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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Everett S Williston, Jr, Winter Haven, FL (US);
Jack D Coulter, Winter Haven, FL (US);
Mark Trabbold, Harleysville, PA (US);
Michael J Noone, Wayne, PA (US);
David S Rivers, Thorndale, PA (US);
Edward F Pentz, Boyertown, PA (US);
CertainTeed Corporation, Valley Forge, PA (US);
Abstract
A wheeled system and a method for installing insulation from bound insulation bales. At least one movable wall that continually moves unbound insulation bales by a drive means toward a dispensing end of the base where shredding of the insulation from the unbound insulation bales occurs. The shredding is accomplished by a plurality of picker drums. Each of the picker drums has positioned on the circumference a plurality of abraders in the form of scoops that abrade and remove clumps of insulation from the unbound bales permitting the clumps to fall into a blender wherein the insulation material is formed into particulate material and then cast into an air blower formed with the hose and nozzle for dispensing the blowing material. A force measurer including a strain gauge is operatively connected to the shredder to determine continuously changes in the horizontally directed force exerted by the insulation bales against the drums of the shredder in order to adjust the force. The system can also include an electronic member for determining and monitoring the amount of insulation material dispensed and for automatically controlling the dispensing of insulation by the system.