Apparatus and method for applying tape
AssigneeThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
InventorRonald Skoczylas
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may provide an apparatus and method for applying a tape such as a seam tape onto a surface such as a roof. The apparatus may include one or more supply wheels and a powered or motorized paper or backing wheel having one or more collapsible or moveable paper or backing hinge bars. The hinge bars may be moved to a standing position to wind up paper or backing produced by the supply wheels when the tape is applied onto the surface, and may be moved to a collapsed position to allow the paper or backing be removed from the paper or backing wheel.
Claims20
An apparatus for applying a tape onto a surface, the apparatus comprising:
- a set of supply wheels;
- and
- a motorized backing wheel having a plurality of collapsible backing hinge bars,
- wherein the backing wheel is to wind up a backing produced by the supply wheels when applying the tape onto the surface.
A method of applying a tape having a backing onto a surface, the method comprising driving a motor to rotate a backing wheel to wind up a backing produced by one or more supply wheels when applying the tape onto the surface.
An apparatus for applying a seam tape onto a roof, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more supply wheels;
- and
- a powered paper or backing wheel having a set of collapsible paper hinge bars, wherein the paper or backing wheel is to wind up excess paper peeled from the tape by the supply wheels when the tape is applied onto the surface of roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.