Stacked assembly of roofing caps

• US 7,090,455 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2004
• Issued: 08/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pneutools Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Pneutools Incorporated
• Inventors: Lamb, Frederick W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Saether, Flemming
• Application Number:
  US10/823,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20040197162A1
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• Field of Search: 411/442, 411/445, 411/443, 411/531, 206/303, 206/338, 206/348, 206/445
• US Class Current: 411/531
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 1/006 for corrugated nails and marking tags
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 5/1693 co-ordinating with the feed of a second item
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 15/04 for roof coverings comprising slabs, sheets or flexible material
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 2015/045 by nailing

Abstract

A staple or nail gun assembly includes a staple or nail gun, a cap feeding device and a cap having a peripheral rim disposed on its underside, a marginal edge on its upper side adjacent a central portion having the shape of a truncated cone. The staple or nail gun and the cap feeding device are generally disposed at opposite ends of the handle of the staple or nail gun. The cap feeding device includes a base, a cap container and a shuttle, and feeds caps sequentially as they are affixed by the gun. The caps are coaxially stacked by means of a coaxial plastic cord or wire with retaining means at the respective ends or in a tubular container with a flanged end. The caps may also be stacked on a rod or held together by melting.

Claims

1. A stacked assembly of plastic roofing caps for use with a cap feeding device and adapted for use with a fastener having an elongated shank for securing a roof member to a roof deck, said assembly comprising a plurality of coaxially stacked said plastic roofing caps, wherein adjacent caps are joined together at a melted outer circumferential portion thereof.