US2157663A - Shingling gauge holder - Google Patents

Description

Filed Nov. 29, 1937 INVENTOR JOHN H. GIEBI K BY I Mugmvwdlbk.

ATTORNEYS Patented May 9, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECE SHINGLING GAUGE HOLDER,

John H. Giebink, Waupun, Wis.

Application November 29, 1937, Serial No. 177,032

4 Claims. (01. 33188) My invention relates to improvements in strip, as illustrated. The extreme end 25 of the shingling gauge holders of the general type disportion l9 may be slightly curved outwardly beclosed in expired patent to Morris, No. 844,612, yond the upset lips 20 to serve as a stop for a dated February 19,1907. pivoted gau s pp ting m now to be Gauge holders of the type disclosed in said described. 5 prior patent have not gone into commercial use The gauge supporting member is also formed for various reasons, including cost of manuiacof sheet metal having one end suitable notched ture, awkwardness in manipulation and use, and and cylindrically curved to form hinge butts 26 more particularly for the reason that shingles are to embrace the pintle IE on each side of the 10 often split at points where covered, (lapped), hinge member It. This gauge holding plate is 10 joints are essential to prevent leakage. also intermediately bent to form a shoulder 28 Objects of my invention are to provide an imfor supporting a gauge member and a projecting proved gauge which can conveniently be conend portion 29 substantially at right angles to structed almost, if not wholly, from stamped the shoulder 28. Between the hinge members iisheet metal, and which can be attached to shin- 26 and the shoulder 28 this plate is indented gles previously nailed in position, handily, quickor embossed to form cylindrically rounded clamply, and with good job results, with maximum ing members 30, projecting in the direction of security and minimum damage to shingles which the portion It of the first mentioned plate, and support the gauge. in a position to engage the butt end of a shingle 0 A further object is to provide simple and inbetween the projection or projections 39 and expensive means whereby the entire clamping said wedge-shaped member I 6. pressure may be utilized to not only engage a As shown in Figure 2, a plurality of gauge holdpreviously nailed shingle but also to clamp a ers, constructed as above described, may be emflee movable ge bar against the previously ployed to receive and support a gauge bar 32. nailed course under resilient pressure which en- The lower margin of the gauge bar is received 25 counters no resistance in Swi g the ga e r upon the shoulder 28, and, if described, the side to itsclamping position. margin may be connected with the portion 29 of In the drawing: the clamping plate by fastenings receivable in Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved the apertures 36. However, a positive connecshingling gauge holder. tion between the clamping plate and the gauge 30 Figure 2 s a W O & Smaller Scale. ShOWing bar is not essential, and not a part of the inpair of holders in supporting relation to a vention herein claimed,

gauge bar. In operation, the gauge holder may be se- Like parts are identified by the same reference cured t previously nailed shingle by pass- .75 characters throughout the several views. ing t wedgehaped member ll) underneath A at metal connecting plate or bar having the shingle until the cylindrically rounded or Shingle Engaging portion of Wedge-shapedembossed projections 30 are in a position to bear form is intermediately bent to form a shoulder upon the outer u f of the butt end portion l l to receive the butt end of a shingle, and a cyof the shingle. Thereupon the handle 22 may be lindrically curved hinge member l2 provided with manipulated t cause t short arm 23 of t 40 parallel longitudinally extending slits I3, and uplever to force th clamping plate and t set between the s ts to form a D B hinge jections 38 into engagement with the shingle. If member I i, between which and the member l2 a the gauge bar 32 is secured to the upper end 2s pintle 85 may be received. The other end porof the clamping plate, it will, of course, be set n Of this plate is bent to form the hook cured in position by the clamping operation, parwhich has an upwardly projecting arm I!) which ticularly if its other end is similarly supported is slitted and upset to form ears 29, between by another gauge holder. which an elbowed lever may be secured by a This mode of operation is similar to that conpivot pin or fulcrum member 2!. One arm of templated in said prior patent, and numerous the lever serves as a handle 22, and the other other patents taken by persons who have atarm extends inwardly across the hook 18 to protempeted to solve the problem of providing a vide a clamping member 23. The lever will prefpractical and satisfactory gauge holder. erably be formed of sheet metal, and except for My improved gauge holder may be constructed the grasping portion 22 it may be channel-shaped at such small expense as to invite universal use by upsetting the side margins of a sheet metal by carpenters. Its fiat broad surfaces for engagement underneath shingles already nailed to the roof and the cooperative cylindrically rounded clamping projections 30 make possible the engagement of such shingles with sufficient clamping pressure without danger of splitting, or otherwise damaging the shingles.

The term cylindrically rounded is intended to define projections more or less spherically rounded or curved to the contour which embossed projections naturally tend to assume.

The gauge supporting shoulder 28 and associated portion 29 of the clamping arm readily move upon their hinged connection to carry the gauge bar into and out of contact with the outer surface of a previously laid course of shingles, and the stop lip 25 limits the movement of clamping release to a degree suited to be requirements for shifting the gauge bar upon the roof. The

gauge bar, when released from engagement with any shingle or course of shingles, is held in a position for speedy readjustment and engagement with another shingle or course of shingles. In security, in the support of a gauge bar, in facility of manipulation, in expense of manufacture, and in avoidance of damage to the shingles, my improved gauge bar avoids objections which have previously prevented shingle engaging holders from coming into general use, and which have heretofore caused carpenters to adhere to the extremely common practice of temporarily nailing gauge bars to the roof, or laying shingles to a chalk line.

My improved holder may be inexpensively formed of three pieces of so-called strap iron of substantially the same width, and with each piece bent and pressed into the form described and illustrated in the drawing. The hook will have sufficient resiliency to allow the lever arm 23 to move between the projections 30 slightly beyond the point of maximum clamping pressure without material reduction in such pressure, but with sufficient resilient resistance to prevent an accidental movement of the handle toward releasing position.

Owing to the fact that the arm 23 may pass between the projections 30, the clamping pressure will be applied at the point where it is most effective for securing the device to a shingle previously fixed in position on the roof.

I claim:

1. A shingling gauge bar holder, comprising the combination of a stamped sheet metal shingle engaging strip of resilient sheet metal, wedge-shaped at one end, hook-shaped in the other end portion and intermediately ofiset to provide a shingle butt receiving shoulder, a gauge bar mounting strip of similar material having one end forked and pivoted to the shingle receiving plate immediately below its shoulder and near the bend of the hook, the mounting strip being provided with cylindrically rounded clamping projections, upset in the direction of the wedge-shaped plate near its hinged connection with the mounting strip, and a third sheet metal plate upset and elbowed to form a channel bar lever, with its elbowed portion extending through said hook and pivotally secured thereto in a position with one end of the lever in clamping relation to the mounting strip above its hinge, whereby the gauge bar may be moved to clamping position without resistance and the entire clamping pressure of the lever and its resilient supporting hook may be exerted to hold the gauge bar and its mounting strip in engagement with the previously nailed course of shingles.

2. A shingling gauge bar holder, comprising the combination of .a stamped sheet'metal shingle receiving plate, wedge-shaped at one end, hook-shaped in the other end portion and having intermediately a shingle butt receiving shoulder, a gauge bar mounting strip of similar material having one end forked and pivoted to the shingle receiving plate between its shoulder and hook, the mounting strip being provided with cylindrically rounded clamping projections, embossed in the direction of the wedge-shaped plate, and a third sheet metal plate having one end portion upset and elbowed to form a channel bar lever, extending through said hook and pivotally secured thereto in a position with one end of the lever in clamping relation to the gauge bar mounting strip, and adapted for sliding movement thereon between the shingle clamping projections.

3. A shingling gauge bar holder, comprising an inexpensive assembly of three pieces of metal, including a shingle engaging piece having a wedge-shaped end and a resilient hook-shaped end, a gauge bar supporting piece pivoted to the shingle engaging piece between said end portions and provided with intermediate cylindrically rounded clamping projections extending in the direction of said wedge-shaped end portion, and a third piece elbowed to form a lever pivoted to the hook-shaped portion at the elbow in clamping relation to the bar supporting portion, the extremity of the hook being outwardly curved beyond the lever pivot to form a stop for the pivoted bar supporting portion, whereby the bar supporting portion may be utilized to clamp a fixed shingle between it and the wedge shaped end of the first mentioned portion without danger of splitting the shingles so clamped, the clamping arm of said lever being adapted to move between the clamping projections of the bar supporting member to .a point slightly beyond that of maximum pressure, whereby the lever is held by the resilient hook against accidental release.

4. In a gauge bar holder for use in shingling roofs, a shingle engaging strap-like member of a generally U-shaped form, with legs of unequal length, the longer leg having a wedge-shaped extremity adapted to pass underneath a shingle, said leg having an intermediate offset to receive the butt of the shingle, and a portion below the offset provided with parallel slits and the material pressed in opposite directions along the slits to form cylindrically curved hinge butts for the pintle of a gauge bar supporting member, the shorter leg of said member being also slitted and upset to provide ears to which a clamping lever may be pivoted, said leg being extended upwardly in a position to serve as a stop for a gauge bar supporting member pivoted to the other leg, all substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN H. GIEBINK.

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