Loop cutting tool
AssigneeRug Crafters
InventorsGeorge L. Houghton, Fred F. Fredensberg
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Abstract
A loop cutting tool comprising a body member of sheet material having an elongated nose at one end and a handle at the other end. A region of the sheet material of the body member is deformed to define a blade supporting section which includes a side wall and a ledge. A blade is positioned on the ledge against the side wall with the cutting edge of the blade being exposed. A guard is mounted on the body member and is positionable over the cutting edge of the blade.
Claims11
A loop cutting tool for cutting loops comprising:
- a body member of sheet material, said body member having an elongated nose at one end of the body member and a guiding edge forming one edge of said nose, said nose having a second edge;
- handle means on the body member at the other end thereof;
- a region of the sheet material of said body member between said handle means and said elongated nose defining a blade supporting section, said blade supporting section including a side wall and a ledge and having a recess with a substantially open side with said side wall being opposite said open side and said ledge extending along an edge of the recess;
- a blade having first and second opposite sides, a cutting edge, and a noncutting edge;
- means for attaching said blade to said side wall with said blade being received in said recess, said first side of said blade confronting said side wall, at least a portion of said noncutting edge confronting said ledge, said cutting edge exposed and extending substantially to the second edge, said second side of said blade being exposed through the open side of said recess, and said cutting edge forming an acute angle with said guiding edge;
- means adjacent the intersection of said cutting edge and said second edge cooperating with said side wall and said ledge to define a channel for receiving the region of said blade lying closely adjacent said second edge and for preventing the material of the loops from being caught between the blade and the body member during use of the tool;
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- a guard positionable over said cutting edge.
A loop cutting tool adapated for use with a blade having first and second opposite sides, a cutting edge, and a noncutting edge, said loop cutting tool comprising:
- a body member of sheet material, said body member having an elongated nose at one end of the body member and a guiding edge forming one edge of said nose, said nose having a second edge;
- handle means on the body member at the other end thereof;
- a region of the sheet material of said body member between said handle means and said elongated nose being deformed to define a blade supporting section, said blade supporting section including a side wall and a ledge and having a recess with a substantially open side with said side wall being opposite said open side and said ledge extending along an edge of the recess;
- means for attaching said blade to said side wall so that the blade is received in the recess, the first side of said blade confronts said side wall, at least a portion of the noncutting edge confronts said ledge, the cutting edge is exposed, the second side of the blade is exposed through the open side of said recess, and the cutting edge forms an acute angle with said guiding edge;
- means adjacent said second edge cooperating with said side wall and said ledge to define a channel for receiving a region of the blade adjacent the second edge and the cutting edge and for preventing the material of the loops from being caught between the blade and the body member during use of the tool;
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- a guard mounted on the body member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.