CA1125708A - Wallpaper hand tool with interchangeable blades - Google Patents

Wallpaper hand tool with interchangeable blades

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CA1125708A
CA1125708A CA350,743A CA350743A CA1125708A CA 1125708 A CA1125708 A CA 1125708A CA 350743 A CA350743 A CA 350743A CA 1125708 A CA1125708 A CA 1125708A
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Robert L. Kozlowski
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Abstract

WALLPAPER HAND TOOL WITH INTERCHANGEABLE BLADES

Abstract of the Disclosure A hand tool in the form of a support plate having a handle for grasping by a person's hand and provided with d removable interchangeable working blade in the form of a three-sided frame removably mounted such as to fit over three consecutive edges of the plate. Diverse working edge frames or blades such as a felt-covered blade, a serrated blade, a squeege blade, a brush blade, a cutting blade, and the like, are provided for interchangeable mounting on the support plate.

Description

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~ ackcJLoulld of the Invention c present invention relates to a hand tool, par-~iculdrly a ha~l(i tool for al)plyillg wallpaper to a wal], and havincl relllovable interchangeable working blades each designed for effecting an appropriate task.
A plurality of hand tools are generally used for covering a wall with wallpaper. ~or example, a stripper may be used for removing old wallpaper or smoothing or scraping old paint from the wall, and a pas-te applying tool, some-times in the form of a brush or sometinles in the form of a serrated blade, may be used for coating with an adhesive the back of the wallpaper or the wall surface it-self. A squeegee or a roller may be used for applying pressure -to the wallpaper to insure firm adhesion, without air bubbles, to the wall surface, and a knife or other cutting implemen-t is used for cutting a section of wallpaper or trimming the edgc of the wallpaper.
The present invention permits to utilize a single tool instead of a plurality of tools, the single tool of 2G the invention being provided with a plura~ity of removable interchangeable edge blades each designed to accomplish a particular func-tion. The hand tool of the invention, although more particularly useful for applying wallpaper to a wall surface, can be used for many other tasks and func-tions. The removable interchangeable working blades of the hand tool of the inven-tion are in the form of a three-sided frame which can be removably slipped over the edge of a holding plate. One such particular working frame is a felt-covered frame which permits to apply the wallpaper 3~

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¦ firmly against its supporting surface without marring the . ¦ surface ~ini~h of the wallpaper, another working frame I consists of a cement or paste applicator, and another ¦ working frame c~nsists of a s~ueege~, a bru~h, or any other ¦ desirable implement.
¦ SummarY of the Invention l The present application accomplishes its many ¦ pur~oses and objects by providing a common suppo~t plate I member, having a cut-out portion for the passage of the ¦ fingers of a person's hand for grasping the support plate, I the edge of the support plate being provided with one of a -¦ plurality of three-sided working blades removably and -¦ interchangeably mounted on the support plate.
l Further objects and advantages of the present inven lS ¦ tion will become apparent when the following description of some of ~he best modes contemplated for practicing the invention is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein:
l Brief DescriPtion of the Drawin~
20 ¦ FIG. 1 is a plan elevational view of a hand tool ¦ according to the present invention provided with a removabl interchangeable felt-covered wor~ing frame or blade;
¦ FIG. 2 is a sectional view along line 2-2 of FIG. 1 ¦ FIG. 3 is a sectional view along line 3-3 of FIG. 1 25 ¦ FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the hand tool of FIG. .
1 sh~wing a working edge frame or blade partially removed therefrom;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view along line 5-5 of FIG. 4;
FIGo 6 is a plan elevational view of a modified working edse frame or blade;

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1~: ' ¦ FIG. 8 is ~ partial plan elevation view of a modi-¦ fica~ion of a wor~ing edge frame or blade;
S ¦ ~IG. 9 is a section along line 9-9 of FIG. 8s s ¦ FIG. 10 is a partial plan elevation view of a further modification of a working edge frame or blade:
FIG. 11 is a se~tion along line 11-11 of FIG. 10 :-and . .
10 ¦ FIG. 12-13 are partial schematic views showing a ¦ modification of the structure for attaching a working edge frame or blade to the hand tool support plate of the , ¦ present invention.
I Detailed DescriPtion of the Preferred Embodiment ¦ Referring to FIGS. 1-3, a hand tool according to : ¦ the present invention comprises a support plate 10, made - ..
of steel, aluminum, or other metal, or of a sub~tantially rigid plasti~ material, provided, as best shown at FIG. 4, I with a relatively long bottom edge 12, a medium length side . ..
¦ edge 14, and a short side edge 16. The side edges 14 and 16 are subs~antially perpendicular to the bottom edge 12, . ..
l and the thickness of the plate 10 is progressively :¦ decreasing, such as to form symmetrically tapered surfaces l 18 and 20, from proximate a~ edge to the edge itself which 2~ ¦ is, as a result, relatively sharp for the purpose of facilitating placing over the edges 12, 14 and 16 o the support plate 10 a working edge frame or blade such as the edge frame 22 o~ FIG. L.or the edge frame 24 of FIG. 4.
Each edge frame 22 is generally in the form of a three-sided channel me~ber 26, either made o a ~ingle , .

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The edge frame 22 fits snugly on the three free sides of ¦ the support plate 10 provided with the edges 16, 12 and ¦ 14. The edge frame 22 has therefore a long portion 28 : ¦ placed over the lower edge 12 of the support plate 10, a ¦ medium length portion 30 placed over the medium length I edge 14 of the support plate 10 and a short portion 32 ¦ placed over the short edge 16 of the support plate 10. The l medium length section 30 and the short length portion 32 ; ¦are provided, on each side of the channel member 26, o~ on ¦ one side only, with a substantially semi-circular cut-out ¦ portion 34 in which is slidably disposed the end of a ¦ locking slide 36, thus holding the working edge frame 22 ¦ in position on the support plate 10. The support plate 10 ¦has a cut-out portion 38 whic~ in co-operation with an ¦ increased thickness rounded portion 40 of the platelO
¦ provides a convenient hand grasping handle. -¦ The working e~ ~e frame 22 of FIGS. 1-3 is provided ¦ with a felt covering ~æ~presenting a relatively mat, soft and smooth surface enabling the user of the hand tool of the invention to smoo h out wallpaper adhesively applied I to a wall surface by sliding the working edge over the -¦ surface of the wallpaper without any risk of scratching,¦ marring or creasing a surface that could be easily damaged such as is the case for foil or meta~lized wall-paper. As the working edge is rela ively rigid and applies pressure o a relstively small area of the wallpaper, ~ . ' ,.
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I that may be trapped between the wall surface and the back ¦sur~ace of the wallpaper, and progressively pushing air ¦ ¦ bubbles to the edge of the wallpaper where the air can . 5 ¦ escape, without requiring pin holes to be made through the l ¦wallpaper to eliminate the air bubbles.
I ¦ When it is desired to remove the working edge frame 2 ~ when worn for example for replacing by a new ¦ working edge frame or, in the alternative, for substituting ¦ a different worXing edge frame, the slides 36 are man~ally slid back until their respective tip no longer engages the recess 34 in the edge frame, and the workiay edge frame 22 is slipped off the holder plate 10. A new or I different working edge frame may thus be placed over the .
1 holder plate 10, as illustrated for example at FIGS. 4-5 . ¦ showing a working edge frame 2~ being placed over the holder plate 10. The working edge frame 24 is structurally ..
similar to the working edge frame 22 of FIG~ 1-3, but i~
l made of relatively hard steel having a long sharp cutting ¦ edge 44, a medium length sharp cutting edge 46 and a ¦ rela$ively short sharp cutting edge 48. The working edge frame 24 may be used as a knife for cleanIy cutti~g wall-paper, or for any other operation where a cutting sharp l edge is useful.
25 ¦ Examples of different working edge frames are illustrated at FIGS. 6-11. FIGS. 6-7 illustrate an example of working edge frame 50 provided on its three sides with a serrated edge 52. Such serrated edge 52 provides a convenient applicator for cement or paste, for applying , ~ 112570~ ' ~

¦adhesive to a wall or to the back of wallpaper or for ¦applying adhesive to a wall or floor for faste~ng tiles or ¦linoleum. Especially if made of a plastic material, as ¦illustrated, th~ serrated working edge frame 50 makes a ¦ convenient ice scraper or the like.
I FIGS. 8-9 illustrate an example of removable edge ¦ frame member 54 formin~ a squeege by being provided at ¦its edge with an elastomeric blade 56 in a long section ¦mounted at t~e bottom of the edge frame member, and ~wo - 10 ¦other shorter sections each mounted at one of the short sides~ -l FIGS. lOoll ~llustrate another example of a , ¦ removable woxXing edge frame member 58 in the form of a l brush consisting of a plurality Oe bristles 60 fastened to ¦ at least the lower edge of the frame member.
It will be appreciated ~hat by providing the holder ,-plate 10 and ~he removable interchangeable working frames l or blades with three sides of unequal lengths, three ¦ working edges of unequal length are at all times available ¦ permitting the user of the hand tool of the invention to work on a large area or on small areas, as desired, such l various lengths working edge~ being at all times available -~
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¦ It will al~o be readily appreciated by those ¦ skilled in the art that other means than the locking slide 36 may be used for holding the removable interchangeable working edge frames or blades on the holding plate 10. An example of an alternate arrangement is illustrated at -I FIGS. 12-13, consisting Oe a rotatable finger-operable pin 30 62, having a portio~ 64 flush with the sur~ace of the .' I . , .
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plate 10 and a projecting portion 66 engageable, upon ¦rotation of the pin 62 into the frame recess 34, from the locked position illustrated at FIG. 13 to the unlocked l position illustrated at FIG. 12.
¦ Having thus described the present invention by way of a structural embodiment, modifications whereof will bs apparent to those skilled in tbe art, what i~ claLmed as new is as ~O11OWR.

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Claims (7)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A hand tool consisting of a holder plate and a plurality of interchangeable removable working edge frames, said holder plate comprising a handle and a peripheral portion provided with at least one straight edge and each of said working edge frames comprising a channel member removably fitted over said straight edge of said holder plate, and said holder plate and each of said working edge frames having co-operating complementary means for removably holding and locking one of said working edge frames on said holder plate peripheral portion wherein each of said working edge frames comprises three integral channel members for mounting over three peripheral consecutive edges of said holder plate as a unit.
2. The hand tool of claim 1 wherein one of said working edge frames is a felt-covered channel member.
3. The hand tool of claim 1 wherein one of said working edge frames is a channel member with a sharp cutting edge.
4. The hand tool of claim 1 wherein one of said working edge frames has a serrated edge structure.
5. The hand tool of claim 1 wherein one of said working edge frames is provided at its edge with an elastomeric elongated member.
6. The hand tool of claim 1 wherein one of said working edge frames is provided at its edge with brush bristles.
7. The hand tool of claim 1 wherein said integral channel members are of different lengths.
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