Carpet take-up device and method for using the same
OwnerEdgar L. Adams, William D. Ludingtoninventors
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Abstract
A carpet take-up device, for use on carpeting that has been glued down, comprising a spool, a means for rotating the spool, a blade adapted to wedge underneath the carpet and having a knife at each of opposite longitudinal ends, a roller bar, and a rear wheel support. The rotation means rotates the spool so as to roll up the carpet as the blade is pulled forward beneath the carpet.
Claims11
A carpet take-up device for removing carpet from a supporting surface, said device comprising:
- a frame having forward and rearward ends;
- a spool mechanism rotatably mounted on said frame for rotation about a horizontal axis, said spool mechanism being adapted to retentively receive a loose end of said carpet,
- a means for rotating said spool mechanism,
- a blade adapted to wedge beneath said carpet, and having opposite longitudinal ends,
- a rear support wheel,
- a roller bar rotatably mounted to said frame behind and below said spool mechanism and behind and above said blade, and
- said loose end of said carpet passing above said blade, behind and around said roller bar and being connected to said spool mechanism such that rotation of said spool mechanism causes said blade to be pulled forward beneath said carpet to free said carpet from said supporting surface.
A method for using a carpet take-up device comprising a spool mechanism, a spool rotation means, a blade having a knife at each of opposite longitudinal ends, a roller bar positioned behind and above said blade and behind and below said spool, and a rear wheel support, said method comprising:
- wedging said blade beneath one loose end of a carpet;
- passing said loose end of said carpet behind and around said rolling bar;
- securing said loose end of said carpet to said spool mechanism;
- actuating said spool rotation means causing rotation of said spool mechanism, rolling up of said carpet about said spool mechanism, and pulling forward of said blade beneath said carpet.
A method for using a carpet take-up device comprising a spool mechanism, a spool rotation means, a blade having a knife at each of opposite longitudinal ends, a rear wheel, a floor anchor having a pulley, and a cable having one end attached to said spool mechanism and an opposite free end, said method comprising:
- anchoring said floor anchor at one end of said carpet;
- threading said free end of said cable through said pulley and fastening said free end to said carpet take-up device;
- wedging said blade beneath a loose end of carpet opposite said floor anchor;
- actuating said spool rotation means causing rotation of said spool mechanism, rolling up of said cable about said spool mechanism, and pulling forward of said blade beneath said carpet.
A method for using a carpet take-up device comprising a spool mechanism, a spool rotation means, a floor anchor, and a cable having one end attached to said spool mechanism and an opposite end having a carpet clamp device;
- said method comprising:
- anchoring said floor anchor at one end of a carpet;
- attaching said carpet take-up device to said floor anchor;
- attaching said carpet clamp device to said carpet opposite said floor anchor;
- actuating said spool rotation means causing rotation of said spool mechanism, rolling up of said cable about said spool mechanism, and pulling said carpet clamp device and said carpet toward said carpet take-up device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.