Abstract: A leveling trowel for ensuring a level surface when using a trowel. The leveling trowel includes a plate having a top surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral edge. The plate is rigid and has a generally rectangular shape. A handle member is securely attached to the plate. The handle member has an outer surface, an inner surface and a pair of side surfaces. The handle member has a chamber therein. The outer surface has first window therein extending to and exposing the chamber. A spirit level is positioned in the chamber and orientated for determining a horizontal orientation of the plate.

Abstract: An assembly structure, consisting of a handle and a blade, having mainly a locking structure directly formed at the front of a tongue firmly integrated on the blade to provide relative insertion and movement between the said handle and the said blade with instantly precise, simple and convenient positioning as a groove inside the handle base and the tongue are in identical T-shape.

Abstract: A concrete smoothing device including a plate portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface is planar for positioning on freshly poured concrete. The upper surface has a reinforcement brace secured centrally thereon. A swivel bracket is secured to the reinforcement brace of the upper surface of the plate portion. The swivel bracket includes a cylindrical post extending upwardly from the reinforcement brace. The cylindrical post has a collar rotatably disposed thereon. The collar has a pair of arms extending laterally therefrom. The pair of arms has a space disposed therebetween. An elongated handle is provided having an upper end and a lower end. The lower end has an end cap secured thereto. The end cap has a tab extending outwardly therefrom. The tab is positioned within the space between the pair of arms of the swivel bracket and pivotally secured thereto by a pivot pin.

Abstract: A ceiling design tool and method of using the tool for forming plaster designs on walls and ceilings comprising a circular planar face portion having a centered cylindrical handle. The face portion comprises a rubber layer over a burlap layer clamped onto the edge of a circular metal plate. The face portion of the tool is dipped in a fluid plaster mixture and applied to a ceiling or wall surface of either plaster or drywall in a stepwise rolling motion to create a unique textured surface such as half-moons, bead work and scroll patterns.

Abstract: A hand tool for forming a slot between the outer cylindrical surface of a manhole frame, and the concrete in which the frame is embedded. The tool has a tool body with a bottom surface that engages the soft concrete in which the frame is embedded, and a concave lip for slidably engaging the outer surface of the manhole frame or any other circular or cylindrical object.

Abstract: A hand trowel having a flat blade, a handle, an angled stem, and a bucket hook which has a length dimension of approximately one-and-one-half inches and extends beyond the attachment point of one end of the stem to the blade. Thus, the trowel can be stored in a substantially vertical, secure and fixed position on the lip of a bucket, preventing the handle from coming into contact with the contents of the bucket, or the contents being inadvertently spilled onto the work area. It also has a larger blade than is typically used for semi-fluid masonry products, to carry more product at a time to the working area, as well as act as a counterweight for the handle to keep the tool from falling out of bucket when it is moved. Thus, the present invention allows the operator to work more efficiently, and maintain a cleaner, less cluttered working area.

Abstract: A manual tool for imparting a textured surface to a wall, ceiling or other rigid surface. The tool comprises a rigid, flat, thin tool blade, having a plurality of holes irregularly distributed thereon. The holes are preferably irregular in shape and have major dimension in the range 0.5 to 1.25 inch. A handle for grasping and manipulating the tool is attached to a first side of the tool blade. A rectangular blade version of the tool is used for texturing corner areas, and a circular blade version of the tool is used for non-corner areas. In use, joint compound is applied to a second, opposite side of the blade and then daubed onto a surface area. The tool is then repeatedly pressed against and withdrawn from the area until a desired surface texture is achieved, the texture becoming progressively finer with each repetition. After a drying period, the coated, textured surface is leveled by moving a leveling blade across the surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for leveling and smoothing concrete and drawing up paste in one motion. The apparatus has a leveling blade with a straight edge and a smooth-surfaced float. The float attaches to the leveling blade by a connecting strip of resilient material, which permits the position of the float to contour to the concrete surface. The connecting strip, adjacent to the float, contacts the concrete surface to pull up cement paste, which creates a more workable surface. The leveling blade attaches to the handle by a mount. The handle and handle mount are adjustable to add additional length to the apparatus for use on various sized concrete surfaces. A device for vibration can also be attached to the apparatus to assist in leveling and smoothing concrete.

Abstract: A screed device includes a screed plate having two arms separately attached at their lower ends to the screed plate. The arms are pivotally attached to the screed plate for pivotal movement about both a vertical axis and a horizontal axis.

Abstract: A tool for spreading plaster comprises a knife blade with an edge configured as a concavity. In one embodiment, the concavity has a radius of curvature of approximately one-sixteenth of an inch and tapers to respective flat surfaces on each end of the blade. The blade is disposed on a handle for easy manipulation. The blade and handle may be fabricated from metal or plastic material and may be of one-piece design.

Abstract: A finishing trowel comprised of a blade, a mounting and a handle, wherein the handle is hollow and has a square mounting hole for receiving a square mounting surface. A plastic handle is comprised of a durable inner core material and a grippable outer member. The handle's inner core includes deformable ribs which axially line the mounting hole and provide a secure, lash-free fit onto the mounting surface over a broader range of manufacturing tolerances for the parts. The handle also includes an endcap which cuts into and seals the endcap against an outer grippable material upon tightening of a flanged nut onto the mounting. A lip extends from the handle and encompasses a portion of the mounting to facilitate increased torque transfer from the handle to the mounting and blade. The replaceable handle can also be formed of other grippable materials such as wood.

Abstract: A handheld, durable, easy-maintenance, easy-hold, precision-contour drywall finishing tool substantially in the shape of a round disk presents both convex and concave, or bull-nose, peripheral regions repectively suitable for coving, and for cleaning, flowable building material within, respectively, concave wall joints >90° and <180° nominally 135°, and convex wall joints >180° and <270° nominally 225°. The disk is preferably about 12 cm. in diameter, with its otherwise circular peripheral edge relieved over about 45° of arc in the shape of a concave curve, or bull nose, of some 3.5 cm diameter. Preferably one major surface of the disk is flat while the opposing surface slopes radially symmetrically from a central region of greater thickness, about 0.75 cm., towards a lesser thickness, about 3 mm., at the edge of the disk. A feature, preferably a knob of about 0.75 cm height by 3 cm.

Abstract: A trowel with a handle, having a blade (15) and a mount (2), provided thereon, for the handle (1), the mount (2) is fastened on the blade (15) by a fastening section (4), has a spacer section (3) and is inserted in an opening (6) of the handle (1) by way of an insertion section (5). For more straightforward assembly and production, it is provided that the insertion section (5) is inserted in a radial opening (6) of the handle (1), with the result that a securing pin (8) which is introduced axially into the handle is used to secure the insertion section (5) against being drawn out.

Abstract: A tool (1) for spreading adhesive over a substrate has a blade edge (4) with a set of spaced large indentations (5) and at least one set of spaced smaller indentations (6) extending into the blade edge. The smaller indentations extend into the blade less than any one of the large indentations and are interspaced between the large indentations. The blade edge is slid over the substrate to which adhesive has been applied and the adhesive is spread such that the large indentations form large ridges (20) of adhesive projecting from the substrate. The smaller indentations form smaller ridges (21) of adhesive projecting from the substrate and the smaller ridges (21) are interspaced between the large ridges (20). When a tile (23) is pressed into the adhesive the larger ridges (20) are compressed first, thereby broadening the ridge and pushing adjacent ridges into the smaller ridges (21). In this any void between ridges is more readily filled and a more uniform spread of keyed in adhesive is achieved.

Abstract: A cement slab surface beveling device including a plate-like support member having a second end, a bottom surface, a first exposed flat portion of the bottom surface, and a second exposed flat portion of the bottom surface; and further including a handle member attached to the support member, and a tapered beveling member attached to the bottom surface of the support member and having an end spaced from the second end of the support member and having a bottom edge and a flat bottom surface extending at an angle from the bottom edge to the bottom surface of the support member. The first exposed flat portion is placed upon a cement slab frame used to form the cement slab and the second exposed flat portion is placed upon the cement slab surface with the beveling member disposed in the semi-harden cement.

Abstract: A hand-held trowel that includes a first and second adjoining edges that have a plurality of notches disposed therein that is used to provide grooves in cementious material, said trowel used for spreading cementious material and said trowel including a third edge extending away from the trowel body having sufficient rigidity and strength for prying up a ceramic tile for use as a margin trowel. The trowel also includes a handle for grasping by hand that is rigidly attached to the trowel body which may include a level indicating device to tell with an air bubble and liquid whether or not the fourth edge of the trowel, which is straight when placed on the surface of a tile, is level relative to the gravitational field of the earth. A trowel for use with tile, brick, block and plaster may also include first and second level indicators mounted in the handle or on the trowel blade that provides for levels of indication or straightness relative to the earth's surface in two different planes.