Roofing construction

Oct 30, 1934.

1,978,519

J. P. WILLOCK ET AL

ROOFING CONSTRUCTION

Filed Nov. 15, 1932

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Patentee! Oct. 3(¾ 1934

UMTED STATES PATAfJT OFFICE

1,978,519

BOOMNG CONSTRUCTION

J®hn P. pillock and John A. MeEwe®, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application November 15,1932, Serial No. @®,78®

Claim.

This invention relates to building construction, and its general object is to provide a cov' ering designed for a roof and outer walls of _ a building 'that can be easily and quickly apis plied, thoroughly insulates the building against heat and cold, is neat in appearance, fire proof, and is not effected by weather elements including winds of high velocity with the result it will last for a prolong period of time without at10 tention or repairs.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a coveimg of the character set forth, that includes rigid composition shingles and nonrusting or rust resisting metallic cleats to pro12 vide a leak proof connection between confronting portions of the shingles or siding and as a small overlap is all that is necessary, when the cleats are used with the shingles, a large area can be amply and completely covered with a 2® minimum amount of shingles.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shingle cleat that cooperates with securing means, for the shingles to hold the latter in cooperative relation with respect to each other and 25 in. alignment, and is-, completely hidden from view by the shingles.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a shingle cleat that' is simple in con- struction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to 30 apply and extremely efficient in operation and service.

This invention also consists in' certain other features of construction and in the combtoa, _ tion and as-rangement of the several parts, to be 35 hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed' out in the appended claim.

In describing our invention in detail, reference will be had to- the accompanying draw'4® ing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, . and in which:

Figure l· is a longitudinal sectional view, taken _ through a roof constructed in accordance with 46 our invention.

Figure 2 is a. front vievz showing the covering applied to a side wall of a building.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 3—3 of Figure 2.

5® Figure 4 is a perspective view of our slxtagle cleat.

Referring to the drawing to. detail, the letter A indicates a portion of a roof of a building, y and to which our' covering is secured, as shown 55. to Figure 1. However, the covering can be ap.(Cl 168—9) plied to the outer walls of a building as indicated to Figure 2 and the covering includes a sheet 1 of insulating material of the fabric type such as celotex or the like which provides the inner layer for the cover. 60

The shingles which. are indicated by the reference numeral 2 may be of any size and thickness for the purpose intended and are formed from a composition of cement and asbestos or other like material, with the result they are not, «5 only fire proof and cannot curl or buckle, but are provided with openings 3 adjacent one of the edges thereof for the purpose of accommodating securing means such as nails or the like 4.

The shingles are arranged in overlapping rela- 70 tion with respect to each other as best shown in Figure 1, and. nailed on top .of the sheet of insulating material 1 with the result the latter acts as a cushioning means therefor.

The shingles or siding are arranged to end to 76 end relation and in order to provide a leak proof connection between the ends we use a cleat of the type as best shown in Figure 4, that is formed from, a single sheet of non-rusting or rust resisting metal such. as copper' or alumi- SO num, and. the cleat includes a body 5 that is elongated and of a width coextensive with the width of the shingles as will be noted upon, inspection of Figure 2.

Formed· with one end of the body 5 is a right 85 angle flange 6 which acts in the capacity as a hook means and includes a portion disposed in parallelism with the body to engage the top or outer side of.the shingles, while the remaining portion of the flange 6 engages the upper· edges, 90 with the result the right angle flange holds the shingles in alignment with respect to each other and has a tendency to cooperate with the nails 4 in fixedly associating, the shingles. Formed with the'tody at the longitudinal edges thereof »5 are channel grooves 7 which as shown in Figure 3 are disposed upon opposite sides of the meeting ends of the shingles. These channels are for the purpose of directing water that may seep through the joint between the ends of the 10® shingles, to the outer side of the roof, therefore the cleat not only provides a leak proof connection between the ends of the shingles but also allows for the use of a minimum amount of shingles to cover a relatively large area of space 105 in that the shingles can be overlapped a sjight distance· as Drill be apparent upon inspection of Figures.

. Disposed between the overlapped portions of the shingles are flexible elements 8 in the form HO i_sS‘MS18>

of rope and which is saturated with asphalt and may be formed from hemp or the like, but in any event the flexible elements prevent driving rain from passing between the overlapped portions, ® as well as act as cushioning means for the shingles as will be apparent.

In applying our covering, the sheets of insulating material are first laid, and the first row of shingles are nailed in place, with a flexible eleiO meat below the same and arranged adjacent the tower edge of the row. The cleats are then. Inserted with their body portions underlying the confronting ends of the shingles, and the next row of shingles are nailed in place with the 16 flexible element between the overlapped portions of the first and second rows. This operation is continued until the entire roof or side wall is completely covered, and it will be obvious that a roof or side wall that is finished with our cover2® ing will last for an indefinite period of time without attention or repairs.

While we have stated that the shingles are formed from a composition of asphalt and concrete, we want it understood that the shingles 26 can be formed from slate, clay or other similar non-fiexible fire resisting material.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of our invention will be readily apparent.

We desire it to be understood that we may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several 83 parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.