Mechanized roof laying system
AssigneesJames E. Johnson, Rod Cropper, William J. Sharp
InventorRodney P. Burton
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Abstract
A mechanized roof shingle laying system has a plurality of lateral supports which are attached to a roof. Desirably, a plurality of horizontal track sections span the entire roof and engage alignment tabs on the lateral supports. A carriage, ridden by an operator, is movable along the horizontal track sections. Shingles carried by the carriage are laid on the roof along a lip guide of the horizontal track sections and produce an accurate alignment of the shingles. When a row of shingles has been laid in alignment upon the roof and fastened thereto, the horizontal track supports are moved to an adjacently spaced alignment tab of the lateral supports so that another row of shingles can be positioned on the roof. The system provides a high production rate with consistently good accurate alignment of the shingles.
Claims10
A mechanized system for applying shingles to a roof, comprising:
- at least a pair of lateral supports attachable to the roof, said lateral supports having a plurality of alignment tabs extending therefrom,
- at least one horizontal track section, said horizontal track section engaging said alignment tabs, said track section having a front alignment lip guide, said horizontal track sections having a platform, a frame, and spacer bars, said spacer bars connecting said platform to said frame and positioning said platform in a substantially level position, and
- a shingle carriage, said shingle carriage slidably engaging said track section so that shingles can be laid in alignment on the roof against said alignment lip guide.
A shingle alignment apparatus, comprising:
- a horizontal track section, said track section having a platform and an alignment lip, said platform being hingedly connected to said horizontal track section and being pivotally movable to a substantially level position, said horizontal track section having a frame and spacer bars, said spacer bars connecting said hinged platform to said frame, a pair of lateral supports supportable by a roof, said horizontal track section engaging said lateral supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.