Patent ID: 11971059
Assignee: nan
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  E | IPC F

Claim 5:
6. A method of installing a single-ply roofing layer to a substructure, comprising:
inserting an induction roofing fastener into a substructure layer without piercing a structural layer, the induction roofing fastener comprising
an anchor plate having a raised bonding surface and an adhesive layer atop the bonding surface;
a staple having two or more free ends oriented in a same direction; and
a hollow shank contacting, and extending perpendicularly away from, the anchor plate and having one or more openings along a free end,
wherein a plurality of heat sink orifices are provided along the bonding surface,
wherein the staple is insertable within a hollow portion of the hollow shank and the two or more free ends of the staple are extendable through the one or more openings along the free end of the hollow shank;

depressing the staple within the hollow portion of the hollow shank such that the two or more free ends of the staple are extended through the one or more openings along the free end of the hollow shank and into the substructure layer;
covering the anchor plate with the single-ply roofing layer such that the adhesive layer contacts the single-ply roofing layer;
applying heat to a portion of the single-ply roofing layer directly covering the anchor plate; and
allowing heat to dissipate from the heat sink orifices to bond the single-ply roofing layer and anchor plate together,
wherein the single-ply roof layer partially melts within each heat sink orifice as heat is allowed to dissipate.