IMPROVEMENTS IN TILES FOR ROOD OR WALLS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Brighouse Aspinall, of Lindley, Huddersfield, in the
County of York, Slater, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TILES FOR
ROOD OR WALLS"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Brighouse Aspinall
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th May 1878.
HENRY BRIGHOUSE ASPINALL, of Lindley, Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Slater. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TILES FOR ROOFS OR WALLS."
The object of my Invention is to construct roof tiles in such a manner that the
tiles can be securely fixed to vertical walls or to roofs pitched at any angle.
I accomplish my object in the following manner:-The face of the tile may be
formed flat or corrugated, and the tiles are made such a length that they will rest
upon the wood laths or bars that are fixed to the roof principals. On the under
side of the tiles I form one or more hooks, which clip the before-named wood laths
or bars, so that when the tiles are fixed in position they cannot be lifted nor
blown off the roof or wall by the wind, as is the case with tiles of the ordinary
description.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said Henry Brighouse Aspinall in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th
November 1878.
HENRY BRIGHOUSE Aspinall, of Lindley, Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Slator. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TILES FOR ROOFS."
The object of my Invention is to construct roof tiles in such a manner that the
tiles can be fixed in a vertical position or to roofs pitched at any angle without the
use of pegs or nails usually employed for securing the same.
I accomplish my object in the following manner :-The face of the tiles may be
formed flat or corrugated; they are made in such lengths as to suit the requirements
of the structure to which the tiles are applied, and on the under side of each tile I
forin one or more hooks of the same material as the tiles, or other suitable material,
which are attached to and form part of the tile; these hooks when the tiles are
placed in position on the roof or wall clip the wood laths or bars that are fixed to
the roof principals, rafters, or walls, so that the tiles cannot fall from the wall nor
be blown by the wind from off the roof or wall as is the caso with tiles of the
ordinary kind.
Such being the nature and object of this my Invention, I will now proceed to
describe the same in detail, and in order that the same may be clearly understood
I have hereunto annexed one Sheet of Drawings, and have marked the same with
letters of reference.
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of one of my improved tiles; Figure 2 is a
:back view of the same; Figure 3 is a section shewing my improved tiles on a roof,
and Figure 4 in a vertical position.
The tiles are indicated by the letter A, which can be made flat, corrugated, or to
any other shape of tile used for covering roofs. At the back of each tile I form one
or more hooks B, which are moulded with and form part of the tile; these hooks are
placed on the ordinary laths or bars C that are secured to the roof principals, rafters,
or walls, so that when placed on the roof, as shewn in Figure 3, or vertical, as
shewn in Figure 4, it is impossible for the tiles to be lifted or blown off by the wind,
as is the case with tiles secured in the ordinary way.
Having thus described my Invention and the manner in which the same is or
inay be carried into effect, I wish it to be understood that what I claim as my
Invention is, the formation of tiles used for covering roofs and walls having one or
more hooks at the back of cach tile, substantially for the purpose herein-before
.described, and illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Brighouse Aspinall, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
HENRY BRIGHOUSE ASPINALL, (LS.)
Witness,
JOHN WAUGH,
Engineering and Patent Offices,
Bradford,
Yorks.