US 12,291,875 B1Granted

Commercial roofing screw machine

OwnerKurtis D. Scepaniakinventor

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Abstract

A commercial roofing screw machine has: a plurality of screw guns that each properly place and install screw and washer pairs, both securely and in the right location, from separate magazines; automated operation with automatic or manual fastening pattern selection; sensors to recognize insulation sheets or marking lines, the high and low rib on the decking through the insulation, and torque; an indicia generator that marks fastener locations that did not hold correctly; and wireless communications for remote status checks, new programming uploads, troubleshooting, issue and error reporting, communicating with like or complementary machines to complete tasks, communicating with a records and reporting system to document fasteners installed correctly and which ones failed and were fixed by humans, and other beneficial purpose, and enabling plans upload with feature locations identified to select a fastening pattern based on location on a building and wind uplift ratings.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A commercial roofing screw machine, comprising:

a conveyance configured to move said screw machine about a roof;
at least one sensor operative to distinguish roofing subfloor grooves and gaps from elevated attachment surfaces;
a plurality of screw machine modules configured to each simultaneously drive roofing washers and screws through a roofing layer into said elevated attachment surface and thereby affix said roofing layer to said elevated attachment surface;
said conveyance and said at least one sensor cooperative to align each of said plurality of screw machine modules to misalign with said subfloor grooves and gaps during said simultaneous driving of roofing washer and screw through said roofing layer into said elevated attachment surface;
a sensor configured to distinguish a successful screw installation from a failed installation, and produce an failed installation output responsive to distinguishing said failed installation;
and
a marking apparatus to produce a human readable indicia responsive to said failed installation output that is indicative of and uniquely identifies said failed installation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/120,105Filed 11 Dec 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 11 Dec 2019
Granted: 6 May 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

E04D 15/04
Apparatus or tools for roof working: for roof coverings comprising slabs, sheets or flexible material
B25B 21/002
Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; ; Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose: for special purposes
E04D 2015/047
Fixing to the roof supporting structure: by screwing
E04D
Roof coverings