US2659322A

US2659322A - Shingle

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Publication number: US2659322A
Application number: US327580A
Authority: US
Inventors: Abraham Herbert
Original assignee: Ruberoid Co
Current assignee: Ruberoid Co
Priority date: 1952-12-23
Filing date: 1952-12-23
Publication date: 1953-11-17
Anticipated expiration: 1970-11-17

Description

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4 snug-sheet 4 Patented Nov. 17, 1953 SHIN GLE Herbert Abraham, New York, N. Y., assignor to The Ruberoid 00., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application December 23, 1952, Serial N 0. 327,580

7 Claims.

1 This invention relates to improvements in a shingle of the kind commonly known as an asphalt shingle either in the form of an individual shingle or in the form of a strip shingle consisting preferably of two units integrally joined together in a flat strip, although the strip in some cases may consist of more than two units.

The invention is specifically concerned with shingles of the square-butt type, that is shingles the butts or exposed portions of which when laid present a rectangular pattern or form, with the butts of adjacent shingles or units of a course spaced apart by vertical slots.

Shingles of the square-butt type are very popular in that they give the roof a neat, symmetrical and attractive appearance. One objection, however, to the ordinary shingles of this type is that the butts are unsecured with the consequent likelihood of their being turned up by wind.

In my Patent No. 2,452,708 I have shown and described a strip shingle of the square-butt type having self-contained means for locking down the butts. It has been found however that as the construction comprises locking flaps 1n the body of the strip, difficulty has been experienced in properly and expeditiously laying them in interlocked relation.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a shingle of the square-butt type that can be easily and quickly laid with its butt or butts securely fastened down.

Another object is to provide shingles that can be cut from webs of asphalt roofing material or" conventional Widths with relatively little waste.

A further object is to provide shingles that when laid will effect a roof covering of the square-butt type having the butts fastened, with the least amount of material per square required to obtain the desired effect.

A still further object is to provide shingles of the interlocking square-butt type that are designed to overlap sufiiciently when laid to obtain the maximum safety at all potential points of leakage in the roof covering. It has been found in practice that to safeguard adequately against leakage the shingles should have an overlap of at least two inches at all such points.

In the drawings, in which several embodiments of the invention are shown:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a twin square-butt shingle embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view illustrating the manner of cutting the shingles from av web of material with the least amount of waste;

2 Fig. 3 is a plan view of shingles of the form of Fig. I laid in interlocked relation, staggered in halves;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of another form of squarebutt twin shingle embodying the invention;

Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating the manner of cutting said shingles from a web of material;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of shingles of the form of Fig. 4 laid in interlocked relation, staggered in thirds;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a form of lock-down individual square-butt shingle;

Fig. 8 is a plan view illustrating the manner of cutting the form of shingles of Fig. 7 from a web of material;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of shingles of the form of Fig. 7 laid in interlocking relation, staggered in thirds;

Fig. 10 is a plan view of a modified form of individual shingle of thesquare-butt type;

Fig. 11 is a plan view showing a manner of cutting shingles of the form of Fig. 10; and

Fig. 12 is a plan view of shingles of the form of Fig. 10 laid in interlocked relation, staggered in thirds. v

The several species of the invention illustrated in the drawings all have, among other things, the following reatures in common; (1) they each form roof coverings of the square-butt type, that is having rectangular exposed patterns spaced apart by vertical slots, when laid in inter locked relation; (2) each has at least one locking tab along its butt or lower edge; (3) each tab has a horizontal opening or slit cut therein in line with the butt edge; (4) each has a horizontal opening or slot cut therein at the upper end of the vertical slot and at a right-angle to said slot; (5) when the shingles are applied to a roof no portion of their locking tabs is visible in the vertical slots that intervene the rectangular exposed patterns; (6) the shingles areselfaligning both horizontally and vertically; and (7) they have a high wind resistance.

Referring to Fig. 1, lo incncates a shingle of asphalt roofing material or other suitable substance formed with two similar rectangular shingle-simulating portions Ii each having a straight horizontal lower or butt edge l2. A vertical cut-out or slot l3 intervenes the two portions II, and a notch or recess i5 is cut in one side edge which notch or recess, as seen in Fig. 3, forms a space similar to slot l3 when the shingles of a course are laid side by side.

An opening or slot I5 is cut in the material at the upper end of the slot l3 at a right angle thereto. A similar opening or slot I6 is cut inwardly in the slots- IS and: I6 01 the next from the notch it in a horizontal alignment with the slot 15. Locking tabs l1 and I8 extend downwardly from the butt edges 12 of the two shinglelike portions ll. Horizontal openings or slits i9 and 20, in line with the edges i2 are cut in the tabs I1 and I8, respectively. As seen in Fig. 1 the slit 20 is-Qiorter than the slit [9; preferably about two thirds the length, for thereason hereinafter stated. The distance X between the inner end or each oi said slits erably equal to the length "Y of either of the slots l5 and I6, so

are interlocked.

With this construction and. relationship, of parts, when the shingles are laid in interlocked relation as indicated in Flg. 3, slits l9 and 20 of one course engaged and locked lower course, no part oi the locking tabs willbe visible in the slots. It has been found in practice that application of the shingles m interlocked relation is facilitated by having the tab it somewhat shorter or narrower horizontally than the tab H; as shown in Fig. l.

-outs 2| and 22- are formed-in the upperedge portion 23 of each shingle. These cut-outs are complementary, respectively, in contour to the locking tabs H and i8 and so permit of cutting the shingles from a web of roofing material with a minimum oi'waste, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

Another form ofshingle Wis illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. In that form, as in the preceding form, the shingle has two similar rectangular shingle-simulating portions ll each having 'a straight horizontal butt edge I2, the two portions being separated by a vertical cut-out or slot i3. The cut-out 13 has a slot or opening 15 at its upper end at a right-angle thereto, and a corresponding slot or opening it is cut inwardly from one side edge, in line with the opening 15. In this instance the side edge into which the opening 15 is cut is a straight vertical edge. However a notch or recess 24, with an inclined upper end 25, isformed in the opposite side edge, which notch forms a space, sim-ilarto slot 13, when the shingles of a course are laid side by side, as in Fi 6.

The shingle of Fig. 4 has locking tabsl1 and is each formed with a horizontal opening or'slit I 9 and 20, respectively, in line with the butt edgel2. In this form of twin shingle thelengthof the two slits l9 and 20 may be the same without detriment to ease of application. This is due to the fact that the lockingtabs in this case are located at one end of each shingle-simulating portion H with a, corner protruding somewhat beyond the end, instead of being spaced from the end, as in the form of Fig. 1.

The shingles of form of Fig. 4 may be cut from a web or sheet of roofing material with a minimum of waste as shown in Fig. 5, and for that purpose the upper edge 23 has cut-outs 2| and 22, as described in connection with the shingles of the form of Fig. 1.

Figs. '7, 8, and 9 show a form of shingle consisting of single unit'embodying the invention. In this form the shingle has one continuous vertical side edge 26, the opposite side edge having a rectangular recess or notch 21 cut into it. The recesses or notches 21, when the shingles are laid as in Fig. 9, form slot-like spaces It between the exposed portions of shingles of the course. To permit of cutting with a minimum or waste, as

and the opposite end of its. corresponding tab is not greater than, and is pret.

that no partibf. theta; will; extend into slot or space it. when the'shinglesmediate stepped portion 4 Fig. 8, the upper end of said side edge out into it. horizontal opening or shown in has a rectangular notch 28 The unit shingle has a slot 29 cut inwardly from the side edge 28 at a distance upward from the butt edge 30 a distance equal to the height of the recess of notch 21. It alsohas a. single locking tab it at its butt edge formedwith ah'orizontaloncnin or slit 82 in line with the butt edge. A cut-out 33, similar in shape and size to the tab 3 i, is formed in the upper edge portion of the shingle.

A modified form of unit shingle III is shown in Eigs lg, 1,1, and,1 2, This form diflers from the unit shinglepreviously described in that the upperportion. oi.-the-left side edge is defined by a straight vertical. line 34 which portion is connected with the notch portion 21 by an inter- 35 located half way between the top and bottom of the shingle. The edge portions. and; 21, are of equallenz ih. and the provision. of, thesteps 35, between those PO tions permit of. cutting. the shin le asaho n in. F g. lrwith no a te c t at c us y cutting, openings or. slots 29 intheedges of the wcbor sheet.

w en. sh n e o he s 10 orm r aid in interlocked. rela on. h upp se. po n 34 andth te p d por n I5 01 one shing ea our e. wi l er ap he. u p r po n the U. he. adjac nt, s in le. our e. above t 9. s g ll n 2- 3 38 0. form are economicalof as per hin e. is e u re n. app i at o T ercle ionsbi q t ie a esx n Y n qnne lon ith h nsleol, the torn 0 :3 8- 1 applies to. al the te m, s nz i t ated and described herein, While it ispreferred that the openings in thetabs be slits and thofle with which they interlock be slots, either slits or slots may be; interchangeably, used in either case. The t rm i e r open n as u n the l im i intendedto includeeither aslit oraslot.

While Ihaye shownand described several. tom! of the shingle, it is to be understood that the invention is not specifically. limited to those form.

What I claim: is:

1. A locking shingle of the square-butt type, comprising a body portion, a butt portion separated by a vertical slot from an adjoiningsi nar butt portion when opening in the body the shingle is laid, a, linear at the upper end of the vertical slot and at an angle to the slot, and alocking tab on the butt edge of the shingle, said tab having a linear opening adapted for insertion into the first-mentioned linear opening of a immediately underlying shingle. when laid on a root, to lock down the butt portion of the overlyl c shin le- 2, A locking shingle of the square-butt type, comprising a body portion, a butt portion separated; by a verticalv slot from an adjoining similar butt portion when the shingle is laid, a linear opening in the body at the upper end of said slot and; at, an angle to the slot-, and a locking tab on the butt. ed e or, the shinsle. sa d. t b havi a linear opening, the distance from the inner end of said opening thev opposite end of the tab being not greater than the length of the firstmentioned opening, the opening in the tab being adapted for insertion into the first-mentioned opening of an immediately underlying shingle, when laid on a root, to lock down the butt portion of the overlying shingle with no part ot the locking tab extending into the vertical slot.

3. A locking shingle of" the square-butt type,

comprising a body portion, a substantially rectangular butt portion separated by a vertical slot from an adjoining similar butt portion when laid on a roof, a linear opening in the body at the upper end of the vertical slot and at a rightangle to the slot, and a locking tab on the butt edge of the shingle, said tab having a linear opening in line with the butt edge.

4. A locking shingle of the square-butt type, comprising a body portion, a substantially rectangular butt portion separated by a vertical slot from an adjoining similar butt portion when laid on a roof, a linear opening in the body at the upper end of the vertical slot and at a right angle to the slot, and a locking tab on the butt edge of the shingle, said tab having a linear opening in line with the butt edge, the distance from the inner end of said opening to the opposite end of the tab being equal to the length of the linear opening in the body of the shingle.

5. -A locking shingle of the square-butt type, comprising a body portion, a substantially rectangular butt portion, a notch in one side edge of the shingle so that when the shingle is laid side by side with a like shingle said notch will form a vertical slot between the two, a linear opening extending into the body portion from a side edge of the shingle, and a locking tab on the butt edge of the shingle, said tab having a linear opening in line with the butt edge.

6. A locking shingle of the square-butt type, comprising a body portion, two butt portions separated by a vertical slot, a notch in one side edge so that when the shingle is laid side by side with a like shingle said notch will form a corresponding vertical slot between the two, a linear opening extending inward from the upper end of said notch, a similar linear opening at the upper end of the first mentioned vertical slot, and a locking tab on the lower edge of each butt portion, said tabs each having a linear opening in line with said lower edges.

7. A locking shingle of the square-butt type, comprising a body portion, two butt portions separated by a vertical slot, a notch in one side edge so that when the shingle is laid side by side with a like shingle said notch will form a corresponding vertical slot between the two, a linear opening at the upper end of the vertical slot separating the butt portions at a right-angle to said slot, a similar linear opening extending inward from an edge of the shingle in line with the first mentioned linear opening, and a locking tab on the lower edge of each butt portion, said tabs each having a corner portion that extends somewhat beyond the corresponding side edge of the respective butt portions, and each having a linear opening extending inward from its corner portion in line with the lower edge of the butt portions.

HERBERT ABRAHAM.

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