Patents Assigned to National Tool & Equipment, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6093247
    Abstract: A system and method for supplying and distributing a viscous material onto a roof include a mobile vessel containing a supply of the material for location either on the roof or on the ground adjacent the building. A delivery conduit extends from a viscous material storage chamber in the vessel to a secondary vessel or to a material application tool on the roof. A heater is located on the vessel to heat the supply of material. A reversible pump and/or motor delivers the viscous material from the storage chamber through the conduit for subsequent application on the roof and pumps unused material through the conduit and into the storage chamber to maintain the temperature of the material and to prevent the material from hardening in the various conduits, supply lines and equipment. A bypass line extends between the conduit and storage chamber for return of the material by gravity to the chamber in the event of pump or motor failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: National Tool & Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Sipos, Anthony R. Vross, Timothy R. Tarr
  • Patent number: 5951725
    Abstract: A system which reduces the transmission of noxious fumes into the surrounding air during the application of a heated liquid roofing product on a roof. A mobile tanker or kettle contains a supply of the heated liquid. The air space within the tanker or vessel above the liquid product communicates with a mobile filtration unit by a first duct. A rooftop carrier for the liquid product has a fume collection hood which communicates with the filtration unit by a second duct. A blower in the filtration unit creates negative pressure which draws the noxious fumes from the tanker or vessel and carrier through the ducts and into and through the filtration unit. The filtration unit has a series of airtight chambers mounted on a mobile truck bed, each containing a different type of filtering medium to remove various components of the noxious fumes as the fumes move through the filtration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: National Tool and Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony R. Vross, James Simon, Jr., Tim Tarr, Jeff Sipos
  • Patent number: 5762664
    Abstract: A mobile vessel which reduces the transmission of noxious fumes into the surrounding atmosphere emanating from material contained in a material chamber in the vessel, such as bituminous roofing material. An air plenum extends along the vessel beneath a filtration unit and receives noxious fumes from the material chamber and from an outside source through ducts. Ambient air is mixed with the fumes for cooling the fumes upstream from the filtration unit. A heater and stirrer are located within the material chamber for uniformly heating the material. A power operated ram and heated breaker bars move and break a solidified key of the material for subsequent discharge into the material chamber. A blower creates a negative pressure in the air plenum and filtration unit for moving the fumes and ambient cooling air therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: National Tool and Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony R. Vross, Jeffrey J. Sipos, James J. Simon, Jr.