An Improved Method of Preparing and Connecting Metal Caps, Edgings, and the like for and on Roofs.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 5th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 6th May, 1899
An Improved Method of Preparing and Connecting Metal Caps,
Edgings, and the like for and on Roofs.
I, FRIEDRICH JOHANN DITRICH HÜLLINGHORST, of 346, Euston Road, London,
Metal Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a novel method of preparing and connecting or
locating roll cappings, edgings, or the like in metal for and on roofs.
The purport of said invention is to prepare such cappings or edgings in
sections or lengths, so that they can be located one over or above the other in
series and by the looseness and method of attachment at the joints be made to
follow or be adjusted to suit any curvature extensions or hollows of the roofing
without the present laborious method of first preparing templates and then
making the cappings or edgings to follow their curvatures or forms.
The invention is chiefly intended for cupola, dome, spire, and like roof
cappings or edgings, and consists of making roll metal capping or edging in
short lengths with overlapping lips, bulges, or protuberances at the lower ends,
and with underlying lips and bulges or protuberances at the upper ends, these
being provided with hooks, studs, or the like to engage in holes, slots, or eye-
lets of the protuberances of the lower end of an adjoining upper section or length
for locating them in chain like formation in series, each section or length being
separately nailed or otherwise secured to the roof timbers.
The bulges or protuberances at the ends of the sections or lengths in conjunc-
tion with lips or lappings prevent the entrance or passage of rain water during
high winds.
The sections may be plain, straight, or be convex, or concave, curved in their
length to suit any sweep of structure, and may have any kind of ornamentation
on or affixed to them to suit the architectural aspect of the building.
The lengths may be prepared by stamp or presses, or by hand, and be kept
in stock ready to be applied, and may have bent over edges to cover or lap a
portion of the roof.
An Improved Method of Preparing and Connecting Metal Caps,
Edgings, and the like for and on Roofs.
I, FRIEDRICH JOHANN DITRICII HULLINGHORST, of 346, Euston Road, London,
fetal Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:--
This invention relates to a novel method of preparing and connecting or
locating roll cappings, edgings, or the like in metal for and on roofs.
The purport of said invention is to prepare such cappings or edgings in
sections or lengths so that they can be located one over or above the other in
series and by the looseness and method of attachment at the joints be made to
follow or be adjusted to suit any curvature extensions or hollows of tlie roofing
without the present laborious method of first preparing templates and then
making the cappings or edgings to follow their curvatures or forms.
The invention is chiefly intended for cupola, dome, spire, and like roof
cappings or edgings, and consists of making roll metal capping or edging in
short lengths with overlapping lips, bulges, or protuberances at the lower ends,
and with underlying lips and bulges or protuberances at the upper ends, these
being provided with hooks, studs, or the like to engage in holes, slots, or eye-
lets of the protuberances of the lower end of an adjoining upper section or length
for locating them in chain like formation in series, each section or length being
separately nailed or otherwise secured to the roof timbers.
The bulges or protuberances at the ends of the sections or lengths in conjunc-
tion with lips or lappings prevent the entrance or passage of rain water during
high winds.
The sections may be plain, straight, or be convex, or concave, curved in their
length' to suit any sweep of structure, and may have any kind of ornamentation
on or affixed to them to suit the architectural aspect of the building.
The lengths may be prepared by stamp or presses, or by hand, and be kept
in stock ready to be applied, and may have bent over edges to cover or lap a
portion of the roof.
My invention is clearly represented on the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 shows three of my roll caps set vertically one upon the other.
Figure 2 indicates three of such roll caps at the sweep of a supposed.dome or
cupola roof edging, the dotted lines in this figure also showing how such roll
cap can be adjusted for a lean out portion of a roof.
Figure 3 represents a face view of a couple of such roll cappings or edgings.
Figure 4 a section through the line a, a, of Figure 3.
Figure 5 elevation of a triple curved roof edging with my roll cappings or
edgings applied.
The several views illustrate the adaptabilities of my invention to roof edgings
of any of the kinds above mentioned, and although I have shown plain surfaced
short sections or lengths to fit over and one above the other, they can have
external wings, or they may be ornamented to any desired designs for artistic
embellishment of roll roof edgings according to the structure on which they are
to be fitted.
A, A, are examples of my roll cappings or edgings of half round or of horse-
shoe shape to be lodged over the usual capping timbers to which each of the
roll cappings can be nailed, such as by the holes shown at B, B, provided at
either side. Each roll capping of my invention has a spike at C projecting
downwardly from the upper swell or bulge D for locating the next roll capping
thereto where the lower swell or bulge E has a hole for the spike to enter, the
hole being in such position and of such size that the upper roll cappings or
edgings may follow any shape of roof edgings, the overlap of the lips F, F, and
the under lips G, G, of one roll capping being of such depth that all rainwater
is led clear and is prevented lapping under the joints to gain access to the roof
proper.
I have shown plain spikes C projecting from the upper swells or bulges of my
sections or lengths of roll cappings or roof edgings but they may be of hook or
other form, or the plain spikes may after the connection and securing of each in
succession be bent upwardly against the lower swell or bulge.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. The preparation and employment of metal caps or edgings for roofs, the
caps being in sections or lengths capable of connection and location one above
the other to any form of roofing as specified and substantially as represented on
the annexed drawings.
2. Constructing metal roof edge roll cappings of half round or of horseshoe
shape in cross section and in lengths with bulges at or near each end for overlap
purposes, the upper bulge being provided with devices such as spikes for con-
necting and locating the metal capping in chain like series above one another,
as described and substantially as represented.
The on day of April 1899.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said F. J. D. Hüllinghorst.