Patent ID: 6645329
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of installing tiles and the like comprising the steps of:a. providing a substantially flat surface and thereupon providing a system comprising a tank, said tank having a fixed handle means and at least one substantially flat surface contacting transport means affixed thereto, and further having a dispensing means control means for opening and closing dispensing means located at a lower aspect of said tank, said tank having provision for affixing a toothed/smooth or float/wiper element/system thereto; such that in use said tank can have material to be dispensed placed thereinto and a user can, by application of force to said fixed handle means, cause said tank to, via said transport means, move across said substantially flat surface while operating said dispensing means control means to the end that material caused to be present in said tank is, as desired and directed by said operator, caused to be dispensed; b. placing mortar into said tank and causing said mortar to be distributed over a substantially flat surface by causing said system to, via said transport means, move across said substantially flat surface by application of force to said fixed handle means while operating said dispensing means control means for opening and closing the dispensing means, to the end that said mortar is caused to be dispensed; c. installing tiles or the like to said substantially flat surface atop which has been distributed mortar; and d. placing grout into said tank and causing said grout to be distributed over said tiles or the like by causing said system to, via said transport means, move thereacross by application of force to said fixed handle means while operating said dispensing means control means for opening and closing said dispensing means, to the end that said grout is caused to be dispensed.