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gratings and combination-tiles, for when the fractions are set with glasses and concreted as articles of manufacture separate and distinct from the structural foundation that is to contain them, we have all the striking defects of surface disfigurement seen in Fig. 5, where the dark concreted face of the fractions that compose the combination-tile within the panel-space D² is seen in striking contrast with the lighter cement lines f'f' and g' g' that mark and indicate both the construction-seams and joint-seams of the work; and when, now, we compare this mode of construction with the improved mode herein set forth, by contrasting the combination-tile of D², Fig. 5, with that of D², Fig. 6, we perceive without argument the value of the new method; for whereas in the one case the whole face of the work is disfigured by lines which betray the piece-work nature of the construction, we have in the other a complete and homogeneous over-layer that not only covers and conceals and makes water-tight and perfect all the joint and construction seams, but at the same time presents a level, smooth, and uniform surface, both in color and quality, over the whole face of the tile.     What I claim as my invention is--     1. In illuminating-tile constructions, the combination, with a panel frame or casement having an inclosing rising rim or border; of a tile-grating made without a rising rim or border set into said panel-frame and therein over-laid or filled with plastic cement flush with the level of the glasses and the panel-frame, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and illustrated.     2. In illuminating-tile constructions, the combination, with a panel-frame having an inclosing marginal rim or border, of a tile-grating let into said panel without a rising rim or border, set with glasses, and finally overlaid or filled with plastic cement around and between the glasses and flush with the panel-frame, whereby the glasses are fixed in the grating and the grating fixed in the panel and a uniform cemented surface produced in the panel at one and the same

action, substantially as herein set forth and illustrated.     3. In illuminating-tile constructions, the combination, with, an inclosing-panel casement or frame having a rising rim or border, of fractional-tile gratings adapted to be set with glasses made without rising rims, set into said panels and junctioned directly together and overlaid or filled with plastic cement flush with the level of the glasses and panel-frame, whereby the fractions are fixed to each other and to the frame in a homogeneous manner at one action, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and illustrated.     4. In illuminating tile constructions, the combination, with a panel-frame having an inclosing rim or border, of tile-gratings made in fractional sections junctioned together in said panel-frame, set with glasses, and finally overlaid or filled with plastic cement around said glasses and flush with the panel-frame, or nearly so, whereby the glasses are fixed in the gratings, the fractions of the tile are secured to each other and to the panel-frame by the same mass of cement at one action and a uniform cement surface produced in the panel, substantially as set forth.     5. In illuminating concreted tile constructions, fractional gratings placed naked in the panel-spaces, adapted to be set with glasses and finally overlaid with plastic cement flush with the panel-frame, whereby the fractions are secured together and all the joints of the panel are covered and a homogeneous or uniform concrete surface is obtained at one cementing action, substantially as set forth.     6. In illuminating concreted constructions, fractional gratings placed naked in the panel-spaces, set with glasses, and finally overlaid with plastic cement flush with the glasses and panel-frame, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.     In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. THADDEUS HYATT. Witnesses:     LOUIS BEYER,     JOHN C. PARKER.