Utility knife with actuator handle

US9908247B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MARTOR KG · DE

Inventor

• Martin Herlitz · Remscheid, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B26B1/08
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A utility knife has a housing, a blade support adapted to carry a blade and shiftable in the housing between a cutting position in which the blade projects from the housing and a safety position in which the blade is retracted into the housing, and a handle pivotal on the housing from a starting position in a first direction into an open position in which the blade in the support can be replaced and from the starting position in a second direction opposite the first direction into an active position operatively engaging the blade support and displacing same into the cutting position. An actuation element is movable on the housing between a first position blocking movement of the handle into the open position and a second position blocking movement of the support into the cutting position.