US1395423A - Roofing-tile - Google Patents

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H. JOSEPH.

ROUFING TILE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17,192|.

1,395,423. Patented Nov.. 1, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENTl OFFICE.

RICHARD JOSEPH, OF MASSILLON, OHIO.

ROOFING-TILE.

Application led May 17,

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, RICHARD JOSEPH, a citizen of Syria, residing at Massillon, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Roofing-Tile, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to roofing tiles and more particularly to a tile formed of plastic material and has for its objects the provision of a tile which may be readily and cheaply molded from plastic material and which when employed in the construction of a roof will prove durable and weatherproof; other objects being the provision of a novel fastening means for attaching the tiles to the usual roong strips and for connecting the tiles to one another.

Vith these objects in view, the invention consists in theL construction and arrange ment of parts, hereinafter described and illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that 'various changes in the form and details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention thus described in general terms is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper surface of a tile embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the under side of the tile;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View through a tile showing the means of connecting the same to the roofing strip and to the adjacent tile;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through a tile showing the manner in which the tile engages the adjacent tiles longitudinally; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the attaching hook.

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of a portion of a tile provided with an overhanging flange for use at the juncture of the roof and side wall.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawmg.

The tile embodying the invention may be molded from any plastic mixture, or may be produced from any other material found suitable for the purpose, and in the draw ings is indicated in general by the numeral 1, the general marginal contour thereof ber Specification of Letters atent.

vvided with a transverse rib 3 1921. Serial No. 470,316.

rectangular form they will be supported upon said roofing strips as best shown in Fig. 3.

In order that the tiles may be so supported, the under side of each tile is pronear the upper edge of the tile arranged to engage the roofing strip and a pair of V-shaped transverse ribs 4 are provided upon the under surface of each tile near the lower end thereof and arranged to be received within the transverse grooves 5 and 6 formed in the top surface of the adjacent lower'tile,near the upper end thereof, a downwardly depending, transverse flange 7 being formed at the lower edge of each tile for engagement with the upwardly extending transverse flange 8 upon the adjacent lower tile.

Each of the transverse ribs 4 and flanges 7 is cut away at the center as shown at 9, in order that the alternate rows of tiles may be staggered to break joints in the usual manner, the longitudinally disposed rib 10 of the next tile being received within said cut-away portion. As shown in Fig. 1, this longitudinally disposed rib 10 is located at one side of the tile at the upper end thereof and extends across the grooves 5 and 6.

The top face of each tile is provided along one longitudinal edge with the reduced portion 11 of less thickness than the body portions of the tile and provided with the longitudinal grooves 12 and 13 which communicate at their upper ends with the grooves 5 and 6 respectively, the lower ends of said grooves having the shouldered portions 14 provided therein. The opposite longitudinal edge of each tile is provided with the reduced portion 15 having the depending V-shaped ribs 16 arranged to be received within the grooves 12 and 13 upon the adjacent edge of the next adjacent tile. Recessed portions 17 are provided in the llower end of the reduced portion 15 to receive the shouldered portions 14 of the next adj acent tile.

For the purpose of attaching the tiles to the roofing strips 2, wire hooks, indicated generally by the numeral 18, are provided,

Patented N ov. 1, 1921.

tvvoof said hooks being preferably provided Y upon each tile. These hooks are located in ranged to engage the roofing strip as shovvn in Fig. 5, the hook portion 28 being provided at the opposite end thereof andl arranged to engage the next adjacent lower tile, thus locking the upper end of each tile to the roofing strip and the lower end thereof to the upper end of the next adjacent lower tile.

The hook members are preferably provided with the coils 24 intermediate their extremities for the purpose of preventing the hooks from being accidentally removed from the tile when the same is not in use. The hook members are preferably turned in the position shown in Fig. 2 when not in use, as in this position the tiles may be nested for shipping the hook members not interfering with the placing of one tile upon another.

In Fig. 6 is` shown the style of tile preferably provided for the edge of a roof, this tile being of the same structure throughout as the other tiles, with the exception that a depending flangev 25 is provided along the outer edge of the tile to extend over the side Wall of the building, apertures 26 being provided therein for the reception of nails or other fastening devices.

It will be understood, of course, that in order to stagger the alternate tiers or rows of tiles, the end tiles should be alternately full Width and half Width, but this is in itself a common feature lin roofing tiles and no claim is made to the same.

I claim l. In a roong tile, a body vvof plastic material, a transverse rib arranged to engage the roofing strip and a hooked member slidably mounted through said rib and arranged to engage the roofing strip.

2. In a roofing tile7 a body of plastic material having a transverse rib upon its under surface near one end, arranged to engage the roofing strip, the opposite end of the body portion having interlocking means for engaging the next adjacent tile and a hooked member slidably connected to the under side of the tile having a hooked portion at one end to engage the roofing strip and a hooked portion at theother endto engage the next adjacent tile.

Intestimony that I claim the above, I

lhave hereunto subscribed my name.

RICHARD JOSEPH.

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