Apparatus for laying roll roofing

Claim 2

Apparatus for laying a sheet of insulating material or the like on a pair of spaced apart support members in a roof support structure comprising a framework including support means for rotatably supporting a reel of insulating material, a pair of spaced apart guide means at one end of said framework for engaging and guiding the framework along the spaced apart support members in the roof structure, roller means at the other end of said framework for bearing against the spaced apart support members, whereby a reel of insulating material is placed on said support means and the free end thereof passed between said roller means and the spaced apart support members as the framework is moved along the spaced apart support members.

Claim 3

The invention of claim 1 and wherein said pair of spaced apart guide means comprise a pair of bars of L-shaped cross section with each bar oriented with one of its flanges extending in a downward direction and its other flange extending away from said framework, whereby the downwardly extending flanges of the L-shaped bars extend between adjacent ones of the spaced apart support members of the roof structure and the other flanges of the L-shaped bars rest on the top surfaces of the adjacent spaced apart support members.

Claim 4

The invention of claim 1 and wherein said support means for rotatably supporting a reel of insulating material comprises a rectilinear bar removably supported in a horizontal attitude by said framework.

Claim 5

The invention of claim 1 and wherein said framework comprises a normally horizontal base frame and normally upright side frame members connected to the sides of said base frame, and means for folding the side frame members over and adjacent to said base frame for storage purposes.

Claim 6

Apparatus for applying a sheet of material to spaced apart substantially parallel purlins or the like in a building structure comprising reel support means constructed and arranged to support a reel of the sheet material above a pair of adjacent ones of the purlins with the width of the sheet material spanning the space between the purlins, guide means connected to one end of said reel support means and constructed and arranged to engage the pair of purlins for moving the reel support means along the length of the purlins, and roller means for receiving the sheet material from the reel of the sheet material and applying the sheet material to the purlins.

Claim 7

Apparatus for applying a sheet of material to spaced apart substantially parallel purlins or the like in a building structure comprising reel support means constructed and arranged to support a reel of the sheet material above a pair of adjacent ones of the purlins with the width of the sheet material spanning the space between the purlins, guide means connected to one end of said reel support means and constructed and arranged to engage the pair of purlins for moving the reel support means along the length of the purlins, and roller means for receiving the sheet material from the reel of the sheet material and applying the sheet material to the purlins.

Claim 8

Apparatus for applying a sheet of material to spaced apart substantially parallel purlins or the like in a building structure comprising a framework and of a width wider than the spacing of adjacent ones of the purlins, framework guide means positioned at one end of said framework and constructed and arranged to engage a pair of adjacent ones of the purlins and guide the framework along the length of the purlins, said framework including upstanding side frames and a support bar supported at its ends by said side frames arranged to rotataBly support a reel of sheet insulating material or the like above the space between the purlins engaged by said framework guide means with the width of the sheet insulating material spanning the space between the purlins, and insulation guide means arranged to receive the sheet insulating material from the reel and apply the sheet insulating material to the purlins as the framework is guided along the purlins by said guide means.

Claim 9

Apparatus for applying a sheet of material to spaced apart substantially parallel purlins or the like in a building structure comprising a framework and of a width wider than the spacing of adjacent ones of the purlins, framework guide means positioned at one end of said framework and constructed and arranged to engage a pair of adjacent ones of the purlins and guide the framework along the length of the purlins, said framework including upstanding side frames and a support bar supported at its ends by said side frames arranged to rotataBly support a reel of sheet insulating material or the like above the space between the purlins engaged by said framework guide means with the width of the sheet insulating material spanning the space between the purlins, and insulation guide means arranged to receive the sheet insulating material from the reel and apply the sheet insulating material to the purlins as the framework is guided along the purlins by said guide means.

Claim 10

The apparatus of claim 6 and wherein said framework guide means comprises means for engaging the upper surfaces and facing surfaces of adjacent purlins.

Claim 11

The apparatus of claim 6 and wherein said framework guide means comprises a pair of rectilinear guides L-shaped in cross section facing outwardly and downwardly with respect to said framework and spaced apart a distance corresponding to the spacing adjacent ones of the purlins and arranged to extend along and engage the inner upper edges of adjacent ones of the purlins.

Claim 12

The invention of Claim 6 and wherein said insulation guide means comprises a roller rotatably connected at its ends to said framework and arranged to bear against the top surfaces of adjacent ones of the purlins or the sheet insulating material passing from the reel of sheet insulating material to the purlins.