Improvements in Glazed Roofs for, Horticultural and other Buildings.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 12th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Glazed Roofs for, Horticultural and other
Buildings.
I, THOMAS BONES, of Tower House, Chiswick, in the County of Middlesex,
Gardener, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in glazed roofs for horticultural
and other buildings and has for objects to obviate or lessen liability of rain to pass
between the panes of glass and the rafters or bars (hereinafter called bars) carrying
the same, and to provide clips or holders of simple construction for holding down
and supporting the panes of glass.
To this end the bars are each formed on its upper side with a central longitudinal
groove or gutter preferably of circular form in cross section and occupying about
one third of the width of the bar, so as to leave a flat surface at each side to carry
the side portions of the adjacent panes of glass, which are secured in place on the
bars by a layer of putty interposed between the two.
By this construction rain water can flow along the grooves or channels in the
bars between the adjacent inclined edges of the panes of glass without liability of
its leaking between the panes and the bars.
The panes of glass are arranged in the usual way so that the lower edge of one
overlaps the upper edge of the next lower one and are secured at the corners by
metal clips or holders of novel construction.
Each clip is of rectangular form in plan, consisting of two flat side portions
connected by a channelled portion, the side flanges being adapted to overlap the
corners of two laterally adjacent panes of glass and the channelled portion to fit
the grooves in the bars. At its lower edge the clip is formed with downwardly
bent flanges or stops that serve to support the lower edges of the panes of glass
and thus to prevent the panes from slipping..
The clips are secured in place on the bars each by one or more screws with
countersunk head or heads.
The clips such as described but without the flanges or stops may be employed to
secure the panes of glass at points intermediate of their length.
Clips of the kind described may be used for holding down and supporting panes
of glass carried by bars of ordinary form. In this case they would be secured in
place with the channelled portion uppermost, the flanges or stops being bent
downwardly as before.
Dated this 12th day of February 1891.
T. BONES,
By L. W., per F. B. .
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Glazed Roofs for Horticultural and other
Buildings.
I, THOMAS BONES, of Tower House, Chiswick, in the County of Middlesex,
'Gardener, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-.
This invention has reference to improvements in glazed roofs for horticultural
and other buildings, and has for objects to obviate or lessen liability of rain to ‘pags

page_text: Clips such as described but without the flanges or stops may be employed to
secure the panes of glass at intermediate points.
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:-
1. A glazed roof for horticultural and other buildings wherein the sheets of glass
are supported by bars having longitudinal channels along which rain water can
flow, and are held in position by correspondingly channelled clips having turned
down flanges substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1 and 4 of the
accompanying drawings.
2. For securing sheets of glass in place in a glazed roof for a horticultural or
other building, clips constructed with turned down flanges such as C substantially
as described and illustrated.
Dated this 11th dox of November 1801
THOMAS BONĘS.
W. Lloyd Wise,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.