Improvements in Plates for Covering Roofs, Walls, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1899-Accepted, 22nd July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Plates for Covering Roofs, Walls, and the like.
I, FRANZ JULIUS BURNER, of Neue Friedrichstrasse 70, Berlin, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer, 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, and accompanying drawing, that
is to say:
This invention has for its object an improved means for covering roofs, walls,
and the like, which differs from the methods heretofore known and used for the
purpose, in the essential important fact, that, with the exception of small
fastening pieces at the ends, the plates forming the covering are attached to
each other by their suitably bent-over edges, without any other fastenings.
Any suitable material may be used for the plates forming the improved covering,
according to the particular purpose for which they are to be used. For instance,
they may be made of all kinds of metal, such as iron, or sheet iron, enamelled with
any desired colours, or of tiles, cement, glass, wood, glazed earthenware, or other
suitable material; and the size and shape of the plates may be varied according
to the particular purpose and the circumstances in which they are to be used.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of forms of plates of the novel
kind described.
Figure 1 is an inside back view, and
Figure 2 a corresponding cross-section on the line A-B;
Figure 3 is an inside back view of a quadrangular plate, and
Figure 4 a view of the front of the same;
Figure 5 is a front view of a triangular plate, and
Figure 6 a view of the back of the same;
Figure 7 is a front view of a fastening piece, and
Figure 8 is a cross section of the same;
Figure 9 is a front view of one of the holding pieces, and
Figure 10 is a transverse section of the same.
The plates are made of suitable form, for instance quadrangular or triangular,
and in such manner that of the four or three edges (as the case may be), two are
bent over and down, and the two others (or the third, in a triangular plate) are
bent up in the same way. By means of these bent-over edges the quadrangular,
or triangular, plates are connected together, in a secure and simple way, as the
bent-down edge of a plate hooks over and is held by the corresponding bent-up
edge of an adjoining plate. In order to make the fastening even more secure,
small holding pieces (Figure 9) may be introduced under some of the bent over
edges.
The topmost plates are hung upon a suitable fastening plate bent at right
angles, and also having its edges bent over. This fastening plate, is then itself
fastened on the roof or on the wall by means of nails, screws, and the like.
It should be observed that, for the fastening pieces corresponding notches may
he made in the bent over edges of the plates.

page_text: 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:-
1. Plates for covering roofs, walls, and the like, so shaped that one part of
their edges is bent down, and one part up, that is to say, of quadrangular or
triangular plates, two adjoining ones are bent down, and the other two, or the
third in the case of triangular plates, are bent up, so that the plates can be
united together, without further means of fastening, substantially as described
and illustrated.
2. In plates for covering roofs, walls, and the like, as described in Claim 1,
the notches in the bent-over edges, to receive fastening pieces, substantially as
and for the purpose described and illustrated.
3. In plates for covering roofs, walls, and the like, as described in Claims 1
and 2, the method of hanging the topmost plate in a fastening plate also
provided with turned over edges, which plate is fastened to the roof, wall, or
the like, by nails, screws, or the like, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 30th day of May 1899.
EDWARDS AND CO.,
Chartered Patent Agents,
65, and 66, Chancery Lane, London.
Agents for the Applicant.