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US 11,077,567 B2Granted
Automatically retracting scraper with blade stop
OwnerThomas John Scimone, Robert Joseph Gallegosinventors
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Abstract
An auto-retract scraper is described herein. The auto-retract scrape comprises a housing, a slider, a blade, a rotating hard stop, and a torsion spring. The rotating hard stop is rotated clockwise forcing the blade forward and out of the housing when the slider is engaged.
Claims13
An automatically retracting scraper comprising:
- a rotating stop movable between a first position and a second position;
- a stop spring that rotationally biases the rotating stop to the first position;
- a slider formed with a slider button at a first end of the slider and a blade holder at a second end of the slider,
- a housing configured to retain the slider, wherein the slider button of the slider extends to an outer portion of the housing through a slider button opening formed in a wall of the housing;
- a cavity formed within the slider button that is configured to house the rotating stop within the slider button when the rotating stop is in the first position, wherein a rear wall of the cavity is configured to push the rotating stop from the first position toward the second position;
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- a blade that is retained by the blade holder, wherein the blade is moved toward an extended position as the rear wall of the cavity of the slider button pushes rotating stop toward the second position, the rotating stop configured to prevent rearward motion of the slider when the rotating stop is in the second position.
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