US1872186A

US1872186A - Building material

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Publication number: US1872186A
Application number: US499478A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ralph W B Reade
Original assignee: Patent and Licensing Corp
Current assignee: Patent and Licensing Corp
Priority date: 1930-12-02
Filing date: 1930-12-02
Publication date: 1932-08-16
Anticipated expiration: 1949-08-16

Description

1932- R. w. B. READE 1,872,186.

BUILDING MATERIAL Filed Dec. 2, 1930 l 7 I Hum W5! Ps/ws 11v VENTOR Way A TTORNEY Patented Aug. 16,. 1932 UNI-TED STATES PATENT OFFICE RALPH W. B. READE, OF NEWTON CENTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGKOB TO THE PATENT AND LICENSING CORPORATION, OF BOSTON,.HASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF" MASSACHUSETTS BUILDING MATERIAL Application filed December a, 1930. Serial No. 499,47e.

composed of a felted fabric, saturated'with a waterproofing material such as bitumen or asphalt and coated on one or both sides with m a layer of blown asphalt, in which is partially embedded a surfacing layer of comminuted granular material,vsuch as crushed slate or the like.

The square butt shingle that may be used for this purpose comprises a body that has at one end thereof a series of pro ections or 'tabs spaced from each other by means of slots or recesses. The surfacing material is applied in such a way that when these strips are laid in successive overlapping courses,

they will simulate a brick wall having broken mortar joints. The mortar joint simulation has a width substantially ual to that of a slot in the strips and comp etely surrounds each brick simulating area and in order that the finished surface all closely simulate the appearance of a brick wall, it is essential that the mortar joint simulations between the successive courses be of uniform width throughout the length of the wall of the structure.

Thus it is evident that each strip must be placed at a certain, fixed position in order to properly locate the strips so that the desired effect is secured.

In the practical application of these strips, considerable difiicultyis encountered in properly aligning the successive courses to secure the desired brick-simulating effect. This is due to. the flexible and pliable nature of the material which makes it exceedingly diflicult for the workman to hold the strip in proper position during the nailing operation to ensure that after the nails are driven home, the lower ed e of the strips will be in the position, in re ation to the preceding course,-

necessary to simulate accurately a horizontal, uniform and unbroken mortar joint between the courses. This difliculty is aggravated by the fact thatthese strips are generally made in lengths from thirty to forty or more inches and it is very troublesome for the workman to hold these strips in proper position on a vertical surface during the nailing operation.

The object of the present invention is to provide a shingle strip construction adapted to o'vercome the above objections and this, broadly stated, is accomplished by employing indicating means on the strips, to facilitate handling thereof in applying them to a vertical wall without undue loss of time by the workman.

When shingle strips embodying my invention are used to secure a covering to the side walls of a building, the first course is laid in the usual manner. Subsequently the applicator lpivots a strip, that is to form a portion oft e next succeeding course, at a position where the indicating means of the strip of the first course is in registrywith that of the strip of the second course. The strip of the second course is now swung about the pivot until it is in the desired horizontal position and is then fastened at any convenient points. v

Thus, these marked shingle strips together with the novel method of application afiord a very simple, expeditious, inexpensive and fool-proof method of laying shingle strips whereby the configuration of the covering is predetermined and exact.

With the aforementiond objects in view, this invention consists generally of a shingle strip marked or formed with indicia for the purpose described and a novel method of laying the same as will be fully described and illustrated in the following specification and in the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the shingle strip embodying my invention;

Figure 2 represents a section of the finished covering;

-Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of Figure 2 and Fi re 4 illustrates in plan view one method 0 applying the shingle strips to the wall.

As shown the strip comprises a head or upper portion 11 and a lower or exposed portion 12 having a series of spaced slots 13 extending transversel thereof, to provide projections or tabs, with the upper edges 14 of the slots defining the exposed limit of the stri s.

It? will be understood that these strips will preferably be formed from a sheet of felt, saturated with a waterproofing compound and coated on one or both faces with a layer of waterproofing material, "such as hlgh melting point blown asphalt. The upper or exposed face of the strips has suitable surfacing material partially embedded. in the coatin layer on this face and in accordance with the preferred embodiment of this invention, coarse slate or slag of red or other brick color is applied to the tabs and covers the same to a distance slightly below the upper edges 14 of the slots. The remaining area of the strip is surfaced with a black colored 't preferably of much finer mesh than the i' ick colored surfacing grit on the tabs. By referring to Figure 1, it will be clear that the surfacing material 1s thus divided into two zones of distinctly contrasting colors, with a line of demarcation 15 between the two zones which lies a slight distance below the upper ends of the slots. When these strips are employed as brick simulating siding, it is essential that the line of demarcation between the brick colored areas on the tabs and the dark colored area on the remainder of the strip shall extend precisely parallel to the butt edge of the strip, so that when the strips are laid in overlapping courses, with their butt edges in registry with the tops of the slots in the stri of the next preceding course, the dark co ored mineral surfacing of said strips on the next preceding course will present the appearance of a horizontal mortar line along the lower borders of the brick simulating tabs.

In order that these strips may be rapidly applied and nailed in place with the assurance that the horizontal mortar simulating lines between successive courses shall be of uniform and unvarying width, the head of each strip is formed with a plurality of markings or indicia shown at 16 and 17 with the markings or indicia 16 located at predetermined positions in the upper portion of strip that is lapped by the next succeeding course. The markings or indicia 17 are also arranged on that portion of the strip that is lapped by the next succeeding course and are located in predetermined positions thereon, such that when one strip is laid on the other, the marln'ngs 17 of the upper strip will be in registry with the markings 16 of the preceding strip. These markings or indicia may be in the form of a depression, projection, hole or the like and further are preferably located near each end of the strips so that the applicator may lay the strips from left to right or vice versa.

The novel method of laying the strips embodying my invention consists in laying the first course in the usual manner, subsequent- 1y pivoting a strip of the next succeeding course, which may be held so that its ma or axis extends in a vertical direction, by driv- The strip is then swung about said nail 18 as a pivot until the other marking 17 of the upper strip is in registry with the other marking 16 of the preceding or lower strip, or until the lower ends of the tabs are in re '5- try with the upper edges of the slots. A or the horizontal position of the strip is attained by following either of the methods above set forth the strip is nailed at any convenient points in the customary manner. This process is continued until the covering is complete.

It is to be understood, however, that the position of the marking or indicating means although predetermined may vary on the strips depending on the various designs to be attained and the particular type of strips used. The square butt strips hereinbefore referred to and described in detail, and the particular method of laying these strips so that a. brick, mortar joint simulating covering may be produced is given by way of illustration and is not by any means to be construed by way of limitation.

I claim as my invention:

1. A shingle strip adapted to be laid in successive overlapping courses with its major axis hor ontal, said strip having indicating means thereon, said means being located at such redetermined positions on the stri that w en a nail is driven therethrough while .the major axis of the strip is in a vertical direction, and the strip is swung about the nail as an axis to a position with its major axis extending in a horizontal direction, the lower edge ofsaid strip will be spaced a predetermined distance from the lower edge of the next preceding course.

2. A shingle strip having indicating means thereon, comprising a plurality of perforations in the upper end of the strip, one of said perforations being adapted to register with another of said perforations in a superposed strip when the strips are laid in overlapping courses, said perforations being located at such positions that a nail may be. driven through the registering perforations while the major axis of the strip extends in a vertical direction and the stripswung about the nail as an axis to its final position.

3. A shingle strip adapted to be laid with its major axis horizontal having thereon two distinct adjoining differently colored zones extending in the direction of the major axis with a clear line of demarcation 'where said zones are contiguous, means on said strip so located as to determine the horizontal and vertical position of the strip when its major axis extends in a vertical direction and to afford a center when a nail is driven therethrough, so that when the strip is swung to a position with its major axis in a horizontal direction the lower edge of the strip will be located at apredetermined distance from the line of demarcation on the next preceding strip.

4. A shingle strip adapted to be laid with its major axis horizontal having two distinct adjoining zones of differently colored surfacing material thereon extending in the direction of the major axis, with a clear line of demarcation where said zones are contiguous, pivot indicating means being so located thereon as to determine the vertical and horizontal position of said strip when its major axis extends in a vertical direction and to afford a center about which the strip may be swung to a position whereby the lower edge of the strip is located at a predetermined distance .from the line of demarcation on the next preceding course. a

5. A shingle strip having a plurality of indicating means in the upper end of-the strip adapted to register with indicating means in a subjacent strip when the strips are laid in overlapping courses, said first mentioned indicating means being located at such positions that a nail may be driven through one of said means while the major axis of the strip extends in a vertical direction and the strip may be swung about the nail as an axis to its final position.

6. A shingle strip having a plurality of indicating means in the upper end thereof, at

least one of said means being adapted to register with a similar means in a superposed strip when the strips are laid in overlapping courses said means being located at such positions that a nail may be driven through the registering means while the major axis of the strip extends in a vertical direction and the strips may be swung about the nail as an axis to its final position.

Signed at Boston, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts this 28th day of November A. D. 1930.

RALPH W. B. READE-v