Abstract:
A sheet of building material having a decorative outer surface comprising an embossed panel with segments of different thickness and grooves formed in the outer surface between adjacent segments, said outer surface covered with a first ground coat of solid color, a second coat of stain applied and wiped to provide elongated streaks, a third solid color ground coat applied to the surface of said segments exclusive of said grooves and a finish coating comprising a printed pattern of wood grain. Apparatus for the production of said decorative panels includes means for applying a liquid coloring agent over said surface and wiping the same with an elongated belt of woven fabric movable relatively over the surface at a selected rate and biased into wiping contact with said surface by a rotary brush having a plurality of bristles, with free ends of bristles relatively movable with respect to the woven fabric belt and rotated to movingly penetrate at least some of the openings in said woven fabric thereby forming elongated streaks of coloring agent on said surface of said panel.
Abstract:
A thick butt composition shingle system, each shingle comprising a body having parallel upper and lower longitudinal edges and an outer weather face, first narrow strip means along the lower edge and disposed beneath the body of each shingle for securing the lower edge of the shingle to a supporting roof or wall structure and second narrow strip means along the upper edge of the body of each shingle for abutting engagement with the first strip means on the shingles in a next higher row, a tab member for each shingle comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart shingle tabs integrally joined with an upper elongated strip portion and defining open spaces between said tabs exposing portion of a shingle base thereunder, said open spaces being defined by lower edge segments of said elongated strip and opposite side edges of adjacent tabs, each tab having a lower edge spaced from said edge segment whereby said tab lower edges are aligned with said lower edges of an underlying shingle base and said edge segments are aligned with a lower edge of a shingle base in the next upper row thus providing a double edge thick butt appearance for said shingles laid in place.