US1481670A

US1481670A - Shingle

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Publication number: US1481670A
Application number: US552920A
Authority: US
Inventors: Macallister James Archibald; Stockum Elisha Frederick
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-04-15
Filing date: 1922-04-15
Publication date: 1924-01-22
Anticipated expiration: 1941-01-22

Description

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Application filed April 15, 1922. Serial No. 552,920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES ARGHIBALD MAoALLIs'rEn and ELISHA F REDERIOK S'rooKUM, citizens of the United States, re-

sidin at Ashland, in the county of Ashland and btate of W'isconsin, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingles, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to building materials and has for its object the production of a new and improved 'type of shingle, for roofing, siding or other purposes.

This invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In accordance with the present invention a stucco composition is applied to a core of wood, felt, fibre OP Il'lttll, so as to produce a shin le of weather-proof and fire-proof quallties and both useful and ornamental.

' One sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof 2 'Fig. 1 shows the improved shingle.

' Fig. 2 an assemblage of the unit form of shingle shown in Fig. 1.-

Fig. 3 shows the method of assembling the unit form of shingle shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken on line 14: of Fig. 2.

The numerals in the drawing refer to like partsin the several fi ures and specification. 1 indicates a shingle of wood, felt, fibre or metal; 3 and 4 indicate the stucco coating on the-side and bottom edges, respectively; 6 indicates the stucco coating on one of the faces; 5 indicates the upper ed 6 of the core and 7 the surface to which t e shingles are applied.

The stucco is applied to the core bydipping, brushing or plastering, dependentupon the nature of the core, on both faces, the adj acent sides and the lower end and extending over a major portion of the core. A portion of the core is left uncoated soas to provide for nailin or otherwise securing the shingles in p ace, but provision may also bemade for nail holes through the stucco covered surface, ifdesired. The coating ma be of any kind of stucco having the qualities of fire and water resistance, close adherence to the core and rigidity. This improved slnngle is applied. to roofs, sidings and other surfaces inthe manner customary with ordinary shingles, but being coated on both faces, sides and bottom edge with a protective coating having heat and moisture resisting qualities. is manifestly superior to the ordinary shingle, moreover, the coating of both faces, sides and bottom edge with said protective coating for a major portion of the core, ensures in the assembling of the shingles complete protection for all exposed portions of each individual shingle. Furthermore, this improved shingle has obvious advantages as a substitute for stucco applied by the ordinary method of plastering in building construction,it provides all the advantages of stucco construction, but with a known quality of composition and'produces a more artistic effect; the units being of relatively small dimensions can be readily transported, handled and secured in place, and their use in lieu of ordinary plastered stucco will produce more substantial structures at less cost.

A further advantage from the use of stucco as above set forth and described in connection with wooden shingles is the characteristic of stucco absorbing moisture in the setting and hardening process, which characteristic operates to draw any moisture from the wooden core and thus tends to eliminate warping of the core, which tendency is still further resisted after hardening of the stucco by its rigidity in connection with its close adherence to the surface of the core by reason of which moisture is unable to enter.

Having thus fully described our invention, .we claim i 1. A shingle for building construction having a core coated with stucco on two faces; its sides and bottom edge.

2. shingle for building construction having a wooden ('olecoated over a major portion of two faces. its sides and bottom edge with stucco.

3. A shingle comprising a wooden core coated with stucco.

JAMES ARCHIBALD MacALLlSTER. ELISHA FREDERICK STOCKUM,