IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUC- TION OF COVERINGS FOR RICKS AND STACKS."
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Brenton, of Polbathic, St. Germans, in the
County of Cornwall, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF COVERINGS FOR RICKS AND STACKS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Brenton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th July 1878.
WILLIAM BRENTON, of Polbathic, St. Germans, in the County of Cornwall.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF COVERINGS FOR RICKS AND STACKS."
This Invention consists in certain improvements in the construction of that class
of rick and stack covers which are formed of pieces or sheets of corrugated galvan-
ised iron, and which improvements render such covers much more efficient and
useful than those formed of similar materials which have long previously been
employed.
The upper portion of the cover which rests on the top of the rick or stack is
formed of a series of pieces of corrugated galvanised iron, the corrugations being
in the direction of the length of the several pieces, which latter are respectively
curved for the purpose of enabling the water to run off. To the lower edges of the
said curved pieces of corrugated galvanised iron are attached a corresponding
number of straight pieces of similar material, and which form the lower portion of
the cover, and extend beyond the edges of the top of the rick or stack.
Flat bars of iron aro rivetted to the curved pieces of corrugated iron, the same
having formed therein slots for the passage of loops, which are rivetted to flat bars
under the straight pieces of corrugated iron.
Pins provided with curved heads are passed through the respective loops, the
heads being turned down in order to lock the same, and thus hold the curved and
straight pieces of corrugated iron firmly connected together.

page_text: Flat bars of iron are rivetted to the under sides of the lower portion of the
straight pieces of corrugated iron, the same having crooks at each end thereof, and
the respective straight pieces of corrugated iron being connected by means of con-
necting rods, which have a fork at one end thereof, the curved ends of which fork
are passed through the before-mentioned crooks at the ends of the said bars; or the
ends of the forks may be formed with eyes, and passed through slots formed in the
respective straight pieces of corrugated iron at the respective points of junction,
and secured by means of a pin which is passed through the before-mentioned
eyes.
At the opposite ends of the said last-mentioned connecting rods are formed loops,
to which are attached skewers or spikes, which are driven into the side of the rick
or stack, and thus hold the cover firmly in position.
Where desirable the forked connecting rods may be dispensed with, and in that
case straight connecting rods provided with curved ends are passed through the
crooks at the ends of the before-mentioned flat bars, the curved ends of the rods
being turned down so as to form a secure locking arrangement.
It is desirable, by preference, to place a ventilator or ventilators in the upper
part of the covers, the same being formed by cutting a square or circular opening
in the latter, and having a protecting plate so arranged as to prevent the entrance
of rain or snow into the rick or stack.
It should be mentioned that this Invention admits of modifications in minor
details without departing from the inain features or principles thereof.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Brenton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th January
1879.
WILLIAM BRENTON, of Polbathic, St. Germans, in the County of Cornwall.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF COVERINGS FOR RICKS AND STACKS."
This Invention consists of certain improvements in the construction of that class
of rick and stack covers, which are formed of pieces or sheets of corrugated
galvanized iron, and which improvements render such covers much more efficient
and useful than those formed of similar materials which have long previously been
omployed.
The upper portion of the cover which rests on the top of the rick or stack is
formed of a series of pieces of corrugated galvanized iron, the corrugations being in
the direction of the length of the several pieces, which latter are respectively curved
for the purpose of enabling the water to run off. To the lower edges of the said
curved pieces of corrugated galvanized iron are attached a corresponding number
of straight pieces of similar material, and which form the lower portion of the cover,
and extend beyond the edges of the top of the rick or stack.
Flat bars of iron are rivetted to the curved pieces of corrugated iron, the saine
having formed therein slots for the passage of loops which are rivetted to flat bars
under the straight pieces of corrugated iron.
Pins provided with curved heads are passed through the respective loops, the
heads being turned down in order to lock the same, and thus hold the curved and
straight pieces of corrugated iron firmly connected together.
Flat bars of iron are rivetted to the under sides of the lower portion of the
straight pieces of corrugated iron, the same having crooks at each end thereof, and
the respective straight pieces of corrugated iron being connected by means of con-
necting rods, which have a fork at one end thereof, the curved ends of which fork
are passed through the before-mentioned crooks at the ends of the said bars; or
the ends of the forks may be formed with eyes, and passed through slots formed
in the respective straight pieces of corrugated iron at the respective points of
junction, and secured by means of a pin which is passed through the before-
mentioned oyes.
At the opposite ends of the said last-mentioned connecting rods are formed
loops, to which are attached skewers or spikes, which are driven into the side
of the rick or stack, and thus hold the cover firmly in position.
Where desirable the forked connecting rods may be dispensed with, and in that
case straight connecting rods provided with curved ends are passed through the
crooks at the ends of the before-mentioned flat bars, the curved ends of the rods
being turned down so as to form a secure locking arrangement.
It is desirable, by preference, to place a ventilator or ventilators in the upper part
of the covers, the same being formed by cutting a square or circular opening in the
latter, and having a protecting plate so arranged as to prevent the entrance of rain
or snow into the rick or stack.
It should be mentioned that this Invention admits of modifications in minor
details without departing from the main features or principles thereof.
But to make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same
by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figures 1 and 2 are end views
of part of a rick or stack with coverings constructed according to my improvements;
Figures 3 and 4, side views of same.
Figures 5 to 11, details on a larger scale.
Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
In Figure 1 a, a, is the upper portion of the cover, formed of a series of pieces of
corrugated galvanized iron, curved to allow the water to run off; b, b, are the
straight pieces of galvanized iron forming the lower portion of the cover; c, c, are
the flat bars of iron rivetted to the curved pieces of corrugated iron a, a, and

page_text: provided with slots, through which pass the loops or projections d, d, rivetted to
the flat bars e, e, under the straight pieces of corrugated iron b, b; f, f, are the pins
(one of which is shewn detached in Figure 5) provided with curved heads g, g,
which are passed through the eyes or loops of the projections d, d, and the said
curved heads being then turned down will be locked, and firmly hold together the
pieces of corrugated iron a, a, and b, b. Figure 6 is a detached enlarged view of
this arrangement.
Instead of the flat bars e, e, I may employ wood e¹, as shewn in Figure 7, the eyes
or projections & being screwed into the same.
h, h, are the flat bars of iron (shewn on one side only) rivetted to the under sides
of the lower portion of the straight pieces of iron b, b; i, i, are the crooks at each
end thereof; j,j, the connecting rods with forks k, l, at their upper ends, the curved
ends 1, 2, of which pass through the crooks, i, i, as shewn.
In some cases the flat bars h, h, may be dispensed with, and the crooks i be
rivetted direct to the corrugated iron b, as shewn in the detached enlarged view at
Figure 8; or the ends of the forks may be formed with eyes m, m, (as shewn on
the right-hand side of Figure 1), and passed through slots in the pieces of corrugated
iron b, b, at the respective points of junction, and secured by means of a pin f
similar to that herein-before described. Figure 9 is a detached view of this arrange-
ment on a larger scale.
n, n, are the loops at the lower ends of the connecting rods, and o, o, are the
skewers or spikes which are driven through the loops n, n, and into the sides of
the rick or stack so as to hold the cover firmly in position.
In Figure 2 the flat bars c, c, and e, e, are dispensed with, and in place thereof I
employ bars P, P, carrying at the ends the projections or loops d, d, which pass
through slots in the corrugated iron pieces a and b, the pins fbeing then passed
through the eyes in the projections d, d, similarly to the manner described in
referring to Figure 1.
Figuro 10 is a detached enlarged view of this modification, which is that which I
prefer employing as being the most simple in practice.
Figure 11 is a plan of the pin fand bars p, with its projections or loops d, d.
For securing the corner sheet I use a long rod q, Figure 4, with a crook or curved
end, which passes through an eye or loop s fitted to the corner of the sheet.
The ventilator with which cach cover should be provided is not shown in the
Drawing, as it forms no part of my Invention.
Having thus described my said Invention, and the best moans with which I am
acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do
not confine myself to the precise details herein laid down and shewn in the Drawing,
as the same may be varied without departing from the peculiar character of my
Invention, but what I claim is, the improvements in the construction of coverings
for ricks and stacks, substantially as herein-before described and represented in the
accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Brenton, have hereto set my hand
and seal, this Second day of January, in the year of our Lord Ono thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.
WILLIAM BRENTON. (L..S.)