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The invention is a response to the needs of carpenters, building trades technicians and others who need to mark or trim work pieces parallel to either an inside or outside edge. This is exemplified by the scribing process involved in fitting a counter top to an uneven wall or in marking out a border to be painted around the perimeter of a sign.
There are many tools on the market which perform either inside edge marking, scoring or cutting functions, such as the “Adjustable gauge”, U.K. Patent number GB2197614, invented by Cryan; Henry Joseph or the tradiditional log scribe type. There are outside edge marking, scoring and cutting tools such as the “Scoring Devise With Edge Guide”, U.S. Pat. No. 4,030,195, invented by Insolio; Thomas A. and other traditional mortise gauge type tools. The Inside/Outside Scribe offers the user both inside corner and outside edge marking, scoring and cutting abilty. The invention is also a tool that is compact, cost effective, conveneint and easy to use
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a hand held scribing and gauging tool which has been designed for use by building trades workers to quickly perform marking, scoring or cutting tasks relative to inside corners, such as fitting cabinets or tiles to uneven walls or to mark work pieces relative to outside edges for such functions as blind fastening or painting borders. Marking, scoring or cutting instruments may be used in the tool to perform those functions. The chosen instument is placed in the instrument holder which slides along the body of the tool and is stopped at a given distance from the end of the tool which is either hooked over an edge or butted into a corner and moved along said corner or edge to produce a mark, score or cut line at the desired distance from the corner or edge.
An example of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings:
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like numerals indicate the same elements throughout the views. The invention disclosed herein may be practiced in embodiments in many different forms and it is understood that the present disclosure is an exemplification of the principles of the invention and does not limit the invention to the illustrated embodiments. Therefore, specific details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but rather as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to employ the present invention.
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As will be apparent to those skilled in the art, various modifications and adaptations are possible in the practice of this invention without departing from the spirit or scope thereof. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is to be construed in accordance with the substance defined by the following claims.
This application is a continuation-in-part of prior application Ser. No. 10/615,940, filed Jul. 10, 2003 now abandoned.
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Parent | 10615940 | Jul 2003 | US |
Child | 11077617 | US |