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US823378A US30831606A US1906308316A US823378A US 823378 A US823378 A US 823378A US 30831606 A US30831606 A US 30831606A US 1906308316 A US1906308316 A US 1906308316A US 823378 A US823378 A US 823378A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D15/00—Apparatus or tools for roof working
    • E04D15/02—Apparatus or tools for roof working for roof coverings comprising tiles, shingles, or like roofing elements
    • E04D15/025—Templates, gauges or spacers for installing roof tiles or roof laths
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44966—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member shifted by operator
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  • This invention relates to gages designed especially for use in holding a straight-edge in the operation of laying the shingles, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character which may be readily applied for use, one which will be securely retained in applied position, but may be conveniently released when desired, and one wherein the gage-arm may be readily adjusted in the operation of properly positioning the straight-edge.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gage embodying the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken centrally through the gage and showing the same applied for use.
  • the gage member comprises a base member or piece 1, a spacing member or block 2, and a longitudinally-adjustable supporting member or piece 3, the spacing member 2, which is formed from a length of strap metal bent into shape, as shown, being attached to the base-piece 1 by means of a rivet 4, while the supporting member 3, which is likewise composed of a length of strap metal, is provided with a longitudinal opening or slot 5, adapted to accommodate a screw 6, engaged with the spacing-block 2 and equipped with a clamping-nut 7, arranged to act upon a clamping member or plate 8, having terminal flanges 9, which bear on the edges of the supporting member 3.
  • the base-piece 1, which constitutes an engaging member for retaining the device in position upon the roof, as seen in Fig.
  • a substantially L-shaped engaging portion or head 13 designed to receive a straight-edge 14, it being understood in this connection that two of the gages are employed for supporting the straight-edge while laying the shingles, there being formed on the spacing-block 2 by suitably bending the length of material of which the same is composed a downwardly-extending curved finger-piece 15, adapted to be grasped by the operator for lifting the device to free the teeth 10 from the shingle 11 when the bevel of the gage is to be changed.
  • the gage is attached to the roof by introducing the sharpened portion 12 of member 1 between the overlapping portions of a pair of the shingles 11, the member being inserted a suflicient distance for the block 2 to contact with the butt of the uppermost shingle, after which the teeth 10 are embedded in the uppermost shingle for holding the device in place.
  • the straight-edge 14 is next positioned on the supporting member 3, as shown in Fig. 2, and in laying the next course of shingles the butts thereof are alined on the upper-edge of the member 14, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.
  • gage members a pair of which are, as before stated, employed for supporting the straight-edge, disengage and move one step higher up, and the operation continued as heretofore explained. Furthermore, it is apparent that by releasing the thumb-nut 7 the supporting member 3 may be adjusted longitudinally as desired for properly positioning the straight edge to regulate the distances between the shingles.
  • a base member In a device of the class described, a base member, a spacing member or block attached to said base member and comprising a single length of material bent into shape to form a substantially rectangular body portion and a bearing finger-piece, a supporting member provided with an engaging head, and means for adjustably connecting the supporting member with the spacing-block.

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No. 823,378. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. G. H. WAGNER.
GAGE.
APPLICATION FILED MAR.27, 190s.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented June 12, 1906.
Application filed March 27, 1906. Serial No. 308,316.
To all whom it may concern/.-
Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WAGNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Falls, in the county of Blackhawk and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Gages, of which the following is a specification. I
This inventionrelates to gages designed especially for use in holding a straight-edge in the operation of laying the shingles, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character which may be readily applied for use, one which will be securely retained in applied position, but may be conveniently released when desired, and one wherein the gage-arm may be readily adjusted in the operation of properly positioning the straight-edge.
With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gage embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken centrally through the gage and showing the same applied for use.
Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the gage member comprises a base member or piece 1, a spacing member or block 2, and a longitudinally-adjustable supporting member or piece 3, the spacing member 2, which is formed from a length of strap metal bent into shape, as shown, being attached to the base-piece 1 by means of a rivet 4, while the supporting member 3, which is likewise composed of a length of strap metal, is provided with a longitudinal opening or slot 5, adapted to accommodate a screw 6, engaged with the spacing-block 2 and equipped with a clamping-nut 7, arranged to act upon a clamping member or plate 8, having terminal flanges 9, which bear on the edges of the supporting member 3. The base-piece 1, which constitutes an engaging member for retaining the device in position upon the roof, as seen in Fig. 2, is provided at its normally lower end with a pair of downturned sharpened engaging portions or teeth 10, which when the device is applied are embedded in one of the shingles 11 and has its normally upper end sharpened to produce a knife-edge 12, which enters between the shingles, as shown, while formed at the upper end of the supporting-plate 3 is a substantially L-shaped engaging portion or head 13, designed to receive a straight-edge 14, it being understood in this connection that two of the gages are employed for supporting the straight-edge while laying the shingles, there being formed on the spacing-block 2 by suitably bending the length of material of which the same is composed a downwardly-extending curved finger-piece 15, adapted to be grasped by the operator for lifting the device to free the teeth 10 from the shingle 11 when the bevel of the gage is to be changed.
In practice the gage is attached to the roof by introducing the sharpened portion 12 of member 1 between the overlapping portions of a pair of the shingles 11, the member being inserted a suflicient distance for the block 2 to contact with the butt of the uppermost shingle, after which the teeth 10 are embedded in the uppermost shingle for holding the device in place. The straight-edge 14 is next positioned on the supporting member 3, as shown in Fig. 2, and in laying the next course of shingles the butts thereof are alined on the upper-edge of the member 14, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. It will be understood that after a course of shingles have been laid the gage members, a pair of which are, as before stated, employed for supporting the straight-edge, disengage and move one step higher up, and the operation continued as heretofore explained. Furthermore, it is apparent that by releasing the thumb-nut 7 the supporting member 3 may be adjusted longitudinally as desired for properly positioning the straight edge to regulate the distances between the shingles.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In a device of the class described, a base member, a spacing member or block attached to said base member and comprising a single length of material bent into shape to form a substantially rectangular body portion and a bearing finger-piece, a supporting member provided with an engaging head, and means for adjustably connecting the supporting member with the spacing-block.
In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
GEORGE H. WAGNER.
Witnesses:
W. H. MERNER, A. WAGNER.
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US4159029A (en) * 1977-09-15 1979-06-26 Matthews Freeman E Tool for applying building siding
US4903933A (en) * 1988-07-27 1990-02-27 Yuda Lawrence F Clamping apparatus for adjustably positioning switches

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4159029A (en) * 1977-09-15 1979-06-26 Matthews Freeman E Tool for applying building siding
US4903933A (en) * 1988-07-27 1990-02-27 Yuda Lawrence F Clamping apparatus for adjustably positioning switches

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