Flooring edge tools
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorsDaniel Tumlin, William Drew Pierce, Chavis Williams, John Moore
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Abstract
A hand-held or table-mounted tool for adhering a flooring edge finish to a flooring edge. The hand-held tool includes a main body, which can include a handle, a base, and a bi-level soleplate, which is heated during application to adhere a flooring edge finish to a flooring edge. The soleplate of the tool can be made of polymer, carbon, metal, ceramic, glass, or a mixture thereof.
Claims21
A heating table for applying and adhering a flooring edge finish to flooring, said table comprising:
- (a) a feed section comprising:
- (i) a first lower plate having a length and width;
- (ii) an upper plate positioned along both the length of the first lower plate and a portion of the width;
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- (iii) a first edge plate positioned along the length of the first lower plate and adjacent to the upper plate, wherein the upper plate and the first edge plate are separated by a gap;
- wherein the flooring edge finish is folded while moving through the feed section, such that a first longitudinal section of the flooring edge finish is positioned between the first lower and upper plates, and a second longitudinal section of the flooring edge finish is positioned between the upper plate and the first edge plate;
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- (b) an attachment section abutting the feed section, comprising:
- (i) a second lower plate;
- (ii) a second edge plate;
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- (iii) one or more heating elements for heating the second lower plate and the second edge plate to apply the flooring edge finish to a bottom surface and an edge surface of the flooring.
A heating table for applying and adhering a flooring edge finish to flooring, said table comprising:
- (a) a feed section comprising:
- (i) a first lower plate having a length and width;
- (ii) an upper plate positioned along both the length of the first lower plate and a portion of the width;
- and
- (iii) a first edge plate positioned along the length of the first lower plate and adjacent to the upper plate, wherein the upper plate and the first edge plate are separated by a gap;
- and
- (b) an attachment section comprising:
- (i) a second lower plate;
- (ii) a second edge plate;
- and
- (iii) one or more heating elements;
- wherein the feed section and the attachment section are separated by a gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.