US1193140A - Siding-gage - Google Patents

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C. HARMON.

s o c GAGE.

APPLICATIO ILED FEB. 2|. I916- Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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CHARLES HARMON, OF L OUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SIDING- GAGE.

Application filed February 21, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES HARMON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Siding- (iages; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in gages and more particularly to siding gages.

One object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed, cheaply manufactured, strong and efficient gage of this character for gaging or measuring the width of the siding to be exposed or laid to the weather and for supporting and holding the next board above in its place ready for nailing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gage of this character, the securing prongs of which have alined members provided with combined board holding means an'd driving heads.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a portion of the side of a building showing this improved gage applied and in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of the side of a building showing this improved gage applied; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the gage.

In the embodiment illustrated, this improved gage is made substantially in the form of the letter H, the parallel arms 1 and 2 of which are connected by a cross bar 3 which may be of any desired length, say from about two to six inches, according to the width of the portion of the board it is desired to expose to the weather, said bar 3 being designed to correspond to the distance between the lower overlapping edge of the board B and the point near its upper edge with which the lower edge of the board B above is designed to register as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The space between these points constitutes the weather show of the siding or clapboard. These combined gage and supporting devices, any desired Specification of Letters iatent.

Patented Aug. 1., 1 9165.

Serial No. 79,686.

number of which maybe employed for supporting the board to be nailed, are each constructed from a metal bar of a requisite size and strength having its terminals sharpened to form spurs 1 and 5 and is folded on itself at points spaced a corresponding distance from said terminals as shown at 6. The folded or doubled portions 7 and 8 of the bar extend from the points of fold 6 to points midway or substantially midway the ends of the side members 1 and 2 and then the folded portion is extended at right angles to said side members 1 and 2 to form the connecting cross bar 3. The folded or doubled ends of the arms 1 and 2 are extended laterally outward and inclined inwardly toward said arms to form board supporting fingers 9 and 10 which are designed to prevent the board to be nailed from slipping laterally off the combined support and gage, and which also form means for engagement by a hammer or other tool for removing the gages when it is desired to change the positions thereof. The fingers 9 and 10 of the arms 1 and 2 are preferably flattened and the double portions of these arms are preferably welded together to increase the strength thereof.

In the use of this improved gage, the carpenter first determines the distance below the top edge of the under piece or nailed board to which he desires the board above to extend and which may vary from onehalf to an inch more or less. He then selects gages, the cross bars 3 of which correspond to the distance from this point as indicated at P to the lower edge of the nailed board and drives the prongs of the gage into the siding, one being arranged below and in con tact with the lower edge of the bottom board B and the upper one penetrating said board at the point to which he desires the overlapping upper board B to extend as is shown clearly in Fig. 1 of the drawing. When the gage is so driven, it will constitute not only a gage for measuring the distance for the overlap of the board above, but also constitutes a brace or rack upon which the board to be nailed is supported. It will, of course, be understood that any desired number of these gages may be employed for supporting the board B according to the length and weight of the board.

It will thus be observed that by the use of this combined gage and support, that the clapboards employed in weather boarding of this character may be' placed ready for nailing Without the delay of measuring and driving nails for the support and also provides for quickly determining the Width of the show of the Weather boarding.

I claim as my invention:

A siding gage composed of a single metal bar folded on itself to form parallel arms with a cross bar connecting them intermediately of the ends of said arms, one end of said arms being sharpened to form spurs and their other ends bent laterally outward to form board supporting fingers, the arms beyond one side of said cross bar being doubled to form strengthened board supporting 5 CHARLES HARMON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE B. SHAW, ELIZABETH OLEAR'Y.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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