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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
May. 09, 2005
Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Robert L. Jenkins, Honey Brook, PA (US);
Richard Krause, Collegeville, PA (US);
Joseph Quaranta, Yardley, PA (US);
Kermit Stahl, North Wales, PA (US);
Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Robert L. Jenkins, Honey Brook, PA (US);
Richard Krause, Collegeville, PA (US);
Joseph Quaranta, Yardley, PA (US);
Kermit Stahl, North Wales, PA (US);
CertainTeed Corporation, Valley Forge, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of making a shingle and the shingle made in accordance with such method are provided, in which a shingle-forming layer of shingle material has a plurality of marks applied thereto prior to or after application of decorative granules to its tab region, and wherein the locations of the marks are sensed by a sensor, that then activates and controls the operation and placement of various shingle-completion steps as a function of the placement of the marks.