Blade dispenser
AssigneeFiskars Finland Oy Ab
InventorsSteve Stokes, Emery K. Weber
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Abstract
A blade dispenser includes a housing with a bottom and sidewalls defining a blade storage. A lid covers an entry opening and is movable in relation to the blade storage to provide access to the entry opening for arranging blades in a stacked configuration into the blade storage. A protrusion protrudes from a sidewall into the upper part of the blade storage in a first part of the blade storage. A latch protrudes from a sidewall into the upper part of the blade storage in a second part of the blade storage, the protrusion and latch have contact surfaces preventing the spring force from moving blades out of the blade storage via the entry opening. An exit opening at a sidewall of the housing allows a blade to pass through the exit opening out of the blade storage.
Claims10
A blade dispenser, comprising:
- a housing with a bottom and sidewalls defining a blade storage,
- a lid covering an entry opening in an upper part of the blade storage, the lid is movable in relation to the blade storage to provide access to the entry opening for arranging blades in a stacked configuration into the blade storage,
- a spring-element in a bottom part of the blade storage, the spring element directing a spring force from the bottom part towards the entry opening which moves blades received in the blade storage towards the entry opening,
- a protrusion protruding from a sidewall into the upper part of the blade storage in a first part of the blade storage,
- a latch protruding from a sidewall into the upper part of the blade storage in a second part of the blade storage, said protrusion and latch having contact surfaces preventing the spring force from moving blades out of the blade storage via the entry opening, and
- an exit opening at a sidewall of the housing allowing a blade to pass through the exit opening out of the blade storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.