Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 11th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 1st Feb., 1887.
I, CHARLES EDWARD DAVIS; of No. 55, Great Pulteney Street, Bath, in the
county of Somerset, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of that class of roofing
tiles known as "break-joint tiles," the object of such improvements being to allow
rain water to pass off a roof covered with the said tiles without percolation even when
the roof is constructed at a very slight angle from the horizontal, say 22º.
I will now proceed to describe my said invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which Figure 1. is a plan of three tiles in situ, Figure 2. is a section
through the line A. B. Figure 1, Figure 3. is a section through the line C. D.
Figure 1, Figure 4. is a section through the line E. F. Figure 1, and Figure 5. is a
view of the back or underside of the tile. The tile consists of the body A and the.
overlapping recessed flanges B* C* on either side. The top or bearing end of the
tile is shown at D* and consists of a ridge or slight wall across the width of
the tile, and joining the flanges B* and C*, the under surface of the same end of the
tile is provided with one or more projections e. The lower or overlapping end of
the tile has a projection, on its under side, suitably recessed in the centre to fit over the
lateral joint of the tiles beneath. The upper surface of the tile is also. provided with
a tongue and guide piece g. which are in such positions that they respectively close
the bottom of the lateral joint of the two tiles in the row immediately above and the
top of the said joint of the tiles immediately below. The piece g. is so constructed
that it will guide any water flowing down the tile away from the end of the said joint.
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tiles for Roofing.
1, CHARLES EDWARD DAVIS, of No. 55, Great Pulteney Street, Bath, in the
County of Somerset, Architect, 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 ;-
My said invention relates to improvements in the construction of that class of
roofing tiles known as "break-joint tiles," the object of such improvements being to
allow rain water to pass off a roof covered with the said tiles without percolation even
when the roof is constructed at a very slight angle from the horizontal, say 22°.
I will now proceed to describe my said invention with reference to the drawings
lodged with the Provisional Specification in which Figure 1. is a plan of three tiles in
situ, Figure 2. is a section through the line A. B. Figure 1. Figure 3. is a section
through the line C. D. Figure 1. Figure 4. is a section through the line E. F.
Figure 1, and Figure 5. is a view of the back or underside of the tile. The tile
consists of the body A* and the overlapping recessed flanges 13* C* on either side.
The top or bearing end of the tile is shown at D* and consists of a ridge or slight
wall across the width of the tile, and joining the flanges B* and *the under
surface of the same end of the tile is provided with one or more projections e. The
lower or overlapping end of the tile has a projection, on its under side, suitably
recessed in the centre to fit over the lateral joints of the tiles beneath. The upper
surface of the tile is also provided with a tongue and guide piece g. which are in
such positions that they respectively close the bottom of the lateral joint of the two
tiles in the row immediately above and the top of the said joint of the tiles immediately
below. The piece g. is so constructed that it will guide any water flowing down the
tile away from the end of the said joint.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The construction of roofing tiles as, and for the purposes, hereinbefore described
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.