Improvements in Hand Tools for Pointing Walls and for other Uses.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1897-Accepted, 2nd Oct., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand Tools for Pointing Walls and for other
Uses.
I, JOHN QUIGLEY, of Blossburg, in the County of Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania,
United States of America, Gentleman, 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: -
This invention relates to an implement to be used in pointing up brick-work, stone
masonry, plasterer's and painter's work, and the novelty, ingenuity and resultant
advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the following description
and claims when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.
The prime object of the invention is to provide a tool or implement which will
clear out a joint, or other place to be pointed up, feed the pointing substance into
place, imbed it there and cut or scrape off the overflow.
A further object of the invention is to provide a tool or implement having
a chamber or cup, and a spring controlled hand lever carrying a plunger to force the
contents of the cup out as desired.
A further object of the invention is to provide an implement of the character
referred to with spring controlled plunger having a hand lever pivoted to the spring
and adapted to be turned out of line with the implement.
A still further object of the invention is to provide an implement for builders and
painters and other workmen adapted to be charged with a substance or material and
means for discharging the same as desired by pressure of the hand in holding the
implement.
Other objects and advantages accruing from my improved implement will be
revealed in the specification and claims to follow.
The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts and
resides essentially in an implement having a chamber or cup and comprising all the
elements necessary to feed pointing material into place, manipulate it there, and
leave the surface clear and smooth by a single operation.
In the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my implement ready for use showing in dotted lines
the plunger raised and the lever turned on its pivot to one side.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section.
Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view with the surface plate removed showing the clearing
blade and the scraper knife secured in place.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the surface plate.
Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modification.
Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a further modification.
The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the several figures
of the drawings.
The body 1 of the implement has housed therein a roller 2, which projects beyond
the bottom, and is journaled upon an arbor 3, extending across the body. Secured
in a housing 4, upon the top of the body 1 in a coil spring 5, having one end
attached to said body and the other end provided with a washer 6, and extending

page_text: through the lever 7 where it is provided with a cap or head 8. The lever is thus
pivoted upon the said spring end between the washer and cap leaving it free to be
turned transversely aud also to be operated vertically.
The free end of the lever 7 is provided with a plunger 9, to engage a cup or
chamber 10, forming a well for the pointing material. The bottom of the cup is
formed by a portion of the surface plate 11, which partially covers the bottom of the
cup and is attached to the bottom of the implement having a slot 12 through which
the pointing material is discharged in desired quantities according to the pressure
upon the plunger lever.
Between the bottom of the implement and the plate 11, is secured by means of
screws 13 the clearing knife 14, the edge of which extends through the slot 12 and
projects beyond the surface of the plate. This knife is provided to gouge out
a channel or make clear. the line between the bricks, planks, or stone for the purpose
of feeding in the pointing material.
The roller 2 projects through an aperture 15 in the plate 11, and follows in a direct
line the slot 12 to force and pack the pointing material in place immediately upon
leaving the slot.
Secured between the plate 11, and the bottom of the implement in the rear of the
roller and projecting through a slot 16 diagonally across the said plate is the scraping
knife 17, which takes off all superfluous material and smooths the material in the
joint down flush with the wall or other place being worked and gives a perfectly even
and finished appearance.
The body has hand grasping portions 1, and 2*, for convenience and comfort in
holding the implement. The aperture 15 has knife edges 18 which hug the roller 2,
closely to keep the surface clear and prevent the roller carrying any of the pointing
material into the body of the implement. It will be observed that the knives 14,
and 17, may be readily removed and replaced without entirely removing the plate 11,
by simply removing the screw which holds them in place.
Referring now to the modification shown in Fig. 5 the plate is divided into two
parts 19 and 20, the part 19 being the same as hereinbefore set up, but the part 20
has one or more apertures 21 and is desirable in lieu of the slot to make a confined
deposit of the pointing material.
Referring to Fig. 6, which shows a further modification, I have supplanted the coil
spring with a plate spring 22, which has a plunger lever 23 pivoted at 24 thereto,
and is secured to the end of the body at 25. This spring tends to hold the
plunger 26 in the wall until removed and turned to one side or the other on the said
pivot 24.
In the operation of the tool the cup is given a charge of pointing material and the
plunger entered into the cup, the cutting blade is then started into a crevice, joint,
or other place to be pointed, and cuts or cleans out such place, whereupon the
painting material is forced by pressure upon the plunger through the discharge
opening in the bottom of the cup, as the tool is moved along said crevice or space,
the roller following in line forces or presses the material into the crevice, and the
scraper which follows the roller evens or smooths off any superfluous pointing
material that may be left on the edge of the crevice.
It is obvious that this instrument may be applied for various uses, such as for
pointing up joints in tile work, and other classes of work where a plastic material is
used, whereby to make a neat joint; besides those herein before enumerated and
I therefore do not confine its adaptability.
It is obvious that the parts of the device may be changed relative to each other,
and the parts altered to effect best results without departing from the spirit of my
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. A vointing toal consisting of a bady provided with a

page_text: a clearing blade, a roller, a scraping knife, a surface plate partially covering the
botton of the chamber and provided with apertures and holding said blade and knife
to said body so that they project through the apertures of the plate, and a spring
controlled hand lever hinged to the said body and carrying a plunger adapted to be
operated in said chamber, as set forth.
2. A pointing tool having a chamber, a plate forming the bottoin of the chamber
and having a discharge opening under the chamber, said plate extending over the
bottom surface of the tool, and provided with apertures, a roller, a clearing blade
projecting through the plate forward of the discharge opening, a scraping knife
projecting through the plate in rear of said opening, a hand lever having a plunger
adapted to be operated in said chamber, as set forth.
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3. A pointing tool having a chamber, a plunger operated in said chamber, a plate
detachably secured to the tool forming the bottom of the chamber and having
discharge opening in the bottom of the chamber, a blade forward of the opening,
a scraping knife in the rear of the opening, a roller mounted in the tool body and
projecting through the plate between the said opening and said rear knife, as set
forth.
4. A pointing tool having a chamber in one end, a spring controlled lever pivotally
hinged to the other end and provided with a plunger to fit the chamber, a surface
plate covering the bottom of the tool and forming the bottom of the chamber said
plate having an opening at the bottom of the chamber through which the contents
of the latter is discharged, as set forth.
5. A pointing implement having a chamber in one end and a spring-controlled
hand lever pivoted at the other end carrying a plunger adapted to engage the
chamber, a surface plate covering the bottom of the implement and having a
discharge opening at the chamber bottom, and provided with apertures, a clearing
blade in line with and forward of the discharge opening, a roller revolvably secured
in the body of the implement in line with and in the rear of the said opening, a
scraping knife set at an angle across the line of said blade and roller and in the
rear of the latter, said clearing blade, roller, and scraping knife projecting through
the plate apertures as set forth.
6. A pointing implement having a chamber, a lever carrying a plunger, a plate
covering the bottom of the implement, and having a discharge opening at the bottom
of the chamber, a clearing blade forward of and in longitudinal line with said opening,
a roller and a scraping knife in the rear of and at an angle to the blade across such line,
said blade and knife being secured to the bottom of the implement by said plate,
and projecting through the latter, substantially as set forth.
7. A pointing tool having a chamber, a plate covering the bottom of the chamber,
and having a discharge opening in said bottom, a hand lever connected by a spring to
the end of the tool opposite the chamber to form a hinge and pivot for the lever, a
clearing blade secured to the bottom of the tool in a line with said discharge opening,
a roller in the rear of and in line with the blade and a scraping knife in rear of the
roller across such line, said blade, roller, and knife projecting through said plate
apertures, substantially as set forth.
8. In a pointing implement, the combination of the body having a chamber at
one end, a hand lever having a plunger, a spring pivotally connecting the lever to
the other end of the body, with a covering for the bottom of the chamber having a
discharge opening, a clearing blade, a roller, and a scraping knife secured to the
bottom of the implement as set forth.
9. In a pointing implement, the body having a chamber at one end, a spring and a
housing therefor secured to the other end, hand lever having a plunger and pivoted to
the spring so as to be turned at right angles to the tool body, combined with a bottom
plate for the chamber having a discharge opening, a cutter forward of said opening,
a roller between the opening and the scraping blade, said roller being journaled in
the body of the tool and projecting beyond its bottom surface, and the said clearing
blade and scraper being secured in cavities in the bottom of the tool, and also projecting
beyond its surface, as set forth.

page_text: 10. A pointing tool having a chamber in one end, a discharge opening in the
bottom of the chamber, a clearing blade projecting below, forward of and contiguous
to said discharge opening, and a hand lever carrying a plunger and hinged to the
other end of the body opposite the chamber, as set forth.
Dabed the OLL
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BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.