ROOFING TILES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Major.at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th June 1883.
CHARLES MAJOR of Bridgewater in the County of Somerset
IN ROOFING TILES "
"
IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention has for its object to so construct or form roofing tiles that they form
when placed together a tighter and more secure roof than do tiles as hitherto
constructed.
According to my said Invention I form each tile with a rib at the under side of
its lower end and with a pair of ribs at the upper side of its higher end I also
form a web at the upper part of one of the sides preferably with an inclined
outward part and I form a recess in the upper part of the other side with a
correspondingly inclined portion at its inward part and beyond this inwards a rib
or ridge-The topmost of the pair of ribs at the upper end of the tile is preferably
undercut or recessed reversely at the opposite ends of the said rib at the sides of
the tile so that adjacent tiles engage securely together-When tiles thus formed
are placed together the rib at the underside of the one end of the tile engages
between the pair of ribs of the tile next below it the outer rib of the pair covering
the joint and the web at the one side of each tile engages in the recess in the side
of the adjacent tile the rib or ridge covering the joint-By this construction of
tiles the joints are well covered and protected thoroughly excluding water or snow
even should the tiles be somewhat defective in formation-The body part of the
tiles may be corrugated ridged grooved or of any desired formation and the ribs
covering the joints at the parts where the tiles overlap or join may be applied to
any tiles to which they are or may be applicable

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Major in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th December 1883.
CHARLES MAJOR of Bridgwater in the County of Somerset
IN ROOFING TILES"
"
IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention has for its object to so construct or form roofing tiles that they
constitute when placed together a tighter and more secure roof than tiles as
hitherto constructed I will describe my said Invention with reference to the
accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tile constructed
in accordance with my Invention Figure 2 is a side view and Figures 3 and 4 are
opposite end views of the same Figure 5 shews in perspective a number of tiles
placed together
I form each tile with a rib A at the underside of its lower end and with a pair
of ribs B B at the upper side of its higher end-I also form a web C at the upper
part of one of the sides preferably with an inclined outward part as at c and I
form a recess D in the upper part of the other side with a correspondingly inclined
portion as at d at its inward part and beyond this inwards a rib or ridge E-The
topmost rib B2 of the pair of ribs at the upper end of the tile is preferably
undercut or recessed reversely at the opposite ends of the said rib at the sides of
the tile as shewn at b and 62 so that adjacent tiles engage securely together
When tiles thus formed are placed together the rib A at the underside of the
one end of the tile engages between the pair of ribs B B of the tile next below it
the outer rib B of the pair covering the joint and the web C at the one side of each
tile engages in the recess D in the side of the adjacent tile the rib or ridge E
covering the joint-By this construction of tiles the joints are well covered and
protected thoroughly excluding water or snow even should the tiles be somewhat
defective in formation and the ribs B and E prevent the wind from getting under-
neath the tiles and displacing them-The body part of the tiles may be corrugated
ridged grooved as shewn in the various figures of the drawing but I do not limit
myself to the precise forms there shewn The hereinbefore described ribs B and E
covering the joints at the parts where the tiles overlap or join may be applied to
such tiles without necessarily employing the other hereinbefore described improve-
ments Figures 6 to 12 shew various forms of tiles to which the said ribs B and E
are applied; b are openings to allow passage of moisture
The rib B may either be cut vertically at its end as shewn in Figures 67.8
and 9 or be shortened to an extent corresponding to the height of the rib E as
shewn in Figures 10. 11 and 12 the object in either case being to enable the roll
of the tiles to fit closely up to the rib E of the adjacent tiles Similar openings
may be made in the rib B in the arrangement figures 1 to 5 as shewn in Figures 1
and 5 and marked b
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein before recited
Letters Patent is-
First Providing roofing tiles each with undercut or recessed parts bb at the
upper top corners to interlock with corresponding undercut or recessed parts of
adjacent tiles as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 of the
accompanying drawings
Second. In roofing tiles the combination of a web C at one side and a recess D
at the opposite side with a covering or protecting rib or ridge E as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in figures 1 to 5 of the accompanying drawings

page_text: Third In roofing tiles the combination of a web C at one side and a recess D at
the opposite side with covering or protecting ribs or ridges B and E as herein-
before described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 of the accompanying drawing.
Fourth. The arrangement and combination constituting the roofing tile herein
before described and illustrated in figures 1 to 5 of the accompanying drawings
Fifth. Providing roofing tiles with ribs or ridges B and E for covering and
protecting the joints at the parts where the tiles overlap or join as herein before
described and illustrated in the several figures of the accompanying drawings
In witness whereof I the said Charles Major have to this my Specification
set my hand and seal this eleventh day of December One thousand eight hundred
and eighty three
CHARLES MAJOR
Witness H. SIDNEY SMITH