摘要 |
A flooring grooving tool is provided which facilitates the cutting of grooves in the surfaces of abutting sheets of linoleum and other sheet material flooring, particularly in the coving areas where the flooring sheets are curved upwardly along the walls. The tool has an elongated handle bent to delineate a larger handgrip portion from a smaller mounting end. A cutting blade mount projects from the blade mounting end of the handle and receives a U-shaped cutting blade. A hairpin bend in the cutting blade is sharpened at both edges so that the blade can cut in either direction. A planar guide fin is formed on the cutting blade mount and is located at the grooving tunnel formed between hairpin bend in the cutting blade and the cutting blade mount. The guide fin fits into the crevice between adjacent sheets of flooring to be grooved to a depth limited by the flat floor contact surfaces on the cutting blade mount. The floor contact surfaces aid in maintaining the cutting blade at a uniform angle relative to the flooring surfaces.
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