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US 9,314,935 B2Granted
Floor groover
OwnerKen Everettinventor
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Abstract
A floor groover used to facilitate specialized heat welding of floor covering materials. The groover cuts a groove for receiving a welding rod at the edges or seam of abutting pieces of flooring materials. The groover can provide for a groove not only up to the wall, but also up the wall and in the radius of the coved-sticked area. Some embodiments of the groover can provide enhanced freedom of movement, which can be helpful when creating grooves of certain shapes in the flooring.
Claims17
A floor groover comprising:
- a body having a length defining a longitudinal groove cutting direction, a width perpendicular to the length, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a front side, and a rear side;
- a first grooving blade coupled to the body, including a first grooving blade cutting edge disposed below a bottom side of the body, the first grooving blade comprising a cutting edge extending transversely to the longitudinal groove cutting direction, comprising a lower middle portion and upturned left-side and right-side portions, and being configured to engage a seam formed by abutting contact of adjacent floor coverings, when the body is placed on top of the seam, and to cut a groove along the seam when the body is moved along the seam in said longitudinal direction;
- a second grooving blade coupled to a an adjustment block that is pivotably coupled to the body such that the second grooving blade can be secured in a plurality of positions at a plurality of different angular orientations with respect to the body by securing the adjustment block at a plurality of corresponding positions, including a wall grooving orientation in which a second grooving blade cutting edge is disposed at a location rearward of the rear of the body;
- at least one of the first grooving blade and the second grooving blade being a planar grooving blade formed into a U shape and including upturned straight portions disposed to the left and right of a bottom curved portion;
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- the body including a convex curved face extending at least from the position of the second grooving blade cutting edge in the wall grooving orientation to a highest point of the body.
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A floor groover comprising:
- a body having a length, a width perpendicular to the length, a top side, a bottom side, a front side, and a rear side;
- a first seam guide coupled to the body;
- a second seam guide coupled to the body, each of the first and second seam guides having a V-shaped cross section extending downwardly to a pointed edge below the bottom side of the body and adapted to be inserted into a tight seam of abutting adjacent floor coverings;
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- a first grooving blade coupled to the body and comprising a groove cutting channel terminating at a cutting edge facing in a longitudinal groove cutting direction parallel to said length of the body, such that the second seam guide is disposed between the first seam guide and the first grooving blade, and both the seam guides are disposed in front of the first grooving blade in the longitudinal groove cutting direction;
- the first grooving blade being a planar grooving blade formed into a U shape and including upturned straight portions disposed to the left and right of a bottom curved portion.
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A floor groover comprising:
- a body including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being separable from the second portion, a length defining a longitudinal groove cutting direction, a width perpendicular to the length, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a front side, and a rear side;
- a first seam guide coupled to the first portion;
- a second seam guide coupled to the second portion;
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- a first grooving blade coupled to the second portion, the first grooving blade being a planar grooving blade formed into a U shape and including upturned straight portions disposed to the left and right of a bottom curved portion;
- the first seam guide and the second seam guide each having a V-shaped cross section extending downwardly to a pointed edge below the bottom side of the body and adapted to be inserted into and to follow a tight seam formed by abutting contact of adjacent floor coverings;
- when the first portion is connected to the second portion, the first seam guide and the second seam guide being disposed in front of the first grooving blade and spaced apart along the longitudinal groove cutting direction and positioned to be inserted into and to follow the tight seam of abutting pieces of flooring materials while at the same time the first grooving blade cuts along the seam in the cutting direction;
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- when the first portion is separated from the second portion, the second portion can be used as a floor groover by inserting the second seam guide into the tight seam of abutting pieces of flooring materials and cutting along the seam with the first grooving blade in the cutting direction while the second seam guide follows the seam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.