US2557845A - Matching stripping for linoleum - Google Patents

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June 19, 1951 V E. SOKOLIK MATCHING STRIPPING FOR LINOLEUM Filed April 19, 1947 INVENTOR.

Patented June 19, 195i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MATCHING STRIPPIN G FOR LINOLEUM Edward Sokolik, New Brighton, Minn. Application April 19, 1947, Serial No. 742,518

2 Claims. 1

My present invention relates to improvements in stripping for matching linoleum or the like and has for its objects to provide a stripping: that afiords a smooth, attractive and durable joint; that obviates the tacking of the edges of linoleums and the like; that allows expansion and contraction of the floor covering; that facilitates and expedites the laying of the floor covering; that permits the laying of the floor covering in sections or panels and when certain panel is damaged, it may be readily removed without disturbing the adjoining panels and a new panel installed; that will hold the matched edges of the floor covering in a uniform horizontal plane so essential on poor wooden floors and prevent dirt from working in between fioor covering and the stripping; that is adapted to resist excessive yielding and transverse rocking under pedestrian use to retard crystallizing thereof and loosening of anchoring elements; that entirely prevents kinking of the floor covering; and that reliably conceals, protects, matches and holds down the marginal edges of the floor covering above and underneath and that eliminates, in shrinking floors, the pulling off the conventionally tacked edges of floor covering.

I attain the above and other objectives and advantages as will be apparent in the last steps in construction, arrangement and combination as per specification following.

On the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the top stripping matching the marginal edges of the linoleum.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the stripping on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bottom stripping.

The metal or other suitable material, understripping 5 is relatively thin and preferably about two and one-half inches wide. Its edges 6 are preferably slanted on the top thereof to prevent wearing streaks being formed in the linoleum lying over the slanted edges 6 of the stripping. Formed in the stripping 5 are spaced apart somewhat longitudinally elongated apertures l for screw nails or the like. The stripping 5 is laid upon the floor and the edges 8 of the linoleum or the like are laid spaced apart upon said stripping 5, which affords an undersupport for the edges 8 to prevent damage to said edges 8 from underneath. The elongated apertures I prevent kinking of said stripping 5 in floor shrinking.

The metal or other suitable material, top stripping 9 is preferably one-half as wide as the understripping 5 and somewhat thicker than the linoleum or the like that is to be matched by the strippings 5 and 9. The top stripping 9 includes a medial support plate portion In and laterally extending bridging wings I3, and is laid longitudinally and centrally upon the stripping 5. The support plate portion is sufficiently wide and thick to afford a body adapted to form therein counter-sunk holes I2 and to resist springing and transverse rocking thereof under pedestrian use and has spaced counter-sunk holes I2 therein for screw nails or the like registering with the slots I in the stripping 5.

The tops of the bridging wings I3 are slanted to facilitate sweeping thereover and to prevent stumbling thereover and the bottoms II of the bridging wings I3 are recessed or rabbeted corresponding to the thickness of the linoleum or the like for a close reception of the edges 8 of the linoleum or the like. Each of the recesses II may be preferably one-half as wide as the support plate portion I0.

The anchoring elements l5 are preferably fillister headed screws I5, which extend thru the holes I2 in the top stripping 9 the slots 1 in the understripping 5 and anchored in the floor I6, thereby simultaneously cooperating in the function of matching the marginal edges.

The tops of the screws G5 are flush with the top of the support plate portion IE! and countersunk in the counter-sunk holes I2, thereby presenting an attractive appearance to the stripping 9 and contributing to the utility of the art.

The linoleum edges 8 are not tacked to the floor and merely rest between the stripping 5 and the bridging wings I3 of stripping 9. The edges 8 are slightly spaced from the edges IA of the plate portion ID to allow for expansion of the linoleum and thus prevent kinking thereof. A damaged section of linoleum may be readily replaced by simply removing the screw nails I5 that extend thru holes I2 in stripping 9 and slots 1 in stripping 5 and lifting oil? the top stripping 9. Strippings 5 and 9 clamping the linoleum edges 8 prevent dirt from working between the linoleum edges 8 and the edges M of the plate portion In and so prevent interfering with the expanding and kinking of the linoleum.

It is believed the advancement of the art by the last step improvements in the construction, arrangement and combination of the elements thereof will be readily apparent and it is to be understood that some dimensional and other changes may be resorted to without effecting the merits of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An elongated stripping for matching the adjacent marginal edges of floor covering panels comprising a pair of separable members arranged in superposed relationship, the members comprising a top stripping member and an understripping member, the understripping member comprising a wide fiat body having bevelled longitudinal upper edges, said body having longitudinally spaced longitudinally elongated slots therein centrally of the body between the iongitudinal edges thereof, the top stripping member comprising a medial support plate portion of a thickness slightly greater than the thickness of the floor covering panels and an integral top portion wider than the medial support plate portion and providing laterally extending wings projecting beyond the opposite longitudinal edges of the support plate portion, said top stripping member having longitudinally spaced countersunk apertures therethrough in registry with portions of said slots in said understripping member, said apertures being located centrally between the longitudinal edges of the top stripping member, said medial support plate being of a width greater than half the width of the said top portion of the top stripping to minimize rocking of the top stripping on the understripping, and fastening means extending through said aligned apertures and slots and adapted to extend into the floor.

2. An elongated stripping for matching the adjacent marginal edges of floor covering panels comprising a pair of separate members arranged in superposed relationship, the members comprising a top stripping member and an understripping member, the understripping member comprising a wide flat body having spaced apart 4 therein elongated slots, the top stripping member comprising a medial support plate portion of a thickness slightly greater than the thickness of the floor covering panels and an integral top portion wider than the medial support plate portion and providing laterally extending wings projecting beyond the opposite longitudinal edges of the support plate portion, said top stripping member having spaced apart therein countersunk apertures therethrough in registry with portions of said slots in said understripping member, said medial support plate being of a width greater than half the width of the said top portion of the top stripping member to minimize rocking of the top stripping member on the understripping member, and fastening means extending through said registrably aligned apertures and slots and adapted to extend into the floor.

EDWARD SOKOLIK.

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