US648976A - Rug-stretching device. - Google Patents

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Patented May 8, |900. M. MOUBAD. RUG STRETCHING DEVIGE.v (Applicatvion led Jan. 24, 1900.)

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GARABED M. MoURD, or B'oSroN, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming para 'of Letters Patent No. 648,976, dated Mays, 1900; Application tiled January 24, 1900. Serial No. Z589. (No model.)

To= .all whom) t may coiccerle:

Be it known that I, GARABED M. MoURAD, a citizen of the United States, residing in Boston, inthe county of Suiolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and Improved Rug-Stretchin g Device, of which the following is a specification.

Rugs, more particularly imported ones, are frequently found with irregular edges or edges which are not parallel with the opposite edges. This is due to the manner in which most foreign rugs, especially Eastern rugs, are made.

The invention has for its object to provide an efficient and powerful contrivance whereby the rug may be grasped and gradually stretched without injury to it. f

The nature of the invention is fully described below and illustrated in the accom-A panying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved device in the act of stretching the rug upon a floor or other surface. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on lineX, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side View of a nut adapted to be applied to the edge of a table in place of the one shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

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integral with the plate A. The forward end of the jaw B is bifurcated and formed into two gripping ends B, each of which is transversely serrated at B. This jaw is formed up centrally, as shown, and provided with the vertical'hole D, through which a screw E extends, said screw having its lower end pivoted at E to the stationary jaw A by means of suitable ears'F, said stationary jaw being recessed, as shown, for the purpose. A spring e surrounds the screw and lies 'between the movable jaw B and the ears F, holding the movable jaw normally up. A uut H engages the thread of the screw above the lmovable jaw andis providedwith a handle H', and a washer 71, lies between `said nut and jaw. l

K is a screw Squaredat itsouter end K'to receive an operating-tool provided with a smooth Surface at K within acorresponding horizontal bore in the part A and with a threaded end I A nut L upon the threaded end I holds the screw in the portion A", being separated from such portion by the washer Z. The screw is engaged by a large nut or internally-threaded block P, whose loot tom is provided with one or more points or sharp projections P,whereby this nut or block may be held in position upon a iloor or other surfaceS. The horizontal openings in the nut P and the portion A areat the same height, so as to hold the screw K in a horizontal position.

In operation the stationary jaw A is laid fiat upon the surface S, the nut or block P en gaged with such surface in the manner described, and the handle H' rotated until the movable jaw B swings up into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The rug a is then laid over the serrated portion of the movable jaw and the Amovable jaw pressed" down upon it against the power of the spring e by rotating the nut H and handle H. The edge of the rug is then stretched by applying a suitable wrench or tool to the portion K and drawing the upturned lip A", and hence the clamping mechanism, toward the block or dog P.

In case the stretching is done upon a table the nut may be replaced by the device shown in Fig. 3, in which R is the nut portion which engages with the screw K, and R is a downward extension adapted to extend over and around the edge of the table.

By means of the above-described contrivance the rug may be stretched at dierent points to the exact degree ordegrees required, so that the edge may be made perfectly straight.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to Secure by Letters l. The herein-described rug-stretching device, consisting essentially of the dat base or stationary jaw A serrated on its upper surface and formed up into the vertical portion IOO A provided with a hole; the arc-shaped movable jaw B hinged at one end to the stationary jaw, serrated on its under surface and provided with the vertical hole D; the screw E pivoted at its lower end to the stationary jaw and extending up through said hole in the movable jaw; a spring between the jaws and holding the movable jaw normally up; a nut provided with a handle and in engagement with the screw above the movable jaw; the horizontal screw K, provided with the smooth cylindrical portion K" and extending through the hole in the upturned portion A of the stationary jaw 5 means for loosely securing said screw to said portion; the nut or internally-threaded block P in engagement with said screw and means integral with said nut or block for engaging the same with the surface upon which the rug is to be stretched, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described ru g-stretehin g device, consisting essentially of the fiat base or stationary jaw A serrated on its upper snrface and formed up into the vertical portion A provided with a hole the arc-shaped movof the stationary jaw; means for loosely securing said screw to said portion; the nut or internally-threaded block P in engagement with said screw; and a prong or point integral with said block and extending down therefrom whereby the block or nut may bo held by driving said prong or pointv into a floor or other surface, substantially as'doscribed.

n GARABED M. MOUR/ll).` Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, A. N. BONNEY.

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