IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE ROOPING OF HOUSES, BUILDINGS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES
Year: 1851

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BEADON, junior, of Taunton, in the County of Somerset, Gentleman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Eighteenth day of
February, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one), in the fourteenth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said William Beadon, my exors, ádiñiors, and assigns, Her
especial license, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
William Beadon, my exors, adññors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
William Beadon, my exors, adñiors, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of
years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE ROOPING OF HOUSES, BUILDINGS,
AND OTHER STRUCTURES;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso,
that I, the said William Beadon, shall cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calender months next and
immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Beadon, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,

page_text: and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had
to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say:-
My first improvement is applicable to tiles, and consists of making the
lowest tiles with bent ends, suitable for forming a gutter. Figure 1 shows an
edge view, Figure 2, a perspective view, and Figure 3, a plan of one of these
tiles. Figure 4 shows a left-hand end tile, when looking towards the building,
with the gutter portion stopped, and in like manner right-hand end tiles may
be made. The tiles shewn are made to overlap at the edges, and are made
to have water-tight joints when connected with cement or other substances in
other ways. Figure 4 shews the form of a gutter tile, with strengthening
branch A attached.
My second improvement consists of making gutter copings, the outer edge
producing an ornamental cornice. Figure 5 shews a perspective view of one
of them; Figure 6, a left-hand end coping, with the gutter portion closed;
Figure 7, a right-hand end coping, also closed, and there is an opening for
water to run off from the gutter. It will be evident that the opening, when
desired, may be made in the gutter at the other end, or in any other part
most convenient for the water pipe to descend. Figure 8 is a section of the
gutter coping. These gutter copings may be made to overlap at the edges,
or made with other contrivances for obtaining water-tight joints. Figure 9
shows the section of another form of gutter coping, according to this part of
my Invention, wherein the upper portion inclines into the gutter according to
the slope of the roof. Figures 10 and 11 show a perspective view and section
of another form of gutter coping, according to this part of my Invention.
And it may generally be stated that the form of moulding constituting the
cornice, as well as the gutter, may be varied, so long as the gutter coping is
made with a portion of a gutter, which combination constitutes the peculiarity
of this part of my Invention. Figure 12 shews a section of a coping, crease,
or ridge tile, with gutters on either side for covering walls; Figure 13
shows a perspective view, and Figure 14 shows an end view thereof. By
these tiles walls may be coped, and all droppings of water prevented, and
the water may be conveyed by the gutters, and collected, as desired, for
use.
My next improvement consists of making flat tiles, so as to overlap at the
edges and flush at the surfaces. Figures 15 and 16 show two edge views of
two such tiles. Figure 17* is another form of flat tile, leaving the parts C
and D thicker than the other part of the tile, for strengthening. Figure 17

page_text: shows three such tiles combined; the grooves or spaces between the tiles are
to be filled up with any suitable cement or other substances.
Another part of my Invention applies to valley tiles for roofs, which are
made at their edges in such manner as to receive cement or other substances,
and form a water-tight joint at the angles where they meet, as shown at
Figures 18, 19, 20, and 21. These tiles are made to overlap at their edges,
as shown. In place of these tiles, the connection at the angles may be
produced by forming the edges with knuckle joints, as shown at Figures 22,
23, and 24. In like manner ridge tiles may be produced, as shewn at
Figures 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32.
Another part of my Invention consists of a mode of manufacturing gable
bricks, so that they should offer an ornamental gable with water tables; these
are shown at Figures 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40. By the use of
these an ornamental gable may be produced, and the water may then be
thrown in towards the roof.
Having described the nature of my improvements applicable to roofing, I
would have it understood that I do not confine myself to any particular
material, as in some instances it may be desirable to make the articles of
plastic materials, glass, cement, or any other substances that may be found
suitable; neither do I confine my claim to the exact forms shown in the
Drawings, as it is evident that variations may be made embodying the
principles I have described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Beadon, have hereunto set my
band and seal, this Fourteenth day of August, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty ana