Putty applying and removing tool

Application filed January 20, 1925. Serial No. 3,689.

This invention relates to a novel putty applying and removing tool for use in.removing Old putty from window sashes, and applying new putty thereto.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the following description, when taken in connection' with the accompanying drawings of one specific embodiment thereof,, while its scope will be more particularly >0 pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings;

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a putty applying and removing tool exemplifying the invention ;

¹⁵ Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same as viewed from the righthand side of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of the tool as viewed in the direction of the arrow 3 in Fig. 2;

²⁰ Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a window sash and pane in connection with the tool, illustrating the mode of using the latter in applying putty; and

Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view, illus²⁵ trating the mode of using the tool to remove old putty.

Ref erring to the drawings, and to the embodiment of the invention which is selected for exemplification, there is shown a putty applying and removing tool comprising a shoe 6, having two surfaces 7 disposed at an obtuse angle to each other (see Fig. 4), one adapted for engagement with a window pane 8, and the other for engagement 35 with a corner 9 presented by a window sash 10. When one of these surfaces is placed flatwise against the window pane and the other is placed against the corner of the sash, the tool is in its proper position for apply⁴⁰ ing and smoothing a body of putty 12 in the adjacent corner presented by the sash and glass. The shoe is then caused to travel lengthwise of the corner, and by this means the putty is applied, so that its . exposed sur⁴⁸ face will be at a predetermined and uniform angle to the face of the glass, as will be obvious from an examination of Fig. 4.

Herein, the obliquely disposed surfaces 7 are presented by two walls 13, convenient⁵⁰ ly formed of sheet metal, and as an aid in forcing the putty into place and causing the shoe to ride smoothly over the putty, each of these walls is provided also with two surfaces 14, which are beveled or in⁶⁵ clined with relation to the surface 7 at an obtuse angle, as best shown in Fig. 2. By having both edges- beveled or inclined in ^-=this manner, the tool may be operated in either direction at will.

The tool may be provided with any appro- θθ priate handle, such as a handle 15,-. which, as herein shown, has a metallic : shank T6, suitably secured to the shoe, as by solder 17 . (see Fig. 3). In the present example, this handle is disposed at an obtuse angle to a °® line 18, which is the intersection of the surfaces 7. This affords a most convenient angle for the handle in manipulating the tool. Herein the longitudinal median line A of the handle and its shank lies in a 70 plane which contains the line of intersection 18 of the surfaces 7. This would be evident from a comparison of 'Figs. 2 and 3.

When the tool is to be used for the removal of old putty, it is placed in some such ⁷⁵position, as that represented in Fig. 5, and to facilitate the removal of old putty, is provided with sharpened or beveled cutting edges 19 and 20. The edges 20 are placed against the face of the angles, and the corner ⁸⁰at the intersection of the cutting edges 19 and 20 is forced into the old putty by pushing the tool toward, the corner of the sash, while drawing the same lengthwise, with the result that the cutting edges scrape the old ⁸⁵putty from the face of the glass, as well as from the adjacent, face of the sash. The tool will also, in this way, tear out the usual triangular pieces which are customarily driven in the sash to assist the putty in hold- ⁹⁰ing the glass in place.

In practice, it is found that the tool will remove the old putty and apply the new with greater ease and much more quickly than is possible with the use of common ⁹⁵putty knives heretofore employed.