US1661562A

US1661562A - Shingle construction

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Publication number: US1661562A
Application number: US72124A
Authority: US
Inventors: George E Conway
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-11-30
Filing date: 1925-11-30
Publication date: 1928-03-06
Anticipated expiration: 1945-03-06

Description

March 6, 1928; 1,661,562

G. E. CONWAY SHINGLE CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 30, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. coNwAY, or cnnssxrnn, NEW JERSEY.

SHINGLE CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed November 30, 1925. Serial No. 72,124. i v

This invention relates to shingled outer wall and roof constructions.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of the character described, comprising an inner sheathing or strips arranged to serve as an anchoring means for securing rows of outer shingles for forming a durable, weatherproof, outer wall or roof and to provide a novel method of constructing same.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved inner sheathing or strips adapted to form an anchoring means for outer shingles which may be made of various material such as sheet metal, wood, fibre or the like, and which may be combined with outer shingles made of various materials, such as metal, fibre, asbestos, asphalts or tar compounds and the like, to form a shingled outer wall or roof of novel construction.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved shingle construction of the character described which may be applied to new structures and also may be installed over old or worn out shingled surface without requiring the removal of the old shingles.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved shingled roof construction which may be applied either starting at the eaves and working up to the peak or starting at the peak and working down to the eaves, the latter method of application not being usually possible with the standard forms of overlapping shingles as is well un-. derstood. The method of working from the peak down to the eaves is highly desirable as it eliminates the necessity of traversing the portion of the'shingled surface after fink ishing, thus reducing the chance of possible injury to said surface. J

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an improved sheathing-com:

prising rows of inner shingles or strips adapted to form an anchoring'means for the outer shingles which is simple in form, easy to apply, cheap to manufacture and practical and efiicient to a high degree for the pur-' pose described. I

'Other objects of this invention will in .part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

continuation in Certain features herein shown and described are shown, described and, claimed in my Patent No. 1,575,974 granted Mar. 9, 1926, of which the present application is a part. a With the above exceptions, the invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described vational views of anchoring strips or laths adapted to be used in a roof construction over old shingle surfaces.

, Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a fragmentary portion of a roof showing shingle construction incorporating the anchoring sheathings shown inFig. 1. w

Figs. 14 and 15are perspective views of fragmentary portion of, roofs showing shingle constructions incorporating the anchoring shingles or strips shown in Fig.8.

Figs. 16'and 17 are perspective views of fragmentary portion of mods showing the method embodying the invention of using laths in a roof construction over oldshingled surfaces. r I

Referring in detail to the drawing, A

denotes inner shingles or strips which may be incorporated in a roofor wall structureby securing them in rows to some supporting frame members S to form an inner sheath ing embodying the invention for anchoring the rows of outer shingles B thereto, as shown in Fig. 13.

The strip A is preferably made of wood,-

fibre or of other suitable composite material and is seen to comprise a body portion 10 and a spacing ledge 11, extending along the under side of sai portion 10, inwardly from its longitudinal edge or butt 12 for raising the latter, above the supporting frame member S. The ledge 11 may be made integral with said body portion or if desired may be formed of a separate member and secured to position in any well understood manner.

The inner shingles or strips, A and A,

1 shown in Figs. 2 and 3, respectively, which are modified forms of strip A, are each seen to comprise a body portion 20 made of any suitable sheet material. the strip A having an angle member 21, riveted or attached in any other well known manner to the underside of the portion 20, and the strip A having its body portion 20 resting on a rod 22 of any suitable cross-sectional shape, here shown to be of circular. Said member 21 and rod 22 serve to raise the adjacent edge portions 12 of said body portions or butts 20 of strips A and A'-', respectively, as does the spacing ledge 11 of strip A.

Likewise stripsA A, A and A", shown in Figs. 4 to 7, inclusive, respectively, each comprise a body portion 30 preferably made of a bendable sheet material and provided with folded

spacing ledges

33, 34, 35 and 36, respectively, which obviously serve the same purpose as does ledge 11 of strip A.

The outer shingle B may be made of any suitable metal or non-metallic sheet material and is formed with a hooked or inturned flange b along one end thereof for engaging the raised edges or butts 12 of said anchoring sheathing strips, as shown in Fig.13.

In constructing a new shingled roof, working inthe usual manner, up from the eaves to the peak, the lower row of stripsA are mounted in position and secured to frame member S in any suitable manner as by means of nails N. The outer shinglesB are then applied over the strips A with the hooked flange b of said shingles engaging the raised edges or butts 12 of saidstrips.

A second row of strips A is next mounted to overlap the upper ends of the outer shingles with the ledge 11 of said second row of strips positioned to extend along the up sier edge portion of said row of shingles B.-

uitable attachment means such as nails N are then driven through overlapping ends of the rows of strips A and the upper edge portions of said shingles B for anchoring said ends and portions to the frame member S. The hook ends of the shingles Bv are thus anchored to the supporting structure through the engagement of the flanges b with the raised edges or butts 12 as described above and shown in Fig. 1-3. This rocess is repeated until the entire surface 1s covered.

'is preferably provided means on the underside of the strips forming the anchoring sheathing for securing the latter to the supporting structure S, said means preferably being made to project from the spacing ledge of the strip. Thus, as seen in Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 14, the strips A, A and A each comprises a body portion 40

havin angle members

41, 42 and infolded spacing ledge 43, respectively, each of said members and ledge being provided with depending portions 41.

Referring now to Fig. 14, the upper row of strips A with outer shingles B applied thereto are mounted in position and secured at their upper edge portions in any suitable manner as -by means of nails N The second row of strips A with the outer shingles B thereon are then inserted between the lower free edge portion of the upper row of said strips and the supportin r frame member S. Then .the said free e ge portions or butts are depressed to clamp the second row of strips A and shingles B and suitable securing means, such as nails N, are driven through the depending portion 41 of the angle member 41 and the frame member S, thus rigidly anchoring lhelower portions of the upper row of strips A and shingles B. Thisprocess is repeated until the entire surface is covered. \Vhere the spacing means on the sheathing strips are formed of

angle members

41 or 42, the side thereof adjacent the raised edge portion or butts 12 of the strip A or A may be made with a depending gripping edge 41 for biting .into the underlying outer shingle B. See Figs. 8, 9 and 14.

The angle member 42 of the inner shingle or strip A shown on Fig. 9, instead of being riveted to the body portion 40, as it is on the strip A, has the depending portion 41 and gripping edge 41" of said member 42 projecting through the body portion 40, thereby facilitating the constructing operations as is readily understood.

In Fig. 15 is shown a construction utilizing an outer shingle B having a hooked flange 1) extending along one edge thereof and a projecting ledge a on the apposite end, a shingle similar to shingle B being fully described in m aforementioned patent. Here the projecting ledge 1 may be proportioned to fit between the depending portion 41 and gripping edge 41 of the angle member 42 to interlock therewith and to form a highly efficient anchora e for the upper ed e portion of the shing e.

For applying shingles B over worn out shingled surface, the construction shown in either Fig. 16 or 17 may be used, the old shingles C being made to serve asinner shingles or strip. New shingles B are here shown applied over the rows of old shingles C with anchoring shingles or laths A". placed over the edge portion of each row of shingles G and secured by any suitable means as nails N. Said anchoring laths have each' laths A.

The construction shown in Fig. 17 may be used where the material of an, old shingled surface is sound. Here, the new or outer shingles B are applied over the lower row of old shingles C and a spacing lath A is inserted under each row of old shingles C inwardly from the lower edge thereof to .bear against the upper edge portion of each row of new shingles B for raising the lower portion or butt 11 of each old shingle and for securing the upper portions of the outer shingles B. The rows of shingles B are then anchored in position by suitable means, such as nails N driven through the butt ends of each row of old shingles C 4 the lath A, the upper end portion of shingles B, the middle portion of each row of old shingles C and the frame member S. The raised edge portion 11 of each row of shingles C is now available for engaging with the hooked flanges b of a row of outer shingles B applied thereon. This process is continued until the entire surface is covered.

In Fig; 13 there are shown two means for securing the inner strips A and outer shingles to the frame member S, one method using the nails N, N as described above, said latter method being preferably used when the roof. is constructed in the usual manner, working from theeaves up to thepeak. When working from the peak down to the eaves, it is best to provide securing means that can be applied from the'under side of the. sheathing surface. To this end, there is provided staple fasteners F which may be inserted to tie the lower end portion of the overlapp'ingstrips A to theframe member S. In this latter method the inner end d of the outer shingles B may be bent down over the side of the frame member S and anchored thereto by means of said fastener F.

It is also apparent from the above description and Fig. 13 that repairs 'requiring the fastening down of the sheathing or outer shingle can generally be made from the under side of the roof by using staple fasteners F or the like devices. h It is to be understood that other methods of applying the strips and outer shingles may be: varied to suit any requirement of construction. Thus in building a new shingled roof or wall embodying the invention all the. strips A may first be secured to the frame members S in overlapping rows to form a complete anchoring sheathing and then the outer shingle B applied over each of the rowsof strips A and secured in place as described I above.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a construction in which the several objects of this invention are achieved and whlch 1s welladapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

. As various possible embodiments might bemade of the above invention and as various changes might be made inthe embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A strip. or inner shingle comprising a body portion and means upstanding from due side of said portion inwardly from a butt edge thereof for spacing the portion adjacent said edge from a supporting structure to form an anchorage for outer superimposed shingles.

2. A strip or inner shingle comprising a body portion and spacing means upstanding from andextending along the under side of said portion inwardly from an edge thereof, the portion adjacent said edge being adapted toengage with a hook flange of an outer shingle for anchoring the latter thereto.

3. In a shingle construction, a plurality of rows of inner shingles, means for fixedly.

securing one end of each row of said shingles and spacing means for raising the opposite or butt ends of said rows whereby said ends serve to anchor rowsof outer'shingles.

4. In a shingle construction. the combinatidn of a plurality of rows of inner shingles, means projecting from the underside of each of said rows for raising one edge or butt portion thereof, and rows of outer shingles extending over said rows of inner shinges and engaging with said raised edge portions for anchoring the outer to the inner-shingles.

5. In combination, a roof structure, laths having an oflstanding portion secured to the surface of said structure, and rows of outer shingles anchored to the ofi'standing por- (ions of said lathsand covering said surface.

6. A shingle construction comprising overlapping rows of shingles, laths fastened adjacent the overlapping portions of shingles,-

ber, superimposed rows of o verlap'ping' inner.

and outer shingles in overlapping rows working from the peak down to the eaves of said roof, and fastening the inner shingles to re- 10 tain the outer shingles in position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE E. CONWAY.