improved means for mounting Gutters or Trougns for Buldings or for Use in Repairing the same.
Year: 1886

page_text: improved means for mounting Gutters or Trougns for Buldings
or for Use in Repairing the same.
I, EDWIN JOHN HURLEY, of 8, Chameleon Villas, Hornsey Park Road, in the
county of Middlesex, Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to improved means for mounting gutters or troughs for
buildings, and is designed to more securely affix such gutters or troughs to the facia
boards, also for use in repairing or fixing such gutters or troughs.
And my invention consists in constructing brackets of wrought, malleable or
other iron or metal so that in addition to the nail or screw support at the top or
bottom they may be further secured from the outer edge of the bracket encircling
or supporting the gutter or trough by means of a long screw passing through such
outer edge of the bracket, over the gutter or trough and into the facia board.
For permanent use I may construct say a wrought iron bracket with a vertical
portion to screw or nail at the bottom into the facia board and joined at its top to
a channel piece or bend, holes being formed in the top of the vertical portion and
its junction with the channel piece or bend, and also in the outer end of the
channel piece or bend. On nailing or screwing the bracket to the facia board
I insert the troughs or gutters and then screw in the long screw at the top over the
troughs or gutters into the facia board, thus firmly holding all together.
Or I may use an ogee with a short vertical upward bend for the nails or screws
and pass the long screw through the outer end of the ogee into the facia board.
Or for temporary use in repairing or fixing I may use an ogee bracket as
before but use a downward vertical extension so as to be below the trough or
gutter and so be readily removed or fixed or I can use a short vertical piece and a
channel bend with a hole for the long screw only.
. I can considerably vary the details of my bracket to suit different situations.
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page_text: or for Use in Repairing the same.
I EDWIN JOHN HURLEY of 8 Chameleon Villas Hornsey Park Road in the
county of Middlesex Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improved means for mounting gutters or troughs for
buildings and is designed to more securely affix such gutters or troughs to the facia
boards or rafters and also for use in repairing such gutters or troughs.
And my invention consists in constructing brackets of wrought malleable or
other iron or metal advantageously shaped to the section of the gutter or trough
and provided with a support for attachment by nail or screw at the top or bottom
and being further secured at the top over the gutter or trough mounted therein by
a long screw (or nail or bolt) passing through the outer edge of the bracket
encircling or supporting the gutter or trough over the latter and then entering the
facia board or the facia board and rafter, or when facia boards are not used, the
rafter only.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings and to the figures and letters of
reference marked thereon.
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 shew sections of brackets and gutters or troughs mounted
therein which I prefer for fixing purposes, and
Figs. 4, 5, and 6 sections of brackets and gutters or troughs mounted therein
which I prefer for repairing purposes though I may use the latter forms for fixtures
if desired.
Referring now to Fig. 1 A is say a wrought iron bracket with a vertical
portion B through which screws or nails C may enter the facia board. The
channel piece or bend D holds the gutter or trough E and I form a hole or holes F
in the end of the channel piece or bend D, and a corresponding hole or holes G in
the vertical portion B and through the holes pass a long screw or screws H (or a
nail, nails, bolt, or bolts) into the facia board and if desired into the rafter beyond
it as shewn,
In Fig. 2 these letters apply but the bracket and gutter or trough are of ogee
section.
Fig. 3 is a modification of Fig. 2 but I dispense with the vertical portion B and
bend the end of the channel piece downwards for screwing or nailing to the facia
board and I shape its top as shewn whereby the bend B¹ forms a clip for boards or
sheets I to serve as snow guards which guards may be vertical or at angles as
shewn by dotted lines.
The long screw nail or bolt passes through the holes F F in the bend B¹ and
through the hole G in the bracket.
Such snow guards confine the accumulated snow on the eaves or roofs over the
gutter or trough which conducts the melted snow away.

page_text: In Fig. 4 the ogee bracket has a short vertical upward bend B¹ for the nails or
screws C to pass through and the long screw nail or bolt H is passed through the
outer end of the ogee into the facia board and rafter if desired.
In Fig. 5 the ogee bracket has a downward vertical extension B³ so as to be
below the gutter or trough. This is a simpler form than Fig. 2 and is advantageous
for repairing purposes.
Fig. 6 has a short vertical piece B and the hole F in the channel piece or bend D
receives the long screw nail or bolt.
This form is also advantageous for repairing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
Firstly. Mounting roof or eaves gutters or troughs substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Secondly. A bracket to support or confine roof or eaves gutters or troughs
provided with a flange or extension to screw or nail the same to the facia board or
rafter and with an upward extension or extensions through which a long screw nail
or bolt may be passed into the facia board or rafter over such gutters or troughs
substantially as described.
Dated this 14th day of October 1886.
E. J. HURLEY.
By Popplewell, Colton & Co.,
17 and 18, Southampton Buildings, W.C.,
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