Apparatus for removing shingles and shingle fasteners from a roof
a technology which is applied in the field of apparatuses for removing shingles and shingle fasteners from roofs, can solve the problems of multiple drawbacks of existing apparatuses, pain and/or injuries of workers involved in such manual removal, and the physical demands of manual removal
Inactive Publication Date: 2006-04-13
GENDRON STEPHANE
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The apparatus efficiently removes shingles and fasteners, reducing physical strain and improving the handling and disposal process by producing a continuous strip that can be easily shredded and collected, thus enhancing the removal efficiency and reducing interruptions.
Problems solved by technology
Manual removal of roofing material, including shingle and shingle fasteners, from a roof is a physically demanding process.
Workers involved in such manual removal often suffer from pain and / or injuries in particular to their backs, arms and elbows as a result of the removal process.
However, existing apparatuses suffer from multiple drawbacks.
This random and disorganized removal process typically results in frequent interruptions of the removal process and / or requires increased effort for gathering and disposing of the removed roofing material.
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[0021]FIGS. 1A to 1F show an apparatus 10 for removing shingles 121 . . . 12n and shingle fasteners 141 . . . 14m from a roof 16, in accordance with a first specific example of implementation of the present invention. The apparatus 10 comprises a frame 18, a driver unit 22, a stripping unit 24, and a pair of cutters 261 and 262. In this specific example of implementation, the apparatus 10 also optionally comprises a steering unit 20, a set of traction wheels 281 . . . 284, a pulling unit 30, a shredding unit 31, and a shingle material collector 32.
[0022] As described in further detail below, when the apparatus 10 moves on the roof 16 in a given direction 17, the driver unit 22, the stripping unit 24, and the pair of cutters 26 interact to lift the shingles 121 . . . 12n off from the roof 16 and to extract the shingles fasteners 141 . . . 14m out of the roof 16 in such a manner as to produce a “continuous” strip of shingle material. The strip of shingle material includes a plurality...
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An apparatus for removing shingles and shingle fasteners from a roof. The apparatus comprises a frame and a driver unit coupled to the frame, the driver unit including at least one motor. The apparatus also comprises a stripping unit coupled to the driver unit, the driver unit being operative to alternately move the stripping unit between two positions. The stripping unit is adapted to lift shingles off from a roof and to extract shingle fasteners out of the roof as the stripping unit alternately moves between the two positions and the apparatus moves on the roof. The apparatus further comprises a pair of cutters coupled to the driver unit, the driver unit being operative to drive the pair of cutters. The pair of cutters is adapted to cut shingles lifted off from the roof by the stripping unit to produce a strip of shingle material, the strip of shingle material including at least a portion of a first shingle connected to at least a portion of a second shingle by at least one shingle fastener extracted out of the roof by the stripping unit.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to removal of roofing material and, more particularly, to an apparatus for removing shingles and shingle fasteners from a roof. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Manual removal of roofing material, including shingle and shingle fasteners, from a roof is a physically demanding process. Workers involved in such manual removal often suffer from pain and / or injuries in particular to their backs, arms and elbows as a result of the removal process. [0003] Apparatuses have been developed for mechanically removing roofing material from a roof in an effort to mitigate the deleterious effects of manual removal of roofing material. However, existing apparatuses suffer from multiple drawbacks. For instance, existing apparatuses typically strip pieces of shingles off from a roof in a somewhat random fashion whereby the stripped pieces of shingles randomly accumulate on the apparatuses and / or randomly drop back onto the roof in a disorg...
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IPC IPC(8): E04D15/00
CPCE04D15/003
Inventor GENDRON, STEPHANE
Owner GENDRON STEPHANE