Tool for compressing and inserting compressible strips in slots

Claim 1

A TOOL FOR INSERTING A COMPRESSIBLE STRIP IN A SLOT, SAID TOOL COMPRISING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED, HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED FRAME MEMBER; A HORIZONTAL, ELONGATED BAR EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY ADJACENT THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FRAME MEMBER; A FIRST, VERTICAL, HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED COMPRESSION PLATE ON ONE SIDE OF SAID BAR AND FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO SAID FRAME MEMBER; A SECOND, HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED COMPRESSION PLATE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID BAR AND DISPSOED OPPOSITE TO AND SPACED FROM SAID FIRST PLATE, THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID PLATES PROJECTING BELOW THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID BAR TO PROVIDE THEREBETWEEN A DOWNWARDLY OPEN, HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED ZONE FOR EMBRACING A COMPRESSIBLE STRIP BELOW SAID BAR AND BETWEEN SAID LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID PLATES; MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME MEMBER FOR PROVIDING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND PLATE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID FIRST PLATE; MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BAR AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME MEMBER FOR MOVING SAID FRAME MEMBER, SAID PLATES, AND SAID FIRST-MENTIONED MEANS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BAR TO WITHDRAW SAID PROJECTING LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID PLATES FROM THE SLOT, THE ENDS OF SAID HORIZONTAL BAR PROJECTING BEYOND THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID PLATES; A HORIZONTAL CROSS BAR ATTACHED TO AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY AT EACH RESPECTIVE, PROJECTING END OF SAID ELONGATED BAR, AND A FOOT INCLUDING A VERTICAL, THREADED SHANK THREADEDLY MOUNTED IN EACH END PORTION OF SAID CROSS BARS, WHEREBY SAID LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID PLATES WITH A COMPRESSIBLE STRIP COMPRESSED THEREBETWEEN MAY BE INSERTED IN A SLOT WITH SAID FEET RESTING ON SURFACE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SLOT, AND SAID COMPRESSED STRIP MAY BE EJECTED FROM SAID LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID PLATES INTO SAID SLOT WHEN SAID FRAME MEMBER, SAID PLATES AND SAID FIRST-MENTIONED MEANS ARE MOVED UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BAR, SAID BAR PREVENTING SAID STRIP FROM MOVING UPWARDLY WITH SAID PLATES AND THEREBY HOLDING SAID STRIP FOR EJECTION FROM SAID PLATES.