US1516696A - Roofing tile - Google Patents

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Nov. 25, 1924# 115316,69@

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i@ M o BYRON L. BACO'T, OF IVICCOMB, MISSISSIPVPI.

ROOFING TILE.

Application led November 16, 1922. Serial No. 601,346.

To all 'whom t may concern: Be it known that I, BYRON L. BACOT, a

i citizen of the United States, residing at Mc- Comb, in the county of Pike and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Roofing Tile, of which `the following is a specification.-

This invention relates to tiles employed for covering roofs, and its object is to provide a roofing tile embodying certain novel and improved features of construction and assembly to be hereinafter described and claimed, whereby a durable, and storm and rain-proof roof is had.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the acco1npanying drawing, wherein 1Figure l is a plan view of the improved ti e' Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a fragment of a roof showing the manner of laying and securing the tiles, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section of several tiles showing the manner of their assembly.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the tile which 1s the subject matter of the presentapplication for patent is denoted by the reference character 5, and it is rectangular vin outline, and corrugated or uted to form alternating ridges 'and depressions running from the `top to the bottom.

0n the under side of the tile 5, a short distance from the edge which is at the bottom or lower end when the tile is laid, are two laterally spaced and depending lugs 6 which` are adapted to seat against the upper edge of a roofing strip 7, as shown in lFlg. 2, whereby the tile yis held against downward displacement on the roof. Lateral displacement of the tile is prevented by nails or similar fasteners 8 driven into the strip 7 in such a way as to seat alongside the lugs 6. This method of fastening the tiles is fully disclosed in my Patent No. 1,391,603, and hence a further description thereof is not. necessary.

At the lower edge of the tile 5 is a de pending rib 9 which extends transversely and terminates short of the longitudinal or side edges of the tile. When the tiles are laid, the bottom rib 9 of each tile bears on the top surface of the next tile lower down on'V the roof, as showny in Fig. 2. The tiles overlap at their longitudinal edges as usual,

and the amount of overlap at each end cor-Y responds to the distance the rib 9 is spaced from said ends. The rib 9 therefore seals the space between the bottom or lower portion of the tile and the next tile lower down on the roof which it overlaps, thereby preventing the entry of rai-n and moisture at this point. If the rib should be too short to fill out the space required, all that is necessary to complete the joint is to put a little mortar on the overlapped tile and drag it up against the rib ends.

Adjacent to one of its longitudinal or side edges, the tile 5 has, on its under side, a pair of parallel and laterally spaced beads l0 and l1 running the entire length of the tile, and adjacent to its other side edge, the top of the tile has a groove 12 which is parallel to the bead l() and slightly greater in width. These beads and the groove are located beyond the ends of the rib 9, the bead l0 being positioned inwardly of the bead l1. When the tiles are laid to overlap at their side edges as hereinbefore stated, the bead 10 of the overlapping tile seats in the groove 1-2 of the overlapped tile, and the bead 11 of the first-mentioned tile bears on the secondmentioned tile, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Also, the two tiles alongside the tile shown at the center of Fig. 3, abut at their side edges against the ends of the rib 9. The bead 1l being outside the bead 10 prevents rain and wind from beating under the tile, or if any such should pass, the force thereof will be broken, and any rain passing the bead will be drained off the roof b`v the way of the groove l2, as said groove is not completely filled by the bead 10 of the tile above, it bein somewhat wider than this bead.

Roo ng tiles constructed i-n accordance with the present invention can be easily and cheaply manufactured, they can be readily laid, and by their use a rain and 'storrmproof roof is made possible.

I claim: l

A roofing tile comprising a rectangular body having longitudinal corrugations and being provided upon its upper surface with a longitudinal groove adjacent and parallel to one side edge of the body, the under side of the body adjacent the other longitudinal edge of the body being formed with a lon tudinal bead adapted to be received in te groove of an adjacent tile, the under side of the body being provided with a second bead adjacent and parallel to the first named bead and adapted to atly Contact with the upper surface of an adjacent tile, one end of the body being formed with a transverse rib adapted to atly contact with the upper surface of an adjacent tile, the ends of said transverse rib terminating inwardly of the side edges of the body 'and adapted to be engaged by the longitudinal si de edges r of adjacent tiles, said groove in lthe upper surface of the body being greater in cross l" sectional area than the cross sectional area of the bead which it receives, and lugs dependingfrom the under side of the body and having the shape of laterally presentedA hooks to provide seats at their side edges,

said lugs being spaced at equal distances 1 BYRON L. BAGOT.

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