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US 10,427,310 B2Granted
Cutting device
OwnerThomas Scimone, Scot Herbst +1inventors
InventorsThomas Scimone, Scot Herbst, Fu Keung Ng
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Abstract
A cutting device is disclosed. The cutting device has a housing and a carriage that is movably disposed in the housing, the carriage being movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The cutting device also has a cutting member that is removably disposable in the carriage, a cover member that is removably attachable to the housing, and an urging member that operably connects the carriage and the housing. The housing includes a locking member. When the carriage is in the extended position and the cover member is attached to the housing, the locking member locks the cover member to the housing. The urging member urges the carriage to move from the extended position toward the retracted position.
Claims20
A cutting device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a carriage that is partially disposed in the housing and movable along a portion of a length of the housing, the carriage being movable between a first position and a second position along the portion of the length of the housing, the carriage extending further out of the housing in the second position as compared to the first position;
- a cutting member that is removably disposable in the carriage;
- a cover member that is removably attachable to the housing, the cover member including an aperture;
- and
- an urging member having a first portion that is attached to the carriage and a second portion that is attached to the housing;
- wherein the housing includes a locking member;
- wherein when the carriage is in the first position and the cover member is attached to the housing, a portion of the locking member is movable into and out of the aperture of the cover member;
- wherein when the carriage is in the second position and the cover member is attached to the housing, the portion of the locking member is locked in the aperture of the cover member so that the locking member locks the cover member to the housing;
- and
- wherein the urging member urges the carriage to move from the second position toward the first position both when the cover member is attached to the housing and when the cover member is detached from the housing.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a housing that includes a locking member;
- providing a cutting assembly, the cutting assembly including a cutting member that is removably disposed in a carriage;
- partially disposing the cutting assembly in the housing, the cutting assembly being movable along a portion of a length of the housing between a first position and a second position along the portion of the length of the housing, the cutting assembly extending further out of the housing in the second position as compared to the first position;
- removably attaching a cover member to the housing, the cover member including an aperture;
- moving the cutting assembly to the first position, attaching the cover member to the housing, and moving a portion of the locking member into and out of the aperture of the cover member;
- moving the cutting assembly to the second position with the cover member attached to the housing, and locking the cover member to the housing by locking the portion of the locking member in the aperture of the cover member when the cutting assembly is at the second position;
- and
- applying an urging force that urges the cutting assembly to move from the second position toward the first position both when the cover member is attached to the housing and when the cover member is detached from the housing;
- wherein the urging force is applied by an urging member having a first portion that is attached to the cutting assembly and a second portion that is attached to the housing.
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A cutting device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a blade carriage that is partially disposed in the housing and movable along a portion of a length of the housing, the blade carriage being movable between a first position and a second position along the portion of the length of the housing, the blade carriage extending further out of the housing in the second position as compared to the first position;
- a ceramic blade that is removably disposable in the blade carriage;
- a cap that is removably attachable to the housing, the cap including an aperture;
- and
- an urging member having a first portion that is attached to the blade carriage and a second portion that is attached to the housing;
- wherein the housing includes a flexible locking member;
- wherein when the blade carriage is in the first position and the cap is attached to the housing, a portion of the flexible locking member is movable into and out of the aperture of the cap;
- wherein when the blade carriage is in the second position and the cap is attached to the housing, the portion of the locking member is locked in the aperture of the cap so that the cap is locked to the housing;
- and
- wherein the urging member urges the blade carriage to move from the second position toward the first position both when the cap is attached to the housing and when the cap is detached from the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.