US139324A - Improvement in metallic gutters - Google Patents

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T. McCLU N I E;

`Metallic G utters.

Patented Mgy 27,1873.

No. 139,324.l

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U NITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

THOMAS MGCLUNIE, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC GUTTERS. Y

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,324, dated May 27, 1873 app ieation iled October 7, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MGCLUNLE, of the city and county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain Improvements in Lawn or Walk Gutters, or Curb and Gutters; and to enable others skilled in the Vposition by bands or rods attached to the outer surface of the gutters by one end while the other end extends downward into the ground, below a point reached by frost, and secured to timbers to insure their xed position.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown several ways in which the full object of this improvement can be effected. c, Fig. 8, shows a V-shape gutter, the ends of which are secured by rivets b to the Y- shape bands, or arms c, at the upper end while the lower end of said bands, arms, or rods d are firmly secured to a timber, e, embedded in the ground below the reach of frost. The other views show various ways of arranging and attaching the parts together to accomplish the same object, and gutters of different shapes, but all on the same general principle. b

The advantages of this improved manufacture of gutters are, durability, nea-tness, and

cheapness, ,as in many instances they are cheaper than stonefor pavements, and will not get out of order or place, as the A joints are secured together by coupling-plate, or by overlapping each other and joining them firmly together by rivets f, or other known ways of securing metal together. The timber or base e is designed to be irinly bedded in the ground, below the action of frost, and may be provided with a much larger surface than the gutters, iron rods, &e.

This improvement will be found practicable in many places where pavementand stones cannot be permanentlyplaced without an un'- i reasonable outlay for under-drainin g, and even where under-draining is inlpracticable, inf

such places as where clay and quicksands abound. lt is an invaluable device for parks,

cemeteries, and private residences, and is well adapted to supply a want soV often felt to keep y water'froni flowing over sidewalks of village* residences, where the lawn is higher than the sidewalks. It also makes a'perfect finish for concrete, stone,lor gravel walks.

I believe I have thus shown the nature,

lconstruction, and advantage of thisinvention THOMAS McoLUNIE. [1.. s]`

Witnesses J. B. BARNES, JEREMY W; BLrss.

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