US351956A - Roofing-tile - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) E. BENNETT.

; ROOFING TILE.

No. 351,956. Patented'Novl Z, 1886.

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' UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN BENNETT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,956, dated November 2, 1886.

Applicatfon filed December 10, 1885. Serial N o. 185.226. (No model.)

io ing certain features of construction whereby the lap orjoint formedA in laying them on a roof is made to effectually excludel rain and snow.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate this invention, Figure 1 is a top view of several of this tiles asthey appear when as sembled on a roof. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line .fr of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of one tile and a longitudinal section of z two others, showin g the relative position, when on the roof, of certain parts of the tiles. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line y of Fig. l, showing the lap of the tiles. Fig. 5 is a View of the lower end of a tile. Fig. 6 is a bottom Fig. 7 is a top View of one tile. Fig. 8 is an en d view of a tile, showing a modification in the shape of the drainsurface.

The tile maybe made of any suitable material, such as metal, glass, or clay.

Each tile has a flat upper surface, A, at one side of which is an upright longitudinal ange, B, which has on its inner side as h'oulder, c, near the upper end, to act as a stop or seat for the lower end, dfof the flange on the next upper overlapping tile,\and an offset, e,'near the lower end, to take position above the upper end, f, of the next side overlapping tile. At the other side of the fiat upper surface, A, is

4o a convex-curved part, G, which, commencing at the flat surface, curves upward and then down, terminating with a downward-pointing longitudinal edge, h, which laps over part of the upright flange B, on each of 'the two side This upward-curved part G is largest at the lower end, t', and tapers toward the upper end, f. By, this construction the outer dimension across this convex-curved part at the upper end, f, may correspond to V at the upper end, as at k, (see Fig. 3,) so that said cut-away part may be seated on the lower portion of the flat surface A of one tile, whlle the remainder of said edge h may be seated on the whole of the exposed portion of the flat surface of the next lower tile.

The flat lower surface, L, of the tile has a gain or cut-away, n, at that portion, which, on the roof, will overlap the upper end of thetlle next below.4 This'gain or cut-away is to reduce the thickness of the tile at that part, and thereby secure a closer fit or set-down7 on the tile next below.A

The extent to which an upper tile will overlap another below is determined bythe shoulder c on the` upright flange B. As the upper end, f, of the downward-pointing edge h 1s guarded bythe offset e on the tile next above, rain-water running down `the dat surface will notenter the joint. Each tile has nailholes p through the upper flat surface,by which it is secured to the wood-work of a roof. A tile thus shaped and constructed will make a tight roof.

The drainsurface A has been described as being fiat; but it is obvious it' may be somewhat curved, as'shown in Fig. 8. For roofs of certain shape this curved surface A would be necessary. Therefore where the words flat surface77 are herein used I design them to include a slightly-curved surface.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States l. A roofing-tile comprising a'flat surface, A, Having at one side an upright longitudinal flange, vB, provided on its inner side, and near its lower end, with an offset, e, and at the other a convex-curved part, G,/which terminates in a downward-pointing,longitudinal edge, h, as set forth. l

2. A roolingtile comprising a flat surface, A, having at one side an upright longitudinal flange, 2B, provided on its inner side with a shoulder, c, to stop the next upper overlapping tile, and at the other a part which terminates in a downward-projecting longitudinal edge, h, :is set forth.

3. A roofing-tile comprising a flat lower surface, L, having a gain or cutaway, n, at that part which will overlap :t tile next below it, and a at upper surface, A, having at one side an upright longitudinal ange, B, and at the other a part which terminates in :t downwardro projecting longitudinal edge, h, as set forth.

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

EDWIN BENNETT.

Witnesses:

JN0. T. MADDox, JOHN E. MORRIS.

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