Improvements in Brackets for Supporting Rain Water Gutters and Spouting.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brackets for Supporting Rain Water Gutters
and Spouting.
I, ALFRED DOMAN of Terry Street, Kates Hill, Dudley in the County of
Worcester, Manager of Iron Works, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention applies to improvements in Brackets for supporting Rain Water
Gutters and Spouting my object being to produce such Brackets from one solid piece
of metal with one or more tongues or projecting pieces cut from the solid to form a
stay or Arm to support the Bracket when a strain is put upon it as well as to form
a Hook to bend over the edge of the Gutter to hold it in position. In my invention
I use a strap of solid metal of sufficient length to clip round the Gutter, the top
end of the strap being perforated or drilled for fixing to the Wall or Board. From
this strip of metal I cut one or more tongues, one of which I use as a projecting
Stay or Arm to support and strengthen the Bracket, and I sometimes use a similar
tongue to bend over and secure the edge of the Gutter. My Bracket can be made
in any kind of metal without the ends being lapped over.
Dated this 13th day of February 1897.
Improvments in Brackets for Supporting Rain Water Gutters
and Spouting.
I ALFRED DOMAN of Terry Street, Kates Hill, Dudley in the County of
Worcester, Manager of Iron Works, 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 :-
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purpose my invention is to make a Rain Water Gutter Bracket from one
solid piece of metal, with a Stay to support the weight of the Gutter and a Hook
or clip to hold the edge of the Gutter to prevent it from rising upwards.
Figure 1 is a strip of metal A. of sufficient length to pass underneath the Gutter
and hold it in position, one end B of which I perforate with one or more holes C
for the purpose of fastening it to the Facia Board by means of screws or nails,
the strip of metal I bend into the required shape to receive the Gutter by cutting
the metal strip A at the top where it is to be fastened to the Facia Board I form
a Tongue D to clip over the edge of the Gutter to prevent it from rising upwards.
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page_text: I also cut a Tongue E from the body of the strip of metal A. which I use as a stay
to support the weight of the Gutter against the wall. The other end of the strip
of metal F which projects outward can be, lengthened and bent over the other edge
of the Gutter to secure it from shifting.
I also make my Bracket with more than one Tongue if required, to support the
weight of the Gutter against the wall.
My Bracket can be made in any kind of metal.
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:
1. Making my Bracket in one solid piece of metal without welding, rivetting, or
forging any part thereof.
2. Making the Hook D. to clip over the edge of the Gutter out of the solid metal
Bracket and forming it into a Tongue...
3. Making the Stay E which supports the weight of the Gutter by cutting out a
Tongue from the body of the Bracket.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1897.
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ALFRD. DORMAN.