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US 6,555,169 B2Granted
System and method for masking door hinges during painting
AssigneesWilliam Tenckhoff, Tracey Tenckhoff
InventorMarcus L. Lynch
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Abstract
A system and method for masking door hinges during painting uses distinct hinge masks, pin masks and barrel masks having a releasable adhesive and disposed on a transfer sheet in a unit arrangement.
Claims18
A method for masking door hinges during painting, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a plurality of separate hinge plate masks and pin masks each respectively shaped and dimensioned to mask hinge plate and pin portions of a door hinge, each mask having a bottom surface provided with a releasable adhesive and in which the hinge plate masks and the pin masks are releasably disposed upon a transfer sheet;
- b) removing a pair of the hinge plate masks and one of the pin masks from the transfer sheet and applying said masks in an overlapping relationship over the respective portions for which they are shaped and dimensioned of one door hinge prior to painting;
- and then
- c) removing the masks after painting.
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A method for masking door hinges during painting, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing plural sets of at least first, second and third masks of sheet material, each of the first, second and third masks shaped and dimensioned to mask first and second portions of a door hinge during painting, said masks being releasably disposed upon a transfer sheet organized together as a unit having lateral perforations across the transfer sheet between adjacent units, to permit removal of units from the transfer sheet;
- b) severing individual units of first, second and third masks along the perforation lines and removing the first and second masks for placement over the respective portions of a door hinge during painting;
- c) applying said removed first, second, and third masks in an overlapping relationship over the respective portions for which they are shaped and dimensioned of a door hinge prior to painting;
- and
- d) removing the masks after painting.
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