles. It is not essential that these strips be ot' unit'orm width or distance apart; but they should -bc ot` the same thickness and have their face corners rounded a little.

I then procure what is known as burlaps7 (j, which is a strong, coarse, hemp cloth, and, at'ter sewing its breadths together, stretch it tightly over these strips and securely tack or ltis then ready for paper, which is put on the same as onan ordinary wall, and may afterward be ialeimined, frescoed, or decorated in any manner desired, the same as other walls.

On ceilings, I do not put on any strips, but stretch the burlaps and nail it to thejoists.

On frame buildings l board the inside with any rough boards and then nail on the strips the same as described on brick walls.

Thus, it will readily be seen that in frame houses I have two dead-air chambers, and in brick houses one, which makes the houses cooler in summer and warmer in winter, and entirely prevents dampness, or souring and molding of walls.

rIhe reason why I use bui-laps is because of its great strength and durability. It also holds the paper rmer than common plastering, and adapts itself readily with the paper to the different degrees of dryness or moisture in the atmosphere, so as always to keep smooth, and as 'it only costs ten cents a yard, the actual cost of vinishing in this manner is less than half the amount of lath and plaster.

The reason why I round the corners of strips is, so that it may not show when papered where these strips are.

My invention is particularly valuable on ceilings that are subject to jar and spring, as it does to perfection on such places where plastering would not stay for anylength of time, and as a room or house may be iinished and used the same day, it saves all delays, eX- pense, and trouble incident in waiting for plasteringI to dry, and also the ruining of life and health caused by damp walls.

The burlaps may have a coat or preparation applied to its inside, so as to eectnally eX- clude mice or vermin. i

I am aware that it has been common to linish walls by putting paper or wood hangings upon a backingvot' cotton cloth; and, therefore, I do not claim, broadly, the combination ot' paper with a iibrous backing for tinishing walls. Cloth ot' cotton is found to be objectionable, because it yields readily to atmospheric influences, and soon becomes loose and unsightly. The material known as burlaps, as above set forth, I have discovered to be free from the above-named defects.

ll'aving described my invention, what I claim as new is- Y l. rIhc improved plastering-board asa substitute for lat-h and plaster in the walls and ceilings of houses, consisting of the combination ot' a hemp fabric known as burlaps7 and a paper or other ornamental facing applied I'or use substantially in the manner described.

2. In combination with a librous backing and facing of paper or other ornamental material, C and C', the strips B with rounded corners, as and for the purpose set forth.

LORENGE HENRY 'TIDEh/IAN.

Witnesses E. GREEN, Jr., B. A. BARLOW.