Improvements in Roof and Hanging Tiles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 21st Mar., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Roof and Hanging Tiles.
I, ROBERT JEWELL WITHERS, of 11, Adam Street, Adelphi, in the County of
Middlesex, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to roof and hanging tiles and comprises the improvements
hereinafter set forth.
Roof and hanging tiles as hitherto constructed are liable to give way and slip off
the roof, wall or other surface upon which they are placed owing to the nails,
cement or other fastenings by which they are supported or secured to the said roof,
wall or other surface becoming rusted or corroded and eaten away by the action of
the atmosphere or other causes.
The object of my said invention is to obviate the above failures and to provide
for locking or binding or securing the said tiles together one with the other so that
should the nail cement or other fastening of one or more of the said tiles give way
the said tile will be still retained in position and will not fall or slip from the said
roof wall or other surface.
My improved tiles moreover can be secured in a hanging position upon brick-
work or the like with much greater facility than is the case with ordinary tiles as
hitherto constructed. The necessity for lines or setting out is entirely obviated.
The gauge of the said tiles are ensured moreover by the use of the specially
prepared gauges.
Great increase in strength and support is provided, and the said
tiles are easy to fix and remove, and are suitable for use with either battens or
boards.
My improvements are applicable to either flat tiles or to ordinary nib tiles, or to
any other suitable description of tiles.
In carrying my said invention into practice I form upon the undersides of each
of the said tiles and at suitable distances from their extremities and parallel
thereto, ribs flanges or projections preferably extending the entire width of the
said tiles. The said ribs, flanges or projections are placed in such positions as are
required by the building trade so as to ensure any specified amount of lap. The
usual or ordinary holes at or near the upper extremities of the said tiles for nails or
other fastenings are also provided.
When the said tiles are placed in position upon a roof, wall or elsewhere these
ribs, flanges or projections upon each succeeding row are adapted to engage with
The ribs, flanges or
the upper extremities of the said tiles in the row next below.
projections upon the lowermost row of tiles, (in the case of a roof or the like) may
be arranged to engage with a strip of wood or other projecting surface provided
thereon.
It will be seen therefore that the whole of the tiles upon the roof, wall or other
surface are firmly locked or secured in position and will be retained in the said
position and prevented from slipping off or falling from the said roof, wall or other
surface even in the event of the nails cement or other fastenings by means of which
they are secured to the said roof, wall or other surface giving way.
Although I have hereinbefore described a convenient and advantageous method
of carrying my said invention into practice it is obvious that I can somewhat
modify the construction of my improved tile without however departing in any way
from the nature of my said invention. For instance the herein before mentioned rib
flange or projection may be of any suitable length instead of extending the entire

page_text: width of the said tile. Instead of a continuous rib or projection I sometimes form
two or more projections or stops upon each of the said tiles, so that half tiles may
be equally serviceable.
Dated this 12th day of Max 1800
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Roof and Hanging Tiles.
1, ROBERT JEWELL WITHERS, of 40, Schubert Road, Wandsworth, in the
County of Surrey, 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 invention relates to roof and hanging tiles and comprises the improvements
hereinafter set forth.
Roof and hanging tiles as hitherto constructed frequently give way and slip off
the roof, wall or other surface upon which they are placed owing to the failure of
the nails, cement or other fastenings by which they are supported or secured to the
said roof, wall or other surface, which failure may result from the action of the
atmosphere or from other causes.
The chief object of my said invention is to obviate such displacement of the tiles
and to provide for locking or binding or securing the said tiles together one with
the other in such a manner that notwithstanding any failure of the nail, cement or
other fastening of one or more of the tiles the said tiles will still be retained in
position and will not fall or slip from the said roof, wall or other surface.
My improved tiles moreover can be secured in a hanging position upon brick-
work or the like with much greater facility than is the case with ordinary tiles as
hitherto constructed. Moreover by my invention the necessity for lines or setting
out is entirely obviated, the gauge being ensured by the construction of the tile.
Great increase in strength and support is secured, and the said tiles are easy to fix
_ and remove, and are suitable for use with either battens or boards.
My improvements are applicable to either flat tiles or to ordinary nib tiles, and
to other descriptions of tiles.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a side view, and
Figure 2 a view of the lower or inner face or soffit of one form of flat tile con-
structed according to my said invention.
Figure 3 is a section of a portion of a roof showing the application of my
improved tiles thereto.
In carrying my said invention into practice I form upon the underside or soffit of
each tile A at a suitablé distance from the upper end thereof, a transverse rib,
flange or projection B, preferably extending the entire width of the said tile. The
said rib, flange or projection is situated in such position as is required to ensure any
specified amount of lap.
The usual or ordinary hole C near the upper end of the said tile for the nail or
other fastening is also provided.
When covering a roof, wall or other surface with tiles constructed as above
described the rib flanges or projections B upon each succeeding row of tiles are
caused to engage with the upper extremities of the tiles in the row next below, and
the ribs, flanges or projections upon the lowermost row of tiles (in the case of a roof
or the like) may be arranged to engage with a strip of wood or other projecting
surface. provided for the purpose.
Each tile is secured by a nail or by cement or other fastening such as is ordinarily
used for securing tiles.

page_text: It will be seen that the whole of the tiles upon the roof, wall or other surface are
thus locked together and will be retained in position and prevented from slipping
off or falling from the said roof, wall or other surface even in the event of the failure
from any cause of the aforesaid nails, cement or other fastenings by means of which
they are secured.
Although I have hereinbefore described a convenient and advantageous method
of carrying my said invention into practice it is obvious that I can somewhat modify
the construction of my improved tile without however departing in any way from
the nature of my said invention. For instance the hereinbefore mentioned rib,
flange or projection B may be of any suitable length, instead of extending the entire
width of the said tile. Instead of a continuous rib or projection I sometimes form
two or more projections or stops upon each tile so that half tiles may be equally
serviceable.
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 :-
A roof or hanging tile provided with a rib, flange or projection extending across,
or partially across, the soffit of the tile, or with two or more projections or stops,
substantially as described, for the purpose specified.
D
1 1001
ROBERT JEWELL WITHERS.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.