Improvements relating to Copings and Gutters.
Year: 1886

page_text: · Improvements relating to Copings and Gutters..
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I, SAMUEL WATSON, of 54 Ferme Park Road, Hornsey, 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:-
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My invention relates to copings and gutters, and is designed to provide. for
covering the tops of walls in such a manner that they will be protected against
rain and the rain-water will be conducted away so that it cannot drip from the
edges of the coping or covering..
Heretofore it has been customary to cover walls with copings or protecting
courses composed of bricks or stone slabs, which are secured upon the top of the
wall and project beyond the sides, thereof. Although such copings afford more or
less efficient protection to the top of the wall, yet they are objectionable for the
reason that the rain-water drips from their edges upon the sides of the wall, or
upon some other part of the building of which the said wall constitutes a part,
or upon the ground in proximity to the said wall; thereby frequently causing
considerable inconvenience and, in some instances, much damage.
Moreover, in such copings, as heretofore constructed, the joints between the
bricks or stone alabs are exposed to the rain and are liable to injury thereby, so
that, in time, the rain-water leaks through the said joints and damages the wall.
According to my invention, I obviate these defects or inconveniences by pro-
viding a device which I term a combined coping and gutter, and which consists
of tiles or blocks made of terra-cotta, clay, cement, iron or other suitable material.
These tiles or blocks are so formed that they can be readily fitted and secured upon
the top of a wall. The central portion of each block is made of such shape that the
rain-water will flow therefroin to the sides of the said block, which are made in
the form of gutters or channels so that the rain-water, instead of dripping from the
edges of the block, will be conducted along the said gutters or channels. One or
more holes are formed in the said gutters or channels through which the rain-water
will flow or drop into a drain-pipe or into one of the gutters usually attached to
a house or other building. The said blocks are, moreover, made to overlap one
another so that there will be no liability to leakage of the rain-water through
the joints.

page_text: In the accompanying drawing, I have shown how my said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure is a side elevation of part of a wall with my combined coping and
gutter applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line x, x, Figure 1.
A is the wall; B, B are the blocks or tiles, of which the parts b, when the said
blocks or tiles are placed together as shown, form the coping, and the parts b¹ the
gutters or channels at the sides thereof. The tile or block at the end of the wall
has the gutter or channel 61 extending along three sides thereof, and a hole 6' is
formed in the said gutter, through which the rain-water can flow into the drain
pipe C whereby it is conducted to an ordinary gutter D.
The said blocks or tiles are formed with projections 63 and recesses b*.so that,
when they are put into their places on the wall, the projection 63 on one block will
fit into the recess b in the next block; the leakage of rain-water through the joints
between the said blocks is thus prevented. The said blocks are so placed and
secured upon the wall that there will be a sufficient fall or inclination of the gutter
or channel to ensure the flow of the water along the same to the drain-pipe.
It is obvious that the shape of the blocks or tiles will depend, to some extent,
upon the position which they are to occupy upon the wall, and that their shape
may be considerably modified without departing from the nature of my invention.
It is evident, moreover, that the combined coping and gutter may be composed
of a single tile or block or of a combination of two or more of the said tiles or
blocks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner.the same is to be performed I wish it understood
that I claim
The combined coping and gutter consisting of one or more tiles or blocks formed
substantially as set forth for the purposes specified.