Utility knife for cutting and scraping
US5490331A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB26B5/001
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
For a scoring or utility knife typically used in a cutting stroke by being pulled toward the user, the use for assembling together right and left housings serving as a compartment for a retractable blade and as a hand grip, of a screw characterized by a laterally extending cylindrical head which is positioned to be engaged by a thumb of the hand grip to supplement the grip about the knife during its use, and also a front depending abutment to facilitate pushing the knife in a scraping stroke directionally away from the user.
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