Staircase carpet laying tool

• US 4,569,261 A
• Filed: 01/15/1985
• Issued: 02/11/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Joe F. Morris
• Original Assignee: Joe F. Morris
• Inventors: Morris, Joe F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Jr., James L.
• Application Number:
  US06/691,551
• Time in Patent Office: 392 Days
• Field of Search: 81/488, 294/8.6
• US Class Current: 81/488
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 27/0487 Tools for laying carpeting A47G27/0443 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 27/0092 Tools moving along strips, e.g. decorating or sealing strips, to insert them in, or remove them from, grooves or profiles machines therefor B23P19/047

Abstract

A portable, electrically powered carpet laying hand tool. Preferably the tool includes a gun-like member including a hand grip and a trigger which imparts reciprocal motion to a forwardly outwardly projecting terminal shaft. A carpet forcing blade assembly coupled to the muzzle of the gun member includes a pair of converging blade guards which terminate in a longitudinal, rectangular mouth through which a rigid, rather dull blade of appreciable width is reciprocated. This blade is operationally coupled to the output shaft of the gun, and it is operationally disposed within the protective blade guide assembly. Suitably angled wing guides preferably integrally associated with the blade guard portions facilitate the guiding of the reciprocating blade along and upon adjoining carpet portions while orienting the blade at approximately 45 degrees. In this manner the tool can quickly and easily be used by a workman to force carpet in between closely adjacent track strips to aid in proper carpet inlay upon perpendicularly intersecting planar members.

Claims

1. A portable electrically powered hand tool for installing carpet in difficult areas such as the corner sections of staircases and the like;

said tool comprising;

generally gun shaped electrically powered, hand held means having a hand grip, a selectively actuable trigger, and a reciprocating forward output shaft emanating from a forward muzzle; and

;

a carpet forcing blade assembly comprising;

rigid blade means having a transverse terminal end of substantial width, said blade means terminating in a spaced-apart reduced width portion adapted to be secured to said output shaft;

blade guard means comprising a pair of spaced-apart, generally rectangular rigid plates having spaced-apart divergent ends disposed adjacent said muzzle in substantially covering relation with respect to said output shaft and opposite closely spaced-apart ends which terminate slightly short of convergence;

a blade output mouth longitudinally disposed between said opposite ends of said blade guard means plates through which the blade means terminal end is free to reciprocally move; and

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a pair of wing guide members disposed on opposite sides of said mouth and rigidly secured to said opposite ends of said plates, said wing guide members adapted to contact each one of a pair of generally perpendicular planar members upon which carpet is to be installed when said blade means is directed toward the intersecting point of said planar members, whereby to orient said blade means at an operative orientation of approximately forty five degrees with respect to both of said last mentioned planar members.

2. The hand tool as defined in claim 1 wherein said wing guide members are each disposed substantially at an angle of approximately 45 degrees with respect to said blade means.

3. The hand tool as defined in claim 2 including a pair of rigid parallel cooperating mounting fork members secured to opposite sides of the rear of said blade guard means and terminating in closely spaced-apart parallel mounting tabs adapted to be secured to said muzzle on opposite sides thereof whereby to mount said blade assembly to said hand held gun means.

4. The hand tool as defined in claim 3 wherein said terminal end of said blade means comprises a keyed cylinder, and said forward output shaft comprises collar means adapted to receive and secure said cylinder to said reciprocating forward output shaft.

5. The hand tool as defined in claim 4 wherein said wing guide members are integral with said blade guard means.