Abstract: An apparatus for rolling plastic material such as bread dough or cookie dough so that the material has a substantially constant thickness throughout the entire mass. The apparatus includes an elongated cylindrical body having an outwardly extending axial handle at each end and each of such handles has a selected gauge wheel removably mounted at the outer end thereof.

Abstract: A molten substance dispenser including a container for a substance to be dispensed, a hand manipulatable applicator for applying liquified material received from the container to a work piece, a flexible tube for accommodating flow of the liquified material between the container and the applicator, and heater means for heating the liquified substance in the container, the applicator and the flexible tube.

Abstract: A rolling pin apparatus utilizes a pair of free wheeling right angle cylinders disposed in parallel relationship for application to a food work stuff. A chamber is secured to the structure supporting the journals carrying the two cylinders, which chamber is covered by a removable access cover. An inertia operated pendulum-like scraper rides over a screen, both disposed within the chamber so as to break up and dispense a dusting material, usually flour, directing same towards the bottom of the chamber. An elongated valve is connected to the bottom of the chamber and positioned over the cylinders so as to control the amount of flour dispensed onto the outermost areas of each of the cylinders, directed there by two vanes positioned intermediate the chamber and the cylinders. A third vane also acts as an elongated scraper so as to remove extraneous material collected on the surfaces of the cylinders at locations intermediate opposed faces thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a relatively lightweight, portable, hand controlled finishing machine for finishing cement like surfaces. The cement finishing machine comprises an elongated shaft that makes up the main frame thereof, and a rotary wheel rotatively mounted to said elongated shaft and driven by an electric motor also mounted to said elongated shaft. Finishing elements such as rocks, brushes, or even trowels are detachably secured to an outer exposed radial face of said rotary wheel. In operation, the cement finishing machine is supported adjacent a wall or surface to be finished and during the course of operation, an operator is able to manipulate and control the main frame such that the finishing elements engage and act upon the surface being worked.

Abstract: An applicator for applying sealing compounds such as caulking is provided having a tubular spout, an inlet opening which communicates with the sealing compound and an outlet orifice. A finger-shaped applicator tip extends longitudinally outward while angled inwardly of the spout and has an oval cross-section in the vicinity of the outlet which makes the outlet orifice crescent-shaped.

Abstract: A screed includes a triangular truss frame having first and second ends and a top support member forming the apex of the triangular truss. Front and rear screed blades are coupled in a spaced apart relationship to the lower portion of the front and rear of the frame. The screed includes a detachable screed blade extension bracket which is coupled to the top support member and to the front and rear screed blades. The detachable screed blade extension bracket includes a bracket frame, front and rear blade extension elements which are coupled to the bracket frame and aligned respectively with the front and rear screed blades for extending the effective length of the blade by a predetermined, desired amount. The detachable end bracket extends the effective length of the front and rear screed blades without extending the length of the top support member or the triangular truss frame of the screed.

Abstract: An adjustable screed bar for leveling wet fluid concrete mixtures such as layers of lightweight thermal-insulating concretes cast on rooftops of buildings and the like is described. The device is in the form of a shaft having a screed bar bracket means slidably mounted on one end thereof and a sled runner at the other end. At least two of these devices are attached to a screed bar at spaced apart locations and permit the bar to be pulled or pushed through the wet mixtures at any desired height.

Abstract: A triangular truss screed includes first and second vertically oriented end brackets coupled to the first and second ends of the screed frame. Each end bracket includes front and rear vertically extending, spaced apart side members. A detachable guide bracket can be coupled to one of the screed end brackets for the purpose of supporting and guiding one end of the screed along a horizontally oriented guide member coupled to the wall of a building at a vertical position well above the concrete surface. The guide bracket includes first and second spaced apart side members which are detachably coupled to a screen end bracket. The guide bracket includes guide elements which laterally extend from the guide bracket to engage the wall-mounted guide member.

Abstract: A triangular truss screed includes a frame having first and second ends and a top support member which forms the apex of the triangular truss. Front and rear screed blades extend between the first and second ends of the screed frame and are coupled in a spaced apart relationship to the lower portion of the front and rear of the frame. The front and rear screed blades each include a flat lower surface and form the front and rear edges of the triangular truss frame. A pan float finisher is coupled to the flat lower surface of the front and rear blades and includes a length substantially equal to the length of the screed frame and a width greater than the spacing between the front and rear blades. A vibration generating mechanism is coupled to the screed to vibrate the pan float finisher.

Abstract: A device for finishing a wet plaster surface is disclosed. The device of the present invention comprises a finishing tool holder which includes a handle engaging lower end. An upper end of the holder broadens to a planar fan shape, and the upper end is notched to create a step. A filler piece complementary to and substantially filling the notch is inserted therein. A threaded fastener proximate a lower end of the notch secures a lower end of the filler piece to the handle. A pair of spaced apertures near the upper end of the holder are aligned with a pair of spaced apertures in the filler piece, and a pair of threaded fasteners engage the aligned apertures to secure a variety of surface finishing tools to the holder. The surface finishing tools which are directly attachable to the handle include an elongated brush, a variety of trowels with various widths and edge forms, and a circular or star-shaped cup.

Abstract: A cement applicator for outside corners such as those used in dry wall construction which includes a container for the cement having an open front and a back wall which is moveable along tracks when pressure is applied thereto to force cement out of the front and into the corner. The tool also includes at least two wheels positioned to track along the edge of the corner to be finished and adjacent wipers which are biased to form an angle less than a 90.degree. angle therebetween about the wheels. The wipers include peripheral seals which in combination with the biasing action and the regulation of the tool position by means of the wheels finish the surface of the cement applied to the corner. The wipers may be of different lengths to provide for corners such as those found on stud walls or around windows.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tool for use in spreading soft, malleable materials along an inner corner formed by angular surfaces. The tool has a relatively hard core and an elastomeric covering on the core together forming a spreading nose for the tool. The tool has a handle for the spreading nose. The elastomeric covering is a soft, resilient material so that it will seal against the angular surfaces of the inner corner where the material is being spread, even if those surfaces are somewhat irregular, for confining the soft spreading material and inhibiting it from spreading around a working edge of the tool except at a tip where a bead is formed.

Abstract: A plate having a long handle attached thereto is used for spreading a semi-liquid composition over a base surface, the thickness of the layer being determined by a supporting spherical wheel. Another plate having a long handle is used for leveling the surface of the composition which is spread according to a pattern of juxtaposed strips.

Abstract: The method of applying a coating of a desired uniform thickness of a spreadable material, such as a cementitious fire-proofing material, to an elongate structural member (e.g., an I-beam) comprises applying a plurality of preformed spacers to the beam, the spacers being of a material compatible with the fire-proofing material and being spaced at intervals along the length of the beam. A pair of spaced guide bars are removably secured to the beam with the guide bars extending lengthwise of the beam and being generally parallel to one another. The guide bars are supported by the spacers so as to be spaced from the beam and each of the guide bars has a guide surface thereon.

Abstract: A mastic applicator and finishing tool is provided with a trowelling bar and means are included to adjust and regulate the pressure upon said bar so that the crowning of mastic applied by the tool, may be controlled. A sliding ramp component may be moved in side to side, each position being stabilized by the engagement of a cross pin or pawl within any one of a plurality of notches in the components which are situated at an angle to the base or to the trowelling bar of the device. Means extend between the pin and the trowelling bar so that each notch engages the pawl and applies different pressure upon the trowelling bar. The notches are identified by indicia for ease of ascertaining the setting of the ramp.

Abstract: A clay extrusion apparatus has a cylinder open at the top for a rod which depresses the piston. At the bottom of the cylinder is an outer die held in place by a cap bolted to the cylinder. Within the opening of the outer die is an inner die supported by a stem extending up into the cylinder and attached at its upper end to a spider-like bracket which fits centrally within the cylinder and the lower ends of the legs of which are supported by the outer die. The inner and outer dies are changeable to form different outside and inside shapes of hollow clay extrusions. The inner die and its support may be removed to produce solid shapes.

Abstract: Improvements in corner finishing tools for applying mastic material along a wall joint and comprising an improved means for adjusting the resilient flex between integral sides of a mastic retainer plate; an improved retainer plate having elongated interior pockets formed directly in front of a pair of doctor blades to receive and store mastic material and to collect small foreign particles, and baffle plates to direct the flow of mastic material; and an improved means for supporting the tool including a pair of side rollers rotatably mounted peripherally of an interior mastic cavity.

Abstract: A hand-tool for mortaring bricks in a course includes a frame bent transversely at right angles, the side pieces of said frame carrying flanges to align the tool by engaging the side faces of bricks already laid. A handle is attached to the frame.

Abstract: An electrically heated tartlet press for forming pastry shells upon application of pressure and heat to a body of pastry dough seated on the bottom of a tapered well in a tart pan, comprising an enlarged tapered cylindrical head fabricated from rigid heat conductive material and having a flat bottom wall of minor diameter adapted to extend into the well, an outwardly inclined side wall of major diameter at its upper end, and a tapered flange extending radially outwardly from the inclined wall and adaptable to bear against the pan well entry and center the head when pressed into the pastry dough; an insulated shaft upstanding centrally of the head; a core of heat transmitting material within the shaft in heat conducting relation with the head; an electrical heating element within the shaft and in heat conducting relation with the core; an electrically and heat insulated handle remote from the head at the other end of the shaft; and means for transmitting electric current to and for energizing the electric heat

Abstract: A crust former for use with a wall-equipped container to construct crust therein from a mass of crust material provided within the container for this purpose. The crust former includes a forming head adapted to rotate about the center of such container to distribute the mass of crust material therein usually along both the bottom and side walls of the container to construct such crust. The head is carried by structure to positionally relate the forming head in a predetermined spatial relationship with the bottom and side walls of the container necessary for construction of the crust therealong. This structure enables the head and container to be relatively rotatable, and means are included in the crust former for preventing accumulation of crust material along the upper edge portion or rim of the container.

Abstract: A device for stamping soil into groups of growth pots positioned in abutting relationship on a table or the like, which device comprises a roller means provided with longitudinally and circumferentially evenly spaced stamping pegs, the spacing between each peg exactly corresponding to the spacing between the pots on the table, said roller means rotatably supported in a holder and said holder provided with a rodlike handle means.

Abstract: A corner tool for applying mastic material to an external corner formed by two walls which come together at approximately 90.degree., said tool comprising a retainer for mastic material that defines a cavity open in two convergent and substantially perpendicular planes, including a pair of slotted screed plates that extend substantially perpendicular to each other and transverse relative to the external corner, and means for positioning the mastic retainer relative to the external corner to maintain the slotted plates in contact with the two walls forming the corner while positioning the cavity in open-spaced relationship to the walls.

Abstract: Apparatus for bending rigid extruded thermoplastic resin shapes without significant deformation of the cross-sectional configuration of the shape is described.The bending apparatus includes a rigid die member which has a convex die surface configured to mate intimately with a portion of the cross-sectional configuration of the shape to be bent prior to and during the bending process. The convex die surface defines the desired curve to which the shape is to be bent. A flexible die is configured to mate intimately with substantially the remainder of the cross-sectional configuration of the shape. Heating fluid passages are provided through both the rigid and flexible dies for application of a heating fluid, preferably saturated steam where the shape is made of rigid vinyl, directly to the shape for conditioning of the shape for bending.

Abstract: There is disclosed a device for finishing joints between tegular elements applied to a surface. The device consists of a support and at least one head the support being suitable for gripping by the hand and the head being specially shaped to enable the jointing material between the adjacent elements to be finished formed. The head is shaped so that when the device is applied to the adjoining edges of adjacent tegular elements it makes limited contact with the adjoining edges of the elements and has a constantly diminishing transverse dimension in at least one direction along the joint. The head together with the jointing material fully occupies the space between the elements between the regions of contact and if the device is moved along the joint in the direction of the diminishing dimension of the head a smooth and regular surface contour of the jointing material between the edges of the elements is achieved.

Abstract: A multi-port applicator for supplying bonding and sealing material(s), for instance to elongated channels and/or recesses, and to members for fitting within channels. The applicator comprises at least two heatable heads in tandem, the trailing head having an orifice arranged for depositing molten thermoplastic on the same or other adhesive material supplied by a preceding or leading head orifice. Opposite sides of the heads are of configuration complemental to the walls defining the space to be filled, for example the peripheral channel of a double glazed unit. The trailing head may include a smoothing follower to shape the deposited material while it is still soft and insure a substantially uniform depth of total deposit.

Abstract: This is a tool for troweling masonry steps so as to provide a slight slope on the top of the step. A post is pivoted to the trowel blade near its front end, and it supports a roller for overlying engagement with the top of the riser form at the front of the next higher step. The roller is adjustable along the post to a height suitable for holding the front end of the trowel slightly elevated.

Abstract: A corner finishing tool for applying mastic material along a wall joint comprising an angular retainer plate having a pair of integral sides resiliently joined at a corner, a pair of L-shaped rigid frame members secured thereto, one side and frame member being resiliently movable relative to the other side and frame member while together defining a cavity reservoir for mastic material, and a wheel having substantially conical side surfaces that converge to a center rim. The corner finishing tool also provides means for setting the L-shaped rigid frame members to a preset position under an adjustable resilient biasing force.