Spreader broom unit for application of roofing mastic

Apparatus for evenly spreading a flowable roofing material, comprising:

• an elongated, hollow delivery bar presenting a leading margin and a trailing margin and adapted to be pulled across a roofing surface and having a pair of opposed ends and a plurality of material delivery openings therethrough along the length of the bar;
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• a material spreader positioned adjacent said bar for spreading material delivered through said bar openings, said spreader comprising first and second elongated, generally side-by-side brooms oriented for engaging and spreading said material,
• both of said brooms located in trailing relationship to said trailing margin of said delivery bar whereby both of said brooms engage and spread material delivered from the bar during pulling of the bar across said roofing surface,
• at least one of said brooms presenting a pair of broom ends, said broom ends being located outboard of said ends of said bar.

Apparatus for evenly spreading a flowable roofing material, comprising:

• an elongated, hollow delivery bar adapted to be pulled across a roofing surface and having a pair of opposed ends and a plurality of material delivery openings therethrough along the length of the bar;
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• a material spreader positioned adjacent said bar for spreading material delivered through said bar openings, said spreader comprising first and second elongated, generally side-by-side brooms oriented for engaging and spreading said material,
• at least one of said brooms having an elongated, rigid central portion presenting a central portion longitudinal axis and a pair of elongated, rigid side portions presenting respective side portion longitudinal axes, said side portions extending from said central portion in a direction towards said bar with the respective side portion longitudinal axes being oriented at an oblique angle relative to the central portion longitudinal axis whereby the one broom presents a generally concave configuration in plan.