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US 2022/0305567 A1Published application
Repair Tool And Method
OwnerWilliam B. Dannehlinventor
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Abstract
A wall repair tool includes a cutter rotatable about a cutter axis and having a cutter body with a cutting surface. The cutter body has a central section and a pair of end sections disposed on opposite sides of the central section. The cutting surface has a first cutting texture in the central section and a second cutting texture different than the first cutting texture in the end sections.
Claims27
A wall repair tool, comprising:
- a cutter rotatable about a cutter axis and having a cutter body with a cutting surface, the cutter body having a central section and a pair of end sections disposed on opposite sides of the central section, the cutting surface has a first cutting texture in the central section and a second cutting texture different than the first cutting texture in the end sections.
A method for repairing an existing portion of a wall having a hole, comprising:
- providing a wall repair tool including a cutter rotatable about a cutter axis and having a cutter body, the cutter body has a central section and a pair of end sections disposed on opposite sides of the central section, the cutter body has a tapered profile with a maximum radius centrally along the cutter axis in the central section and a minimum radius in each of the end sections at a pair of opposite ends of the cutter body distal from the maximum radius;
- cutting the wall around the hole with the wall repair tool to form a tapered existing surface adjacent to the hole;
- providing a repair section having a repair shape corresponding to an opening shape of the hole;
- cutting the repair section with the wall repair tool to form a tapered repair surface on a perimeter of the repair section;
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- securing the repair section in the hole, the tapered existing surface and the tapered repair surface forming a valley at a joint between the tapered existing surface and the tapered repair surface.
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