US61899A

US61899A - wands

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Publication number: US61899A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1867-02-05
Anticipated expiration: 1884-02-05

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J. C. WNDS, OF NASHVILLE,

Letters Patent No. 61,899, ldated February/*5, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROOI'ING.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, J. C. WANDS, of Nashville, in the county of Davidson, and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and improved Mode of Fastening Roofing; and I do hereby declare :the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, sufficient to enable one skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, to makeuse of it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, and in which-- I Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is a transverse section.

Figures 3 and 4 are plan and section, respectively, of the rooug material.

The breadtbs of fabric, felt, or prepared paper, or covered wirecloth, are laid parallel upon the roof from ridge to eaves, their edges lapping each other upon' raised strips, which are capped with metallic plates, which fasten the lapped edges on the strips, making a watertight joint. It is principally designed for car roofs, which are subjected to strain that springs them up and down, cracking the roofing material on the sheathing. In this r'oof the material is held by its edges forming lapped water-tight joints, while the fabric between `the points of support is at liberty to stretch or collapse. In the drawings- 1 A is thesheathing of the ro'of, `which should be laid close and well. B are angular strips, reachingfrom the ridge to the eaves, fastened to the sheathing or through it to the rafters. C are breadths of fabric, felt,

paper, or other suitable material, prepared as customary. I herein v'propose to introduce u new material for i the purpose, and Ashow a mode of fastening ell'ectually either it or any other material. 'lhefabric or paper H is of such width as to lap its edges over the top of each ridge which bounds the space it occupies, and thus each breadth will lap upon its neighbor on each side, a water-proofing material being laid between the two-if desired, and the metallic angular plate D being laid over the lapping edges, fastening them firmly to the stripB by screws or otherwise. This mode of securing the edges of the strips so as to complete thereof may be adopted under all circumstances where the roofing fabric, felt or paper is the material, but it is especially intended for car roofs, which in the swaying of the cars and the motions of their contents become w'ound and twistedV to some extent, which cracks the material if it he fastened on the sheathing. By my plan it is iirmly held bythe edge, and has theopportunity, in the intervals between the strips B, of expanding and collapsing to the extent required without cracking. The ends of the material being lapped over the eaves may be secured by metal plate G. The material shown in figs. 3 and4 consists of alayer of wire cloth, covered with any pitcby` substance on the outside, and with a coat on the inside to prevent its adherence to the sheathing of the roof. a represents `the wire elo-th, b the tarry or other water-proof covering, and c is a thickness of paper.

`Having described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The mode of fastening the edges of the fabric by lapping between the angular strips B and Vthe bentmetallic plate D, substantially as described and represented.

To the above specication of my improved mode offastening roofing, I have signed my hand this fourth day of December, 1866. J. `C. WANDS.

Witnesses:

W. A. RonrNsoN, W. R. Biemans.