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US 5,209,148 AGranted
Carpeting cutter for use in seaming wall-to-wall carpeting and method for using the same
AssigneeOrcon Corporation
InventorLea MacDonald
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AssigneeOrcon Corporation
InventorLea MacDonald
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An "S" shaped, double-blade carpet cutter is provided which simultaneously cuts the edges of two adjacent, overlapped carpets from the back side, to provide closely matching, abutting edges which can thereafter be seamed. The lower carpet edge is inserted into one opening of the "S", and the overlapping edge of the upper carpet is inserted into the other opening of the "S". One blade is mounted on the first or top arm of the "S" and the other blade is mounted on the second or middle arm of the "S", and the blades extend perpendicularly out of the plane of the "S" and are aligned to cut along a single seam line. A handle is attached to the third arm of the "S" to allow the cutter to be pulled along the overlapped carpet edges. Thus, when a first edge of carpeting is placed between the first and second arms, and an overlapping second edge of carpeting is placed between the second and third arms, and the cutter is rotated about the axis of the first arm so that the "S" is horizontal, the points of the blades will be driven up through the carpet backing from underneath; when the handle is pulled along the overlapping edges, both pieces of carpeting are cut along a seam line to produce closely matching, abutting edges which can be seamed when the short pieces cut off the edges by the cutter are removed.
A carpeting cutter for simultaneously cutting a first and a second piece of carpeting to produce substantially matched, closely abutting edges, the first and second piece of carpeting each having a pile side and a backing side, and overlapped along one edge, said cutter comprising:
A carpet cutter for simultaneously cutting along the underside of overlapping edges of two pieces of carpet to produce substantially matching, closely abutting edges which can be seamed, the carpet cutter comprising:
A carpet cutter body for mounting and aligning two blades for simultaneously cutting the backing of overlapping edges of two adjacent pieces of carpet from the bottom up to produce substantially matching, closely abutting edges which can be seamed, the carpet cutter body comprising:
A carpet cutter for simultaneously cutting two adjacent pieces of carpet which are overlapped along one edge, the two pieces of carpeting each having a backing portion underlying a pile portion, such that each piece of carpeting is cut from the underside up through its backing portion, to produce substantially matching, closely abutting edges which can be seamed, the carpet cutter comprising:
A method for simultaneously cutting two adjacent pieces of carpeting which overlap along one edge to produce closely matching abutting edges between the two carpet pieces, the carpeting having a backing portion and a pile portion and oriented with the backing portion lying against a surface to be carpeted and with the pile portion extending away from the surface to be carpeted, using a carpeting cutter having an elongated first arm, an elongated second arm substantially parallel to the first arm, the first arm and the second arm together defining an arm plane having a first end, a second end, and a back end corresponding to the second arm, a first cross member joining the first arm to the second arm at the first end of the arm plane to form a first opening to receive a first piece of carpeting at the second end of the arm plane, a second cross member extending away from the second arm at the second end of the arm plane to form a second opening to receive an overlapping piece of carpeting at the first end of the arm plane, a means for exerting a force against the pile portion of the second piece of carpeting adjacent to the back end of the arm plane, a first blade having a point and a cutting edge mounted on the first arm, a second blade having a point and a cutting edge mounted on the second arm, the first and second blades being aligned in a blade plane substantially perpendicular to the first arm, the second arm, and the arm plane, and a means for moving the cutter, the method comprising the steps of:
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