Composite smoothing tool

• US 9,393,708 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2013
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Azer Babaev
• Original Assignee: Azer Babaev
• Inventors: Babaev, Azer
• Primary Examiner(s): PRONE, JASON D
• Application Number:
  US13/789,363
• Publication Number:
  US 20140096400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,230 Days
• Field of Search: 301/69, 303/49, 303/29, 303/37, 303/38, D32/46, 152/354, 152/360.1, 152/45, 152/451
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 53/60 cutlery wares; garden tools or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 27/00 Hand cutting tools not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. finger rings for cutting string, devices for cutting by means of wires
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 21/241 Elongated smoothing blades or plates, e.g. screed apparatus

Abstract

A smoothing tool includes a grip part and a blade part accommodated therein. The grip part is formed as a light metal hollow profile and has two brackets clasping the blade part, and the blade part has at least one support rib and one or two clamping ribs at least partially clasping a respective one of the brackets of the grip part. A process for manufacturing the composite smoothing tool includes providing the blade part as a tailored cold drawn steel part.

Claims

1. A smoothing tool with a grip part and a blade part, wherein

the grip part is formed as an aluminum or aluminum alloy hollow profiled body including an inner rib inside the hollow profiled body, two brackets, and two oppositely arranged recesses, wherein at least one support groove is formed on an inside of at least one of the two brackets, and wherein the inner rib extends from one of the two oppositely arranged recesses to the other of the two oppositely arranged recesses, and

the blade part includes a rearward extension and at least one support rib formed on said rearward extension, said at least one support rib being accommodated in the at least one support groove,

wherein the blade part further includes two clamping ribs each arranged, together with said rearward extension and the at least one support rib, to clamp the at least one of the two brackets between a respective one of the clamping ribs, the rearward extension, and the at least one support rib wherein the at least one support rib has a first hole forming recess and the at least one support groove has a second hole forming recess, and wherein the first hole forming recess and the second hole forming recess together define a hole.

2. The smoothing tool of claim 1, wherein the two clamping ribs cover a respective portion of the two brackets, and a portion of the two brackets is exposed.

3. The smoothing tool of claim 1, wherein the two clamping ribs extend obliquely towards the hollow profiled body.

4. The smoothing tool of claim 1, wherein the at least one support rib comprises two support ribs, and the at least one support groove comprises two support grooves, one on an inside of each of the two brackets.

5. The smoothing tool of claim 1, wherein the aluminum alloy comprises, by mass, mainly aluminum.

6. The smoothing tool of claim 1, wherein the blade part is symmetrical with respect to a blade plane defined by a length of the blade part, a tip of the blade part, and a center of the rearward extension.

7. The smoothing tool of claim 1, wherein the blade part and the brackets are joined with only frictional forces.

8. The smoothing tool of claim 1, wherein the blade part is formed from cold drawn steel.

9. The smoothing tool of claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the blade part is corrosion-protection coated.

10. The smoothing tool of claim 9, wherein the two clamping ribs extend obliquely towards the hollow profiled body.

11. The smoothing tool of claim 9, wherein the at least one support rib includes two support ribs, and the at least one support groove comprises two support grooves, one on an inside of each of the two brackets.

12. The smoothing tool of claim 1, wherein the hollow profiled body has a trapezoidal cross section.

13. The smoothing tool of claim 12, wherein a face of the hollow profiled body distal to the blade part is perpendicular to adjacent faces of the hollow profiled body.

14. A smoothing tool with a grip part including metal and a blade part, wherein

the grip part is characterized by a hollow profile and includes two brackets and a support recess,

the blade part includes at least one support rib accommodated in the support recess of the grip part,

the blade part further includes two clamping ribs, wherein the two clamping ribs cover a respective portion of the two brackets, and a portion of the two brackets is exposed,

the blade part is formed from cold drawn steel, at least a portion of the blade part being corrosion-protection coated, and

the clamping ribs extend obliquely towards the grip part, wherein the at least one support rib has a first hole forming recess and the support recess has a second hole forming recess, and wherein the first hole forming recess and the second hole forming recess together define a hole.

15. The smoothing tool of claim 14, wherein the support recess of the grip part comprises two oppositely arranged recesses.