Claims
- 1. A tile for covering a building comprising:
- a tile body having an upper surface;
- a coating adhered to said upper surface and including acrylic adhesive, at least one fire retardant substance intermixed with said adhesive and selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate and ammonium phosphate, and light weight concrete particles intermixed with said adhesive and with said at least one fire retardant substance and formed from a composition consisting essentially of the following ingredients in the proportions set forth below, by weight,
- ______________________________________portland cement 70 to 94 partsgypsum 10 to 30 partssodium hydroxide 1 to 3 partssodium silicate solution 150 to 275 parts(saturated)particles of a metal or 1/4 11/2 partsmetals selected fromthe group consisting ofaluminum and zincan acidic ingredient 2 to 5 parts; andwater in an amount rendering the concrete compo-sition moldable; and______________________________________
- decorative particles adhered to said coating.
- 2. A tile as recited in claim 1, including a mesh embedded within and reinforcing said coating.
- 3. A tile as recited in claim 1, including a layer of sodium silicate adhered to and covering said decorative particles.
- 4. A tile as recited in claim 1, including both sodium carbonate and ammonium phosphate.
- 5. A tile as recited in claim 1, in which the ingredients of said coating are present in about the following proportions, by weight:
- ______________________________________acrylic adhesive 1 to 2 partsfire retardant substance 2 to 1 parts[or substances]light weight concrete 2 to 1 partsparticles.______________________________________
- 6. A tile as recited in claim 5, including a mesh embedded within and reinforcing said coating.
- 7. A tile as recited in claim 6, including a layer of sodium silicate adhered to and covering said decorative particles.
- 8. A tile as recited in claim 1, in which the ingredients of said coating are present in about the following proportions, by weight:
- ______________________________________acrylic adhesive 1 to 2 partssodium carbonate 2 to 1 partsammonium phosphate 2 to 1 partslight weight concrete 2 to 1 partsparticles.______________________________________
- 9. A tile as recited in claim 8, including a metal mesh embedded within said coating and a layer of sodium silicate covering said decorative particles.
- 10. A tile as recited in claim 1, in which said particles are selected from the group consisting of sand, glass and rock.
- 11. A tile for covering a building, comprising:
- a tile body having an upper surface;
- a coating adhered to said upper surface and including adhesive selected from the group consisting of acrylic and asphaltic adhesives, with portland cement distributed throughout said adhesive; and
- decorative particles adhered to said coating.
- 12. A tile as recited in claim 11, including a layer of sodium silicate adhered to and covering said decorative particles.
- 13. A tile as recited in claim 11, in which said portland cement is present in the form of concrete particles intermixed with the adhesive.
- 14. A tile as recited in claim 11, in which said portland cement is present in the form of light weight concrete particles intermixed with the adhesive and formed from a composition consisting essentially of the following ingredients in the proportions set forth below, by weight:
- ______________________________________portland cement 70 to 94 partsgypsum 10 to 30 partssodium hydroxide 1 to 3 partssodium silicate solution 150 to 275 parts(saturated)particles of a metal or 1/4 to 1 1/2 partsmetals selected fromthe group consisting ofaluminum and zincan acidic ingredient 2 to 5 partswater in an amount renderingthe concrete compositionmoldable.______________________________________
- 15. A tile as recited in claim 11, including at least one fire retardant substance intermixed with said adhesive and selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate and ammonium phosphate.
- 16. A tile as recited in claim 11, including a mesh embedded within and reinforcing said coating.
- 17. A tile as recited in claim 11, in which said portland cement is present in the form of light weight concrete particles intermixed with the adhesive and formed from a composition consisting essentially of the following ingredients in the proportions set forth below, by weight:
- ______________________________________portland cement 70 to 94 partsgypsum 10 to 30 partssodium hydroxide 1 to 3 partssodium silicate solution 150 to 275 parts(saturated)particles of a metal or 1/4 to 1 1/2 partsmetals selected fromthe group consisting ofaluminum and zincan acidic ingredient 2 to 5 partswood particles impregnatedwith a substance selectedfrom the group consistingof sodium pentachlorophenoland carbon tetrachloridewater in an amount renderingthe concrete compo-sition moldable.______________________________________
- 18. A tile for covering a building, comprising:
- a tile body having an upper surface;
- a coating adhered to said upper surface and including adhesive selected from the group consisting of acrylic and asphaltic adhesives, with portland cement distributed throughout said adhesive;
- said portland cement being present in the form of light weight concrete particles intermixed with the adhesive and formed from a composition consisting essentially of the following ingredients int he proportions set forth below, by weight:
- ______________________________________portland cement 70 to 94 partsgypsum 10 to 30 partssodium hydroxide 1 to 3 partssodium silicate solution 150 to 275 parts(saturated)particles of a metal or 1/4 to 1 1/2 partsmetals selected fromthe group consisting ofaluminum and zincan acidic ingredient 2 to 5 partswater in an amount renderingthe concrete compositionmoldable;______________________________________
- decorative particles adhered to said coating;
- a mesh embedded within and reinforcing said coating;
- a layer of sodium silicate adhered to and covering said decorative particles; and
- a fire retardant substance intermixed with said adhesive and selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate and ammonium phosphate.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 7/327,795 entitled "Roof Construction" and filed Mar. 23, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,060,445.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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