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Drywall Cutting tool

US4870757A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
3References
4Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 5, 1988
Grant dateOct 3, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 5, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25G3/26
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drywall cutting tool having an elongated handle portion and an elongated blade portion, the handle portion being of cylindrical configuration over most of its length and having a tapered end and a rounded edge, and a closed loop finger guard projecting laterally from the tapered end portion of the handle. The blade portion has an inner end captured in the handle and a pointed tip, and is of substantially uniform width and thickness along its length. The tip end has a pair of inclined sharpened edges converging to form a point, and the blade has a sharpened upper longitudinal blade edge along a portion of its length and a lower longitudinal edge of the blade formed with a row of saw teeth along its entire length.

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