US981687A - Device for hanging wall-paper. - Google Patents

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M.- P. RANDLE. DEVICE FOR HANGING WALL PAPER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8. 1910. I

Batented Jan. 17, 1911-.

[NVENT R WITNESSES Allomey MILLARD F. HANDLE, OF MOBILE, ALABA1VIA.

DEVICE FOR HANGING WALL-PAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1'7, 1911.

Application filed August 8, 1910. Serial No. 576,142.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILLARD F. RANDLE, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Hanging alLPaper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper hangers tools and particularly to a device adapted to support a length of paper while the same is being applied to the wall, means being provided for pressing the paper against the wall through the medium of a rotatable member carried by the implement, the said implement also comprising a clamping bar coacting with the roller for the purpose of holding paper while the same is being manipulated.

A further object of this invention is to provide an implement for hanging paper, the same comprising a plurality of detachably connected sections capable of being knocked down or dismantled for the purpose of transportation and being readily reassembled for use.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a paper hanging implement having handles, each comprising telescopically connected sections whereby the said handles may be increased or diminished in length occording to the requirements in practice.

Finally an object of this invention is to produce a device of the character noted which will possess advantages in points of simplicity, efliciency and durability proving at the same time comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, ref erence will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of the paper hanging implement embodying the invention shown in its open position; Fig. 2 illustrates a similar view to that shown in Fig. 1, except that the clamping bar is in engagement with the roller and the levers are shown as adjusted for the purpose of increasing their length; Fig. 3 illustrates a perspective View of a fragment of the roller support and the roller detached therefrom; Fig. 4; illustrates a view in elevation of a fragment of the implement illustrating its applicability in use, paper being shown as applied to the roller and engaged by the clamping bar; Fig. 5 illustrates a side view showing a fragment of the clamping bar, and a fragment of the outer section of my device, having a portion of the clamping bar cut away to more clearly show the means for connecting the two members.

In these drawings I have shown the handle for the roller as consisting of a section 5 having atits outer end a handle and a section 6 telescopically connected to the section 5 and held in relation thereto through the medium of collars 7 and S, which are provided with binding screws 9 and 10 respectively for holding the collar at adjusted position on the said members. The section 6 of the handle has its edge recessed near the outer end to form a half round bearing 11. A metallic strip or yoke 12 is secured to the section 6 near its outer end and to the said strip 12, I pivot a roller-engaging member 13 which has a half round bearing 11 coinciding with the half round bearing 11. The roller-engaging member 13 may swing toward the member 5 and is secured through the medium of a hook 15 which engages the stud or pin 16. The roller 17 may be of any appropriate length and it has an annular recess preferably midway its length forming a spindle 18 which is rotatable in the half round bearings 11 and 1 1.

The member 5 is provided with ears 19 to which the inner section 20 of the clamp handle is pivoted, the outer section 21 of said clamp handle being telescopically mounted on the section 20 and being held in place by the collars 22 and 23, which collars are held in place by set screws 24; and 25 respectively. The clamping bar 26 which is on the outer end of the handle is preferably of less diameter than the roller 17 and is designed to coact with the roller for the purpose of holding paper while the paper is'being applied to the surface to be coated. Owing to the fact that the clamp handle is pivoted on the ears 19, it may be moved to the positions shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 and when in the former position, it may be retained against movement by the spring catch 27, which is on the clamp handle engaging the stud or pin 28 on the roller handle.

In operation, the pasted paper is applied to the roller and the clamp is brought into engagement therewith for the purpose of retaining the paper on the roller the parts being in the relation shown in Fig. 4. After the paper has been applied to the surface to be coated and it is desired to move the roller with relation to the paper, the paper is pressed into engagement with the surface by the roller and the clamp is pressed out of engagement with the paper in order that the roller may move freely and in order that the clamp maybe free of the coated surface of the paper while the roller is being moved. 7

When it is desired to dismantle the parts of the implement for the purpose of transporting it from one job to another, the roller may be disengaged from the bearing by moving the parts to the position shown in Fig. 3 and the clamping bar may be re moved from the handle, owing to the fact that said clamping bar has a socket 29 which receives the end 30 of the clamping handle.

I claim 1. In a paper hanging implement, a roller handle comprising telescopic sections, one of said sections being provided with a bearing, a bearing member coacting with the said handle, a roller mounted in the bearing, a clamp handle pivotally mounted on the roller handle, and a clamp having a socket to receive the clamping handle.

2. In a paper hanging implement, a roller handle comprising telescopic sections, one of said sections being provided with a bearing, a bearing member coacting with the said handle, a roller mounted in the bearing, a clamp handle, a clamp having a socket to receive the clamp handle, and means on the handles for holding them in certain positions of adjustment.

3. In a paper hanging implement, a roller handle having a half round bearing near its outer end, a bearing member pivotally mounted with respect to the roller handle, means for holding the bearing member in operative relation to the handle, a roller having a circumferential groove forming a spindle mounted in the bearing, a clamp handle, a clamp having a socket to receive the clamp handle, and means on the handles for holding them in certain positions of adjustment.

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

MILLARD F. RANDLE.

Vitnesses:

ROBERT E. TERRY, J N0. J. MARTIN.

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