Patent ID: 6079182
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: E04F,Y10S

Abstract:
A floor panel compressing apparatus for use in compressing and tightening a plurality of abutting floor boards, the apparatus comprising:a reel rotationally engaged in a reel housing for rotating therein;an inextensible and flexible tape coiled on the reel and extending therefrom to form a free end of the flexible tape positioned remotely from the reel;a first means for hooking attached to the free end of the flexible tape;a second means for hooking attached to the reel housing;a means for winding the reel within the reel housing so as to draw the first means for hooking toward the second means for hooking so as to reduce spaces between the floor boards when the first and second means for hooking are engaged with the floor boards;the reel housing providing a first engagement means, the winding means providing a second engagement means, the first and second engagement means cooperating by rotational and rocking motion functionally enabled in the winding means for locking the reel at any one of a plurality of rotational positions for establishing a compressive force in the floor boards.