Improvements in Carpet Stretchers and Fasteners.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1892-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carpet Stretchers and Fasteners.
A communication by LEWIS FLEISCHMANN, of Des Moines, in the County of
Polk and State of Iowa, United States of America.
I WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E. of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors 6, Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street Manchester,
both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a combined stretcher and fastener
which shall be formed in sections adapted to be readily joined together and means
by which the carpet may be removably secured to the marginal strips.
The object further is to provide means by which the marginal strips holding the
carpet edges may be drawn toward the base board to stretch the carpet and also
secured to hold the same in place.
The invention consists in sectional marginal strips which are made of suitable
material and so constructed as to form upper and base pieces held at intervals
by connecting pieces adapted to contact against the wall, the upper piece extending
downwardly relatively to the base piece, which rests on the floor, forming a con-
tracted opening, the carpet edge being grasped and held by means of removable
grippers between said upper and base piece, the grippers being so constructed
as to be held securely to the carpet by the wedge shaped receptacle formed by
the downwardly extending piece and the base piece. The sections are joined by
means of an overlapping portion on one end of the one section, having rotatably
fixed therein an extending screw entering a solid portion formed on the section
to be joined, provided with a threaded bore adapted to receive the screw of the
joined section, said screw being rotated by a thumb piece thereon, the overlapping
portion embracing the solid portion when in position and joined.
The invention consists, further, in plates adapted for attachment to the base.
board, having fixed thereto a screw adapted to engage a section, and a nut on
the screw to move the section, as required, to stretch and fasten a carpet fixed
to the section.
The invention consists, further, in certain details of construction and arrangement
of parts hereinafter more fully described.
The marginal sections have respectively at each of their ends overlapping and
embracing pieces and solid extending portions, the sections being joined by
inserting an extending screw which is rotatably fixed to the overlapping portion
within the screw threaded bore in the solid portion.
The parts of the marginal sections are formed integrally and consist of a base
piece and an upper piece held together by means of the supporting pieces. The
upper piece extending downwardly from that portion of the strip section adapted
to contact against the wall to the outer portion, forms a wedge shaped receptacle
adapted to receive grippers which consist in a base piece having a spring and
bearings for the upper piece. The gripper is inserted into and between the base
and upper pieces between supporting pieces, the carpet edge being inserted between
its serrated faces, so that when the carpet is drawn taut the gripper is held
together by the wedge shape of the receptacle between the said pieces. The
tighter the carpet is drawn, the firmer the hold of the grippers.
Referring to the means of stretching and fastening, a plate is provided adapted
for attachment to or ready detachment from the base board by means of screw:
or other suitable device, to which is rotatably fixed a screw having a thumb pisce,

page_text: said screw and thumb piece being held within a hollowed supplemental portion
formed with the marginal sections, so that when the plates are secured to the
base board and the edges of the carpets are within the grippers, the latter being
in place, by rotating the screws, the marginal strips are drawn up snugly to the
wall and the carpet stretched at the same time, the marginal sections in this
manner being held to the wall and readily removable.
Spring pieces are used for holding the carpet down in the space between the
joined sections.
Dated this 30th day of October 1891
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carpet Stretchers and Fasteners.
A communication by LEWIS FLEISCHMANN, of Des Moines, in the County of
Polk and State of Iowa, United States of America.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors 6, Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street, Manchester
both in the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide a combined stretcher and fastener
which shall be formed in sections adapted to be readily joined together and means
by which the carpet may be removably secured to the marginal strips.
The object further is to provide means by which the marginal strips holding the
carpet edges may be drawn toward the base board to stretch the carpet and also
secured to hold the same in place.
The invention consists in sectional marginal strips which are made of suitable
material and so constructed as to form upper and base pieces held at intervals by
connecting pieces adapted to be held against the wall, the upper piece extending
downwardly relatively to the base piece, which rests on the floor, forming a con-
tracted opening, the carpet edge being grasped and held by means of removable
grippers between said upper and base pieces, the grippers being so constructed as
to be held securely to the carpet by the wedge shaped receptacle formed by the
downwardly extending piece and the base piece. The sections are joined by means
of an overlapping portion on one end of the one section, having rotatably fixed
therein an extending screw entering a solid portion formed on the section to be
joined, provided with a threaded bore adapted to receive the screw of the joined
section, said screw being rotated by a thumb piece thereon, the overlapping portion
embracing the solid portion when in position and joined.
The invention consists, further, in plates adapted for attachment to the base
board, having fixed thereto a screw adapted to engage a section, and a nut on the
screw to move the section, as required, to stretch and fasten a carpet fixed to the
section.
The invention consists, further, in certain details of construction and arrangement
of parts hereinafter more fully described.
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 is a cross-section through one of the marginal sections, showing the
gripper grasping and holding a section of carpet;
Figure 2 is a cross-section through the stretching device;
Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the grippers;
Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the ends of two sections, showing the
joining device;
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a portion of a marginal section ;

page_text: Figure 6 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the device relative to the
floor and walls of a room.
The marginal sections A, Figure 4, have respectively at each of their ends
overlapping and embracing pieces B and solid extending portions C, the sections
being joined by inserting an extending screw a which is rotatably fixed to the
overlapping portion B within the screw threaded bore 6 in the solid portion C.
Referring to Figure 5, the parts of the marginal sections are formed integrally
and consist of a base piece D and an upper piece D³ held together by means of the
supporting pieces D³. The upper piece D' extending downwardly from that
portion of the strip section adapted to be held against the wall, to the outer portion,
forms a wedge shaped receptacle adapted to receive grippers E, Figure 3, which
consist in a base piece B' having a spring e and bearings for the upper piece e".
The gripper is inserted, Figure 1, into and between the base and upper pieces
between the supporting pieces D³, the carpet edge A³ being inserted between its
serrated faces, so that when the carpet is drawn taut the gripper is held together
by the wedge shape of the receptacle between the said pieces D D³. The tighter
the carpet is drawn, the firmer the hold of the grippers.
Referring to the means of stretching and fastening shown in Figure 2, a plate H
is provided adapted for attachment to or ready detachment from the base board by
means of screws or other suitable device, to which is rotatably fixed a screw H³
having a thumb piece H, said screw and thumb piece being held within a hollowed
supplemental portion H* formed with the marginal sections, so that, when the plates
are secured to the base board and the edges of the carpets are within the grippers,
the latter being in place, by rotating the screws H2, the marginal strips are drawn
up snugly to the wall and the carpet stretched at the same time, the marginal
sections in this manner being held to the wall and readily removable.
Spring pieces J, Figure 4, are used for holding the carpet down in the space
between the joined sections.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a combined carpet stretcher and fastener, the combination of sectional
marginal strips adapted to be joined, grippers held within the frame-work of the
marginal strips, and a device fixed on the marginal strips, adapted for attachment
to the wall, consisting of a plate and screw, whereby the carpet may be stretched
and held, as and for the purposes set forth.
2. In a combined carpet stretcher and fastener, sections of marginal strips made
up of a base-piece and an upper piece, the latter forming a wedge-shaped receptacle
for a separable gripper, as and for the purposes set forth.
3. In a combined carpet stretcher and fastener, a supplemental portion formed
with the marginal sections, a plate adapted to be fixed to a wall, and having a
screw projecting outward at right angles and through perforations in said supple-
mental portion, and a nut on said screw, arranged and combined to operate in the
manner set forth.
4. The combination, in a carpet stretcher and fastener, of marginal strips,
separable grippers adapted to seize and hold the edges of the carpet, said grippers
in turn being held within wedge-shaped receptacles in the marginal strips,
embracing portions, a screw, a solid portion having a screw-threaded bore adapted
to receive said screw, a plate adapted for attachment to the wall, a screw held by
said plate, a nut on said screw, and a supplemental portion formed with the
marginal strips, as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 6th day of July 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.