Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Patent
1996-07-30
1998-10-13
Hughes, S. Thomas
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
29254, 81463, B23P 1100, B23P 1904
Patent
active
058193936
ABSTRACT:
This invention provides for a method and apparatus for abutting adjacent articles. Specifically this method and apparatus is particularly suited for abutting adjacent articles, such as wood flooring panels, which are immediately adjacent to obstructions which prohibit the use of previous abutting devices. This invention can abut wood flooring panels which are in close proximity to obstructions by providing: a horizontal base member with a front side, a back side, a top side and a bottom side which sets on the wood flooring to be abutted; a lipped member rigidly and perpendicularly communicated to said bottom side and said front side of said horizontal base member which attaches to a floor board that is adjacent to an obstruction; a first vertical support member with an interior side and an exterior side rigidly and perpendicularly communicated to said front side and said top side of said horizontal base member with a cavity on said interior; a second vertical support member with an interior side and an exterior side rigidly communicated to said back side and said top side of said horizontal base member with a cylindrical cavity on said interior; a cylindrical horizontal rod member with a front side and a back side wherein said front side is snugly fitted in said cylindrical cavity in said first vertical support member and said back side is snugly fitted into said cylindrical cavity in said second vertical support member; and a momentum building member slidably attached to said horizontal rod member between said first vertical support member and said second vertical support member such that there is sufficient distance between said first vertical support member and said second vertical support member to allow for said momentum building member to slide and build momentum when traversing from said first vertical support member to said second vertical support member and impacting thereon.
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Smith Michael Raymond
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