Donald A. Brown - Sterling MA, US Kevin Fleury - Feeding Hills MA, US William B. Korb - Melrose CT, US Norman LeBlanc - Harrisburg NC, US Steven R. Levine - Mooresville NC, US Corey M. Talbot - Hebron CT, US Peter Weremchuk - South Windsor CT, US
Donald A. Brown - Sterling MA, US Kevin Fleury - Feeding Hills MA, US William B. Korb - Melrose CT, US Norman LeBlanc - Harrisburg NC, US Steven R. Levine - Mooresville NC, US Corey M. Talbot - Hebron CT, US Peter Weremchuk - South Windsor CT, US
Donald A. Brown - Sterling MA, US Kevin Fleury - Feeding Hills MA, US William B. Korb - Melrose CT, US Norman LeBlanc - Harrisburg NC, US Steven R. Levine - Mooresville NC, US Corey M. Talbot - Hebron CT, US Peter Weremchuk - South Windsor CT, US
Assignee:
Irwin Industrial Tool Company - Freeport IL
International Classification:
0803
US Classification:
D 8 99
Utility Knife With Actuator For Moving Blade Carrier And For Releasing Blade Therefrom, And Related Method
Donald A. Brown - Sterling MA, US Kevin Fleury - Feeding Hill MA, US William B. Korb - Melrose CT, US Norman LeBlanc - Harrisburg NC, US Steven R. Levine - Mooresville NC, US Corey M. Talbot - Hebron CT, US
Assignee:
Irwin Industrial Tool Company - Huntersville NC
International Classification:
B26B 1/08
US Classification:
30162, 30335
Abstract:
A utility knife has a blade carrier defining a blade support surface movably mounted in a housing between retracted and extended positions. A catch is mounted on the blade carrier and is movable between a first position engagable with a blade seated on the blade carrier and substantially preventing the blade from moving relative to the blade carrier, and a second position spaced away from the blade located on the blade carrier and permitting removal of the blade from the blade carrier. An actuator is mounted on the blade carrier and is operable to move the blade carrier between the retracted and extended positions to, in turn, move a blade located on the blade carrier between retracted and extended positions, and move the catch between the first and second positions to release a blade from the blade carrier. The housing has a nose portion that defines the blade aperture and is made of a more wear-resistant material than the other portions of the housing. A sheet material spare blade holder is mounted within the housing and defines a fold, a support portion located on one side of the fold, and a biased retaining portion located on the other side of the fold for receiving spare blades therebetween.
Retractable Blade Scraper Having A Blade-Storage Drawer And A Blade Slide With Upper And Lower Blade-Clamping Members
Steven J. Corron - Shrewsbury MA, US Richard M. Farland - Slurbridge MA, US Corey Talbot - Hebron CT, US
Assignee:
Hyde Tools, Inc. - Southbridge MA
International Classification:
B26B 1/08
US Classification:
30169, 30125, 30162
Abstract:
A retractable blade scraper includes a handle body having a handle rear end and a handle forward end including a forward-end opening. An internal blade-slide cavity extends rearwardly from the forward-end opening toward the handle rear end and is configured to selectively receive a blade through—the forward-end opening. A blade slide housed by the blade-slide cavity includes lower and upper blade slide members between which the blade is selectively retained. A blade-slide actuator is accessible through an actuator slot defined through a wall of the handle body between slot first and second ends. Reciprocation of the actuator between the slot first and second ends reciprocates the blade slide between a rearward blade-storage position in which the blade is housed in the blade-slide cavity and a forward blade-changing position in which the blade protrudes through the forward-end opening to facilitate blade changing. The actuator includes threadably cooperating members that facilitate the alternative clamping of a blade between and release of a blade from between the blade slide members when the blade slide is in the blade-changing position. A spare-blade storage drawer is housed within a blade-storage cavity and is accessible through a rear-end opening in the handle body.
Paul Metaxatos - Swampscott MA, US Steffen Koury - Everett MA, US James McGee - Chelsea MA, US Richard M. Farland - Fiskdale MA, US Corey Talbot - Hebron CT, US
Paul Metaxatos - Swampscott MA, US Steffen Koury - Everett MA, US James McGee - Chelsea MA, US Richard M. Farland - Fiskdale MA, US Corey Talbot - Hebron CT, US
Paul Metaxatos - Swampscott MA, US Steffen Koury - Everett MA, US James McGee - Chelsea MA, US Richard M. Farland - Fiskdale MA, US Corey Talbot - Hebron CT, US