| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 081045000 | SHINGLE TOOL | 18 |
| 20080223178 | Tools for removing shingles - The present invention relates to tools for removing shingles, nails and other materials from a roof or other surface. A tool of the invention, in certain embodiments, comprises blades that move in preferably a reciprocating manner to pry up shingles, nails and other materials. A tool of the invention, in certain embodiments, can be powered through a remote power source to move the blades. In certain other embodiments, a tool of the invention comprises a drive-wheel which is rotated through force form a remote power source. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090038443 | Tool for removing shingles from a skip sheet roof - A tool for removing shingles from a roof having skip sheeting comprises a lifting blade connected to a first end of a shaft, a handle attached to a second end of the shaft, and a fulcrum bar attached at a preferred vertical distance from a bottom surface of the lifting blade to a side of the shaft. A length of the fulcrum bar is selected to enable the fulcrum bar to rest on a top surface of two or more adjacent sheeting boards in a roof having skip sheeting. A position of the fulcrum bar on the shaft enables placement of the lifting blade between adjacent sheeting boards and below a back surface of a shingle. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090056505 | Shingle Separator Tool - A shingle separator tool for slicing through the adhesive strips or spot welds that hold overlapping roof or side wall shingles in place against the force of wind comprising a rigid elongated body having distal and proximal ends and a pair of spaced apart gripping handles. A flexible blade disposed forwardly of the body and which is either attached to the distal end of the body or which is integral with the body includes a flexible end portion having sharpened edges that are angularly disposed with respect to one another and which define a point at the apex of the intersecting edges. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090188350 | SHINGLE REMOVING APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a shingle removing apparatus which includes a handle, a stripper member, a drive assembly and a drive linkage assembly with lost motion mechanism. The stripper member is adapted for inserting under a shingle has a first end portion and a second end portion. The drive assembly drives at least a portion of the stripper member and the drive linkage assembly causes at least portion of the stripper member to reciprocally move up and down to thereby remove the shingle. The drive linkage assembly provides a lost motion mechanism which allows the stripper member to intermittently not be driven. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100132515 | Shingle Removing Tool - A shingle removing tool includes, among other possible things, a handle, a shaft connected to the handle, and a base connected to the shaft. A length of the shaft is adjustable. The base includes a blade portion that is configured to separate one or more shingles from a support structure to which the shingles are affixed. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100212459 | Roof shingle stripper, grinder, and blower - A roof shingle stripper, grinder, and blower includes: a motor to power the device; self-propelled wheels that move the device forward and urge the shingles into the device; a lifting blade that lifts up and dislodges the shingles from the roof; a shredder having two rows of grinding wheels that grind the shingles into pieces and blow the pieces into a conduit; and the conduit has a side wall that, when the wall is in a first position, diverts the pieces in a first direction, and when the wall is in a second position, diverts the pieces in a second direction. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100224032 | Material removing tool - A manually operated material lifting tool primarily used for lifting roofing material. The tool has a tool blade, the blade having a front edge and rear edge, the front and rear edges joined by side edges. The blade is wider than it is longer and has slots extending inwardly from the front edge toward the back edge forming teeth between the slots. A handle is attached to the top of the blade approximately midway between the side edges, the bottom, front of the handle located behind, but adjacent the closed end of the nearest slot, and the bottom, rear of the handle adjacent the rear edge of the blade. The handle extends rearwardly and upwardly from the top of the blade at an angle ranging between 30° and 50°. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100307295 | NAIL RIPPER - The invention is a tool for lifting building materials, such as shingles, while extracting nails that fastened those materials. The slots that grip the nails are a concatenation of overlapping holes, for smooth insertion of the tool past the nails, and the envelope of the tool is a surface of curves for smooth insertion of the tool under the building materials. The bottom surface is a rocker that provides a moving fulcrum for prying out the nail, giving maximum force when the nail is first gripped and smoothly moving to maximum speed of extraction as the fulcrum moves back towards the user. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100319497 | Tools for removing shingles - The present invention relates to tools for removing shingles, nails and other materials from a roof or other surface. A tool of the invention, in certain embodiments, comprises blades that move in preferably a reciprocating manner to pry up shingles, nails and other materials. A tool of the invention, in certain embodiments, can be powered through a remote power source to move the blades. In certain other embodiments, a tool of the invention comprises a drive-wheel which is rotated through force form a remote power source. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110030511 | Roofing Material Removing Apparatus - Roofing material removing apparatus are provided. More particularly, roofing material removing apparatuses with an adjustable guide assembly wherein the adjustable guide assembly provides for continual forward motion and continuous control of the flow of roofing material are presented. The adjustable guide assembly is adaptable to various tool assemblies and applications. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110094344 | Apparatus and Method for Cutting Roofing Material - An apparatus for cutting roofing material includes a non-motorized wheeled cart with an adjustable weight and a pull handle for pulling the wheeled cart along the roof. A hand-operated jack is mounted to the cart and supports a cutting wheel. The jack can be operated to move the cutting wheel between a raised position wherein the cutting wheel is disengaged from the roofing material and a cutting position wherein the cutting wheel can engage and cut the roofing material. The adjustable weight can include weight members removably mounted to the cart. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110138968 | Bump-N-Rip: Methods and apparatus relating to roof shingle tear off - A tool and method is provided for removing roof shingles. The tool has a triangular frame, and may include multiple triangles. In some embodiments, two or more bearings attach to the frame, and two or more wheels attach to the bearings. A blade may be attached to the frame at an attachment surface. The blade may be replaceable. The blade may be serrated. In some embodiments a handle may be attached at the backplate. The tool can be used sitting or standing up slope from the tool, by pushing with the body against the handle to slide the blade under shingles or other roofing material, pushing the handle down to lift roofing material. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110192256 | PNEUMATICALLY POWERED ROOF STRIPPING DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention described herein pertain to a pneumatically powered shingle removing apparatus. The shingle removing apparatus includes a frame having a first end and a second end. A first pneumatic cylinder assembly is mounted adjacent the first end of the frame and a second pneumatic cylinder assembly is mounted adjacent the second end of the frame. The first pneumatic cylinder and the second pneumatic cylinder extend substantially parallel from the frame and each have a chisel extending at least partially from the respective first pneumatic cylinder assembly and the second pneumatic cylinder assembly, the chisels being moveable back and forth from a forward position. A stripping blade is attached to a front end of the chisels of the first pneumatic cylinder assembly and the second pneumatic cylinder assembly. A first air conduit delivers pressurized air to the first pneumatic cylinder assembly and a second air conduit delivers pressurized air to the second pneumatic cylinder assembly. The pressurized air moves the chisels of the first pneumatic cylinder assembly and the second pneumatic cylinder assembly back and forth from the forward position thereby forcing the stripping blade to move in a reciprocating motion for removing shingles from a roof. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110203418 | SHINGLE POPPER - A shingle removal shovel is disclosed that comprises of a rectangular blade with slots and teeth on its front and back edges. This shingle popper has a special blade structure having elongated protrusions on its bottom side. Said protrusions provide a front and a back pivoting points so that the popper can be properly levered for easy removal of shingles and nails. The present shingle popper also has a slanted top surface to push shingles up while the shovel is moved under the shingle. It also has foot pedestals to allow an operator to use his/her foot to push the blade underneath a shingle. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120096990 | SEMI-AUTOMATED SHINGLE REMOVAL APPARATUS - A shingle removal apparatus comprising a handle having opposed first and second ends, a handle grip located at the first end of the handle, a base located at the second end of the handle, and a pivotable shingle removal blade pivotally attached to the base. At least one actuating mechanism couples the pivotable shingle removal blade to the base to facilitate pivoting the pivotable shingle removal blade from a horizontal normal first posit | 04-26-2012 |
| 20130125712 | Shingle Removal Tool - A tool for removing roof shingles is disclosed having a handle, a split shaft, a pair of roller wheels and a replaceable blade member. A pair of handles extends orthogonally from the proximal end of the shaft, while the distal end of the shaft separates into a first and second portion that support a flat, shingle-removing blade. Roller wheels are positioned adjacent to the blade such that the blade and wheels can be positioned along the roof surface to allow sliding of the blade under shingles and to provide a fulcrum point from which to lift the blade from beneath any secured roof shingles during removal. The shaft upper portion may include a slight upward bend to reduce back strain, while the user handles are preferably rotatably support to allow the tool to rotate as it is slide without the handles rotating relative to the user's hands and causing blisters. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140305263 | Material Removal Tool - A material removal tool is provided. The material removal tool includes a handle that defines a chamber. A linear actuating mechanism is positioned within the chamber of the handle. A blade is rotatable or pivotable relative to the handle. The blade and linear actuating mechanism are coupled together such that the linear actuating mechanism selectively rotates or pivots the blade relative to the handle. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150345147 | Roofing Fork - A roofing fork removing multiple shingles in rolls is disclosed. The effective width of the roofing fork tines ranges in measurement size between fourteen to twenty inches. During use, a critical mass of shingles creates roll of shingles allowing for easy removal of the shingles and other roofing materials. | 12-03-2015 |
