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US 12,472,652 B2Granted
Compact safety cutter
AssigneeSlice Safety Cutter, Inc.
InventorsThomas Scimone, Scot Herbst, Robert Joseph Gallegos
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a safety cutter. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a compact safety cutter apparatus with a retractable blade guard. Embodiments of the safety cutter apparatus are further comprised of an automatic blade guard release mechanism.
Claims16
A cutting device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a blade carrier retained within the housing and configured to retain a cutting blade, wherein the blade carrier is at least partially removable from a first opening formed in a first portion of the housing;
- a blade carrier ejector spring configured to bias the blade carrier out of the housing;
- a movable blade guard at least partially disposed within the housing and configured to slide into a second opening formed in a second portion of the housing, wherein the blade guard is configured to slide between an extended position where the blade is entirely covered by the movable blade guard and a retracted position where at least a portion of the blade extends beyond the movable blade guard;
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- a blade channel formed in the movable blade guard, wherein the blade channel aligns with the blade carrier such that the blade passes through the blade channel to expose the portion of the blade as the movable blade guard moves toward the retracted position.
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A cutting device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a blade carrier retained within the housing and configured to retain a cutting blade, wherein the blade carrier is at least partially removable from a first opening formed in a first portion of the housing;
- a movable blade guard at least partially disposed within the housing and configured to slide into a second opening formed in a second portion of the housing, wherein the blade guard is configured to slide between an extended position where the blade is entirely covered by the movable blade guard and a retracted position where at least a portion of the blade extends beyond the movable blade guard;
- a blade carrier ejector spring configured to bias the blade carrier out of the housing, wherein the blade carrier ejector spring is disposed along a track of the blade carrier;
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- a blade channel formed in the movable blade guard, wherein the blade channel aligns with the blade carrier such that the blade passes through the blade channel to expose the portion of the blade as the movable blade guard moves toward the retracted position.
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A cutting device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a blade carrier retained within the housing and configured to retain a cutting blade, wherein the blade carrier is at least partially removable from a first opening formed in a first portion of the housing;
- a blade carrier lock movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the blade carrier lock is slidably received adjacent to the first portion of the housing and is configured to reversibly engage with an outer edge of the blade carrier to secure the blade carrier within the first opening;
- a movable blade guard at least partially disposed within the housing and configured to slide into a second opening formed in a second portion of the housing, wherein the blade guard is configured to slide between an extended position where the blade is entirely covered by the movable blade guard and a retracted position where at least a portion of the blade extends beyond the movable blade guard;
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- a blade channel formed in the movable blade guard, wherein the blade channel aligns with the blade carrier such that the blade passes through the blade channel to expose the portion of the blade as the movable blade guard moves toward the retracted position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.