Molded synthetic hip, ridge or rake shingle and process and apparatus for molding same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8371072
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12550485

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A molded hip, ridge or rake shingle is provided that is shaped to fit over angled intersecting planar surface of a roof hip, ridge or rake, by making a shingle precursor and draping it in heated condition over a rack having surfaces that have an included angle therebetween to cool and take form, such that portions of the shingle precursor conform to the surfaces of the rack, at a desired predetermined included angle between the shingle precursor portions, to form a hip, ridge or rake shingle with shingle portions having the desired included angle between the shingle portions. The shingle is formed according to the process, and on an apparatus, to produce the shingles that can be applied to a roof, in an array of shingles.

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CERTAINTEED CORPORATION750 EAST SWEDESFORD ROAD VALLEY FORGE PA 19482

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
MacKinnon, Thomas Kevin Daniel Island, US 18 180
Shanes, Larry Wayne Wake Forest, US 4 38

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