US3381730A - Clip driving tool - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
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- E04F21/00—Implements for finishing work on buildings
- E04F21/20—Implements for finishing work on buildings for laying flooring
- E04F21/22—Implements for finishing work on buildings for laying flooring of single elements, e.g. flooring cramps ; flexible webs
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25C—HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS
- B25C3/00—Portable devices for holding and guiding nails; Nail dispensers
- B25C3/006—Portable devices for holding and guiding nails; Nail dispensers only for holding and guiding
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- E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
- E04F15/00—Flooring
- E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
- E04F15/04—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements only of wood or with a top layer of wood, e.g. with wooden or metal connecting members
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- E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
- E04F15/02044—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer
- E04F2015/0205—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer with load-supporting elongated furring elements between the flooring elements and the underlayer
- E04F2015/02066—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer with load-supporting elongated furring elements between the flooring elements and the underlayer with additional fastening elements between furring elements and flooring elements
- E04F2015/02077—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer with load-supporting elongated furring elements between the flooring elements and the underlayer with additional fastening elements between furring elements and flooring elements the additional fastening elements located in-between two adjacent flooring elements
- E04F2015/02083—Piercing the side faces of the flooring elements
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- E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
- E04F2201/01—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship
- E04F2201/0153—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by rotating the sheets, plates or panels around an axis which is parallel to the abutting edges, possibly combined with a sliding movement
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- E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
- E04F2201/02—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections
- E04F2201/023—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections with a continuous tongue or groove
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- E04F2201/02—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections
- E04F2201/025—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections with tongue and grooves alternating transversally in the direction of the thickness of the panel, e.g. multiple tongue and grooves oriented parallel to each other
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- This invention relates to clip applying tools and more particularly to a tool for applying clips for holding floor boards in place.
- floor boards preferably with edge tongues and grooves, are shown as secured in place on parallel channels by clips which engage the channels and have gripping portions which are driven into the edges of the boards.
- each clip In order to apply each clip it is placed in the channel, is advanced to the wood and then driven to its final holding position. It is essential that the clip must be straight as it enters the wood and accordingly that the web of the clip be dead vertical and the teeth horizontal. The board to be secured in place must be in dead flat contact with the channel so that the clip is not called upon to take any downward vertical load.
- FIGURE 1 is a view in perspective of a clip applying tool in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a portion of a flooring system with the tool of the present invention applied thereto;
- FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view, enlarged, taken approximately on the line 33 of FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3.
- FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 a fragment of a flooring system is shown in FIG. 2 for purposes of illustration and the foundation or base has spaced parallel channels 11 secured thereto.
- One of the channels 11 is shown, and has inwardly extending opposite horizontal rims 12 spaced above a horizontal 3,381,739 Patented May 7, 1968 ice web 13.
- the floor boards 14, which are to be secured to the channels 11 each has an edge tongue 15 with upper and lower edge faces 16 and 17 therealong, and edge grooves 18 with upper and lower edge faces 19 and 20 therealong.
- the preferred securing structure engaging the channels 11 and edges 16 of the floor boards 14 comprises metallic clips 25 (see FIG. 1) with teeth 26, preferably sharp and V-shaped, extending horizontally from and at right angles to a body portion 27.
- the body portion 27 has side edge notches 28 to engage the channels 11 at the rims 12 and oppositely extending feet 29 perpendicular to the body portion 27 and accordingly in a plane parallel to the plane in which the teeth 26 are disposed.
- the faces 16 and 19 are in engagement when the fioor boards 14 are in place, the faces 17 and 20 being spaced a distance to accommodate the body portion 27 of the clip 25 snugly therebetween.
- the clips 25 are placed at each intersection of a floor board 14 and channel 11.
- the clip applying tool 35 in accordance with the invention includes a main body portion 36 preferably of substantially the same width as the width of the channels 11, and with a Working end having upper and lower end faces 37 and 38 and a groove 39 therebetween for the reception of the edge tongue 15.
- the upper face 37 is in a plane substantially parallel to but offset outwardly from the plane of the lower face 38, the offset corresponding substantially to the thickness of the body portion 27
- the body portion 36 has secured to the top thereof in any desired manner and extending therebeyond, a pressure plate 40 having a lower face 41 for engagement with a floor board 14 to urge the floor board 14 into contact with the channel rims 12.
- the pressure plate 40 has its front edge 42 rounded to aid in advancing the plate 40 over a board 14 to a position for applying pressure.
- the pressure plate 40 is of lesser width than the body portion 36 so that the upper margins of the faces 37 serve as gages to indicate the seating of the clips 25 as pointed out below.
- the body portion 36 has a bottom face 43, inclined to facilitate initiation of tool insertion into the channel 11 as well as removal after a clip 25 has been applied, with a pair of fulcrum members 44 mounted thereon which may be studs, and which have heads 45 the upper portions of which engage the undersides of the rims 12 of the channels 11.
- the heads 45 may have portions as at 46 flattened for clip contact.
- the body portion 36 carries an inclined striker plate 49 held thereon at a convenient angle for striking and in any desired manner, such as by dovetails 47 which engage in complemental grooves 48 in the body portions 36.
- the plate 49 has a striking face 52. The plate 49 can be removed and renewed as desired.
- a handle rod 50 is fixedly mounted with respect to the main body portion 36 such as by welding to the pressure plate 41 and has a terminal handle 51 for manual grasping.
- the heads 45 of the fulcrum members 44 are brought into engagement below the rims 12 of the channel and with the face 38 engaging the body portion 27 of clip 25 above the notches 28.
- the handle 51 is pulled to urge the pressure plate 41) against the top of the board 14 to force it into contact with the channel rims 12, and the striker face 52 is struck with a hammer (not shown). Repeated striking causes the clip 25 to be driven into its holding position with its teeth 26 embedded in the edge of the board 14 below the tongue 15.
- the tool is then retracted and the operation of board hold down and clip driving is repeated at the next channel location desired.
- the striker plate 49 can be removed after it has been battered in use and a new striker plate 49 substituted.
- a clip driving tool for securing a floor board to a channel comprising a main body portion having an end with a lower face portion for clip engagement,
- a pressure plate carried by said main body portion and extending beyond said end for engaging a floor board to be secured with the channel
- fulcrum means on said main body portion at the lower part thereof, said fulcrum means having a portion for channel rim underface engagement, and
- a handle member in secured relation to said main body portion and disposed thereabove for movement of said pressure plate to floor board engaging position
- said main body portion having a striker member carried by the other end thereof.
- said first mentioned end has a horizontal groove between said upper and lower face portions.
- a clip driving tool as defined in claim 3 in which said first mentioned end has a horizontal groove between said upper and lower face portions.
- a clip driving tool as defined in claim 1 in which said body portion has a lower face
- said fulcrum means has enlarged heads spaced below the lower face of said body portion for engagement with underfaces of rims of the channel.
- said first mentioned end has an upper face portion offset with respect to said lower face portion a distance corresponding to the thickness of the body of the clip
- said first mentioned end has a horizontal groove between said upper and lower end faces
- said body portion has a lower inclined face
- said fulcrum means has enlarged heads spaced below said lower inclined face of said body portion for engagement with underfaces of the rims of the channel.
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US3883064A (en) * | 1974-03-29 | 1975-05-13 | Thomas M Hilgers | Bracket setting tool |
US20040250505A1 (en) * | 2003-06-12 | 2004-12-16 | Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. | Deck board tie connector, connection and method |
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US3596342A (en) * | 1968-12-27 | 1971-08-03 | Erich Willfurth | Guide tool for fastening an inverted base |
US3805862A (en) * | 1973-02-23 | 1974-04-23 | A Jirovetz | Carpet strip installation apparatus |
US3883064A (en) * | 1974-03-29 | 1975-05-13 | Thomas M Hilgers | Bracket setting tool |
US20040250505A1 (en) * | 2003-06-12 | 2004-12-16 | Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. | Deck board tie connector, connection and method |
US20040250504A1 (en) * | 2003-06-12 | 2004-12-16 | Leek William F. | Deck board tie connector, connection and method |
US7207150B2 (en) | 2003-06-12 | 2007-04-24 | Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. | Deck board tie connector, connection and method |
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US11946261B2 (en) * | 2014-02-26 | 2024-04-02 | I4F Licensing Nv | Panel interconnectable with similar panels for forming a covering |
US20220251853A1 (en) * | 2014-02-26 | 2022-08-11 | I4F Licensing Nv | Panel Interconnectable with Similar Panels for Forming a Covering |
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Owner name: OMHOLT E TAY OLD FORGE CROSSING COBBLERS MEWS 414 Free format text: RERECORD OF INSTRUMENT RECORDED AUGUST 18, 1975 REEL 3222 FRAMES 521-524 TO DELETE THE WORDS;ASSIGNOR:POWERLOCK SYSTEMS INC;REEL/FRAME:004178/0301 Effective date: 19750723 Owner name: VERSAWOOD FLOORS INC OLD FORGE CROSSING COBBLERS M Free format text: RERECORD OF INSTRUMENT RECORDED AUGUST 18 1975. REEL 3222 FRAMES 525-528 TO DELETE THE WORDS;ASSIGNOR:OMHOLT RAY E;REEL/FRAME:004178/0306 Effective date: 19750723 Owner name: AMERICAN SPORTS COURTS INC 222 LANCSTER AVE DEVON Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:AMERICAN SPORTSURFACING CO INC;REEL/FRAME:004178/0295 Effective date: 19830907 Owner name: VERSAWOOD FLOORS INC CHANGED TO AMERICAN SPORTSURF Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:VERSAWOOD FLOORS INC;REEL/FRAME:004178/0316 Effective date: 19751107 |