US803713A - Roofing-package. - Google Patents

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PATENTED NOV. 7, 1905.

H. M. REYNOLDS. ROOFING PACKAGE APPLIOATION HLBD'SBPT. ao. 1904.

aww/who@ #Mya @maf www UNITED ,STATES PATENT FFICE'. HERBERT M. REYNOLDS, E GR-AND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

ROOFING'PACKAGE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1905.

Application iiled September 30, 1904. Serial No. 226,714.

T0 all whom, it nea/y concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT M. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful l Improvements in Roofing-Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful roofing-package; and the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The objects of the invention are, first. to produce a rol-l of flexible roofing securely protected by means of an outer covering, so that the same may be shipped safely without injury to the roofing, and provided with asuitable internal receptacle for retaining such trimmings as are usually used in applying the roofing to a building; second, to provide an improved means for securing the ends of the wrapper which covers the roll of roofing, inclosing the ends of the central aperture caused by forming the flexible rooting into a roll; third, other objects hereinafter described and claimed. These objects Iaccomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings. in which- Figure lshows a longitudinal' central sectional view of a roofing-package constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being taken on line m of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 shows an end View of the completed roll in which the extended portion of the wrapper has been cut out so as to t closely and be retained in place by the plug or closure. Fig. 3 shows also an end view in which the extended wrapper is folded into the end of the roll and secured by means of a plug, the wrapper being folded Vupon itself, as shown by dotted lines. Fig. 4 shows a longitudinal central sectional View, on an enlarged scale, for the purpose of illustrating more fully the method of making the closure of the ends of the central opening. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the roll or package, taken near one end thereof, showing the inner surface provided with an adhesive material.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through- `out the several views.

A represents the flexible wrapper, constructed of any suitable material o'f suflicient length to extend beyond the roll, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l, which extensions are folded into the central opening and secured therein, as hereinafter described. Near the ends of the package is an inner coating of adhesive material-such as glue, cement, or other suitable substance-as shown by B.

C indicates a covering of adhesive material between the folded-in end of the wrapper and the plugs for closing the ends of the roll.

D shows the roll of exible rooting material.

E and F are the plugs which are used for closing the ends of the central opening through the roll. The portion of the wrapper at each end of the roll is folded into the central opening, as shown more fully in Fig. 4, and is attached to the inner periphery of said opening by means of an adhesive coating B. The plug E is then driven into the roll, retaining the wrapper securely in place, and I use cement, as shown by C, between the plug and that portion of the wrapper folded into the central opening. The other end of the roll, which in the drawings is closed by F, is closed in precisely the same way as the end which is closed by the plug E. Between the plugs E and the plugs F'there is an aperture or receptacle for the receipt of a glue-receptacle G and a nail-receptacle I or for receipt of any other material which it is desired to store within the package. Ordinarily glue and nails constitute the trimmings to go with the roll. The receptacle between the plugs E and F is indicated by H.

In Fig. 2 I have shown that portion of the wrapper which extends between the roll and roofing material as cut into panels J J J, &c., so as to fold the wrapper into the openings without overlapping itself, and this construction is necessary where the wrapper is made of strong fibrous material and of considerable weight.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the closure made by folding the wrapper A into the hole Without cutting, but overlapping itself, Las indicatedby dotted lines. the spaces between the laps)l being shown by K. Either form may be use The wrapper is of suicient length to overlap itself4 and have its ends secured together with glue or other suitable adhesive material, as shown in Fig. 5 at L.

By constructing the rooting-package in the manner described the flexible roofing is thoroughly protected from injury in case of shipment and may be transported to almost any distance without depreciation.

The central opening or receptacle is adapted to carry the trimmings which go with a roll of roofing, so that when the roofing arrives at its destination it can be readily applied to abuild- IIO ng even by an unskilled person, it being my design to have each rollor package contain just sucient material to apply the sanne to the roof.

In practice I usually furnish a roll of sufcient size to cover what is called a square or one hundred square feet, and it is evident that the roll may be larger or smaller, if required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a roll of flexible roofing material having a central receptacle directly formed thereby and extending entirely therethrough, of a flexible covering applied around the said roll and having its ends folded against and projected into the openings at each end of the roll, the latter HER BERT M. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD TAGGART, MARY S. TooKER.

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