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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2000
Jack D. Coulter, Winter Haven, FL (US);
Robert A. Wright, Auburndale, FL (US);
CertainTeed Corporation, Valley Forge, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for installing insulation from bound insulation bales having a feeder for contacting and moving the insulation bales and a receiving apparatus for disengaging the insulation from unbound bales. A cutter disengages insulation from the insulation bales and has at least one vertically arranged member rotatable about a vertical axis toward which the bales are moved and also has a circumference upon which is vertically positioned a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from said circumference for severing the insulation away from the bales. An air blower blows the insulation out from said system onto a surface to be insulated. A method for installing insulation from bound insulation bales including supporting the bound insulation bales for longitudinal movement, unbinding the bound insulation bales, moving the unbound insulation bales for contact with vertically arranged cutters, selecting the sizing of the insulation by vertically spacing the cutters, sizing and disengaging the insulation from the unbound insulation bales and directing the insulation into an air blower for dispensing said insulation.