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Safety blade for severing stretchable film

US4450996A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 15, 1982
Grant dateMay 29, 1984
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T225/298
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A severing blade comprising a plurality of spaced-apart extended members, each of said extended members having a blunt upper edge extremity and at least one side-extended tooth with a piercing tip disposed below the blunt upper edge extremity and in the plane of the blade so that a stretchable film transversely pulled over the severing edge will be snagged on the side-projected teeth thereby causing a segment of the film to be severed.

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