US595485A

US595485A - Charles r

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Publication number: US595485A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 1914-12-14

Description

.(Specimens.)

G. R. LAMB.

MOSAIG TILE.

No. 595,485.- Patented Dec. 14,1897.

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CHARLES R. LAMB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOSAIC TILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,485, dated December 14, 1897.

Application filed August 6, 1896. Serial No; BOLS L'Y. (Specimens) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES R. LAMB, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Mosaic Tiles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a durable tileof comparatively low cost adapted for mosaic work, which when laid in place will present the appearance of highly polished metal mosaics.

It also consists in the employment of different-colored transparent substances for the wearing-surface of the tile, so that the tile will be reversible, one side presenting a different color from the other.

It also, consists in forming the said tile of such substances and in such manner that it may be readily and quickly subdivided and used in any desired shape or size.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved tile ready for use. Fig. 2 is a View showing how the tile is formed in large sections for subdivision as above.

Similar reference-characters are employed to designate like parts in both views.

The tile consists of two plates 1 and 2, preferably of transparent glass of different colors, and an interposed layer of metallic foil 3, the contiguous surfaces of the three layers being firmly united throughout their area, so that the/finished tile may be subdivided into any desired number of parts of any desired shape by means of an ordinary glaziers diamond without in any way impairing the cohesion of the plates.

Any suitable metallic foil may be utilized in the production of my improved tile, but I will for the sake of brevity confine my description of the preferred process of its manufacture to a tile made with gold-foil. A thin sheet of the foil 3, such as is used generally in the arts, is placed smoothly between the two plates 1 and 2, one of which at least m ust be of transparent glass. The superposed layers are then placed in a kiln or retort and subjected to a temperature of from 1,500 to 2,500 Fahrenheit. The exact degree of heat required will vary considerably with the pnrity of the foil and the quality of glass employed, and for foils other than gold will also be governed by the character of the metal, as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art. hours (more or less) the fires are drawn gradually, so that the kilns will cool slowly, and the tiles are permitted to remain in the kilns until they are thoroughly cooled. No flux or cement of any kind is necessarily employed in securing the parts together, and when removed from the kiln the two sheets of glass will be found to be so perfectly united that they are practically inseparable and the joint will be hardly distinguishable. As stated, the tiles may then be subdivided into any desired shape or size and on any desired lines by the use of an ordinary glaziers diamond.

W'hen the tiles are laidin place, the upper plate serves as a durable wearing-surface and the under one as a backing which completely protects the foil from deterioration and fur nishes a firm foundation for the tile. If the upper plate be of colorless glass, the foil will ap pear beneath it in its natural color-,the finished work presenting the appearance of highlypolished metal mosaics. By using glass of difierent colors for the two layers the apparent color of the foil may be changed by simply reversing the tile, and in this manner or by the use of different-colored foils or different-colored glass any mosaic pattern or design may be produced and unique and artistic effects obtained.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture a tile consisting of a backing, a transparent glass plate and an interposed layer of metallic foil firmly united into one composite structure by the action of heat, substantially as shown and described.

2. As a new article of manufacture a tile consisting of two glass plates of different colors and an interposed layer of metallic foil having their contiguous surfaces united throughout by the action of heat, substantially as shown and described.

CHAS. R. LAMB. WVitnesses:

ARTHUR F. THOMPSON, HORACE C. SKELLY.

At the expiration of twenty-four ICO