Cutting holes in floors

• Main Author: COLIN PITTS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.01.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACCESSORY MACHINES OR APPARATUS; BORING; BUILDING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR OTHER BUILDING AIDS, OR THEIRUSE; DOVETAILED WORK; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FORMS; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTINGBUILDINGS; SAFETY DEVICES, e.g. THOSE FOR SAWS; SCAFFOLDING; SHUTTERING; SLOTTING MACHINES FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; TENONS; TRANSPORTING; TURNING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

A method for cutting and repairing a hole in a floor comprises: positioning on the floor a template defining a first guide surface for a cutter adapted to form the hole; using a rotary cutter guided by the first guide surface to cut the hole; positioning on a free piece of flooring material a second template which defines a second guide surface; and using the rotary cutter and second guide surface to cut a piece 64 from the flooring material. This piece has a rebated edge and is of a complimentary shape and size to the hole cut in the floor. The hole is repaired by locating the cut piece into the cut hole with the respective rebated edges inter-engaging. The shape of the cutter defines the rebate shape imparted to the edges of the hole and the cut piece of flooring that fills it. The invention also includes the template or templates which define the guide surfaces. Such templates are usually circular in shape.