US1585036A - Device for setting up corner beads - Google Patents

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May 18 1926.

RE. H. JONES DEVICE FOR SETTING UP CORNER BEADS Filed August 20, 1924 7 INVENTOR. fawn 0 hf Jon 5 WMN ilk W ATTORNEYS.

Patented May 18, 1926.

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EDIIEUND H. JONES,'OE MIL'WAUKEE, VI ISCONSIN, ASSIG-NOR TO MILWAUKEE COR- BUGATING COMPANY, OF GBEENFIELID, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WIS- CONSIN.

DEVICE FOR SETTING UP CORNER BEADS.

Application filed August 20, 1924. Serial No. 733,034.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for setting up corner beads such as are used for protecting the sharp edges or corners of walls.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved device for setting up corner beads which may be readily applied to a corner bead and manipulated to set up the bead in a vertical or horizontal plane.

Another object is to provide an improved method of setting up corner beads.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, an embodiment thereof is shown in the drawings,-in which Figure 1 is aside elevation, showing the device applied to a corner bead and positioned to place the bead in a vertical plane;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 9r2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the device in position to be applied to a corner bead;

Fig. 4 is a plan view, showing the device applied to a corner bead and positioned to place the bead in a horizontal plane; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 1, showing the manner in which the device is secured to the corner head.

The device comprises, in general, a member 1 having any'suitable means 2 arranged along one edge thereof for engagement with the corner bead 3. The means 2 may comprise a pair of L-shaped strips 4 fitted over opposite corners of member 1 at one edge thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, the ends 5 of the strips being resilient and bent backwardly to provide a substantially V- shaped clip adapted to snap over the head 7 of the corner head as shown in Fig. 5, to hold the device and the bead securely together. The strips 4 are secured to memher 1 in any suitable way, such as by screws 8( Member 1 is provided with an opening 9 across which a spirit gauge 10 is supported and arranged at right angles to the edge 11 of member 1. The edge 11 of member 1 is placed in a vertical plane by position the member so that gauge 10 lies in a horizontal plane, as indicated by the bubble 12.

In setting up a corner bead, the device is placed against the bead, as shown in Fig. 3, and pressed firmly upon the bead so that clips 6 formed by the resilient ends 5 of strips 4 snap over head 7 of the bead, as shown in Fig. 5. The bead and the device are thereby securely held'together, with head 7 of the bead held tightly against edge 11.

The bead 1s then fitted to the corner of the wall and the device adjusted so that gauge 1O lies in a horizontal plane, as indicated by the position of bubble 12. Plaster or other material 20 is then applied in suitable quantity at the edges of the bead to hold both in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 5. l Vhen the plaster or material 20 has set, the device is pulled from the bead, and plaster or other material applied in the usual manner to finish the job, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5.

Gauge 10 maybe secured in position across opening 9 by inserting the gauge into a suitable opening in member 1 at right angles to edge 11 and closing the end of the opening by any suitable means such as putty 18, to hold the gauge in position.

A second gauge 14 is supported across a suitable opening 15 in member 1 and arranged in a plane parallel to the faces 16 of the member. The ends 5 of strips 4 are arranged in alignment parallel to faces 16 of member 1. so that when the member is positioned to place gauge 14 in a horizontal plane the clips 6 formed by ends 5 will be in alignment in a horizontal plane.

Gauge 14 may be secured across opening 15 by inserting the gauge into suitable recesses at the edge of the opening and applying any suitable means such as putty 17 and strips 18 across the recesses to hold the gauge in proper position. The strips 18 may be secured to member 1 by any suitable means such as screws 19.

In setting up a corner bead 3 to lie in a horizontal plane, as shown in Fig. 4, the device is secured to the bead as explained above, and positioned so that gauge 14 lies in a horizontal plane. Plaster or other material is then applied as explained above in connection with Figs. 1 and 5.

Although the invention has been described and shown as particularly adapted to the setting up of corner beads, it is not limited to such use, but may be used for a variety of different purposes.

Various changes of structure and arrangement or" the parts may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

The invention claimed is:

1. A device of the character compr i member having a edge, coin ementary holding elen cured tOSZllCllllQllllJCl against relatir movement with respect thereto and overhanging said edge, the adjacent ends of sai elements being so spaced as to norma ly prevent free passage of the head portion of acorner head between the same, said ends being relatively resilimt to permit the same to be spread outwardly away from each other by said head portion upon the application of pressure t nding to more said member and bead together whereby said ends are caused to receive and snap over said head portion into interlocking relation therewith.

2'. In adevice of he character des :"ibed, the combination with a member hating a straight edge, of strips fixed to opposite sides of said member and having their outer free ends extending beyond said edge and spaced normally prevent free passsage of the head per-.ion of a corner beat between the sane, said ends being resilient to permitsaid ends to b spread outwardly and away from each other by said head portion upon forceful application of said head to said member and to cause said ends to snap over said head portion mto interlocking relation therewith.

3. In a device for setting up corner beads 1n combination, a member. an rs of L-shaped strips arranged at intervals along one edge of said member, the strips of each said pairs being fitted over opposite corners of said edge, the ends of said strips being resilient and bent to provide clips for holding the device to a corner beachanda gauge carried by said mem her and adapted and arranged to indicate the position of said member to place a corner head in proper position when said clips are inoperative engagement with the lead.

The method of setting up a corner bead of the class described consisting, in securing a member to said head, placing said member and said head in proper position at the corner of a wall, applying plaster or other material in sutlicient quantity to hold said head and said mem- 'ber to the corner, allowing said plaster or other material to set, and then removing said member from said head.

5. The method of setting up a corner head of the classdescribed consisting in securing a leveling device to said head, placing said dericeand said head in proper position at the corner of a wall. applying:

(er orother material in sutiicient quancity to hold said bead and said device to the corner, allowingsaid plaster or other material to set, and then removing said device from said bead.

In witness whereof I hereto a signature.

EDMUND H. JONES.

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