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US 10,702,997 B2Granted
Blade cartridge mechanism for a cutting device
OwnerEarl Stuart Douglassinventor
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Abstract
A cutting device includes cutting device includes a housing including an aperture, and a blade cartridge removably coupled to the housing through the aperture. The blade cartridge is configured to hold a plurality of blades. The cutting device further includes a cartridge ejector configured to eject the blade cartridge from the housing.
Claims14
A cutting device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a blade opening on a front face of the housing, a slider track on a top of the housing, and an aperture on a first side of the housing, wherein the first side of the housing is orthogonal to the top of the housing;
- a blade cartridge removably coupled to the housing through the aperture, the blade cartridge configured to hold a plurality of blades, wherein the blade cartridge comprises a plurality of blades positioned side by side, wherein the blade cartridge comprises a biasing element to bias the blades to an interior side of the blade cartridge;
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- a cartridge ejector configured to eject the blade cartridge from the housing on the first side of the housing, wherein the cartridge ejector comprises an ejector lever, a lever engagement pin, and a retractable pin configured to engage the blade cartridge, wherein the ejector lever configured to rotate and eject the blade cartridge, wherein the retractable pin is configured to retract and disengage the blade cartridge and further move the lever engagement pin to engage the ejector lever which rotates to engage the interior side of the blade cartridge;
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- a retractable slider, wherein the retractable slider is configured to engage an innermost blade of the plurality of blades and pull the innermost blade out of the blade cartridge into a cutting position through the blade opening as the retractable slider moves along the slider track.
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A cutting device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a blade opening on a front face of the housing, a slider track on a top of the housing, and an aperture on a first side of the housing, wherein the first side of the housing is orthogonal to the top of the housing;
- a blade cartridge removably coupled to the housing through the aperture, the blade cartridge configured to hold a plurality of blades, wherein the blade cartridge comprises a plurality of blades positioned side by side;
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- a cartridge ejector configured to eject the blade cartridge from the housing, wherein the cartridge ejector comprises an ejector lever, a lever engagement pin, and a retractable pin configured to engage the blade cartridge, wherein the ejector lever configured to rotate and eject the blade cartridge, and wherein the retractable pin is configured to retract and disengage the blade cartridge and further move the lever engagement pin to engage the ejector lever which rotates to engage a side of the blade cartridge;
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- a retractable slider, wherein the retractable slider is configured to engage an innermost blade of the plurality of blades and pull the innermost blade out of the blade cartridge into a cutting position through the blade opening as the retractable slider moves along the slider track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.