Mortar tool
OwnerAndrew J. Inzerillinventor
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Abstract
A mortar tool for grasping a bead of mortar and placing it on top of the course of bricks or blocks being laid. The device includes a pair of opposed elongate jaws which are spring biased to open position and have handles or a pistol grip for closing the jaws to retain mortar therein. The device is then moved to engage the top of a course of bricks or blocks and with attached guides is aligned therewith and the handle or pistol is then released to open the jaws to deposit the bead of mortar onto the work.
Claims5
A mortar tool comprising a pair of elongated generally rectangularly shaped, accurately spaced apart jaws, mating hinge means at the remote ends of each of said rectangularly shaped jaws and at the center portions thereof, a pair of guides having integral depending guide fingers secured to one of said jaws, spring loaded means normally urging said jaws apart, and hand activated means for moving said jaws together to hold mortar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.