USRE8674E - Improvement in skylights - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

GEORGE HAYES, OF NEW YORK, N.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKYLIGHTS.

Specification rming part of Letters Patent No. 100,143, dated February 22, 1870; Reissue l\`o. 5,593, dated Dccembcr'23, 1873; Reissue No. 8,674, dated April l5, 1879; application tiled January 2i, 1879.

111e glass, lightness and strength are securedl to the structure, and the latter may be put together cheaply and expeditiously, leakage is avoided, lapping of the glasses when in section dispensed with, also putty to secure th em, likewise provision made for carrying oli' water passing any of the joints, and, by using galvanized sheet metal, paint is rendered unnecessar f.

. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a vertical section of the one halt' or port-ion of a conservatory-roof constructed according to my invention Fig. 2, aplan of thel same in part; Fig. 3, a transverse section, lon a larger scale, of a metallicbar, with its gutters and attachments, used in the construction ofthe said roof, and Figs. 4, 5, (i, and 7 plan views of details ofthe same.

Like letters refer to like parts.

l A prominent feature of this invention is a hollow metallic bar or rafter, A, of which there may be any number in the structure, according to the size of the root', and which, in connection with cross-beams or transolns, form the main support-s of the roof, and, as applied to a conservatory-roof', ruu from the ventilator B to the curbing. Said hollow bars A are composed of a sheet-metal body, a, bent to form rabbets b b for support ot' the panes or plates of glass C along their sides or edges, and gutters c c for the escape of water beatin g or leaking into the structure. To give this hollow metallic bar or rafterA the appearance ot' a solid molded bar, and at the same time to st-itfen or strengthen it, a lower V or other suitably shaped sheet-metal molding, ci', may be arranged to brace the body a, of the bar, and so that it forms apart ot the latter,

such sheet-metal molding d being bent at its upper edges to overlap and clip the upper edges of the glitters c c, as at e c; or the hol low bar A may be stiffened at the base of its body a by a ii'at metal stay-plate, j', the same being secured to the bar by rivets through the gutters c c; or both the molding d and stayplate f may be used, the latter being arranged between themolding and base of the body a ot' the bar, and the whole being secured-'ta gether -by rivets passing -through the gutters c c. The glasses C may be secured in the rabbets b b by means of sheet-metal caps D soldered on the top of the bar A, no putty in s uch :ase being necessary to secure the glass.

The ventilator B, of suitable construction ,"`is arranged to sit over or into, or partially into, the highest part of the skylight, about. as shown, the rafters, or part of the saline, con` tinued upward to the peak to meet the corresponding rafter on the other side, about as shown in Fig. 7, and made to communicate;

` by apertures g, as desired, with gutters c c of the bars A, to carry oli' drip, &c.

E E are the cross-beams or transoms, also formed hollow and of sheet metal, and provided on top with gutters It, connecting at their ends with main gutters c c.

The glasses O are arranged so that, instead ot lapping the one over the other, they form butted joints, and they have associated with them, asa necessary element, under crossgut-ters, h, which `receive any leakage or water of condensation and conduct the same lo the main gutters, c c. Said glasses are restrained from sliding out of place by the lowermost of them entering within and being stopped or supported by the rabbeted portion of a footstrip, F, which projects upward from what is termed the frame G ofthe root or skylight; which portion Gr or frame lies over the usual wood or other curbing when the root' is fitted to its place on the building'.

H is a strip of metal arranged to project from the ridge veiltilator over the glass at its top to prevent leakage past the upper edge ot' the top glasses.

I is a metal clip, constructed to form a lapunder and over the adjacent edges of the glasses in a crosswise direction to the base A, and extending so that they are covered at their ends by the cap-plates D. These clips aid in causing any water which may not pass over them to the foot ofthe roof, but which leaks through the joints of the glasses, to nd its way into the cross-gutters h.

By 'the construction here shown and described any water formed by condensation or by leakage past any of the joints is conducted by the main and cross gutters to `the foot of the roof or skylight, and finally delivered by or through outlets t' in the basel of the footstrip F free from all liability of air or wind entering Athe structure by the outlets provided for carrying oll the water.

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The metallic bar or rafter A, foi-ined of a hollowsheetmetal body, a, constructed and arranged to form rabbetsj) b for the glasses and gutters c c, substantially as specified.

2. A stay plate, f, in combination with a hollow sheet-metal bar or rafter, A, composed of a main body, a., rabbets b b for the glasses, and gutters'c c, substantially as described.

3. The hollow molding d, in combination Y with the Vhollow sheet-metal bar o r rafter hav' ing body a., rabbets b b, and gutters c c, substantially as specified.

4. In combination with a skylightbar having ridge, ledges, and gutters formed of one piece of folded sheet metal, essentially as shown, an under cap ormolding properly secured thereto beneath the saine, substantially' as and for the purpose described and set forth.

5. The metallic rafter A, formed of a hollow` sheet-metal body, a, stayplate f, and molding d, fitted together and arranged to form rabbets b b for the glasses, and gutters cc, 'essentially as speciiied.

6. The combination of cap-plate D with hollow sheet-metal bars or rafters having rabbets and gutters, substantially as shown.

7. In combination with sloping or descending gutters c c of thebars or rafters of a metallic skylight, one or more transverse inl termediate gutters, h, located between base of skylight and ridge to catch leakage or dripresulting from a joining of the glasses above, substantially as shown and described.

8. In combination with, the slopmg or descending gutters-c c of the bars or rafters of a metallic skylight, a cross or transverse gutter, h, located at or against the ridge of skylight, for the purpose of catching possible leakage at the joining of the glass plates with said ridge, essentially as shown and described.

9. The combination of cross-gutter .h'with glasses C, arranged to form a butted joint, substantially as shown and described. l

l0. In a metallic skylight, the combination, with glasses, of one or more clips or crossbars, I, forming a rabbet or means of support for the upper sheet of glass-when in sections, to obviate the necessity of lapping the joint, thereby constituting a butt joint, substantially as shown and described.

11. Ina skylight, the combination of plates of glass in sections with suitable clips at the joining, in such manner that a butt-joint will be formed and the surfaces of the glass be uniform andthe edges rest level on the proper rabbets, substantially as described and set forth.

12. In a metallicy skylight, a base gutter, located Vbeyond or outside the inner line of curb, and in combination with the gutters of rafters, so as to receive the discharge therefrom and convey it to proper outlets, substantially as shown and described.

13. In combination with vthe -slopin g or de- -scending gutters c c of' rafters or bars A a, base-gutter h, arran ged'in and forming a part of the baseframe of a skylight, essentially as shown and described.

14. In combinationl with glass -supporting bars or rafters of a metallic skylight, a stop, F, arranged andformed so 'as to secure the ends of glass plates and provide an aperture therein for escape of water, substantially as described.

15. The foot-strip F, arranged to project upward from the frame G, for the lowermost glasses to rest against, in combination with main gutters c c, base cross-gutter h, and outlets z', substantially as specified.

GEORGE HAYES.

In presence of- GEORGE A. HAYES, ELIZABETH HOPKINS.

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