Horticultural and other such Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Horticultural and other such Purposes.
To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JOSEPHUS PLENTY, of 144 Pearl
Street, in the City of New York and the United States of America; Horticultural
Architect and Builder, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN GLAZED STRUCTURES FOR HORTICULTURAL AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly ascertained
in and by the following statement: reference being had to the accompanying
drawings:
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This invention has for its object, Improvements in the method of applying glass.
as a roofing or covering material, and is applicable for use' upon Railway Stations
and Sheds, Winter Gardens, Exhibition Buildings, Skating Rinks, Markets, public
and private buildings, Workshops, Skylights, Conservatories, Plant-houses, Vineries,
and other such structures, and the principal advantage that I claim for this, my
invention, is the fact that no sash bars either of wood or metal are exposed to the
action of the weather, and that the whole will form a perfect, durable, non-
conducting, fire-resisting roof or super-structure. When an open skylight or roof.
for the greatest transmission of light in a given space is desired, I make my squares
or panes of glass of the rectangular form as shown in Fig's 1, 2, and 3, and support
the bottom and top of the panes or squares upon wooden or iron purlins. The
bottom light of glass, B. Fig. 2, is held in its place by an iron or zinc clip, e, in the
centre of the pane which is screwed or fastened to the bottom or lower purlin,
the upper edge of the pane or square of glass is bent over the top or upper edge of
the purlin next above it, and on a wooden purlin is held in place by an iron
hook, d, fastened in the purlin and passing through holes made to receive it in the
upper edge of the pane or square of glass, as shown in Section at d, f, Fig. 3; and
on an iron purlin the glass is hooked over the iron; The transverse or vertical edge
of the pane or square of glass is bent or curved so that it will form a flange to
cover the vertical edge of the pane or square of glass next beside or abutting
against it; the joint is then cemented with a cement of silicate of lime as described
in another Specification and application of mine for letters patent. The squares or
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page_text: panes of the rest and continuing rows of glass are formed with bent or curved
vertical edges to form the flange already described and shown at a, a, Fig's. 1
and 2; in addition to which, each square or pane has at its centre at the bottom
or lower edge, a curvature, swell, or projection, forming a recess on the under side
for the reception and covering of the flange and lap joints of the squares or panes
next below it, as shown at b, Fig's. 1 and 2, being made or bent to this shape, to
enable the glass to fit accurately; the bottom edge of each square or pane is also
lapped slightly over the upper edge of the squares or panes in the row next below
it, and the joint is then cemented as heretofore mentioned. The upper end of each
square or pane of glass is secured to the purlin as heretofore described and as
shown at d, f, Fig. 3. Another square. or pane. is then laid in a similar manner
till the row is complete. It will be observed that the outside or first and last
square of each alternate row, c., Fig. 2, is of only half the width of the remaining
squares or panes composing the row, and every transverse or vertical joint is broken
or alternated. The transverse or vertical edges of the glass being lapped and
cemented, thereby doubles the thickness and strength of the glass and makes it
sufficiently strong to withstand the action of the weather and weight of snow,
without the additional support usually given or afforded by sash bars; all the
squares or panes of their several kinds are made of the same size and inter-
changeable, so that a broken or fractured pane or square can at any time be
replaced, or if the fracture is not too large a separate piece can be cemented on top
of and covering the fracture. Grooves or indentations may also. be made or cast in
the glass at the horizontal laps for the conveying away of condensation. When it
is desirable to form a roof or skylight so that it can be walked over or traversed
on the outside, and when the inside appearance is not an object of importance, such
for example as when a flat skylight of stained glass may be placed beneath and at
some distance from the roof. I form the roof or skylight in somewhat the same
manner as already described, but using squares or panes of glass of the shape of a
rhombus or square, as shown at A, B, Fig's. 4 and 5; the. construction being
adapted to receive this form of roof covering when fitted with slats or bars in the
mauner usually required for slates or tiles. In this case the upper edges of the
square are turned or bent upwards, and the two lower edges of the square bent or
turned downwards, as shown at a. a. Fig. 5, and the top or upmost corner of the
.square is bent over and fastened in position as already described, and shown at f,
Fig. 5; the squares are laid one over another with lapped edges as shown in Fig. 4,
and finished in the manner already described. This latter form of square is also
adapted for sheathing walls or vertical partitions.
When a roof or skylight is formed in the manner above described, each square
being supported in the centre and at its ends; all the edges being lapped and
cemented with the hard cement of silicate of lime as described in another of my.
applications for letters patent, each square of glass being also fastened to the strip
or purlin, the roof or skylight is practically composed of but one square of glass
with strengthening ribs at every joint.
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. A square or pane of glass of the rectangular shape A. and B. having the side
flange, a, for overlapping the edge of the next square of glass, and the bend or
projection, b, forming a recess for the reception and covering of the flange and lap
joints of the squares or panes next below it; and also having the bend, f, for
fastening the square iu position, substantially as described and shown for the
purpose set forth.
2. A square or pane of glass for glazing roofs or walls of the shape of a rhombus
or square, A¹, B¹, having the flanges or curvatures, a, and f, substantially as shown,
and described for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 3. The combination of the squares or panes, A. B. and C., having the flanged,
lapped, cemented and alternated vertical joints, and recessed lapped horizontal joints
in a roof, skylight, or glazed structure, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
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4. A roof, skylight or glazed structure formed of the squares or panes of
glass, A, B1, having the flanged or bent edges, a, and f, and cemented joints,
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Nineteenth day of February 1886.
Witnesses
J. F. PENISTON.
C. W. BAMBURGER.
JOSEPHUS PLENTY.