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A. L. BAUGHMAN.

SHINGLE. l APPLICATION FILED APR. 8. 19|8.

vPaterlied. Nov. 18, 1919.

L l I l i annuals f sev ALTON L. BAUG-I-IMAN,l 0F WOLFLAKE, 'INDIANA SHINGLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AL'roN L. BAUGHMAN, a citizen of the United States, residin at Wolfiake, in the county of Noble and tate of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Shingle, of which the following is a speciication.

It is the object of this invention to provide a shingle of novel form, so constructed that when a tongue at the upper end of the shingle is nailed to a roof board or otherwise held thereon by a securing element, the lower portion of the shingle may be swung upwardly, to overlie the tongue and the securing element, thereby housingand protecting the same .against the action of the elements.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shingle so constructed that adequate drainage will be afforded.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that sort to which the invention appertains. v

Changes such as a mechanic might make, may be resorted to within the scope of what is claimed, without vdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in plan, a roof constructed of shingles of the-kind described in this application, one course of shingles being turned downwardly and being shown in the positions they will assume before they are turned upwardly to hide the securing ele- -ments whereby the shingles are held tothe roof board. p

Fig. 2 is a plan showing a portion of a completed roof made out of shingles of the kind hereinafter described; and Fig. 3 is a fragment'al section taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental elevation showing a mmlication.

Each shingle includes a body 1 made of any desirable fiexible waterproof material, the body being provided at one end with a tongue 2. A layer 3 of asphaltum and some heatresisting substance may be superposed on the body 1, if desired, the layer terminating at the line 4 of juncture between the body 1 and the tongue 2.

The side edges of the tongue 2 converge as shown at 5.

Let it be supposed .that a course 6 of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV, 18, 1919,

Application filed April 8, 1918. Serial No. 227,321.

shingles has been laid on a rootl board 9 as hereinafter described; Then the shingles of another course are superposed on the course 6. Securing elements, such as nails 7 are driven throughthe tongues 2 into the roof board 9. Subsequently, the body portions l of the shingle are swung upwardly, from the position of Fig. 1 to the position of Fig. 2, in order to cover tongues 2 and the securing elements 7, so that the latter are protected against the weather.

It is to be observed that the' converging edges 5 of the tongue 2 of adjoining shingles form V-shaped openings 8 which aid in directing the water toward the meeting edges of the shingles, and out from between the shingles.

As shown in Fig. 4, the tongue of the shingle is designated by the numeral 50 and is perforated at 51 to let out the water and to admit air. It is clear that by letting out water from between the tongue and the body of the shingle, and by admitting air therebetween, a deterioration of the shingle will be avoided. The essential features of the invention may be embodied in a metal shingle or a rolled rooting.

In practice, asphaltum shingles are not laid with their longitudinal edges in hermetic Contact, and, as a consequence, some water is bound to ind its way between the longitudinal edges of the shingles. In any event, regardless of the space existing between the longitudinal edges of the shingles, some water is bound to find its way between the longitudinal edges, and, consequently, the V-shaped openings 8 are not without function as a draining means. As shown in Fig. 3, the body 1 of the shingle is reinforced by the layer 3 of asphaltum, and

in bending the shingle at 52 to dispose the tongue beneath the body portion of the shingle. the bend does not occur exactly along the line indicated by the reference numeral 52 in Figs. 3 and 4, but, rather, at a point slightly to the rear of thatline. As a consequence, when the tongues are located beneath the body of the shingle, the openings 51 lie in the bend which connects the tongue and the body, and, consequently,

water is let out from between the tongue and the body, and airis let in.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:-

In a roof, the combination with a substructure, of flexible shingles provided atv one end with a tongue, and securing devices uniting the tongues with the sub-structure, the shingles being folded upwardly to cover the tongues and the securing devices, the edges of the tongues being disposed in converging relation7V to forni V-shaped ope 1iings between the tongues ofadjoining shingles, thereby atfording a drainage for Water which finds its Way between the longitudinal edges of adjoining shingles; and a layer of plastic material on the outer surface of each

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