Rolled fabric dispensing apparatus
AssigneeGuardian Fiberglass, Inc.
InventorGary E. Romes
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Abstract
Apparatus for installing rolled fabric as a vapor retarder in an insulated building structure which includes a frame member and a purlin contact which firmly biases the roll of fabric against the structural members on which the fabric is being laid but which is of a construction so as to avoid abutment with building cross members that would normally interfere with the dispensing operation.
Claims13
A rolled fabric dispensing device for applying a sheet of fabric from a roll of fabric over a first surface of a laterally extending flange member of a longitudinally extending structural member of a building, wherein said flange member includes a second surface opposite said first surface, the rolled fabric dispensing device comprising a frame member having attached thereto:
- a) a handle for moving said device along said structural building member when dispensing fabric from said device;
- b) a first guide member having a configuration capable of contacting said first surface of said laterally extending flange member and guiding said device along said flange member;
- c) a second guide member having a configuration and being locatable so as to be capable of contacting said second surface of said flange member and guiding said device along said flange member when said first guide member is in contact with said first surface;
- d) a fabric retaining member for locating a roll of fabric therein in a dispensing position;
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- e) a biasing mechanism which biases said first guide member into contact with said first surface, said second guide member into contact with said second surface and said fabric retaining member against a roll of fabric when located therein,
- wherein said biasing mechanism includes a biasing spring connectable at one end to said frame member and at the other end to said second guide member and means for connecting said biasing spring to said frame member and to said second guide means, said connecting means being so constructed as to allow said second guide means to be in biased contact with said second surface of said flange member when said flange member laterally extends in either the right or left lateral direction from said longitudinally extending structural member and wherein said connecting means includes two hollow tubes connected to said frame member, said frame member including a longitudinal beam member located in substantially the same plane as said longitudinally extending structural member when said guide members are biased onto their respective guiding position and wherein said hollow tubes are located with respect to said frame member so that one of said tubes is located on one side of said plane of said longitudinally extending structural member and the other said tube is located on the other side of said plane such that said second guide member is locatable on either side of said longitudinally extending frame member.
In a rolled fabric dispensing device for applying a sheet of fabric from a roll of fabric across a building structure comprised of at least one pair of spaced, longitudinally extending substantially parallel structural members, at least one of said members being comprised of a first edge and a second edge separated by a web portion, said second edge of at least one of said members having connected thereto a longitudinal flange member extending laterally from said second edge, said flange comprising a first surface and a second surface to which the sheet is applied, the building structure further including at least one laterally extending cross member connected at one end to the web portion of one of the two longitudinal structural members and at the other end to the web portion of the other of the two longitudinal structural members and so located with respect to the first surface of the flange member so as to define a glide space between the cross member and the flange member;
- the rolled fabric dispensing device comprising a frame member for contacting the second surface of the flange member, a rolled fabric retention member attached to the frame member for rotatably retaining the fabric roll in contact with the second surface of the flange member and a glide member attached to the frame member and engageable with the first surface of the flange member, the improvement comprising:
- wherein said glide member is so constructed as to be of a size and profile which allows said glide member to be unobstructed by said cross member when said glide member is in contact with the first surface of the flange member and is moved through said glide space and said sheet of fabric is dispensed by said device and applied to said second surface of said flange member;
- wherein said glide member is connected to the frame member by a mechanism which biases said glide member against the first surface of the flange member;
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- wherein said device includes two hollow tubes connected to said frame member, said frame member including a longitudinal beam member which is located in substantially the same plane as said longitudinal structural member which it contacts during dispensing of said fabric and wherein said two hollow tubes are located with respect to said frame member so that one of said tubes is located on one side of said plane of said longitudinal structural member and the other said tube is located on the other side of said plane such that said glide member is locatable on either side of the web portion of a said structural member having said flange member whose second surface has said sheet applied thereto.
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