US708472A - Tile. - Google Patents

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Patented Spt. 2. |902.

N0. 708,472. A. L.- FLOOD.

TILE. (Application med mfr. a, 1902.) (No Model.)

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UN ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

y ALFRED L. FLOOD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM L. WEBER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

T I L E SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 708,47 2, dated September 2, 1902.

A Application filed March 3, 1902. Serial No. 96,390. (No model.)

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure lis a view of a portion of a surface, showing the tiles in position. Fig. 2 is a view of one of the circular tiles, and Fig. 3 is a view showing the other associated tile. y

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several gures.

One of the objects of my present invention is to provide a construction which will enlarge the adaptability and extend the usefulness of tiles of various kinds. In the laying of such tiles it is desirable to be able to produce ornamental eects b v using variousshaped tiles and assembling them in proper relation, thus permitting the use of various borders, fields, 85e.

V,project `into any given recess.

As illustrated in Fig. l, I have shown a series of dissimilar or different tiles connected together and embodying my invention. In the drawingr a number of different-shaped tiles A B C D, &c., are used. It will be noted that these tiles are provided with recesses A' and engaging or interlocking projectionsB,-

which fit into such recesses. The tiles A, for example, have a series of these recesses, and the tiles B have a series of projections B'. It will be noted that instead of one recess containing one projection such recess contains two dierent projections on different tiles, so that a part of two separate and diiferent tiles This feature gives the great adaptability to my invention and permits the various-shaped tiles to -be connected together to form a floor, wall, or other surface. It will be noted that in connection with tiles A and B the receiving-recesses are arcs of circles and the projections B are substantially semicircles, and when the tiles are formed together the two projections B of the adjacent tiles meet in the same recess. It is not necessary to have these projections and recesses circular, but they can be of any desired shape, and I have shown them rectangular in connection with some of the tiles. Many other shapes might be used; but in any event I desire to have parts of two different tiles contained in one receiving or interlocking recess.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a circular tile A cut away at four preferably equidistant points, so as to form the arc-engaging surface A.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a tile B adapted to be associated with the tile A and provided with interlocking projections B', having curved or arc-engaging faces B2 adapted to engage the faces A' of the associated tiles A.

It will be noted when the tilesA and B are used all of the engaging faces of the tile are curved and are preferably arcs of circles. The interlocking projections B are parts of circles, and in the drawings they are shown as semicircles. It will further be seen that when the series of tiles A and B are assembled inv their proper relation and the surface cornpleted the tiles are interlocked, so as to be held in place.

In order to show how this form of tile adapts itself to borders and the like, I have shown it in connection with a n umher of differentlyshaped tiles. The tiles C E, for example, have the corners cut away, so as to form the curved interlocking or engaging faces A. Between the several sections of dierently-shaped tiles are provided the connecting-tiles G I-l, which are provided with the interlocking projections I, as shown. It will thus be seen that I have here a construction which adapts itself readily to various. conditions and to a great variety of uses, and th us' facilitates the adaptation of tiles for floors, walls, and other surfaces.

The tiles may be made of elastic or nonelastic material; but I prefer to use some suitable elastic material--such, for example, as rubber or some compound thereof.

I claim- 1. A floor, wall or other surface composed of a series of tiles of different shapes or forms, one form consisting of a circular tile cut away at various points to provide circular recesses, the other having circular engaging faces pro- .ided with interlocking projections adapted to iit such circular recesses.

2. The combination with a series of circu- 4`lan-,tiles `ofv a binding or interlocking tile adapted to be interposed between the circn lartiles and provided with interlocking projections which engage such circular tiles.

lcurved projections on adjacent tiles, two of such projections lying in engagement with i each of said recesses.

4:. floor, wall or other surface made up of a series of dissimilar tiles, provided with curved recesses of greater Width at the mouth and curved interlocking projections, the

curved projections adapted to fit into the curved recesses, substantially as described.

5. A floor, 'Wall or other surface made up of a series oi' tiles of various shapes, said tiles having their outer boundary interrupted by projections and recesses, the faces of the projections adapted to engage the faces of the recesses, such engaging faces being arcs of circles and such recesses of greatest Width at their mouths.

ALFRED L. FLOOD.

Witnesses:

FANNY B. FAY, HOMER L. KRAFT.

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