Tool for installing insulation
AssigneeCertainTeed Corporation
InventorsPierre LOMBARD, Michael J. LEMBO
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Abstract
A tool that can include a head configured to span a cavity, a first feeder configured to feed a membrane to the head, where the head is configured to fix the membrane across the cavity as the head moves along the cavity, and a second feeder configured to feed insulation into the cavity. A method can include engaging adjacent support structures in a building with a tool that includes a head; a first feeder; and a second feeder, feeding, via the first feeder, a membrane to the head, attaching the membrane to the adjacent support structures, and feeding, via the second feeder, insulation into a cavity between the adjacent support structures.
Claims20
A tool for installing insulation, the tool comprising:
- a head configured to span a cavity;
- a first feeder configured to feed a membrane to the head, wherein the head is configured to fix the membrane across the cavity as the head moves along the cavity;
- and
- a second feeder configured to feed insulation into the cavity as the head moves along the cavity.
A method for installing insulation, the method comprising:
- engaging adjacent support structures in a building with a tool, the tool comprising:
- a head;
- a first feeder;
- and
- a second feeder;
- feeding, via the first feeder, a membrane to the head;
- attaching the membrane to the adjacent support structures;
- and
- feeding, via the second feeder, insulation into a cavity between the adjacent support structures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.