Improvements in the Eaves Gutters of Roofs.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 24th July, 1389-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Eaves Gutters of Roofs.
I, JOHN PHELPS, of Mashobra, Croxted Road, Dulwich, Surrey, and of Calcutta,
Simla, and Lahore, Military Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My Invention relates to the construction of the eaves gutters for house and
other roofs; and it has for its object to prevent the blocking of the gutter whether
by the accumulation of snow thereon or by leaves and other rubbish. It also has
for its object to render the gutter lighter than the ordinary cast-iron gutters and
enable it to be fixed more readily and securely without the use of the supporting
brackets generally used.
The Invention consists essentially in constructing the gutter of a strip of sheet
metal bent in the direction of its width to such form as to constitute a combined
gutter and roof or cover for the gutter proper, this roof portion being inclined at an
upward and inward slope forming an approximate continuation of the roof of the house
to which the upper edge of such sloping portion is secured, provision being made
for the drainage of rain water from the roof beneath such sloping cover into the
gutter.
The Invention may be applied to slate, tile, or corrugated iron, roofs and in practice
the one edge of the strip that is to say the inner edge of the gutter proper is secured
to an eaves bar fastened to the rafters whilst the other or upper edge of the strip is
carried up so as to overlap the upper surface of the roof and is secured thereon by.
suitable means, distance pieces or a strip of corrugated sheet metal being introduced,
in the case of slated or tiled roofs, between the said upper edge and the roof to
raise the former sufficiently to admit drainage without forming an obstruction to
the slipping off of masses of snow which may accumulate on the roof.
Data thin 9th of N..
J. PHELPS.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Eaves-gutters of Roofs.
I, JOHN PHELPS, of Mashobra, Croxted Road, Dulwich, Surrey, and of Calcutta,
Simla, and Lahore, Military Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to the construction of the eaves-gutters for house and other
roofs; and it has for its object to prevent the choking of the gutter by the
accumulation of snow, leaves, or other rubbish thereon. It also has for its object
to render the gutter lighter than the ordinary cast-iron gutters and stronger than
ordinary zinc gutters, and to enable it to be fixed more readily and securely without
the use of the supporting brackets generally used.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this speci-
fication, which represents a perspective view of the gutter applied to the eaves of the
roof of a house.
The Invention consists essentially in constructing the gutter of a strip of sheet
metal bent to such form as to constitute a gutter a and an inclined cover b
therefor, this cover portion 6 being so inclined as to approximately form a continuation
of the roof, provision being made for the drainage of rain water from the roof under-
neath such sloping cover into the gutter.

page_text: The Invention may be applied to slate, tile, or corrugated-iron, roofs and, in
practice, the one edge a' of the strip of sheet metal, that is to say the inner edge of
the gutter a, is nailed or otherwise secured to an eaves-bar c fastened to the rafters d
of the roof. The strip having been thus secured along one edge a' is bent up to a
half round form to constitute the gutter propor a and is then carried upwards
and backwards so as to overlap the upper surface of the roof dupon which the
portion 6 of the strip is nailed or otherwise secured. If the roof d be of corrugated
iron, the edge 1 of the strip, which is plain, would be secured directly on to the top
of the corrugations of the roof, the hollows of the corrugations affording space for
the drainage of rain water beneath the part b into the gutter a. In the case of a
slated or tiled roof, small distance pieces, or a narrow strip of corrugated sheet metal,
would be introduced between the upper edge b' of the part band the roof d, in order
to raise the former sufficiently to admit of such drainage. In either case, the part
is so close to the roof as to offer no obstruction to the slipping off of masses of snow
which may accumulate on the roof.
It will be obvious that the outer part of the gutter portion a, or that farthest
from the wall of the building, is continuously supported along its whole length by
the part of the strip resting on the eave or projecting edge of the roof d¹ and by
the edge being fixed at frequent intervals to the roof, as above mentioned.
い
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An eaves gutter for roofs, constructed of a strip of sheet metal bent to form a
gutter proper a and a sloping cover therefor, substantially as specified.
2. The combination, with a roof, of a combined eaves gutter and cover therefor,
constructed of sheet metal bent to form the gutter proper a and the sloping cover b,
the gutter portion being secured to the caves along the edge a¹ and the cover
portion overlapping the roof and secured thereon at its edge in such manner as
to permit of drainage from the roof beneath the part into the gutter a, substantially
as specified.
Dated this 24th day of July 1889.