Glazier's tool

April 6, 1954

2,674,005

A. SIMON

GLAZIER'S TOOL Filed Jan. 22, 1951

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Patented Apr. 6, 1954

2,674,005

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,674,005 GLAZIER’S TOOL Abraham Simon, Philadelphia, Pa. Application January 22, 1951, Serial No. 207,101

Claim.

The present invention relates to the art of glazing and more particularly to an improved tool of simple construction which facilitates the work of a glazier.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a glazier’s tool made from a single length of structural metal of angular shape in crosssection having means at one of its ends for removing old putty and means at its opposite end for driving glazier’s points and for shaping newly applied putty.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a glazier’s tool in the form of a onepiece body member formed of structural angle steel, the body member being shaped at one of its ends to provide a readily resharpenable point for removing old putty and with a flat member, at its opposite end, for driving glazier’s points and for shaping newly applied putty.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear more fully hereinafter, it being understood that the invention consists substantially in the combination, construction, location and relative arrangement of parts, all as described in detail hereinafter, as shown in the accompanying drawings and as finally pointed out in the appended claim.

In the said accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the tool of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an end view of the tool as shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal view in cross-section as taken along the line 3—3 of Figure 1; and

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are perspective views illustrating the use of the tool on a conventional window sash.

The glazier’s tool of the present invention, in its preferred embodiment, designated generally by the reference numeral 10 in Figure 1 of the drawings, comprises a one-piece body member 11 formed of structural steel of suitable angular cross-section, preferably right angular crosssection, one end of the body member being ground to a point, as shown at 12, and its opposite end . being shaped to provide a flattened portion 13. The body member I i, which may be of any suitable angular cross section, includes a pair of side flanges 14 and 15 which diverge from a longitudinally extending juncture line 16 disposed in the I median plane of the member.

The pointed end 12 of the tool is formed by grinding or cutting diagonally across corresponding ends of the flanges 14 and 15 at one end of the member 11 to provide these flanges I (Cl. 18—3.5) with flat end faces 17 and IS which lie in a common plane extending at an acute angle to the juncture lines 16 of the diverging flanges. It will be noted that the end faces 17 and ί 8 are angu₅ larly related to form an acute angle of which the apex constitutes the sharpened point 12 of the tool. The flattened portion 13 of the tool is formed by flattening adjoining portions of the flanges 14 and 15 at the end of the member ί I 10 opposite its sharpened point, the flattened flanges being thus disposed in coplanar relationship to form a flat surfaced member which extends at an angle to the juncture line 16 of the flanges 14 and 15. Preferably, although not necessarily, the flattened portion 13 is inclined away from the open side of the V-shaped body member 11.

The tool 10 may be formed of any suitable metal, such as structural steel or the like, which can be hardened to resist wear, especially at the end thereof which is sharpened to the point 12. When this point 12 becomes dull with wear, the tool can be readily repointed by the simple expedient of grinding the surfaces 17 and 18 of the flanges to thereby provide a newly sharpened point, the length of the body member being such as to permit frequent regrinding of its pointed end.

In operation, the glazier’s tool 10 of the present invention is easy and convenient to use and expedites the glazing of windows, as shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6. Figure 1 illustrates use of the tool to remove old putty 20 from a conventional window sash 21, for which purpose the tool is grasped in such manner that its open side extends in sliding relation over the inner corner of the sash, while its point 12 digs into the old putty 20 for easy removal of the same from the glass and sash as the tool is moved along the latter.

After removal of the old putty and after in40 sertion of a new pane of glass, either side edge of the flattened portion 13 of the tool, when employed as illustrated in Figure 5, may be utilized to drive glazier’s points 22 into the sash. The flattened portion 13 of the tool also serves to 45 shape the newly applied putty 23 in place, as illustrated in Figure 6.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that the present invention provides a one-piece glazier’s tool of a simple construction which greatly facili50 tates the work of a glazier. It is a tool which is characerized in that it is provided with a readily resharpenable putty removing point and with integrally formed means to drive glazier’s points into position and to shape newly applied putty.

⁵⁵ The tool is further characterized in that the putty

2.674.005 removing and putty applying means are formed at opposite ends of a one-piece body member of a length suitable to constitute in itself a convenient handle for utilization of either end of the tool. . &gt;