US441234A

US441234A - Conductor for flat-roofed buildings

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Publication number: US441234A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-11-25
Anticipated expiration: 1907-11-25

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(No Model.

C. FLUOR. CONDUCTOR FOR FLAT ROOPED BUILDINGSL Patented Nov. 25, 1890.

k L k Ykihweas es UNITED STATES I ATENT OFFICEa CASPER FLUOR, OF OSHKOSH, VISOONSIN.

CONDUCTOR FOR FLAT-'ROOFED BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,234, dated November 25, 1890.

Application filed April 29, 1890. Serial No. 349,911. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CASPER FLUOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Oshkosh, in the county of \Vinneloago and State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flat-Rooted Buildings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates, principally, to improvements in so-called flat-roofed buildings and the manner of conducting water from the roofs.

In cold climates the snow upon roofs is melted from below by the heat within the building, the Water runs down the roof until it strikes some portion thereof not heated from within, Where it freezes, forminga dam, which is usually at the rear end over the cold wall, along the eaves and trough, and where exposed to the wind. This dam increases as the snow melts and forms an enormous bank of ice at the rear of the roof, which causes the water to back up and the roof to leak.

The object of my invention is to conduct the water from the roof where it is naturally heated. the m0st'i. 6., around and near the chimneys-and where (upon store-buildings) it is also protected from the wind by copings. I therefore incline the roof and the gutter toward one or more chimneys, usually near the rear end, and connect the gutter with a conductor-pipe extending beside the chimneyflue, either within the wall or the building, down to the sewer or other receptacle below.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the roof Fig. 2, a rear view of the building with portions of the wall cut away, and Fig. 3 shows the adaptation of my invention to old buildings where it is not convenient to inclose the conductor Within the wall.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the front, and B the rear, of the roof.

C is the coping, and D D the chimneys. I incline the roof from all directions toward the conductor 6 on either or both sides of the building. This conductor may be inclosed within the wall and plastering G, Fig. 2, or without the wall and within the building, as shown in Fig. 3.

If there is no building adjacent, an overflowpipe 0 may be constructed to provide a means of overflow in the event of a hard summershower, where the conductors are not of sufficient size to carry the water. The overflow, however, in such an event, would naturally be carried over the rear eaves in an ordinary building. It is the intention of my invention to provide a conductor-pipe of sufficient dimensions to accommodate any fall of Water upon the roof.

My invention does away with all outside eaves-troughs or gutters, Where the water is exposed to the wind and cold,and provides a means of conducting the Water from the roof where it is protected by the coping and warmed by the heat from the chimney.

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

A building provided with a drain-pipe located adjacent to a chimney and having its roof inclined toward the chimney, whereby freezing of water at the eaves in cold weather is prevented.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CASPER FLUOR.

Witnesses:

J OHN W. EVERETT, A. E. JONES.