Packing arrangements for roofing elements and process

Abstract

Abstract A PACKAGING ARRANGEMENT FOR SHINGLES TO BE APPLIED TO A SLOPING ROOF OR THE LIKE WHEREIN THE SHINGLE ELEMENTS ARE SECURED TOGETHER IN THEIR UPPER PORTIONS, RELATIVE TO THE SLOPE OF THE ROOF, BY PLEATED CONNECTIONS WHICH CAN BE OPENED IN AN ACCORDION FASHION AND, AS CONNECTED, PACKAGED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE ROOF DECK TO BE SHINGLED. THERE, THE LEADING SHINGLE MEMBER IS CONNECTED TO THE ROOF''S RIDGE AND THE TRAILING SHINGLE MEMBER IS PULLED DOWN THE SLOPE OF THE ROOF DECK TO THE EAVES WITH THE PLEATED CONNECTIONS THEREBY BEING OPENED AND DRAWN TO LIE FLAT AGAINST THE ROOF DECK, THE INTERMEDIATE SHINGLES OVERLAPPING EACH OTHER IN A CONVENTIONAL MANNER. SEVERAL ARRAYS OF SUCH SHINGLE MEMBERS ARE PACKAGED TOGETHER WITH LATERALLY EXTENDING OVERLAPPING PORTIONS OF ADJACENT ARRAYS INTERWOVEN, THE INTERWOVEN ARRAYS BEING TRANSPORTED AS A UNIT AND PLACED ON THE ROOF SIMULTANEOUSLY WHERE, IF NOT PREVIOUSLY ALIGNED, THEY ARE STRAIGHTENED OUT ALONG THE ROOF RIDGE, STILL HOWEVER, INTERWOVEN. THEN, AFTER THE LEADING SHINGLES ARE SECURED, THE ENTIRE UNIT OF ARRAYS IS PULLED DOWN THE ROOF DECK. THE PLEATED CONNECT- ING MEMBER IS MADE OF A MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER BETWEEN THE ROOF DECK AND THE SHINGLES-A FUNCTION CONVENTIONALLY PROVIDED BY A FELT LAYER. A LATERALLY EXTENDING PORTION FROM THE CONNECTING MEMBER CAN BE PROVIDED FOR EACH ARRAY SO THAT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL OVERLAPPING OF SUCH INTERMEDIATE LAYERS OF ADJACENT ARRAYS. INSTEAD OF A PLEATED CONNECTING MEMBER, OTHER SUITABLE FOLDING MEMBERS MAY BE PROVIDED BETWEEN ADJACENT SHINGLE MEMBERS AND SUCH FOLDING MEMBERS MAY ALSO PROVIDE FOR A LATERAL DISPLACEMENT OF EVERY OTHER SHINGLE MEMBER WHEN THE FOLDING MEMBERS ARE ALIGNED BY PULLING THE ARRAY DOWN THE ROOF DECK.

Inventors

• 👤 Boyce Robert White

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