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L. L. SAGENDORPH.

. OLEAT FOR METALLIC ROOFING. No. 390,806. Patented Oct. 9, 1888.

UNITE STATES PATENT anion.

LONGLEY LE\VIS SAGENDORPH, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO HARLA P. LLOYD, OF SAME PLACE.

CLEAT FOR METALLIC ROOFENG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,806, dated October 9, 1888.

Application filed June 15, 1888. Serial No. 277,250. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LONGLEY LEWIS SAGEN- DORPH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cleats for Metallic Roofing, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a IO cleat for locking sheets of metallic roofing which shall act in the nature of an anchor for said roofing-sheets, as will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, Figure l is [5 a perspective view of the preferable form of cleat as it comes from the die. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cleat shown in Fig. 1 when ready for use. Fig. 3' is a view of a sheet of metal roofing, partly broken away,

showing the cleat in position thereon ready for the insertion of the adjoining sheet of roofing. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of two sheets of roofing, partly broken away, with the cleat in position thereon. Fig. 5 is a per- 2 spective view of one form of ridge-cap as preferably constructed for use in connection with the cleat. Fig. 6 is a vertical central crosssection taken through the cleat and ridge-cap. Fig. 7 is a vertical crosssection taken through the center of the cleat, ridge-cap, and roofingsheets, showing their relative positions when to place.

The cleat is formed from a sheet of suitable metal, and is preferably stamped or out therefrom in the configuration shown in Fig. 1, consisting of the following parts, viz: A base, A, is formed at rear of said cleat, said base having two forwardly-projecting tongues,a a. The center portion, B, of the cleat is formed between the tongues a a and D D, and when bent to proper position for use said center portion is at about right angles to the basetonguesaa. TheoverlappingflangeOisforined integral with the center portion, B, said flange 5 being the entire width of the cleat. From the rear of said flange O are two rearwardly-projecting tongues, D D, one at each side thereof, said tongues corresponding in width to the tongues a a of the base.

5o The die forming said cleat is so made that all the afore-described parts will be out at one stroke, the flange 0 being bent to position with the same stroke that cuts the cleat. The cleats are packed and shipped in the form shown in Fig. 1,the center portion being bent, when desirei, for use.

The afore-described cleat is applied to the roofing-sheets in the following manner: The sheet of roofing having been cut to proper length, its outer edge is securely fastened in the usual manner, its inner edge being bent up, forming a flange, E. The cleat is now attached to this sheet ofroofing by slipping the tongues D D over the top of the flange E, the base A of the cleat being under this sheet, as 6 shown. If desired, the projecting tonguesaa may be nailed to the sheeting; but itis notfabsolutely necessary that said tongues be nailed at all, as will more fully appear. The tongues D D, overlapping the flange E of. the roofing- 7o sheet, serve to anchor said sheet. The first sheet of roofing now being in position and the cleat secured thereto, the flange of the adjoining sheet is now slipped in under flange O of the cleat, as shown in Fig. 4, this latter sheet resting on the tongues a (0. (Shown in Fig. 3.) The cleat now being in position with reference to the roofing-sheets, the ridge-cap F is now placed in position over the cleat and seam, and the, cap, cleat, and roofing-flanges are pinched together with suitable tongs, the whole forming a complete dirt and water proof joint. Vhen in position, the flange O of the cleat rests between the outward and inwardly curved flanges, f, of the ridge-cap F, as shown in Fig. 6, and in this manner the ridge-cap is securely anchored to the roof.

It will be seen that by the above construe tion the entire roofis anchored in such a manner that no part of it can become loose and go blow away without taking the whole of the roof. The difficulty heretofore has been that the expansion and contraction of the metal I roof had the tendency to loosen the cleats, and consequently the roofing'sheets. By the use 5 of my improved cleat this objection is removed, as ample opportunity is afforded for expansion and contraction. v

The advantages of my improved cleat are apparent, and have been partially set forth. K-

It is simple in construction and cheap of manufacture. The facility for packing and shipping is a very great advantage, as a large number of them may be stored in aslnall compass.

WVhile it is preferred to use the form of rid gecap shown in connection with my improved cleat, the eleat may be used independently of the cap by bending theflange 0 down over the flanges of roofing and then covering the seam with an ordinary cap.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A eleat for metal roofing-sheets, consisting ofa base, A, having tongue projections a a, center portion, B, and flange 0, having the tongue projections D D, the whole being stamped in one piece ofmelal, substantially as setforth.

2. In combination with two sheets of metal roofing having flanges E, a cleat constructed substantially as described, the one sheet resting upon the base A, the tongues D D, overlapping the flange E of said sheet, and the adjoining sheet ofroofing resting upon tongues a, a, and having the flange O overlapping the flange of said last-named sheet, the whole being covered with a suitable ridge-cap, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a roofingeleat haw ing a central portion, B, tongues D D, and flange O, a ridge-cap, F, having an outwardly and inwardly curved flange, f, the flange C of the cleat resting between said flanges of the ridge'eap, substantially as set forth.

LONGLEY LEW[S SAGENDORPII.

Vi tnesses:

JOSEPH XV. WEBER, E. S. HiivnNs.

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