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US 2022/0331998 A1Published application
Electric knife
AssigneeAOB Products Company
InventorsDennis W. Cauley, JR., James Tayon, Timothy S. Kinney, Matthew Kinamore, Curtis Smith, Mark Dalton, Chris Lang
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Abstract
An electric hand tool (e.g., electric knife) and associated components and methods. The tool includes improved motor venting features and other features.
Claims3
An electric knife comprising:
- a handle;
- a motor in the handle, the motor including a motor fan, a motor housing, and a motor housing vent, the motor fan arranged to force air out of the motor housing through the motor housing vent, the motor housing vent having a first vent flow area;
- and
- wherein the handle comprises a handle vent arranged to permit flow of air out of the handle from the motor housing vent, the handle vent having a second flow area greater than the motor housing vent.
1 more element
An electric knife comprising:
- a handle;
- a motor in the handle, the motor including a motor fan, a motor housing, and a motor housing vent, the motor fan arranged to force air tangentially with respect to the fan out of the motor housing vent;
- and
- wherein the handle comprises a handle vent arranged to permit direct flow of air out of the handle from the motor housing vent, the handle vent being arranged to receive direct flow of air tangentially from the fan.
1 more element
An electric tool comprising:
- a handle body;
- and
- a cover on the handle body, the cover including a cover body and at least one tab extending from the cover body, the tab being captured by the handle body to retain the cover on the handle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.