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Abstract
A composition to be used as a topical treatment for carpet and textiles, and a process for producing the composition are provided. The composition has desirable antibacterial, antimicrobial, and antifungal properties, and is made up of an effective amount of an antimicrobial agent having a blend of substituted ammonium salts of alkylated phosphoric acids admixed with free alkylated phosphoric acid, an effective amount of a pesticide containing Permethrin, a sufficient amount of an emulsifier in the form of an ammonium nonylphenol ether sulfate, and, optionally, an effective amount of a fragrance additive, all mixed with water. The process involves premixing with water the emulsifier, the antimicrobial agent, and, where used, the fragrance additive, adding this premix to a larger quantity of water, agitating the composition, slowly adding the pesticide while agitating, and continuing the agitation for a predetermined period of time.
Abstract
A carpet tile and tile cutting apparatus that produces a carpet tile with a removable cutout section defined by discontinuous slits and held in place by bridges. The apparatus includes a perimeter cutting assembly and retractable inner cutting assembly. The perimeter cutting assembly is used to cut the carpet tile and the inner cutting assembly simultaneously forms the discontinuous slits in the inner portion of the carpet tile. The inner cutting assembly can be engaged or disengaged during the carpet tile cutting process. The carpet tile is installed by severing the bridges and laying the border sections on the floor with dissimilar cutouts within the borders to create a visually interesting floor covering.
Abstract
The present invention is concerned with a pin block for use with carpet gripping tools that comprise a plurality of downward extending pins that are canted towards the front of the pin block. Each pin is centered and supported in a pin support that forms an end surface thereby allowing only a pin tip to be exposed. Extending between each pair of pin supports is a fin that has a downward edge which is flush with the end surfaces of the pin supports to form a continuous contact surface that prevents the pin tips from penetrating through the carpet backing. Each pin block is adapted to stack together with other pin blocks to form ganged pin blocks to increase the gripping power of a carpet gripping tool comprising the present invention. |
