US851789A - Shingle-package. - Google Patents

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. PATENTED APR so, 1907. J. 0. ALEXANDER. SHINGLE PAGKAGE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1906.

JAMES (J. ALEXANDER, oi iiEEEDEEN, mismNcroNl SHlNGLE-PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed March 29,1906. Serial No. 308,766.

To ctZZ whom it party concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. ALEXANDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aberdeen, in the county of ()hehalis and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingle- Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an im roved method of packing shingles in bund es and has for its object the provision of improved means for spacing the shingles apart, whereby when the bundles of shingles are placed in a kiln to be dried, the heat may act upon both sides of the shingles to effect a more rapid and thorough drying thereof, than is the case where the shingles are bound together in solid bundles and in relatively contacting relation.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for spacing the shingles apart when it is desired to impregnate them with creosote or other preservative or to coat them with paint.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved parting strip for spacing the shingles a art. This parting strip is constructed in sue a mannerthat it presents the least possible area of contact to the adj a cent shingles between which it is dis osed.

In connection with my improve parting strip, novel means are provided for withdrawing a plurality of them simultaneously from the bundles.

The detail construction will appear in the course of the following description, in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, like numerals designating like parts throughout the several views, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bundle of shingles, the shingles comprising said bundle being Iszpaced apart by my improved parting strip, ig. 2 is an end elevation of the bundle illustrated in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a corrugated metallic parting strip.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates a bundle of shingles composed of a plurality of shingles 6. These shingles are spaced apart by the corrugated metallic parting strips 7 having openings 8 formed in their ends. The bundle formed by the assemblage, in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the shingles and parting strips, is bound together by any desired form of clamp 9, a

conventional embodiment of which is shown, com rising upper and lower binding strips of woor 10 and metallic tie rods 11 secured at their ends, as at 12, to the strips 10 and uniting the same on each side of the bundle.

The corrugated parting stri )s 7 are disposed transversely ol the bundle and their ends project on each side beyond the side of the shingles, and in this arrangement the openings 8 are in vertical alinement throughout the entire series 01 parting strips, for the reception of a rod 13, by which any number of parting strips desired, or the entire series if necessary, may be removed.

In the practical use of my invention, shingles are assembled as shown in F ig. 1, being arranged in pairs having their enlarged ends projecting. These pairs are spaced away from one another by the corrugated metallic parting strips 7 which are disposed transversely therebetween, and have contact with the shingles only at the apices of their corrugations. The outer ends of the several shingles which are to be coated or impregnated are thus arranged in spaced relation throughout the entire series. W'hen the bundle has been bound together by the clamp 9 the rods 13 are inserted through the ends of the parting strips and the bundles are then placed in the kiln and thoroughly dried.

Upon the completion of the drying operation, the bundles of shinglings are removed from the kiln. Prior to packing for ship ment, the bundles may be given a bath in the paint or preserving fluid with which they are to be impregnated, hen it is desired to pack the bundles for shipment, the entire series oi parting strips can be withdrawn from either side of the bundle by using one of the rods 13 as a handle. l Vhen the parting strips have thus been withdrawn from the.

bundles the shingles are placed in a packing frame and are repressed and retied with the clamp 9 at which time they are ready for shipment.

It has been found that owing to the more perfect circulation of heat, only a small portion of the time required for drying shingles when the shingles are packed closely to gether is required when the shingles are spaced apart. The degree to which the shingles are dried is equal throughout the bundle when the art is practiced. in accordance with the present invention, since it is not necessary to apply as much heat to the shingles, when the heat can act on both sides thereof as is the case when the heat must passages between said pairs throughout the penetrate from the outside of a bunch of area of the shingles, each of said parting closely packed shingles. This is a marked strips comprising a member formed in its diadvantage over the art as heretofore pracrection of greatest length With comparaticed for excessive heating injures the shin tively deep corrugations having comparagles and reduces their value commercially. tively sharp apices.

Having fully described my invention, I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature claim: in presence of two Witnesses.

A shingle package comprising a plurality JAMES C. ALEXANDER.

of shingles arranged in spaced superposed l/Vitnesses: pairs and parting strips inserted between the EMIL PFUND, ad acent palrs and affording uninterrupted E. F. JONES.

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