Patent ID: 6464115
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B05C

Abstract:
A new, reusable caulking guide and reinforcing tip, removably attachable to the dispensing nozzle of a tube of caulking, sealant or glue (compound), either before or after said tube of compound is mounted upon a caulking or like gun (caulking gun), for assisting the more efficient application of compound to extended surfaces of different and varying widths from different and varying angles of attack, while also reinforcing the dispensing nozzle and preventing it from bending, buckling or breaking, said invention comprising:a dispensing nozzle attachment and reinforcement means, said device comprising: a base comprising a flat, circular flange, of a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the face plate of a caulking tube, having therein a circular opening concentric with the flange which is of a diameter slightly greater than that of a dispensing nozzle of a tube of compound, and being substantially rigid, and said base being intended to abut concentrically against the front face plate of the tube of compound; and an elongated cylindrical collar of an exterior diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the circular opening in the flange, and being cylindrically hollow and open-ended at both ends, the hollow interior having a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the circular opening in the flange, said collar also being substantially rigid, and attached to the flange, concentrically and at a perpendicular thereto, and said collar being intended to snugly fit around the body of the dispensing nozzle; and a caulking guide, said device comprising two opposing planes, each being attached to and splaying outwardly from the end of the collar, and in divergent relation to each other, and having such dimensions and flexibility that the application by the user of suitable force would permit their being compressed together and then fitted through the front-end orifice or slot of a caulking gun, and would also permit their being splayed substantially further apart at both or either sides of the collar and made to straddle or otherwise bear against innumerable different widths of construction members, such as studs, joists, beams and wider construction members, for use as versatile guides assisting the more efficient application of compound to extended surfaces from various and changing angles of attack, in each case without failing under prolonged usage, and being resilient, such that, when released from external forces, they naturally return to their original shapes.