| 摘要 |
An apparatus for removing adhesive (29) or other contaminants from a hand trowel (27). Two embodiments are disclosed, each including a body (12) having a slot (14) extending through at least a portion thereof, and through which the trowel blade (26) is drawn for cleaning. A pair of opposing scraping blades (18) is mounted to the body (12), on either side of an entry end (16) of the slot (14). The blades (18) are maintained in spaced relation, a distance approximating the thickness of the trowel blade (26). In one embodiment, the body (12) includes, at one end, a handle (13) for gripping. The underside of the body (12) may also be attached to another blade (37), having a special scraping edge on its forward portion. In this configuration, the first embodiment performs yet another cleaning function, as a floor scraping tool. In the other embodiment, the body (53) is structurally integrated with a reservoir, or trough (62), adapted for mounting over a portion of the lip (54) of a bucket (56) containing adhesive (57). The other embodiment also includes a separate scraping knife (68), for cleaning the planar underside of the trowel (63). The trough (62) contains and confines the scraped-off adhesive (29), to prevent fouling of the fresh adhesive (57) in the bucket (56).
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