AN IMPROVEMENT IN BRACKETS OR CLIPS FOR SUP- PORTING HALF-ROUND AND OTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF OPEN OR TROUGH SPOUTING
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We, GEORGE CHEADLE, and JAMES SIMMONDS, both of Thornley Street Works,
Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Whitesmiths, do hereby declare the
nature of our invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN BRACKETS OR CLIPS FOR SUP-
PORTING HALF-ROUND AND OTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF OPEN OR TROUGH SPOUTING
and in what inanuer the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention refers to simple and efficient means for keeping half-round and
other shaped open or trough spouting down within the brackets which support it,
so that the same may not be blown or otherwise shaken up out of the brackets,
and for tightening such brackets around the spouting.
Our invention will be readily understood by reference to figures 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawings, which are, respectively, a side elevation and a plan of a
spout bracket geared or fitted according to our invention. A is the bracket, Ba
plate riveted thereto by which such bracket is screwed to the eaves-board or other
part to which it is to be fixed, and C is a small rod or pin passing through a hole a
in the outer horn of the bracket and screwed through a hole b in the inner horn.
The outer end of this rod or pin has a bow formed thereon, as shewn, or has a
square or other part by which it may be readily turned to screw the inner end
through the inner horn of the bracket. This rod or pin C thus not only acts in
securely keeping down the spouting lying in the bracket but may be also tightened
up to draw the outer horn of the clip towards the inner horn and thus tighten the
bracket around the spouting.
The bracket illustrated is, of course, for half-round spouting, but the same means
may be employed for keeping down within the bracket any convenient form of
trough spouting and for tightening the bracket therearound.
The bracket, also, may be fixed in any convenient manner, for instance, the
inner horn may terminate the same as the outer horn and the bracket be provided
with a driving iron riveted thereto in the usual or any convenient manner.
We are aware that a rod or pin passing over the top of the spouting to keep it
down within the bracket is not of itself new, and we make therefore no claim for
such a part otherwise than when fixed in the manner described.

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
wo claim is :—
1. In a bracket or clip for supporting half-round or other shaped trough
spouting, the rod or pin C passing through a hole in the outer horn and screwed
through a hole in the inner horn, and with means for screwing it up, substantially
as and for the purpose herein described and.shewn by the drawings.
2. In a bracket or clip for supporting half-round or other shaped trough
spouting, and which is fixed to the fascia board or other part through ears or a
plate upon the inner horn, the rod or pin C passing through a hole in the outer
horn and screwed through a hole in the inner horn, and with means for screwing
it up, substantially as and for the purpose herein described and shewn by the
drawings.
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