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US 10,086,524 B2Granted
Cutting tool
AssigneeD-Cut Products, Inc.
InventorCharlie Zhang
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Abstract
A cutting tool for cutting flexible building materials, such as, for example, rubber or vinyl baseboards, chair rails and crown molding, at an angle. The cutting tool includes a pair of risers moveably connected near a center of a base with a hinge connection. A blade holder and blade positioned between the risers and moveable from a starting position to a cutting position. The blade can be set to a range of angles relative to the base by rotating the risers and locking the risers in an angle relative to the base.
Claims13
A cutting tool for flexible material comprising:
- a base including a support surface;
- a pair of risers rotably connected to the base and positioned at a center of the base and the support surface,
- a blade holder including a blade, the blade holder positioned between the pair of risers, and wherein the pair of risers may be set at one of a plurality of angles to position the blade holder at an angular position;
- a handle axle positioned between the pair of risers, the handle axle including a gear in contact with a rack on the blade holder and a handle for rotating the handle axle;
- a pair of latches with a dual-action latch mechanism for engaging and disengaging both risers, the dual-action latch mechanism connecting the pair of latches with a pair of latch connectors, a pair of gears, and a bracket, wherein movement of one of the pair of latches moves a corresponding latch connector rotating the pair of gears mounted on the bracket and moving an other of the pair of the latches;
- wherein the blade holder and the blade are movable between a starting position and a final cutting position by moving the handle;
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- wherein when cutting an acute angle the blade is positioned at a first angle to the base and wherein, due to properties of the flexible material, a sheet of flexible material is cut at a second angle, wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle.
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A cutting tool for flexible material comprising:
- a base including a support surface, the base having a length;
- a pair of risers rotatably connected to the base in proximity to a center of the length, wherein each of the pair of risers include a plurality of slots;
- a blade holder including a blade, the blade holder positioned between the pair of risers, and wherein the blade holder and the blade are movable between a starting position and a final cutting position;
- a pair of latches movably connected to the base with a dual-action latch mechanism for engaging and disengaging the plurality of slots on both risers, the dual-action latch mechanism connecting the pair of latches with a pair of latch connectors, a pair of gears, and a bracket, wherein movement of one of the pair of latches moves a corresponding latch connector rotating the pair of gears mounted on the bracket and moving an other of the pair of the latches;
- wherein the risers are positionable at a plurality of angular positions to align the blade at an angle relative to the base;
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- wherein when cutting an acute angle the blade is positioned at a first angle to the base and wherein, due to properties of the flexible material, a sheet of flexible material is cut at a second angle, wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle.
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A cutting tool for flexible material comprising:
- a base including a support surface, the base having a length;
- a pair of risers rotatably connected to the base in proximity to a center of the length;
- a blade holder including a blade, the blade holder positioned between the pair of risers;
- a handle and a handle axle, the handle axle rotatably connected to the pair of risers, wherein the handle axle engages with the blade holder to move the blade holder and the blade between a starting position and a final cutting position by rotating the handle axle;
- a pair of latches with a dual-action latch mechanism for engaging and disengaging the pair of risers, the dual-action latch mechanism connecting the pair of latches with a pair of latch connectors, a pair of gears, and a bracket, wherein movement of one of the pair of latches moves a corresponding latch connector rotating the pair of gears mounted on the bracket and moving an other of the pair of the latches;
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- wherein the risers can be set to a plurality of angular positions to align the blade at an angle relative to the base, wherein the blade is positioned at a first angle to the base and wherein, due to properties of the flexible material, a sheet of flexible material is cut at a second angle, wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.