US627051A - Separable portable roof for haystacks - Google Patents

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No. 627,05l. Patented lune I3, I899.

E. CLARK. S EPARABLE PORTABLE ROOF FOR HAYSTACKS. 8w.

(Application fllad Jam 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EATON K. CLARK, OF SEYMOUR, IOWVA.

SEPARABLE PORTABLE ROOF FOR HAYSTACKS, 84C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,051, dated June 13, 1899. Application filed January 28, 1899. Serial No. 703,648. (No model.)

tachably connecting them and fastening them over a haystack or other objects that are not permanently located, as hereinafter set forth,

pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the pieces of my roof. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a modification of Fig. 2, showing one edge of the sheet-metal plate reinforced by a strip of Wood 'or metal fixed thereto. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the top and center piece that produces the apex of the roof. Fig. 5 is an end view of the top' of a roof, showing wooden boards used in place of sheet metal. Fig. 6 is a perspective View showing my invention applied to a haystack as required for practical use.

The letter A designates a piece of tin-plate or other suitable material that is adapted in shape and length to overlie the top of a haystack or the ridge-pole of a frame. Strips of plate metal 13 are fixed across the outside surface of the plate A by means of rivets or in any suitable Way. Their end portions are doubled back to produce hooks c. A plurality of pieces or plates D, corresponding in length with the top piece A, are also provided with fixed strips B and their ends doubled back to produce hooks 0. Links f, that are angular in shape and made of wire or metal rods, are preferably permanently connected with the hooks c at the upper edge portion only of each plate B on each piece or plate D. WVire cables or chains H are provided with loops J at one end ,adapted to engage the hooks c on the lower plate D, and also provided with metal pins or Wooden stakes 70 at their lower ends, adapted.

plates through which rain and snow would enter to wet material under the roof.

Having described the construction and manner of connecting the different parts and fastening the roof in place, it is obvious that my roof can be readily applied as required for practical use and also obvious that the roof can be readily taken down and the dif ferent pieces placed in overlying positions to economize space in storing and shipping.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent therefor, is-- A flexible and separable metal roof com-.

prising a sheet-metal plate that is curved in cross-section to form the apex of the roof, a plurality of plates of corresponding length, metal straps terminating in hooks at their ends fixed across each of said plates, angular loops adapted to engage said hooks on the metal plates, cables having loops at one end and pins or stakes at their other ends, all arranged and combined as shown and described for the purposes stated.

EATON K. CLARK. Witnesses:

SAMUEL RioKoRDs, W. O. BATEMAN.

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