Houses or the like.
Year: 1885

page_text: Houses or the like.
We HENRY MONRO MOODY of Brockman Road Folkestone in the County of
Kent Builder and JOHN POPE of Bradstone Road Folkestone aforesaid Builder
do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN The
CONSTRUCTION OF ROOFS OR COVERINGS FOR HOUSES OR THE LIKE" to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object to so construct roofs or coverings for houses or
the like that a great saving in the number of tiles or slates necessary for the
purpose is effected whilst the tiling or slating is at least as effective as with the
ordinary method and very artistic effects can be produced..
According to my Invention in place of arranging the tiles or slates parallel with
the sides of the roof or covering and overlapping them to a great extent as is then
necessary to cover the joints-I lay the tiles or slates in a diagonal direction
overlapping the tiles or slates but to a small extent as the direction of the tiles or
slates when thus arranged will give a clear fall without danger of leakage the tiles
or slates being of course arranged to lap over the diagonal joints in both directions
so that the joints are covered from above or in the direction of the fall—The slates
or tiles when arranged according to our Invention may be of the usual shape or
they may be square (say a foot square) or combinations of these or other shapes
and sizes may be used as may be desired to give the effect required-The slates or
tiles may be of any suitable material for example they may be of glass, tinted to
give any desired artistic effect.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
"
Improvements in the Construction of Roofs or Coverings for
Houses or the like.
We, HENRY MONRO MOODY of Brockman Road Folkstone in the County of
Kent Builder and JOHN POPE of Bradstone Road Folkstone aforesaid Builder 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:
Our Invention has for its object to so construct roofs or coverings for houses or
the like that a great saving in the number of tiles or slates necessary for the
purpose is effected whilst the tiling or slating is at least as effective as with
the ordinary method and very artistic effects can be produced.
According to our Invention in place of arranging the tiles or slates parallel with
the sides of the roof or covering and overlapping them to a great extent as is then
necessary to cover the joints we lay the tiles or slates in a diagonal direction at an
angle of 45 degrees overlapping them but to a small extent as the direction of the
tiles or slates when thus arranged will give a clear fall without danger of leakage
the tiles or slates being of course arranged to lap over the diagonal joints in both
directions so that the joints are covered from above or in direction of the fall-The
accompanying drawing shews in plan in Figure 1 and in transverse section in
Figure 2 taken on the line 1 2 Figure 1 and in diagonal section in Figure 3 taken
on the line 3. 4. Figure 1 a portion of a roof made according to my Invention-
Figure 4 shews one of the tiles or slates separately-The tiles or slates may be
fixed with or without mortar or cement and are laid in diagonal rows as shewn
the tiles or slates composing each row overlapping a small extent of the tile next
below it at the upper part thereof and the rows of tiles or slates overlapping to a
similarly small extent the upper parts of the tiles or slates of the row next below
it as shewn clearly in the drawing-The tiles or slates may be secured to the
boards battens laths or framing of the roof in any desired way for example by
means of nails or pins passed through holes in the tiles or slates and into the
boards battens laths or framing in the usual way-The enclosures walls or sides of
a structure can of course be covered by tiles or slates in the same way as herein-
before described with regard to a roof.
The said tiles or slates for being thus arranged according to our Invention may
be of the usual shape or they may be square (a foot square will be a very
convenient size) or combinations of these or other shapes and sizes may be used as
may be desired to give the effect required-The slates or tiles may be of any
suitable material; for example they may be of glass which may be tinted to give
any desired effect.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
Roofs coverings enclosures walls or the like constructed of tiles or slabs arranged
as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of October 1885.
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London,
Agent for the said H. M. Moody and J. Pope.