Measuring and cutting apparatus for floor covering
OwnerGilbert L. Alinder, Lloyd E. Andersoninventors
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Abstract
A measuring and cutting machine for floor covering which is portable and adjustable to accommodate varying widths of carpet and which is articulated or pivoted along its extent for ease in movement through crowded locations. The improved measuring and cutting machine may be brought to the site of large carpet rolls to measure and cut from the rolls without requiring movement of the rolls to a measuring and cutting area. The improved machine may make use of in addition a flotation principle which aids in movement of the floor covering through the machine to enable operation of the machine by a single operator.
Claims9
A portable floor covering measuring and cutting machine comprising:
- a stand having end supports with legs having wheels thereon on each end of the same and with a flat table top extending between the end supports;
- roller means distributed over one edge of the flat table top;
- drive motor means and control means therefore mounted on one end of said flat table top;
- a drive mandrel for mounting a shaft mounted on one end support adjacent said drive motor;
- a journaled mandrel mounted on the other end support;
- a shaft removably mounted in said mandrels and extending therebetween for rotation by the drive mandrel;
- said shaft and said mandrels being positioned to the side of said one edge and below the flat table top and adapted to have the floor covering rolled thereon;
- a guide plate pivotally mounted on said end supports and positioned below the table top to be pivoted to a position below said shaft;
- lever means connected to said guide plate to pivot the same;
- guide means positioned across the width of the table top adjacent said drive motor;
- measuring means positioned on the table top adjacent said guide means and cooperating with said guide means to measure floor covering moved across the table top;
- a cutter guide positioned on the table top adjacent the other edge of the table top;
- and means distributed along the table top for aiding in the movement of floor covering through the measuring device and over the table top to said shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.