Improvement in Ordinary Roofing Tiles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st Sept., 1890-Accepted, 25th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Ordinary Roofing Tiles.
BASIL EDWARDS Ashleworth Rectory Gloucestershire Clerk in Holy Orders do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Improvement in ordinary roofing tiles in the manner following, that is to say-The
provision on the weather face of each tile or slate where the overlapping tile reaches
to one or more projecting bosses or short studs so placed that the tile immediately
above it would thereby be supported in such a manner that in case of its breaking it
would be impossible for it to slip out of place or be blown or fall to the ground. The
said bosses or studs to be of such a size as to be no eye sore or hinderance to rain or
snow melting and running off. By this invention every tile when fixed on a roof
would have a twofold instead of a single means of support as at present is the case with
roofing tiles.
- 20th of June 1800
BASIL EDWARDS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Ordinary Roofing Tiles.
BASIL EDWARDS Ashleworth Rectory Gloucestershire Clerk in Holy Orders 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 provision on the weather face of each roofing tile where the overlapping tile
reaches to one or more projecting bosses or short studs D so placed that the tile
immediately above it is thereby supported and held or sustained in its proper position
and in such a manner that in the event of any tile breaking off it is impossible for it
to slip out of place or fall to the ground. These bosses or studs D are of such a size
as to be no eye sore but rather adding to the picturesqueness of the roofing nor are the
bosses or studs D any hindrance to the free flow of rain or to snow melting or running
off as the projection of the boss or stud D does not exceed the thickness of the tile
which it supports. By this invention when a tile is fixed to a wall or roof it has a
twofold support instead of a single means as in ordinary roofing tiles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is as follows
1. The entire support of every tile from its lower edgo upwards is secured.
2. Each tile has a twofold means of support first from the nails or nibs E at the top
of the tile in the usual way secondly by the boss or stud D on the tile immediately
below it which not only supports but grips the tile.
3. A portion of the weight of each tile is sustained by the one below it in such a
way as to distribute the strain and transfer a portion of it from two to four nails or
nibs E secured to boarding or battens F.
4. The patent is applicable to all kinds of roofing tiles and is especially valuable for
hanging tiles on external walls.

page_text: 5. These tiles may be fixed to any kind of roof or wall & is suitable for roofing
church spires & steep roofs.
6. The proper lap or guage of the roofing is uniform throughout and cannot be
rendered insufficient.
BASIL EDWARDS.