Abstract: The pressure jaw (1) for a compression device to install floor elements in a diagonal manner relative to a rectangular floor area is generally triangular in shape, the longest side providing an edge part (2) bent downwardly to press against the outer edge of a floor element (4) whose outer edge is cut diagonally, preferably at an angle of 45.degree., in relation to the longest side of the floor element. On the two legs of equal length the pressure jaw includes edge strips (5) bent upwardly each of which serves to couple with a customary compression device that is designed to install floor panels parallel to the wall and which, for example, incorporates at the end of a compression belt (7) a similarly modified pressure jaw 6 which can be coupled with a pressure jaw (1) by the engaging of the edge strips (5).

Abstract: A pressure jaw (1) at the end of a clamping device for the laying of floating floor coverings like laminates and ready-made parquet which are joined by tongue and groove connections includes a long leg (2) and a perpendicular short leg (3), with a perpendicular horizontally protruding shoulder (5), so as to press against the carrier material of a floor covering plate (4). The long leg (2) includes at least two space adjusting-screws (7) separated from each other and insertable into threaded holes (6), by means of which the distance between it and the pressure jaw (1) can be adjusted by resting it on the floor covering plate (4). It thus occurs that the shoulder (5) presses basically directly below the spring (9) of the floor covering plates (4) of various floor coverings with differing material strength.

Abstract: A multi-part gripping device for pressing together flooring elements, such as laminates and finished parquet, in side-by-side relationship includes two rod parts that are axially and telescopically connected, one of said rod parts including a pressure jaw at an end having parallel shoulders that extend toward the other rod part, the shoulders being at a different spacing from the associated rod part for abutting a base portion of a flooring element over which the gripping device is positioned. A longitudinally adjustable lead screw is pivotally connected between the two rod parts for moving the two rod parts together, such that a connecting pressure is applied to a flooring element being interconnectably positioned adjacent one or more previously positioned flooring elements.