An Improved Method of and Means for Preventing Water of Con- densation and other Moisture from Falling within Buildings Composed of or Covered with Metal.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Means for Preventing Water of Con-
densation and other Moisture from Falling within Buildings
Composed of or Covered with Metal.
I, JOHN PEAKE, of 15, Albion Street, Spalding, in the County of Lincoln,
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In buildings composed of or roofed or covered by sheets of flat or corrugated
metal, much inconvenience is at times experienced by the water of condensation and
other moisture generated therein, running down the inner surfaces of the said
sheets and dripping from the rafters and other parts of the frame of the building
to which the said sheets are fixed, and to obviate such inconvenience and probable
damage to articles stored within, or the dress of persons sitting in such a building, is
the object and purpose of my invention.
My invention consists in placing at suitable intervals between the said sheets of
metal and the rafters or frame of the building upon which they may rest or be
connected and fixed, a metal, wood or other device, of such depth as to provide a
clearance between the said sheets of metal and the said rafters or the like, so that
the waters of condensation or other moisture, running down the inner faces of the
said sheets of metal, may pass the said rafters or the like, instead of being arrested
by, and dripping from these as obtains when the said sheets are in close contact with
the said rafters or the like as hitherto.
The said device when made of a strip of sheet metal is preferably bent centrally
of its length, so that when viewed edgewise or in plan the contour of the whole
resembles that of a linch-pin or bifurcated cotter-pin, having at one end a ring
or eye, or when the device is of wood a hole may be bored in one end to provide an
equivalent of the said eye or ring, and through the said eyes or holes of the devices
employed would pass the screws or pins by means of which the said metal sheets
would be fixed to the said rafters or the like.
Dated this 8th day of February 1898.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Means for Preventing Water of Con-
densation and other Moisture from Falling within Buildings
Composed of or Covered with Metal.
I, JOHN PEAKE, of 15, Albion Street, Spalding, in the County of Lincolnshire,
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
Price R71

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved method of and means for preventing the
water of condensation and other moisture that generates in-buildings composed
wholly of or roofed or covered in by sheets of plain or corrugated metal, from
dripping from the rafters, ties, stays, and other parts of the frame of the buiding at
the points or parts where the said metal sheets rest thereon and may be are bolted,
screwed or nailed thereto, the object of my invention being to obviate or prevent
the inconvenience arising from such dripping and the consequent spoliation of the
dresses of persons seated, or the goods that may be stored within the said building.
My invention consists in the construction of a specially formed metallic, wooden
or other device and the fixation of same, by means of the usual bolts, screws or pins
employed for fixing the said metal plates to the frame of the building, in such a
way that the said device serves to create a space between the said metal plate and
the said frame, so that the water of condensation or other moisture referred to may
pass by the said frame instead of dripping therefrom as obtains when such plates
rest upon or are in close contact with the said frame as hitherto.
In order that my said invention and the manner in which I purpose carrying the
same into effect may be fully understood, reference is hereinafter made to the
accompanying drawings of which
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of the said devices as it would appear when
made of metal.
Fig. 2 is a section of a gable or lean-to roof of a building to which my invention
has been applied, and in which I have chosen to assume that the metal plates
employed in the construction of the said roof are corrugated or fluted, the said
section being taken upon the line A B of Fig. 3 which is an inner view of a portion
of such a roof as it would appear when viewed from left to right of Fig. 2, with, the
rafters omitted.
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Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the side of a building composed of such metal sheets
and to which my said invention has been applied.
Assuming that the said device according to my invention is of metal, I punch
stamp or otherwise cut the same out of sheet metal preferably galvanized iron, or of
plain iron subsequently galvanized, the shape of the piece thus produced, being
such that when bent centrally of its length the same would appear as at Fig. 1, and
would consist of two sides A and A', having at their free ends points B and B¹
bent or inclined outwardly, while their connected ends preferably form an eye C to
permit the passage of a bolt, pin, or screw D whichever may be used.
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In buildings of the kind referred to the skeletons are sometimes of wood and
sometimes of metal, but for the purposes of illustration I have chosen to assume that
the rafters of the roof D¹ and the cross rails or batten E are both of wood, but
whichever may be employed, for the purposes of my invention I place one of the
devices Fig. 1 upon the cross rails or battens E wherevever, the junction of the
plates G occur, so that the bolts or screws D employed for fixing the said plates G
upon E may pass through the eyes C of each device, the said bolts or screws thereby
serving the double purpose of fixing the said plates and holding in position the said
devices, the said devices being each so placed that their ends B and B point towards
the eaves or lowest part of the roof, and by reason of the said devices being fixed
within the concave parts of the said plates, the spreading out of the ends B and B¹
serve to deflect the water of condensation running down the said concave portions,
on to the convex portions of the roof, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 3, the
object of this being to add to that alreading running down the convex portions
and by thus increasing its bulk to increase its flow, and it will be understood, that
the spaces between the plates G and the battens E occasioned by the presence of the
said devices, permits such flow of moisture to pass all the battens E until it reaches
the lowest part or the caves of the roof, whereat it may pass out over the wall plates
or be otherwise carried away.

page_text: In buildings in which the sides as well as the roof are composed of metal plates G,
I employ the said devices in the manner illustrated by Fig. 4, interposed between
the said plates and the horizontal plates H or frame of the building, the screws
or the like employed for connecting G to H passing through the eyes Cas previously
described.
In cases where I construct the said device of wood the same would then be solid, a
hole being bored therein to form the equivalent of the eye C, the opposite end being
also formed to provide an equivalent for the distended ends B and B¹.
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:
1st. In buildings covered and otherwise enclosed by plain or corrugated metallic
plates, the employment of the herein described method of and means for forming a
space between the said plates and frame of the building to which they are connected,
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and shewn by the
accompanying drawings.
2nd. In an improved method of and means for forming spaces between the plain
or corrugated plates and the frame of metallic covered or enclosed buildings,
characterized by the preceding claim, the use and application of wood. or metal
devices constructed substantially as herein described and shewn by Fig. 1, and the
employment of same substantially as herein described and shewn by Figs. 2, 3
and 4 of the accompanying drawings for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 26th day of March 1898.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.

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