Patent Application
20230272618
This invention relates to a Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection. Particularly the present invention relates generally to systems and methods for installing new or repairing existing roofs with sealing materials and methods. Roofing systems, and others using an exposed membrane, are subject to greater damage from hail impact than some other types of roof systems. The present invention is for a system and method of creating a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof, surface that can be applied over a great variety of structural components. A roofing sealing system and method is provided. The present invention generally relates to sealing systems and methods. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sealing system for commercial roots exposed to damage caused by severe weather, hail, and the like. This invention relates to roofing materials and more particularly to bituminous, rubber and latex roofing materials having granules, such as crushed stone, embedded in n upper side thereof.
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As far as known, there are no Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection or the like. It is believed that these processes and use of products and materials provide methods and new compositions that are unique in their design and technologies.
Shelter is a basic human necessity with caves and trees no doubt serving as the earliest form of protection from the elements. One important function of a roof or wall is keeping rain or snow outside the dwelling. While caves served this purpose reasonably well, other structures proved more difficult to weatherproof, Additionally, although modern building techniques have overcome these problems, exterior surfaces still age and are subject to leaks. A leaking exterior surface can prematurely age an existing structure and require extensive repairs or complete replacement. It is known to apply weatherproofing materials to exterior surfaces to stop leaks and extend the life of the structure.
In the roofing industry and particularly the commercial roofing industry, exposed roofing membranes have become prevalent. Single and multi-ply roofing systems, and others using an exposed membrane, although very effective are subject to greater damage from hail impact than some other types of roof systems. The roofing industry tests for hail presently utilize a ½″ to 2″ steel ball. The ball is accelerated to terminal (free full) velocity and directed at a roof assembly to measure hail impact. Recently, hail testing has been developed further to enable the shooting of actual ice balls from an air cannon through a timing device at a root assembly which has been cooled to 38° F. with chilled water. This test more realistically shows the effects of various size hail ice balls from ½″ to 5″ diameter at various mph speeds into a roof assembly sample. A 3″ hail ball approximately the size of a baseball will fall in still air at 95 to 97 mph. If the 3″ hail is caught in a down draft of wind it can increase its speed. Some 3-inch hail impact dents on sheet metal equipment on roofs hit by hail required a 3-inch hail ball to be shot at 150 mph to replicate the dent. At 100 mph, a 3-inch hail ball will go through ½-inch APA approved oriented strand board (OSB) wafer board and at 135 mph and 3-inch hail ball will go through ½-inch plywood.
The present invention is for a system and method of creating a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof, surface that can be applied over a great variety of structural components. The method comprises coating the selected surface with a base elastomeric coating thus sealing holes, cracks, and other surface imperfections. A base elastomeric coating is allowed to dry and additional coat or coats as desired. The single or multiple coatings of an elastomeric coating is applied creating a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof surface. Other embodiments include strengthening elements to create durable, weatherproof surfaces.
In the present invention for one embodiment, the elastomeric material is embedded with fiberglass for strength and in others with granules of stone (rubber rock) to resist the hail. Elastomers can be Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene (SBS), Styrene-Ethylene-Betadine-Styrene (SEBS), or synthetic rubber. The materials are utilized to increase its utility as a roofing membrane, e.g., to make it more elastic, have greater flexibility at low temperatures and greater heat resistance at high temperatures to prevent softening/flow and deformation from mechanical forces, such as those associated with maintenance personnel walking on the roofing membrane. A roofing membrane may be formed of a laminate of a plurality of types of modified layers, e.g., a layer of a first type may be formed on the bottom surface that has an increased adhesive grip on the roofing underlayment and a different layer may be used on the upper surface that has enhanced weather resistance, etcetera. Adhesive layers may be applied to the membrane and panels to allow the membrane to adhere to a substrate and/or to adhere to an adjacent structure if needed or desired.
The improvement and/or problem solved by the Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process include: a much faster application of a commercial roofing, hence reduced labor and costs; a better set of Eco/environmentally friendly materials; an ability to produce the roof panels off-site with less skilled employees hence reducing lead time and labor costs; offsite production of the panels lend to automation of coating and rubber rock; less needed field time which reduces construction project timelines; simple Ultraviolet light protection and deterioration of materials from exposure to sunlight; and provision of a tougher surfaces provide resistance and prevention of damage by hail storms.
It is believed that this product is unique in its design and technologies. A novelty search revealed:
As can be observed, none of the prior art has anticipated or caused one skilled in the art of commercial roof systems —newly applied or refurbished—to anticipate or see as obvious this invention by Richard Collett even to a person skilled in the ordinary art of the industry. The Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection processes are of high quality, fast and repeatable.
The preferred embodiment is a Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection is comprised of the following:
Step No. 1: Provide a clean, dry substrate such as Poly Iso foam insulation board, plywood, existing roof membranes or systems, etcetera.
Step No. 2: Apply first liquid coating to substrate such as Styrene-Butadiene Latex—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry.
Step No. 3: Imbed into wet liquid a chopped fiberglass strand (rolled mat form or mechanically chopped) at a rate of 0.75 ounces per sq. ft. immediately into the first liquid coating applied in step No. 2.
Step No. 4: Apply a second application of the first liquid coating over chopped fiberglass from Step No. 3—Coating is Styrene-Butadiene Latex 81—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry immediately over fiberglass applied in step No. 3.
Step No. 5: Let dry (steps No. 2-4), typically 12 hours (varies depending on relative humidity, temperature, and thickness of applied coatings).
Step No. 6: Apply a second liquid coating to substrate on top of steps No. 2-5. Coating is Styrene-Butadiene Latex—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid 80 membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry.
Step No. 7: Imbed into wet liquid from step No. 6 the chopped fiberglass strand (rolled mat form or mechanically chopped)
At about 0.75 ounces per sq. ft. immediately into liquid applied in step No. 6.
Step No. 8: Apply liquid coating over chopped fiberglass from step No. 7. Coating is Styrene-Butadiene Latex 81—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry immediately over fiberglass applied in step No. 7.
Step No. 9: Let dry (steps No. 6-8) typically 12 hours (varies depending on relative humidity, temperature, and thickness of applied coatings).
There are several objects and advantages of the Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection processes. There are currently no known devices that are effective at providing the objects of this invention. The advantages and benefits include:
Finally, other advantages and additional features of the present Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection processes will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the full description of the device. For one skilled in the art of commercial roof installation and/or refurbishing, it is readily understood that the features shown in the examples with this product are readily adapted to other types of roofing and material application processes for the construction industry.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection process that are preferred. The drawings together with the summary description given above and a detailed description given below explain the principles of the components and processes. It is understood, however, that the Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process is not limited to only the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown.
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This invention relates to a Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection. Particularly the present invention relates generally to systems and methods for installing new or repairing existing roofs with sealing mate r s and methods. Roofing systems, and others using an exposed membrane, are subject to greater damage from nail impact than some other types of roof systems. The present invention is for a system and method of creating a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof, surface that can be applied over a great variety of structural components. A roofing sealing system and method is provided. The present invention generally relates to sealing systems and methods. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sealing system for commercial roof exposed to damage caused by severe weather, hail, and the like. This invention relates to roofing materials and more particularly to bituminous, rubber and latex roofing material having granules such as crushed stone, embedded in an upper side thereof.
The advantages for the Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection are listed above in the introduction. Succinctly the benefits are:
The preferred embodiments of the Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection are comprised as follows: A Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection is comprised of the following:
Step No. 1: Provide a clean, dry substrate such as Poly Iso foam insulation board 70, plywood 74, existing roof membranes 74A or systems, etcetera
Step No. 2: Apply first liquid coating to substrate such as Styrene-Butadiene Latex 81—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid 80 membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry.
Step No. 3: Imbed into wet liquid a chopped fiberglass strand 88 (rolled mat form or mechanically chopped) at a rate of 0.75 ounces per sq. ft. immediately into liquid applied in step No. 2.
Step No. 4: Apply a second application of the first liquid coating over chopped fiberglass from Step No. 3—Coating is Styrene-Butadiene Latex 81—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid 80 membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry immediately over fiberglass applied in step No. 3.
Step No. 5: Let dry (steps No. 2-4), typically 12 hours (varies depending on relative humidity, temperature, and thickness of applied coatings).
Step No. 6: Apply a second liquid coating to substrate on top of steps No. 2-5. Coating is Styrene-Butadiene Latex 81—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid 80 membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry.
Step No. 7: Imbed into wet liquid from step No. 6 the chopped fiberglass 88 strand (rolled mat form or mechanically chopped)
At about 0.75 ounces per sq. ft. immediately into liquid applied in step No. 6.
Step No. 8: Apply a second application of the second liquid coating over chopped fiberglass from step No. 7. Coating is Styrene-Butadiene Latex 81—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid 80 membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry immediately over fiberglass applied in step No. 7.
Step No. 9: Let dry (steps No. 6-8) typically 12 hours (varies depending on relative humidity, temperature, and thickness of applied coatings).
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The details mentioned here are exemplary and not limiting. Other specific components and manners specific to describing a Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection process can be added as a person having ordinary skill in the field of the art of commercial roofing and surface preparation and installation well appreciates.
This invention is a Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process 30 for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection. They have been described in the above embodiments. The manner of how the device operates is described below. One notes well that the description above and the operation described here must be taken together to fully illustrate the concept. The preferred embodiments of the Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection is comprised of the following:
Step No. 1: Provide a clean, dry substrate such as Poly Iso foam insulation board 70, plywood 74, existing roof membranes 74A or systems, etcetera.
Step No. 2: Apply first liquid coating to substrate such as Styrene-Butadiene Latex 81—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid 80 membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry.
Step No. 3: Imbed into wet liquid a chopped fiberglass strand 88 (rolled mat form or mechanically chopped) at a rate of 0.75 ounces per sq. ft. immediately into liquid applied in step No. 2.
Step No. 4: Apply a second application of the first liquid coating over chopped fiberglass from Step No. 3—Coating is Styrene-Butadiene Latex 81—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid 80 membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry immediately over fiberglass applied in step No. 3.
Step No. 5: Let dry (steps No. 2-4), typically 12 hours (varies depending on relative humidity, temperature, and thickness of applied coatings).
Step No. 6: Apply a 2nd liquid coating to substrate on top of steps No. 2-5. Coating is Styrene-Butadiene Latex 81—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid 80 membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry.
Step No. 7: Imbed into wet liquid from step No. 6 the chopped fiberglass 88 strand (rolled mat form or mechanically chopped)
At about 0.75 ounces per sq. ft. immediately into liquid applied in step No. 6.
Step No. 8: Apply a second application of the second liquid coating over chopped fiberglass from step No. 7. Coating is Styrene-Butadiene Latex 81—or—Styrene-Butadiene Rubber liquid 80 membrane at a thickness of 32 mils wet/16-18 mils dry immediately over fiberglass applied in step No. 7.
Step No. 9: Let dry (steps No. 6-8) typically 12 hours (varies depending on relative humidity, temperature, and thickness of applied coatings).
Step No. 10: Ultraviolet protection spray optional. Various types with multiple sprays or one heavy spray per manufacturer after step 9 dried—Ultraviolet protection is not required with rubber rock
The pre-made panel process 37 is as follows—A Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both a hail damage resistance and an Ultraviolet Ray protection is comprised of the following:
With this description it is to be understood that this invention is a Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection. The features and steps provided are examples for understanding the concepts of the process with various options. The process and features are intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the description.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention. Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which these inventions belong. Although any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can also be used in the practice or testing of the present inventions, the preferred methods and materials are now described above in the foregoing paragraphs.
Other embodiments of the invention are possible. Although the description above contains much specificity, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, but as merely providing illustrations of some of the presently preferred embodiments of this invention. It is also contemplated that various combinations or sub-combinations of the specific features and aspects of the embodiments may be made and still fall within the scope of the inventions. It should be understood that various features and aspects of the disclosed embodiments can be combined with or substituted for one another in order to form varying modes of the disclosed inventions. Thus, it is intended that the scope of at least some of the present inventions herein disclosed should not be limited by the particular disclosed embodiments described above.
The terms recited in the claims should be given their ordinary and customary meaning as determined by reference to relevant entries (e.g., definition of “plane” as a carpenter's tool would not be relevant to the use of the term “plane” when used to refer to an airplane, etc.) in dictionaries (e.g., widely used general reference dictionaries and/or relevant technical dictionaries), commonly understood meanings by those in the art, etc., with the understanding that the broadest meaning imparted by any one or combination of these sources should be given to the claim terms (e.g., two or more relevant dictionary entries should be combined to provide the broadest meaning of the combination of entries, etc.) subject only to the following exceptions: (a) if a term is used herein in a manner more expansive than its ordinary and customary meaning, the term should be given its ordinary and customary meaning plus the additional expansive meaning, or (b) if a term has been explicitly defined to have a different meaning by reciting the term followed by the phrase “as used herein shall mean” or similar language (e.g., “herein this term means,” “as defined herein,” “for the purposes of this disclosure [the term] shall mean,” etc.). References to specific examples, use of “i.e.,” use of the word “invention,” etcetera, are not meant to invoke exception (b) or otherwise restrict the scope of the recited claim terms. Other than situations where exception (b) applies, nothing contained herein should be considered a disclaimer or disavowal of claim scope. Accordingly, the subject matter recited in the claims is not coextensive with and should not be interpreted to be coextensive with any particular embodiment, feature, or combination of features shown herein. This is true even if only a single embodiment of the particular feature or combination of features is illustrated and described herein. Thus, the appended claims should be read to be given their broadest interpretation in view of the prior art and the ordinary meaning of the claim terms.
Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers or expressions, such as those expressing dimensions, physical characteristics, etcetera used in the specification (other than the claims) are understood as modified in all instances by the term “approximately.” At the very least, and not as an attempt to limit the application of the doctrine of equivalents to the claims, each numerical parameter recited in the specification or claims which is modified by the term “approximately” should at least be construed in light of the number of recited significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques.
The present invention contemplates modifications as would occur to those skilled in the art. While the disclosure has been illustrated and described in detail in the figures and the foregoing description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only selected embodiments have been shown and described and that all changes, modifications, and equivalents that come within the spirit of the disclosures described heretofore and or/defined by the following claims are desired to be protected.
This application claims the benefit of United States Provisional Patent application with Ser. No. 63/257,661 filed Oct. 20, 2021, by Richard Leroy Collett, Jr. The application is entitled “Special Liquid Applied Hail and Rain Protection Process for commercial roofing as both hail damage resistance and Ultraviolet Ray protection.”
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63257661 | Oct 2021 | US |
