Wayne, PA, May 21, 2007--Robert Wright of Wayne, Pennsylvania has invented the Pneumatic Carpet Stretcher, which is billed as a new tool that combines mechanical improvements to provide accurate and ergonomic carpet installation.
The new tool is powered by compressed air and replaces human effort in stretching carpet during the installation process. It will change the conventional installation protocol since the rear of the tool is ballasted for tool reaction by the weight of the operator as they kneel against the rear pad. The operator need not impart human force to stretch the flooring.
Wright said, "Many long time carpet installers suffer from debilitating repetitive stress injuries due to the need for use of a manual knee kicker and a power stretcher. The Pneumatic Carpet Stretcher will eliminate these health problems and even better will afford easier and swifter carpet installation which creates a better ‘bottom line’.
He said, "Carpet layers file 6.2% of all workers compensation claims for traumatic knee injury, The highest of any occupation reporting such claims."
The Pneumatic Carpet Stretcher actuates a pneumatic power assembly via a simple trigger control either embedded in the rear knee pad or positioned along the forward handle. All of the elastic stretch within the flooring product imparted by the tool is then captured by the operator since the tool does not relax or rebound until the operator relieves the trigger. The operation of the device requires low volumes of compressed air at delivery pressures from 50psi to 100psi.
