Method and apparatus for applying foam plastic materials to a roof deck
OwnerRichard A. Westinventor
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Foamed plastic is applied on a roof substrate by progressively dispensing expandable plastic foam material on the substrate along a path and progressively confining the vertical and lateral expansion of the material along the path and relative to the substrate. Apparatus for applying the foamed plastic comprises a platform having opposite ends and opposite sides having an endless belt supported on the platform for displacement relative thereto in the direction between the opposite ends. The belt is supported above the roof substrate by laterally spaced rails or by tracks on the belt, and a motor is provided on the platform for driving the belt to move the platform along the path. A dispensing gun is supported on the front end of the platform for dispensing expandable plastic foam material onto the substrate ahead of the belt and vertical and lateral expansion of the material is confined by the belt and rails or tracks as the platform moves along the path.
Apparatus for applying foamed plastic material on a roof substrate along a path having a direction and between first and second support means laterally spaced apart with respect to said direction for supporting the apparatus spaced above the substrate for movement along the path on said support means, said apparatus comprising, platform means having opposite ends with respect to said direction and laterally opposite sides, endless belt means on said platform means, said belt means having laterally opposite sides spaced apart a distance greater than the space between said first and second support means, means supporting said belt means on said platform means for displacement relative thereto in the direction between said opposite ends, said belt means having a top flight and a bottom flight, means on said platform means for driving said belt means for said top flight to move in the direction from one of said ends toward the other, means on said platform means adjacent said other end for dispensing expandable plastic foam material onto said substrate, and said bottom flight being spaced below said platform means and engaging said first and second support means for said support means to support said apparatus spaced above said substrate for movement along said path.
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