Filter cloth caulking tool
AssigneeScapa Group PLC
InventorsRobert Lawrence Haes, Hans Joachim Pipes
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Abstract
A caulking tool (20) comprises mechanisms (24, 25, 26, 27) for temporarily securing the tool to a filter plate and a pivotally operable caulking body (29, 30, 31) which urges a caulking rope into a groove in the filter plate so as to capture a part of the filter cloth therein. This secures the filter cloth to the filter plate.
Claims5
A caulking tool comprising means for temporarily securing the tool to a filter apparatus and a pivotally operable caulking body for urging a retaining member into a groove in the filter apparatus so as to capture a part of a filter cloth therein and thus secure the filter cloth to the filter apparatus, the tool further comprising a guide body for guiding travel of the caulking body, the caulking body comprising a bracket which is connected to the guide body so as to facilitate travel along the guide body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.