US954019A - Cement shingle. - Google Patents

Description

0. 0- BURNETT.

GEMENT SHINGLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1908.

INVENTOR/ rne fifwwq fl a'ngys mmcaszs,

OTIS O. BURNETT, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CEMENT SHINGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

Application filed July 27, 1908. Serial No. 445,670.

To all whom at my concern:

Be it known that I, One 0. Barium, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indiana olis, in the county of Marion and State 0 Indiana, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Cement Shingles, of which the fication.

This invention relates to improvements in tile or concrete shingles for the roofs of houses, and the ob'ect is to provide a shingle which will lie at for its entire length against the sheeting of the roof, and to provide a shingle which will present a solid appearance at the ends of the roof thereby obviating the use of coping.

Another object of the invention is to provide a secure means for fastening each shingle to at least one strip of sheeting.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention-Figure 1 is a top or outside view of my improved shingle, Fig. 2 an under side view of same with fastening wire applied, Fig. 3 an edge view of the shingle shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 4 a detail in top plan view of a portion of a roof protected with my improved shingle, Fig. 5 is a detail in cross section of the sheeting, showing an edge view of the shingles which are illustrated in Fig. 4. Fi 6 1s a detail in underside plan view of t e roof shown in Fig. 4.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The edges a b and a d are parallel with each other. The top of the shingle is formed with the inwardly oblique edges a e and c e forming an angle at the extreme to of the shingle. The bottom of the shinge is here shown as Gothic in outline b f d, but this pattern may be departed from as the case may dictate, without departing from the spirit of my invention. The top or outer face of the shin le is flat and smooth.

The under side of t e shingle here shown approximately at its middle is provided with an abrupt oil-set or shoulder h 'i. The depth of this oil-set or shoulder is substantially equal to the thickness of the end a e 0 of the shingle and the direction of the shoulder ig h 2' is oblique from the two diametrical y opposite points 9 and i of the edges of the shingle downwardly toward the point It in the median line of the shin 1c. The line 9 h of this shoulder is para el following is a speciwith the edge e c of the shingle and the line It i of the s oulder is arallel with the edge a 6 whereby the shonl er and top edges will assemble with a close fit in eometrical pattern which is illustrated 1n Fig. 6. As shown in Figs. 3 and 5 the shingle tapers in thickness from h to e, and it is reduced in thickness from to h in a manner to so permit the assemb ing of the shingles of a roof as to brin all of the under surfaces bounded by the ines g a e c i h in the same plane, which will be' a lane common to the outer sides of the mo sheeting.

8 represents the roof sheetin of usual and well known construction, whic is applied to rafters (not shown) in the usual manner.

Formed on the under side of the shingle between the angles 6 and h, and preferably close to the point it, is a In 10. The side corners and up er end of t is lug will be preferably roun ed, but the lower end of the lug will be square cornered and strai ht, on a plane at right angles to the side edges of the shingles and also at ri ht angles to the 30 shingle surface bearing sai lug. The purpose of the lug 10 is to contact with the top edge of sheeting 8 and form a stop to keep the shingles from slidin oil the roof by gravity. The lifting of t e shingles by the wind or other agency is prevented by wires 12. These wires are formed with two oppo site right-an le bends thereby producing a wire end y w ich is to be inserted in a suitable hole in the lug 10, a parallel member 2 to engage the under side of sheeting 8 and a member 3 at right angles to so and 2, which contacts with the upper edge of the sheeting. The lug l0 is provided with a suitable hole (shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3), for the introduction of the end. of the wire. This hole does not extend entirely through the lug. An indent is formed in the end of the lug to receive the member :0, of the wire and let the latter in flush with the end of the lug and let the latter down against the sheeting.- The wires will be inserted as the shingles are placed in position. The end of the wire y is first inserted into the hole in the lug 10, and the opposite projectin end of the wire, with the shingle attache is then hooked over the sheeting 8.

The construction of concrete or clay tiles or shingles has been such as to form unsi htly gaps and spaces under them at the e ges of roofs, thereby necessitating the use of a coping along the edges to overlap and cover the shingles. This is obviated by the snu manner in which m shingles are made to t together and fill a spaces.

After the shingles of a roof are assembled they are so interlocked that an individual shingle below the top row cannot be detached without breaking it due to the manner in which its upper end is la ped under the two shi les next above, a utting the shoulders of said two ufiper shingles while its shoulder is against t e ends of the two shingles next below.

Havin thus fully described my invention what I c aim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A roof-tile or shingle havin two upper end edges of equal length and 0 liqulty and a correspondin under-side V-shaped shoulder to fit said 0 lique ends said shingle having an under-side integral lug to rest upon the top edge of a sheeting-board said lug havin a hole for the insertion of a fastenmgl ware, and a notch leading from the outer en of said hole, and a f -wire havmg one end inserted into the hole in the lug the wire being bent outwardly to form a portion which occupies the notch of the lug to permit the lug to contact with the sheetlug-board, and said wire being again bent to brin its outer portion into contact with the un er side of said sheeting-board.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set In hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana,

this 20th da of Jul A. D. one thousand nine hundred and eig t.

OTIS O. BURNETT. [n.s]

Witnesses:

F. W. Wonmnm, L. B. Wommmz.

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