A New or Improved Roofing Tile.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
A New or Improved Roofing Tile.
I RUDOLF GRAF KINSKY, of Krasna Mähren, Austria, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this invention is a roofing tile which is provided with grooves or
channels and corresponding projections or ribs arranged in such a manner that
after the tiles are properly laid they form a double roof.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a plan view of the new tile.
Figure 2 is an underside view of the same.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section on line xx of Figure 1.
Figures 4 and 5 illustrate in plan and underside views respectively the mode of
laying the improved tiles four such tiles being shown.
On the upper surface of the improved tile there are formed on both sides
projections or ribs, a¹ a b', 62, Figures, 1 and 3. The underside of the tile is
provided with the tab N whereby it is secured to the roofing laths, and has
moreover the grooves band a, which engage when a number of these tiles are laid
with the ribs and 63, and a¹ and a respectively while the groove c is devised to
form further space between the roofing tiles for the purpose of insulation.
The roofing as clearly shown in Figures 4 and 5 is laid on in the following
manner:
After the tile I has been nailed to the lath, the tile II is fixed to the next lath
and upon the tile I in such a manner that the groove bof tile II covers the
rib b and the groove a of the same tile II covers the rib a' of the tile I. Now
tile III is nailed on the lath adjacently to the latter tile so that the groove b of
the said tile 11I covers the rib 6 while the groove a of the same tile III covers
the rib a² of tile 1. The tile IV which is nailed to the lath a little higher covers
by its groove b the ribs b' 62 of the tiles III and I! while the groove a of this
tile IV covers the rib a' and a² of the tiles III and II and so on.
Owing to this arrangement of grooves and projections or ribs, the tile is utilizable
even when its fixing tab N is broken off for the ribs or projections 66 are then
still held in the grooves b of the uppermost or covering tile. By this method of
connecting the tiles a second roofing is formed of ribs and grooves which is
absolutely water tight and weather proof. The parts most exposed to injury
shown in dotted lines in Figures 4 and 5 crossing each other are, as will be readily
seen provided with a treble covering the lowermost being the upper part of the
tile 1. The central covering being tiles II and III while the uppermost covering
is the lower part of the tile IV.
By the use of this new or improved tile a perfectly safe roof covering is
produced being capable of withstanding the action of rain snow or storms which
had not been hitherto obtained in roof coverings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A roofing tile characterized by projections or ribs formed on the upper side of
the same and along its longitudinal edges and by grooves formed on the underside

page_text: thereof and engaging in such a manner with these projections or ribs, that the roof
covering has a double layer after the tiles are laid and a treble layer in parts that
are more exposed to the action of snow and rain.
Dated this 19th day of February 1896.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.