Tile spacer remover tool
US6394518B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25B27/14
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tool for removing tile spacers includes a barrel having a bushing on its distal end portion, and a tile-spacer-engaging member disposed partially within a bore in the barrel. The tile-spacer-engaging member is disposed within the bore moveably for linear movement along the central axis of the barrel between a withdrawn position of the tile-spacer-engaging member in which a pick-shaped distal end portion does not extend out of the distal end of the bore and a deployed position of the tile-spacer-engaging member in which the pick-shaped distal end portion does extend out of the distal end of the bore. Components are provided for spring biasing the tile-spacer-engaging member in the withdrawn position. First and second handle members are attached to respective ones of the barrel and the tile-spacer-engaging member. They are adapted to be held by a person in one hand and to enable the person to move the tile-spacer-engaging member from the withdrawn position to the deployed position by squeezing the first and second handle members toward each other with the one hand.
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