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US2453863A
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  • This invention relates to a cap strip gauge. It is common to finish the edges of linoleum and the like with a cap strip, usually made of metal. Where, as in conventional modern practice, the linoleum or the like is turned at the floor line to extend upwardly on the adjacent wall surface or baseboard, it becomes a diflicult matter to simultaneously gauge and support the cap strip which is to finish the upper edge.
  • Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a simple embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a view in perspective on a reduced scale showing the device in use.
  • Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view in cross section showing a portion of my improved gauge in its operative relation to a portion of the cap strip.
  • Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a portion of a modified embodiment of the invention.
  • the base 5, in the simplest form of the invention, may comprise simply a block of wood provided at 6 with a kerf in which a removable wooden upright or standard 1 is frictionally retained.
  • the upright 1 has a vertical slot at 8 and is spanned at either side by legs 9, ll), of a bifurcated bracket arm H.
  • the clamping bolt 12 provided with a wing-nut l3 extends transversely through the slotted registering portions of the legs 9, l and through the slot 8 whereby the bracket arm may be set at any elevation within the limit of movement afforded by the slot 8, and may be advanced or retracted, and may also, if desired, be tilted.
  • the resilience of the legs 9 and I0 is such that when the wing-nut I3 is tightened on bolt l2, a very satisfactorily rigid positioning of the bracket 3 Claims. (Cl. 29-284) arm H in the desired adjustment on the standard 1 is secured.
  • bracket arm H At the end of the bracket arm H are screws I 4 which hold to the bracket arm a combination gauge and slide member l5, which may conventionally be made of angle iron, having at IS an upstanding flange receivable into the inverted channel of the cap strip H, as shown in Figure 3.
  • the horizontal flange [8 of the gauge and slide member l5 may be provided with keyhole slots at l9 to receive the screws ll, thereby facilitating the application and removal of the gauge and slide member l5.
  • the gauge and slide member may comprise the unit shown in Fig. 4 at l5 where the bar I8 is provided at lo 'nally spaced points with the gauge and guide disks 16' which take the place of the flange IS in rolling within the channel of the cap strip l1.
  • Device l5 may be made applicable to the bracket arm II in the same manner above suggested, through the use of screws l4 and keyhole slots l9.
  • the gauge and slide member should not comprise a mere point but should be elongated, as the cap strip is somewhat flexible and will bend away from the wall surface unless it is not merely supported at a given level but is also urged toward the wall surface.
  • the elongated flange l6 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 and the longitudinally spaced disks l6 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 4 perform this function.
  • a portion of the cap strip supported by the combination gauge and slide member is applied to the wall and, thereupon, the gauge and slide member is slid along the wall without disengaging it from the cap strip, the displacement being suflicient to enable the operator to make a, further connection of the cap strip to the wall.
  • the gauge and slide member may be advanced as fast as the operator works and by keeping the cap strip not merely supported but also maintaining it in alignment ahead of the operator, the work is greatly expedited.
  • the keyhole slots permitting the removal of the slide member unitarily from the bracket arm.
  • the removal of the wing-nut from the bolt used in the assembly of the device permits the bracket arm to be withdrawn from the standard I.
  • the separate parts may be approximately of the same length and thickness 3 for convenient disposition in transportation and storage.
  • a gauge and slide member .lnoiinted at the end of the arm and extending transversely thereof and longitudinally of the cap-strip and having upstanding means'suificiently thin to enter theb'ad-stfibthahhel and providing cap-strip support at least at two points spaced longitudinally of the cap-strip at opposite sides of the arm, said means being slidable within the channel and'ihterlocked with said cap-strip when in use to be guided thereby as the cap-strip is secured to t wall behind the progressively advanced devic;
  • said upstanding means comprises an angle with one flange attached to the arm and another flange upstanding and having a; face engageable with the cap-strip face and an edge 'portion receivable into said channel.
  • upstanding means comprises rollers spaced longitudinally of said member and rotatably mounted thereon in a common plane, said rollers having thin edge portions aligned to be receivable into said chan nel.

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NOV; 16, 1948. w s, UR 2,453,863
CAP STRIP GAUGE Filed Dec. 4, 1944 INVENTOR I MLMCE'JJQUJJaeY ATTORNEYS.
Patented Nov. 16, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CAP STRIP GAUGE Wallace S. Salisbury, Sharon, Wis.
Application December 4, 1944, Serial No. 566,512
This invention relates to a cap strip gauge. It is common to finish the edges of linoleum and the like with a cap strip, usually made of metal. Where, as in conventional modern practice, the linoleum or the like is turned at the floor line to extend upwardly on the adjacent wall surface or baseboard, it becomes a diflicult matter to simultaneously gauge and support the cap strip which is to finish the upper edge.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a novel and simple gauge which is preferably demountably constructed to be carried conveniently in a tool kit or otherwise, and which provides means for not only gauging the height of the cap strip from the floor, but also for the support i the cap strip pendin itshconnection to the wallJflidgaugfiiS being preferably desighed to slide within the cap strip to support it at progressively advanced points.
Other objects of the invention will appear more particularly from the following disclosure thereof.
In the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a simple embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is a view in perspective on a reduced scale showing the device in use.
Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view in cross section showing a portion of my improved gauge in its operative relation to a portion of the cap strip.
Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a portion of a modified embodiment of the invention.
Like parts are designated with the same reference characters throughout the several views.
It will, of course, be understood that wide variation in the details of the invention is possible and the present disclosure is merely by way of exemplification.- The base 5, in the simplest form of the invention, may comprise simply a block of wood provided at 6 with a kerf in which a removable wooden upright or standard 1 is frictionally retained. The upright 1 has a vertical slot at 8 and is spanned at either side by legs 9, ll), of a bifurcated bracket arm H. The clamping bolt 12 provided with a wing-nut l3 extends transversely through the slotted registering portions of the legs 9, l and through the slot 8 whereby the bracket arm may be set at any elevation within the limit of movement afforded by the slot 8, and may be advanced or retracted, and may also, if desired, be tilted. The resilience of the legs 9 and I0 is such that when the wing-nut I3 is tightened on bolt l2, a very satisfactorily rigid positioning of the bracket 3 Claims. (Cl. 29-284) arm H in the desired adjustment on the standard 1 is secured.
At the end of the bracket arm H are screws I 4 which hold to the bracket arm a combination gauge and slide member l5, which may conventionally be made of angle iron, having at IS an upstanding flange receivable into the inverted channel of the cap strip H, as shown in Figure 3. The horizontal flange [8 of the gauge and slide member l5 may be provided with keyhole slots at l9 to receive the screws ll, thereby facilitating the application and removal of the gauge and slide member l5.
If desired, the gauge and slide member may comprise the unit shown in Fig. 4 at l5 where the bar I8 is provided at lo 'nally spaced points with the gauge and guide disks 16' which take the place of the flange IS in rolling within the channel of the cap strip l1. Device l5 may be made applicable to the bracket arm II in the same manner above suggested, through the use of screws l4 and keyhole slots l9.
For convenience of use, the gauge and slide member should not comprise a mere point but should be elongated, as the cap strip is somewhat flexible and will bend away from the wall surface unless it is not merely supported at a given level but is also urged toward the wall surface. The elongated flange l6 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 and the longitudinally spaced disks l6 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 4 perform this function. In use, a portion of the cap strip supported by the combination gauge and slide member is applied to the wall and, thereupon, the gauge and slide member is slid along the wall without disengaging it from the cap strip, the displacement being suflicient to enable the operator to make a, further connection of the cap strip to the wall. The gauge and slide member may be advanced as fast as the operator works and by keeping the cap strip not merely supported but also maintaining it in alignment ahead of the operator, the work is greatly expedited.
When the operator is through with the clevice it may readily be dismantled, the keyhole slots permitting the removal of the slide member unitarily from the bracket arm. Similarly, the removal of the wing-nut from the bolt used in the assembly of the device permits the bracket arm to be withdrawn from the standard I. To remove the standard I from the base 5, it is only necessary to overcome the friction holding the parts together. The separate parts may be approximately of the same length and thickness 3 for convenient disposition in transportation and storage.
I claim:
wardthe wall, and a gauge and slide member .lnoiinted at the end of the arm and extending transversely thereof and longitudinally of the cap-strip and having upstanding means'suificiently thin to enter theb'ad-stfibthahhel and providing cap-strip support at least at two points spaced longitudinally of the cap-strip at opposite sides of the arm, said means being slidable within the channel and'ihterlocked with said cap-strip when in use to be guided thereby as the cap-strip is secured to t wall behind the progressively advanced devic;
2. The devic of claim 1 in which said upstanding means comprises an angle with one flange attached to the arm and another flange upstanding and having a; face engageable with the cap-strip face and an edge 'portion receivable into said channel.
3. The device of claim 1 in which upstanding means comprises rollers spaced longitudinally of said member and rotatably mounted thereon in a common plane, said rollers having thin edge portions aligned to be receivable into said chan nel.
WALLACE S. SALISBURY.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 305,776 Amstutz Sept. 30, 1884 436,542 Orswell Sept. 16, 1890 583,430 Dodson May 25, 1897 1,198,522 Buckland Sept. 19, 1916 1,519,637 Shannon Dec. 16, 1924 1,720,987 Adam July 16, 1929 1,786,638 Wadell Dec. 30, 1930 1,941,404 Lansing Dec. 26, 1933 2,168,505 Zenewich Aug. 8, 1939 2,197,278 Sverdahl Apr. 16, 1940 2,369,425 Becker Feb. 13, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date Great Britain Mar. 27, 1939
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US2775040A (en) * 1952-09-04 1956-12-25 Leff Benjamin Three dimensional pelvimeter
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