Flexible file and file dispenser system
OwnerGuenter Manigelinventor
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Abstract
A flexible file system for providing abrasive files that can be used for wood or metal working that can be supplied in different sizes, stiffness and with different types of abrasive surfaces in different cross-sections. These flexible files can be attached to form a web that can be loaded into a dispenser either on a spindle or folded for easy dispensing of files as they are needed. The dispenser can have optional blades for separating the files as they are dispensed. Various methods can be used to attach the files into a web for easy dispensing and later separation including attach strips with cut or break points.
Claims21
A flexible file system comprising:
- two or more flexible files each having an elongated semi-rigid base member with top and bottom surface, side surfaces, and end surfaces, said semi-rigid member being flexible with a predetermined stiffness, at least one of said top, bottom, side or end surfaces being abrasive;
- said two or more files being attached to each other at at least one point, said files being dispensed to a user from a dispenser, whereby one of said files is separated from the other of said files by the user.
A flexible file system with a dispenser that dispenses flexible file strips from a web wound on a spindle inside said dispenser, each of said file strips comprising:
- an elongated semi-rigid support member, said support member having attachment means for attaching it to another similar support member;
- an abrasive distributed on at least one surface of said semi-rigid support member.
A flexible file system comprising, in combination:
- a plurality of flexible file strips, each file strip having at least one abrasive surface, said file strips connected to form a web;
- a dispensing means for dispensing said file strips, said dispensing means containing said web and dispensing file strips from said web to a user one-by-one.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.