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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1994
Paul L Morris, Overland Park, KS (US);
Other;
Abstract
A torch assembly for use in fabricating and repairing roof joints includes an elongated handle presenting a forward upper end and a lower rearward end, and a torch supported adjacent the lower end for directing a flame away from the handle. A roll of bituminous material is supported on the apparatus so that the material may be dispensed from the roll in a rearward direction as the apparatus is pulled forward by the handle. An elongated shoe is supported on the handle and includes upper and lower wall sections which are connected together at the rear end of the shoe, and at least one side wall section which extends between the upper and lower wall sections and defines a flame-receiving cavity for substantially surrounding the flame directed by the torch. The shoe diverts the flame in the flame-receiving cavity upward and rearward toward the bituminous material being dispensed from the support means so that the bituminous material is heated as it is applied along the roof joint.