US1248349A - Tile roof and method of laying the same. - Google Patents

Description

G. LARSON.

TILE ROOF AND METHOD 0F LAYING THE SAME.

APPLICATION man MAY 23. 1916.

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lNhTE PATENT GUSTAF LARSON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALFORNIA, ASSIGNOB TO LOS ANGELES PRESSE@ BRICK CGMPANY, 0E' LOS ANGELES, CALEFORNIA, A CORPORATION 0F CALIFORNA.

TILE ROOF AND METHOD OF LAYNG THE SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2'?, iljl.

Application filed May 23, 1916. Serial No. 99,351.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GUs'rAr LAnsorI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, vin the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Tile Roof and Methods of Laying the Same, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to improvements 1 n tile roofs and the primary object is to mm1- mize thev cost thereof and to simplify and expedite the laying of tiles by provlding a time-saving method which requires fewer nails and tiles to cover a given area than the ordinary method.

Another object is to provide a t1le roof in which leakage is reduced to a minimum by laying the tiles so as to cover the nail holes.

A further object is to provide a roof 1n which the tiles interengage and lie in such relation tot one another as to produce a compact, durable and ornamental roof.

Other objects and advantages may appear from the subjoined detail description.

rllhe accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a roof constructed in accordance with my inven tion; j

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectlonal vlew taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 15 n Fig. 3 is a transverse sectlonal view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. l.

Referring tc the drawlngs, l designates roof boards orbeams of the ordinary character upon which are mounted spaced parallel tile su porting cleats 2.

The roo 1s formed of .upper and, lower concavo convex tiles 3 and 4 which are similar as to construction and laid with their concave faces down and up respectively. However, the tiles need not be convex as shown, since the only requirement is that they be concave.

The method of laying the tiles and the arrangement thereof so as to form the roof shown in the drawings is as follows: A plurality of lower tiles 3 are laid in a row upon and across the roof boards 1 between the cleats 2 with their concave faces upward and said tiles are nailed as at 5 in such position. These tiles form the bottom row and the next row is made up of the upper tiles which are laid with their concave faces down upon the cleats 2 and with their edges overlapping the edges of the tiles 3, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Nails 6 are driven through the upper ends of the tiles 4 into the cleats 2. The longitudinal edges of the tiles 3 and 4 enga 'e one another so as to provide comparative y tight joints and prevent leakage. Another row of the lower tiles 3 is then laid above the rst row of tiles 3 and inline therewith but so as to overlap the upper ends of the tiles 3 of the i'irst row. The ends of the tiles 3 of the second row abut the adjacent ends of the tiles 4 and are thus held in position without necessitating the nailing thereof to the roof.

Next, another row oi upper tiles 4 is laid so that the tiles 4 overlap the upper ends of the first row of tiles 4 and also the tiles 3 of the second row. rlhis unitary arrangement of tiles is carried out so as to cover the entire roei f llt will be seen that the tiles 4 are laid so that the nail holes are covered and this prevents leakage. As the nails for securing the tiles are usually made of co per and are expensive, the fact that with tile foregoing method a small number of nails is used, reduces the laying cost of the tiles.

lt will be seen that a roof formed in the manner heretofore described and illustrated in the accompanyin drawings provides a series of alternate ri s and channels which expedite drainage and thus minimize leak- Y age.

l claim:

A tile roof, comprising the combination of roof boards, cleats carried upon the roof boards, ascries of tiles mounted upon the roof boards between the cleats, a second series of tiles mounted upon the cleats and overlapping and en aging the rst named tiles, a third series o tiles mounted between the cleats so as to overlap the rst named tiles, and a fourth series of tiles mounted upon the cleats so as to overlap the second tilt dit

and third named tiles, seid first, second and Signedv at Los Angeles, California, this fourth named tiles having fastening elements 5th day of May, 1916.

inserted through their upper ends, and the GUSTAFLARSON. lower end of said third named tiles abutting Witnesses: 5 the upper end of the second named tiles to CEAS. J. OHUNN,

secure them in position. L. BELLE WEAVER.

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