US104553A

US104553A - Improvement in metal roofing

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Publication number: US104553A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1870-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 1887-06-21

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Be it knownthat 1,-Tuo1uas GAMER, of Niles, in

i vented certain .uewanduseful ;[mpr'ovements` iu Metallic Roofing, of which the following is a specificalon.` i i Figure l is an Vupper side `View of the roofing.

\ Figure 2, an under-side view.`

j Figure4 3, an end view;

Like letters of reference referto like parts in the different views.V

- of laying metallic sheet roofing'upon bui1dings,'so that the overlap of the sheets shall be close, secure, and gfrteasy construction, substantially as' hereinafter set i o l y -Inthe drawiug,`lig.1 y f represents a` corrugated sheet of` metal, which 1 may be of'` any particular size and shape.

i At the end of eachute of" the under sideoi said sheet is secured-by its baselor'wide end, a tongue, B, whereas t-he pointed end is free, leaving :t space between it and the sheet, as shown in iig. ,3;-

\ tongues, whereas'the upper end is pierced with `holes a.

The manner-of laying the' sheets is as follows `Beginning attire lower part or eaves of the roofa i, sheet, O, is iirst laid' and nailedfto `the roof-boards by inserting the nails in thc;holesa,"above referred to.

l by having the lower end thereof overlap the upperv end ofthe sheet (lftherebyvcovering the heads ofthe nails whereby it is secured to the roof-boards.-

The lower end -of the` second sheet A is held in i l by means of the tongues B,`the ends of whichproject into .theeorresponding utes of the lower sheet, as i shown in fig.'3, thereby'holding the second sheet A ruoMAs centran,

. the county of Trumbull and` State of Ohio,have in- The nature of this iuvention'relatcs-to V:the rnanner,

i, (1 he underside ofthe lower :end of each sheet corriposing the roof is alike provided with av series' of A second sheet, A, next iu order above, is now laidplace, and in close contact with the first-laid sheet C,

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i i Letters Patent o. 104,553,"Zated Imw'21, 1870.

IMPRovEMBN'r IN METAL Roormct.

closely and securely down upon the upper end of the first sheet, and covering the nails, thereby protecting them from exposure to rain and consequent leakage.

The' upper end of the second sheetA is nailed-to the roof-boards in like manner aswas the rst one C.'

A third sheet is now secured to the second 'in the saule way, by inserting its lower edge between the up- In this manner of laying the shcetsvprovision is made'for-thelr contraction and expansion resulting from the variable temperature of the weather.

The Asheets not being rigidly connected to each other, but siinply attached by the tongues, allow of their separate and individual contraction and expan-` sion, so that no extraordinary strain is exerted upon theirfastenings, and consequent breaking away of the sheets therefrom, nor can they crinkle audwarp out of place, foreach sheet will slide .upon thc other at their junction,asrthey are closely but not rigidly coni Flat sheets of roofing may also be connected to cach other by means of tongues, viz: by inserting the upper end of one sheet between the lower end and tongue of the next, in order as vabove described.-

What I claim as my improvement, and desir-cito secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tongue B, iu combination with the sheet A, iu the .manner substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. i

THOMAS CARTER.' Witnesses: v

vW. H. BURRIDGE;

J .f H. BUBRIDGE.