US1309065A - Armor for shingles - Google Patents

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E. L. GENTRY. ARMOR FOR SHINGLES.

0 JUNE 29, l9l8- RENEWED MAY 28,1919.

APPLICATION FILE (Miro-anus UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVERT' L. GENTRY, F ID-ABEL, OKLAHOMA.

ARMOR FOR SHINGLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 29, 1918, Serial No. 242,678 REnewed May 28, 1919. Serial No. 300,475.

To all whom it may concern Be' it known that I, Evnn'r L. GENTRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Idabel, in the county of McCurtain and State of. Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Armors for Shingles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the ac companying drawings.

This invention relates to shingles, and particularly to armor therefor.

The general object of this invention is to provide metallic shingles or armor which may be placed over either clapboarding or over wood shingles.

A further object is to so construct the -metallic shingles that they will interlock either with the clapboarding or wooden shingle and also with each other.

A further object is to provide a metallic shingle or armor which will thoroughly protect the wooden shingle or clapboarding be- 'neath and will rest firmly upon the structure beneath so as to prevent water percolating in through the joints and rotting the wooden sub-structure.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a side elevation of a'portion of a roof having ordinary shingles thereon and covered with my improved armor;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my improved armor;

' Fig. 3 is asection on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line l -4: of Fig. 2; and i Fig. 5' is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the lower end of my improved armor.

Referring to these figures, it Will be seen that my armor 10 is rectangular in form and that at its lower edge it is formed with a relatively deep flange 11 thelower margin of which is inwardly turned as at 12, the ends of this inwardly turned margin 12 being cut away as at 13. The upper edge of the armor is folded over upon itself as at 14, and this fold is pounded down until it fits tightly against the face of the armor.

The left hand edge of the shingle has an upwardly and inwardly extending marginal bend 15 while the right hand edge of the armor has a downwardly and inwardlyextending marginal bend 16. Where this armor is to be applied over old woodenshingles, the upper edge of the'armor is inserted beneath one shingle, as for instance the armor A and the middle shingle 10 is forced upward until the marginal flange 12 is forced Patented July 8, 1919.

beneath the butt 0r thickest portion at the 7 It will be seen that this shingle is relatively small so that it may be readily handled and will not require long crates for shipping nor will it require any soldering. Furthermore, this armor may be applied to either old or new roofs, without the necessityof driving the nails to hold the shinglers stool. Furthermore, this armor may be used "for the valley, hips and ridge of the roof thus permitting the job to be completed with one kind ofshingle and eliminating the necessity of using valley tin, ridge roll, flashing, etc. It will be seen that this armor fits closely downupon the wooden shingle so that no moisture can enter between the wooden shingle and the metal shingle or armor.

The wooden shingles are practically inclosed within the metallic shingles or armor and thus are kept waterproof and dustproof and as near air proof as is possible, without the use of solder. This armor can be used for either what is known as dimension shingles or in random widths, thus giving the manufacturer a chance to work olf scraps. Not onl may this armor be used for making va leys, hips and ridges, but it may be used for caps and'all necessary flashing around flues, chimneys, bay.

wardly extending flange at its lower end formed with an inturned margin, this flange having a depth equal to the thickness of the lower end of a shingle, the sides of the shingle armor having flanges adapted to interlock with the flanges on adjacent sheets.

2. The combination With a shingle of nonmetallie material, of an armor therefor consisting of a ectangular sheet of metal superposed upon the shingle and formed at its lower end with a relatively deep flange having an inturned margin engaging beneath the shingle, one side edge of the sheet having an upwardly and inwardly turned flange and the other side edge being provided with 15 said plate and through the shingle upon 20 which the plateis applied.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EVERT L. GENTRY.

Witnesses:

HV'P HosEY, JEssYE E. ARNETT.

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