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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM W. JONES, OF MORO, TEXAS.
SHINGLE-GAGE.No. 823,874.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. JONES, a
citizen of the United States of America, re-
siding at Moro, in the county of Taylor and
5 State'of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Shingle-Gages,
of which the following is such a full, clear, and
exact description as will enable others skilled
in the art to which it appertains to make and
io use the same.
This invention relates to improvements in
shingle-gages, and has for its object the pro-
vision of a simple and efficient tool by the
use of which roofing-shingles may be laid in
15 regular courses properly spaced apart.
The invention consists in certain novel
features hereinafter first fully described and
then particularly pointed out in the claims.
In the annexed drawings, which fully illus-
20 trate the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of
the improved shingle-gage in its operative po-
sition, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same.
The gage comprises a bar or standard 1
and a series of arms or rests 2, secured to and
25 projecting laterally from the said bar. The
arms or rests project from the bar at right
angles thereto and are so spaced apart that
their upper edges 3 mark intervals equal to
the usual distances between succeeding
30 courses of shingles as laid upon a roof. The
arms decrease in length from the bottom one
to the top one, so that a number of courses
may be laid in the course of one trip along
the length of the roof. The arms are secured
35 rigidly in suitable seats in the under side of
the bar or standard, which are slightly in-
clined, so that the several arms or rests will
follow the inclination of the shingles and rest
flat against the same when the gage is in use..
4o The upper edge of each arm or rest is formed
with aflug 4, against which the lower end of a
shingle is rested and between the said lug and
the standard the rest has its upper edge cut
away, as shown at 5, so that the gage may be
45 moved over the roof without undue friction
against.the lower ends of the shingles.
The manner of using the device will be
readily understood. The first row of shin-
gles is laid in the usual manner, and a gage-
5or board 6 is secured along the lower edge there-
of. The gage is then placed in position on
the upper edge of the gage-board with the
'lower edge of the lowermost arm 2 resting
squarely upon the .upper edge of the gage-
55 board. A shingle of the second row is thenPatented June 19,1906.
secured in place with its lower end against
the upper edge of the said arm 2, after.which
the gage is moved inward over the roof to
mark the position of the second shingle in the
row. As the gage is thus moved inward over 6o
the roof from the end thereof the successive
arms will be brought into .position over the
previously-secured shingles and will succes-
sively mark the position to be given the shin-
gles of the other rows. In this manner sev- 65
eral rows of shingles may be laid during one
trip across the roof. In the form of the de-
vice illustrated five rows of shingles are laid,
the bottom row being secured in position
with their lower ends against the gage-board 70
and each of the four arms projecting from the
standard marking a row. After the five
rows have been finished the gage-board is re-
moved and secured along the lower edge of
the uppermost row of shingles and the opera- 75
tion of shingling performed as before. By
having the arms project from both sides of
the standard the gage may be used to work
from either end of the roof with equal fa-
cility. 8o
Having thus described my invention, what
I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent, is--
1. A shingle-gage comprising a standard
and a plurality of arms or rests secured to 85
and projecting laterally from the standard at
right angles thereto, the said several arms
successively decreasing in length upward and
arranged in parallel planes which are in-
clined relative to the plane of the standard. 90
.2. A shingle-gage comprising a standard
and a plurality of arms or rests secured to
and projecting laterally from the standard at
right angles thereto and provided withlugs on
their upper edges at their outer ends. 95
3. A shingle-gage comprising a removable
gage-board, a standard arranged to rest upon
the upper edge of the said board, and a plu-
rality of arms secured to and projecting lat-
erally from the said standard, the lower edge 100
of the lowermost arm being arranged to rest
upon the upper edge of the gage-board.
In testimony whereof I have signed this
specification in the presence of two subscrib-
ing witnesses.
WILT.JAM W. JONES
Witnesses:
G. W. LEwIs,
G. W. HERODSpecification of Letters Patent.
Application filed March 27, 1906. Serial To. 308,259.
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Jones, William W. Shingle-Gage, patent, June 19, 1906; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509760/m1/2/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.