EP0042971A2 - Taloche, en particulier pour travaux de maçonnerie - Google Patents

Taloche, en particulier pour travaux de maçonnerie Download PDF

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EP0042971A2
EP0042971A2 EP81103904A EP81103904A EP0042971A2 EP 0042971 A2 EP0042971 A2 EP 0042971A2 EP 81103904 A EP81103904 A EP 81103904A EP 81103904 A EP81103904 A EP 81103904A EP 0042971 A2 EP0042971 A2 EP 0042971A2
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Heinz-Peter Knoop
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F21/00—Implements for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F21/02—Implements for finishing work on buildings for applying plasticised masses to surfaces, e.g. plastering walls
    • E04F21/06—Implements for applying plaster, insulating material, or the like

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  • the invention is directed to a smoothing trowel, in particular for masonry, with a sheet for receiving, applying and spreading paste-like masses, in particular mortar, on the top of which a fastening web for a handle is attached.
  • the handle consists of a neck part which sits on the fastening web and runs vertically to the sheet, as well as a handle part which runs approximately parallel over the sheet.
  • a throat is arranged on the underside of the handle facing the sheet, between the neck and handle part and the top of the handle facing away from the sheet has a kink, in the area of which a longitudinal axial surface for spreading the thumb of the hand surrounding the handle part is arranged is.
  • the neck consists of a relatively thin metallic shaft, which is formed in one piece with the fastening web on the blade on the one hand and an initial piece of the handle part on the other and primarily has the task of providing a sufficient distance between the handle and the blade so that when using the smoothing trowel the human hand can grip the handle.
  • the sheet parallel continuation of the grip part compared to the vertical Shaft creates a kink in the beginning in the area of which an axial surface for a spreading position of the thumb of the hand encompassing the handle part is created by a longitudinally central hollow, but which can only be used in a specific working position. But trowels have to take on different working positions, which result from their work sequence.
  • the invention has for its object to develop an inexpensive trowel of the type mentioned, which allows the "work to be done easily and conveniently.
  • an inclined straight piece which is offset at both ends by two kink transitions, is arranged and the straight piece on the underside of the handle is opposite the throat, the straight piece together forms with the neck part an angled control section for finger actuation with a substantially constant cross-sectional thickness, along the entire length of which the longitudinally central axial surface extends with planar partial surfaces in the neck part on the one hand and in the straight piece on the other hand, and on both sides of this axial surface by longitudinal edges offset, planar longitudinal surfaces for alternative spread positions of the thumb are arranged.
  • the trowel according to the invention has a new, optimal grip with spread thumb, which can be attached to the various axial or Longitudinal surfaces of the control section comes to rest. Only the ball of the hand and the other fingers come into contact in the area of the handle, which is essential for a firm grip on the handle.
  • the rotations and tilts of the blade required to reverse the movement of the trowel can be conveniently brought about, controlled and fixed by the special grip between the thumb and forefinger in the area of the angled control section. In the control section, the grip between the index finger and thumb can be rolled off and tilted slightly.
  • the neck part included in the control section thus, together with the straight piece belonging to it, fulfills a new important function of determining and reversing the position of the blade in the hand.
  • This new type of manual gripping the focus of the trowel handling shifts in the direction of the spread thumb on the leading edge of the blade.
  • the spread thumb determines a sense of direction in the hand grip of the trowel, which does not have to be determined with the eye.
  • the longitudinal edges and the kinks in the angled control section are tactile transitions that provide reliable feedback to the human brain about the spatial position of the tool in the hand.
  • the eye is clear in order to be able to observe the work result targeted with the tool when applying the plaster.
  • the required longitudinal position of the hand on the tool is felt without looking.
  • the two kinks interact with the joints between the palm, thumb and fingers to determine the correct longitudinal position of the hand, while the longitudinal edges between the axial and longitudinal surfaces determine the rotational position of the handle. You can also feel the reversal movements of this control section between the various working positions, the control section between the thumb on the axial and longitudinal surfaces and the index finger on the Throat of the underside of the handle rolls.
  • the angled control section is so far offset with its neck part on the front edge of the sheet that the center of the sheet is aligned approximately with the upper kink transition between the handle part and the straight piece. It has been proven, but 43 0 to leave the Straight section with the plane of the sheet an angle of inclination between 40 ° to 45 0, preferably form and give the handle portion relative to the plane of the blade has an inclination of the third This is the best way to achieve the various working positions in the foot area, overhead or on the side in front of the body.
  • the handle part expediently has a spindle shape tapering towards its free end, which has a maximum cross-section in the central region of the handle part and forms a more sagging belly on the underside because this is more favorable for a firm grip on the handle part.
  • the smoothing trowel consists of a flat sheet 10 with a rectangular outline made of stainless steel and a handle 20 which is molded from plastic and has two functionally different sections 21, 22.
  • the handle 20 initially comprises a grip part 21 for a manual grip, which can best be seen in FIG. 11, around which the palm and, with the exception of the thumb 12, the fingers lie.
  • the handle part 21, as best shown in FIG. 2, has the shape of a bulbous spindle which tapers towards the free end 23, which is rounded.
  • the profile outline shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, there is a non-uniform profile outline.
  • the profile outline follows a uniform circular line, while on its underside 26 there is a greater curvature, which is particularly pronounced in the middle part of this holding section 21.
  • This grip part 21 is formed in one piece with a specially designed control section 22, which, according to the normal hand grip shown in FIG. 11, comes to rest between the thumb 12 spread by the hand and the side surface of the index finger 13.
  • This control section 22 is angled due to a kink 30. If one looks at the control section 22 along the upper side 24 of the handle, the leg pieces lying on both sides of the kink transition 30 are namely vertical ler neck portion 32 and an inclined straight piece 31, approximately the same length. On the upper side there is another kink transition 33 between this control section 22 and the aforementioned handle part 21.
  • the vertical neck part 32 is seated on a web 18 fastened along the blade 10, while the straight piece 31, as is evident from the auxiliary line 14 from FIG. 1, with the blade plane includes an angle of inclination 15 of preferably 43 °.
  • control section 22 On its top facing away from the sheet 10, the control section 22 is provided with three longitudinal, respectively flat surfaces 34, 35, 35 ', which are symmetrical with respect to a vertical plane 36 through the apex of the handle, which is indicated by dash-dotted lines in FIG. These longitudinal surfaces are separated from one another and from the rest of the rounded circumferential profile in the control section 22 by broken longitudinal edges 37, which are clearly felt by the spread thumb 12 shown in FIG. 11. In the normal position of the hand, the thumb 12 lies on the longitudinal axial surface 34. As best shown in FIG. 1, the transition between the control section 22 and the holding section 21 is formed only by a throat 38 on the underside 26 of the handle 20, on which, in the normal position of FIG.
  • the index finger 13 lies laterally, while the inner surface of the index finger 13 spans the curve in the cross-sectional shape of the throat 38.
  • the palm of the hand thus presses on the upper side 24 of the grip part 21.
  • the aligned position of the sheet 10 can be felt by the thumb 12 through the double-sided longitudinal edges 37 of the longitudinally central axial surface 34.
  • the correct longitudinal position of the hand is also determined because, according to FIG. 11, the thumb joint 17 on the hand side is positioned at the upper kink transition 33 between the grip part 21 and the control section 22.
  • the thumb 12 bears essentially on the straight piece 31 of the control section 22; the neck side Kink transition 30 is just noticeable from thumb 12.
  • the control section 22 is thus between the thumb 12 and the index finger 13 and the various rotational positions of the blade can be brought about by allowing this control section to roll between these fingers. This results from the other figures representing other working positions of the sheet, which will be discussed later.
  • the attachment web 18 used to attach the sheet 10, as shown in the front view in FIG. 3, has a width 19 which is approximately equal to the maximum cross-sectional width 39 of the handle part 21 of the handle 20 located above, which on the one hand is high strength and on the other hand ensures a good level guidance of the blade 10.
  • the web 18 is connected to the sheet 10 in a conventional manner known per se.
  • a short base 40 is also formed in one piece with the fastening web 18 and already contributes to the formation of the neck part 32, as can already be seen from the continuation of the mentioned axial and longitudinal surfaces 34, 35, 35 'in the base 40.
  • a separating joint 41 is created towards the handle 20.
  • a hinge vertically formed on the base 40 engages in the handle 20, which is made of plastic, and is used for fastening it.
  • the trowel In addition to the working position shown in FIG. 11 for smoothing the applied masses, the trowel also has to perform other tasks which are shown in more detail in FIGS. 8 to 10.
  • the trowel is intended to hold mortar, for which purpose it is to be used with the blade 10 turned upwards, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, respectively.
  • the trowel starts from the normal position of FIG. 11 mentioned, one comes into these two working positions when the trowel makes an axial rotation about its handle part 21 in the opposite direction to one another leads.
  • a working position is reached where the thumb 12 rests on the right longitudinal surface 35 of the control section 22 and is arranged in the height region of the lower kink transition 30.
  • the sheet 10 is facing the fingertips around the handle part 21.
  • the sheet is then to be brought into the inclined position shown in FIG. 10, which is achieved by moving the fingers in the area of the control section 22. It is a matter of drawing the mortar 44 taken up onto the wall 43 in a defined plaster thickness 45. This inclination is then fixed by the remaining fingers and the ball of the thumb 16 in the region of the grip part 21.
  • the thumb 12 has slipped onto the left longitudinal surface 35 ′ in the control section 22 and, due to a considerable pressure to be exerted, which is exerted on the holding section 21 of the handle by the ball 16 of the hand, comes close to the fastening web 18.
  • the mortar 44 thereby comes to lie in a wedge between the sheet 10 and the wall 43.
  • FIG. 12 A spreading of the applied masses must also be carried out in the foot area of a vertical wall.
  • This extreme case is shown in Fig. 12.
  • the sheet 10 is held vertically, the thumb 12 is in the base 40 of the control section 22 rustled, touches the fastening web 18, and is supported on the longitudinally central axial surface 34: the index finger 13 rests on the opposite side of the base 40.
  • the control section 22 is consequently clamped in this lowermost piece between the thumb 12 and index finger 13.
  • the remaining fingers have accordingly slid far away from the grip part 21 onto the control section 22.
  • the middle finger 46 spans the underside of the handle 38 approximately in the middle of the throat.
  • Fig. 12 there is a fine hold position, where the handle 20 is easily grasped and access is practically only in the control section 22. Is a fixed contact pressure is desired, it needs at a constant H only the heel of the hand of the handle andposition to be pressed on the top side sixteenth
  • FIGS. 13, 14 work is carried out overhead on the ceiling.
  • pressure is exerted, which is why the ball of the thumb 16 is pressed against the handle 20.
  • the thumb is located on the longitudinally central axial surface 34 and the remaining fingers on the side facing the sheet 10 span the arched belly 27 of the grip part 21.
  • the thumb 12 is advanced far in the control section 22, the front thumb joint 47 being located at the front transition 30 supports.
  • the sheet 10 also faces the ceiling in order to carry out a smoothing work there.
  • the sheet 10 is brought into a laterally offset position with respect to the person holding the trowel.
  • the thumb 12 is still in contact with the longitudinally central axial surface 34, but is, together with the hand, in a rotational position with respect to the plane of symmetry 36 of FIG. 2.
  • Fig. 7 a special fine holding position is shown in Fig. 7, which broke when one rubbed on the floor ten mortar is required.
  • the hand spans the top of the handle.
  • the index finger 13 is now located above the longitudinally central axial surface 34 and extends over the two kink transitions 30, 33, which thereby define a specific hand position.
  • the thumb 12 engages the control section 22 on a side surface near the aforementioned throat 38, while the middle finger 46 rests in a corresponding position on the opposite side of the control section 22.
  • the upper kink transition 33 between the handle part 21 and the control section 22 is in a vertical alignment with the center 48 of the sheet 10.
  • the control section 22 is arranged in front of the sheet center 48, offset from the front sheet edge 11.

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US4467492A (en) * 1983-04-04 1984-08-28 Harrington Eugene M Trowel type construction tool
US5850663A (en) * 1996-02-07 1998-12-22 Hyde Manufacturing Co. Ergonomic tool handle
AU720190B2 (en) * 1993-03-02 2000-05-25 Marshalltown Trowel Company A plastic molded trowel handle having fingerguard and palm grip
WO2006024882A2 (fr) * 2004-09-03 2006-03-09 International Cellulose Corporation Materiau cellulosique a application esthetique
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FR3101800A1 (fr) * 2019-10-14 2021-04-16 Établissements Pierre Gréhal Et Cie Sa Poignée de couteau à enduire et couteau à enduire muni d’une telle poignée
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US4467492A (en) * 1983-04-04 1984-08-28 Harrington Eugene M Trowel type construction tool
AU720190B2 (en) * 1993-03-02 2000-05-25 Marshalltown Trowel Company A plastic molded trowel handle having fingerguard and palm grip
US5850663A (en) * 1996-02-07 1998-12-22 Hyde Manufacturing Co. Ergonomic tool handle
WO2006024882A2 (fr) * 2004-09-03 2006-03-09 International Cellulose Corporation Materiau cellulosique a application esthetique
WO2006024882A3 (fr) * 2004-09-03 2006-06-08 Internat Cellulose Corp Materiau cellulosique a application esthetique
CN102296795A (zh) * 2011-07-11 2011-12-28 东莞市彩丽建筑维护技术有限公司 一种将墙面抹灰层刮抹平整的方法及实施该方法的构件
CN102296795B (zh) * 2011-07-11 2013-05-01 东莞市彩丽建筑维护技术有限公司 一种将墙面抹灰层刮抹平整的方法
FR3101800A1 (fr) * 2019-10-14 2021-04-16 Établissements Pierre Gréhal Et Cie Sa Poignée de couteau à enduire et couteau à enduire muni d’une telle poignée
WO2021074214A1 (fr) * 2019-10-14 2021-04-22 Établissements Pierre Gréhal Et Cie Sa Poignée de couteau à enduire et couteau à enduire muni d'une telle poignée
CN112982902A (zh) * 2019-12-17 2021-06-18 广东博智林机器人有限公司 一种抹子机构、刮抹涂料装置及刮抹涂料机器人

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