IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING ROOF RAIN WATER GUTTERS
Year: 1884

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GEORGE KAY Slater 15 Ewing Street Kilbarchan Renfrew, do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING ROOF RAIN WATER GUTTERS
to be as follows:-
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The ordinary half round gutters are laid loose into the hooks (which are fixed to
the roof) and a small bolt passing through spicket and fawcet of gutter. In my
invention I claim-There is a boop-iron circular clasp strung on the same bolt as
fawcet and spicket, which passes under the fawcet and hook, thus combining the
whole together and preventing the gutter from being displaced. In the clasp
(I claim) there is a slot hole for adjustment so that the turned corners may press
firmly on the hook when the nut is screwed up.
I, GEORGE KAY, of 15 Ewing Street, Kilbarchan, in the County of Renfrew,
5 North Britain, Slater, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING ROOF RAIN-WATER GUTTERS" and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :-

page_text: being fixed together by a small screw bolt passed through the spigot and faucet at
each joint. The object of my Invention is to fix the gutter to the hooks or hangers
in a simple manner so that the gutter may not be easily displaced by storms or
otherwise; and for this purpose I employ a clamp or plate of hoop iron or other
suitable metal, this clamp being fixed by the same screw bolt which passes through
a spigot and faucet and extending beneath a hook or hanger situated near the joint
or spigot and faucet, so as to bind the gutter down to the hook or hanger.
And in order that my said Invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings to
be hereinafter referred to and showing by way of example one mode of carrying
out my Invention.
Figure, 1, is a side elevation, figure, 2, is an inverted plan, and figure, 3, is a
transverse vertical section, showing the united spigot and faucet ends of two gutter
lengths, A, B, and one, C, of the hooks or hangers by which the guttering is
supported and which are fixed to the roof. Figures, 4, to 7, show one form of
clamp, D, for carrying out my Invention figure, 5, being an inverted plan, figures, 4,
and 6, views of the opposite ends, and figure, 7, a side view.
The section, figure 3, is as taken through the spigot and faucet of the two gutter
lengths, A, B, and shows the screw bolt, E, which passes through the spigot and
faucet and fixes them together. The clamp, D, is by preference shaped as shown
in the figures; that is, with a concave curvature to fit the outside of the faucet,
with an elongated slot, G, for the passage of the screw bolt, E, and with the
corners, H, at one end bended up to a small extent. The elongation of the slot, G,
and the bending up of the corners, H, aro for the purpose of allowing the clamp to
be adjusted to suit different thicknesses of the hook or hanger, C, relatively to the
faucet. Thus if the under surface of the hook or hanger, C, is flush or level with
the under surface of the faucet, the clamp, D, may be set so that the bent up
corners, H, are beyond the hook or hanger; but if the hook or hanger is thinner
than the excess of the faucet beyond the general surface of the gutter then the
clamp D, can be set so that its turned up corners, H, will bear on the hook or
hanger notwithstanding its relative thinness. It will however be obvious that the
shape of the clamp, D, may be modified both as regards its contour or outline and
also as regards its curvature and the bending up of the corners, H, and still possess
the features required for carrying out my Invention, this feature being the fixing
of a clamp to the gutter so as to extend under the hook or hanger and thereby
prevent the gutter from rising out of the book or hanger.
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 fixing of a clamp to a roof rain-water gutter so as to extend under the hook
or hanger and thereby prevent the gutter from rising out of the hook or hanger
substantially as hereinbefore described.