Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.

Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC

Owens-corning Fiberglass Technology, Inc.

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Owens-corning Fiberglas Corporation

David Paul Aschenbeck

Ronald A Houpt

Russell M Potter

Clarke Berdan, Ii

Bert Whitmore Elliott

Donn R Vermilion

Lawrence Jerome Grubka

William Edwin Smith

Jonathan Michael Verhoff

James E Loftus

Christina Marie Wise

Carmen Anthony LaTorre

Christopher Patrick Kasprzak

David Michael Ploense

Edward Richard Harrington, Jr

Tod D Green

Shu Situ-Loewenstein

Benjamin Barszcz

Michael T Pellegrin

Michael Eugene Evans

Carla A Miller

W Scott Miller

Roberta L Alkire

David Brian Ollett

John R Mumaw

John David Phillips

Patrick M Gavin

Carl R Strauss

Jean E Schelhorn

William Huykman

James S Belt

Edward R Harrington

James G Snyder

Steven G Schmitt

William A Watton

William M Babbitt

Frank Joseph Macdonald

George T Henry, Jr

William David Graham

Thomas Paul Copeland

Richard Smith

Ramesh K Patel

Barry L Shupp

Clarke Berdan Ii

Willilam M Babbitt

An exemplary shingle includes at least one coated shingle sheet defining a headlap portion and a tab portion each having opposed upper and lower surfaces. A first line of adhesive is adhered to one of the upper surface of the headlap portion and the lower surface of the tab portion, and includes a first thermally activated adhesive material. A second line of adhesive is adhered to one of the upper surface of the headlap portion and the lower surface of the tab portion, and includes a second thermally activated adhesive material having a minimum activation temperature less than a minimum activation temperature of the first thermally activated adhesive material.

Shingle sealing arrangements

A shingle including a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, an asphalt layer, a layer of granules, and a spacing layer is provided. The asphalt layer covers at least a portion of the top surface and the layer of granules is adhered to the asphalt layer. The spacing layer is attached beneath at least a portion of the bottom surface.

Roofing shingles

An asphalt-based roofing material includes a coating having a top portion containing a mixture of asphalt and igneous and/or metamorphic rock particles, while the mat portion of the coating contains a mixture of asphalt and a filler which contains less than 10% igneous and/or metamorphic rock particles. In other embodiments, the top portion but not the bottom portion of the coating meets or exceeds a pliability standard, passes a weathering performance test, or has a high solar reflectance. In another embodiment relating to a laminated roofing material, the top portion but not the bottom portion has viscoelastic properties effective to prevent the coating from sticking to an adjacent shingle in a bundle. The invention also relates to a continuous process of applying first and second coatings to a mat for manufacturing a roofing material. In a first coating operation, a first asphalt-based coating is continuously applied to a first surface of the mat so that the first coating saturates the mat and forms a layer on the first surface. In a second coating operation, a second asphalt-based coating is continuously applied to a second surface of the mat so that the second coating forms a layer on the second surface. The second coating has different properties from the first coating.

Roofing materials having engineered coatings

A demolding apparatus for removing molded building products from a mold has a conveyor assembly to advance the mold in a machine direction. A removal mechanism contacts a dislodged portion of the molded building product and applies a dislodging force to the dislodged portion of the molded building product.

Apparatus for demolding building products from a mold

A method and apparatus for making shingles includes discharging blend drop granules onto first sections of a moving sheet, and discharging background granules onto second sections of the sheet where the second sections are different from the first sections.

Method and apparatus for efficient application of prime background shingle granules

A method for depositing granules () onto a substrate () comprises providing a hopper () for granules with a discharge slot (), moving a gate () across the slot to open and close the slot so that when the slot is open granules fall from the hopper and when the slot is closed granules are prevented from falling from the hopper, and detecting the speed of the substrate and controlling the extent of opening of the slot by the gate to meter the granules falling from the hopper in response to the speed of the substrate.

Method of depositing granules onto a moving substrate

A laminated shingle has a rendered shadow design when placed with other similar shingles on a roof deck. The laminated shingle includes an overlay member and an underlay member fixedly attached to each other. The overlay member includes an upper or headlap portion and a lower or exposed butt portion with one or more tabs separated by cutouts. The underlay member is coated with a layer of relatively dark granules to form vertically and horizontally-oriented underlay shading areas. In one embodiment, one or both vertical edges of at least one tab are generally parallel to the vertically-oriented longitudinal axis of the vertically-oriented shading area to expose a portion of the shading area.

Shingle with a rendered shadow design

In a process to control the heating of a coating material for a roof covering, the coating material is heated using a heat exchange medium in a continuous process. The heat exchange medium is cooled in response to a slowdown or stoppage of the continuous heating process to maintain the temperature of the coating material below a predetermined level.

Controlled heating of a coating material

Apparatus for depositing granules onto a substrate includes a hopper for containing granules, the hopper having a discharge slot, and a reciprocating gate mounted for rotation across the slot to open and close the slot. A method of depositing granules onto a moving substrate includes providing a hopper for containing granules, where the hopper has a discharge slot. A gate is moved across the slot to open and close the slot. When the slot is open granules fall from the hopper, and when the slot is closed granules are prevented from falling from the hopper. The method further includes detecting the speed of the substrate, and controlling the extent of opening of the slot by the gate to meter the granules falling from the hopper in response to the speed of the substrate.

Shingle granule valve and method of depositing granules onto a moving substrate

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Newark, OH, United States of America

David Paul Aschenbeck