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US 11,400,608 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.
Claims9
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 side of the housing, wherein the 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;
- and
- a cartridge ejector configured to eject the blade cartridge from the housing, wherein the cartridge ejector comprises an ejector button, a retractable pin, and an ejector lever that move in conjunction together;
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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, wherein the ejector button slides in a same direction as the retractable slider.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.