Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 21st Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1887
HENRY WILLIAM LOWDEN White Hart Hotel Reigate Surrey Hotel Keeper do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Forming a Tile with a double clip projecting from the underside of tile so that the
clip or clips will grasp or hook on to the tile lath and so secure the tile that it would
be impossible for it to fall or be blown off also that the bottom edge of the tile on the
top side being bevelled facilitates the flow of water and prevents to a great extent the
lodgement of snow and other matter.-Tiles of this kind can be made plain, grooved,
corrugated, or of any other shape or design in either tile ware or other manufacturer
article.
HENRY WILLIAM LOW DEN.

page_text: HENRY WILLIAM LOWDEN White Hart Hotel Reigate, Surrey Hotel Keeper 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:-
The object of this my Invention is to construct roofing and other Tiles having on
the undersides of the top part of Tiles a double clip or clips made io fit on the top and
back part of Tile lath thus firmly securing same and preventing the possibility of
Tiles slipping off as is often the case with the ordinary Tiles now in use and to produce
that facility with which Tiles can be fixed either for roof, weathertiling or any other
purpose and to ensure that case with which any broken tile can be withdrawn or
replaced having neither mortar cement, nails or any locking parts which become set or
fixed in course of time another advantage of these tiles is that they cannot be stripped
or blown off even when fixed in the most exposed situation and also that the bottom
or lower end of tiles being bevelled on the upper side present a much neater and
lighter appearance and facilitates the flowing of water and offers less resistance to the
wind and prevents to a great extent the lodgement of snow or other matter also that
they can be made of any size shape or pattern And in order that my invention may
be more clearly understood reference is given to the annexed Drawings.
Fig. 1 shows the underside of tile A with double clip B hooked onto tile lath C.
Fig. 2 Represents side elevation of same tiles as laid with double clip B hooked onto
tile lath Cand showing bevelled bottom edge D) of tile A.
Fig. 3 Full sized drawing showing portion of Tile A with one of the clips B in
projection.
Fig. 4 Represents end elevation of tile A showing top side of double clip B.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the said is to be performed I declare that which I claim is
The construction of Tiles for roofing or any other purpose with one, two, or more
double clips which hang or hook onto the tile lath as described with reference to
Figures 1-2-3 & 4 on the annexed drawings And also for the double clip appli-
cation and bevelled bottom edge being applied to any kind of tile, either in tile ware,
slate glass, wood, metal or other manufactured article and whether such tile and double
clips he either flat, curved, corrugated undulated or of any other shape or whether
these double clips be in the solid tongued, rebated, soldered, cemented or otherwise
fastened applied to or fixed as and for the purpose set forth.
HENRY WILLIAM LOWDEN.