US1154453A - Combination plasterer's implement. - Google Patents

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A. D. STBATTON. COMBINATION PLASTERERS IMPLEIVHENTl APPLlcATloN FILED 0cT.9. 1914.

1,154,453', Patentedsept. 21, 1915.

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AZARIAH D. STRATTON, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

COMBINATION PLAS'IERERS IMPLEMENT.

Application med october 9, 1914'. serial N9, seams.

T all whom it mag/*concern Be it known that I, AZARIAH D. STRAT- ToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Plasterers Implements; and I do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description o the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to same. v

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in plasterers toolsv and has for its primary object to provide a tool or implement of this character which will be of simple construction and operation and which may be readily assembled for use.

, The invention has for: another object to provide an instrument of this character which may be assembled in several ways and which will `be of'such form that either one of "severa-l floats may be employed or the tools may be used without the float and shoe employed for holding the 4smoothing member formed of similar material.

' The invention has for a further object to provide a tool or instrument of this character which will be composed ofthe minimum i number of parts and however cheap as well as durable construction and which may be used as either a trowelor a smoothing member as the case may require.`

With the above and other objects in View `'as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features ofy construction, cornbination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully `described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the complete device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view with parts broken away for the same of clearness, and-Fig. 3 is a` frag-V mentary view of the shoe.

Referring more particularly to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates the handle which is preferably of a substantially semicircular form and which has its apertured ends secured upon the upper face of the trowel plate 2, by screws 8 orother suitable members secured through the plate 2and 1nto the ends ofthe handle 1, the edge of the securmg members being circular countersunk in the plate 2 to provide a smooth router face for the same. Trowel plate 2 may be readlly employed in the usual manner as a plasterers trowel. When it is desired to provide. a smoothing tool or instrument, however, theshoe 4 is employed, said shoe 4 being pressed in the form of a plate havmg lts opposite side and end edges directed upwardly, as shown 'at 5 by a smoothing member 6 formed of asection of carpet or other similar `material may be placed over the bottom of .the shoe 4 with itsedges eX- tended around and over the Vsides or edges 5 'of the shoe 4 and directly downwardly in sald shoe, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The float 7 is then placed in the shoe 4 and forced down into the same to bind the edges of the smoothing members 6 against the inner faces of the upturned sidesor edges 5 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept 21, 1915,

of the shoe 4, as clearly shown at 8, in Fig.

,able openings provided for the same in the plate 2.and float 7 and threaded into suitable openings in the bottom of the shoe 4, as shown at 10, the heads 11 and clamping screws 9 are screwed downwardly upon the upper face of the plate 2 whereby all of the parts may be readily and securely held in'proper position.

It will be understood that while the plate 2 and shoe 4 are preferably formed of metal, the float 7 is preferably formed of wood or cork or some other suitable and like mate.- rial which will have a certain amount of resiliency and at the same time cheap to manufacture. It will also lbe understood that the handle 1 may -be formed of any suitable material and may be desired shape as desired and secured to the plate 2 in any suitableand well known manner.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that I have provided an improved and novel combination tool especially adapted for use by plasterers and other workmen who require trowels and smoothing 'tools in their daily occupation and the tool or implement may be readily and quickly converted into either a trowel or a smoothing implement'l as' desired,

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invention has been shown and illustrated, it will be understoodthat minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of .parts may be madewithin the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What is claimed is 1. In a trowel, a plate, a handle secured to said plate intermediate its sides and ends,

said plate having apertures adjacent the` handle, a shoe having its sides and edges turned upwardly, a cover arranged under the shoe and having its edges engaged over the upturned edges of the shoe, a float to lit Within said shoe, and its outer edges to engage the covering carried by said shoe,

said float having apertures therein to correspond with the apertures in said plate, means placed through said apertures for holding said parts in an assembled position.

2. n a trowel, a plate substantially rectangular, said plate having a channel formed thereon, and having apertures therein, a shoe having its ends and sides turned upwardly, a cover arranged over said shoe and its ends to be bent over the upturned edges of the shoe, a float adapted to seat Within the shoe and tightly wedge said covering AZARIAH. D. STRATTON.

Witnesses:

FRANK L. WEAVER, P. H. SMALLEY.

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