US225273A - Carpet-stretcher - Google Patents

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J. A. DICE. Garpet stretoher.

No; 225,273. Patented Mar. 9, I880;

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1 N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRA'iHER, WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED STATES p PATENT OFFICE,

JAGOB A. DICE, OF ST. MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARPET-STRETCHER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,273, dated March 9, 188 0.

Application filed January 14, 1880.

Town whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB A. Dunn, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Marys, in the county of Elk and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garpet-Stretchers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of carpetstretchers made for family or domestic use, in which the machine is held in position by means of a hook or pin driven into the floor, and in which a rake or claw is made to catch the carpet and draw it in position.

The drawing shows a perspective view of my stretcher.

A is the bed-piece, made of hard wood or square bar-shaped metal of suitable thickness and length; and B is a ratchet-plate, consisting of a flat piece of the same width of the bedpiece, and made to slide on the upper face of the same, and having upon its face the beveled teeth At one end of the bedpiece A, I have a lug or lip, E, extending above and below the same, and in its lower end I have inserted one or more steel-wire points or tacks. At the opposite end of the bed-piece A, I have two standards, L, extending above and below the bed-piece, and by means of connectingbolts form the axles or shafts of the roller G and the catch-pawl D. Near this end of the bed-piece A, I have two standards, K, connected by a bolt or pin to form an axle and fulv crum for the lever (3.

At the upper end of the ratchet-plate B are two lips or flanges, f, meeting below in a crossbar or plate, F, forming a collar around the plate A, and, in connection with the standards L, keeping the rack-plate in position on the bed-plate. Cast in the bar or plate F, I have a number of steel points or tacks, thus converting the same into a rake. I

The lever C has an elongated slot or oval, S, which enables me not only, by raising it, to avoid the teeth of the ratchet, but by means of which I can take long or short catches or take a second hold, while the pawl D engages with the ratchet and prevents the plate from moving backward. I make the working machine about fifteen inches long, with a rake of 5 about five inches.

The lug or lip E and standards L and K are made of metal and screwed to the bed-piece A, or the bed-piece A, lip E, and standards L and K may all be of metal and cast in one piece, as may also the ratchetplate B, with its ratchet t i, flanges f, and rake F.

To operate my stretcher, throw the lever 0 back, as shown by the dotted lines in the drawing, the weight of which unlocks the pawl D and throws the machine out of gear. Slide the ratchet-plate back as far as desired, place the machine down on the floor with the head against the base-board and the rear end out on the carpet, and with one foot on the machine press upon and drive the teeth or pins 9 g up to the shoulder, which hold the machine firmly in position. Catch the carpet by the rake F, raise the lever, engage it with the ratchet, and push the same up to the desired point, or throw it back and take another hold, and so on till the carpet reaches its place, where, by means of the rake, whose rack-plate is engaged by the pawl D, it is held in position for tacking.

My machine has many advantages over and difi'ers from those now in use. It draws the carpet full up to the base-board, and holds it in position for tacking, enabling the operator to have both hands free at the same time, which is not the case in other machines. By means of the roller at the end of the machine I am enabled to draw the carpet under it and nearer to the base-board than any other machine.

In the rake F the teeth do not reach the floor, but are made just long enough to catch the carpet, and by being formed of steel wire they are smaller and stronger than other machines that have large teeth, which injure the floor.

The lever is slotted, so that long or short purchases may be taken, while the difierent parts of the machine, being firmly secured to each other,,cannot be mislaid or lost. The machine therefore is always ready for use. p

The roller G at the end' of my machine is :0 lug E and steel points 9 g, standards K and T1,

and roller Gr, ratchet-plate B, with ratchet i i, and rake F, with steel points or teeth h h, lockpawl I), and slotted lever O, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a carpet-stretcher, the straight slotted lever 0, having but one engaging-point, combined With the fulcrum and the movable ratchetplate B, by means of which the rake may be moved in long or short stretches, as desired.

3. In a carpet-stretcher, the roller G at its rear end, by means of which the machine is raised from the floor and the carpet allowed to pass under it.

JACOB A. DICE.

Witnesses:

W. W. AMEs, J. M. SHAFFER.

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