US2902576A

US2902576A - Floor tile heater

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Publication number: US2902576A
Application number: US684994A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ralph E Miller
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1957-09-19
Filing date: 1957-09-19
Publication date: 1959-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 1976-09-01

Description

. p 1, 1959 R. E. MILLER 2,902,576

FLOOR TILE HEATER Filed Sept. 19, 1957 Ralph E. Miller 1N VEN TOR.

United States Patent FLOOR TILE HEATER Ralph E. Miller, Milford, Ind.

Application September 19,1957, Serial No. 684,994

1 Claim. (Cl. 219-25) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in floor tile heaters and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, novel means for expeditiously and uniformly softening the bond of linoleum, asphalt and other tile to permit the removal thereof.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a floor tile heater of the character described which utilizes a conventional electric sadiron as the heating medium.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a floor tile heater of the aforementioned character which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, compact, of lightweight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a floor tile heater constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing an electric sadiron secured in position thereon;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view in vertical section, taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a plate 4 of suitable heat conducting material, preferably aluminum. The plate 4, which may be of any desired thickness, is substantially square and of dimensions corresponding substantially to those of the usual floor tile to be removed.

The plate 4 is adapted to have mounted and firmly but removably secured thereon a conventional electric sadiron 5. Toward this end, the plate 4 has secured on one corner portion thereof an arcuate, stationary jaw 6 for the reception of the heel or rear end portion of the sadiron 5. The stationary jaw 6 includes an apertured base 7 which is secured to the plate 4, as at 8. Formed integrally with the base 7 is an inclined flange 9 beneath which the sadiron is engageable.

Mounted on the diagonally opposite corner portion of the plate 4 from the stationary jaw 6 is a clamp 10 for the forward end portion or nose of the sadiron 5. The clamp 10 includes a substantially channel-shaped bracket 11 which is secured on the plate 4. Threaded through the side flanges of the bracket 11 parallel with the plate is a thumb screw 12. Rotatably mounted on one end portion of the thumb screw 12 is a substantially V-shaped jaw 13 which is engageable with the nose or forward end portion of the sadiron 5.

It is thought that the use of the device will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, the sadiron 5 is positioned on the plate 4 with the rear end portion or heel thereof engaged beneath the flange 9 of the stationary jaw 6. With the forward end portion or nose of the sadiron 5 engaged in the movable jaw 13, the thumb screw 12 is turned in the bracket 11 for tightening said jaw on said sadiron. Thus, the sadiron 5 is firmly secured in position on the plate 4. The construction and arrangement is such that the device will accommodate various sizes and shapes of sadirons. The electric sadiron 5 is then energized for heating the plate 4. Then, utilizing the handle 14 of the sadiron 5 in an obvious manner, the plate 4 is positioned on the floor tile to be removed for softening the bond thereof thus freeing the same.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A floor tile heater of the character described comprising: a rectangular plate of heat conducting material for positioning on the tile to be heated and adapted to receive thereon an electric sadiron to be heated thereby, and means for removably securing the sadiron on the plate, said means comprising a stationary jaw secured on the plate at one corner of the plate and including an arcuate, inclined flange for receiving and retaining therebeneath the heel portion of the sadiron, said means further comprising a clamp including a bracket secured on the plate at a corner of the plate diagonally opposite the first named corner, a thumb screw threadedly mounted in said bracket parallel with said plate, and a substantially V-shaped adjustable jaw rotatably mounted on the thumb screw in spaced, opposed relation to the stationary jaw, said adjustable jaw for the reception of the nose portion of the sadiron and cooperable with said stationary jaw for securing the sadiron in position on the plate, said V- shaped jaw being movable over said plate toward the stationary jaw for clamping the sadiron between said jaws in response to operation of said thumb screw, said jaws acting in opposition to each other against the heel and nose portions of the sadiron respectively.

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