US954995A - Roof. - Google Patents

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W. B. POLHBMUS.

ROOF.

APPLIOATIOE. mum mm. m, 1000.

954,995. Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

the emngenirg of the $330 Letters intent.

mum! M Dumber 10, me. Mel He. mm

Patented Apr. in, 1910.

To ell whom it eon Be it known that I, Wm. E. Poe, a citinenof the United States, residing at Bettie in the county of Celhoun and 6 State of heve invented certain and Improvements in Boots; and I do declare the following to be e fnll clear, and description of the invention, such es will enable others skilled 10 in the art to which it up to make and use the same.

My invention relates to roofs and upperteins particularly to the type of mo in which overlapping plates or sheets are employed as e covering.

It is the present practice toplace cement,

asphaltum or some other water-proofing compound between the lap joints of the plates. t hes been found that this water-proof com nd is apt to run out from between the Joints when heated by the sun or in any other manner.

The object of m invention is to provide e vehicle ('ihichd wial retain i2: weter-proofi an revent it- I run... out from between t e sheets of rooting. The seat epplience may be used for retaining water-proof materiel at "egg place where a water-tight joint is requ' The invention contemplates the use of a strip of cloth or woven wire material which is saturated with cement, egaheltum or any other water-proof eomponn end 1 between the lope of the etee or 00 ering e rool'. This strip retains the weterproo com and prevents it from ru n nin out the joint&

' m invention also no w in the features of construction and combination of ports h .nnfter deecribed and '1..- 1n the In?! mien. of my in- Eigure iseplenviewo abortion of a roof, 'ons o. certain ing sheets broken away to illustrate tum-holding s it ice onel view on the strip, and

Referring 'culu-ly to the eming, 1 t; {a Q woodm ;-n rm. of the mo and 2 the overlapping lntee or sh to the outer covering. drip 8 which holds the water-proof compound is secured between the overlappi "a; 4i and 5 of acid pletes or wrip me vs in width to suit rents. Qrdin 'y, it will run from two to six inches in width. The same nails or emfiwhichsecurethesheetsorplntesQto the wooden under-surhce 1 serve to hold the strip 3 in place. As illustrated in 1, e le continuous stri may throughout the full m 0 the roof along the Zipper edge of en 1 longitudinal cover mt clnimz-- 1. The combination, with two overlepp' sheets of a. vehicle for holdinigreter-proo mmtena-l arranged between .overlep ping edges.

2. The combination, with two overlapping sheets, of a strip between the overlapping ortions thereof and holding veterproof mutennL' th ed 8. The com 'netion, wi two 0v pp i g sheets, of e strip of woven meter-ill between the overlapping portions thereof and holding weter-proo material.

4. The combination, with two overlspp' sheets of a vehicle for hol water-p material between eir overlapping'ezl endeecuredbythemnem ere whim hold mid M 5. The combination, with to t in overln ing' rows, of water-proo material 1 i overle edges extendiiig iroughout one lcngitiidinnl ve a: 1| I y 1 mm! my mmtune, in of two witnesses.

WILL E. eonnnnue.

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