Improvements in Hooks or Brackets for Rain Water and other similar Spouting.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1893—Accepted, 22nd July, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks or Brackets for Rain Water and other
similar Spouting.
I, FRIEDRICH SEELHORST, of Rothenfelde, Germany, 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 has reference to the manner in which I construct hooks or brackets
for rain water and other similar spouting.
In the present system of fastening rain water spouting a great disadvantage
exists from the fact that the spouting being made of zinc, offers very little
resistance to the crushing and bending which generally results when repairs on the
roof or to the spouting have been occasioned. This invention has for its object
the remedy of this defect, by constructing hooks or brackets having stays or clips
thereon which may be capable of being readily released for allowing the spouting
to be removed from the hooks or brackets, when repairs are necessary on the roof
or to this spouting.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings
Figure 1 shows front and sectional side elevations and plan of my improved hook
or bracket, in which n is a stay or clip reaching across the semi-circle a of the
hook or bracket h. n' n are the two ends of this stay or clip, bent downwards,
which are placed between and fit against the edges 6 of the interior of the spout r.
The stay or clip is fitted upon the hook or bracket h upon one side by an ear or
hook n, which hooks into a slot h¹ formed in the hook to receive it and upon the
other side by an ear or flange n' which fits into a corresponding slot e¹.
Figure 2 shows in front elevation and plan the position in which the introduction
of the stay is carried out, and demonstrates at the same time that by this intro-
duction the hook is strained. The hook or bracket is made of a larger curve
than that which would correspond with the configuration of the spouting, and has
therefore to be strained a little in order that the hook shall correspond with the
length of the stay or clip. The spouting also is made of a sectional configuration
which is narrower than when mounted and secured in position by the stay or clip n.
In this manner the spouting is firmly secured in position.
Figure 3 shows in front and side sectional elevations and plan, a modification of
my rain water spouting hook or bracket, and in this modification the stay or clip n
is in a
peculiar manner connected with the prolonged hook ha a¹ by a swivel'd;
the end of the swivelling stay, with ear n bent upwards, is caused to enter a
slot in the hook or bracket h, and the end n2 is caused to enter the slot a*; while
a suitably shaped ring is caused to slide over and encircle the prolongation a¹ of
the bracket h, and in this way firmly secure the stay or clip in position.
Figure 4 shows in front and side sectional elevations and plan, a modification of
my improved hook or bracket applied to a spouting of rectangular section baving
a plank or board shown fixed upon the clip or stay for the purpose of assisting
workmen in the carrying out of repairs.
Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 show in front and side sectional elevations and plans,
modifications of the clip or stay suitable for spoutings of semicircular sections
(Figures 5 and 7) and rectangular sections (Figures 6 and 8).
The security of the spout against crushing and bending on account of the peculiar
fastening by means of this clip or stay is of great importance; as by this stiffening
the spouting becomes a structure, able to resist crushing and bending that cannot as
it can according to the usual system be destroyed and rendered unfit for use. For,
on a spouting stiffened at certain intervals in the manner herein before described a

page_text: workman can support himself and a ladder can be laid against it without there
being any fear of the spouting being deformed. Through the stability of this
construction frequent accidents may be avoided, which are generally caused by the
spoutings being trodden on by workmen doing repairs on the roof.
As shown in Figure 4 a board or plank can be easily fastened on the stays or
clips n by means of ears n' n³ formed on each side of the stay, or by securing with
nuts and bolts.
Figure 9 shows in sectional elevation, another modification of my invention in
which a recess shown as semi-circular in configuration, is formed upon the stay
for conducting the water which may fall thereupon, into the spouting. One end n'
of the stay or clip in this case is caused to firmly secure the spouting against the
side of the bracket, a prolongation N° being caused to enter into a slot or hole as
in Figure 1, while the other end of the stay is secured to a prolongation of the
bracket by pin and stud. By this arrangement the general security of the fastening
is considerably increased.
Figure 10 shows in sectional elevation a similar modification of my invention in
which one side of the spouting is inclined instead of vertical as illustrated in
Figure 9, and in this figure a snow fence o is shown secured to the stay or clip, by
a bracket p, q.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular form of fastening
for firmly securing the clip or stay but employ any equivalent means for the
purpose; an essential feature of my invention consisting in the arrangement of
hook or bracket with a stay or clip as hereinbefore described.
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. The construction of spouting hooks or brackets having stays or clips fastened
thereto in such a way that the spouting is effectually stiffened against crushing and
bending, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The construction of spouting hook or bracket similar to that claimed in
Claim 1 having two ears n' n³ on the stay or clip n, which are bent or formed in a
downward direction to suit the interior configuration of the spouting and to prevent
its sides being bent together, peculiarised furthermore by an ear n bent upwards
from the stay and finally peculiarised by a slot e¹ at the end of the spouting hook
for the purpose of providing a fastening of the stay to the spouting hook that can
readily be undone, substantially as herein before described and as illustrated at
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The construction of spouting hook or bracket similar to that claimed in
Claim 1 having a stay n which is connected in such a way to the spouting hook or
bracket that by a twist the hooking together of the different parts can easily be
effected, peculiarised furthermore by a suitably shaped ring which can be caused to
encircle the swivelling stay and the prolongation of the hook or bracket, so that
it becomes impossible for the stay or connecting parts to become undone,
substantially as described and as illustrated at Figure 3 of the accompanying
drawings.
4. In spouting hooks or brackets as hereinbefore described, stays or clips having
ears such as n n formed thereon for the purpose of affording a bed for a board or
plank and for preventing its movement side ways, substantially as described and
illustrated at Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings.
5. In spouting books or brackets as hereinbefore described, stays or clips having
recesses formed thereon for the purpose of conducting the rain falling thereon
safely into the spouting, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated
at Figures 9 and 10 of the drawings.
6. The construction of a spouting book or bracket having a stays or clips fastened
thereto in such a way that the spouting is effectually stiffened against crushing or

page_text: bending, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated at Figures 9
and 10 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of May 1893.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.