AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR FIXING CORRUGATED IRON ROOFING
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I JONATHAN RICKARD, of Hall Farm in the Parish of St Columb Major in the
County of Cornwall; Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR FIXING CORRUGATED IRON ROOFING," to be as
follows:-
The sheets of corrugated iron to be fixed by means of a piece of iron or other
metal made fast to the wall plate, passing under the corrugated iron as far as the
eaves, then turning around and going over the top a few inches, thus forming &
crook at each joint "as per sketch enclosed."
What I claim is that by means of the said crook greater facility is given to fixing
and that no nails or screws being required, there will be no holes for leakage, and
that it can be easily taken off from ricks of corn, hay &c as occasion requires.
Dated thie First day of August 1981
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
I JONATHAN RICKARD of Hall Farm St Columb in the County of Cornwall
Farmer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD
OF FIXING CORRUGATED IRON ROOFING and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention consists of a Hook made of iron or other suitable metal or material
which Hook can be made to slide over the purlins or wallplates of any. Building
or Structure or may be fastened to the same or to the rafters or principals of such
Building or Structure by means of nails, screws or other suitable means of fastening,
an in such a position that the aforesaid Hook shall project beyond the wall plate.
of such Building or Structure so as to receive within the Hook the junctions or
overlap of such sheets of Corrugated iron at the eaves of such Buildings or Structures
and thus dispense with and render unnecessary the making of holes in such sheets
of Corrugated Iron along the said eaves, or of any fastening of the same other
than by the aforesaid Hooks.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a side view of the aforesaid
Hook and Figure 2 a plan of the same in such form as when used to slide over a
purlin or wallplate the sheets of Corrugated iron being held within the Hook as
shewn at a. b Figure 5. a shews the aforesaid Hook in position on the purlin
and b on the rafter of a Building or Structure (c) and (d) shew the said Hooks
when the corrugated iron sheets are fixed.
Figures (3) and (4) on the said drawings shew a plan and side view of such
Hook when used to be fastened to the Rafters or Principals by means of nails
screws or other suitable means.
Figure 5 (b) shews the aforesaid Hook affixed to a Rafter or Principal.
I do not confine my invention to any precise or particular method of affixing the
aforesaid Hook or Hooks to any Building: or Structure neither do I claim any
novelty for, affixing the same. My invention consists in the use of Hooks along
the eaves of such Buildings or other Structures on which Corrugated iron is used
for roofing.
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 use of a Hook or Hooks affixed to or near the eaves of Buildings or other
Structures in the manner herein before described and by such or other suitable
methods for holding and retaining in position sheets of Corrugated Iron Roofing
along the eaves of Buildings or any other Structures, and without the employment
of any other mode of fastening or retaining such sheets along the eaves of such
Buildings or Structures.