US571432A

US571432A - James a

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Publication number: US571432A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-11-17
Anticipated expiration: 1913-11-17

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J. A. ELDER. FLOORING AND GEILING TOOL.

Patented Nov. 17, 1896.

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JAMES A. ELDER, OF GALENA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT HARDWIOK, OF SAME PLACE.

FLOORING AND CEILING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 571,432, dated November 17, 1896. Application filed September 28, 1895. fierial No. 563,948. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES A. ELDER, of Galena, Cherokee county, Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flooring and Ceiling Tools, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in more clearly of certain flooring and ceiling tools; and the object of my invention is to produce a flooring and ceiling tool which may be adjusted to engage joists of different widths and which is simple,

strong, durable, and inexpensive of construction and very eiiicient in operation.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a flooring and ceiling tool embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the flooring and ceiling tool illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the flooring and ceiling tool embodying my invention and showing it in operative position as applied to the floor. Fig. 4:. is a cross-sectional view taken just above the guide-bracket. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are detail views showing the construction parts of the flooring and ceiling tool.

In the drawings, 1 designates the lever proper, h aving the handle 2 formed at its upper end. The lever 1 is recessed or cut away at its opposite sides and plates 3 4 are secured in said recesses, and the lower end of said plates project a suitable distance beyond the lower end of the body portion of the device, the plate 3 projecting beyond the end of the plate l and provided at its inner side and near its lower end with a spider-clamp 3, and a guide-bracket 5, approximately U -shaped,

has its side arms secured to the

plates

3 and 4 and its cross-bar extending transversely of the front side of the body portion of the device and a suitable distance therefrom to form the guide-slot 6. The slot may be extended bear firmly against the outer side of the plate.

Pivotally mounted upon the bolt 8 between the projecting ends of the

plates

3 and 1 is the head-block 1 1,,which is provided at its rear end with a hammerhead 12 and at its front end is extended laterally to each side,

as at 13, and is provided with a longitudinally-extending groove 14 therein.

. A spring-plate clamping-lever 15 engages the slot 6 and is retained upon the lever l by the bracket 5, forming said end is provided with a perpendicular extension arm 16, having a spiderclamp 16 on its inner side and near its lower end, and an elongated opening 16 therein engages that end of the bolt 8 which from the shoulder 9, and a retaining adj usting-nut 17 engages the outer end of said bolt. The upper end of the spring-plate lever 15 is reduced in width at 18 and has a handle 19 formed-at its upper end. The reduced por- 80 tion 18 of the handle is preferably bent in wardly, as shown, and is adapted to engage a segmental rack-bar 20, which projects outwardly from and approximately concentric to the movable or in the slot 6, and is provided at its inner end with an arm 21, which extends at a right angle to the portion 20, and is secured to the lever 1 by screws 22 or in any other suitable manner. As it is often necessary to hold the 90 flooring or ceiling boards in position when being applied I provide an anchoring-bar 23, which is provided with the oppositely-disposed ears 24. 24, which are pivoted to opposite sides of the lever 1 at a suitable distance 5 from its lower end. This anchoring-arm when not in use is folded back upon the lever and is retained in that position by a springcatch 25, which is secured to the side of the lever 1 by pivots or in any other suitable 10o manner. The free end of the anchoring-arm 23 is toothed at 26, and is adapted to penethe plates 3 55 slot, and its lower projects outwardly pivotal point of the lever 15 reduced portion 18 with the rack-bar 20. The

lever 1 is now drawn outwardly and the tongue of the floor-board inserted into the groove let of the pivotal head-block. The lever 1 is now moved pivotally forward, and the head-block forces the lioor-board into position in the line of flooring. The head 12 may then be struck with a hammer to more securely drive the board in position.

If it is desired to hold the tool in a certain position, the pivotal anchor-arm 23 may be disengaged from the catch 25 and swung to a position where the toothed lower end 26 of said arm engages the upper side of the joist and affords an effectual brace or anchor for the device.

hen the device is applied to joists of unusual width, the lower end of the clampinglever 15, by the adjustment of the reduced portion 18 thereof to a different position of the rack-bar 20, is caused to assume a position nearer to or farther from the adjacent end of the stationary plate 3. The said lever 15, pivoting in the slot 6., and the elongated opening 16, engaging the bolt 9, allows of said pivotal movement. It is. to be understood that this tool is designed to be used in secur ing ceiling-boards as well as flooring-boards.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced a flooring and ceiling tool which is simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive of construction and very efficient in operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A flooring and ceiling tool, comprising a body portion having a pair of side plates projecting below the lower end thereof, one of said plates projecting beyond the end of the other and having a spider-clamp secured to its inner side, a head-block pivotally mounted between the projecting ends of said plates, and a lever pivotally carried upon the front side of the body portion, and having its lower end also provided on its inner side with a spider-clamp to engage the side of the joist, substantially as described.

2. A flooring and ceiling tool, comprising a body portion having a handle at its upper end, a pair of plates projecting from opposite sides and beyond the lower end of the body portion, one of said plates projecting beyond the lower end of the other, a spider-clamp secured to the inner end of the longer plate, a bolt pass ing transversely through said plates, a headblock pivotally mounted upon the bolt and be tween said plates, having a groove in itsforward end and a head at its rear end, and a lever pivotally carried at the front side of the body portion, and having its lower end provided with a spider-clamp, and also with an opening engaging the projecting end of the transversely-arranged bolt, substantially as described.

3. A flooring and ceiling tool, comprising a body portion having side plates projecting beyond the lower end of the said body portion, one of said plates projecting beyond the lower end of the other and provided with a spider clamp on its inner side, a bolt passing transversely through said side plates and beyond the lower end of the body portion, and provided with a shoulder bearing against the shorter arm, a head-b1ock pivotally mounted upon the bolt between said plates, a bracket extending transversely of the body portion so as to form a slot between the same and the body portion, a lever mounted in said slot, and

having a perpendicular extension at its lower end having an opening engaging the bolt, a spider-clamp at its inner side, having at its upper end a handle, and nuts engaging the projecting ends of the transversely-arranged bolt, and a rack-bar carried by the body portion and engaged by the lever, substantially as'described.

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

JAMES A. ELDER. WVitnesses:

D. B. STANnY, C. L. Rams.