An Improved Clip for Roofing Slates or Tiles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 22nd Nov.. 1892-Accepted. 31st Dec.. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clip for Roofing Slates or Tiles.
I JOHN THOMAS ASTEN of Chapel Street, Colchester, in the County of Essex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a clip for holding and fixing slates or tiles when used
to repair roofs. At present when any slates or tiles become broken or detached
so that it becomes necessary to fix new ones, one or more strips of lead, zinc
or other metal are nailed or otherwise fixed to the roofboards or laths, and the
ends of the said strips are turned up over the lower edge of the tile or slate
thereby retaining it in position.
My improved clip is intended to supersede these metal strips and thereby
overcome the many objections to their use.
My improved clip consists of a strip of any suitable metal such as zinc or
galvanized iron. In one end of this strip is pressed up, formed, or attached, a
lip standing sufficiently proud of the strip to receive a slate or tile. Near the
other end of the strip are holes for the fixing nails.
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ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clip for Roofing Slates or Tiles.
1 JOHN THOMAS ASTEN, of Chapel Street, Colchester, in the County of Essex,
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:-
My invention relates to a clip for holding and fixing slates or tiles when used
to repair roofs. At present when any slates or tiles become broken or detached
so that it becomes necessary to fix new ones, one or more strips of lead, zinc
or other metal are nailed or otherwise fixed to the roofboards or laths, and the
ends of the said strips are turned up over the lower edge of the tile or slate
thereby retaining it in position.
My improved clip is intended to supersede these metal strips and thereby over-
come the many objections to their use.
My improved clip consists of a strip of any suitable metal which is not over
flexible such as zinc or galvanized iron. In one end of this strip is pressed up,
formed or attached a lip standing sufficiently proud of the strip to receive a
slate or tile. Near the other end of the strip are holes for the fixing nails.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will more particularly
describe it making reference to the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of my improved clip.
Figure 2 is a view in sectional side elevation thereof and Figure 3 is a broken
view on a small scale-of a roof showing the application of my improved clip.
Throughout these views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
My improved clip consists of a strip A of any suitable metal such as zinc or
galvanized iron having a lip a stamped or pressed up at one end as shown by
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing, and having a series of holes a¹, a', etc.

page_text: at the other end. Instead of pressing or stamping up the lip a out of the strip A
it may be made out of a separate piece of metal and be rivetted or otherwise fixed
to the strip A.
My improved clip is used in the following manner :-Having located the spot
where a slate or tile is missing or broken a clip is fixed to the roofboard or laths
by means of nails passing through the holes a-in such a position that the bottom
of the lip a is on a level with the bottom of the row of slates or tiles in which the
slate or tile is to be fixed. The slate or tile to be fixed is then pushed up under
the slates or tiles in the row above until its lower edge can be slipped down into the
lip a of the clip, when the slate or tile is securely fixed in position, without
disturbing any of the surrounding slates or tiles.
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 :-
A clip for fixing roofing slates or tiles constructed arranged and onerating as sot