USRE3088E - Improvement in tee constbxxction a and finishing of houses and otheb buildings - Google Patents

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BEST AVAILABLE COPY @auch tette stmt @High JOHN 7.. MAYO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., FOR HIMSELF, AND ANDRE CUSHING AND GEORGE wie CUSHING, OF ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, ASSIGNEES OF JOHN K. MAYO.

Letter: Patent No. 51,735, dated December 26, 1865; reissue No. 3,088, detect August 18, 1868.

DIVISION D.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE GONSTRUOION ANDl FINISHING 0F HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS..

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To ALL WHoM 1T MAY GONCERN:

Beit known that JOHN K. MAYO,.formerly of Portland, Maine, but now of the city, county, and State of New York, invented an Improvement in the Construction and Finishing of Houses and other Buildings; and

it' is hereby declared that the following is a suciently full, clear, and exact description thereof to enable one skilled in 'the art to which the said invention sppertains to cari-.y it into elect, reference being had to the aocompanyinr `rawings which are made part of this specification.

This in on consists in constructing houses and other buildings, or parts thereof, from a plurality of scaleboards or thin. sheets of wood firmly united together by coment, or its equivalent, the lseveral layers being so placed together that thejointsof one layer shall be broken by the next, and so that the grains of the wood s' all be crossed or diversified, thus forming a material ot' great strength Vand tenacity, not subject to checking splitting in its own n'ature, nor yet by any fastening which may be used-in connecting its parts, neither will be subject to swelling and shrinking like woods in their natural forms, nor, like metals, subject to expansion r contraction.

In building a. house,.it is proposed to substitute sheets or boards of thin laminated wood for all the usual covering of buildings outside and in.

Figure 1-1 presents a portion of the walls of a house,-foruied of an outer shell,'A, and an inner shell, B, ffiado of sheets or boards of laminated scales, tho outer shell serving the purpose of boarding and sheathing 'iplapboarding and the inner one that ofv lathing and plastering, being separated by common inch boards, U, Vwhich serve the purpose ot' the usual framing, which may be dispensed with, as the `material has suliicient strength in itselft i p It-may be found desirable to substitute T-pieces or angle-pieces'made of the same laminated wood, in place of' `the boards C. v i i The finish and style of the house, both inside and out, may be made to snit the taste, either Hush and plain,

` by tonguing and grooving its plates or sheets, or by covering thojoints by pilasters of same material, as shown in the drawing. In either case the house will be perfectly tight, and impervious to wet and eoldthrough itsjoints.

In mild climates, the innen` wall might be dispensed with, and sufficient stiffness imparted to the outer wall by pr :actions and recesses, adding beauty to the structure.

O c great advantage of this form of building is, that the parts may be all made and fitted in the shop or factory, y for setting up, and may bc transported with facility to distant countries at less cost than ordinary building. .tei-lala, and put together -with very little labor, one-halfiuch in thickness of this material being stronger t an a two-inch plank. For this reason, also, owing to its superior strength and lightness, it is peculiarly adapted to the construction of domes, spires, towers, light-houses, or any structure of great height and elevation. l

Figure 2 represents a section of rooting with perfectly plain surface, the laminae or scale-boards being shown as laid in thc ordinary boarding in one continuous web, the sheets or scales of wood being treated with coment, and laid down in succession, and external pressure applied to make them adhere to cach other, after which, as protection' against the weather or from fire, a coating of coal-tar and sand or analogous substance is applied. Another method quite as good, if not superior, is tomanufacturc theboarding of laminas in the shop, and substitute the ordinary boarding with these upon the rafters either by butting or lapping, and then covering the joints with a coating of paint or coal-tar and sand or gravel, as now practised. The great advantage of this description of roofing is that it will neither swell yby heat nor shrink by cold, and thus we overcome the great diicultyof all roofing. w i

Figure 3 represents a door with raised panel-work, which is moulded by laying the laminas of the compound scale-boards over or within suitable forms. The pliability of the material makes it very convenient and valuable for use in this manner.

.-JEST AVAILABLE COPY` Without specifying all the various uses and advantages of this invention'as applied to architectureill sulice to say that it is proposed to use it in `the construction and finishing of all kinds of buildings or 'any parts thereof. 4

In addition to the parts of buildings already specified, the invention is applicable to the construction of roofing and materials of various forms, eaves-troughs, spouts, gutters, columns, beams, girders, joists, flooring, sta ir-rails, balusters, newcl-posts, mouldings, fruit and meat-chambers, cellars, refrigerators, window-frames, blinds, brackets, pillars, posts, arches, ventilators. But it is unnecessary to partieularize further; 'suiice it to say, this material may beused to advantage in architectural structures, either for use or ornament, in whole or in part, and will he found superior in point of health, comfort, and cheapness.

The following is what it is desired to secure by Letters Patentes the invention of JOHN K. MAYO: The employment or use of tlieicompound scale-board, hereinbefore described, in the construction and finishing of houses and-'other buildings, or parts thereof.

- JOHN K. MAYO.

Witnesses:

EDWARD WILLARD, S. W. Fnosr.

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