US2128836A

US2128836A - Metal shingle and roof

Info

Publication number: US2128836A
Application number: US91000A
Authority: US
Inventors: Vincen P Mcvoy
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-07-16
Filing date: 1936-07-16
Publication date: 1938-08-30
Anticipated expiration: 1955-08-30

Description

Aug. 30, 1938.

v- P. McvoY METAL SHINGLE AND ROOF 2v sheets-sheet 1 Filed July 16, 1956 Snoentor Bg y Wc Voy Aug. 3o, 193s. v, R MCVOY 2,128,836

METAL sHINGLE AND ROOF Filed July 16, 1936 2 Sheets-Shea?l 2 Cil Patented Aug. 30, 1938 UNITED? STATES PATENT OFFICE I: The present invention relates to shingles and roofs constructed ofthe same.

An object of the present invention' is to provide a sheet metal shingle which may be of unit construction and which may be pressed or otherwise suitably constructed to provide intersecting crimps which are so disposed in the vbody portion of the shingle that a plurality of the shingles may be interlocked from relative sliding or shifting movement in various combinations of the shingles and by the use of relatively few fastening devices for holding the shingles to the main portion of the roof.

Another object of the present invention is to n provide a metal shingle o-f such construction that it provides the required interlocking features and at the same time admits of quick and easy transportation of the shingles in that the structure of the shingles admits of the nesting of relatively largeA numbers of the shingles in a small space and wherein the shingles when stacked or packed or nested in the space are also interlocked against relatively edgewise displacement.

Another feature of the invention is to provide a metal shingle of rectangular equilateral construction having reinforcingv and 'interlocking crimps or beads providing grooves on the underside of the shingle and beads at the upper side for interlocking engagement with adjacent shingles, the beads being suitably spaced between and `disposed in parallel relation to the lateral edges of the shingle so that a plurality of the shingles may be overlapped and interlockedV in various positions relatively to one another, and wherein the beads or crimps maintain the body portion-of the shinglerelatively stiff so that relatively few fastening devices may be used at adjacent edge portions of the shingle.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a` roof composed of metal shingles having intersecting crimps adjacent their marginal edges and which extend through the edges to provide corner interlocks for the shingles to maintain the same from relative shifting in the roof structure and wherein the shingles may be used in whole and infractions thereof to completely cover the roof structureand at the same time afford the necessary interlock between all shingles and portions thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shingle which admits of construction in various shapes, such as ;v rectangular, triangular, hexagon and the like and which provides a shingle roof wherein thefshingles are more. firmly held in 'placethan known structures and by the use of fewer nails or the like than is now the practice.

A still further object of the invention is to provvide a shingle which may be stamped and crimped out of sheet metal and which may be stacked in 5 piles lof desired height with the' sheet metal body portions lying in close face to face contact with onev another throughout the stack so as to occupy relatively small space and admit large numbers of the shingles being stored in railroad cars and other places of storageV for cheap transportation and storage, and to provide a relatively strongly braced and light shingle easily and quickly laid on a roof. Y

The invention also provides an improved eaves I5 strip for finishing the eaves of a. roof andfor interlocking engagement with the shingles of the invention to hold the same in line andV properly cover the roof.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In theV drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several vv25 views:

tion.

` Figure 2 is a detail enlarged perspective view130 of a section of the roof, showing the overlapping and interlocked shingles constructed and disposed according to the present invention.`

Figure 3 is a detail bottom plan view of one of the shingles.

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken through the sameon the line 4-4 vof Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a stack or pile of shingles constructed according to the present invention.

` Figure 6 is a perspective view of a pair of the shingles disclosed in partially overlapping position and in offset alinement.

Figure '7 is a top plan view of a slightly modified form of shingle.

Figure 8 is a transverse section taken through the'same on` the line 8 8 of Figure '7.

Figure 9=is a'fragmentary perspective View of a-rooi-sectionV having the eaves strips and shinglesof this invention in interlocking positionmo and y Figure` 10 isa face viewof an eaves strip [adapted for use with the shingles of this ,in-

Vention.

ReferringY now to the drawings; andk first to 55 Figures 1 to 6, I5 designates the body portion of a shingle which is made of sheet material, such as metal, and which may be cut to any desired and practical configuration, such as in rectangular form as shown in Figures 3 and 'l or which may be made in hexagonal form as shown in Figure 9. Other forms of the body portion I5 may be resorted to, depending upon conditions and design of the roof structure.

The body portion E5 is provided with pressed beads I6 which are disposed in parallel relation to one another, are located in spaced relation to the opposite edges of the body portion I5, and one of which is preferably disposed intermediate the edge beads to stiffen and reinforce the body portion I5.

A second groupA or series of beads I'I is also pressed in the bo-dy portion I5 at right angles to the beads I6 and which are disposed in parallel relation through the intermediate portion of the body I5. These beads I6 and I'l intersect or are crossed in the body portion I5 at points I8 which provide interlocks and interbracing portions of the shingle, the ends of the beads I6 and j I'I extending beyond the intersections I8 and through the adjacent outer marginal edges of the body portion.

This body structure of the shingle thus provides on the upper face of the shingle raised beads which stiffen and reinforce the body portion, which divide the same into quarters or sections, and which also provide interlocks for engagernent in the corresponding grooves I9 at the underside of an adjacent shingle.k These beads are pressed upwardly and uniformly in all of the body portions I5 so that the shingles may be stacked in large numbers and in a relatively small space, as shown in Figure 5-. The shingles thus lie in face to face engagement in the stack and the interfitting beads I6 and I'I hold the stack in true alinement and prevent the accidental edgewlse displacement of the shingle in any direction.

The shingles I5 are provided with edge flanges or extensions 2l] which lie outside of the adjacent beads IB and I'I, are disposed in the general plane of the body portion I5 and lie flat uponrthe roof 2|, as shown in Figure l to receive nails or other suitable fastening devices 22 for holding the shingles firmly to the roof structure.

In laying the roof a row of cut shingles 23 may first be secured along the eaves of the roof. Each shingle section 23 is provided by cutting a shingle substantially diagonally a little below the opposed corners thereof as shown in Figure 2,v The shinlgle sections 23 are disposed with their apices uppermost and with their adjacent lower corner portions overlapped. This overlapping of the corner portions brings a pair of the bead intersections I into overlapping relation so as to firmly interlock the shingle sections 23 against relative movement in any direction. The intersections I8 providebead portions which not only cross and intersect but which also extend in angular relation to each other so that the intersections I8 when overlapped and intertted Y cannot relatively shift in any direction.

Of course the eaves of the roof may be finished in any suitable manner, and guttering or the likel may be applied if desired. The shingles I5 are now laid upon the roof. The rst row of complete shingles is interlocked with the eaves row of shingle sections 23 by disposing the shingles I5 diagonally with respect to the slope of the root` roof.

and with their lower edge portions overlapping Y the upper edge portions of the sections 23, and

with the lower corners of the shingles I5 overlapping the intersections IB of the sections 23. Thus, the intersections I8 of the shingle sections 23 and of the adjacent shingles I5 are disposed in superposed and overlapping relation so that all parts are interlocked. Additionally, the diagonally opposite corners of the shingles I5 and their intersections I8 are overlapped and interlocked with the points or upper ends of the sections 23. In a like manner, as shown in Figure 2, a second row of shingles I5 is intertted between the upwardly extending points or corners of the first row of shingles, the marginal edge portions of the shingles being overlapped and interlocked, particularly at the locations of the intersections I8.

The nails or other fastening devices 22 are preferably secured through the Yflanges 20 of the upper sides of the shingles or the shingle sections 23 as lshownv in Figure 2 so that the nails are covered by the overlapping next row of shingles and are thus protected from the elements, and danger of leakage of the roof incident to use of the fastening devices is eliminated, and the shingles are held firmly in place and against lifting or rolling up at their lower free edge portions, particularly since the shingles are reinforced by the beads I6 and I'I.

A ridge cap or. strip 24 of usual construction may be placed over the ridge of the roof as shown in Figure 1 to complete the ridge of the roof.

The structure of the shingles lends itself to manufacture from metal and various other materials capable of being moulded, pressed, stamped or otherwise manufactured. The shingles lie in sheets, and by Virtue of the particular arrangement and construction of the beads I 6 and I'I, are relatively stiff and strong and resist lifting by wind and the like in use.

As a slight modification, the shingle may be constructed as shown in Figures '7 and 8. 'I'his construction admits of obtaining a desired number of shingles from a relatively small sheet of stock and accomplishes the result by omitting the marginal flanges 20 at the lower or exposed edges of the shingle, leaving a plane edge 25 provided by "the edges of the adjacent beads I6 and II. 't

The invention also provides, as shown in Figure l0 and as a modification as shown in Figure 2, an eaves strip 29 which is of convenient length having a straight edge along its bottom with a flange 36 adapted to be bent down about the lower edge of the roof 2I` and secured thereto by nails or'the like through openings 3|. One end of the eaves strip 29 may have a perpendicular edge having an end flange 32 adapted to be bent down and secured to the adjacentvedge of the The strip 29 is thus secured to the roof in a definite position determined by the anges and 32, and the strip 29 is provided with beads 33 disposed diagonally and in upwardly convergent relation in the strip 29 from its bottom liange 30. These beads V33 are offset sufficiently to cross and intersect, as at near the upper and lower edges of the strip 29, and the beads with their intersections 34 are located -and proportioned relatively to the shingles l5, or the like, to cooperate therewith and interlock the shingles of the eaves strip 29 in proper position upon the roof. It will be noted from-Figure 10 that the opposite end of the strip'29 is kcut diagonally so Vthat the adjacent bead 33 isdisposed in parallel relation to the adjacent edge of the strip 29. A flange 35, similar to the flanges 2U of the shingles, projects from the diagonally out end of the strip 29 for the reception of a nail or other fastening device.

When the shingles I5 are overlapped in the roof structure in accordance with Figure 2, there is provided a four-foldV overlap at the corners of the shingles. This laying of the shingles may be accomplished without any appreciable amount of skill but where skill is obtainable, the shingles l5 may be laid in accordance with the showing in Figure 6 and wherein but three layers of material are provided in the overlap. In this instance,

the shingles l5 are offset or stepped relativelyy a distance equal to one-half of the width of the shingle, in an edgewise direction, so that one edge bead l1 of one shingle overlaps and interlocks with the intermediate bead l1 of an adjacent shingle. It will be noted that the fastening devices 22 may be secured through the flanges 20 of the overlying shingle which will tend to better hold the shingles in overlapping and interlocked relation.

Of course the eaves strips or sections will have to be cut out accordingly to ll in and interlock with the lower row of shingles. The shingles are preferably made of material which admits the i quick and easy cutting thereof by shears or the beads extending in rectangularly intersecting groups with the beads of each group disposed in parallel relation and extending between and through the opposite edges of the shingle body, all of said beads being of uniform cross section throughout their lengths and at their intersections to provide identical and uniform interlocks with superposed shingles, to prevent pocketing of water between the beads and to admit stamping out of the galvanized metal shingle without drawing or cracking of the galvanized coating at the intersections of the beads.

2. A metallic shingle roof, comprising rectangular sheet metal shingles and edging shingles, said edging shingles having triangular portions and said rectangular shingles adapted yto overlap in diagonal relation upon each other and upon the edging shingles, said rectangular andv edging shingles having rectangularly intersecting groups of beads pressed from one'side of the shingles, the beads of each group being disposed in parallel relation and all of the beads being of the same and of uniform cross sectional area throughout their lengths and at their intersections and extending through their respective edges of the shingles, whereby upon the laying v of the edging shingles about a roof the'rectangular shingles may be diagonally overlapped and interlocked therewith at the points of intersection of the beads, and the rectangular shingles and Widths. VINCEN P. MCVOY.