The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-12-23

An Invention W0lC0 promises 10
revolutioni1e the building industry
has been perfected and put into oper-
alton at the Washoe smelter. One
little machine, 80 by 80 by "a inches,
the demonstration model, now in OPP
Grafton at the smelter, IL capable of
producing copper or zinc shingles at
the rate Of 1000 an hour, while
other processes evolved in the expert
mental laboratory at the smelter will
give the product of the machine
permanent color ranging from light
green to q dark brown. Practically
indestructible, the single Is a radi-
cal departure from anything now on
the market, and according to archi-
tects and builders who have examin-
ed it will fill long felt want in con-
struction projects.
Discarding the Objectionable feat
ures of manufactured shingles and
Incorporating the best features OF
wooden ones, the department heads
of the research department of the
smelter, in the short space Of 80 days
have invented and built machinery,
perfected coloring processes. and
started the manufacture of shingles
on a small SCALE
Idea of Mr.. Laist
The idea for the single had its in
ception in the brain of Frederick
Laist, manager of the smelter; the
machinery for the manufacture of
the single was invented and per-
fected by L. e. Jones, head of the
electrical department: the coloring
process was evolved in the expert
mental laboratory from the fund OF
Information accumulated over a Pc
Rod of years, and the first machine
was built and put into operation by
AL Campbell, chief mechanic, from
the drawings by Jones.
Striking out on an original. line
Mr.. Jones had evolved machine ca.
|pable Of producing 1000 shingles an
hour, ranging in size from by IL
inches, for dwellings, to Is inches
by 1S feet, for large buildings. A
single turn of crankshaft brings into
operation q series Of cogs, punches
and cams that simultaneously per
to produce the finished produce. 81
ingenious is the invention that thu
only human help required in its op
GRAFTON is the labor of one man IL
lplacing the metal blanks on the feet
table, and in removing the shingl'
from the pile at the opposite side o
1.-The machines.
Tho metal blank Is automaticall,
fed to the machine, which cuts tn,
corners, punches two nail holes
makes six folds in the metal, an.
Iejects, counts and stacks the finish
ed produce. Only two other opera
tions are necessary to place the shin
lgles on the market: immersion in tn
coloring solution and packing TO
shipment. In its finished state tn
single will meet the demand of an,
kind of a structure. and will outlas
the building.
Plans are now being perfected 70
the manufacture on large scale O
the shingles. The first plant will b
Established at Raritan, N. j., and will
be opened in the near future. Whel
the machinery is installed 1t will
as nearly perfect as it Is possible t
make It. The first machine has eS
ceeded the expectation of the inven
tor, and the improvements added t
it since it was put into operation les
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every operation heretofore performe
by an auxiliary machine, exceptin
the rolling of the sheet blanks.
Thoroughly Tested
Before entering into the manufat
ture of the single, the company Of
.. ficials subjected 1t to every concei,
7 able test. A sufficient number G
the shingles. inches wide and
I inches long. were placed on the roc
Of one of the buildings at the smeltel
Il These shingles were subjected to
five hour test under fire hose, will
out injury to the roof. Not dro
of water found its way through tn
mortises, nor was it possible for til