US299576A - Carpet-stretcher - Google Patents

Description

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E. P. PERSONS.

CARPET STRETGHER.

Patented- June 3, 1884.

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ELIAS F. PERSONS, OF XVESTFIELD, NEV YORK.

CARPET-STRETCHER.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,576, dated June 3, 1884.

Application filed A ril 21,1884. (No model.)

1'0 aZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, ELIAS F. PERsoNs, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Westfield, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oarpet-Stretchers, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a carpetstretcher constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the combined tack and staple guide in perspective. Fig. 3 is a cross-section, and Fig. at a longitudinal section, of the same. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective of a portion of the combined tack and staple feed-tube, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the, principal elements of the tack feeding and driving mechanism.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to that class of carpet-stretchers which are provided with means for feeding and driving tacks and staples, and means for retaining the carpet after being stretched, and for taking up the slack-leading edge or margin of the carpet and inserting tacks therein; and the invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

A represents the main or handle lever, B the floor-lever, and C any suitable connectingrod, pivotally secured to the floor-lever at c, and to the handle-lever at c. The hand-lever comprises the main bar A, of wood or metal, as desired, bored centrally and longitudinally for the passage therethrough of a rod, D, encircled by a coiled spring, (Z, resting against the bottom of an enlargement, d, of the bore in the hand-bar at its upper end, and against the under surface of the knob (1 secured to the upper end of the rod D, the rod, spring, and knob forming the means employed for the purpose of driving either tacks or staples, as hereinafter described.

E represents the combined tack and staple guide, which is secured by means of its perforated flanges e to the lower end of the handbar by screws, rivets, or bolts, as desired.

in order that they may be inserted into the floor to give a firm hold or connection of the lower end of the hand-bar therewith, and to be employed in taking up the slack margin of the stretched carpet, as hereinafter described. The web e is enlarged midway between the flanges to form a tube, e, the opposite inner walls of which are grooved, as at e, in order that doublepointed tacks or staples may be fed in proper position for driving by riding in the grooves, and in order, at the same time, that ordinary tacks may be passed within the bore of said tube, the upper portion of which also serves as a guide for the lower end of the driving-rod D.

F represents the feed-tube, the upper wall of which is slotted longitudinally and centrally for the projection therethrough of the points of ordinary tacks, X, and is of a suitable width and bore or internal depth to receive doublepointed tacks or staples Y, so that a series of either may be placed within the tube in any suitable manner, in order that they may fall by gravity and turn within the curved portion f in front of the lower end of thedrivingrod D, when, by striking the palm of the hand upon the knob (2 a tack or staple may be driven and the driving-rod withdrawn upwardly by the spring (I. I

The foot or floor lever B is provided at its front end with a series of spurs, b, projecting downwardly from its lower surface, and slightly curved, so as to take a firm hold upon the carpet. Its rear end is provided with a stir rup, 12, into which the foot of the operator may be inserted, and in front of the stirrup is a spring, I), the natural tendency of which is to assume an elevated position at its free end, which is provided with a spur, b, and when the spring is depressed by placing the foot upon it said spur is passed through an aperture in the lever and forced through the carpet into the floolythis operation taking place after the foot-lever has been elevated at its outer end, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. "When so elevated, pressure is applied at the stirrup end, while the hand-lever is held firmly IOO the floor-lever reaches the floor, the toe of the operator is pressed upon the spring-spur and it is forced into the floor, thus retaining the i oot-leverin position. The hand-lever is then oscillated on the pivot c to the position shown in dotted lines, and the points 0 are inserted into the carpet Z at its edge, and the handle is again brought to the position shown in full lines, thereby taking up the slack margin of the carpet, and the tack or staple is driven, as hcreinbefore described.

If desired, the margin of the carpet may be provided with eyelets, and the staples may be driven along the edges of the floor, and a cord or other suitable lacing may be employed to fasten the carpet to the floor, in which case the stretcher is used, as described, simply for the purpose of stretching the carpet, as is usual. The slack portion remaining after the floor lever is fastened is taken up in the act oflac ing the same by passing a cord from the staple through an eyelet and to a staple and back to another eyelet, and so on continuously about the room.

Thefoot-lever 13 is provided at its inner end with a metal casting, B,which forms a T-head, theunder side of which is provided with spurs b,wl1ich are adapted to catch in the carpet,and thus take up the slack, as shown in Fig. 1.

The casting may be flat or have the raised portion I), forming a socket for the reception of the end of the foot-lever 13, to which it may be secured in any suitable manner, thus giving the stretcher a rigid head, which is less liable to be sprung or wrenched loose.

Having described my invention and its operation, What I claim is 1. The combination, with the hand-lever A, of the connecting-rod C and the foot-lever 13, provided with the spurs b, stirrup I), and spring-spur I)", substantially as specified.

2. Thehand-lever A, provided with the driving-rod D, having the knob d spring (I, and the end casting, E, having the pointed flanges c and the central internally-grooved tube, 0", substantially as specified.

3. The OOlllbilliLtlOll,Wlth the hand-lever A,

of the casting E, provided with the internallygrooved tubular portion, the driving-rod l), and the central and longitudinally slotted and curved feed-tube, substantially as specified.

4. The combination of the hand-lever A, connecting-rod O, foot-lever B, having the stirrup band spurs Z) Z), the longitudinally-s]ottcd feedtubc F, and the driving-bar D, the whole constructed and arranged and operating substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination of the hand-lever A, connecting-rod O, and foot-lever 13, having the metallic T-head casting B, provided with spurs, substantially as specified.

G. The casting B, with spurs cast or otherwise secured thereto, and having the bent pol tion 13', in combination with the lever 13, sub stantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIAS F. PERSONS.

\Vitnesses:

.Tnnonr. LA. Den, Evnox FENNER.

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