Apparatus for rapid and accurate installation of wall siding planks in interlocking relationship

Abstract

Apparatus for installing siding over a wall composed of spaced apart studs and for forming an interlock of the siding and for providing easy installation and for resistance to high winds and for allowing waters to drain therefrom comprising an upside down U-shaped receiving member for being clipped on a first siding plank and connected to a second U-shaped receiving member with the second U-shaped receiving member being faced for receiving a second siding plank for creating the desired over lap relationship between the first and second siding planks. One form of the apparatus has a substantially U-shaped aperture formed therein for avoiding the studs when clipped on a siding plank. Another form of the apparatus has a second up side down U-shaped receiving member for being clipped on factory created end joints which may meet at any location on the wall without regard to the studs to form a joint.

Description

[0001] This invention relates to an apparatus which can be used in the installation of siding in overlapping relationship by one worker in a very rapid, safe, and accurate manner. Also this invention provides an apparatus which allows siding to be installed on a wall composed of spaced apart studs without regard for where the studs are located and have one plank with a factory created end joint meet another at its factory created end joint and yet create an interlocking relationship of the siding planks. This invention also, relates to creating a finished wall of siding planks with good aesthetics and resistance to high winds, because of its interlocking properties.[0002] The process of installing over lapping siding members to a wall, in the prior art, required two people in the installation process. One person would be on one end of a siding plank holding the siding and another person would be on the other end of the siding plank holding the other end, while some type of measuring...

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Benefits of technology

0011] The object of this invention is to provide an apparatus for rapid, safe, and accurate installation of siding over a wall composed of spaced apart studs, without regard to where

Problems solved by technology

If the cuts were not at right angles, then the points where the cut siding planks meet and were installed had to be caulked because there would be excessive space between the joints.

If there was an error in the measurements then a whole siding plank or some portion of it could become waste material which would drive up the cost of installation of the siding planks.

Therefore the prior art could not make very much use of every joint in the installation process which had been created as a factory end joint and which would provide for superior joints between butted siding planks.

The prior art also had the problem of holding accurate alignment around windows and doors and other openings which might even require an installer to remove planks previously installed and reinstall them in order to achieve alignment at the top of a window, door or other openings when they came to the top of the window, door, or other opening and continued installing full length planks again after continuing installation over the window, door or other opening again.

Also in the prior art, the cuts of the siding planks had to be made at perfect right angles which can be very difficult to achieve on consistent basis for the joint of one siding plank to meet the next siding plank to which it is abutted.

If the cuts was not a perfect right angle, then the joint can be ragged and not provide a quality installation or may require that the joint be caulked.

If the angle was too great off 90 degrees it could even cause a portion of the end to miss landing on the stud, which could leave a gap in the siding which would be difficult to fill with caulk.

In any event it required additional labor to cut and then caulk such joints when necessary and it drove up the prior art cost of installation in both labor and materials costs.

Many of the prior art devices for installing planks required a separate device for each size plank to be installed and on the larger planks the prior art devices were relatively heavy and cumbersome in size.

Therefore a worker could not carry very many of them up the scaffolding to be used in the installation process, which meant that the worker had to make frequent trips during the installation process for additional prior art devises to be used in the installation process.

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