Device for stretching carpets with a hold down
AssigneeWOLFF GmbH & Co. KG
InventorUdo Ruppricht
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Abstract
A device for stretching carpets (11) to be laid on a plane floor (12) with nail ledges (14) in a vicinity of walls, without adhesives being used, includes a stretching head (22) which has spikes (25) and which is movable via a lever drive mechanism (20, 21) arranged on a base unit (17). A tensioning 1edge (28), which engages behind the nail ledge (14), and a hold-down element (31), which acts in an area of the surface of the nail ledge (14), are mounted for pivotal movement. The tensioning ledge (28) and the hold-down element (31) are each respectively mounted on a first and a second bracket member (27 and 30), and the two bracket members are arranged for pivotal movement about a joint fulcrum (19) on the base unit.
Claims11
A device for stretching carpets to be laid on a plane floor having nail ledges mounted in a vicinity of walls, said device comprising a stretching head (22) having spikes for engaging a carpet and a lever (20) pivotally arranged on a base unit of said device and being linked to said stretching head for causing said stretching head to move relative to said base unit when said lever is rotated, said device further comprising a tensioning ledge (28) for engaging behind the nail ledge (14) which is pivotally mounted on the base unit (17) for allowing movement of said tensioning ledge in a vertical direction relative to said base unit for positioning said tensioning ledge behind said nail ledge and for removing said tensioning ledge from behind said nail ledge;
- wherein said device further includes a hold-down element which is pivotally mounted on the base unit for allowing movement of said hold-down element in a vertical direction for engaging carpet positioned at said nail ledge and pressing said carpet toward a top area of said nail ledge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.