An Improved Eaves Plate, with or without Gutter, for Use with Corrugated Roof and Wall Coverings.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1887
Complete Left, 10th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 27th Apr., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIETATION.
An Improved Eaves Plate, with or without Gutter, for Use with
Corrugated Roof and Wall Coverings.
I WILLIAM GWINNETT No. 5 St. John's Square Wolverhampton in the County of
Stafford Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention relates to an improved eaves plate with or without gutter and has for
its object a cheaper way of making than the provisional patent 2015 you kindly
granted me recently for an improved eaves plate. This caves plate requires best iron
to produce the risen corrugations whereas the present eaves plate with or without
gutter is made to fit into the flutes by means of a scolloped edge. This said scolloped
edge is made to stand in a vertical position either in front of the wallplate or upon
the top sufficiently high enough to fill up spaces between wall plate and the top of
flutes in the corrugated sheets used upon roofs. The eaves plate is then bent and
carried forward paralel with the top of the wall plate as far as is necessary to cover the
corrugations of sheets used for covering walls it can then be formed into a gutter of
any necessary shape required and will answer the double or treble purpose of exclud-
ing drafts, drifting rain and snow from passing under the open spaces between
corrugated sheets upon roofs and also from passing over the top of corrugated sheets
used for covering walls and at the same time will serve as a firm and durable gutter at
a very little over the cost of the guttering now in use. This eaves plate with or without
gutter may be pressed or cast in any suitable metal.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Eaves Plate, with or without Gutter, for Use with
Corrugated Roof and Wall Coverings.
WILLIAM GWINNETT No. 5 St. John's Square Wolverhampton in the County of
Stafford Engineer 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:―
This invention relates to the shape of an improved eaves plate with gutter combined
or seperate for use with corrugated roof and wall-coverings and has for its object the
exclusion of dust, draft, drifting rain, and snow from passing through open spaces
formed between the wall plate and the upper part of the flutes underneath corrugated
sheets used upon roofs by means of a specially shaped edge formed on the said eaves
plate and gutter combined or seperate this said edge of eaves plate or gutter which is
formed on the side to be fixed next above or in front of wallplate is scolloped out in
such a shape as will fill up open spaces formed between wallplate and the upper part of
flutes underneath corrugated sheets this eavesplate with or without gutter can be made
to cover open spaces formed between the front part of wall plate and the projecting
parts of corrugated sheets used for covering in the sides of buildings thereby pre-
venting dust, draft, drifting rain and snow from passing through. The drawing shows
patterns, of course other patterns made, discription of drawing No. 1-A is intended to
prevent draft drifting rain and snow from passing through open spaces formed between
the wallplate and the upper part of the flutes underneath corrugated sheets on roof.
B is intended to cover open spaces formed between the front part of wallplate and the
projecting parts of corrugated sheets used for covering in the sides of buildings. C is
intended for gutter. No. 2 is intended for a cheap eaves plate and gutter combined as
will be seen it can be made nearly as cheap as the commonest guttering. This said
eaves plate and gutter combined or seperate which I intend shall be cast pressed or
sheered in iron or any suitable metal.
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
1st. A scolloped edge to one side of ordinary iron or other metal gutters to fit
corrugated sheets as described which forms an eaves plate.
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