Patent ID: 6341410
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A handheld tool for installing resilient bumpers into channels on rails, comprising in combination:a horizontal rail having an outer side with a channel along the outer side; an elongated resilient strip having a front portion and a rear portion; a handheld tool having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side having a pair of rollers spaced apart from one another, each of the rollers having enlarged bottom ends inwardly sloping sides and raised upper ends, the bottom ends of the rollers placed about a front portion of the resilient strip for compressing sides of the resilient strip between the inwardly sloping sides; a user gripped handle attached adjacent to the first side of the tool, the handle oriented downward from the horizontal rail for positioning the bottom ends of the rollers at a tilted angle adjacent to the rail; a rotating end attached adjacent to the second side of the tool; and means for rotating the rotating end for both allowing the pair of rollers to rotate about the resilient strip and for inserting compressed protruding portions of the resilient strip to expand into the channel, the rotating means being spaced apart from the handle.