US1162949A - Metallic roofing. - Google Patents

Description

M. J. N. SCHNEIDER.

METALLIC ROOFING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28. 1914.

Patented-Dec. 7, 1915..

WIT/V5888 ra n MICHAEL J. N. SCHNEIDER, OF BLACK RIVEIt FALLS, WISCONSIN.

METALLIC ROOFING.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed February 28, 1914. Serial No. 821,707.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL J. N.

SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States,

and a resident of Black River Falls, in the county of Jackson and State of \Visconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metallic Roofing, of which the following is-a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in metal roofing, and one of-the principal objects thereof is to provide metal roofing strips which may easily and quickly be secured in coacting relation to form a roof, and which may be so arranged as to provide a roof which is weatherproof and which presents a very neat and finished appearance.

Another object of the invent'on is to provide metal roofing strips as desiiribed, which may be put in position without the necessity of employing skilled labor or special tools, and in a very short time.

A further object is toprovide metal roofing strips of the class described, which may be secured in a simple and. strong manner in forming aroof, and which will be inexpensive to manufacture and will require a minimum.

amount of material, and will be highly efficient and durable- A sill further object of my invention is to provide anchor-pins for securing the roofing plates to battens, which pins are horizontally disposed with their length arranged. transversely of the plates, whereby lifting strain. induced by winds or other climatic conditions upon said plates will be effectually resisted.

Vith these and other objects in view,

' which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed,and illustrated in-the accompanying drawing in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the figures, of WhlCh-. v

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of the roof constructed according to my invention, Fig. 2 represents a detail, transverse, sectional View takenon the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig; 1, Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal, vertical, sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4: represents a transverse, sectional view showing the posttion of the parts before the interlocking ribs are bent down.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 5 indicates the rafters of a building, 6 the strips of sheathing arranged transversely of the rafters and in parallel and spaced relation with respect to each other,

and 7 indicates the batten strips,.whichv are laid upon the sheathing, transversely of the sheathing strips and in parallel relation Wlth the rafters and: positioned above said rafters, said batten strips, sheathing and rafters being secured by nails 8. The roofing strips are indicated at 9, and are alljust exactly alike, said strips comprising afiat portion 10 of a width equal to the dis tance between any pair of the batten strips,

said roofing strips at one edge being bent up at right angles as at 11 (Fig. 4:), and then turned outwardly at its upper edge to form a vertical, outer rib 12. The opposite edges of the strips are bent upwardly at right angles as at 13, a distance equal to the height of the batten'strips, which are preferably square in cross-section, are then bent at right angles as at 14 to the portion 13, and parallel with the fiat portion 10, said portion 14 being of a width equal to the width of the batten strips, and at the outer ed es of the portion 14, the strips are buckled upon. themselves to form inner ribs 15, whose outer folds 16 are parallel with portion 13 and are spaced from said portion a distance equal to the width of the batten strips. There is thus formed along one edge of each strip what may be -termed a hooked portion substantially rectangular in cross-section and of a cross-sectional area equal to the cross-sectional area of the batten strips, said hooked portion provided with an upstanding rib flush with its outer edge.

In applying the strips to the roof; each strip is laid between a pair of the batten strips, with thehooked portion of the strips consecutively engaging the batten strips, whereby the outer ribbed portions 12 formed on the edges of the strips, opposite the hooked portions, may engage over the up- Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Previous to the engagement of the ribbed portions of the roofing plates, the flaps 16- thetop portions 14 of the hooks and hammered flat into the position shown in Fig. 2. From the foregoing description it will be seen that, owing to the fact that the anchorpins or nails 17 are arranged horizontally, .wind pressure under the sheatlnngplates tending to lift the same from the roof frame Will be effectually resisted, which result is not attainable wherein anchor-pins or nails are positioned vertically for securing sheathing-plates, which vertically positioned nails,

have heretofore been employed and, in practice, found lacking as a confining means for the reason that any upward draw of the plates can readily strip said nails from their seats as the stripping strain occurs in a di reetion parallel to the length of the nail.

By this construction, it is evident that the joints occurring along the longitudinal edges of the strips are exceedingly strong and at the same time simply made, and will Withstand the weather, and prevent rain from getting under the strips; It is also to be noted that there are no nails exposed which might corrode, and thus leave openings in which water might enter. This concealment of the nails also adds materially to the attractiveness of a roof constructed according to the method described.

The roofing is made in long strips, and the adjacent transverse edges of any two strips are connected by the ordinary locking joints 18, illustrated in Fig. 3.

Although I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I may desire to make such changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

I'claizn:

The combination of a roof structure having parallel batten strips rectangular in cross-section and: sheathing plates fitted thereto;,each sheathing plate being provided with one uninterrupted edge folded over the batten, horizontally disposed anchor-pins extending through the folded edge and vertical side walls of the batten, the length of the pins being transverse relative to lifting strain of the vertically disposed edges of said plates induced by climatic conditions, the opposite edge ofeach plate being provided with an upturned uninterrupted fold adapted to form an uninterrupted lapped seam union with the pin-secured edge of another plate, whereby the anchor-pins are sealed.

MICHAEL J.'N. SCHNEIDER. Witnesses:

Lois FLINT, HARRY M. PERRY.

Qopies at this patent may he obtained for five cents each,by addressing" the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, h. 8.

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