US1041924A

US1041924A - Sheet-metal tile.

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Publication number: US1041924A
Application number: US65883311A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clarence A Weirich
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-11-06
Filing date: 1911-11-06
Publication date: 1912-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 1929-10-22

Description

C. A. WEIRIGH.

SHEET METAL TILE.

APPLICATION 11.21) NOV. 6, 1911.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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U. A. WBIRICH.

SHEET METAL TILE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1911.

Patented 0013.22, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV.6, 1911.

Patented 001;. 22, 1912.

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SHEET-METAL TILE.

Specification of Letters Patent; w Patented (Get. 22, 19112.

Application filed November 6, 1911. Serial No. 658,833.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it 'known that I, CLARENCE A. lVEI- men, a citizen of the. United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Tiles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to metal sheets shaped or stamped in simulation of tiles as laid upon a roof. Such tiles are frequently designed with a raised or protruding middle or body portion and ribbed overlapping or jointed lateral edges, and are laid so that the lower end of one tile overlaps the upper end of adjacent tiles astride the lateral joint nating the raised between the same, thus staggering or altertion of the tiles in one lateral row between the corresponding portions of the tiles in the next adjoining row. In imitating such a design of tiling, it has been customary to make a separate metal shingle to represent each tile, and to connect such shingles laterally by some form of flanged or locked joint. The manufacture of'such metal shin= gles or metal tiles requires many mechanical operations and considerable loss of material because of the accuracy in shape necessary for properly jointingthe tiles together, and because the stamping of the irregular design tends to distort the shape of the shingle and frequently requires trimming for truing the shingles. Further diiiiculty arises in the use of such metal shingles growing out of the imperfections and multiplicity ot' the lateral joints through which it is quite dificult to avoid some leakage from water, snow or slush on the roof covered by the same. These dificulties, together with the added expense of crating, handling and placing metal shingles made in simulation of individual tiles, are avoided by stamping an elongated metal sheet with two or more continuous rows of designs of individual tiles, the individual tile desi s in each row being arranged side b si e lengthwise of the sheet, and the individual tile designs in one row being alternately staggered in intervening relation with respect to the indlvidual tile designs in the other row; and, by so arranging the individual tile designs with reference to the ends of the sheets that alternate parts of the individual designs in the several rows at the end of one sheet will or protruding body ponoverlap corresponding parts cf the individual designs at the end of another sheet, to make a water-tight joint therewith and that the design of the lower edge 0 one sheet will overlap the upper edge of another sheet to make a water-shedding joint therewith.

A preferred embodiment of the invention, thus set forth in general terms, and also a modified embodiment thereof, are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of portions of several sheets of metal as laid upon a roof with the end and side edge portions overlapped, with certain parts broken away to show the underlapping edge portions; Fig. 2, a fragmentary plan View showing the joint formed by the overlapping end portions of two adjoining metal sheets; Fig. 3, a section of the metal sheets on line 3-3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4:, a section of the metal sheets on line H, Fig. 2; Fig. 5m. section of the metal sheet on line 55, Fig. 2; Fig. 6, a section of the metal sheet on line 6-6, 2; Fig. 7, a plan view of portions of several sheets of metal as laid upon a roof, embodying a modified form of the, invention with only one row of laterally adjoining individual designs on each sheet; Fig. 8, a section of the metal sheets on line 8 8, Fig. 7 and Fig. 9, a section of the metal sheets on line 9-4), Fig. 7.

Similar numerals refer throughout the drawings.

Each elongated sheet 1 of the preferred embodiment of the invention is formed or stamped with two rows of individual tile designs, each design including a raised portion 2 forming a ridge in simulation of. the body portion of the tile, and a corrugated raised portion 3 in simulation of the lateral joints between two tiles also forming a ridge across the sheet; and these raised portions in each row of designs are staggered with respect to the raised portions of the other row so as to alternately merge at 4: in axial alinement therewith, and thus form a continuous rid e entirely across the sheet.

ne edge of each sheet, being the upper edge 5 as laid upon a roof, is extended beyond the tile-design portion of the sheet, and this edge is provided with a series of laterally extended raised ribs 6 which are adapted to be overlapped by the opposite or to similar parts is preferably cut to lower edge 7 of the next adjoining sheet aboge to make a water-shedding joint therewit a The raised body portion 2 in the middle "of each individual tile design preferably tapers from a wider lower end 8 to a narrower upper end 9, and the side edges of this raised portion are bent acutely downward to form the well defined edges 10 and are thence curved laterally in each direction to form the side faces 11 of each individual design, which side faces are again bent slightly downward to form the grooves 12 along the sides of the raised joint portion 3; which grooves 12 are located in the bottom or base plane of the sheet, that is to say, the plane of the sheet which rests upon the surfaceof the roof.

The upper and lower ends of the raised body portion 2 of each indivdual design are curved downward, excepting at the merger 4 of the alined raised rib portion, to the base plane of the sheet, thus forming the intermittently defined grooves 13 along the sheet and across each end of the raised body portions of each individual design; which grooves merge with the corresponding grooves 12 alongside the raised joint portions of the several designs, and are located in the same base plane therewith, And the side faces 11 of each design are slightly inclined upward from the upper groove 13 to the laterally extended portion 14: of each body portion, so that the raised portions of these side faces nearest the lower edge otthe sheet will overlie the lateral ribs 6 along the extended upper edge portion 5 oil the adjoining overlapping sheet.

Each raised joint portion 3 is common to two laterally adjoining tile designs and is preferably composed oil two well defined

corrugations orribs

3 and 3 along the base plane grooves 11, between which ribs or corrugations is formed the depression 3, which may, as shown, be elevated above the base plane of the sheet, although such elevation is not essential,

One end of each sheet is preferably cut to form an edge 15 on one side of the ridge formed by two alined raised body and joint portions, while the other end of each sheet form an edge 16 on the corresponding ridge; so that, when the end portions of two sheets are laid. to overlap each other, the joint thus formed will include one raised joint portion of the design and the raised body portion of the design which merges and is in alinement opposite side of a with said raised joint portion. By this arrangcment of, the sheets, it is evident that any water which may find itsway under the overlapedge 16 in one row of designs will be of the nearest rib 3 of the overlapped raised 'one hand that as eet can be of the overlapping end portions nearest and, instead of tending to How will naturally flow downward along the base groove 12 and thence backward toward the edge 16 in onerow of designs along the lateral base groove 13 below the raised body portion of the corresponding individual design; and that any water which may find its way'under the edge 16 in the other row of designs will be stopped by the overlapped raised body portion 2 of the individual design and willl fiow along the side of the same .to find its way outward from the lower edge of the sheet along the corresponding base grooves, And finally, it is evident that any water which may find its way over the nearest corrugation or rib3 of a raised joint portion will not pass over the farthest corrugation or rib 3', but will find its way downward along the depression 3 between the ribs to an outlet through the notch 17 which is formed by shortening the nearest rib 3 so that the corresponding, base channel 12 communicates with the depression 3 between the two ribs.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to a sheet having two rows of individual tile desi s,

joint portion, over said rib,

three or more rows of designs without dcparting from the spirit of the invention; and, on the other hand, that a sheet can be made with a single row of individual designs, shown for the modified term of the invention illustrated in li ies. '7, 8 and 9,

wherein the lower edge portion it of each sheet 1 is laid to overlap the extended upper edge portion 5 ot the nest adjoining sheet, and the ends of each sheet are overlapped as before,

When a sheet is vmade with only one row oit individual designs thereon, and the raised bod portion 2 termed wider at one end 8' an at the other end 9*,the narrower end is preferably raised higher than the wider end, as shown in Fig, 8, to prevent the sheet from curving laterally when the designs are being stamped thereon. And in all cases it is preferred to secure the overlapping edges of the joints by nails as 18 driven through the overlapping and underlapping portions of the sheets into the root; and, by locating these nails in thedepressions in the joint ridges it is only necessary to drive, one row of nai s alon the lower edge oi each sheet, together wit an extra nail in the base grooves adjacent to the overlapping

edge

16 or 16* in each individual design.

I claim:

1. A metal sheet having a lurality of rows of laterally adjoiningin ividual tile desi s shaped thereon, each design having downward for it is evident on v made with.

a raised body portion forming a ridge across forming a ridge across the sheet, and the nee-neat.

several designs in each row being staggered so that the raised body portions of one row are alined and merged with the raised joint portions of another row to form a continuous ridge across the sheet.

2. A metal sheet having a row of laterally adjoining individual tile designs shaped thereon, each design-having a raised body portion forming a ridge across the sheet, and adjoining designs having a common raised lateral-joint portion likewise forming a ridge across the sheet.

3. A metal sheet having a row of laterally adjoining individual tile designs shaped thereon, each design having a raised body portion forming a ridge across the sheet, and adjoining designs having a common raised lateraloint portion likewise forming a ridge across the sheet, the joint ridge being composed of two raised ribs withan intervening depression and a grooveon each side in the base plane of the sheet.

4. A metal sheet having a row of laterally adjoining individual tlle designs shaped thereon, each design having a raised body portion forming a ridge across the sheet and adjoining designs having a common raised lateral-joint portion likewise forming a ridge across the sheet, the raised body ortion having well defined side edges ent acutely downward and thence curved laterally in each direction to form the side faces of the individual design.

5. A metal sheet havin a row of laterally adjoining individual tile designs shaped thereon, each design having a'raised body 'portion forming a ridge across thesheet,

and adjoining designs having a common raised lateral-joint portion likewise forming a ridge across the sheet, one side of the sheet being extended beyond the tile-design portion thereof.

6. A metal sheet havin a row of laterally adjoining individual tile designs shaped thereon, each design having a raised body portion forming a ridge across the sheet, and adjoining designs having a common raised lateraloint portion likewise forming a ridge across the sheet, one side of the sheet being extended beyond the tile-design portion thereof, and having a series oflaterally extended raised ribs therein intervening between the raised joint portions.

7 7. A metal sheet having a row of laterally adjoining individual tile designs shaped thereon, each design having a raised body portion'torming a ridge across the sheet, and adjoining designs having a common raised lateral-joint portion likewise formin: a ridge across the sheet, there being a base-plane groove along each side of the raised joint portions, and a base-plane groove along each end of the raised body portions between the raised joint portions. 8. A metal sheet having a row of laterally beyond the contiguous one side of the sheet being extended beyond the contiguous base-plane'groove.

9. A metal sheet having a plurality of rows of laterally adjoining individual tile designs shaped thereon, each design having a raised body portion forming a ridge across the sheet and adjoining designs having a common raised 1ateral-joint portion likewise forming a ridge across the sheet, and the several designs in each row being staggered so that the raised body portions 0 one row are alined and merged with the raised joint portions of another row to form a continuous ridge across the sheet, there being a bascplane groove along each side of the raised joint portions, and a base-plane groove along each end of the raised body portions between the raised joint portions.

10. A metal sheet having a plurality of rows of laterally adjoining individual tile designs shaped thereon, each design having a raised body portion forming a ridge across the sheet and adjoining designs having a common raised lateral-joint portion likewise forming a ridge across the sheet, and the several designs in each row being staggered so that the raised body portions of one row are alined and merged with the raised joint portions of another row to form a continuous ridge across the sheet, there being a baseplane groove along each end of the raised body, portions between the raised joint portions, one side of the sheet being extended base-plane groove.

11. A sheet metal joint composed of two endwise adjoining sheets with overlapping end portions, each sheet having a plurality of rows of individual tile designs shaped thereon with alternately alined and'merging body and joint ridges extending across the sheet, the overlapping portions includin at least one of said alined ridges to form a tlght joint.

12. A sheet metal joint composed of endwise adjoining sheets with overlapping end portions, each sheet having a row of indi vidual tile designs shaped thereon with body and joint ridges extending across the sheet, the overlapping portions including at least one of said ridges to form a tight joint.

13. A sheet metal joint composed of two endwise adjoining sheets with overlapping end portions, each sheet having a plurality of rows of individual tile designs shaped thereon with alternately alined and merging body and joint ridges extending across the sheet and with base grooves alongside the joint ridges and at the ends of the body ridges between the joint ridges, the overlapping portions including at least one of said alined ridges to form a'tight joint.

14. A sheet metal'joint composed of two endwise adjoining sheets with overlapping end portions, each sheet having a row of individual tile designs shaped thereon with body and joint ridges extending across the sheet and with base rooves alongside the joint ridges and at t e ends of the body ridges between the joint ridges, the overlapping portions includingat least one of said ridges to form a tight joint.

15. A sheet metal joint composed of two sidewise adjoining sheets with overlapping side portions, each sheet having a plurality of rows of individual tile designs shaped thereon with body and joint ridges extending across the sheet and base-planegrooves alongside the joint ridges and at the ends of the body ridges between the joint ridges, one side of one sheet being extended beyond the contiguous base-plane w groove and being overlapped by the base-plane groove of the adjoining sheet.

16. A sheet metal joint composed of two sidewise adjoining sheets with overlapping side portions, each sheet having'a row of individual tile designs shaped thereon with body and joint ridges extending across the sheet and base-plane rooves alongside the joint ridges and at t e ends of the body ridges between the joint ridges, one side of one sheet being extended beyond the contiguous base-plane groove and being overlapped b the base plane groove of the adjoining s eet.

- CLARENCE A. WEIBICH.

Witnesses:

RUTH A. MILLER, R. 15. Korrn.