Claims
- 1. Apparatus for installing insulation on building walls comprising:
a carriage including a base frame and an upper frame; said upper frame including an insulation roll support that supports a roll of insulation about a roll axis; said base frame having rolling elements that provide movement of said base frame in a direction parallel to the roll axis; said upper frame being tiltably mounted on said base frame for movement about a leveling axis that extends parallel to the base frame and perpendicular to the roll axis to provide leveling of the roll axis when the base frame is inclined from said-to-side in its direction of movement.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said upper frame includes a roll brake biased in a direction to engage the outer surface of an insulation roll supported by said insulation roll support.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1 including a selectively operable insulation gripping device on said upper frame that selectively grips and holds the upper end portion of an insulation strip hanging downwardly from said upper frame.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said insulation roll support is elongated in a direction parallel to said leveling axis to support at least three rolls of insulation.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said insulation support includes a pair of spaced-apart toothed rails engageable by toothed sprockets at opposite ends of an insulation roll.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said rails terminate at an insulation dispensing station at which an insulation roll is rotatable about the roll axis while being held against movement along the rails.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said base frame has front and rear ends and opposite sides, said rolling elements including a pair of spaced-apart front rolling elements adjacent said frame front end and a pair of spaced-apart rear rolling elements adjacent said frame rear end, and a drive mechanism that rotatably drives all of said rolling elements in unison.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said drive mechanism includes flexible drive elements interconnecting said pair of front rolling elements and said pair of rear rolling elements, and drive shafts interconnecting said front and rear rolling elements.
- 9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said rolling elements include cogwheels.
- 10. Apparatus for installing insulation on building walls comprising:
a carriage including an insulation roll support that supports rolls of insulation about a roll axis; said insulation roll support including a pair of spaced-apart rails extending perpendicular to the roll axis for supporting rolls of insulation therebetween; said rails having a length sufficient to support at least three rolls of insulation thereon parallel to one another; said rails terminating at an insulation dispensing station whereat an insulation roll is rotatable about the roll axis while being held against movement along the rails.
- 11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said rails are toothed for cooperation with toothed sprockets on the insulation rolls.
- 12. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said carriage includes base and upper frames, and said upper frame is hingedly connected to said base frame about a central hinge axis extending perpendicular to the roll axis to provide selective tilting movement of said upper frame relative to said base frame.
- 13. The apparatus of claim 10 including rolling elements movably supporting said carriage, and a crank drive mechanism for rotating said rolling elements.
- 14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein at least some of said rolling elements include cogwheels.
- 15. The apparatus of claim 10 including a brake device movable into engagement with the outer periphery of a roll of insulation supported at said dispensing station.
- 16. The apparatus of claim 10 including a selectively operable insulation gripping device that grips and holds a strip of insulation hanging down from said carriage.
- 17. Apparatus for installing insulation on building walls comprising:
a carriage including an insulation roll support that supports a roll of insulation about a roll axis; said carriage having front and rear ends; rolling elements adjacent said front and rear ends that support said carriage for movement in a direction parallel to the roll axis; and a drive mechanism that rotatably drives at least the rolling elements located adjacent said front end.
- 18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein said drive mechanism rotatably drives all of said rolling elements in unison.
- 19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein said drive mechanism includes flexible drive elements that drive said front rolling elements, and drive shafts extending between said front and rear rolling elements.
- 20. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein at least certain of said rolling elements include cogwheels.
- 21. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein said carriage includes base and upper frames, said rolling elements being on said base frame and said insulation roll support being on said upper frame, said upper frame being tiltable relative to said base frame to allow positioning of the roll axis horizontally when said base frame is inclined to the horizontal.
- 22. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein said upper frame is tiltable about a central leveling axis extending in a direction from front-to-rear of said carriage perpendicular to the roll axis.
- 23. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein said insulation roll support includes a pair of spaced-apart toothed support rails engageable by toothed sprockets on an insulation roll mandrel.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims subject matter disclosed in U.S. provisional application Serial No. 60/194,750 filed Apr. 5, 2000, the benefit of the filing date of which is hereby claimed.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60194750 |
Apr 2000 |
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