US2450562A - Covering strip for roofs and sidings - Google Patents

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Oct. 5, 1948. w. B. ROBINSON ETAL & 9

COVERING STRIP FOR ROOFS AND SIDINGS Filed Feb. 1946 h/%WVENTOR I ATToRNEY back edges to aid in preventing leakage.

Patented Oct. 5,

COVER JNG STRIP FOR ROOFS SIDINGS William B. Robinon. Sayville, and George E. Swenson, Hastings on Hudson, N. Y.: Jessie C. Robinson, executrix of said William B. Robinson, deceased. assignor to Maxime C. Fidao and George Link, Jr., as trustees Application February 1, 1946, Serial No. 6441168 This invention relates to a covering strip for roots and sidings of buildings of different sorts. The strip consists of a core of insulating material such as wood or Celotex, for example. This covering strip is provided with interfitting angles along the edges thereof, which may be 45, for example. Narrow'bevelled spacing strips, which may be made of wood, for example, are installed between strips of insulating material to provide dead air spaces to enhance the heat-insulating properties. These bevelled strips also enhance the bridging strength between rafters. A sleeve, such as copper, aluminum, ferrous material. plastic sheet, asphalt rooflng sheets or other .suitable material is fitted over the core and is provided with interlocking joints having beaded or folded- This sleeve also increases the bridging strength. Space is provided near the upper edge of the strip so that water-proofing material may be appl-ied so as to reinforce the seams against leakage, This water-proofing material may also be utilized to reduce the number of nails required. The metal sleeve may be shifted along the strip for base -flashing for walls and chimneys and for starting strips, for example.

The invention may be understood from the description in connection with which Fig. 1 is a transverse section of strips of insulating material;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the metal sleeve or covering member; and

Fig. 3 is a section through a completed 'strip with its covering and portions of adjacent strips.

In the drawing, reference character I indicates a strip or board of stili insulating material of uniform thickness. The lower edge of this board is square and the upper edge thereof is.

bevelled.

A strip 4 of stili insulating material is provided that is narrower than the strip I. The 'lower edge 5 of the strip 4 is bevelled so as to` be parallel with the edge 3 when the parts are assembled. The upper edge S is bevelled similarly to the lower edge 5 and lies in the same plane as the edge 3.

The strip 1 which may be made of wood extends longitudinaliy of the strips l and 4 and lies between them. The edge 8 of the strip 'l is bevelled to lie in the same plane as the bevelled edge 5, when installed. A strip 9 of wood, which is thinner than the strip 1, is provided and bevelled in a similar manner. The strips 'I and 3 are of such thickness that when the parts I and 4 are assembled with the strips 1 and 9 between 12 Claims. (CL 108-13) them, the edges 5 and a are paraliel to the edges v 3 and Band the edges 3 and 6 are in contact. y

A metal sheet ID, which may be copper, aluminum, or ferrous metal is formed with a flat portion ll and an integral short portion I 2 bent at right angles to the fiat portion and a short portion 3 is bent at right angles to the portion !2. The lower edge I4 of the portion I: is folded back on the portion !3 a. short distance all along theportion !2. The upper edge !5 of the portion !3 is also folded back a short distance along V the flat portion ll.

Spaces are left between adjacent folded portions !4 and |5 when the strips are assembled.

Nails or staples IE are driven through the upper portion of the strips I and 4 and into the rafters or roof deck therebelow or into a siding, not shown, to hold the strips in place when installed. Glue may be used instead. 4

Mastic or other plastic water-proof material l`| is installed along the upper edges of the shingles and may also be used to fill the spaces where the nails l6 are located, when desired, thus making the covering more leak-proof.

What is claimed is:

1. A covering strip for roofs and sidings, comprising a plurality of diverging elong ated rigid members having their upper edges bevelled and in contact, longitudinally extending bevelled members between said elongated members and spaced from each other.

2. The device of claim 1 in which one of said bevelled members has a bevelled edge.

3. The device of 'claim 1 in which one ot said diverging bevelled members has a 'bevelled edge in the plane of the bevelled edge of\ one of said elongated members.

4. A covering strip for roofs and sidings, com- I prisi-ng a plurality of diverging elongated rigid members having their upper edges bevelled and in contact, longitudinally ext-,ending bevelled members between said elongated members and spaced from each other and a thin sheet of metal on said device.

5. A covering strip for roofs and sidings, comprising a plurality of diverging elongated rigid membe-shaving their upper edges bevelled and in contact, longitudinally extending bevelled members between said elongated members and spaced from each other and a thin sheet of metal on said device terminating short of the upper edge thereof.

6. A covering strip for roofs and sidings, co prismg a plur-ailty of diverging elongated rigid members having their upper edges bevelled and in contact, iongitudinally extending beveiled members between said elongated members and spaced !rom each other and a thin sheet of metal on said devioe extending around and below the lower edge thereoi'.

7. A covering strip for roots and sidings, comprising a plurality of diverging elongated rigid members having their upper edges beveled and in contact, long-itudinally extending bevelled members between said elongated members and spaced !rom each other and a thin sheet oi' metal on said deviee terminating short oi' the upper edge thereoi' and folded back onitseli a short distance. i

8. A covering strip !or roots and sidings, comprising two strips of still! insulating material. one of which is wider than the other one, and a spacer between said strips near the edge oi! one of them.

9. A covering strip tor roots and sidings, comprising two strips of sti!! insula-ting material, one

oi' which is wider than the other one, and a spacer between said strips near the edge of one oi' them, the other edges of said members being in contact.

10. A cover-ing strip for roots and sidings, commos:

.4 11. A covering strip for roofs and sidings, compiising two strips of stifl insulating material, one of which is wider than the other one. a spacer between said strips near 'the edge of one of them and a thin sheet ot metal on said. device extending around the lower edge thereof and along the V lower side thereof, said sheet being folded back along the edge thereof;

12. A covering strip for roots and sidings, -com- WILLIAM B. ROBINSON. GEORGE E. SWENSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the flie of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATEN'I'S Number Name Date 2,231,o08 Ochs Feb. 11, 1941 2,241,642 Mccauley May 13, 1941 &264.546 Ochs Dec. 2, 1941

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