Patent ID: 9725910
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B05C,B65D,E04D

Claim:
1. A device for depositing granules on a roof, the device comprising: a hopper which is at least partially filled with the granules, wherein the hopper is configured to deposit the granules onto bonding material that has been oozed from a seam between adjacent sheets of roofing material; a valve which selectively opens and closes, wherein the granules stored in the hopper flow through the valve in response to gravity when the valve is at least partially open, wherein flow of the granules from the hopper is not assisted by any of an agitator, an auger, and air pressure, wherein the valve comprises a closure member and an actuator, wherein the actuator is a lever pivotally mounted to the hopper and lateral displacement of the lever laterally displaces the closure member in an opposite direction, and wherein the actuator displaces the closure member to various lateral positions between and including opened and closed positions, thereby adjusting a width of the granules that exit the hopper through the valve; and a chassis that includes the hopper, at least one front wheel, at least one rear wheel, and a handle mounted to the chassis, wherein the wheels are rotatably mounted to the chassis, and wherein the handle is configured to selectively raise the front wheel or the rear wheel from the roof.