Claims
- 1. In combination, a roof insulation support carriage having a support frame for spanning and mounting on a pair of adjacent ones of a plurality of parallel purlins of a roof structure and a reel support extending upwardly from said support frame for supporting a reel of flexible sheet material, so that as a plurality of the carriages are advanced forwardly along adjacent ones of the purlins flexible sheet material is paid out from reels of flexible sheet material supported by said reel supports and is laid behind the carriages onto the adjacent purlins,
a sheet support connected to said carriage and having a rear segment extending rearwardly behind said carriage for spanning the space behind the carriage between the adjacent purlins on which said carriage is mounted and for supporting the sheet material paid out behind said carriage, said sheet support having side segments extending to opposed sides of said carriage beyond the purlins on which said carriage is mounted for supporting the flexible sheet material laid by other carriages on opposite sides of said carriage.
- 2. The combination of claim 1, wherein said sheet support is configured to rest on the purlins of a roof structure on which said carriage rests.
- 3. The combination of claim 1, wherein said sheet support is pivotally connected to said carriage and is configured to rest on the purlins of a roof structure on which the carriage rests.
- 4. The combination of claim 1, wherein said sheet support comprises tubing in a substantially closed shape sized for surrounding said carriage.
- 5. The combination of claim 1, wherein said carriage is configured to ride over the flexible sheet material as the sheet material is paid out from said carriage onto the purlins of a roof structure and said sheet support is configured to pass beneath the sheet material paid out by said carriage.
- 6. The combination of claim 1, wherein said sheet support is configured to move in unison with said carriage and to pass beneath the sheet material as said carriage is advanced along the purlins of a roof structure.
- 7. The combination of claim 1, wherein said sheet support surrounds said carriage and is pivotally connected to said carriage and configured to rest on the purlins of the roof structure on which said carriage is mounted.
- 8. The combination of claim 1, wherein said sheet support defines a pair of slots between said rear segment and said side segments for registering with the purlins of a roof structure.
- 9. The combination of claim 8, wherein said slots are wider then the purlins so that hard roof panels can be applied to the purlins over said rear segment and said side segments and fastened through said slots to the purlins of a roof structure without fastening said sheet support to the purlins.
- 10. A sheet support for supporting flexible sheet material between adjacent ones of a pair of purlins of a plurality of purlins of a roof structure, when the flexible sheet material extends rearwardly from a roof insulation support carriage that is mounted on the pair of purlins, comprising:
a forward segment for placement in front of a roof insulation support carriage, said forward body segment of a width sufficient to span adjacent purlins and to be pushed by the carriage along the lengths of the purlins, a rear segment for placement behind a roof insulation support carriage for spanning the space between the purlins, and side segments positioned on opposite sides of said rear segment for placement in the space between the purlins on which the carriage rests and the next adjacent purlins, said side segments and said rear segment attached to said forward segment so that when a roof insulation support carriage is advances along the purlins, said forward segment is pushed by the roof insulation support carriage and pulls said rear and side segments.
- 11. The sheet support of claim 10, wherein said sheet support is formed of a closed loop tube structure.
- 12. The sheet support of claim 10, wherein slots are formed between said rear segment and said side segments for registering with adjacent ones of the purlins of a roof structure.
- 13. A sheet support for placement on adjacent purlins next to a carriage that pays out flexible sheet material onto adjacent ones of purlins of a roof structure, comprising:
a rear segment for placement behind a carriage that spans the space between the purlins on which the carriage is mounted, and support means configured to engage the purlins for supporting said rear segment from the purlins on which the carriage is supported.
- 14. The sheet support of claim 13, and further including:
side segments positioned on opposite sides of said rear segment for extending beyond the purlins on which the carriage is supported for supporting sheet material between the next purlins.
- 15. The sheet support of claim 14, and further including:
a front segment for placement in front of a carriage, whereby said front segment, said rear segment and said side segments form a closed loop for surrounding a carriage.
- 16. In combination, a roof insulation support carriage having a support frame for spanning and mounting on a pair of adjacent ones of a plurality of parallel purlins of a roof structure and a sheet material support mounted on said support frame for supporting flexible sheet material, so that as a plurality of the carriages are advanced forwardly along adjacent ones of the purlins flexible sheet material is paid out from said carriages and is laid behind said carriages onto the adjacent purlins, and hard roof panels are applied over the flexible sheet material to the purlins,
a sheet support having a rear segment extending rearwardly behind said carriage toward the position of the hard roof panels and supported by the adjacent purlins on which the carriage is supported for spanning the space behind the carriage between the adjacent purlins on which said carriage is mounted and for supporting the sheet material paid out onto the purlins behind said carriage.
- 17. The combination of claim 16, and further including said sheet support having side segments extending to opposed sides of said carriage beyond the purlins on which said carriage is mounted for supporting the flexible sheet material laid by other carriages on opposite sides of said carriage.
- 18. A process of applying flexible sheet material to parallel purlins of a roof structure, comprising:
mounting a carriage on a pair of parallel purlins, supporting a supply of sheet material on the carriage, advancing a carriage along the pair of parallel purlins of the roof structure, paying out the sheet material from the supply onto the purlins in response to advancing the carriage, moving a sheet support in unison with the carriage in a position behind the carriage in the space between the purlins, resting the sheet support on the purlins, moving the sheet support beneath the sheet material as the carriage is advanced, applying roof panels to the sheet material and purlins, and supporting with the sheet support the sheet material extending from the carriage to the roof panels.
- 19. A process of applying a plurality of flexible sheet material to a plurality of parallel purlins of a roof comprising:
arranging sheet support carriages in first and second rows of carriages with the first row of carriages positioned over alternate ones of the spaces between the purlins, and the second row of carriages positioned over the other alternate spaces between the purlins, and with the first row of carriages displaced forwardly of the second row of carriages along the lengths of the purlins, supporting flexible sheet material on each carriage, advancing the plurality of sheet support carriages in first and second rows of carriages along the purlins, in response to the carriages being advanced along the lengths of the purlins, paying out the sheet material from the carriages onto the purlins, moving sheet supports with each carriage in the second row of carriages, supporting segments of sheet material extending from the carriages in both the first and second rows of carriages with the sheet supports.
- 20. The process of claim 19, wherein the step of moving sheet supports with each carriage comprises sliding a sheet support along the purlins on which the carriage is mounted.
- 21. The process of claim 20, wherein the step of supporting segments of sheet material extending from carriages in both the first and second rows of carriages comprises placing a sheet support on the purlins on which the carriage is mounted and extending the sheet support into the spaces adjacent the purlins on which the carriage is mounted.
- 22. A process of applying flexible sheet material to parallel purlins of a partially completed roof, comprising:
mounting a sheet support carriage on a pair of adjacent purlins, advancing the carriage along the lengths of the purlins, paying out sheet material from the carriage onto the tops of the pair of purlins in response to the advancement of the carriage along the lengths of the purlins, sliding a sheet support on the pair of purlins at a position behind the carriage in response to the advancement of the carriage, as the sheet support slides along the pair of purlins, moving the sheet support beneath the sheet material paid out from the carriage and supporting the sheet material with the sheet support, and applying roof panels over the sheet material and to the pair of purlins while the sheet material is supported by the sheet support.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/096,119, filed Mar. 8, 2002.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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10096119 |
Mar 2002 |
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10132841 |
Apr 2002 |
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