Patent ID: 6672024
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: E04D,E04F

Abstract:
An applicator for progressively laying sheet material on spaced apart parallel purlins during construction of a roof wherein the sheet material is progressively applied to the purlins and roof panels are applied progressively behind the sheet material, comprising:a support carriage for mounting on adjacent purlins, said carriage having a front and a rear, carriage support means mounted on said carriage for supporting said carriage on adjacent purlins of a roof, said carriage support means positioned between said front and rear of said carriage so that said carriage is tiltable about said carriage support means, a reel support mounted on said carriage for supporting a reel of sheet material on said carriage, said carriage and said reel support configured so that the center of gravity of said carriage, said reel support and a reel of sheet material supported on said reel support is positioned between said rear of said carriage and said carriage support means, a purlin engager mounted to the front of said carriage for frictionally engaging a purlin on which said carriage support means is mounted when the front of the carriage is tilted up in response to the weight of the carriage acting through its center of gravity.