Insulated roof
AssigneeButler Manufacturing Company
InventorRobert J. Alderman
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Abstract
A reel of flexible sheet material of a width wider than the space between adjacent ones of the purlins in a roof structure is mounted on a support framework over a space between adjacent ones of the purlins. The framework is moved along the purlins and the reel of sheet material is progressively unrolled and the sheet material is formed and guided by the framework down into the space between the adjacent purlins to create a trough in the space between the adjacent purlins. Insulation material is placed in and supported in the trough of sheet material and additional hard insulation can be applied to the upper and lower flanges of the purlins and also can be applied to the purlins to span the space between adjacent ones of purlins. Hard sheets of roofing material are applied to the purlins to cover the roof structure.
Claims5
Apparatus for installing insulation material in the roof of an industrial building and the like comprising a framework for supporting a reel of sheet material, guide means for guiding said framework along a pair of adjacent parallel purlins in the roof structure, and means extending below said guide means for protruding downwardly between the adjacent parallel purlins and urging the sheet material downwardly between the adjacent ones of the purlins.
Apparatus for installing insulation material in the roof of an industrial building of the type including a plurality of spaced parallel purlins, said apparatus comprising a framework, framework support means mounted on said framework for supporting said framework on and guiding said framework along the lengths of adjacent ones of the purlins of the roof structure, reel support means for supporting a reel of sheet material on said framework above the purlins of the roof structure, sheet material guide means for guiding the portion of the sheet material extending from the reel of sheet material in a downward direction and along the lengths of the purlins in the roof structure as the framework moves along the purlins, said sheet material guide means including guide elements at opposite sides of said framework extending below said framework for extending down into the space between the purlins and arranged to urge the sheet material down into the space between the purlins and to form the sheet material in a trough shape so that the side portions of the sheet material extend upwardly from the central portion of the sheet material and up over the purlins.
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