Apparatus for bonding carpet edging

Claim 1

A SELF-PROPELLED APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A CARPET WHILE AT THE SAME TIME COMPRESSING INTO THE CARPET A QUANTITY OF BONDING MATERIAL DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE LINE ON WHICH THE CUT IS TO BE MADE, AND COMPRISING A TRACK DISPOSED UPON A SUPPORTING SURFACE AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE CARPET IN OVERLYING RELATION THERETO, SAID TRACK INCLUDING A CENTER RAIL, AND AN OUTER RAIL LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF SAID CENTER RAIL AND SEPARATED THEREFROM BY A CHANNEL, A FASTENING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE AND WITH SAID TRACK FOR MAINTAINING THE PORTION OF THE CARPET WHICH IS TO BE BONDED AND CUT IN RELATIVELY FLAT CONDITION, A MOVABLE WEIGTED CARRIAGE DISPOSED IN OVERLYING RELATION TO, AND SUPPORTED BY, THE CARPET AND SAID TRACK, MEANS FOR DRIVING THE SAID CARRIAGE, A ROTATABLE MEANS ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH SAID TRACK AND COMPRESS SAID BONDING MATERIAL INTO SAID CARPET AND COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL BODY, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ROTATABLE MEANS FOR CONFINING THE FLOW OF SAID BONDING MATERIAL TO A PREDETERMINED WIDTH AND COMPRISING FLANGES EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE ENDS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY OF SAID ROTATABLE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH THE CHANNELS OF SAID TRACK, A CUTTING MANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID COMPRSSING AND CONFINING MEANS WHICH IS ADAPTED TO CUT SAID CARPET ALONG A LINE CONTAINED WITHIN THE COMPRESSED AREA, AND A LIFTING MENS SUITABLY DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID CUTTING MEANS TO RAISE SAID CARPET AGAINST SAID CUTTING MEANS AS SAID CARRIAGE MOVES ALONG SAID TRACK.