US 5,205,103 AGranted

Shingle laying apparatus

OwnerRodney P. Burtoninventor

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Abstract

A shingle laying apparatus includes a first horizontally extending track; a second track formed by a pair of longitudinal track members extending at right angles to the first track, and a carriage frame mounted on the second track. The second track is mounted for movement in a horizontal direction to the first track and carries the carriage frame for horizontal movement across the roof. The carriage frame is mounted to the second track for movement toward the first track between releasably fixed position associated with appropriate placement of a row of shingles across the roof. The carriage frame include a planar surface forming a tray to carry a load of shingles and provide a seat for an operator laying a row of shingles while moving the frame horizontally along the roof. In the preferred embodiment, a fastener gun assembly is pivotally mounted on the carriage frame in a position for quickly fastening each shingle which is laid on the roof. Upon finishing a horizontal row of shingles, the operator, via a rachet assembly mounted on the frame which cooperates with stop pins provided on the second track members, caused the carriage member to move along the second track a measured distance associated with the next adjacent row of shingles to be laid.

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Dependent claims

A shingle laying apparatus comprising, in combination;

a) a first track detachably connected to and longitudinally extending a predetermined distance horizontally across a roof;
b) a second track including at least one pair of longitudinally extending track members spaced from one another and disposed at generally right angles relative to said first track;
c) means for mounting said second track to said first track for movement across said roof parallel to said first track, each of said track members of said second track extending along the pitch of said roof and including an elongate channel having a top opening extending parallel to the length of said track member and a plurality of stop pins, each laterally extending across and fixed within said elongate channel in longitudinally spaced relationship to one another;
d) a carriage frame provided with a platform conformed to carry a load of shingles and connected to said at least one pair of track members of said second track for horizontal movement with horizontal movement of said second track along said roof in a path parallel to said first track and slidably mounted on said pair of track members for movement longitudinally along said second track in a perpendicular direction to said first track;
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e) at least one lever arm pivotally mounted on each side of said carriage frame, each of said lever arms including a lower end extending downwardly and rearwardly into a respective one of said elongate channels of a respective track member and freely engaging a bottom surface of said elongate channel, said lower end conformed to engage a respective one of said laterally extending stop pins to prevent slideable travel of said carriage frame rearwardly from a higher to a lower position along said second track members.

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