Apparatus for applying metallic siding

Claim 1

SIDING FOR THE WALL OF A BUILDING COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BASE STRIP MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY ADJACENT THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID WALL, SAID BASE STRIP INCLUDING AN ELONGATED OUTWARDLY PROJECTING SHOULDER, A PLURALITY OF SPACED FURRING STRIPS MOUNTED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS OF THE SHOULDER, SAID FURRING STRIPS HAVING SQUARE ENDS AND EXTENDING ALONG SAID WALL UPWARDLY FROM THE BASE STRIP, AND HORIZONTALLY ALIGNED CLIPS EQUALLY SPACED ON EACH OF SAID FURRING STRIPS, EACH CLIP COMPRISING A RESILIENT SHORT STRIP STRUCK UP FROM THE FACE OF ITS FURRING STRIP AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AND THEN DOWNWARDLY TERMINATING IN AN INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE HAVING ITS TERMINAL EDGE SPACED FROM ITS FURRING STRIP, IN COMBINATION WITH HORIZONTAL, PARALLEL METALLIC SIDING MEMBERS, EACH METALLIC SIDING MEMBER BEING COATED, REVERSELY BENT LOCKING FLANGES AT THE UPPER AND LOWER ELONGATED SIDE EDGES OF EACH SIDING MEMBER, SAID LOCKING FLANGES ENGAGING THE HORIZONTALLY ALIGNED CLIPS IN PAIRS, THE LOCKING FLANGE AT THE UPPER EDGE OF ONE SIDING MEMBER LYING BEHIND THE SHORT RESILIENT STRIP OF EACH CLIP AND BEING ENGAGED BEHIND THE CLIP FLANGES, THE LOCKING FLANGE AT THE LOWER EDGE OF THE NEXT ADJACENT SIDING MEMBER EXTENDING OVER THE CLIP AND UNDER THE FLANGE OF THE CLIP AND PAST THE SAME TO ENGAGE THE LOCKING FLANGE OF THE SAID ONE SIDING MEMBER, AND MEANS TO THE CLIPS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING THE SIDING MEMBERS OF THE FURRING STRIPS, THE FURRING STRIPS BEING IN TURN ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE STRIP, MEANS GROUNDING THE BASE STRIP, THE MEANS ON THE CLIPS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING THE SLIDING TO THE FURRING STRIPS PENETRATING THE COATING OF THE SIDING MEMBERS WHEN THE LATTER ARE APPLIED TO THE CLIPS.