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US 5,295,424 AGranted
Portable multiple shingle roof-cap cutter and method of using same
OwnerCharles J. Aulickyinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for cutting each of a plurality of multi-tabbed shingles into smaller portions useful as roof-cap is disclosed and claimed. The apparatus includes upper and lower cutting plates mounted in reciprocating opposed spacial relationship. Preferably, the apparatus is pneumatically powered and it is possible to cut multiple shingles in a single operation.
Claims8
A method of cutting a plurality of multi-tabbed shingles into portions suitable for use as roof-cap comprising in combination;
- (a) positioning a plurality of multi-tabbed shingles provided with slots on a stationary base-plate such that said slots of said shingles are disposed about two positioning posts affixed to said stationary base plate, which posts limit the lateral and longitudinal motion of said plurality of multi-tabbed shingles, said base plate being further provided with a first plurality of cutting edges, and
- (b) cutting said multi-tabbed shingles by way of a movable cutting plate having a second plurality of cutting edges positioned, configured and dimensioned to cooperate with said first plurality of cutting edges to cut said shingles into portions suitable for use as roof-cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.