Bert W Elliott

US Patent:

6421976, Jul 23, 2002

Filed:

Oct 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/429940

Inventors:

Bert Whitmore Elliott - Westerville OH
John David Phillips - Pataskala OH
Frank Joseph Macdonald - Granville OH

Assignee:

Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. - Summit IL

International Classification:

E04D 100

US Classification:

52555, 52557, 52559

Abstract:

A laminated shingle simulates a tiled roof when placed with other similar shingles on a roof deck. The laminated shingle includes an overlay member and an underlay member fixedly attached to each other. The overlay member includes an upper or headlap portion and a lower or exposed butt portion with one or more substantially identically shaped tabs with a cutout between each tab. The lower edge of the tabs may have a curving or negative contour. The tabs may taper in width from the butt edge to the lower edge of the headlap portion. The upper edge of the cutouts may have a generally straight contour or a generally curved contour. The lower edge of the underlay member may have a generally straight contour or a portion of the lower edge may have a generally curving contour. The overlay member and/or underlay member may include a darker shading area to enhance the tile simulating aspect of the shingle. In one embodiment, a plurality of shingles may be placed on a roof deck such that the tabs in the course of shingles are vertically aligned with the tabs in the adjacent course of shingles.

US Patent:

6457290, Oct 1, 2002

Filed:

Feb 29, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/516441

Inventors:

Bert Whitmore Elliott - Westerville OH

Assignee:

Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. - Summit IL

International Classification:

E04D 126

US Classification:

52557, 52554, 52555, 52559, 52314, 52315, 427188

Abstract:

A laminated shingle has a rendered shadow design when placed with other similar shingles on a roof deck. The laminated shingle includes an overlay member and an underlay member fixedly attached to each other. The overlay member includes an upper or headlap portion and a lower or exposed butt portion with one or more tabs separated by cutouts. The underlay member is coated with a layer of relatively dark granules to form vertically and horizontally-oriented shading areas. In one embodiment, one or both vertical edges of each tab are generally parallel to the vertically-oriented longitudinal axis of the vertically-oriented shading area to expose a portion of the shading area. In another embodiment, the width of each tab is randomly selected and the width of the vertically-oriented shading area is a function of the width of the adjacent tab. In yet another embodiment, the intensity of the shading areas can increase from the bottom to the top of each cutout. The overlay member can also include a layer of relatively dark granules randomly applied to the upper and lower edges of the tabs.

US Patent:

6521076, Feb 18, 2003

Filed:

Jun 30, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/607270

Inventors:

Bert Whitmore Elliott - Westerville OH

Assignee:

Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. - Summit IL

International Classification:

B32B 3100

US Classification:

156259, 156264, 156270, 156271, 156512, 156517, 52518

Abstract:

A method of manufacturing laminated roofing shingles comprises coating a continuously supplied shingle mat having a width W with roofing asphalt to make an asphalt coated sheet, and subjecting the asphalt coated sheet to one of two subsequent processes. The first process comprises covering the asphalt coated sheet with granules in a first pattern suitable for making laminated shingles with an overlay having tabs and cutouts, where the area of the tabs approximately equals the area of the cutouts, thereby forming a first granule covered sheet. The second process comprises covering the asphalt coated sheet with granules in a second pattern suitable for making laminated shingles with an overlay having tabs and cutouts, where the area of the tabs is substantially greater than the area of the cutouts, thereby forming a second granule covered sheet.

US Patent:

6578336, Jun 17, 2003

Filed:

Jun 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/161770

Inventors:

Bert Whitmore Elliott - Westerville OH

Assignee:

Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. - Summit IL

International Classification:

E04D 100

US Classification:

52555, 52557, 52559

Abstract:

A laminated shingle simulates a tiled roof when placed with other similar shingles on a roof deck. The laminated shingle includes an overlay member and an underlay member fixedly attached to each other. The overlay member includes an upper or headlap portion and a lower or exposed butt portion with one or more substantially identically shaped tabs with a cutout between each tab. The lower edge of the tabs may have a curving or negative contour. The tabs may taper in width from the butt edge to the lower edge of the headlap portion. The upper edge of the cutouts may have a generally straight contour or a generally curved contour. The lower edge of the underlay member may have a generally straight contour or a portion of the lower edge may have a generally curving contour. The overlay member and/or underlay member may include a darker shading area to enhance the tile simulating aspect of the shingle. In one embodiment, a plurality of shingles may be placed on a roof deck such that the tabs in the course of shingles are vertically aligned with the tabs in the adjacent course of shingles.

US Patent:

6698151, Mar 2, 2004

Filed:

Jun 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/161769

Inventors:

Bert Whitmore Elliott - Westerville OH

Assignee:

Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. - Summit IL

International Classification:

E04D 100

US Classification:

52555, 52557, 52559, 52314

Abstract:

A laminated shingle simulates a tiled roof when placed with other similar shingles on a roof deck. The laminated shingle includes an overlay member and an underlay member fixedly attached to each other. The overlay member includes an upper or headlap portion and a lower or exposed butt portion with one or more substantially identically shaped tabs with a cutout between each tab. The lower edge of the tabs may have a curving or negative contour. The tabs may taper in width from the butt edge to the lower edge of the headlap portion. The upper edge of the cutouts may have a generally straight contour or a generally curved contour. The lower edge of the underlay member may have a generally straight contour or a portion of the lower edge may have a generally curving contour. The overlay member and/or underlay member may include a darker shading area to enhance the tile simulating aspect of the shingle. In one embodiment, a plurality of shingles may be placed on a roof deck such that the tabs in the course of shingles are vertically aligned with the tabs in the adjacent course of shingles.

US Patent:

6748714, Jun 15, 2004

Filed:

Mar 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/090339

Inventors:

Bert W. Elliott - Westerville OH

Assignee:

Owens--Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. - Summit IL

International Classification:

E04D 128

US Classification:

52555, 52535, 52539, 52540, 52557, 52314, 428 48, 428 55, 428144, 428172, 428207

Abstract:

A trilaminate a trilaminate shingle, having a horizontal longitudinal orientation, includes an overlay sheet having series of tabs and cutouts extending horizontally across the shingle. The shingle also includes a middle sheet having a series of tabs and cutouts extending horizontally across the shingle. The middle sheet cutouts are narrower horizontally than the overlay cutouts. The shingle also includes an underlay sheet beneath the middle sheet. The middle sheet is laminated beneath the overlay so that portions of the middle sheet, including at least some of the middle sheet cutouts, are exposed through the overlay cutouts. The underlay is laminated beneath the middle sheet so that portions of the underlay are exposed through the middle sheet cutouts and through the overlay cutouts. The exposed portions of the underlay sheet are generally darker than the middle sheet.

US Patent:

6790307, Sep 14, 2004

Filed:

Jan 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/055864

Inventors:

Bert W. Elliott - Westerville OH

Assignee:

Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. - Summit IL

International Classification:

B32B 3100

US Classification:

156260, 156264, 156279, 156512, 118 56, 118 38, 118 39, 118 57, 118314, 427186, 427187, 427289, 4273981, 52554, 52557, 83929

Abstract:

A method of making shingles includes providing a moving asphalt coated sheet having at least an overlay lane and an underlay lane. Blend drops of at least two color blends are discharged onto each lane, wherein at least one of the blend drops discharged onto the overlay lane has a different color blend from the color blends of all the blend drops discharged onto the underlay lane. Background granules are then discharged onto the asphalt coated sheet to form a granule coated sheet, and the excess granules are removed from the granule coated sheet.

US Patent:

6823637, Nov 30, 2004

Filed:

Dec 31, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/334356

Inventors:

Bert W. Elliott - Westerville OH
David P. Aschenbeck - Newark OH

Assignee:

Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. - Summit IL

International Classification:

E04D 126

US Classification:

52557, 52314, 52554, 52555

Abstract:

A laminated shingle has a rendered shadow design when placed with other similar shingles on a roof deck. The laminated shingle includes an overlay member and an underlay member fixedly attached to each other. The overlay member includes an upper or headlap portion and a lower or exposed butt portion with one or more tabs separated by cutouts. The underlay member is coated with a layer of relatively dark granules to form vertically and horizontally-oriented underlay shading areas. In one embodiment, one or both vertical edges of at least one tab are generally parallel to the vertically-oriented longitudinal axis of the vertically-oriented shading area to expose a portion of the shading area.