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US 12,290,832 B1Granted
Heat gun engaging roller tool for use in applying adhesive sheet material to surfaces
OwnerKenneth J. Calman, Kathryn S. Calmaninventors
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Abstract
A roller with a roller attachment adapted to be releasably engaged or attached to the output tube of a heat gun and to direct that hot air output toward the sheet material at a point where it is being applied ahead of the roller, and a method of applying a sheet material by comprising smoothing the sheet material against a surface.
Claims10
A roller device, comprising:
- a. a roller bracket rotatably supporting a roller having a roller surface;
- b. a handle portion extending along a first direction from said roller bracket;
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- c. a heat gun-roller attachment/engagement bracket extending a second direction from said roller bracket and having at least one aperture adapted to releasably engage a output tube of a heat gun;
- wherein said heat gun-roller attachment/engagement bracket extends at an obtuse angle to said handle portion.
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A sheet material application system comprising:
- a. a roller bracket rotatably supporting a roller having a roller surface;
- b. a handle portion extending along a first direction from said roller bracket;
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- c. a heat gun-roller attachment/engagement bracket extending a second direction from said roller bracket, and having at least one aperture to releasably engage a output tube of a heat gun;
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- d. the heat gun having a handle and an output nozzle, said output nozzle releasably extending through said at least one aperture;
- wherein said heat gun-roller attachment/engagement bracket extends at an obtuse angle to said handle portion.
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A method of applying a sheet material to a surface by a heat-activated adhesive borne on the sheet material using an integrated roller system having at least one handle and an affixed roller, the method comprising the steps:
- a. placing the sheet material against the surface having a contour;
- b. directing heat toward the sheet material so as to activate the heat-activated adhesive, said heat being directed from a sheet material application system comprising:
- 1. A roller bracket rotatably supporting a roller having a roller surface;
- 2. A handle portion extending along a first direction from said roller bracket;
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- 3. A heat gun-roller attachment/engagement bracket extending a second direction from said roller bracket, and having at least one aperture to releasably engage an output tube of a heat gun;
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- 4. A heat gun having the heat gun handle and an output nozzle, said output nozzle releasably extending through said at least one aperture;
- c. orienting said handle portion so as to place the roller against the sheet material;
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- d. smoothing the sheet material against the surface with said roller so as to adhere a first portion of said sheet material onto the surface, such that said first portion of said sheet material follows the contour of said surface;
- e. rotating said handle portion with respect to said heat gun handle following step d.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.