US3331290A - Powered trowel - Google Patents

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US3331290A
US3331290A US512908A US51290865A US3331290A US 3331290 A US3331290 A US 3331290A US 512908 A US512908 A US 512908A US 51290865 A US51290865 A US 51290865A US 3331290 A US3331290 A US 3331290A
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Jr Edward M Harding
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F21/00—Implements for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F21/20—Implements for finishing work on buildings for laying flooring
    • E04F21/24—Implements for finishing work on buildings for laying flooring of masses made in situ, e.g. smoothing tools
    • E04F21/245—Rotary power trowels, i.e. helicopter trowels
    • E04F21/248—Rotary power trowels, i.e. helicopter trowels used by an operator walking behind the trowel, i.e. walk-behind power trowels

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  • FIG. 1 is a bottom plan view of the powered trowel
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the trowel blade adaptor and trowel blade
  • FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the components of FIG. 2 in detached condition
  • FIG. 4 is a bottom plan View in partial section of the trowel blade and adaptor assembly
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary end view of the adaptor-blade assembly and blade removal tool
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary side elevation in partial section of the components of FIG. 5 with blade in partial The prior art evldences powered rotary trowel ma- Separation;
  • chines consisting of a ring or hub supporting centrally thereof a power unit coupled to radially projecting and rotating trowel supporting arms.
  • the prior art further evidences various means and devices utilized in such trowelling apparatus for quick detachable connection of trowel blades to the rotating arms.
  • FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 6 of a modified forxr of the blade removal tool
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a modified attach ment component for the adaptor
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a further modified at tachment component
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a still further m0difie attachment component
  • FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a fragmentary sectio damage. It has also been discovered that powered rotary of the trowel handle and Safety Switch,
  • trowels incorporating aplurality of blades rotating in a common direction in contact with a cement surfaces tend to pull or spin out of the control of the operator if the frictional load between the blade and cement suddenly increases due to uneven surface areas and other like causes.
  • FIG. 12 is a plan view of the components of FIG. ll
  • FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken on line 13-11 FIG. 12;
  • FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken on line 141 0 FIG. 13.
  • Another object of this invention is the provision of a secured to a power unit 16 which, in the present instant takes the form of a gasoline engine having an output she 20 depending centrally of said supporting ring.
  • An o-per torfs handle 22 issecured to the power unit-ring asseml:
  • novel and unique powered trowel incorporating a blade to project angulafly therefrom to a point above a:
  • a plurality, in this case three, of rigid arms 24 is secur to the engine output shaft 20 to extend radially therefrt in equally spaced relationship about said shaft and witl currently required of prior art devices to accommodate Said ring
  • the arms 24 are of equal 16 n gth and termini other than a single form of blade construction.
  • Still another object of this invention is the provision of a novel and highly useful safety switch for powered trowels which acts automatically to stop operation of the within the perimeter of the supporting ring.
  • each radial arm 14 Associated with each radial arm 14 is a trowel ble supporting adaptor, generally designated 26 (FIGS. 2,
  • Each adaptor 26, in the preferred embodime power mm of the trowel lmmedlately upon any Sudden consists of an elongated U-shaped channel member swinging or uncontrolled movement of the trowel.
  • a still further object of this invention rests in the provision of a novel and useful powered trowel which is simple and relatively inexpensive in design and manuconsisting of a central web portion 30 interconnecting p pendicularly extending parallel side flanges 32.
  • One Sl channel member is disposed in an inverted condition neath each of the radial arms 24.
  • the top or central v facture, and which is safe and effective in use, and which portion 30 of each channel member is provided adjac is durable and long-lasting in operation.
  • a powered rotary cement trowel consisting, primarily, of a ring, a power unit supported by and centrally of said ring, radially extending 6 arms within said ring coupled to said power unit for rotation therewith, an operators handle extending upwardly and outwardly from said ring, an adaptor on each said radial arm for removably receiving a trowel blade thereon, and a counterbalanced centrifugal switch on said operators handle having operable connection with said power unit.
  • slots 40 are in regi transversely of the channel member and receive in Sli projection therethrough the remote ends of'a second I pin 42 which is movable longitudinally of the cha: member within the confines of the slot.
  • the pins 33 and 42 are interconnected by a pair of e gated, parallel coil springs 44 extending therebetween within the channel portion of the channel member 28.
  • the springs normally bias pin 42 to that end of slot 40 closest to pin 38.
  • a fiat rectangular cement trowel blade 46 having one end angularly offset as at 48 to provide a floating blade portion, is associated with each adaptor.
  • Each trowel blade is provided longitudinally of one face thereof, the normally disposed upper face, with a pair of parallel spaced plates 50 riveted or otherwise secured to the blade.
  • the parallel plates 50 terminate short of each end of the blade and the vertical end edges of each plate are notched inwardly, as at 52, intermediate the vertical dimension thereof.
  • the longitudinal spacing between the innermost recesses of the remote notched edges of each plate 50 is slightly greater than the longitudinal spacing of pins 38 and 42 under normal influence of springs 44.
  • the spacing of the parallel plates 50 transversely of the trowel blade is slightly greater than the overall transverse dimension of the U-shaped channel member 28.
  • the trowel blade 46 is removably secured or assembled with the U-shaped channel member 28 by positioning the blade below the channel member with the parallel plates 50 upwardly disposed and vertically aligned one immediately outside of each side flange 32 of the channel member; by tilting the blade longitudinally to bring the notches 52 in one pair of ends of the parallel plates 50 into engagement with the remote ends of pin 42 where they project through flanges 32 of the channel member; by then forcing the blade, and plates, against pin 42 sufliciently to move the pin to the outer end of slot 40 remote from pin 38 against the normal bias of springs 44; moving the second, lower end of the tilted blade 46 vertically beneath the channel member 28 to align the end notches 52 in plates 50 at that end of the blade remote to pin 42 longitudinally between pins 38 and 42; relaxing force on the blade 46 to permit pin 42, under influence of springs 44, to move the blade and plates 50 longitudinally toward the fixed pin 38 to bring the notches 52 at those ends of plates 50 adjacent pin 38 into registry
  • the upper face of the web portion 30 of channel member 28 supports a smaller channel member 54 seated in upright condition and secured to said web 30 by spaced threaded fasteners 56 adjacent the ends thereof which engage in the slot 34 and in one of the holes 36 formed in the web portion 30 of the channel member 28.
  • the smaller channel member 54 supports an upstanding threaded member 58 which secures to the radial arm 24 at an intermediate point on said arm to dispose the trowel blade in working condition therebeneath.
  • FIGS. 8-10 there are shown replacement components for the small channel member 54 which adapt the inverted channel member 28 and blade 46 for assembly with the different forms or configurations of radial arms incorporated in various powered trowels currently known in the prior art and available commercially.
  • FIGS. and 6 there is shown a lever tool 60 consisting of an L-shaped bar having a transverse groove 62 in the short leg thereof engageable, as seen in FIG. 6, with the fixed pin 38 of the U-shaped channel member 28 to disengage a blade 46 from said channel member.
  • the lever operating between said fixed pin and the upper surface of the blade acts, against the normal bias of the iprings 44, to permit the displacement of the blade from .he channel member.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a modified disengaging tool 64 which akes the form of a bellcrank having one end 66 pivotally ixed to the pin 38 with the second end 68 exposed beyond 1nd above said channel member 28 to permit depression hereof to disengage the trowel blade 46, as shown.
  • FIGS. 11-14 there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of a safety switch for the powered trowel.
  • the switch generally designated 70, consists of an L-shaped plate 72 having one leg portion 74 thereof secured in a horizontal position to the trowel handle disposing the second leg 76 in a depending vertical position outwardly from said handle.
  • the horizontal leg 74 of the switch plate is provided with a longitudinal slot 78 therein and the depending vertical leg is provided with a terminal block 80 disposed generally below the slot 78 in the horizontal leg.
  • the terminal block 86 consists of an insulated plate 82 secured to the depending leg 76 and a threaded fastener 84 fixed to said insulated plate and extending outwardly therefrom in parallel beneath the horizontal leg 74 of the switch plate.
  • the threaded fastener 84 supports a spring clip or resilient plate 86 which lies in a parallel plane with the depending vertical leg 76 of the switch plate in a vertically offset position beneath the centerline of the slot 78 in the horizontal leg 74 of the switch plate.
  • a grounding wire 88 is secured to said terminal block and extends from said handle to a connection with the spark plug of the gasoline engine powering the trowel.
  • An elongated lever 90 is pivoted, as at 92, to the depending vertical leg of the switch plate to present a short end 94 thereof beyond the pivot point 92 which is mov' able into and out of engagement with the spring clip or resilient plate 86 upon opposite directional movement of the long end 96 of the lever which projects upwardly through the slot 78 in the horizontal leg 74 of the switch plate.
  • the lever 90 is normally positioned in a substantially vertical condition with the short end 94 displaced from and disengaged from the clip or resilient plate 86 (FIG. 13).
  • the heavier, longer upper end 96 of the lever which overbalances the shorter, lower end 94 thereof, will be caused by centrifugal force to move in the slot thereby moving the short end 94 thereof into grounding engagement with the terminal block clip or plate 86 thereby killing the gasoline motor through the medium of the grounding wire 88 connected to the spark plug of the motor.
  • the switch may simply be reset to permit restarting of the gasoline engine by manually returning the lever to its original, normal vertical condition.
  • a powered rotary trowel consisting of a support ring, a power unit supported centrally of said ring, radial arms within said ring coupled to said power unit for powered rotation within said ring, and a handle coupled to and extending angularly from said ring-power unit assembly; means for securing a trowel blade to each of said radial arms comprising, a rigid plate coupled to and depending from each radial arm, a pair of pins supported in horizontal spaced relationship by each said plate, one of said pins on each plate mounted for limited sliding movement toward and away from the other said pin, resilient means coupling said pins and biasing them toward one another, a cement trowel blade having parallel spaced upstanding plate elements longitudinally thereof, the ends of each said upstanding plate being inwardly notched, and the longitudinal dimension of said last named parallel plates between the depth of the notches in the remote ends thereof being slightly greater than the spacing between the pins in one of said channel members under the normal bias of said resilient means, the notched ends of said trowel supported plates being engaged
  • said rigid pin supporting plate is of inverted U-shaped configuration, said pins are supported transversely of the channel portion of said plate in spaced relationship longitudinally thereof, the remote ends of one of said pins projecting through limited longitudinally extending slots in the transversely opposed walls of said U-shaped plate, and said resilient means consisting of coil springs extending longitudinally of the channel portion of the plate and coupled between said spaced pins.
  • said switch consists of an elongated plate slotted longitudinally thereof, a friction terminal supported on and insulated from said plate, a grounding wire from said terminal to said power means, a counter-balanced switch lever pivoted 6 on said plate having an end engageable with said friction terminal, and said lever normally positioned out of contact with said terminal With the counter-balancing end positioned subject to centrifugal dislocation.

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DE19661659755 DE1659755A1 (de) 1965-12-10 1966-12-06 Rotierende Verputzscheibe
FR86833A FR1510169A (fr) 1965-12-10 1966-12-09 Machine de finissage de béton
CH1757766A CH443631A (fr) 1965-12-10 1966-12-09 Truelle rotative à moteur
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US3675544A (en) * 1970-12-22 1972-07-11 Francesco Zochil Quick coupler assembly
US4232980A (en) * 1979-01-08 1980-11-11 Stone Construction Equipment, Inc. Rotary power trowel
EP0887489A1 (en) 1997-06-18 1998-12-30 Richard A. Dhont Device for the finishing of floors and blade which can be utilized therewith
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EP1529898A1 (en) * 2003-11-07 2005-05-11 Wacker Corporation Gyroscope controlled walk behind trowel
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