Improvements in or connected with Slating Roofs.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Slating Roofs.
I, HENRY BODDY, of Glen Allan, Ripon, in the County of York, Builder, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the slating of roofs, and my object is to so arrange and
attach the slates that greater economy in slates is effected, at the same time making
a perfectly secure and water tight roof.
According to my invention, I employ slates of a square form which are arranged
in diamond pattern with their corners pointing in vertical and horizontal directions.
The slates are arranged side by side with a short portion of the upper edge of each
slate abutting against the adjacent lower edge of each adjoining slate, until a row
is formed. The next row is formed in a similar way, the joints of the first row
being covered by the lower portions of the second row, and this arrangement of the
slates up the roof is continued until the entire roof is covered.
Any suitable nails may be employed for attaching the slates to the laths, and
the slates may be arranged in rows out of the horizontal if desired; or the slates
themselves may be of other rectangular or diamond forms so long as the joints
of each row are covered by the lower portions of the row above.
In this manner the number of slates required is greatly reduced, thus effecting
a considerable saving.
Improvements in or connected with Slating Roofs.
I, HENRY BODDY, of Glen Allan, Ripon, in the County of York, 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:
This invention relates to the slating of roofs; and my object is to so arrange the
slates that greater economy in slates is effected, at the same time making a per-
fectly secure and water-tight roof.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which similar letters
refer to like parts in both figures:

page_text: Figure 1 is a front elevation shewing a number of slates arranged in accordance
with my invention, and Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.
According to my invention and with particular reference to Figure 1, I employ
slates of a square form, which slates are arranged in diamond pattern with their
corners pointing in vertical and horizontal directions as shewn. Slates A form-
ing the first row, are arranged side by side with a short portion of the upper edge
of each slate abutting against the adjacent lower edge of each adjoining slate as
seen at A¹. The second row is formed of slates B arranged side by side in a similar
manner to that of the slates A, by having the upper edge of each slate abutting
against the adjacent lower edge of each adjoining slate as seen at B'; and the
lower portions of the slates B are placed over the upper portions of the slates A,
so as to cover the joints A¹. The third row is formed of slates C, arranged in a
similar way to that of the slates B and so placed as to cover the joints B'. The
fourth row is composed of slates D, arranged in the same way as that of the
slates C; and this arrangement is continued until the entire roof is covered.
By arranging the slates in the manner before described, the number of slates
required to cover a roof of a given area is greatly reduced when compared with the
number required under existing methods of slating, and thus a considerable saving.
is effected.
Any suitable nails may be employed for attaching the slates to the laths, and
the slates may be arranged in rows out of the horizontal if desired; or the slates
themselves may be of other rectangular or diamond form to that shewn so long as
the joints of each row are covered by the lower portions of the row above.
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;-
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The slates A arranged with their edges abutting at A¹, in combination with suc-
cessive rows of slates arranged in a similar manner and covering the joints of the
slates below, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
VALAD
WITH day 01 Apri A.D. 1.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.