US1684479A - Shingle holder - Google Patents

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Sept. I8, 1928; 1,684,479

C. R. ECKERT SHINGLE HOLDER Filed June 28. 1924 Fly 7 8 My W avweuto'z Patented Sept. 18, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,684,479 PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE B. ECKERT, OF HIGHWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB TO THE BARRETT COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHINGLE HOLDER.

Application filed June 28,

By this invention provision is made whereby the lower portions of flexible shingles are prevented from being turned or curled up or being blown up by the wind after the shingles are installed upon a roof.

This invention is especially applicable to the type of shingles that is manufactured from afelt base which is saturated with waterproofing material such as coal tar,

coated with bituminous materials such as asphalt, and then has a layer of mineral material such as crushed Slate, applied thereto.

Individual shingles of square or diamond shape cut from material of this sort are sometimes installed with one corner extending downwardly, in which case it is often desirable to avoid the tendency for the exposed corner to bend or be turned up.

The invention will be understood from the description in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Fig. l is a perspective view device;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a shingle showing the device applied thereto;

' Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing how the slungles are installed on a roof;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified holder;

F'g. 6 is an edge view of the same; and Fig. 7 shows another slightly modified form ap lied to a shingle.

n the drawings reference character 1 indicates the intermediate or middle portion of a wire preferably made of non-rusting metal such as Monel metal or aluminum. This wire is bent upwardly and around in two places as shown at 2 and extends backwards a short distance as shown at 3, parallel to the portion 1, it is turned again and extends parallel to the middle portion, it is bent downwardly at 4 into a. plane slightly below the middle or intermediate portion and then extends 011twardly on both sides as shown by the extending portions or prongs 5. In this way spaces 6 are provided near each end of the intermediate portion of the wire in which spaces one corner of a shin 1e 8 can be inserted until the converging ges of the shinlo contact with the portion 2 of the wire. The portion 3 can then be bent or pressed downwardly into firm contact with one side of the shingle,rthe extreme ends of this portion bein bent downwardly to a slight extent, if desire as shown at 9 so as to penetrate of the holding 1924. Serial No. 722.896

the surface of the shingle in order to more securely hold the device on the shingle. The corners of the shingle beyond the place where v the holder is applied may be bent backwards as shown at 9 so as to lie against the under side of the shingle with the intermediate portion 1 of the wire lying between the shingle and the bent under flap or corner.

Instead of having the holder applied to the shingle as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, it may be so applied that the intermediate portion 1 lies on the other side of the flap thus causing the holder to be clamped to the edges of the shingle and the intermediate portion of the holder contactin with the lower side of the flap. Or the hol er may be slightly changed in shape as shown in Fig. 7 and applied to the shingle so that the intermediate portion 1 thereof lies on the top side of the shingle and the portions 3 are clamped to the other side of the shingle.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 a strap of flat metal 10 has struck. up ton ues or prongs 11 whose outer ends may be bent downwardly to a slight extent as shown at 12 so as to penetrate the surface of the shingle. The outer ends 13 of this metal strap 10 are bent downwardly slightly so as to facilitate installation of the shingles on a roof. The strap 10 will be applied to shingles in a manner similar to that already described in connection with the other modification.

The shingles with the holders applied thereto ma be installed upon a roof as indicated in Fig. 4 with the extending portions or ends of the holders on each shingle extending under the edges of adjacent shingles in a lower row so that the exposed corners of the shin les are thereby revented from being raised. t will be noted that the portions 4 of the holder lying along the edges of the shingle provide shoulders against which the edges of adjacent shingles in a lower course contact thereby avoiding the danger of these edges coming into contact with and tearing the ends of the bent rtion where the cornor is bent under. I desired, short notches or indentations may be provided in the edges of the shingles so that the portions 2 of the holder will seat therein or durin the a. plication of the holder to the shing es the out over portion 3 ma be ressed so as to indent the edges of the s ing es slightly in order to fasten the holder more securely on the shingle. The portions 5 or 13) are bent down- 110 wardly into a lower plane so that these projecting ends may be slipped under adjacent shingles in a lower course with ease. Instead of bending the corners under to form flaps as above described, these corners of the shingles may be cut oil and the material discarded or these corners can be permitted to remain in the same plane as the remainder of the shinle without bending the same back or cutting it oil as this will not interfere with the operation of the holder.

I claim:

1. A flexible shingle having a strip like holder of substantially uniform width attached to its edges near one corner of said shingle, said holder being provided with portions that extend across the edge portions of said shingle and also being provided with outwardly extending portions adapted to project under the edges of other shingles.

2. A flexible shingle havinga strip like holder of substantially uniform width at tached to its ed es near one corner of said shingle, said hol er being provided with portions that extend across the edge portions of said shingle and also being provided with outwardly extending portions adapted to project under the edges of other shingles, said portions all being parallel and of approximatel the same thickness as the shingle.

3. X flexible shingle having a strip like holder attached to one corner of said shingle, said holder comprising an intermediate portion lying on the under side of the shingle, portions extending from the intermediate portion upwardly and inwardly across the upper side of the shingle and ortions extending outwardly from the intermediate portion adapted to project under the edges of subjacent shingles.

4. A flexible shingle having a strip like holder attached to one corner of said shingle, said holder comprising an intermediate portion lying on the under side of the shingle, portions extending from the ntermediate portion upwardly and inwardly across the upper side of the shingle and portions extending outwardly from the ends of the intermediate rtion adapted to project under the edges 0 subj acent shingles, said portions all being parallel and of approximately the same thickness as the shingle.

5. A flexible shingle having a holder attached to its ed es near one corner of said shingle, said holder being provided with portions that extend across the edges of said shingle and also being provided with extend ing portions adapted to project under the edges of other shin les, the corner of said shingle beyond said older being bent under said shingle.

6. A flexible shingle having a holder attached to its edges near one corner of said shingle, said holder being provided with extending portions adapted to project under the edges of other shingles, the corner of said shingle beyond said holder being bent under said shingle, the portion of said holder between the points where it is attached to the edges of said hingle lying substantially parallel to the bend of the bent under corner.

7 A stripdike holder for shingles comprising a straight intermediate ortion, end portions extending outwardly rom the ends of said intermediate portion, and inwardl extending clamping means near the ends 0 said intermediate portion.

8. A holderfor shingles comprising a strip of metal from the intermediate portion of which have been struck out two inwardly extending substantially parallel finger-like shingle clamping elements.

9. A holder for shingles comprising an intermediate portion from which have been struck out two inwardly extending substantially parallel finger-like shingle clamping elements and from the ends of which intermediate portion extend end portions which project under adjacent shingles when the shingle to which the holder is attached is laid upon a roof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my sigiature.

CLARENCE R. ECKERT.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. l, 684, 479,

Granted September [8, 1928, to

CLARENCE R. ECKERT.

t is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: before the word "intermediate" insert the words ters Patent should be read with this correction therein that th "ends of the"; and the said Letto the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 23rd day of October. A. l). i928.

M. J. Moore, Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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e same may conform wardly into a lower plane so that these projecting ends may be slipped under adjacent shingles in a lower course with ease. Instead of bending the corners under to form flaps as above described, these corners of the shingles may be cut oil and the material discarded or these corners can be permitted to remain in the same plane as the remainder of the shinle without bending the same back or cutting it oil as this will not interfere with the operation of the holder.

I claim:

1. A flexible shingle having a strip like holder of substantially uniform width attached to its edges near one corner of said shingle, said holder being provided with portions that extend across the edge portions of said shingle and also being provided with outwardly extending portions adapted to project under the edges of other shingles.

2. A flexible shingle havinga strip like holder of substantially uniform width at tached to its ed es near one corner of said shingle, said hol er being provided with portions that extend across the edge portions of said shingle and also being provided with outwardly extending portions adapted to project under the edges of other shingles, said portions all being parallel and of approximatel the same thickness as the shingle.

3. X flexible shingle having a strip like holder attached to one corner of said shingle, said holder comprising an intermediate portion lying on the under side of the shingle, portions extending from the intermediate portion upwardly and inwardly across the upper side of the shingle and ortions extending outwardly from the intermediate portion adapted to project under the edges of subjacent shingles.

4. A flexible shingle having a strip like holder attached to one corner of said shingle, said holder comprising an intermediate portion lying on the under side of the shingle, portions extending from the ntermediate portion upwardly and inwardly across the upper side of the shingle and portions extending outwardly from the ends of the intermediate rtion adapted to project under the edges 0 subj acent shingles, said portions all being parallel and of approximately the same thickness as the shingle.

5. A flexible shingle having a holder attached to its ed es near one corner of said shingle, said holder being provided with portions that extend across the edges of said shingle and also being provided with extend ing portions adapted to project under the edges of other shin les, the corner of said shingle beyond said older being bent under said shingle.

6. A flexible shingle having a holder attached to its edges near one corner of said shingle, said holder being provided with extending portions adapted to project under the edges of other shingles, the corner of said shingle beyond said holder being bent under said shingle, the portion of said holder between the points where it is attached to the edges of said hingle lying substantially parallel to the bend of the bent under corner.

7 A stripdike holder for shingles comprising a straight intermediate ortion, end portions extending outwardly rom the ends of said intermediate portion, and inwardl extending clamping means near the ends 0 said intermediate portion.

8. A holderfor shingles comprising a strip of metal from the intermediate portion of which have been struck out two inwardly extending substantially parallel finger-like shingle clamping elements.

9. A holder for shingles comprising an intermediate portion from which have been struck out two inwardly extending substantially parallel finger-like shingle clamping elements and from the ends of which intermediate portion extend end portions which project under adjacent shingles when the shingle to which the holder is attached is laid upon a roof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my sigiature.

CLARENCE R. ECKERT.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. l, 684, 479,

Granted September [8, 1928, to

CLARENCE R. ECKERT.

t is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: before the word "intermediate" insert the words ters Patent should be read with this correction therein that th "ends of the"; and the said Letto the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 23rd day of October. A. l). i928.

M. J. Moore, Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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