Automated glued-down carpet remover
OwnerLeonard Galbraithinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus, devices, systems and methods for removing automatically removing fixed carpeting such as glued down carpeting from spaces. The apparatus can include a motor powered winch having a hook end that can grip about a raised edge of the carpet. The winch can be anchored to a doorway by clamping ends of a telescopic bar to doorjamb members about the doorway opening. An operator can operate the winch by remote control and be spaced outside the room that the carpet is being removed from. Another version can include a U-shaped telescopic clamp arrangement so that the winch is also spaced outside the room from which the carpet is being removed.
Claims10
An automated carpet removing device, comprising:
- a motor powered winch having an elongated line rolled thereon, the line having an outer end;
- a carpet gripper attached to the outer end of the line adapted for gripping a raised edge of a carpet;
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- a doorway anchor for mounting the winch adjacent to a doorway of a room that the carpet is to be removed from, the doorway anchor includes:
- telescoping bars having a first outer end and a second outer end;
- a first clamp having two L-shaped arms attached to the first outer end that clamps about opposite side edges of a first vertical frame member of a doorjamb;
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- a second outer clamp having two L-shaped arms attached to the second outer end that clamps about opposite side edges of a second vertical frame member of the doorjamb.
An automated carpet removing device, comprising:
- a motor powered winch having an elongated line rolled thereon, the line having an outer end;
- a carpet gripper attached to the outer end of the line adapted for gripping a raised edge of a carpet;
- telescoping bars having a first outer end and a second outer end;
- a first clamp having two L-shaped arms attached to the first outer end that clamps about opposite side edges of a first vertical frame member of a doorjamb, the two L-shaped arms of the first clamp forming a generally U shaped configuration;
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- a second outer clamp having two L-shaped arms attached to the second outer end that clamps about opposite side edges of a second vertical frame member of the doorjamb, the two L-shaped arms of the second clamp forming a generally U-shaped configuration.
An automated carpet removing device, comprising:
- a motor powered winch having an elongated line rolled thereon, the line having an outer end;
- a carpet gripper attached to the outer end of the line adapted for gripping a raised edge of a carpet;
- telescoping bars having a first outer end and a second outer end;
- a first clamp having a generally U-shaped configuration attached to the first outer end, the first clamp having arms that clamp about opposite side edges of a first vertical frame member of a doorjamb;
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- a second outer clamp having at generally U-shaped configuration attached to the second outer end, the second clamp having arms that clamps about opposite side edges of a second vertical frame member of the doorjamb, the two L-shaped arms of the second clamp forming a generally U-shaped configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.