Sugar cane knife
AssigneeFisher Barton Specialty Products, Inc.
InventorDarrel Lee Turner
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Abstract
A knife includes a knife body defining a longitudinal axis. The knife body includes a support portion and a beveled blade portion extending from the support portion. The beveled blade portion includes two end regions in a direction of the longitudinal axis and an intermediate region positioned between the end regions. The end regions have a first hardness, and the intermediate region has a second hardness. The second hardness is greater than the first hardness. The end regions of the beveled blade portion are configured to preferentially wear relative to the intermediate region.
Claims20
A knife comprising:
- a knife body defining a longitudinal axis, the knife body including
- a support portion and
- a beveled blade portion extending from the support portion, and the beveled blade portion including two end regions in a direction of the longitudinal axis and an intermediate region positioned between the end regions, wherein the end regions have a first hardness, wherein the intermediate region has a second hardness, and wherein the second hardness is greater than the first hardness.
A method of producing a knife, the method comprising:
- providing a knife body, the knife body defining a longitudinal axis, the knife body including
- a support portion and
- a beveled blade portion extending from the support portion, and the beveled blade portion including two end regions in a direction of the longitudinal axis and an intermediate region positioned between the end regions;
- and
- configuring the end regions to preferentially wear relative to the intermediate region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.