Kid safe material cutting apparatus
OwnerDane Scarboroughinventor
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Abstract
A handheld device for cutting material, preferably linear material, such as ice pop sticks, building sticks, chalk sticks, dowels, plastic toy construction pieces, candy, and paper. The device having a cutting portion having a blade, a control portion controlling the cutting portion, and a base portion. The device configured, for instance by having a small hole into which the portion of the material to be cut is inserted, so as to prevent the user, such as a child, from being injured by contact with the blade.
Claims19
An improved cutter for cutting a craft stick, said craft stick having a top surface opposite a bottom surface, said cutter comprising:
- a body, said body defining a first opening on a first side and a second opening on a second side, said first and second openings defining a passageway through said body, said passageway for positioning a craft stick to be cut, said passageway having a support surface upon which a craft stick to be cut is placed with its bottom surface facing said support surface;
- a mounting means extending above the support surface and mounting a cutting blade for movement toward and away from the support surface in a cutting plane;
- a cutting blade mounted on said mounting means for said movement in said cutting plane, said cutting blade having a cutting edge engagable with the top surface of the craft stick when placed on the support surface;
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- a cutting force applying means operatively connected with the mounting means to impart a cutting force thereto to cut said craft stick, wherein the cutting force applying means comprises a linear actuator operating to move the mounting means and the mounted cutting blade from a retracted position, to an initiation position where said cutting blade barely engages said craft stick upper surface, to a cutting position where said cutting blade operates to cut said craft stick.
An improved cutter for a craft stick, said craft stick having a top surface opposite a bottom surface, said cutter comprising:
- a body, said body defining a first opening on a first side and a second opening on a second side, said first and second openings defining a passageway through said body, said passageway for positioning a craft stick to be cut, said passageway having a support surface upon which a craft stick to be cut is placed with its bottom surface facing said support surface, said body having a generally transparent base and a plurality of alignment marks for allowing a user to align a craft stick to be cut along a desired angle, said alignment marks defining a plurality of angles;
- a mounting means extending above the support surface and mounting a cutting blade for movement toward and away from the support surface in a cutting plane;
- a cutting blade mounted on the mounting means for said movement in the cutting plane, the cutting blade having a cutting edge engagable with the top surface of the craft stick when placed on the support surface;
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- a cutting force applying means operatively connected with the mounting means to impart a cutting force thereto to cut said craft stick, wherein the cutting force applying means comprises a linear actuator operating to move the mounting means and the mounted cutting blade from a retracted position, to an initiation position where said cutting blade barely engages said craft stick upper surface, to a cutting position where said cutting blade operates to cut said craft stick.
An improved cutter for a craft stick, said craft stick having a top surface opposite a bottom surface, said cutter comprising:
- a body, said body defining a first opening on a first side and a second opening on a second side, said first and second openings defining a passageway through said body, said passageway for positioning a craft stick to be cut, said passageway having a support surface upon which a craft stick to be cut is placed with its bottom surface facing said support surface, said body comprising a plurality of alignment marks for allowing a user to align a craft stick to be cut along a desired angle, said alignment marks defining a plurality of angles;
- a mounting means extending above the support surface and mounting a cutting blade for movement toward and away from the support surface in a cutting plane;
- a cutting blade mounted on the mounting means for said movement in the cutting plane, the cutting blade having a cutting edge engagable with the top surface of the craft stick when placed on the support surface;
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- a cutting force applying means operatively connected with the mounting means to impart a cutting force thereto to cut said craft stick.
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