Staple gun application of vinyl siding
AssigneeNational Gypsum Company
InventorThomas R. Krowl
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Abstract
A pneumatically operated staple gun with an adjustably spaced away elongate guide shoe allows control, with fine adjustment, of depth of penetration of staples, when stapling, through nailing slots of vinyl siding, into thick low density insulating boards. Shoe includes slot locating means in one embodiment.
Claims5
The method of applying vinyl siding over relatively low density insulation board comprising the steps of placing an elongate strip of vinyl siding, having a plurality of longitudinally aligned, elongated nailing slots, over said insulation board forming the exterior flat subsurface of a building, placing a powered staple gun in position to fire a staple so that one staple leg will extend through one of said nailing slots in the siding top edge portion and the other staple leg will be disposed above the top edge of said siding, said staple gun having an adjustable shoe firmly held relative to said siding adjustably fixing the distance from the staple outlet to the vinyl siding between said nailing slot and said siding top edge, firing said staple gun so as to place a staple through said insulation board, and repeating as necessary.
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