US1508581A

US1508581A - Shingling method

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Publication number: US1508581A
Application number: US706831A
Authority: US
Inventors: Shea John
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-04-16
Filing date: 1924-04-16
Publication date: 1924-09-16
Anticipated expiration: 1941-09-16

Description

1 9 1,508,581 r J. SHEA I SHINGLING METHOD Filed April 16 1924 I r p ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 16 1924 JOHN SHEA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHINGLING METHOD.

Application filed April 16, 1924. Serial No. 706,831.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, JOHN SHEA, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in S hing,ling Methods, of which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to the laying of l shingles and has particular reference to an improved method of laying shingles whereby a neat and tight roof may be secured with the minmum quantity of fasteners without an excess use of shingle material, throu h an interlocking arrangement of the shing es so disposed as to eliminate spaces between the adjacent shingles for the sake .of a tight roof as aforesaid.

With the foregoing andother objects in view the invention consists-in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a preferred form of my shingle.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of my shingle arrangement.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail'of an incomplete assemblage on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail on the line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view indicating at one end a finished joint and at the other end a shingle distorted to show the structure normally covered by the lower and C, the shingles of the uniform oblong sheet of preferably the same material as the shingle, said starting strip serving the purpose of affording an interlocking, connection between the shingles of the-first course through the medium of the looking tongues and to aid in the ready anduniform laying of the first course, as well as to give'suflicient body to this part of the roof covering. 1

Shingles of the first course are indicated by reference letters A and the various shingles of the course are designated 'by corre-' sponding numerals from 1 to 6. Likewise for the sake of definite description, succeed-w ing courses are indicated b the letters B ifierent courses being correspondingly identified by numerals.

The first course of shingles is laid so as to engage with the starting strip at the slotted corner, the locking tongue 12 of each shingle being" passed beneath the starting strip by deflecting said locking tongue'downward slightly out of the plane of the shingle. lVhen the shingle is engaged as described and the diagonal 10 registers with the upper edge of the starting strip, the starting strip will be received to the full extent of the slot, and the corner 13 adjacent to the slot will likewise engage with the top surface of the starting strip. As shown by the drawings, although obviously the method is not limited to that particular representation, each right hand shingle of the first course overlaps the adjacent left hand shingle so as to abut against the corner of the main body of the shingle and 'constituting the lower edge 13 of the slot 11, substantially throughout its'length. A shingle course of substantially even or flat top surfaces is thus formed, adapted to receive the next upper course for a tight joint. More specifically, it will be noted that shingle A is laid as above described to overlap the tongue of shingle A. after which shingle A is laid in corresponding manner to overlap the tongue of shingle A and so on in succession for the entire first course.

.The second course of shingles is laid in symmetrical position relative to the first, the slotted corner of a shingle being engaged with the adjacent side corner of a shingle in the first course as shown bestjatfthe upper right edge of Fig. 2. Each shingle of the second course is moved downward over the correspondingly numbered shingle of the preceding course so that the lower corner portion thereof will overlap and cover and seal the slot 11. More specifically, shingle B. is now interlocked with shingle [$13. by depressing the tongue of B and pass- Z -i ng the same beneath A the lower exposed corner 15 of B being so placed as to overlap the slot in shingle A Shingle B is now interlocked in the same manner with shingle A and offset the same distance relative to A -zas shingle B is to A so as to cover the slot in shingle A? and to abut against the edge O1' corner 13 of the slot in shingle B.

5 The successive shingles in the second course are laid in the same manner;

-A U-fastener or tWo-pronged nail'l-t is then used to secure the four overlapping corners to the roof, the legs of the fastener being positioned at the sides of the slot so that the fastener will span or straddle the same and effectively prevent any possible curling of the corners. It will be noted that but one fastener need be used for each shingle and that each fastener passes through four shingles.

The third and succeeding courses may then be laid in turn in the same manner as the second. WVhile I have indicated a square form of shingle with an exposed oblong due to the overlapping or offsetting of each shingle more to the leftthan to the right, I do not intend to be limited unnecessarily to the s ecific form or disposition of the shing es so illustrated.

I claim:

' .1. The herein described method of laying v shingles which consists in laying rectangular shingles in courses substantially parallel to the lower edge of the roof, the adjacent shingles of the adjacent courses-lying in rows at an obliqueangle with said edge of the roof; :1 corner portion of a shingle being slotted to form a tongue to pass beneath ,the

fsi'de portion of the adjacent shingle in the next lower course, a shingle in the oblique row oi the second mentioned shingle belng positioned so as to abut against an edge of said slot opposite said tongue of the first mentioned shingle, and a shingle in the oblique row of the first mentioned shingle overlapping the side portion of the third mentioned shingle so as to cover and render said slot Weather tight.

2. The method of laying shingles wherein rectangular shingles are laid. in horizontal courses substantially parallel to the lower edge of the roof, corresponding shingles in the adjacent courses lying in obliquerows relative to said edge of the roof,.each of said shingles having a slot in a corner portion running inward from an edge at a uni form angle and position 1n the different shingles so as to form a tongue, each shingle of a course being adapted to receive in its slot the side of an adjacent shingle in the next lower course by overlapping the side' starting strip is'placed substantially parallel to said edge of the roof and the first course of shingles is placedthereon so that the tongues thereof will pass beneath the upper edge of the starting strip to interlock with the same, each shingle of said course overlapping the adjacent shingle of the course so as to' abut against said slot edge forming a. uniform top surface adapted to receive the second course for a weather-tight joint.

4a- The method as in claim 2 including a double pointed fastener for attaching the shingles to the roof, so positioned that the points thereof will pass at'each side of the slot through said shingles.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' JOHN SHEA;